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In the Appendix to the Third Report oſ the laſt ſeſſion, already reſerred to, it will be ſeen that the penſions to ſoreign miniſters are	£ 30,000
Thoſe at the Exchequer - - - - - - -	63,000
Out of the 4 ½ per cent, duty - - - - - -	28,300
Total of Enghſh penſions ------- [1]	121,300
Penſions, Scotch Civil Liſt - - - - -	35,600
	156,900
Sinecures in England[2], which will remain after the reductions ſhall take effect, which have been already made by law; and the ſuppreſſion of an office in the Admiralty court, after the determination of exiſting intercſis, of which notice has been given -----	43,000
Sinecure employments in foreign ſettlements -	7,300
Do. in Scotland - -- -- -- -- -	25,000
	£ 242,200

Compariſons have frequently been made between the preſent and former times, in vague and general terms, in ſupport of popular complaints, to ſhew the neceſſity oſ a ſweeping reform ; a reference therefore to an early period may be uſeful, admit-

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1. Excluſive of parliamentary grants, as rewards for public ſervices of the moſt eminent nature.
2. Excluſive of thoſe in the courts of law, with which the miniſtier has nothing to do ; and, if abohſhed, compenſations muſt be made for them to the Chief Juſtices, or to thoſe who have the patronage.

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