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<HEAD>Suppo&s;e for the Year 1695.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Wanting Five or Six <HI>MILLIONS</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. T'IS probable, That Four Shillings in the Pound will again be Gran|ted for the next Year from <HI>Chri&s;tmas</HI> 1694/5. upon Land; and thereof to be Appropriated, One Million for Sea, and One Million for Land Service; being reckoned on as&mdash;Two Millions.</P>
<P>Though po&s;&s;ibly not more than 1800000 <HI>l.</HI> and if the Revenue of the Cu&s;toms (at <HI>Chri&s;tmas</HI> Expiring) may be made u&s;e of towards Rai&s;ing this Money, and the Methods hereafter mentioned be u&s;ed for the re&s;t, in&s;tead of Four Shillings in the Pound on Land, Two Shillings it may be may &s;erve.</P>
<P N="2">2. A Lottery may be Contrived, and upon only 140000 <HI>l.</HI> yearly for Sixteen Years as the la&s;t was, that the Money in Specie &s;hall very quick|ly come in; for which <HI>T. N.</HI> has a Propo&s;al ready Printed, and (as he con|ceives) choice of Ea&s;ie Fonds for't; and if need be, &s;uppo&s;es as he has con|trived it, with Increa&s;ing the Fond half as much more, that it will bring in half as much Money more; but as yet on &s;uch 140000 <HI>l.</HI> yearly for Sixteen Years he propo&s;es only&mdash;One Million.</P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>T. N.</HI> has al&s;o thought of a way how to &s;upply the Kings pre&s;ent Occa&s;ions (this next Year) with more than Two Millions of Money on a Fund of 8000 <HI>l.</HI> yearly only,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>2</HI> Millions.</NOTE> which is but at Four <HI>per Cent.</HI> without any Compul&s;ion or Prejudice to the pre&s;ent Revenue,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>5</HI> Millions In all.</NOTE> or to tho&s;e that &s;hall Re|ceive it, but rather a Convenience to both; and an Ea&s;ie Fond may be Propo&s;ed for it.</P>
<CLOSER><DATE><HI>Nov.</HI> 16. 1694.</DATE></CLOSER>
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<P>A Million Lottery was Propo&s;ed in Print by <HI>T. N. Nov.</HI> 15. 1694. And now for Rai&s;ing a Fond of 140000 <HI>l.</HI> Yearly for this Million Lottery, a Three Months Tax of 70000 <HI>l.</HI> a Month, and the Duty continued on Salt, will do it. And</P>
<P>'Tis to be con&s;idered, that the fir&s;t Payment to &s;uch as &s;hall advance this Mo|ney (be&s;ides what Rebate &s;hall be allowed them for paying it in &s;ooner, which comes out of the Money paid) will be probably at <HI>Lady-day</HI> 1696. And
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<P>Now to make the Rai&s;ing this Ea&s;ie,</P>
<P>Let a Months A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment of 70000 <HI>l. per Men&s;em</HI> be made Payable for the Month of <HI>February</HI> 1695/6, which will come after the Years Tax, if any of 4 or 2 <HI>s.</HI> in the Pound, which if &s;o, will end at <HI>Chri&s;tmas</HI> 1695. and out of it may be made the fir&s;t Payment at <HI>Lady-Day,</HI> 1696. being 20000 <HI>l.</HI> only to the Fortunate, and leave 50000 <HI>l.</HI> towards the next Payment. And then &s;uppo&s;e there be charged by way of the like A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment on the Month of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1696. 70000 <HI>l.</HI> more, 'twill come in time enough with the 50000 <HI>l.</HI> afore&s;aid to make 120000 <HI>l.</HI> which will be to be paid to the Benefitted and not Benefitted Tickets for the <HI>Michaelmas</HI> Payment 1696. And then let the Month of <HI>February,</HI> 1696/7. be charged with 70000 <HI>l.</HI> more; out of which there may be paid 20000 <HI>l.</HI> to the Fortunate at <HI>La|dy-Day</HI> 1697. and leave 50000 <HI>l.</HI> (towards the next Payment at <HI>Michaelmas</HI> 1697.) which with what may be rai&s;ed from the Salt (now propo&s;ed to be continued) 'twixt the <HI>17th.</HI> of <HI>May</HI> 1697. when the pre&s;ent Charge on it ends, and <HI>Michaelmas</HI> following, will be &s;ufficient to make the <HI>Michaelmas</HI> Payment 1697. And the Duty of Salt will by that time be &s;o well &s;etled, that it cannot be doubted but that 'twill after abundantly pay the 140000 <HI>l.</HI> Yearly for whatever time 'tis given.</P>
<P>And thus for only one three Months A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment at 70000 <HI>l. per</HI> Month, being proportionable only to a &s;ix Weeks Tax at 4 <HI>s.</HI> in the Pound to be paid in two Years, and none of it payable till after the 4 or 2 <HI>s.</HI> in the Pound &s;uppo&s;ed to be &s;et for the Year 1695 does expire. And for the continuing of the Salt Tax, which will always be ea&s;ie, here may be by way of Lottery for the Service of the Year 1695 thus Rai&s;ed&mdash;1 Million.</P>
<P>Or 3 <HI>d.</HI> in the Pound (as it may be ea&s;ie laid) on Tobacco, or 1 <HI>d.</HI> a Pound on Soap, and the Additional Duty again renewed upon Sugars, (either of which may be done with &s;mall Inconvenience and few Officers) will be a &s;ufficient Fond for the 140000 <HI>l.</HI> Yearly for the Million, by way of Lottery now propo&s;ed to be Rai&s;ed.</P>
<P>Now, for a Fond for Rai&s;ing any Sum of Money not exceeding 300000 <HI>l.</HI> yearly, Tobacco is propo&s;ed to be Taxed as herein afterexpre&s;t; but fir&s;t Note, &s;uppo&s;e its Prime co&s;t in the Plantations <HI>per</HI> lb. 1. <HI>d.</HI> &s;uppo&s;e its Freight and a&s;&s;urance home in Peace more about 3 <HI>ob.</HI> the Kings Duty one way or other comes to 5 <HI>d.</HI> which being good part of it to be paid or &s;ecured on Landing, and before 'tis di&s;po&s;ed of, does much inconvenience the Importer, he for that rea&s;on being obliged to have and keep by him (or to be able at lea&s;t to give Security for) double the Money he would otherwi&s;e have need of for his Tobacco Trade if he were not to pay the Duty till his Commodities &s;old.</P>
<P>Now, by this Computation the Prime Co&s;t of the Tobacco, Freight, Cu&s;tom, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> comes to <HI>per</HI> Pound 6 <HI>d.</HI> &frac34;, and is commonly &s;old by the Importer at about 7 or 8 <HI>d.</HI> and &s;o the gain of the Importer by it is about 1 <HI>d.</HI> &frac12; at mo&s;t, and oftentimes not &s;o much: And for the Tobacco (of which all that is landed mu&s;t pay and &s;ecure the Duty of 5 <HI>d.</HI> the Pound to the King) which is after Tran&s;ported, tho' the Duty all but one half-penny be returned to the Importer if Shipt out in one Year, the Importer in the mean time is forced to be out of Pocket, or give Security for the Duty of &s;uch Tobacco to be paid, being more than double the value of the To|bacco it &s;elf. And for to Reimbur&s;e him&s;elf oftentimes in Nece&s;&s;ity of that Money (&s;o by him laid down or &s;ecured for the Duty) again, is forced to Tran&s;port it, whether the Markets abroad at that time require it or not; or el&s;e for want of Mo|ney (chiefly occa&s;ioned by having paid &s;o much Duty, or being obliged to give Security for it) is forced to &s;ell at under Rates and with lo&s;s to Engro&s;&s;ers and
<PB N="2" REF="6">others, who notwith&s;tanding the Prime Co&s;t and Duty to them is but 7 or 8 <HI>d.</HI> the Pound, do &s;eldom &s;ell it to tho&s;e that take it, for le&s;s than double than Sum, but oftner at treble as much: And when the Duty herein after Propo&s;ed &s;hall be in the manner herein Propo&s;ed &s;et on it, 'twill not be &s;en&s;ibly dearer to the taker than 'tis; 'twill not hinder the Con&s;umption, nor the Export, and the Merchant having this way not need of &s;o much Stock, or of being able to give Security for, as now he mu&s;t have to drive the Tobacco Trade, if he gets le&s;s by the Commo|dity, he however will make more <HI>per Cent.</HI> for his Money, 100 <HI>l.</HI> doing him the way following the Service of two.</P>
<P>To Demon&s;trate this, and what with ea&s;e is conceived may be rai&s;ed Yearly on the Tobacco Fond.</P>
<P>Note, The pre&s;ent Duty as afore&s;aid on Tobacco is <HI>per</HI> Pound 5 <HI>d.</HI> and that Duty has been computed worth in Peace to the Crown Yearly 250000 <HI>l.</HI> and this chiefly ri&s;es by the home Con&s;umption, 4 <HI>d.</HI> &frac12; <HI>per</HI> lb. being to be returned to the Importer on Tran&s;portation, and &s;o amounts not to much; but that part of the Duty <HI>(viz.)</HI> a half-penny <HI>per</HI> Pound when Exported may always continue, notwith&s;tanding the new way of Taxing herein after Propo&s;ed, that having no relation to this, which lays the Duty only on the Con&s;umption at home, and hinders not Foreign Trade in the lea&s;t, nor does it create many Officers, nor can it be called an Exci&s;e as afore&s;aid. One Penny <HI>per</HI> Pound on the home Con&s;umption of Tobacco, reckon|ing 5 <HI>d. per</HI> Pound to bring in 250000 <HI>l.</HI> Yearly, will bring in 50000 <HI>l.</HI> Yearly; &s;o that if 3 <HI>d.</HI> more be laid on't, 'twill bring in, thus Reckoning, more than it does 150000 <HI>l.</HI> Yearly, being a Fond &s;ufficient to rai&s;e two or three Millions up|on; and if 4 <HI>d.</HI> &frac12; be laid, 'twill bring in half as much more, and &s;o be a Fond for in Proportion more Money; and if in&s;tead of 4 <HI>d.</HI> &frac12; there &s;hould be 7 <HI>d.</HI> to make it 12 <HI>d. per</HI> Pound Duty, the Commodity will bear it very well, and be a very good Fond for 300000 <HI>l.</HI> Yearly more than it now brings at lea&s;t.</P>
<P>The way Propo&s;ed to have this done with ea&s;e and convenience, and to Rai&s;e the Yearly Income or Revenue afore&s;aid, is</P>
<P>By making a Law, That,</P>
<P N="1">1. All Tobacco Imported &s;hould fir&s;t be unladen (as mo&s;t of it is) at either <HI>London</HI> or <HI>Bri&s;tol.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. That it be all lodged in Ware-hou&s;es to be prepared by the King for that purpo&s;e, and to be Lett to the Importer at ea&s;ier Rates than at any other Place at <HI>London</HI> or <HI>Bri&s;tol</HI> by them &s;hall be to be had; To which &s;everal Ware-hou&s;es each Owner of Tobacco and his Servants are always freely to come to take care of the&s;e Goods, and to &s;ell and di&s;po&s;e them in any manner they &s;hall think be&s;t; but before they go out of the Ware-hou&s;e, the Duty already &s;et on them, and what &s;hall be further &s;et, mu&s;t be paid or &s;ecured, as mu&s;t be pre&s;cribed by the Act to be paid or &s;ecured by the fir&s;t Buyer or Importer as they two &s;hall agree, but by one of them as afore&s;aid it mu&s;t be paid or &s;ecured before the Goods be let go from the Ware-hou&s;e, which a&s;certains the Duty for all Tobacco &s;pent in the Kingdom, and for what &s;hall be Exported upon payment of one half-penny (or rather nothing) if for Encouragement of that Trade it may be &s;o Enacted.</P>
<P>Note, The Owner may have liberty to take thence and Export his To|bacco, (the nece&s;&s;ary Cautions now u&s;ed to &s;ee that &s;uch Tobacco for which the Duty is required to be returned) and as the Law now &s;tands mu&s;t be, (if it be Tran&s;ported) being u&s;ed to &s;ee and prove that the Tobacco &s;o taken from the King's Ware-hou&s;e, having paid the half-penny Duty, be truly Tra&s;ported abroad.</P>
<P N="3">3. And Note further, a Publick Sale for di&s;po&s;ing Tobacco by the Candle is propo&s;ed to be kept the &s;econd Week in each Month, both at <HI>London</HI> and <HI>Bri&s;tol.</HI></P>
<P>For the Convenience of &s;uch as Import Tobacco, and without Paying any thing at the Landing, lay it up (as all mu&s;t be obliged to do) in Ware-hou&s;es provided for it by the King; where the &s;ame &s;hall be entred as 'tis landed in cour&s;e, and if not di&s;po&s;ed by the Owner before &s;uch day of Sale, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall (if he thinks fit) be &s;et up in cour&s;e by the Candle, at what Price he &s;hall &s;et on it, and &s;o Sold; And then the King's Duty being paid or &s;ecured, the Goods to be delivered.</P>
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<P>And that the Kings Duty may be much more certain than now it is. <HI>Note,</HI> If the Importer neglects or refu&s;es to let his Goods be expo&s;ed to Sale, within the time to be allowed for paying the Kings Duty, or to pay and &s;ecure the Duty (which Duty being paid or &s;ecured, he may do as he will with his Goods.)</P>
<P>The &s;aid Goods &s;hall upon the next day of Sale, after the time for paying the Du|ty expires, be by the Kings Officers &s;et up and &s;old at the Candle, and on Receipt of the Money for which they &s;hall be Sold, the Kings Duty being fir&s;t taken out, the re&s;t &s;hall be paid to the Owner, who &s;o is not hurt in the lea&s;t. And be&s;ides</P>
<P>The Convenience of this way of Sale; 'twill be a certain and a great advantage to the fir&s;t Owner of the Goods, and the like to all &s;uch as &s;hall have occa&s;ion to buy; and that tho&s;e Per&s;ons that have occa&s;ion only for &s;mall Quantities, may this way be Convenienced,<NOTE PLACE="marg">&rindx;</NOTE> and yet at the &s;ame bidding be accommodated with a great Quanti|ty if they &s;o &s;hall think fit, It may be Ordered.</P>
<P>That every Man's Goods <HI>(viz.)</HI> Hog&s;heads of Tobacco, &s;hall be Numbred from 1. to as many as he &s;hall think fit at once to Set up. And then,</P>
<P>The fir&s;t Hog&s;head to be Set up by it &s;elf, with this Declaration, That whoever buys it, may take as many of the &s;ucceeding Numbred Hog&s;heads of that Parcel at the &s;ame Price as he &s;hall think fit; So that he that will buy few, as well as he that would buy many, may this way be accommodated; and the Chapman before|hand having had the liberty to take what View he plea&s;es of the Goods, cannot this way be Impo&s;ed on, by having Hog&s;heads of Ill mingled with Good, having it in his Power to end buying at what Number he will, and this will make the Pro|prietor exceedingly careful, that each Hog&s;head in every Numbred Parcel &s;hall (as near as he can make them) be of Goodne&s;s alike, becau&s;e 'twill be his Intere&s;t &s;o to do; And every Buyer may (that being done) much &s;afer bid; So all will be this way for the Benefit of both Seller and Buyer.</P>
<P>Nor can the fir&s;t Owner of the Tobacco find any cau&s;e to complain of this &s;ort of Sale, being left to his Liberty (paying or &s;ecuring the Duty) to any otherwi&s;e di&s;po&s;e of his Goods that he can.</P>
<P>Nor can the Buyer complain of this way of Buying, being left at his Liberty to buy more or le&s;s, or any other way that he can; So that Buyer and Seller being both at Liberty, the one to Sell, and the other to Buy as he can, there's none of this way will ever have ju&s;t cau&s;e to complain; And the Nation may be plea&s;ed by thus having the Publick &s;upplied with &s;ome Millions of Money, which may be done by To|bacco as before Propo&s;ed, without burthening the Subject, and without de&s;troying or le&s;&s;ening the Plantation Trade, but rather encrea&s;ing the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Now by what goes before, it being made evident that Tobacco may rai&s;e 300000 <HI>l.</HI> yearly yet more than it does. Note,</P>
<P>Every Penny laid on Tobacco being 40000 <HI>l.</HI> yearly, at lea&s;t, many believing it not le&s;s than 50000 <HI>l.</HI> yearly, an Act of Parliament may out of it make Fonds, as great or as &s;mall as they will.</P>
<P>And now at fir&s;t &s;uppo&s;e only 2 <HI>d.</HI> the pound Additional Duty, in manner afore|&s;aid laid on't, may produce 100000 <HI>l.</HI> yearly, and will yearly 80000 <HI>l.</HI> at the lea&s;t, which for the rai&s;ing two Millions, 'tis propo&s;ed &s;hould be Appropriated as &s;trict|ly, as the Revenue for the Bank is on Tru&s;tees, accountable to Parliament for the con&s;tant an&s;wering of 4 <HI>per Cent.</HI> once a Year, at <HI>Lady-day,</HI> or <HI>Michaelmas</HI> Intere&s;t, to &s;uch as &s;hall at that time yearly have Right to the Two Millions of Money, in proportion to every Man's Title thereto, and this Intere&s;t to always continue till Redeemed by Parliament, to which it mu&s;t ever be Subject.</P>
<P>And now to bring this 80000 <HI>l.</HI> yearly, into two &s;uch Millions of Money as may an&s;wer &s;o much of the Publick Occa&s;ions, and the &s;atisfaction and advantage of &s;uch as can have it, and be no Prejudice at all to the Crown, nor any Inconvenience to the pre&s;ent Revenue, nor to be &s;trongly Objected again&s;t by rea&s;on of the pre&s;ent Anticipations, which as this is Propo&s;ed to be put will never be hurt, nor the Per|&s;ons therein concerned (unle&s;s they de&s;ire it) be troubled with being this way to be paid, &s;uch Care being taken that very little of it, after once 'tis paid out &s;hall e|ver return to the Crown; and before 'tis paid out, being evidently better than any other &s;ort of the King's Pay, unle&s;s for Contradiction &s;ake, or its not being well under&s;tood, it cannot fail being approved of by all. the way follows:</P>
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<P>A way how to &s;upply the Kings Occa&s;ions with a Million of Money on a Fond of 40000 <HI>l.</HI> yearly, or with two Millions on 80000 <HI>l.</HI> yearly, which is at 4 only <HI>per Cent.</HI> without any prejudice to the King's pre&s;ent Revenue, or compul&s;ion to tho&s;e that &s;hall receive it, but rather a convenience to both; to do this 'tis Propo&s;ed,</P>
<P>That there &s;hould Bills, &s;ome of 100 <HI>l.</HI> &s;ome of 50 <HI>l.</HI> and &s;ome of 20 <HI>l.</HI> (as here|in after De&s;cribed) be Prepared, amounting &s;uppo&s;e to one or two Millions, and to be paid out by the King as &s;o much ready Money, to tho&s;e his Maje&s;ty has occa&s;ion to pay Money to, and are willing this way to receive it, with a Declaration (as you &s;ee the Pattern made for 'em) that they &s;hall be taken in payment, for either Excite or Cu&s;tom, for the Money they are given out at, and the 4 <HI>per Cent.</HI> Intere&s;t, &s;hall be paid to the Per&s;on po&s;&s;e&s;t of &s;uch Bills at <HI>Lady-day,</HI> or <HI>Michaelmas</HI> yearly, and the King as he pays them out, as 100. 50. or 20 <HI>l.</HI> &s;hall take them again as 100. 50. or 20 <HI>l.</HI> In &s;hort, as the King pays out Silver and Gold, and takes it again for ju&s;t the &s;ame as he paid it out; &s;o, and no otherwi&s;e he &s;hould take again the&s;e Bills <HI>(viz.)</HI> as 100 <HI>l.</HI> 50 <HI>l.</HI> or 20 <HI>l.</HI> as he paid them out.</P>
<P>Whence 'twill follow, that whoever comes to be po&s;&s;e&s;t of the&s;e Bills (having a running Intere&s;t of 4 <HI>per Cent.</HI> on them) will never pay them into the Exchequer, either for Cu&s;tom or Exci&s;e, if he can po&s;&s;ibly find other Money to pay it.</P>
<P>And to hinder the remaining long of &s;uch Bills in the Exchequer, it may be enacted, That (if payment of any of the&s;e Bills be made, as 20 <HI>l.</HI> 50 <HI>l.</HI> or 100 <HI>l.</HI> for Cu&s;tom or Exci&s;e) there &s;hall every Week be &s;et up in Writing at the Exchequer, Ex|ci&s;e and Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e, an Account of what &s;ums in &s;uch Bills remain there, with this Declaration Po&s;itive, that whil&s;t there are any &s;uch Bills remaining in the Ex|chequer, Exci&s;e, or Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e, whoever brings ready Money, that is, 100 <HI>l.</HI> for 100 <HI>l.</HI> 50 <HI>l.</HI> for a 50 <HI>l.</HI> or 20 <HI>l.</HI> for a 20 <HI>l.</HI> Bill,<NOTE PLACE="marg">&rindx;</NOTE> &s;hall not be refu&s;ed it, tho 11 Months Intere&s;t be due upon't, and the whole twelve to be Received by the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;or of the Bill, the <HI>Lady-day</HI> or <HI>Michaelmas</HI> following: This will make the&s;e Bills 'twixt man and man much better than ready Money, having &s;uch Intere&s;t, till paid for Exci&s;e or Cu&s;tom, &s;till running upon them, and when paid into the Exchequer &s;o very advan|tagious to tho&s;e that &s;hall take them out, that the Kings Revenue in payment will have very few of them; And being &s;o drawn that they cannot be Counterfeit, and may be proved true at the <HI>Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e</HI> if paid there, at the Exci&s;e Office if paid there, at the <HI>Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e</HI> at <HI>Bri&s;tol,</HI> and the other Places writ on them if paid there, and at the Exchequer when the Intere&s;t is paid, and a new Bill given there; as al&s;o for A&s;cer|taining the truth of &s;uch Bills; an Office like that of the Transfer may be Erected in <HI>London,</HI> for a Penny to Try and A&s;&s;ert the Validity of any &s;uch Bill, which be|ing &s;o ea&s;y A&s;certained, and having 4 <HI>per Cent.</HI> Intere&s;t (which is more than what the Bank Bills will have) running upon 'em, and it being ready Money to Mer|chants, when the Owner would part with it.</P>
<P>It is not to be doubted, but that this may to as much Satisfaction &s;upply the u&s;es of Money as either Bank Bills will, or Gold&s;miths Notes ever did, and be a Preju|dice to none, but a great Convenience to many, and a Publick Good, by encrea&s;ing the Currant Money of the Nation, which the&s;e Bills without any Compul&s;ion, mu&s;t of cour&s;e and nece&s;&s;ity do, and may be for greater or le&s;&s;er &s;ums, as Fonds &s;hall be &s;ettled for it.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>The form of the Bills, and how the Truth of them is to be Tryed, the following Print does demon&s;trate. Tho Neale.</SIGNED>
<DATE><HI>Nov. 16th.</HI> 1694.</DATE></CLOSER>
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<P>This Bill will be taken For one Hundred Pounds by the King in all Payments for Cu&s;toms or Excise (and may also be Tryed) in the Places writ about It vntil the 25 of March 1696. And at any time after that Time the Bearer of It may vpon The delivering it vp Receive Four pounds at the Exchequer and One other such Bill of one Hundred Pounds for the year ensuing. </P>
<P>This Bill is to be cut Indentwise, Through The Several Knolls, or Flourishes, and each Knoll or Fl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">urish being Numbred (as The Bill will be) is to be Severally Pasted in a Book to be kept at each re&s;pective Place mentioned above <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> There to prove The Truth of Such Bill.</P>
<P><LIST>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> London Custom 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> London Custom 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> London Excise. 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> London Excise. 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> London Transfer 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> London Transfer 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> London Exchequer. 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> London Exchequer. 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> Bristoll Cus. &amp; Excise. 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> Bristoll Cus. &amp; Excise. 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> Yarmouth Cus: &amp; Exc: 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> Yarmouth Cus: &amp; Exc: 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> Yorke Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> Yorke Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> Newcastle Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> Newcastle Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> Chester Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> Chester Cust: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> Shrewsbury Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR> Shrewsbury Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR>Exeter Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR>Exeter Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR>Plymouth Cus &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR>Plymouth Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR>Norwich Cus. &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR>Norwich Cus. &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR>Colchester Cus &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR>Colchester Cus &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR>Southampo~ Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR>Southampo~ Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR>Hull Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
<ITEM>100 <ABBR>li</ABBR>Hull Cus: &amp; Excise 1695 N</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<SIGNED>Commi&s;sioner </SIGNED>
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