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such part of the balance remain- 

 ing in the hands of the governor 

 and company of the Bank of Eng- 

 land, for the payment of divi- 

 dends on the pubhc debt, be ad- 

 vanced, from time to time, for 

 the service of the public, provided 

 that if, at any time, the said ba- 

 lance shall be reduced to a less 

 sum than 100,00Ul., then so much 

 of the monies advanced by the 

 said governor and company shall 

 be repaid to them as shall be equal 

 to the sum by which the said ba- 

 lance shall be less than the sum 

 of 100,0001. 



6. "That towards makhiggood 

 the supply granted to his majesty, 

 there be issued and applied the 

 »um of 43,2471. 3s. 11 ^d., which 

 have been issued to sundry per- 

 sons at the receipt of his majesty's 

 exchequer, piior to the 5th day 

 of January 1810, and which, not 

 having been paid, remain as out- 

 cash in the chests of the four 

 tellers of the said exchequer. 



7. " That, towards making 

 good the supply granted to his ma- 

 jesty, there be issued and applied 

 the sum of 13,2051. 5s. 3|d. le- 

 maining in the receipt of his ma- 

 jesty's exchequer on the- 5th of 

 January 1S16, for payment of cer- 

 tain annuities for terms of years 

 which expired annis 1792, 1805, 

 180G, and 1807. 



8. " That, towards making 

 good the supply granted to his 

 majesty, there be issued and ap- 

 plied the sum of 6,3261. Os. 9^(1. 

 remaining in the receipt of his 

 majesty's exchequer on the 5th of 

 July 1815, and charged upon the 

 consolidated fund for seivices 

 which cannot now be claimed. 



9. " That towards making 

 good the supply granted to his 



majesty, there be issued and ap- 

 plied the sum of 72,9731. 15s. 3d. 

 remaining in the receipt of his 

 majesty's exchequer on the 5th 

 of January 1816, on'tke funds for 

 payment of annuities on lives 

 granted annis 1745, 1746, 17-^7, 

 1778 and 1779, on which the 

 lives have expired since the 5th 

 of January 1802. 



10. " That, towards raising 

 the supply granted to his majesty, 

 there be issued and applied the 

 sum of 6,5451. 5s. 4d., being the 

 amount of money paid by the re- 

 ceivers general of the land-tax to 

 the governor and company of the 

 Bank of England on account of 

 the pay-meister general of his ma- 

 jesty's forces, in pursuance of an 

 act of the 3/ th year of the reign 

 of his present majesty, for raising 

 men for the army and navy. 



11. " That towards raising the 

 supply granted to his majesty the 

 sum of thirteen millions be raised 

 by exchequer bills for the service 

 of Great Britain. 



12. " That towards raising the 

 supply gi'anted to his majesty, the 

 sum of 1,200,0001. Irish currency, 

 be raised by treasuiy bills for the 

 service of Ireland for the year 

 1816. 



13. "That towards raising the 

 supply granted to his majesty 

 theic be applied for the service 

 of Ireland the sum of 79,9851. 

 16s. 6d., arisen from the sale 

 of old naval and victualling 

 stoi-es." 



The first Resolution being put, 

 Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald rose to 

 state the supply and ways and 

 means for the service of Ireland. 

 He said, he felt it to be unneces- 

 sary to trespass on the connnittee 

 at any lengrh. The circumstances 



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