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| Dec. 27. |
1. Comrs for Sick and Wounded Seamen to the Secretaries of the Treasury as to the payment of their creditors in South Sea Stock, without interest, as allowed by Act of Parliament. Dated 27 Dec. 1712.
Four other papers on the same subject.
Minuted:—“22 Janry 1712/1713. My Lord dos not think it reasonable to pay this out of the public stock in the Trea[su]rer of the Navy's hands till a Comn is open for further subscripc[i]on.” 7 pages, 2 halves, much decayed.
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| Dec. 27. |
2. Weekly certificates by Archibald Douglas, of Cavers, Esq., general receiver of the land tax, crown rents, &c., and new duties upon houses in Scotland, and paymaster of salaries, pensions, and allowances there, and of all receipts, payments, and remains of land tax, crown rents, revenues, &c., from 29 Dec. 1711 to 27 Dec. 1712. A parcel.
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Dec. 29 [or
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3. Richard Kane to [the Duke of] —, as to subsistence demanded by Mr Brydges for the island [of Minorca]. It was high time for them to know when their subsistence was to come. Had ordered Mr Hammond to retain in his hands 10,000l. for subsistence until money came. Was told that by the contract with Mr Milner the subsistence of the island was to be paid in the New Catalan coin. Looked upon it as so dangerous a way of saving money to the government, that it might ruin the island. Hoped they might be paid in coin that might be depended on. Mr Earle had to lay in a magazine of provisions for six months, and had made a demand for 3,000l., which could not be complied with, &c. The messenger who brought the bills to Mr Hammond returned by way of Italy. Sent by him the letters which had been brought for his Grace. Dated Mahon, 29 Dec. 1712. 11 pages.
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| Dec. 29. |
4. Report of W. Borrett to the Lord High Treasurer on the petition of Joseph Simson. Petitioner was found guilty of receiving three silver tankards, knowing them to have been stolen, and was fined 100l. and committed to Newgate. By the confession of one Maw, who was executed on 24 Oct. 1711, petitioner was wrongfully accused. Dated 29 Dec. 1712.
The petition and an affidavit.
Minuted:—“Wt to acknowledge satisfaction.” 3 pages.
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| Dec. 31. |
5. Memorial from the Board of Ordnance to the Lord High Treasurer. Proposed to buy from or contract with the East India Company for 500 tons of saltpetre, there being none in store, and even in King Charles the Second's time it was considered there should be 1,000 tons in store for security of the kingdom. The Company were bound to supply 500 tons at 53l. per ton in time of war and at 45l. in time of peace. Dated Office of Ordnance, 31 Dec. 1712.
In the Minute Book, Vol. XVIII., p. 14, is:—“7 Jan. 1712/13. Officers of Ordnance are called in. They will speak with some directors of the East India Compa abt 500 tons of salt peter.” 1 page.
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| Dec. |
6. An establishment of the garrison at Dunkirk. Dated — Dec. 1712. 1 page.
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| End of 1712. |
7. An account of the condition of the clothing of the several detachments left at Annapolis by Major-General Hill. ½ page.
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| ? 1712. |
8. A case, probably submitted to the Attorney General, as to whether the East India Company, by the Acts and charter referred to, had a title to a perpetual exclusive trade to and from the East Indies. 2 pages.
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| 1712. |
9. Proposals of terms for giving bills by the following persons, payable in the countries and places hereafter named:—
John Lambert, at Antwerp, Port Mahon, Holland, Flanders, and Amsterdam.
E. Gibbon, at Antwerp.
Richard Hoare, do.
Jean Lucas Pels, do.
Sir Theodore Janssen, at Turin.
Mr. James Milner, at Antwerp or Amsterdam.
Matthew Decker, at Amsterdam.
Dated from Jan. to Dec. 1712. 19 pages.
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| 1712. |
10. Reports, memorials, &c., of Sir Roger Mostyn, Paymaster, of the Marine regiments, as to clearings, subsistence, 2/3rds of pay, off reckonings due to clothiers, arrears, &c. Also as to pay due to the Muster Master General, and his deputies. Dated Jan. to 30 Dec. 1712. 37 pages or parts of pages.
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