to be paid land; and repaid on certifying the same to the missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt. shall pay, VII. And be it further enacted, That the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland shall, upon making up their Books preparatory to the Payment of each and every Half Yearly DiBank by Com-vidend, certify to the Vice Treasurer in the Exchequer in Ireland and the Loan Clerk there (or to such other Officer or Officers as shall be directed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three of them), the Amount of all Sums of Money so paid by the said Governor and Company in the Year preceding, and such Loan Clerk or other Officer shall certify, by his Signature, to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom, the total Amount of all such Payments; and thereupon it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury, and they are hereby authorized and required to grant their Warrant to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, to pay to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, out of any Funds or Monies at the Disposal of the said Commissioners, the total Amount of the Payment so made by the said Governor and Company within any such Half Year; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to make such Payments accordingly, and to place the same to the Account of the Reduction of the National Debt in the Accounts of the said Commissioners; any Act or Acts in force in Ireland to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. Proviso as to Fractions of a Penny in respect of annual Sums charged on Consolidated Fund. Contracts, &c. may be according to Foreign Currency. VIII. And for the Purpose of avoiding as much as possible the Introduction of the Fractional Parts of a Penny into the Public Accounts and Statements, be it enacted, That in any case where any annual Sum chargeable on the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland shall, at the Time of the Commencement of this Act, be payable in Irish Currency, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom, upon the Conversion of any such Sum into British Currency, to direct that such Addition may be made to any such annual Sum as shall be sufficient to exclude Fractions of a Penny from the Amount of any such annual Sum and the several Quarterly Payments thereof. IX. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall prevent any Gift, Grant, Contract, Bargain, Sale or Dealing for Money, or any Bill, Note, Draft, Acceptance, Re ceipt ceipt or Acknowledgment for the Payment of Money, or any Matter or Thing relating to Money, from being made or had according to the Currency of Foreign Parts. this Act. X. And be it further enacted, That all Debts, Contracts, Li- Gifts by Imabilities, Matters or Things relating to Money, at any Time after plication of the Commencement of this Act, arising by Implication of Law out, Law, within of, or being founded upon any Gifts, Grants, Contracts, Bargains, Sales or Dealings, Matters or Things, made, done or had prior to the Commencement of this Act, shall be held, deemed and construed to be within the Meaning of this Act, as Debts, Gifts, Grants, Contracts, Liabilities, Bargains, Sales or Dealings, Matters, or Things, made or had prior to the Commencement of this Act, and shall be construed accordingly. XI. And be it further enacted, That from and after such Day after the Commencement of this Act, as shall be named and appointed in and by any Proclamation which shall be made and issued for that Purpose by His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy Council in Great Britain, and by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by and with the Advice of His Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, the several Silver and Gold Coins of Great Britain shall circulate and be current in Ireland at the same nominal as well as real Value as in other Parts of the United Kingdom, and shall be taken, paid, accepted and computed, as representing and divisible into the like Number of Pence, and as representing the like nominal Sum of Money as such Coins are respectively current for and are divisible into, and do represent in Great Britain, and not as current for or as representing or divisible into any greater Number of Pence, or as representing any greater nominal Sum of Money than the same are current for, or are divisible into, or do represent in Great Britain; that is to say, the British Silver Sixpence shall circulate, and shall be taken, accepted, paid and computed as current for and divisible into and representing Sixpence only, and not Sixpence and One Halfpenny; the British Silver Shilling as Twelve Pence and not as Thirteen Pence; the British Silver Halfcrown Picce as Thirty Pence or Two Shillings and Sixpence, and not as Thirty two Pence and One Halfpenny, or as Two Shillings and Eight Pence Halfpenny; the British Silver Crown Piece as Sixty Pence or Five Shillings, and not as Sixty five Pence or Five Shillings and Five Pence; the British Gold Coin of a Half Sovereign as One hundred and twenty Pence or Ten Shillings, and not as One hundred and thirty Pence or Ten Shillings and Ten Pence; the British Gold Coin of a Half Guinea as One hundred and twenty six Pence or Ten Shillings and Sixpence, and not as One hundred and thirty six Pence and One Halfpenny or Eleven Shillings and Four Pence Halfpenny; the British Gold Coin of a Sovereign as Two hundred and forty Pence, or Twenty Shillings or One Pound, and not as Two hundred and sixty Pence or One Pound One Shilling and Eight Pence; the British Gold Coin of a Guinea as Two hundred and fifty two Pence or One Pound and One Shilling, and not as Two hundred and seventy three Pence or One Pound Two Shillings and Nine Pence; and the British Gold Coin of a Double Sovereign as Four hundred and eighty Pence or Forty Shillings or Two Pounds, and not Bb 3 as After a Day to be named by Proclamation, British Silver and Gold Coins shall be current in Ireland at the same Rate of Pence as in G. B., and not as heretofore in Ireland. On like Pro clamation Irish Copper Coin shall be brought of Ireland, and exchanged there for British Copper Coin, at the into the Bank Rate herein to circulate. ment of Sums under 12d. as Five hundred and twenty Pence or Two Pounds Three Shillings and Four Pence; any Law, Statute, Usage or Custom in force in Ireland, at any Time before the passing or Commencement of this Act, to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. • XII. And Whereas the Copper Money coined to be current • in Ireland is of less Value than the Copper Coin or Money current in Great Britain;' Be it enacted, That from and after such Day as shall be named and appointed in and by any Proclamation, which shall be made and issued for that Purpose, by His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Majesty's Privy Council in Great Britain, and by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by and with the Advice of His Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, it shall be lawful for any Person or Persons having or possessing any Copper Coin or Money of the Currency of Ireland, and passing after the Rate of Thirteen Pence or Twenty Six Halfpennies for the Shilling British Currency, to bring any such Copper Coin, and to deliver the same at the Bank of Ireland, during such Period and within such Time as shall be mentioned and specified in such Proclamations; and that there shall be delivered at the said Bank of Ireland, to every Person bringing in and delivering such Copper Coin of the Currency of Ireland, a Sum in the current Copper Coin of Great Britain, after the Rate of Twelve Pence of such British Copper Coin for every Thirteen Pence or Twenty six Halfpence of such Copper Coin of the Currency of Ireland, so to be brought and delivered at the said Bank of Ireland; and that from and after a Day to be mentioned in such Proclamations as aforesaid, all Copper Coin of the Currency of Ireland shall cease to be current in Ireland, or in any Part of the United Kingdom, any Law, Statute, Usage or Custom to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. • XIII. And Whereas Sums under the Amount of Twelve • Pence of the Currency of Ireland cannot in certain Cases be paid by any equivalent Number of Pence, Halfpence, and Farthings of the Currency of Great Britain, and it is unavoidable that in the Payment of several of such Sums an inconsider⚫able Loss of a Part of a Farthing must be incurred either by the Debtor or Creditor; and it is necessary that some plain Rule not liable to be misunderstood should be applied to as• certain upon which Party such inconsiderable Loss should fall;' Proviso for Pay- Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act, the Sums of One Farthing, One Halfpenny, Three Farthings, One Penny, One Penny Farthing and One Penny Halfpenny of Irish Currency, shall be paid and satisfied by the Payment of One Farthing, One Halfpenny, Three Farthings, One Penny, One Penny Farthing, and One Penny Halfpenny respectively, in the Copper Currency of Great Britain; and that all Sums of Irish Currency exceeding One Penny Halfpenny, and not exceeding Four Pence Three Farthings, shall be and shall be deemed to be acquitted, paid and satisfied by the Payment of a Sum of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, less by One Farthing than the expressed Amount of the Sum so payable in Irish Currency; and that all Sums of Irish Currency exceeding Four Pence Three Farthings, and not exceeding Eight Pence, shall be and shall be deemed to be acquitted, paid and Irish in British ld. Irish, and From 14. to 44. From 1d. to 8d. satisfied satisfied by the Payment of a Sum of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, less by One Halfpenny than the expressed Amount of the Sum so payable in Irish Currency; and that all Sums of From 8d. to Irish Currency exceeding Eight Pence and not exceeding Eleven 11d. Pence Farthing, shall be and shall be deemed to be acquitted, paid and satisfied by the Payment of a Sum of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, less by Three Farthings than the expressed Amount of the Sums so payable in Irish Currency; and that all From 11d. to Sums of Irish Currency exceeding Eleven Pence Farthing and 124. not exceeding Twelve Pence, shall be and shall be deemed to be acquitted, paid and satisfied, by the Payment of a Sum of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, less by One Penny than the expressed Amount of the Sum so payable in Irish Currency. • XIV. And Whereas by an Act passed in the Fifty fifth Year 55 G.3. c. 100. of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, in- § 8. tituled An Act to provide for the Collection and Management of Stamp Duties payable on Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Receipts and Game Certificates, in Ireland, it is among other Things enacted, That it shall be lawful for Bankers or other Persons in Ireland, registered in Manner required by the said recited Act, who shall have made and issued any Promissory • Note or Notes for the Payment to Bearer on Demand of any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding One hundred Pounds each, duly stamped, from time to time after the Payment thereof, and within the Term of Three Years from the Date thereof, but not afterwards, to re-issue any such Promissory Notes or Note without being liable to pay a further Duty in respect thereof: And Whereas it is expedient that from and after the • Commencement of this Act all such re-issuable Notes for the Payment of any Amount of Money in Irish Currency should cease to be re-issued, and that such Bankers should be relieved 'from the Loss arising from the ceasing to re-issue such Notes before the Expiration of the said Term of Three Years;' Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act, all Promissory Notes for the Payment to the Bearer on Demand of any Sum of Money not exceeding One hundred Pounds each, which shall be made and issued in Ireland by any registered Banker or other Person, and re-issuable under the Provisions of the said recited Act, shall be made payable according to the Amount thereof in British Currency, and not in Irish Currency; and that it shall not be lawful for any such registered Banker, or other Person in Ireland, at any Time after the Commencement of this Act, to re-issue any Promissory Note or Notes payable in Irish Currency, which shall have been issued in Ireland at any Time before the Commencement of this Act, and which shall be paid by such Banker or other Person at any Time Act. after the Commencement of this Act; any Thing in the said recited Act to the contrary notwithstanding; and if any such Banker or other Person shall, at any Time after the Commencement of this Act, re-issue any such Note or Notes, such Banker Notes made by Bankers to be re-issuable, to able in British Currency. be made pay No Notes payable in Irish Currency to be re-issued after Commence ment of this or Bankers shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Fifty Penalty. Bb 4 XV. And Bankers may deliver into Stamp Office any re-issuable Notes paid after Commencement of this Act, and receive new Stamps in lieu in manner herein mentioned. Publication of planation there- XV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any registered Banker, or other Person in Ireland, who shall have lawfully issued or re-issued any such Promissory Notes, re-issuable aforesaid, at any Time before the Commencement of this Act, and who shall have paid the same at any Time after the Commencement of this Act, and before the Expiration of Three Years from the Date thereof, to bring, send and deliver such Notes, or cause the same to be brought, sent and delivered to the Stamp Office in Dublin, and at the same Time to deliver a Quantity of Paper, and require the same to be stamped with Stamps denoting the Duty on Promissory Notes re-issuable as aforesaid, in lieu of the Stamps on the Notes so brought in and delivered; and it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Stamps in Ireland, upon such Proof and under such Regulations as the said Commissioners shall for that Purpose direct and require, to cause any such Paper to be stamped or marked with such Stamps, denoting the Duties payable in respect of Fromissory Notes re-issuable as aforesaid, as shall be required by such Banker or other Person to the several Amounts following; that is to say, in case the Notes so brought in and delivered shall be dated at any Time within One Year next before the Time when the same shall be so brought in and delivered, then the Banker or Person delivering the same shall in lieu thereof be entitled to and shall receive Stamps on such Paper so brought to be stamped as aforesaid, to an Amount equal to the Whole of the Stamp Duties on such Notes so brought in and delivered; and in case the Notes so brought in and delivered shall be dated at any Time exceeding One Year, and not exceeding Two Years, next before the same shall be so brought in and delivered, then such Banker or other Person shall, in lieu thereof, be entitled to Stamps to an Amount equal to Three Fourths of the Stamp Duties on such Notes so brought in and delivered; and in case the Notes so brought in and delivered shall be dated at any Time exceeding Two Years, and not exceeding Three Years next before the Time when the same shall be so brought in and delivered, then such Banker or other Person shall, in lieu thereof, be entitled to Stamps to an Amount equal to One Half of the Stamp Duties on such Notes so brought in and delivered. XVI. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom, or any Three or more of them for the Time being, from time to time to publish and distribute, or to order or cause to be published or distributed, Copies of this Act, or any Extracts therefrom, or any Explanation thereof, or any Orders or Directions relating thereto, throughout Ireland, together with such Tables, showing the Difference between British and Irish Currency, or between the Irish Currency and the Currency or lawful Money of the United Kingdom, as the said Commissioners of the Treasury shall from time to time think fit; and it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three or more of them, to direct the Issue of such Sum or Sums of Money from time to time out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, as may be necessary for the Purpose of defraying the Expences of so doing. XVII. And |