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pany, fhall be permitted to retire from the fervice, either to Batavia or elsewhere, whenever a conve nient opportunity thall offer.

Upon thefe conditions we, the undersigned, confent to deliver up Fort Naffau, the fettlement of Banda, and all its dependencies, to the troops of his Britannic majefty tomorrow morning, upon receiving a copy of this capitulation, ratified and figned by his excellency the British commander. The keys of all the public property, and all accounts properly authenticated, fhall be immediately delivered over to the British, and the government entirely vefted in them. Fort Naffau, Banda Neira, March 8, 1796.

(Signed) T. VAN BOECKHOLTZ. A. H. VUEGE. F. SAIGANG.

(L. S.)

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ed to recommend it to your lordfhip to exert your influence in caufing to be made out, as speedily as poffible, an account of live and dead ftock, in fuch of the parishes of the county of Suffex as are within ten or twelve miles of the sea.

With refpect to the mode of making out the account required, I take this opportunity of tranfmitting to your lordship the form in which it has been executed by the voluntary exertions of the gentlemen of the county of Dorfet; and fhall beg to fubmit it for your lordship's confideration and adoption, unless where it may be found neceffary to deviate from it, in confequence of local circumftances and fituations.

With refpect to the mode in which it is propofed to remove fuch live and dead stock, in cafe it fhould be neceffary, your lordfhip will communicate with the commander in chief of the diftri&t in which the county of Suffex lies, and will concert with him fuch previous measures for this purpose as may be judged requifite.

The meeting which I have defired your lordship to call on the fubject of my circular letter of this day's date, will afford you an opportunity of fubmitting this letter to the confideration of the deputylieutenants and the magiftracy of the county of Suffex, and will confequently lead to the immediate adoption of fuch measures as shall be neceffary to enable the return to be made, which I am perfuaded your lordship will be of opinion is fo much to be wifhed for.

I am further to inform your lordthip, that the lords commiffioners of the treafury have recei ed his majefty's pleafure, that they

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fhould take fuch previous meafures as may be neceffary for defraying any expences which may arife, in confequence of fuch poflible removal of live and dead ftock as I have fuppofed, as well as of any particular loffes which may eventually be occafioned thereby.

Although this circumftance is fuch as must obviate every poffible objection to the measure, I am nevertheless confident, that all thofe whom it may concern would, exclufively of every personal confideration or motive, join with the utmolt alacrity in the execution of a meafure which has for its object the general fafety of the country.

I have the honour to be, &c.
PORTLAND.

Copy of a letter from the chancellor of the exchequer to the lord mayor.

Downing-freet, ft Dec.

My Lord, I TAKE the liberty of transmitting to your lordship a copy of a letter which I have thought it my duty to write to the governor and deputy governor of the bank, and of the memorandum therein referred to, which it is their intention to lay before a court of proprietors this day. I have the fatisfaction of thinking that the plan therein fuggefted is likely to receive the greatest countenance from many great mercantile bodies and refpectable houfes in the metropolis.

The repeated proofs which the citizens of London have given of their zeal and public fpirit, leave me no doubt, that, if it appears likely to promote the interefts of the country at this important crifis, it will receive their chearful

fupport in their individual capacity, as well as that of the corporate bo'dy, and of the different public corpanies. It is unneceffary for me to ftate the effect which fuch an example would produce throughout the kingdom. With this view I would requeft your lordship, if you fee no impropriety in the meafure, to take as fpeedily as poffible fuch fteps as you may think moft advifeable for bringing the fubject under the confideration of the common council, and of the different public companies, and for afcertaining to what extent they may be inclined to contribute to the fuccefs of the plan, in the event of its receiving the approbation of parliament,

I have the honour, &c.

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THAT under the prefent circumftances it feemed peculiarly neceflary that provifion fhould be made for the fervices of the enfuing year, without having recourse to the accustomed way of raifing money by a loan, at the present price of the funds. It was there fore in contemplation to propose to parliament that one-fourth of the income of individuals of a certain class should be applied to that purpose, to be repaid according to the terms fpecified in the inclofed memorandum. There were strong reafons to believe that many gentlemen would voluntarily fubfcribe a larger proportion than what might be required of them, but the extent of contribution greatly depended on the examples that might be given, particularly

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on that which might be held out by the bank of England. He therefore earnestly hoped that the court of directors of the governor and company of the bank of England, and the proprietors, impreffed with that zeal which they had always manifefted for the public good,

and convinced of the importance of the prefent crifis, would be induced to take the lead in a measure fo highly conducive to the maintenance of public credit, and which would ftrongly tend to the acceleration of a permanent and honourable peace.

Account of the total net produce of all the permanent taxes for one year, ending October 10th, 1796.

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Houses and Windows fince 10th October, 1766
Inhabited houses Ann. 1778

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In order to fhew a comparative state of the above duties, with those of the year ending on the 10th of October 1795, we fubjoin the totals of that year.

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A comparative View of certain public Circumftances in the refpective Periods of

1783-4 and 1795-6.

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