74] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



to about 3,000,0001. From the sum which he had stated to have 

 originally remained in hand of 11,120,0001. there had been paid 



On account of treasury bills £1,550,000 



For the Army 1 ,050,000 



For the Commissariat in Spain and 

 Portugal due since 1814, provided 



in 1815 1,000,000 



Barracks 126,000 



Ordnance 876,000 



Making a total sum for Military Ser- 

 vice of £4,602,000 



But against this, theie was to be ba- 

 lanced the cash then contained in 

 the Military Chests; this amounted 

 to '. 1 ,865,000 



Which deducted from 4,602,000 



Left for the arrear of last vear £2,737,000 



To this was to be added of the 3,600,0001. Of this it was 



subsidies granted in the year, thought desirable to allow the 



and remaining undischarged, sum of 1,000,0001. to be paid out 



1,720,0001. The navy debt in of the surplus grants. There had 



January last had amoimted to tlius been paid— 



For Military Services £.2,737,000 



For Subsidies 1,720,000 



For Navy Debt 1,000,000 



Total 5,457,000 



There then remained of the 11,120,000 



Disposable Grants 5,663,000 



Which sum he should propose to the unclaimed dividends of the 



vote as a provision for the service Bank. From these he proposed 



of the present year. to take the sum of 301,0001. 



The next item was the advance This, however, was not the only 



of three millions which he had advantage which the public would 



had the satisfaction to negociate derive from this schem.e. It ap- 



with the Bank of England, and peared to him that the nrrange- 



the circumstances attendant on ments hitlierto made, both by 



which he had already particula- Mr. Pitt and Mr. Perceval, were 



rized. He had then to state that in some respects imperfect. They 



he had formed a plan for making a had not contemplated the possible 



new arrangement with respect to inci-ease of the unclaimed divi- 



dendii 



