Reals de vel. Provincial duties, 70,000,000 Duties on tobacco, 55,000,000 Duties on salt, 20,000,000 Duties on wool, 17,000,000 General duties, 48,060,000 Duties on brandy, 4,525,000 2 per cent duty on the Octrois, former grants of the Crown, 500,000 Taxes on the houses in Madrid, 1,200,000 1. King's domain in the Serrara, 140,000 Post office and couriers, 34,000,000 Tax on cards, 1,000,000 Stamp paper, 4,312,000 Tax on the taverns in Madrid, 196,000 Various revenues farmed, 6,418,552 2 Manufacture of glass at St Ildefonso, 1,500,000 3 Manufactures of St Ferdinando and Guaudalaxa, 1,800,000 Extraordinary effects, 35,000,000 Books of Advocates and Attorneys, 62,000 Fines in the chamber of Castille, 72,000 Effects in the same chamber, 786,800 Tax on the Grand Masters, 1,800,000 Do. arising from the secular annals and vacancies, 1,300,000 Royal lottery, 4,500,000 Cruzada, 20,000,000 4 Effects of the kingdom of Navarre, 47,500,000 American revenue[27], 200,600,000 Clergy, 13,000,000 ----------- 562,273,152 EXPENSES. Reals de vel. The Court[28], 108,500,000 5 Land forces, 204,202,000 6 Marine, 100,000,000 Secretary of the Indies, 8,000,000 Department of Finance, 4,500,000 Favers and justice, 1,100,000 To support the tribunals, 8,422,769 7 Secretary of state and foreign affairs, 9,873,288 8 Extraordinary expenses, 30,000,000 ----------- 474,598,251 I subjoin the result of my inquiries touching the articles marked No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. No. 1, 2, 3. The sums mentioned in the preceding statement as arising from the revenues numbered as above may be deducted, as concurrent testimony induces me to believe, that the expenses consume near the whole of the revenue. No. 4. I have been also assured, that this article is much exaggerated. No. 5. The expenses of this establishment have greatly increased, but I have not been able to ascertain the sum.