APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 



149 



■ 'Resolutions moved by Mr. Pitt, and 

 carried in the House of Commons, 

 2Stk July, 1800. 



1 . That the amount of the public 

 funded debt was, on the 5th of 

 January, 1786, 238,231,248/. ex- 

 clusive of long and short annuities, 

 and annuities for lives, to the amount 

 of 1,373,550/. That on the 1st of 

 February, 1793, stock to the amount 

 ■of 10,242,1 00/. had been purchased 

 by the commissioners for redeeming 

 the national debt; and annuities to 

 the amount of 79,880/. had fallen 

 in, and had been carried to their 

 account ; reducing the actual amount 

 of the debt, on the 5th of January, 

 1793, to 227,989,148/. and the an- 

 nuities to 1,293,670/. ; and that on 

 the 1st of February, 1800, stock to 

 the amount of .^2,404,845/. had 

 been purchased by the commission- 

 ers for redeeming the national debt; 

 and annuities to the amount of 

 119,880/. had faUen in, and been 

 carried to their account, reducing 

 the actual amount of debt existing 

 before the war, on 1st February, 

 1 800, to 205,826,403/. and the an- 

 nuities to 1,253,670/. 



2. That the amount of the public 

 funded debt created since the 1st 

 of February, 1793, (including the 

 amount to be created by sums bor- 

 rowed in the present session of par- 

 liament,andexclusiveof 7,502,633/. 

 3 per cent, stock, and 230,000/. 

 per annum, annuities, created by the 

 advances to the emperor of Ger- 

 many), was on the 1st of February, 

 J 800, 257,787,792/. exclusive of 

 long annuities to the amount of 

 283,206/. per annum ; of which 

 15,315,000/. is on account of Ire- 

 land, and 56,445,000/. is provided 

 I for by the tax on income, leaving a 

 ' permanent debt of 186,0^7,792/. 



charged on Great Britain ; and that 

 on the 1st of February, 1800, 

 12,328,449/. tad been purchased 

 by the commissioners for redeeming 

 the national debt; reducing the said 

 permanent debt created .since the 

 5th of Jan. 1793, to 173, 699,S4>Sl. 

 exclusive of long annuities to the 

 amount of 283,206/. per annum, 

 after deducting the annuities pay- 

 able by Ireland. 



3. That the total amount of the 

 permanent funded debt charged on 

 Great Britain, after deducting the 

 sum of 44,733,294/. redeemed by, 

 and the annuities fallen into, the 

 commissioners, was, on the 1st of 

 February, 1800, 379,525,000/. to- 

 gether with short annuities to the 

 amount of 549,130/. and long an- 

 nuities to the amount of 987,947/- 

 after deducting the annuities pro- 

 vided for by Ireland. 



4. That the sum annually appli- 

 cable to the reduction of the na- 

 tional debt, in pursuance of the act 

 passed in 1786, was 1,000,000/. 

 being about 1 -238th part of the 

 capital of the permanent debt then 

 existing; and for 1793 was 

 1,427,143/. being about l-l60th 

 part of the permanent debt existing 

 in ] 793, and may for the year 1800 

 be estimated at 4,730,000/. being 

 about l-82d part of the permanent 

 debt existing in 1 800. 



5. That the annual charge incur- 

 red on account of the permanent 

 debt, on the 5 th of January, 1786, 

 was 9,297,000/. before any fund 

 was created applicable to the re- 

 duction of the debt, and on the 5th 

 January, 1793, was 10,.S25,000/. 

 including 1,000,000/. applicable to 

 the reduction of the debt. 



6. That the annual charge incur- 

 red on account of the permanent 

 debt created since the 5th of Ja- 



