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A. D. 1752. Anno vicerimo quinto Georgii II. C. 27. 429, tions, and give Confent in the faid refpective Books accordingly, without any Fee or Charge, at any Time between the laid twenty-fourth Day of June onethoufand fevcn hundred and fifty-two and the faid fifth Day oi January one thoufand feven hundred and iifty-three; and the feveral Officers of the faid Go- OfHcers to aN vernor and Company who fliall be appointed to take in the laid Subfcriptions, or receive fuch Confents, "■'"'!• fhall during the Time aforefaid conitantly attend at the laid Office for that Purpofe at fuch liours as Bufmefs is ufually tranfaifted there. ' XI. And whereas in purfuance of an AcT: of Parliament made and pafTed in the nineteenth Year of hij 19 Geo. 2. c. is; Majerty's Reign, for granting to his Majefty feveral Rates and Duties upon Glafs and Spirituous Liquors, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, feveral Ferfons, Bodies Politicic or Corporate, did advance and lend upon the Credit of the faiu Rates and Duties the principal Sum of three millions, for the Purchafe of Annuities transferrable at the Bank of Enghmdy and redeemable by Parliament; and the laid Rates and Duties were alio charged with the Payment of certain Annuities for Lives, payable at the RcC'Hpt of the Exchequer, in the R'lanner by the faid AiSl direiSed; which faid Sum of tliree millions is now reduced to the principal Sum cf two millions eight hundred twenty-four tii ufand four hundred tv/enty-eight Pounds thirteen Shillings and eleven Pence, attended with Annuities after the Rate of three Pounds ten Shillings ' per Centum, purfuant to certain Adts of Parliament in that Behalf: And v/hcreas by another A'if of Par- liament made and paffed in the twentieth Year of his Majelly's Reign, for repealing the feveral Rates and zo Geo. 2. c. 33. for the Purchafe of A.nnuities, transferrable at the Bank of England, upon which (for the Encouragement of Pi-rfons who fliould advance and lend thefune) there v.'as an Allowance of t<:n.?o.mis per Centum, 10 that the Capital Sum amounted to the Sum of four millions four hundred thoufand Pounds, redeemable- by Parliament i which faid Sum of four millions four hundred thoufand Pounds is now reduced to the principal Sum of four millions one hundred eighty-nine thoufand three hundred iixty-five Pounds and five- Shillings, attended with Annuities after the Rate of three Pounds ten Shillings per Centum, puifuant to certain Afts of Parliament in that Behalf; and the fiiid Rates and Duties vt'ere likewife appropriated for the Payment of the yearly Sum of ninety-one thoufand four hundred eighty-five Founds and fix Pence three Earthings to the Aggregate P"und; And whereas by one other Aift of Parliament made and paffed in the twentieLh Year of his Majefty's Reign, for granting feveral Rates and Duties upon Coaches and ioGco. z. c. 10.. other Carriages, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, feveral Perfcns, Bodies Politick or Corporate,, did advance and lend upon the Credit of the faid Pvates aijd Duties the principal Sum of one million,, for the Purchafe of Annuities, transferrable at the Bank of England, and redeemable by Parli.iment;■ viihi h faid Sum of one million is now reduced to the principal Sum of nine hundred twenty-nine thoufand two-, hundred feventy-fix Pounds ten Shillings and fix Pence, attended with Annuities after the Rjte of tlii-ee,- Pounds ten Shillings per Centum, purfuant to certain A£ts of Parlian:;ent in that Behalf: And whereas- by an Aft of Parliament made and pafled in the twenty-hrft Year af his Majefty's Reign, for grantingiiGeo. 2. c.2i to his Majefty a Subfidy of Poundage upon all Goods and Merchandizes imported, and for other Pur- pofes therein mentioned, feveral Perfons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, did advance and lend upon the Credit of the faid Subfidy the principal Sum of fix millions three hundred thoufand Pounds, for the Pur- chafe of Annuities,, transferrable at th: Bank oi England; and for the Encouragement of all Perfons who- fhould advance and lend the fame, there was an Advance of fix hundred and thirty thoufand Pounds, being ten Pounds per Centum on the faid Sum contributed, fo that the whole Capital Sum amoimted to the Sum of fix millions nine hundred and thirty thoufand Pounds, redeemable by Parliament; which laid Sum of fix millions nine hundred and thirty thoufand Pounds, is now reduced to the principal Sum of fix millions fix hundred fixty thoufand and iix Pounds eighteen Shillings and three Pence, att;ndcd with Annuities after the Rate of three Pounds ten Shihings per Centum, purfuant to certain yV'fls of Parlia- ment in that Behalf: Arid whereas by an Ail of Parliament made and palled in the twenty-fecond Year-a Geo, 2. u,;-, of his Majefty's Reign, for charging the Siirking Eund with the Payment of Annuities in Difcharge of Navy, Victualling and Tranfport Bills, and Ordnance Debentures, to the Amount thcrsin mentioned, certain Perfons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, who were poflefled of fuch Bills and Debentures, did fubfcrlbe the fame at the Bank o England, to the Amount of three millions feventy-two thoufand four hundred feventy-two Pounds and tea Pence, for Annuities transferrable there, charged upon the faid. Sinking Fund, redeemable by Parliament; v.'hich faid Sum of three millions feventy-two thoufand four hundred feventy-two Pounds and ten Pence, is now reduced to the principal Sum of tv/o millions nine hundred fixty-eight thoufand four hundred ninety-fix Pounds eight Shillings and eight Pence, attended with Annuities after the Rate of three Pounds ten Shillings per Centmn, purfuant to certain Aiits of Par- liament in that Behalf: And whereas the principal Sums before-mentioned,, now carrying an Litereft of Theaforcfaid' three Pounds ten Shillings per Centum per Annum, transferrable at the Bank oi England as aforefaid, [Iq^^'^'^ ^"'"""""S. amount in the V/hole to the Sum of feventeen millions five hundred feventy-one thoufand five hun- ',65/'""^ " dred feventy-thres Pounds fixtcen Shillings and four Pence; whereof the Sum of fourteen millions eight ^..,[,/,.^f ' j hundred fifcy-feven thoufand nine hundred fifty-five Pounds eighteen Shillings and four Pence wasfirllg;; 1.' is...4ci^" •■ fubfcribcd, in purfuance of an Aft of Parliament of the twenty-third Year of his Majefty's Reign, for.was fiift rub- ' an Annuity of three Pounds ten Shillings per Centum, until the twenty-fifth Day oi D.ecemhcr own thou- '!='■= P'"'-^ fand feven hundred and fifty-feven, which will be the fifth.Day of _7rt/i?/«?}' one thoufand feven hundred.f!^"^' °* -5 and fifty-eight; and from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day of Deeen.her one thouland feven hundred ^!,j^' ' ^' ,. and fifcy-fcven, for Annuities at three Pounds /«- Centum; and the Refidue thereof, amounting to the, Sc. the KefiLs'r S um: of tv/-o millions feven hundred thirKcr. thoufand fix hundred and feventeen Pounds eighteen Shil-iaft iubicribc<i,..