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Statistics* 
ties. — These anmiities extend to the beginning' of the year I806j 
and the annual payrnents are about eleven hundred thousand pounds. 
Imperial short annuities, formed in the same manner, and upon 
the same conditions, as the imperial 3 per cent, annuities : they 
extend to May 1809, 
Besides the permanent loans to government, which have crea»’ 
ted a perpetual and terminable annuities, various sums have been 
raised from time to time, as temporary loans, on what are called 
Exchequer bills, from their being made payable at the treasury of 
the exchequer^ 
Exchequer bills, are issued for different hundreds or thousand 
of pounds, and bear an annual interest of 3| per cent, per dmm, 
from the day of their date to the time when they are advertised to 
be paid off. 
Navy bills, are merely bills of exchange, drawn at 90 days date^ 
and are given by the commissioners of the navy for the amount of 
supplies, for the use of that department, and the interest upon those 
amount to 3 per cent, per diem. 
India bonds are issued by the East India company, and bear 
interest at 5 per cent, per annum. 
Omnium, is a term denoting the different stocks formed by a 
loan, while any part of the loan remains unpaid. For example, 
suppose 20 millions of money were to be raised, and for every 
100/ in money, are to be given 100/ stock in the 3 per cents. 50/ 
stock in the 4 per cents, and 6s 3d per cent, in the long annuities ; 
then if any person engageto advance 10,000/ in money, upon pay- 
ing the first instalment, (for the money is usually advanced at tlie 
rate of about ten per cent, per month, until the whole is paid,) he 
will receive three receipts, which separately contain an engage^ 
ment to answer to the person possessing them 10,000/ stock in the 
three per cents. 5,000/ stock in the four per cents, and 31/ IO 5 , 
stock in the long annuities, upon the whole of the instalments be- 
ing paid, at or before the appointed time— -While these three re* 
ceipts are sold together, and before the whole of the instalment has 
been paid they are called Omnium, as they are made up of all, or 
of several of the stocks. 
Scrip, is a term given to each of the receipts of the omnium, 
they are sold separately : thus in the foregoing supposition, if the. 
receipt containing the engagement to transfer the 10,000/. in the 
three per cent, be sold without the other two receipts, this would 
be called a sale of script. Immediately the whole of the instalments 
upon any scripfis paid, the transfer of the stock is made to the ]^er* 
