For Cornwall, 31,9437. 1ṣ.

Cumberland, 3,713. 18s. 24d.
Derby, 24,0931. 19s. 94d.

For the city and county of Exon, 4,7081. 51d.
For the county of Devon, 77,875l. 28. 104d.
For the town and county of the town of Poole, 3281. 21.
For the county of Dorset, 32,751/. 15. 101d.

Durham, 10,5977. 14s. 54d.

For the west riding of the county of York, 39,3621. 15. id. For the north riding, 26,347/. 19s. 8d.

For the east riding, 19,1114. 2s. 1ld.

For the city of York, and county of the same city, 4619% 18s. 8d.

For the town and county of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, 2,0531. 28. 4d.

For the town of Malden in the county of Essex, 5847, 18. Colchester, 2,845l. 6s. 3d.

Harwich, and Dover Court, 4037. 13s.

For the rest of the county of Essex, 85,563l. 9s. 5d. For the city and county of the city of Gloucester, 1,3961 4s. 8d.

For the whole county of Gloucester, 45,9157. 18s. 4d. For the city of Hereford, 7631. 17s. 4d.

For the borough of Leominster, 3331. 15s. 8d.

For the rest of the whole county of Hereford, 19,3117. 13:. Sd.

For the borough of St. Alban's in the county of Hertford, 7741. 25.

For the rest of the whole county of Hertford, 41,508/. 10s. 92d.

For the town of Huntingdon, 4321. 12s. 8d.

For the rest of the county of Huntingdon, 15,06. 12s. 4d. For the city and county of the city of Canterbury, 1,652. 12d.

For the town and liberty of Dover, 1,9237. 13s. 9d.
For the town of Folkstone, 144/. 19s.

Fordwich, 774. 8s.

Feversham, 5197. 108. 3d.

Tenterden, 8631. 2s.

For the town and liberty of Sandwich, 991. 16s. 6d.
For the town and port of New Romney, 2491. 17s.

For the town of Lydd, 7691. 19s. 6d.

For the town and port of Hithe and West Hithe, within the liberty of the said town and port, 2364. 14s.

For the rest of the whole county of Kent, 75,1241. 4s, 4d, For the county of Lancaster, 20,9897. 14s. 6žd,

For the borough of Leicester, 6327. 128.

For the rest of the county of Leicester, 34,0451, 10. 1d. For the county of Lincoln, with the city and county of the city of Lincoln, 719,071. Sd.

For the city of London, 123,3991, 68, 7d.

For Serjeant's Inn in Chancery Lane, 311. 4s.

For the Inner Temple, and Inns of Chancery thereunto be longing, 400/.

For the Middle Temple, and Inns of Chancery thereunto he longing, 2721. 16s.

For the society of Lincoln's Inn, and Inns of Chancery, thereunto belonging, 3417. 7s. 6d.

For Gray's Inn, and the Inns of Chancery thereunto belonging, 2521. 13s. 4d.

For the palaces of Whitehall and St. James, 30,7541. 6s. 4 d.

For the city of Westminster, and liberties thereof, and offices executed in Westminster Hall, 63,092l. 1s. 5d.

For the rest of the county of Middlesex, 107,6027. 11s. 7d.

For the county of Monmouth, 9,8121. 69. 54d.

For the city and county of the city of Norwich, 8,5187. 11s.

lld.

'd.

For the borough of Great Yarmouth, 2,820l. 3s. 1d.

For the borough of King's Lynn, 1,814/. 14s.

For so much of the borough of Thetford as lies in the county
Norfolk, 239.

For the rest of the county of Norfolk, 70,914l. 6s. 6d.
For the town of Northampton, 830t. 7s. 10d.

For the rest of the county of Northumpton, 46,8391. 3s.

For the town and county of the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 5801. 16s. 4d.

For the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, 145l. 3s.

For the county of Northumberland, 11,822l. 18s.

For the town and county of the town of Nottingham, 1,6147. 10%. 7 d. 72d.

For the county of Nottingham, 25,6621. 2d.

For the university of Oxon, 111/. 17s. 2d.

For the city of Oxon, 3,444l. 6s. 3d.

For the rest of the county of Oxon, 35,1657. 12s. 41d.

For the county of Rutland, 5,525l. 3s. 10d.

For the town of Ludlow, 2261. 2s.

For the county of Salop, 28,832l. 17s. 14d.

For the county of the city of Bristol, 7,3911. 10s. Sd.
For the city of Bath, 4431. 6s,

For the city of Wells, 4811. 17s. d.

For the borough of Bridgewater and Haygrove Tithing, 3661. 5s.

For the rest of the county of Somerset, 63,790l. 4s. 4d.

For the town and county of the town of Southampton, 7941. 10s. 1d.

For the Isle of Wight, 6,273l. 16s.

For the rest of the county of Southampton, 47,8721. 5s.

For the city and county of the city of Litchfield, 4201. 19s.

Anuual duty on personal

estates.

For the county of Stafford, 26,7001, 3, 10d.
For the town of Ipswich, 2,0617 3. 6d.

For the borough of Bury St. Edmund's, 2,106/. 3s.
For the borough of Dunwich, 40l. 3s. 6d.

For he borough of Eye, 5021.

For the borough of Sudbury, 5061. 8s. 8d.

For so much of the borough of Thetford as lies in Suffolk, 791.4s.

For the rest of the county of Suffolk, 68,2111. 4fd.

For the county of Surry, 66,132. 19s. 6d.

For the town and port of Hastings, and liberties thered, 3781. 63.

For the liberty of Seaford, 1417. 18s.
For the liberty of Pevensey, 1,0887. 10.

For the town and parish of Rye, 4731. 18s.

For the town of Winchelsea, 4051.

For the rest of the county of Sussex, 57, 560). 41, 4d.
For the city and county of the city of Coventry, 2,463

14s. 9d.

For the county of Warwick, 37,3251. 19s. 7d.

For the city and county of the city of Worcester, 22 17s. 8d.

For the county of Worcester, 31,3531, 9s. 3d.

For the city of New Sarum, the Close of the same, and rendon Park, 1,935, 16s, 6d.

For the rest of the county of Wills, 49,7217. 11s. 5d.
For the county of Westmoreland, 3,0451. 3s. 9 d.
For the Isle of Anglesea, 1,633. 7. 11d.

For the borough of Brecon, 1771. 19s. 8d.

For the rest of the county of Brecon, 2,8731. 18s. 4d.
For the county of Cardigan, 1,372. 16s. 2d.

For the county and borough of Carmarthen, 2291. 18.
For the county of Carmarthen, 4140l. 3. 11 d.

Carnarvon, 2.3371, 6s. 7d.

Denbigh, 6,800%.

Flint, 2,3141. 17s.

Merioneth, 2,432. 15s. 10d.

Glamorgan, 7,906l. 9s. 10d.
Montgomery, 5,8521. 18s. 4d.

Pembroke, 2,9971. 17s. 8d.
Radnor, 2,6921. 6s.

For the town and county of the town of Haverford 1741. 17s. 4d.

And towards raising the said several sums of money (conti ed annually,)* all persons, bodies politic and corporate, and fraternities, having any estate in ready money, or ina debts whatsoever owing to them, within Great Britain, or out or having any estate in goods, wares, merchandises,

The last annual act for continuing these duties on pervol is 47 Geo. 3. c. 4.

other chattels, or personal estate whatsoever, within Great Britain, or without, belonging to, or in trust for them except and out of the premises deducted such sums as they do bona fide owe, and such debts owing to them as shall be adjudged desperate by the commissioners; and also except the stock upon lands, and such goods as are used for householdstuff; and also except such loans and debts as shall be owing from his majesty to any person), shall pay unto his majesty the sum of four shillings in the pound according to the true yearly value thereof for one year; (that is to say) For every 100%. of such ready money and debts, and for every 100/. worth of such goods, wares, and merchandizes, or other chattels, or per sonal estate, the sum of 20s. and so after that rate to be assess ed, levied, and collected, in manner hereinafter mentioned. 138 Geo. 3. c. 5. s. 3. 47 Geo. 3. c. 4. s. 1.

And all persons, and all commissioners, having, using, or ex- Offices, ercising any public office or employment of profit in England, Wales, or Berwick, as aforesaid, and all their clerks, agents, secondaries, substitutes, and other inferior ministers whatsoever (such military officers who are in muster by the muster-master, general, or in pay in his majesty's army or navy, in respect of such officers only excepted), shall, towards raising the said sums, yield and pay unto his majesty 4s. for every 20s. which they receive in one year, by virtue of any salaries, gratuities, bountymoney, rewards, fees, profits, perquisites or advantages whatsoever to them accruing, by reason of their offices or employments, without any abatement whatsoever. 35 Geo. 3. c. 53. and 47

Geo. 3. c. 4. s. 3.

And all persons, guilds, fraternities, bodies politic and cor- Annuities and porate, having an annuity, pension or other yearly payment, pensions. either out of the exchequer in England, or out of any branch of the revenue in England, Wales, or Berwick, or payable by any person whatsoever in England, Wales, or Berwick (not issuing out of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or charged upon the same, touching which other directions are given by this act; and not being annuities, which by any act of parlia ment are, or shall be specially exempted from the payment of taxes), shall, towards raising the said sums, yield and pay unto his majesty the sum of 4s. for every 208. by the year, for every such annuity, pension, stipend, or yearly payment, and after that rate, the said sum to be assessed and collected in manDer herein-after mentioned.

s. 3.

All manors, messuages, lands, and tenements, and also all quarries, mines of coals, tin, and lead, copper, mundic, iron, and other mines iron mills, furnaces, and other iron works ; salt springs, and salt-works; all allum-mines, and works; all parks, chases, warrens, woods, underwoods, coppices; and all fishings, tithes, tolls, annuities, and all other yearly profits; and all hereditaments, of what nature or kind soever they be, with /w England, Wales, or Berwick; and all persons, bodies po litic and corporate, guilds, mysteries, fraternities, and brother

4

Rent-charges.

Fee-farm rents.

hoods, whether corporate or not corporate, having any such manors, messuages, lands, tenements or hereditaments, or other the premises, in respect thereof, shall be charged with as much equality as is possible, by a pound-rate, towards the said sums by this act imposed, upon such counties, cities, boroughs, towns, or other places, hereby charged therewith, so that by the said rates so to be taxed the full sums hereby appointed to be raised, shall be effectually collected; and shall be paid into the exche quer, by four quarterly payments.

8. 4.

It shall be lawful for the landlords, owners, and proprietors of such manors, messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, and premises, being charged with a pound-rate as aforesaid, to deduct, and to keep in their hands, out of every fee-farm renty or other annual rent, or payment, so much of the said pound. rate taxed upon the said premises, as a like rate for such fee farm rent, or annual rent or payment, shall, by a just pro portion amount unto, so as such fee-farm rent or annual payment do not amount unto 20s. per annum, or more; and all persons who are entitled to such rents or annual payments, are to allow such deductions upon the receipt of the residue of such monies ́as shall be due to them for such rents or annual payments with out any fee. S. 5.7

All auditors, reeves, receivers, and their deputies, who asdit or receive any fee-farm, rents, or other chief rents due to majesty, or to any person claiming by grant or purchase from the crown, shall allow 4s. for every pound of the said rents and a proportionable rate for any greater sum than 10s, to party paying the same, without fee, upon penalty of 201 the party aggrieved, to be recovered by action, together wi full costs; and if any such auditor or any deputy, or pers acting for such auditor, shall in the account of any reeve, ceiver, or otherwise, set insuper any tenant or other perso or make him or his estate liable to any distress, forfeiture, vexation for any sum which ought to be allowed after the rate 43. in the pound, or shall refuse, neglect, or delay to allow same, then such auditor or deputy, or deputy or person act for such auditor, shall forfeit 100l. to the party grieved, to recovered as aforesaid, and shall be incapable to enjoy his fice, or any office of trust under his majesty. s. 30.

But the fee.farm rents, for which a deduction, after the of 4s. in the pound, is intended to be made, are such only are answerable to his majesty, or have been purchased from crown by virtue of two acts of 22 & 23 Car. 2. for the sale fee-farm rents, and which were uot, on or before the 25th March 1693, payable to any college, hospital, reader in 4 university or any other person before exempted; provided s deduction do not exceed the sum assessed by virtue of this upon the whole estate; and the owners and receivers of such farm rents shall, on payment of such rents, allow 4s. for em 20s. and so in the proportiou to the party the s s. 31.