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ſhould be unfolded and illuſtrated. It is with an intention to a diſcharge of that duty to the country, that the following accurate ſtatement of the meaſures which have been already adopted towards the attainment of the objects above alluded to, in one point of view, is made; ſo as not only to ſhew what has been done towards retrenchment of the public expence, and the conſequent diminution of the patronage of the crown, but alſo to exhibit the prefent ſubſiſting ſtate of ſuch expence and patronage To much in detail, as to afford every perſon the means of judging what further retrenchments may reaſonably be expected, confidently with the good of the public ſervice, and, what in truth is ſynonimous, with proper encouragement and reward of merit in the ſervants of the public.—
| No of Offices. | Annual Value. | |||||
| By the Civil Liſt Act, brought in by Mr. Burke in 1782, 22 Geo. 3. c.82. there were actually ſuppreſſed | 134 | 57,500 | ||||
| Under regulations of the Treaſury in 1782-3, by Lord Shelburne and Mr. Pitt | 144 | 13,625 | ||||
| 000 | 00,000 | |||||
| Making a total of offices in the Civil Liſt, ſuppreſſed in 1782-3, of | 278 | 71,125 | ||||
| But there were offices created to perform the duties of thoſe ſuppreſſed, to the amount of | 62 | 10,909 | ||||
| 000 | 00,000 | |||||
| Making a reduction at that time in the Civil Liſt, on the whole, of | 216 | £60,216 | ||||
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