ABSTRACT

REPEAL OF THE INCOME TAX and the war malt duty in 1816. Additional duty on soap. The Sinking Fund. Report of Castlereagh's select committee on income and expenditure. The additional taxes of 1819. The deficits of 1820 and 1821. Repeal of the tax on agricultural horses, the additional duty on malt, half the duty on leather, the duty on salt, the tonnage on shipping, and the hearth and window taxes in Ireland. The ‘ Dead Weight ’ annuities scheme.