a n^ wq ON THE LOCAL TAXATION OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN.. 159 CAN YOU PUT IN A GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE LOCAL TAXES OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN FOR Mr. ONE YEAR?— LEAN; THE ACCOUNT WHICH I HAVE DELIVERED IN IS FOR AN AVERAGE OF Isaac Stewart. YEARS, BUT I HAVE HERE AN ACCOUNT THAT I CAN PUT IN, WHICH IS MADE UP FROM ONE V J year. ( 2l May.) { The witness delivered in the same, which is as follows:] ONE YEAR'S direct and indirect Local Taxes on the City of Dublin. Paving Board - Foundling Hospital - Ministers Money Parish Cess ... * Pipe Water and Metal Main * Police . Establishment Wide Streets: On coal - Card tax - House tax Club tax - £. s. d. 12,595 846 * Grand jury cess ... Ballast office - - - Dunleary - - - * Lord Mayor and Corporation : Fees on shipping D° on coals ... Guild of merchants - On markets - - - Bakers, & c. - Fees to showmen Courts of civil jurisdiction - * Sheriffs fees on civil bill suits - * Gaolers fees - - - - * Secretary to grand jury, sundry fees - Royal Exchange - Corn Exchange - OBSERVATIONS. Parliamentary return. D°. D°. Computation. Parliamentary return. D°. D° 1.0th Report. D° see warrants. (" Part Parliamentary return, part \ computation. Parliamentary return. By computation. f An order of the House of Com- v mons has been obtained for and [ respecting these three charges. These sums are made up from the best practicable sources of in- formation. Parliamentary return. D°. Computation. Parliamentary return. £. 230,088 - - N. B.— Those items marked thus (*), are in the_ hands of and managed by members of the corporation, making a sum of £. 98,348. per annum. From a detail of the coal trade, it will appear that the city and vicinity of Dublin pays £. 181,039. 8s. 8 d. more than any city in the United Kingdom, wherein a similar quantity of coal is used. WHAT YEAR DOES THIS APPLY TO ?— THEY ARE NOT ALL TAKEN FROM ONE YEAR, BUT 1 BELIEVE THEY ARE MOSTLY FROM THE YEAR 1821. TO WHAT PARTICULAR BRANCH OF THE LOCAL TAXATION HAVE YOU FELT IT YOUR DUTY TO PAY YOUR PARTICULAR ATTENTION?— THE SUBJECT OF COALS WAS THE FIRST THAT ATTRACTED MY PARTICULAR ATTENTION. . HAVE YOU CONFINED YOUR ATTENTION TO THE CHARGES ON COALS, OR APPLIED IT GENERALLY TO PORT CHARGES?— THE PORT CHARGES ON ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF TRADE, IN ORDER TO SHOW THAT THE CHARGES AFFECTING THE ARTICLE OF COALS CONSTITUTE THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE TONNAGE OF THE PORT OF DUBLIN. HAVE YOU MADE OUT ANY CALCULATION OF THE CHARGES TO WHICH COALS ARE SUBJECT IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN?— I HAVE. 549- I i magistrates, I I f 1 I ? f I f in V