MAY 31.

Ways and Means for raifing the above Supply granted to his Majefty, agreed to an the following Days, viz.

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JANUARY 27, 1774. HAT, towards making good the fupply granted to his majefty, there be iffued and applied the fum of 113,190l. 11 S. 74d. remaining in the Exchequer, on the 5th day of January 1774, for the difpofition of parliament, of the monies which had then arifen, of the furpluffes, exceffes, and overplus monies, and other revenues, of the fund commonly called the Sinking-Fund

2. That the duties upon malt, mum, cyder, and perry, be con'tinued from the 23d of June, 1774, to the 24th of June, 1775, and charged upon all malt which fhall be made, and all mum which hall be made or imported, and all cyder and perry which fhall be made for fale, within the kingdom of Great-Britain, 750,000l.

FEBRUARY 1.

That the fum of three fhillings in the pound, and no more, be raised, within the space of one year, from the 25th of March, 1774, upon lands, tenements, he

fum of 1,250,000l. be raised, by loans or exchequer bills, to be charged upon the first aids to be granted in the next feffion of parliament; and fuch exchequer bills, if not discharged, with intereft thereupon, on or before the fifth day of April, 1775, to be exchanged and received in payment, in fuch manner as exchequer bills have ufually been exchanged and received in payment.

2. That a duty of three pence per yard, and no more, be paid for all printed, painted, ftained, and dyed ftuffs, wholly made of raw cotton-wool, and manufactured in Great-Britain.

MAY 19.

1. That any perfon or perfons, bodies politic or corporate, who, on the 11th of this inftant May, was or were poffeffed of, interested in, or intitled unto, any annuities being part of the capital or joint ftock of three pounds per centum annuities, confolidated by feveral acts of parliament of the 25th, 28th, 29th, 32d, and 33d years of the reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, and of feveral fubfequent. acts, which were made payable and transferable at the bank of England; or of the annuities confolidated by the acts of the 25th year of the reign of his faid late Majefty King George the Second, and of the 5th year of the reign of his prefent Ma, jefty, called reduced annuities, alfo payable and transferable there; or of certain three pounds per centum annuities, which are payable and transferable at the South Sea houfe, called old South Sea annuities, and New South Sea annuities; or of three pounds per centum annuities, which were created by an

act of the 24th year of the reign of his faid late Majefty King George the Second, and made payable and transferable at the South Sea houfe; who, on or before the twenty-eighth day of this inftant May, and before the fum fubfcribed fhall amount to one million, fhall fubfcribe their names, or fignify their confent to accept, in lieu of their interests in any part of the faid principal or capital ftock ftanding in their names, and in full fatisfaction and difcharge thereof, the fum of eightyeight pounds in money, for every 1ool. and in that proportion for any greater or lefs fum, or fums, compofing one or more entire fum, or fums, of 1ool. or 50l. of fuch principal or capital stock; one moiety thereof to be paid on or before the 15th day of July next, and the other moiety on or before the 20th day of October next, to gether with the intereft due on the capital flock fo fubfcribed to the 5th day of July, 1774, fhall for every tool. principal or capital stock as aforefaid fo fubfcribed, be intitled to receive x tickets in a lottery to confift of 60,000 tickets, at the rate of 12l. 10s. each (and in that proportion for any greater or lefs fum), the faid tickets to be paid for in manner following: that is to fay, that every perfon or perfons,, bodies politic or corporate, fo fubfcribing, or fignifying his, her, or their confent as aforefaid, fhall, on or before the 31ft day of this inftant May, make a depofit of 11. in refpect of the money to be paid for each ticket, as a fecurity for making the future payments to the cashiers of the bank of England, on or before the times herein after limited; that is to fay, for and in refpect of every fuch ticket, two

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pounds on or before the 30th day of June next, 31. on or before the zd of August next, 31. on or before the ift day of September next; and 31. 10s. on or before the ift day of October next; that, upon fuch payments being compleated, tickets fhall be delivered, as foon as the fame can be prepared, to the perfons intitled thereto; that the fum of 600,cool. fhall be diftributed into prizes, for the benefit of the proprietors of the fortunate tickets in the faid lottery, which prizes fhall be paid at the bank of England, in money, to fuch proprietors, upon demand, on the ift day of March, 1775, or as foon after as certificates can be prepared, without any deduction whatever; and that all monies to be received by the faid cashiers fhall be paid into the receipt of his Majefty's exchequer, to be applied, from time to time, to fuch fervices as fhall then have been voted by this house in this feffion of parliament; and every perfon or perfons, bodies politic or corporate, fo poffeffed of, interested in, or intitled to, any of the faid annuities, and fo fubfcribing as aforefaid, fhall have a certificate, from the faid cafhiers of the governor and company of the bank of England, of the amount of the principal or capital ftock by them refpectively fubfcribed, and of all fuch fum and fums of money as he, she, or they, fhall be intitled to receive, in confideration of fuch their fubfcription, and in lieu and in difcharge of his, her, or their capital stock so subscribed; and the holders or bearers of fuch certificates fhall be paid, at the bank of England, or at the South Sea house, the feveral fums of money expreffed in fuch certificates,

together with intereft after the rate of 31. per centum per annum on the capital ftock fo fubfcribed, in the manner, and at the times, herein before defcribéd; that upon payment of fuch fum or fums of money, with fuch intereft, the whole of the principal or capital ftock fo fubfcribed fhall ftand difcharged, and be annihilated; and the annuity payable in respect thereof hall, from the faid 5th day of July, 1774, ceafe and be extinguished.

2. That books be opened, at the bank of England, for receiving fuch fubfcription and confent; and that, during the two firft days on which fuch fubfcription and confent are to be received, no one person, body politic or corporate, be admitted to fubfcribe, or fignify his, her, or their confent, for any fum or fums, amounting in the whole to more than 5000l. principal or capital ftock.

3. That, towards raising the fupply granted to his majefty, there be iffued and applied the fum of 2,080,6961. 12s. 8d.. out of fuch monies as fhall or may arife, of the furpluffes, exceffes, or overplus monies, and other revennes, compofing the fund, commonly called the finking fund.

4. That a fum not exceeding 15,000l. out of fuch monies as fhall be paid into the receipt of the exchequer, on or before the 5th day of April 1775, of the produce of all or any of the duties and revenues, which, by an act or acts of parliament, have been directed to be referved for the dif, ofition of parliament, towards defraying the neceffary expences of defending, protecting, and fecuring the British colonies and plantations in America, be applied towards making good

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fuch part of the fupply as hath been granted to his majefty, for maintaining his majesty's forces and garrisons in the plantations, and for provifions for the forces in North America, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and the ceded iflands, for the year 1774.

5. That fuch of the monies as fhall be paid into the receipt of the exchequer, after the 5th day of April, 1774, and on or before the 5th day of April, 1775, of the produce of the duties charged by two acts, made in the fifth and fourteenth years of his prefent majefty's reign, upon the importation and exportation of gum fenega and gum Arabic, be applied towards making good the supply granted to his majetty.

6. That the fum of 126,981 1. 7s. and 5 d. now remaining in the exchequer, being the overplus of the grants for the fervice of the year 1773, be iffued and applied towards making good the fupply granted to his majesty in this feffion of parliament.

MAY 26.

1. That the fum of 23,637 1. 11 s. 10d. . remaining in the receipt of the exchequer, on the 5th day of April, 1774, of the two fevenths excife, granted by an act of parliament, made in the 5th and 6th years of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, after fatisfying the feveral charges and incumbrances thereupon for the half year then ended, be carried to, and made part of, the aggregate fund; and that the faid fund be made a fecurity for the discharge of such annuities, and other demands, payable out of the faid fum, as the growing produce of the faid two sevenths excife fhall not be fufficient to answer. VOL. XVII.

2. That, towards making good the fupply granted to his majesty, there be applied the fum of 20,237 1. 5s. 3d. remaining in the receipt of the exchequer, of the monies arifen by the duties on rice exported, the duties on apples imported, and on cambricks and fugars, granted by an act of the 6th year of his prefent majefty's reign; and alfo of fuch impreft monies as remain there for the difpofition of parliament.'

3. That, towards making good the fupply granted to his majesty, there be applied the fum of 16,500 1. os. 4d. being the balance remaining in the hands of the deputy treasurer of Chelsea Hofpital, on account of the deduction of twelve pence in the pound upon monies iffued to him for the out-perffioners of Chelsea Hospital.

4. That, towards making good the fupply granted to his majefty, there be applied the fum of 30,5611. 9s. 3 d. paid into the receipt of the exchequer, in purfuance of two acts, made in the 2d and 9th years of the reign of his prefent majesty, by the receivers-general of the feveral counties in England and Wales, that have not raised the militia.