EXCISE. Duty on Leather RECEIPTS. Whale Fins, Scots Linnen, and Arrears of Glass Ware, &c. 2s. Aid for 1690 Additional 12d. for 1690 First Twelve Months Aid for 1691 First 4s. Aid for 1693 Fourth ditto for 1696 3s. Aid for 1697 Additional 12d. for 1697 4,914 7 496,108 6 317815 - 1,015,732 2 507,866 0 8 - 1,613,747 9 1 1,613,874 13 1,922,712 19 4 1,913,488 16 44 - 1,860,039 10 2 1,736,248 1 10 - 1,244,789 40 Second 3s. Aid for 1,484,015l. 1s. 11d. over and above 229,696l. 4s. 10d. transferred to pay Annuities to the Bank, &c. for 1698 Third 3s. Aid for the same Sum for 1699 Second 2s. Aid for 989,9657. 19s. 6d. for 1700 1-3rd and 2-3rds of fourth 3s. Aid 418,646 10 11 Exchequer Bills issued by Virtue of an Act for Establishing a Land Bank Joint Stock charged by Act of Parliament 1692, two Quarterly Payments Paper and Parchment Duties for 1694, continued to 28th of June 1698 19,500 0 Duties on Marriages, Births, Burials, &c. commencing 1st May 1695 and 205,566 1 2 17,813 8 94 934,512 17 7 · 1,200,000 00 300,000 0 0 258,094 1 10 1,775 O 0 53,466 10 0 17,615 13 Additional Duty on Stampt Paper, made perpetual with Salt, for the East Subscriptions of 2,000,000!. for East-India Trade Parchment and Paper Stampt Duties continued from 1698 to 1st Aug. 1706 in several Years Duties on Glass and Earthern Ware Licences to Hawkers and Pedlars Duties on Marriages, Births, &c. continued from 1st May 1700 to 1st August 1700 £. s. d. 153,487 11 5 1,882,413 9 0 152,098 16 10 581,750 15 0 15,732 1 7 26,513 15 1 17,423 16 2 £. 7,581,305 18 11 DIVERS RECEIPTS. Letter Money overpaid in 1696 Surcharged on the Commissioners of Excise in 1697 Coinage Money from 1698 inclusive in the other Years placed with small Branches Tellers Malt Benefits in 1698 Accompts of New Money from the Mint in Years 97, 98, and 99, in Aid of 102 16 5 89,695 13 6 42,658 10 1 1,715 O 0 162,036 4 2 184,656 17 11 50 0 0 of the General Account of Money borrowed and repaid within the Time of this Account in several Years the Money borrowed exceeding the Money repaid in those Years respectively the Sum of 13,348,680l. 5s. 10d4. though in other Years the Money repaid exceeded the Money borrowed in those Years respectively the Sum of 3,341,9037. 8s. 8d. as per contra, which reduceth the Neat Money more than Repaid during the whole Time of this Account to 10,006,776l. 17s. 1d. -13,348,680 5 10 £. 72,041,369 5 6 80,138 18 0 That Remained on the 5th of November 1688 in the Exchequer, in the Hands of the several Receivers Error £. 72,127,508 36 Plate 75,000 0 0 638,921 15 71⁄2 37,500 0 0 69,000 0 0 616,323 7 2 76,968 19 6 775,387 6 8 82,100 0 0 483,555 0 24,571 5 541,726 5 33,600 0 Bounties paid at the Exchequer to several Persons by his Majesty's particu- Subscriber of 2,000,000 l. for the E. 1. Trade an Allowance of 17. per Cent. Contingents of divers Natures, viz. Law Charges, Liberates of the Exchequer, To the Mint out of the Coinage Duty, &c. which includes several Payments relating to the Recoinage in general Redemption of Captives Privy Purse of the late King James at the Exchequer To several for Money advanced in the West in 1688 Interest Money paid to several out of the Revenues, Taxes and Loans, and for divers other Causes Interest to the Bank of England On Survivorship, and 14 per Cent, on the Million Act, &c. To the Trustees for circulating Exchequer Bills, for Premiums, Salaries, &c. To Peter Hume, Gentleman, to be applied as his Majesty should direct Clipt Money delivered to be re-coined more than it produced to Michaelmas 1696, in Aid whereof there was returned from the Mint in after Years more than was sent thither in those Years as per Contra, 184,656 l. 17 s. 11 d., which reduceth the general Deficiency of the Re-coinage to 2,415,140. 16 s. 10d. 4, the Deficiency in the Year 1696, amounting to 2,599,797 14 10 To the four Tellers of the Exchequer in Exchequer Bills, to be delivered to such Persons as brought Money for them in 1695 Imprest Money re-paid to the Treasurer of the Navy, being old Money new coined 158,589 0 0 4,422 S 71 New Money to the Earl of Ranelagh, the Proceed of 13,000 l. in old hammered Money 6,497 9 01 To several, for a Reward of 6 s. an Ounce for Wrought Plate brought in to To the Commissioners for forfeited Estates in Ireland Interest of the Bankers Debt 19,500 0 3,133 15 0 3,500 0 0 That remained a Balance at the Foot of the half Year's Account, ending at Add that remained at Michaelinas 1699, more than was carried forward to the Account of 1700, occasioned by several Sums then remaining in the Hands of several Receivers, for which they afterwards accompted with the Auditors of the Imprest Deduct that was carried to Account from Michaelmas 1701, more than the Balance at Michaelmas 1701, occasioned by so much less applied out of the 2d and 3d Aid, Anno 1699, to pay Arrears on Annuities for 1, 2, and 3 Lives, and was afterwards applied to the Cancelling of Exchequer Bills instead of those Annuities 619,159 13 6 72,127,292 14 7 1,326 7 7 1,110 12 84 £. 72,127,080 3 63 No XX. A List of PUBLIC ACTS, passed from the Revolution in the Year 1688 to the Accession of Queen Anne, in the Year 1701-2. jesties service by land, by virtue of an act made in this present session of parliament, intitled, an act for the abrogating of the oaths of supremacy and allegiance, and appointing other oaths. 26. To vest in the two universities the presentations of benefices belonging to papists. 27. For taking away the court holden before the president and council of the marches of Wales. 28 For appropriating certain duties for paying the states general of the United Provinces their charges for his majesty's expedition into this kingdom, and for other uses. 29. For relief of the protestant Irish clergy. 30. To repeal the statute made in the fifth year of king Henry the fourth, against the multiplying gold and silver. 31. For the appointing commissioners for the executing an act of this present parliament, intitled, an act for a grant to their majesties of an aid of twelve-pence in the pound for one year, for the necessary defence of their realms. 32. For the better preventing the exportation of wool, and encouraging the woollen manufactures of this kingdom. 33. For explaining part of an act, made in the first year of king James the first, concerning tanned leather. 34. For prohibiting all trade and commerce with France. Anno primo W. & M. Sess. 1. 1. AN Act for removing and preventing all questions and disputes concerning the assembling and sitting of this present parliament. 2. For impowering his majesty to apprehend and detain such persons as he shall find just cause to suspect are conspiring against the government. 3. For the granting a present aid to their majesties. 4. For reviving of actions and process lately depending in the courts at Westminster, and discontinued by the not holding of Hilary term, and for supplying other defects relating to proceedings at law. 5. For punishing officers or soldiers who shall mutiny or desert their majesties service. 6. For establishing the coronation oath. 7. For impowering his majesty to apprehend and detain such persons as he shall find just cause to suspect are conspiring against the government. 8. For the abrogating of the oaths of supremacy and allegiance, and appointing other oaths. 9. For the amoving papists, and reputed papists, from the cities of London and Westminster, and ten miles distant from the same. 10. For the taking away the revenue arising by hearth money. 11. For explaining and making effectual a statute made in the first year of king James the second, concerning the haven and piers of Great Yarmouth. 12. For the encouraging the exportation of corn. 13. For raising money by a poll, and otherwise, towards the reducing of Ireland. 14. For preventing doubts and questions concerning the collecting the public revenue. 15. For the better securing the government, by disarming papists and reputed papists. 16. That the simoniacal promotion of one person may not prejudice another. 17. For rectifying a mistake in a certain act of this present parliament, for the amoving papists from the cities of London and Westminster. 18. For exempting their majesties protestant subjects, dissenting from the church of England, from the penalties of certain laws. 19. For impowering their majesties to commit, without bail, such persons as they shall find just cause to suspect are conspiring against the government. 20. For a grant to their majesties of an aid of twelve-pence in the pound for one year, for the necessary defence of their realms. 21. For 2 W. & M. Sess. 1. 1. For recognizing king enabling lords commissioners for the great seal William and queen Mary, and for avoiding all to execute the office of lord chancellor, or lord questions touching the acts made in the parliakeeper. 22. For the exportation of beer, ale, ment assembled at Westminster the 13th day cyder, and mum. 23. For reviving two former of February, 1688. 2. For raising money by acts for exporting of leather. 24. For an ad- a poll, and otherwise, towards the reducing of ditional duty of excise upon beer, ale, and other Ireland, and prosecuting the war against France. liquors. 25. To regulate the administration 3. For granting to their majesties for their of the oaths required to be taken by commis-lives, and the life of the survivor of them, cersion or warrant officers employed in their ma- tain impositions upon beer, ale, and other li 1 W. & M. Sess. 2. 1. For a grant to their najesties of an aid of two shillings in the pound for one year. 2. Declaring the rights and liberties of the subject, and settling the succession of the crown. 3. For preventing all doubts and questions concerning the collecting the public revenue. 4. For punishing officers or soldiers who shall mutiny or desert their majesties service; and for punishing false musters. 5. For a grant to their majesties of an additional aid of twelve-pence in the pound for one year. 6. For the charging and collecting the duties upon coffee, tea, and chocolate, at the custom-house. 7. For review of the late poll granted to their majesties, and for an additional poll, towards the reducing of Ireland. 8. For preventing vexatious suits against such as acted in order to the bringing in their majesties, or for their service 9 For the better security and relief of their majesties protestant subjects of Ireland. |