Monarch

GEORGE III

Year

1794

Title

34 Geo. III, c. 4,

Description

An Act for securing the Payment of the Annuities and of the Interest upon the Principal Sums therein provided for and towards the Discharge of such Principal Sums in such Manner as therein is directed and for enabling the Officers of His Majesty's Treasury to receive certain Sums for a limited Time in Manner therein mentioned and for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund and for applying a certain Sum of Money therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and ninety-four and for other Purposes.

Classification

Revenue - Civil List, national debt, up to £1,362,385 for military establishment, lists House of Commons officials etc., lists public officials, £32,600 for several public hospitals and schools, £13,000 charter schools, £5,000 Foundling Hospital/Workhouse, also £9,000 to Dublin Corporation for poor and House of Industry, £1,000 to Hibernain Marine School, £2,000 to Hibernian School, £2,600 to Westmorland Lock Hospital, lists a large number of miscellaneous charges to be met out of general revenue, e.g. up to £12,000 for printing stationery and other disbursements from Chief Secretary's Office and apartments; clergy in Cork £100, Lisburn, Dundalk and Innishannon £80 each, Waterford and Portarlington £50 each; £100 to Professors of French and German and £100 to Professors of Spanish and Italian at TCD. £21,600 to Linen Board (gives breakdown), also duties on chocolate and cocoa nuts after deduction of Hereditary Revenue to be paid to Linen Board, £5,000 to Board of First Fruits, £5,500 to Dublin Society for husbandry and useful arts, £5,000 to Dublin Corporation for cleansing, paving and lighting streets, £2,500 towards building the Law Courts [rv]