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AN ABSTRACT OF THE ACTS for Annuities , WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS THEREUPON .

AN Additional Duty of 9d . per Barrel on Ale , &c. Act 1. An. 4. W. Ma. was granted for 99 Years , from Jan. 25 , 1692. for raising 1000000l . by the First of May , 1693.

Out of which Duties 100000l . per Ann. was to be set apart as the Recompence to the Contributors of the said Million , till June 24 , 1700. and afterwards 70000l . per Ann. only .

This 1000000l . was to be advanced by so many Hundred Pounds upon general Survivorship before the 1st . of May , 1693. And if not compleat by that time , the remainder of the Million was to be advanced upon 14 per Cent. for a single Life , before Septemb. 29 , 1693.

The Surplus of the Moneys arising by this Act above what would answer the 100000l . or the 70000l . so to be set apart as aforesaid , was to go to the King , but not to be disposed of .

The Sum of 881493l . only having been advanced on the Act 2. An. 5. W. Ma. former Act , the Deficiency being 118506l . was to be advanced by May 1 , 1694. upon 14 per Cent per Ann. for every Hundred Pounds for a single Life .

For raising 1500000l . upon the Duty of Tunnage , granted Act 3. An. 5 & 6. W. Ma. for Four Years from the 1st . of June , 1694. and upon another , 9d . per Barrel on Ale , &c. granted for ever ( after the 17th . of May , 1697. ) the sum of 140000l . per Ann. out of the said Duties , was to be the Fund to the Contributors , whereof 100000l . or five sevenths was to be the Fund for 1200000l . for Establishing the Bank of England , and the other 40000l . or two Sevenths , seems to remain as the Fund to the Contributors of the remaining 300000l . upon 14 per Cent. per Ann. for every Hundred Pound for a single Life ; 12 per Cent. for two Lives , and 10 per Cent. for three Lives .

There having been 1300000l . advanced upon the three preceding Act 4. An. 6 & 7. W. 3. Acts , whereof 981619l . upon single Lives at 14 per Cent. and the rest upon general Survivorship , or upon the Survivorship of two or three Lives , the Sum of 618420l . was to be raised by this fourth Act , by converting the the said single Lives into a Term certain of 96 Years , from Jan. 25 , 1695. by paying ( before July 24 , 1695. ) 63l . or 4½ Years Purchase for each 14l . per Ann. so reserved upon the 981619l . advanced upon single Lives .

And upon default of such Purchasing by the Persons Interested in such single Lives ; any Stranger between the said July 24 , 1695. and Novemb. 12. 1695. might Purchase the Term over at 70l . or five years Purchase for each 14l . as aforesaid .

But the said Purchasers coming in slowly , other subsequent Acts passed for Enlarging the time , and Lowering the Rates of Purchasing the Term over to four Years Purchase , whereupon by Anno , 1698. all the Term over ( of the Nominees in being ) was Purchased in ; But as to the 203 Nominees Deceased , they still remain in Observation .

Observations on the foregoing Acts.

I. Whereas by the Act 4 W. Ma. 100000l . per Ann. was to be reserv'd for the Contributors to the Million , till June 24 , 1700. and afterwards 70000l . per Ann. only . It is to be observed , that the said 70000l will not answer the several Annuities of 14 per Cent. Payable to the Contributors upon that Act , now that the Termover is Purchased in , by reason the whole number of those Annuities will subsist to the end of the Term of 99 Years , except the 203 Lives or Nominees already Deceased , and therefore the said Clause will want to be Repealed .

II. That whereas 618420l . was to be raised by converting the single Lives into a Term certain , or by Purchasing the Term over at 4½ Years Purchase for every 14l . Annuity ; There will be some Deficiency therein by lowering the Rate to four Years Purchase , besides what the Purchasing the Term over of the 203 Nominees Deceased would have amounted to , which answering to about 353 Annuities of 14l . per Annum if they had been sold at 4½ Years Purchase , or 63l . for each 14l . Annuity , would have raised 22239l . which Sum must be wanting of the 618420l . intended to be raised by Purchasing the Term over .

III. That this Deficiency of 22239l . by reason of the 203 Nominees Deceased , and what other Deficiency there may be , by lowering the Rate of Purchasing the Trem over ( which the House may command an Account of ) may be made up by its own Fund with a considerable Surplus , by directing that these 203 Nominees Deceased may be supplyed by constituting a general Nominee , and thereupon the 353 Annuities so fallen , may be purchased for the remaining Term of the 99 Years now unexpired .

IV. That the Sale of these 353 Annuities so fallen , will not endanger the Security of the Annuities now subsisting ; for that the Fund 9d . granted by the first Act , is not brought in by the Treasury among the present Deficiencies , but may be rather concluded to afford a considerable Surplus , since it rais'd in the Year ending June 24 1694. 147000l . and in the Year 1697. above 145000l . as may be collected by Dr. Davenants Discourses on the Publick Revenues , page 250 , where the three Ninepences Additional Excise , are there said to produce together 435590l . per Annum .

Which if true , the three Ninepences are a sufficient security for what is charged upon them , though Tunnage be taken away , and Salt may fall short .