The Upper House. 481

Who make Choice of the honourable George Plater Esq^r Chairman
and Richard Dorsey Clerk and agree to make the following Report.
Your Committee having carefully inspected the State of the Office
for emitting the Paper Money, find (by counting the same) that
there remains of the 89990£ a Ballance in the Iron Chest, as in the
annexed Account of 7735^£..10^s..0^d
That We have examined the 24 Books of unsigned Bills amount-
ing to £9687.. 10^s mentioned in the Report of 10^th May 1740 to be for
the Renewment and making good torn and defaced Bills and find
now remaining of the same, after such Renewment made as under-
neath viz.

2249 Bills of 2os. each amounting to 2249..00..00
2716 Bills of 155. each 2037.. — .. —
2716 Bills of 10s. each 1358- — .. —
3638 Bills of 53. each 909.. 10.. —
2574 Bills of 2.6 each 321...15.. —
991 Bills of 1. 6 each 74.. 6.. 6

Total. 6949.. 1 1.. 6

Your Committee also find that since the last Report 34 Books of
Blank Bills have been remitted to the said Commissioners from
England in Order also to renew and make good the torn and defaced
Bills which We have examined and find to be and contain as follows
viz.

£

1 Book of 2os. Bills containing 1000 1000
1 Ditto of 153. Bills 1000 750
2 Ditto of ios. Bills 1000 Each 1000
4 Ditto of 53. Bills 1000 Each 1000
6 Ditto of 2/6 Bills 1000 Each 750
10 Ditto of 1/6 Bills 1000 Each 750
10 Ditto of 1/ Bills 1000 Each 500

5750..
Out of which We find 730 i/ Bills made use of by
the Commissioners in Changing defaced Money

5713..10..—

And further signify that at the desire of the Commissioners, Your
Committee did count over and see destroyed and Burnt to Ashes by
the said Commissioners the following torn and defaced Bills, viz.
212 Bills of 20^s Each, 376 Bills of 153. each, 1010 Bills of 10s. each,
1739 Bills of 53. each, 2646 Bills of 2^s 6^d each 2569 Bills of 1/6 Each,
2575 Bills of 1s. each amounting in the whole to the sum of
2085..18..6

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U. H. J.