GENERAL HISTORY. 



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^ual to the amount actually paid 

 on that account in the preceding 

 year ; it was also proposed that 

 the amount of exchequer bills to be 

 issued on the aids of the next yeai- 

 should be less by 2,387,600/, than 

 those which had been circulated in 

 the year preceding. He felt him- 

 self bound to state that this ar- 

 rangement, which formed part of 

 the intended plan of his late right 

 hon. friend, had been suggested to 

 him by the directors of the Bank 

 of England, who thought that the 

 circulation of exchequer bills had 

 been tarried to too great an ex- 

 tent ; and this suggestion suf- 

 ficiently proved that the directors 

 of the Bank were not actuated 

 by that desire which was so often 

 and so unjustly attributed to them, 

 of increasing the gains of their 



Total joint charge as above. 



corporation by an unlimited extent 

 of paper currency. 



The three items which lie 

 had last named, amounting to 

 4,187,892/. constituted the sepa- 

 rate charge of Great Britain, and 

 when added to the sura of 

 58,188,456/. which was the total 

 of the supplies he had before 

 stated, made the general amount 

 of 62,376,348/. From this was 

 to be deducted the Irish proportion 

 of joint charge, amounting to 

 6,845,700/. and the Irish propor- 

 tion of the civil list and charges 

 on the consolidated fund, being 

 about 180,000/. and making toge- 

 ther 7,025,700/. 



The result was, that the total 

 of the supplies to be provided 

 for by Great Britain, was 

 55,350,648/. 



£. i 

 58,188,456 



SEPARATE CHARGE. 



Loyalty loan 100,292 



Interest on ex- 

 chequer bills 1,700,000 



Add amount of exchequer 

 bills charged on aids 1812, 

 outstanding, which it is not 

 intended to replace by the 

 issue of new bills 



1,800,202 



2,387,600 



4,187,892 



Total supplies 62,376,348 



Deduct Irish proportion of 



58,188,456/ 6,845,700 



Ditto civil list, and other 



charges 



180,000 



7,025,700 



Total on account of England .55,350,648 



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