18th century manuscript regarding tax revenue collected from a duty on tabacco
€ 2,700
Description
18th-century manuscript, which details a financial audit regarding tobacco duties collected for the Venerable Congregation of Poor Beggars in Malta, given the historical names and context
This rare manuscript of 44 pages Illustrious Lordships to review and verify the present account presented by the current collector, Publio Xebbirras, regarding the tax duty on tobacco belonging to this Venerable Congregation of Poor Beggars, we unanimously report having found in the first place:
This document highlights ancient debts: From folio 1 to folio 11, there are outstanding debts totaling a certain sum owed by eleven described and named individuals. The majority of these debts are deemed virtually uncollectible.
Solvent Debts: In the second place, it is noted that there are four other solvent debtors (due by the end of August 1717) left by the late collector, Giuseppe Rigord, amounting to the sum of 350 [scudi/units].
Sanctuary Immunity: Among these, a portion is owed by Gaspare Paien; however, because he has taken refuge in a church seeking ecclesiastical immunity, this debt is considered highly difficult to collect. The remaining balance is entrusted to the proven zeal of the current collector to exercise all possible diligence to recover it, given the notorious financial scarcity of our Venerable Congregation.
Furthermore, it is extracted from the accounts that from January 1716 to the end of November 1717, there were introduced into this Island:
1,164 quintals of leaf tobacco.
3,940 pounds of Spanish powdered tobacco.
49,977 pounds of simple powdered tobacco exported out.
Combined, these three batches , several remaining debts from ten individuals are deducted, leaving a balance to be collected by the emergency administration formed up to the end of November 1717.
Payments Made: To this is added older debts, bringing the total to a higher sum, against which the current collector has made payments to the Venerable Congregation of Poor Beggars from March 1715 to November 1716, as evidenced by receipts issued by the Treasury.
Deductions & Shipping: Furthermore, credit must be deducted for tobacco brought into this dominion by Captain Gaspare Lombardo and Filippo Verona, as recorded on folio 10 of the present account. This combined sum leaves the collector as a net debtor for a remaining balance.
Final Authorization: This remaining balance is left as a debt to the current collector to manage under his power of attorney, which he will strive to settle as quickly as possible
submitting ourselves to whatever more mature judgment your Illustrious Lordships will deign to pass.
This rare manuscript of 44 pages Illustrious Lordships to review and verify the present account presented by the current collector, Publio Xebbirras, regarding the tax duty on tobacco belonging to this Venerable Congregation of Poor Beggars, we unanimously report having found in the first place:
This document highlights ancient debts: From folio 1 to folio 11, there are outstanding debts totaling a certain sum owed by eleven described and named individuals. The majority of these debts are deemed virtually uncollectible.
Solvent Debts: In the second place, it is noted that there are four other solvent debtors (due by the end of August 1717) left by the late collector, Giuseppe Rigord, amounting to the sum of 350 [scudi/units].
Sanctuary Immunity: Among these, a portion is owed by Gaspare Paien; however, because he has taken refuge in a church seeking ecclesiastical immunity, this debt is considered highly difficult to collect. The remaining balance is entrusted to the proven zeal of the current collector to exercise all possible diligence to recover it, given the notorious financial scarcity of our Venerable Congregation.
Furthermore, it is extracted from the accounts that from January 1716 to the end of November 1717, there were introduced into this Island:
1,164 quintals of leaf tobacco.
3,940 pounds of Spanish powdered tobacco.
49,977 pounds of simple powdered tobacco exported out.
Combined, these three batches , several remaining debts from ten individuals are deducted, leaving a balance to be collected by the emergency administration formed up to the end of November 1717.
Payments Made: To this is added older debts, bringing the total to a higher sum, against which the current collector has made payments to the Venerable Congregation of Poor Beggars from March 1715 to November 1716, as evidenced by receipts issued by the Treasury.
Deductions & Shipping: Furthermore, credit must be deducted for tobacco brought into this dominion by Captain Gaspare Lombardo and Filippo Verona, as recorded on folio 10 of the present account. This combined sum leaves the collector as a net debtor for a remaining balance.
Final Authorization: This remaining balance is left as a debt to the current collector to manage under his power of attorney, which he will strive to settle as quickly as possible
submitting ourselves to whatever more mature judgment your Illustrious Lordships will deign to pass.
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14/07/2026
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