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 A. D. i697« Anno octavo & nono Gu LI ELM I III. C. 20. 651 Duties of Tunnage upon Ships, from the feventeenth Day of May one thoufaiid fTx hun'^rcd ninety-fix until the feventeenth Day oi Mny one thoufand fix hundred nincty-fcven (which Duties of Tunnage up- on Ships was alfo taken away by the fnine Aft) v.nA the further Sum of one hundred and ft.riy thoufa/id Pounds to anfvyer and make good the Rates and Duties upon Salt, from the faid fcventeenili Djy a^ May one thoufand fix hundred ninety-fix, until the faid feventeenth Day of May one thoufand fix hundred ninety-feven, in the Manner therein mentioned ; which faid fcvcral Sums of hve hundred and fixty thou- fand Pounds, one hundred and forty thoufand I'ounds, and one hundred and forty thoufand Pounds, amounting in the whole to eiglit hundi'cd and forty thoufand Pounds, being taken or fubductcd from the faid Sum of two Millions five hundred fixty-four thoufand Pounds, the Remainder thereof v/ill amount to one Million feven hundred twenty-four thoufand Pounds, which is borrowed, or may be boi rov/ed by His Majefty lor the Service of the "War againft /Vwyft' ; and the Perfon or Perfons who have advanced, or fhall advance the lame, his, her, or their Executors, Adminillrators, or Afligiis, have, or may have, in their Hands, Tallies, and Orders of Repayment, or Bills for the Sums fo advanced, or to be advan- ced, which cannot in any reafonablc Time be fatisficd out of the faid Duties chargeable therewith by the AiSl laft mentioned : And whereas feveral Perfons did advance and lend, at the (aid Receipt of the Ex- chequer^ feveral other Sums of Money, at the Rate of i'cven Pounds per Centum per Anvum for Inceretb, . upon the Credit of two third Parts of the Excife of eighteen Pence ^rr Barrel, and other additional Du- ties of Excife upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, which were granted to their faid MajciKes for four Years, by an AcSt of Parliament in the fecond Year of their Reign, and afterwards continued by a fub- i w. «- m. fl". fequent A61 of Parliament in that Behalf, until the feventeenth Day of May one thoufand fix hundred *• <"• '«• ninety-feven, from which Time the fame, or the like Duties of Excife, are continued or granted by 5 '^ ^ ^- * ™' Aft of Parliament for other Ufes : And v/hereas feveral Perfons, as well Natives as I'oreigners, Bodies " "" Politick and Corporate, have alfo advanced and lent, at the faid Receipt of the Exchequer^ very confi- derable Sums of Money upon the Security of other Aids, Supplies, Impofitions, Revenues, or Funds, herein after mentioned, that is to fay, upon certain additional Impofitions upon feveral Goods and Mer- chandizes, which were granted to their faid Majefties by an hSt paffed in the Parliament hold'cn at Weft- minjier, in the fourth and fifth Years of their Reign, to continue until the firft Day oi March one thou- 4.&- 5 V.'. & M, fand fix hundrrd ninety-fix, which Acl allows Intereft after the Rate of eight Pounds per Centum per Jr.- =• s- ■Man for the Monies thereby borrowed, and upon certain Duties payable for Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, for four Years, which commenced from the twenty-eighth Day of June one thouf?nd fix hundred ninety-four, by virtue of an Afc v/hich palled in the Parliament holden at TF.'Jiiiiin/hr in the fifth and 5 &6W. &M. fixth Years of tlie Reign of their faid Majcflies, whereby there was allowed imerefc, not exccejmg the c. ii. Rate of eight Pounds per Centzim per Jnni/m, for the Monies lent in purfuancc vhereof ; and upon Credit of a certain yearly Sum of three hundred thoufand Pounds, payable for five Years, from ths five and twentieth Day o'i December one thoufand fix hundred ninety-four, out of Monies aiiiing by the Subftdy of Tunnage and Poundage, and other Duties upon Merchandizes exported and imported, by virtue of feve- ral A £i:s of Parliament, pafled in the fixth Year of the Reign of their faid Majellies, wherein a Credit 6 W.&M. c. 1, was given for any Sums, not exceeding one Million two hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds to be repaid, with Intereft, not exceeding the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annian for the firfi: three hundred 6 &7 w. 3. thoufand Pounds, fix Pounds per Centum per Annum for the fecond three hundred thoufand Pounds, feven c. 3. Pounds per Centumper Annum for the third three hundred thoufand Pounds, and eight Pounds per Centum per Annum for the remaining three hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds ; and upon Credit of an Act rnade in the Parliament holden at JVeJlminfter, in the fixth and feventh Years of His Majefty 's Reign, for grant- 6 & 7 W. j, ing certain Rates and Duties upon Marriages, Births, Burials, Batchelors, and Widov/ers, for the Term '^- ^• of five Years, from the firft Day of May one thoufand fix hundred ninety-five, whereby Intereft, not ex- ceeding the Rate of eight Pounds /i^r Centum per Annum, is allowed for the Sums lent in purfuance thereof; and upon ihe Credit of feveral Impofitions, payable for Wines, Vinegar, Tobacco, Eaji India Goods, and other Merchandizes imported, continued until the twenty-ninth Day o^ September one thoufand feven hun- dred and one, by virtue of an Aft pafi'ed in the Parliament, which was holden at TVeJlm'inJier, in the feventh 7 & 8 W. 3. and eighth Years of His Majefty's Reign, v/hereby a Credit was given for borrowing any Sums, not ex- c. le. ceeding one Million five hundred thoufand Pounds, to be repaid with Intereft not exceeding the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum for the firft four hundred thoufand Pounds, fix Pounds ^tr Centum per Annum for the fecond four hundred thoufand Pounds, feven Pounds per Centum per Annum for the third four hundred thoufand Pounds, and eight Pounds per Centum per Anniun for the remaining three hundred thoufand Pounds : And whefeas a great Part of the Monies fo lejit, upon the tvv^o third Parts of the faid additional Di.ties of Excife, and upon the faid additional Impofitions payable for Goods and Merchandizes, and upon the faid Duties payable for Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, and upon the faid three hundred thoufand Pounds per Annum, charged upon the Subildy of Tunnage and Poundage, and upon the faid Duties charged upon Marriages, Births, Burials, Batchelors and Widowers, and upon the faidcontinuedIiripofitionspayableforWin.es, Vinegar, Tobacco, Ea/l India Goods, and other Merchan- dizes imported, hath been aftually repaid and fatisfied with Intereft; but by computing the Product of. thefe Duties for the Time p^ft, and confidering the Terms yet to come and unexpired in them refpec- tively, it is fuppofed and feared that the fam.e Duties refpeftively, at the End of the feveral Terms for which they are granted as aforefaid, will be more or lefs deficient to anfwer, pay off", and clear all the Principal and Intereft of the Monies which were authorized to be borrowed thereupon, and the Perfons intitled to the Monies net paid off" upon the Duties laft mentioned, have or may have, in their Hands, Tallies and Orders of Repayment for the fame : And wherer.s feveral Perfons or Coiporaiions did ad- vance and lend, at the faid Receipt of Exchequer, other confiderable Sums of Money upon the Credit of an Aft made in the Parliament holden at Weft-.ninjier, in the fourth and fifth Years of their faid Ivlsjcfties -4 & 5 w..fc M. Reign, intituled, An A£i for continuing certain ASis therein mentioned, and charging feveral 'faint Stocks, '^■'^S' ; ._..-. 4 O 2 ' wherein