Irish Revenue.
The Tenth Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the Irish) revenue has been printed. It recommends some very extensive changes nnd considerable reductions in the customs establishments at several of the ports of Ireland. The division of labour has been so mueh praised, as the meana of perfecting any business, especially a delicate one, that the prin. cip]e has been adopted in its fullest extent by those who have bitherto arranged the Tevenue departments of Ireland, w'aere, just in ro r. tion ws the state of the country left little money to be collecte, there has been an increase of the persons appointed to gather it. In the port of Dublin, the Crominisiioners observe, the duties, whlch in Enaland are performed as part of the ordinavy businesA of the Collector and Comptroller, have been dividetl among the following officers:- In the office-of the collector:-Wlerks of the ships' entries, and clerk of the coast: officer to swear coasters to their permits ; de- benture and cocket officers; customer, collector. In the office of the Comptroller :-Clerk of the Commis. sioners' check book ; patent comptroller ; con, ptroller. The Conmmissioners, however, do not see the use of all this re- finement, and they consequently propose to assimilate the system to the English one, and to make a reduction of 16,7311. on an establish. 3nentof 40,4111. The reductions in many other parts bear a still larger proportion to the total expcnditure. The expense of collection, indeed, in many places, bears an amusing proportion to the sums collected. Thus, in Kinsale. the customs duties collected arc 3,1051. a-year, wvhich is thus divided :-To the expense of the establishment 2 5901. l3B. 4v1.; to the State the remainder, viz. 5051. Os, 8d. ohe Commissioners, howvever, recommend to make reductions on the establishment to the anmount of 1,8691. The portof Baltimore is a still stranger instance of Trisi collec- tion. The amount of duties received is 1,0221. lSs.; the expense of the establishment is 3,8211. 3s. 7d. So that the benefit derived from the port of Baltimore is the opportunity of expending about 2,8001. over and above all its receipts. The Commissioners think 1,9S41. of this may be reduced. The sum of the reduction proposed on the severat ports of Ireland is 55,4711., whichforms a very large per centage on the whole ex- penditure. IRISH REVEArUE.