&s of Parament, and ates of Int. LOTTERIES, and when granted. Annuities, Anno 1707. How long What Term Principal Money. Paid off. fince. remains. 9 Years 389 Years 1155000 Anne, 16. Years. and sth of the Queen, to be com puted at Lady-Day yearly, as alto 8 Years 90 Years 640000.. the Over, lus of the firft 9d. Excife, granted from the 25th of January 1692, after the 29th of September 1710, to be computed at Midfun mer yearly, for 99 Years. Granted March 25, 1708. Sooool. per Annum An-^ Another At uitics, Anno 1708. Charges one of the 6th of Moiety or half Part of the old Queen Anne, Sulfidy of Tonnage and Poundage 16 Years. upon Wines, Goods, and Mr. chandizes, for 96 Years, from the If of July 1712, the intermedi 8 Years 90 Years 1280000 ate Intereft was fupply'd out of the Purchase-Money, and alfo by an Act of the Toth of the Queen, out f feveral unappropriated Branches of the Revenue, for 99Years. Granted June 24, 1708. Charges 3 d. a Barrel on Beer, Ale, on Raifins, a double Duty on Nut ne gs and other Spices, 3 s. a Found 6 Years 25 Years on Snuff, from the 6th of February 109; and if there be a Deficiency, to b. fupply'd out of the Duty on Coals and Window-Tax for 32 Years. Granted March 25, 1710. Two Acts of Bank Annuities. Charges March 15. The Commons, in a grand Committee on Ways and Means to raise the Supply, refolv'd, That the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, be farther continu'd from the 23d of June 1717, to the 24 of June 1718; which Refolution being the next Day (March 16) reported, was agreed to by the Houfe, and a Bill order'd to be brought in upon it. The fame Day the Houfe, in a grand Committee, made fome Progrefs in the Bill for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and having gone through it on the 18th, Mr. Pulteney reported it the next Day; but the Confideration of the Report was adjourn'd to the Day following. March 19. The Serjeant at Ams of the Houfe of Commons having clear'd the House and the Speaker's Chamber of Strangers, and lock'd the Chamber-Door, the Commons went into a Committee of the whole House, to confider of the State of the Nation, in Relation to the national Debts, and after having fpent fome Hours an that Affair adjourn'd the farther Confideration of it to the 22d. March 20. It was order'd, 1ft, That it be an Inftru&tion to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for granting an Aid to his Malefty by a Land-Tax in Great Britain. for the Service of the Year 1717, was committed, That they have Power to receive a Claufe or Claufes, for authorizing the Commiffioners to be nam'd in the Bill, to call the Collectors of the Land-Taxes to Accompt for fuch Moneys as they have detain'd in their Hands, to the End the fame may be apply'd in Eafe to fuch Parithes or Divifions where Deficiencies have been occafion'd thereby: 2dly, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for transferring to the faid Act, the Deficiency of the Loans and Intereft upon the 4th z Shilling Aid: And 3dly, That they have Power to receive a Claufe of Credit. March 22. The Commons, in a Committee of the whole Houfe, came to the following Refolutions. I. That all the publick Funds redeemable by Law, that do now exceed five per Cent. per Annum, be redeem'd according to the refpective Provifoes or Claufes of Redemption, contain'd in the Acts of Parliament for that Purpofe; or (with Confent of the Froprietors) be converted into an Interest or Annuity, not exceeding 51. per Cent. per Annum, redeemable by Parliament. II. That : T |