4. Interest on advances.

An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

Most Gracious Sovereign,

(19th March 1869.)

WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards making good the supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the sum herein-after mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:

1. There shall and may be issued and applied, for or towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand VOL. XLVII.-LAW JOUR. STAT.

eight hundred and sixty-eight and one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the sum of four million five hundred and six thousand two hundred and seventy-two pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the time being are hereby authorized and empowered to issue and apply the same accordingly.

2. There shall and may be issued and applied, for or towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy, the sum of three million nine hundred thousand pounds out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the time being are hereby authorized and empowered to issue and apply the same accordingly.

3. The governor and company of the Bank of England may make advances to Her Majesty upon the credit of the sums granted by this Act out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to an amount not exceeding in the whole the sum of eight A 2

million four hundred and six thousand two hundred and seventy-two pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence, and such advances shall be made on the application of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, from time to time, in such sums as may be required for the public service, and shall be placed to the credit of the account of Her Majesty's Exchequer at the Bank of England, and be available to satisfy the orders for credits granted or to be granted on the said account, under the provisions of the "Exchequer and "Audit Departments Act, 1866," in respect of any services voted by the Commons of the United

Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in this present session of Parliament.

4. The advances made by the Bank of England from time to time under the authority of this Act shall bear interest not exceeding the rate of threepence halfpenny per centum per diem, and the principal and interest of all such advances shall be paid out of the growing produce of the Consolidated Fund at any period not later than the next succeeding quarter to that in which the said advances shall have been made.

to the passing of the said Act no longer exist by reason of the cessation of the importation of slaves into Brazil from Africa:

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:

1. The said Act of the session of the eighth and ninth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter one hundred and twenty-two, is hereby repealed; provided that such repeal shall not affect any operation already effected by, or declaration of validity or of indemnity contained in, the said Act, or any right, title, obligation, or liability already acquired or accrued, or act done, under or by virtue of the said Act.

2. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Brazilian Slave Trade Repeal Act, 1869."

An Act to enable Lord Napier of Magdala to receive the full benefit of the salary of member of council for the Presidency of Bombay, or as holding any other office in India, notwithstanding his being in receipt of an annuity granted to him under the Act thirty-one and thirty-two Victoria, chapter ninety-one.

(19th April 1869.)

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the session held in the thirty-first and thirty second years of Her Majesty's reign, and entitled "An Act to "settle an Annuity upon Lieutenant-General "Sir Robert Napier, G.C.B., G.C.S.I.," (now Baron Napier of Magdala,) it is provided that an annuity of two thousand pounds should be payable out of the Consolidated Fund to the said Baron Napier of Magdala for the term of his natural life:

And whereas the said Baron Napier of Magdala is a member of council of the Presidency of Bombay:

And whereas by an Act passed in the session held in the third and fourth years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled "An Act for effecting an arrangement "with the East India Company, and for the "better government of His Majesty's Indian "territories, till the thirtieth day of April one "thousand eight hundred and fifty-four," it was amongst other things provided that if any

governor general, governor, or ordinary member of the council of India, or any member of the council of any presidency, should hold or enjoy any pension, salary, or any place, office, or employment of profit under the Crown, the salary of his office as member of council should be reduced by the amount of the pension, salary, annuity, or profits of office so held by him:

And whereas it is deemed fit and proper, in consideration of the services of the said Baron Napier of Magdala, to make such provision as is herein-after contained :

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. Notwithstanding anything in the said Act or any other Act of Parliament contained, it shall be lawful for the Government of India to pay, and for the said Baron Napier of Magdala to receive, such salary as may be paid to him in respect of his office as member of the council of the Presidency of Bombay, or in respect of any office which he may hereafter hold to which the said recited provision of the last-mentioned Act may apply, so long as he continues to hold the same, without any reduction being made thereof in respect of the annuity payable to him under the said first-recited Act; and all payments of such salary as may have taken place before the passing of this present Act are hereby declared subject to no such reduction.