106] ANNUAL REGISTER, 181S. 



dividend or interest to be paid at 

 the Bank of England on the .5th 

 of July next ensuing, provided 

 the whole of the 3 per cent con- 

 solidated annuities subscribed by 

 such person shall be transferred 

 to the said commissioners on or 

 before the 2nd of June, or on 

 the 5th of January next ensu- 

 ing provided the whole of the 

 3/. per cent consolidated annui- 

 ties subscribed by such person 

 shall be transferred to the said 

 commissioners after the 2nd of 

 June and before the 27th of No- 

 vember next ; and after payment 

 of the said dividend or interest, 

 the whole of the said consolidated 

 and reduced annuities which may 

 be transferred to the said com- 

 missioners shall be cancelled, and 

 the dividends on such annuities 

 shall be no longer payable. 



2. " That, towards raising the 

 supply granted to his majestj', 

 every person who shall, on or be- 

 fore the 24'th of this instant 

 April, have subscribed his name 

 in the books of the governor and 

 company of the Bank of Eng- 

 land for transferring to the ac- 

 count of the commissioners for 

 the reduction of the National 

 Debt Si. per cent annuities for 

 other annuities at the rate of 

 31. 10s. per cent, shall be at liber- 

 ty to subscribe his name in the 

 books of the said governor and 

 company on the 2Sth or 29th of 

 April, or the 2nd of May next, 

 for converting into 31. per cent 

 consolidated and reduced annui- 

 ties, upon the terms and condi- 

 tions hereaftc mentioned, any 

 exchequer bills already issued, or 

 which may be issued before the 

 1st of August 1818, and which 

 may not have been advertised to 



be paid off before the reepeotive 

 days of payment hereafter speci- 

 fied, to an amount not exceeding 

 100/. in exchequer bills for every 

 100/. of stock subscribed to be 

 transferred to the account of the 

 commissioners for the reduction 

 of the National Debt ; and that 

 every such person shall at the 

 time of so subscribing his name 

 make a deposit with the chief 

 cashier or cashiers of the gover- 

 nor and company of the Bank of 

 England, equal to 51. per cent at 

 least, on the amount of exche- 

 quer bills so subscribed, as a se- 

 curity for delivering into the 

 office of the paymasters of ex- 

 chequer bills the amount of ex- 

 chequer bills so subscribed in 

 manner following ; viz. 20/. per 

 cent on or before the 1st of Au- 

 gust ; 20/. on or before the 3rd 

 of September ; 20/. on or before 

 the 1st of October; 20/. on or 

 before the 31st of October : 

 the remainder on or before the 

 26th of November. And that 

 whenever the deposit shall have 

 been made at the Bank in money 

 as aforesaid, the paymasters of ex- 

 chequer bills shall, so soon as the 

 subscriber shall have brought in 

 exchequer bills to the whole 

 amount of his subscription, re- 

 turn to such subscribers the 

 amount of such deposit ; or such 

 deposit may be taken into ac- 

 count as a part payment of the 

 subscription of such subscribers. 

 " That every person who shall 

 have made a deposit at the Bank 

 of England to the amount of 51. 

 per cent on the exchequer bills 

 subscribed by him, shall receive 

 from the paymasters of exche- 

 quer bills a certificate or certifi- 

 cates upon which a receipt for 



the 



