SUPPLIES granted by Parliament, for the Year 1769. NOVEMBER 21, 1768. THAT 16000 men be employed for the fea fervice for 1769, including 4287 marines. 2. That a fum, not exceeding 41. per man per month, be allowed for maintaining them, including ordnance for fea fervice NOVEMBER 28. 1. That a number of land forces, including 2349 invalids, amounting to 17142 effective men, commiffion and non commiffion officers included, be employed for 1769. 2. For defraying the charge of the said number of land forces for 1769 3. For maintaining his majefty's forces and garrifons in the plantations and Africa, including those in garrifon in Minorca and Gibraltar, and for provifions for the forces in North America, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Gibraltar, the ceded iflands, and Africa, for 1769 4. For defraying the charge of the difference of pay between the British and Irish establishment, of five regiments and four companies of foot, ferving in the ifle of Man, at Gibraltar, Minorca, and the ceded islands, for 1769 5. For the pay of the general and staff officers in Great Britain, for 1769 6. For defraying the charge of full pay for 365 days, for 1769, to officers reduced, with the roth company of feveral battalions reduced from ten to nine companies, and who remained on half pay at the 24th of December 1765 DECEMBER 5. 1. For the ordinary of the navy, including half pay to fea and marine officers, for 1769 2. Towards the buildings, rebuildings, and repairs of hips of war in his majesty's yards, and other extraworks, over and above what are propofed to be done upon 1769 the heads of wear and ear and ordinary, for 3. For the charge of the office of ordnance, for land fervice, for 1769 4. For defraying the expence of fervices performed by the office of ordnance, for land fervice, and not provided for by parliament, in 1768 FEBRUARY 16, 1769. 1. For paying the penfions to the widows of fuch reduced officers of his majesty's land forces and marines, as died upon the establishment of half pay in Great Britain, and were married to them before the 25th day of December 1716, for the year 1769 2. For the reduced officers of his majesty's land forces and marines, for 1769 3. For defraying the charge for allowances to the feveral officers and private gentlemen of the two troops of horse guards reduced, and to the fuperannuated gentlemen of the four troops of horfe guards, for 1769 2. Towards defraying the charge of out penfioners of Chelsea hofpital, for 1769 107394 15 10 237225 15 10 FEBRUARY 21. 1. Upon account, for maintaining and fupporting the civil establishment of his majesty's colony of Nova Scotia, for 1769 2. Upon account, for defraying the charges of the civil establishment of his majefty's colony of Georgia, and the incidental expences attending the fame, from the 24th of June 1768, to the 24th of June 1769 3. Upon account, for defraying the charges of the civil establishment of Eaft Florida, and the incidental expences attending the fame, from the 24th of June 1708, to the 24th of June 1769 4. Upon account, for defraying the charges of the civil êftablishment of West Florida, and the incidental expences attending the fame, from the 24th of June 1768, to the 24th of June 1769 5. Upon account, for defraying the expences of general furveys of his majefty's dominions in North America, for 1769 5. Upon account, for defraying the civil eftablish ment of Senegambia, for 1769 7. For paying off and difcharging the exchequer 4375 17 11 3086 0 4750 4800 0 1785 4 0 5550 0 bills bills, made out by virtue of an act, passed in the 8th year of his prefent majefty's reign, intitled, An act for raising a certain fum of money by loans, or exchequer bills, and charged upon the firft aids to be granted this feffion FEBRUARY 23. For Charles Dingley of London, merchant, as a reward to him for having erected and brought to perfection, for the benefit of the public, a wind-fawmill at Limehouse, for the purpose of manufacturing timber into wainscot and deals; and as a recompence for the lofs he sustained in the wilful deftruction of the said wind-faw-mill, by a number of riotous and disorderly persons, in the month of May last MARCH 2. To discharge the arrears and debts due and owing upon the civil lift, on the 5th of January, 1769 MARCH 7. Towards erecting a magazine for gunpowder, at Priddy's Hard, in Portsmouth harbour MARCH 14. 1. Towards defraying the extraordinary expences of his majesty's land forces, and other services, incurred to the 23d of December 1768, and not provided for by parliament 2, To replace to the finking fund, the like fum iffued thereout, to make good the deficiency on the 5th day of July, 1768, of the fund established for paying annuities, in respect of five millions borrowed by virtue of an act made in the 31ft year of his late majesty, towards the supply granted for the service of 1758 3. To replace to ditto, the like fum paid out of the fame, to make good the deficiency, on the 5th day of April, 1768, of the fund established for paying annuities in refpect of 3,500,000l. borrowed by virtue of an act of the third of his prefent majefty, cowards the fupply granted for the fervice of 1763 MARCH 23. That provifion be made for the pay and clothing of the militia, and for the fubfiftence during the time they shall be abfent from home on account of the annual exercife, for 1769, 2000 513511 4000 238557 2 2 47531 18 6 18930 3 4 305019 4 0 APRIL 10. 1. Upon account, to enable the Foundling hospital to maintain and educate fuch children as were received into the fame on or before the 25th of March, 1760, from the 21st of December, 1768, exclufive, to the 31st of December, 1769, inclufive, and the faid fum to be iffued without any deduction 2. Upon account, for enabling the faid hospital to put out apprentice the faid children, fo as that the faid hofpital do not give with one child more than 71. 3. Upon account, to repay the governors and guardians of the faid hofpital, the like fum advanced by them, for apprenticing fuch children as were received into it, on or before the 25th of March, 1760, over and above the fums granted by parliament for that purpose 4. To make good to his majefty the like fum, which has been iffued by his majefty's orders, in pursuance of the addreffes of the house 5. Towards carrying on an additional building for a more commodious paffage to the house of commons 6. Towards paying off and difcharging the debts of the navy 7. To make good the deficiency of the grants for the fervice of the year!1768 8. For repairing, maintaining, and fupporting, the British forts and fettlements on the coaft of Africa APRIL II. To pay the benefit prizes in the prefent lottery, charged upon the supplies of the current year April 12. To be advanced to the governor and company of the merchants of England, trading into the Levant feas, to be applied in affifting the faid company in Carrying on their trade APRIL 20. To be applied for making a new road at the foot of the mountain of Penmaen Mawr, and thereby fecuring a certain communication between Great Britain and Ireland by way of Holyhead. fons MAY 1. To Frederick Lafontaine, or to fuch perfon or peras his majefty fhall think proper to encourage the making of falt petre in Great Britain, under the infpection of the board of ordnance Sum total of the fupplies granted this feffion 19957 10 0. 5600 o a 3231 16 --16500 0 3000 O 400000 0 186043 1 7 2 2000 O O 649332 7 7 600,000 o 5000 2000 2000 6909003 4 10 That the fum of 35. in the pound, and no more, be raifed within the space of one year, from the 25th of March, 1769, upon lands, tenements, hereditaments, penfions, and perfonal eftates, in that part of Great Britain called England, Wales, and the town of Berwick upon Tweed: : and that a proportionable cefs, according to the ninth article of the treaty of union, be laid upon that part of Great Britain called Scotland, 1,528,5681. 11s. 11d. FEBRUARY 23, 1769. That towards raifing the fupply granted to his majefty, the sum of 1,800,000l. be raifed by loans, or exchequer bills, to be charged upon the first aids to be granted in the next feffion of parliament; and fuch exchequer bills, if not difcharged with intereft thereupon, on or before the 5th day of April, 1770, to be exchanged and received in payment, in fuch a manner as exchequer bills have ufually been exchanged and received in payment. MARCH 14. able upon feal-fkins, tanned, tawed, or dreffed, within this kingdom, be taken off. That in lieu thereof a duty of excife be laid upon fealfkins, which shall be tanned, tawed, or dreffed, in this kingdom, after the rate of 1d. for every pound weight avoirdupoife of fuch fkins. And That the faid duty be applied to fuch ufes as the faid duties to be taken off are now appropriated unto. MARCH 23. That the charge of the pay and clothing of the militia, in that part of Great Britain called Eng. land, for one year, beginning the 25th of March, 1769, be defrayed out of the monies arifing by the land-tax granted for the fervice of the year 1769. APRIL IO. That the fum of 400,000l. which, by an act made in the 7th year of his prefent majefty's reign, intitled, An act for establishing an agreement for the payment of the annual fum of 4c0,000l. for a limited time, by the East-India company, in refpect of the territorial acquifitions and revenues lately obtained in the Eaft-Indies,' is directed to be paid, within the prefent year, into the receipt of his majefty's exchequer by the faid com. pany, be applied towards making good the fupply granted to his majefty. APRIL II. 1. That the fum of 780,000l. be raised, by way of lottery; fuch lottery to confift of 60,000 tickets, at 131. each; and that the contributors towards the fame fhall, on or before the 20th day of this inftant April, make a depofre, with the cafhiers of the bank of England, That the duties of excife, pay- of 11. in refpect of the monies to be |