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Pare. since G. 1. time it does not appear what is become of yt. 1/3 surplus; addition belonging to the publick /addition it having ye. appearance of being sunk into ye. Post Office branch of ye. Civil list without any account, & yt. this branch was now liable only to ye. £700. per week.

N. B. ye. same observation made under ye. art of ye. Here 4. & Temp 4 excise, holds in ye. Post Office 4t. Hill ye. year 1721. ye. pensions & c. granted by ye. K. predecessors were left as a charge unclear £700,000. & not deducted from ye. gross produce in order to carry ye. net Revenue to ye. Civil List

N. B. ye. amount of ye. Post Office pensions is £17,700.

Fourth Art.

Fines for Writs of Entery & Convenant in ye. Alienation Office

These fines seem to be part o fye. antient patrimony of ye. crown.

This office of alienation is executed by certain commissioners, & ye. expence of management together with a pension paid out of it to a D-s of St. Albans seem to be very considerable in respect of yt. gross Revenue; * for from Midsummer 1727. to Do. 1728 ye. gross produce as deliver'd into Part. was £4172,,6,,8. from whence deducting £1147,,0,,0. for charges of Management & £500. for a year's deletion unclear of tho Revenue brought unclear /deletion addition pension ye. net produce was £2524,,0,,0 unclear ye. year 1753 /addition deletion unclear /deletion addition a net produce /addition of this Revenue brought into ye. Exchequer was £3173,,5,,4. But whether this increase arose from ye. galling in of ye. Pension, or from ye. increase of ye. gross