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 A. D' 1708. Anno feptimo Ann ^Regin^. C. 7. 349 the Subfidies, Duties, atd Impofitions thereby appropriated thereunto, then all the Monies which from thenceforth, until the faid firft Day oi AugttJ} one thoufand feven hundred and fourteen, ftall or may aiife by the faid Moiety or half Part of the Subfidies, Duties, and Sums of Money upon Wines, Goods, and Merchandizes by the faid former A£ls granted, and by this A<5t continued as aforefaid, (except the ne- ceflary Charges of raifmg, levying, collecting, and accounting for the fame) fhall, from Time to Time, be paid into the Receipt of her Majetty's Exchequer diftioftly for the Purpofes in this A£t exprefled, and for no other Ufe, Intent, or Purpofe whatfoever. ' XXXII. And whereas by another A6t of the fixth Year of her Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Aa ^ ^""^ '• "• ' for continuing one half Part of the Subfidies ofTonriage and Poundage, and other Duties upon Wines, Goods, and ' Merchandizes imported, which were granted to the Crown in the twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles ' the Second, and for fettling a Fund thereby, and by other Ways and Means, for Payment of Annuities, not ex- ' ceedijig eighty thoufand Pounds per Annum, to be fold for raifmg a further Supply to her Majejlyfor the Ser- ' vice of the Year one thou fand feven hundred and eight, and other tJfes therein exprejfed, it was, amongft other ' Things, enadted, That over and above all other Subfidies, additional Duties, Impofitions, and Pay- ' ments whatfoever, by any former or other AGt or A<£ls of Parliament, or otherv/ife howfoever, then due ' or payable, or which ought to be paid to her Majefty, for or upon any Wines, Goods, or Mcrchan- ' dizes whatfoever, imported or to be imported, there fliould be raifed, levied, collected, paid and fatis- ' fied unto her Majefty, her Heirs and SuccelTors, for and upon all-Wines, Goods, and iVIerchandizes, ' which at any Time or Times from and after the laft Day of July one thoufand feven hundred and ' twelve, within or during the Term of ninety-fix Years from thence next and immediately enfuing, ' fhould be imported or brought into Great Britain, one Moiety or Half Part of fuch and the like feveral ' and refpedlive Subfidies and Duties, and Sums of Money, as by the faid AEt of the fifth Year of her 5 Anns, g. 27. ' Majefty's Reign, therein mentioned, are charged or payable within or during the Term or Time thcre- ' except fuch Goods and other Merchandizes as by the faid laft-mentioned Aft of the fifth Year of her ' Majefty's Reign, or by any Law in Force, were exempted from the Payment of the Subfidies or Duties ' which were firft granted in the twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second as aforefaid ; '*^"' *■ '^- *• ' And whereas a Sum not exceeding in the whole the Sum of eighty thoufand Pounds per Annum, to arife ' by and out of the faid laft mentioned Moiety or half Part of the faid Subfidies, Duties, and Sums of ' her Majefty's Reign appropriated for and during the faid Term of ninety-fix Years for the Payment of ' Annuities to be purchased in purfuance of that A£t ; in which faid A6t it is provided and enafted. That if ' at the End of any Quarter of a Year of the Term for which the Annuities upon that A£t were to be ' purchafed, the Monies arifing at the Exchequer of or for the faid half Subfidies and Duties by that Aft ' appropriated (certain Contribution Money therein mentioned to be referved, being excepted) fhould ' any Time or Times before that Time incurred, fo that there fhould be an Excefs or Surplus remaining ' in the Exchequer, fuch Excefs or Surplus fhould be difpofable, from Time to Time, for the Publick. „ . ' Ule and Service and not otherwife :' Now it is hereby enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid ar'^iing "f thT "^ Excefs or Surplus which fhall from Ti.ne to Tim,e arife of and from tie lift mentioned Moiety or half Annuity Adi Part of the faid Subfidies, Duties, and Sums of Money upon Wines, Goods, and Merchindizes, afcer 6 Ann^. Payment and Satisfaftion, or referving at the Receipt of her Majefty's E:<chequer, from Time to Ti ne, fufficient to pay and fatisfy the faid Annuities, not exceeding in the whole the Sum of eighty thoufand Pounds ^^r Annum, charged upon the faid laft mentioned Moiety or half Part of the Subfidies, Duties, or Sums of Money upon Wines, Goods, and Merchandizes by the faid laft mentioned Aft of the fixth Year ^ Anns, c. 11. of her Majefty's Reign, during the faid Term of ninety-fix Years, (except the necefTary Charges of raifing, levying, collefting, afcertaining, and accounting for the fame) and alfo all Arrearages of the faid to Be kept apart laft mentioned Moiety or half Part of ths faid Subfidies, Duties, and Sums of Money upon Wines, Goods, '" theExchequ-r and Merchandizes (not already appropriated, or to be applied by any former Aft or Afts of Parliament ^^th'' Aa'^'"' " in that Behalf) fhall, as the fame fhall arife, be kept diftinft and apart in her Majefty's Exchequer for the ° -Purpofes in this Aft exprefted, and for no other Ufe, Intent, or Purpofe whatfoever. XXXIII. And it is hereby declared and enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the fliid Subfidies of Tonnage and Poundage, and other Duties commonly called by the Name oiThe two third Subfidies, which The Two thud "from and after the P^xpiration of the faid Term of three Years formerly granted therein as aforefaid, fliall Subfidies. arife, grow due, or become payable' by Virtue of this Aft to her Majefty, her Heirs and SuccefTors, and all the Monies which from and after the paying off and difcharging all the faid Loans, not exceeding fix hundred thirty-fix thoufand nine hundred fifty-feven Pounds four Shillings and a half Penny, and all the Intereft thereof, fliall or may arife during the then Remainder of the faid Term of three Years of or for the faid Subfidies and Duties, commonly called The tvjo third Subfidies, granted or continued by the faid 'Aft of the fixth Year of her Majefty's Reign ; and the faid Duties upon Coffee, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate, ^ Anna, c. 12. Cocoa Pafte, Tea, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Piftures, and upon Muflins, and the in- creafed or new additional Rates and Duties upon all Coffee, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate, Cocoa Pafte, Tea, The Duty on Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Piftures; and the further Rates and Sums charged or impofed Coffee, &c. for and upon all White Callicoes, Porcelain, commonly called Cfo'wrt Wares, and Drugs, v/hich from '^^ "^"'y °" and after the Expiration of the faid Term of four Years form.erly granted therein as aforefaid, fliall arife, C"'™^^, &c. grow due, or become payable by Virtue of this Aft to her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors ; and all the Monies which fom and after the paying off and difcharging all the faid Loans, not exceeding feven hun- dred thoufand Pounds, and all the Intereft thereof, fliall or may arife during the then Remainder of the faid
 * by granted or limited for or upon the like imported Wines, Goods, and Merchandizes refpeiSively,
 * Money upon Wines, Goods, and Merchandizes, is by the faid laft mentioned Aft of the fixth Year of 6 Anns, c 11.
 * exceed all the Monies then due for or upon the fame Annuities and all Arrearages thereof, then or at