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England, or to the Governor of the South Sea Company, his, her, or their absence from the United Kingdom, or out of Europe, as above specified, and that his, her, or their share or shares of such 31. per Centum Annuities stood in his, her, or their name or names respectively, or in the name or names of any one or more trustee or trustees, on his, her, or their behalf, in the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or Governor and Company of Merchant Traders to the South Seas on the 3rd day of June, 1853: Provided also, that such person or persons so absent from the United Kingdom, or out of Europe, shall signify such his, her, or their assent, within ten days after his, her, or their return to the United Kingdom.

8. That provision shall be made for paying off such proprietor or proprietors of any of the said Capital Trading Stock or Capital Stocks of Annuities before mentioned, as shall not signify his assent to accept and receive New 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities, or New 21. 10s. per Centum Annuities, or Exchequer Bonds, in lieu thereof.

9. That every person or persons, body politic or corporate, who now is, or hereafter may be, interested in or entitled to any part of the Capital Stock of the Consolidated 31. per Centum Annuities, or of the Capital Stock of the Reduced 31. per Centum Annuities, payable at the Bank of England, or at the Bank of Ireland, and who shall at any time after the passing of an Act in pursuance of these Resolutions, and before the 10th day of October, 1853, signify to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or to the Go

vernor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, by an entry to be made in books to be opened for such purpose, his desire to commute and exchange any or all of the said Annuities to which he may be entitled, into any one or more of the said New 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities, New 21. 10s. per Centum Annuities, or Exchequer Bonds, shall be permitted to make such commutation and exchange upon the same terms and subject to the like conditions as are granted to the person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, interested in or entitled to the Capital Stocks of 31. per Centum Annuities proposed to be paid off and redeemed as aforesaid.

10. That nothing herein contained shall extend to authorise the commutation of the said Consolidated 31. per Centum Annuities, or the said Reduced 31. per Centum Annuities, into the said New 21. 10s. per centum Annuities, after the amount entered for commutation into such New 21. 10s. per Centum Annuities in the said books of the Bank of England, and Bank of Ireland, shall have reached the sum of Thirty Millions; and that the power of commutation of the said 31. per Centum Stocks shall thereafter be limited to the two other options hereinbefore given: that is to say, the option of exchange for 3l. 10s. per Centum Annuities and the option of exchange for Exchequer Bonds.

11. That the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury be authorised and empowered to issue at any time between the 5th of April 1853, and the 5th of April, 1854, Exchequer Bonds, payable to bearer, upon the like terms and conditions as hereinbefore de

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scribed, and after public notice in the London Gazette, from time to time to sell such Exchequer Bonds, or any part thereof, and to apply the proceeds in redeeming any part of the Capital Trading Stock or Capital Stock of Annuities now proposed to be paid off and redeemed, or in purchasing and cancelling any Exchequer Bills, or in exchanging such bonds for Exchequer Bills upon such terms as the said Commissioners shall think proper, or in purchasing and cancelling any of the Consolidated 31. per Centum Annuities, or Reduced 31. per Centum Annuities, payable at the Bank of England, or at the Bank of Ireland, as the case may be.

12. That the interest on such Exchequer Bonds shall be charged and chargeable on the said Consolidated Fund.

13. That no amount of such Exchequer Bouds shall be issued exceeding in the whole the sum of Thirty Millions.

14. That it shall be lawful for the Accountant General of the Courts of Chancery in England and Ireland respectively, and for the Accountant in Bankruptcy in England, at any time before the 3rd day of June, 1853, to signify to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or to the Corporation of the Governor and Company of the Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for encouraging the Fishery, on behalf of any suitor or suitors, or others interested in any such 31.

per Centum Annuities hereinbefore referred to as are proposed to be paid off and redeemed, standing in the names of such Accountants General and Accountant respectively, their assent to accept and receive shares in the said New 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities, or New 21. 10s. per Centum Annuities, or Exchequer Bonds, in lieu of all such 37. per Centum Annuities standing in their names respectively; and the said Accountants General and Accountant respectively shall be fully indemnified against all actions, suits, and proceedings for and in respect of any action, matter, or thing done by them respectively in pursuance thereof.

15. That all executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees interested in or entitled to any part of the Capital Stock of the Old South Sea 31. per Centum Annuities, of the New South Sea 37. per Centum Annuities, of the 31. per Centum Annuities created by the Act 12th George the First, of the 31. per Centum Annuities created by the Act 24th George the Second, of the Consolidated 31. per Centum Bank Annuities, and of the Reduced 31. per Centum Bank Annuities, whether payable at the Bank of England or at the Bank of Ireland, as the case may be, who shall signify their desire to convert the Annuities to which they may be respectively interested into any of the New 31. 10s. per Centum Annuites, New 2. 10s. per Centum Annuities, or Exchequer Bonds, shall be indemnified.

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ABSTRACT OF RETURNS showing the TOTAL AMOUNT of the STOCK and ANNUITIES directed to be REDEEMED, COMMUTED, or PAID OFF by the Act of the 16 Victoria, Cap. 23, showing also the Amount commuted, the Amount of New Stock for which commuted, the amount Paid off, the Amount commuted to be paid off, and the Annual Interest of the Amounts commuted, both before and after Commutation respectively, made up to the 5th January, 1853.-Extracted from Parl. Paper (39), 1854.

Totals.

11,133,210 12 0 3,063,906 18 8 6,048,758 4 9 2,020,545 8 7

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THE MILITIA.

A "RETURN of the QUOTA of MILITIA MEN for each County in England and Wales for the year 1852; of the Number of VOLUNTEERS for the MILITIA, who have been Enrolled in each County; and of the number who have attended for TRAINING and EXERCISE (So far as the same can be furnished from the Returns received at the Home Office)."-Parl. Paper (74), Session 1853.

*These regiments have not assembled for training and exercise.

†These regiments have assembled for training, but the number present is not known.

These regiments have not assembled for training or exercise.

† These regiments have assembled for training, but the number present is not known.