pectus, des imprimés, et des livres en feuilles ou brochés, à raison de 10 centimes, le tout par feuille d'impression; et pour chaque demifeuille et quart de feuille, à proportion de l'un ou de l'autre de ces 2 prix, selon la nature des ouvrages, soit qu'ils doivent être distribués dans les Etats Sardes, soit qu'ils doivent être transmis dans les Etats d'Italie, autres que ceux dont il va être parlé dans l'Article suivant.

VII. L'affranchissement obligatoire des Lettres et Paquets, des Echantillons, des Journaux, des imprimés et des livres en feuilles ou brochés, pour les Duchés de Parme et Plaisance, de Modène, de Massa et de Carrara, pour tout le Royaume Lombard-Vénitien, pour le Tyrol Méridional, l'Illyrie et la Dalmatie, ainsi que pour les Iles Ioniennes, sera perçu, jusqu'aux points Frontières de France désignés par l'Article III de la présente Ordonnance, selon les prix du Tarif Français.

VIII. Les Lettres et Paquets, les Echantillons de marchandises, les Gazettes et Journaux, ainsi que tous les autres ouvrages de librairie, affranchis, les uns volontairement, les autres obligatoirement, dans les Etats Sardes, pour la France jusqu'à destination, seront distribués à leurs adresses, sans qu'il puisse être exigé aucun autre prix de port.

IX. Les Lettres et Paquets venant des villes et lieux des Etats Sardes, compris dans le premier rayon de ces Etats le plus voisin de la Frontière Française, et timbrés C. S. 1. R., pour les points d'échange Français du Pont-de-Beauvoisin, de Grenoble et d'Antibes, seront taxés à raison de 3 décimes par Lettre au dessous d'un poids de 6 grammes, et les Lettres et Paquets de ce même rayon, pesant 6 grammes et audessus, le seront proportionnellement à leur poids, selon les progressions du Tarif des Postes de France.

X. Les Lettres et Paquets des villes et lieux compris daus le 2ème rayon des Etats Sardes, et timbrés C. S. 2. R., pour les points Frontières du Royaume de France susuommés, seront taxés à raison de 5 décimes, par Lettre d'un poid au-dessous de 6 grammes, et celles d'un poids de 6 grammes et au-dessus, proportionnellement à ce prix, selon les progressions du Tarif Français.

XI. Les Lettres et Paquets des villes et endroits du 3ème rayon des Postes Sardes, et timbrés C. S. 3. R., ainsi que tous ceux en transit, arrivant par la voie des mêmes postes, sous le Timbre T. S. aux Bureaux susnommés de la Frontière Française, seront taxés pour ces lieux de leur entrée dans le Royaume, à raison de 8 décimes par Lettre d'un poids au-dessous de 6 grammes; et les Lettres et Paquets d'un poids de 6 grammes et au-dessus, le seront proportionnellement à ce prix, selon les progressions du Tarif des Postes de France.

XII. Les Lettres et Paquets des villes et endroits compris dans les 3 rayons des Postes Sardes, ainsi que les Lettres et Paquets en transit, sous le Timbre T. S., pour Paris et pour tout le Département de la Seine, seront taxés à raison de 15 décimes par Lettre d'un poids audessous de 6 grammes ; et les Lettres et Paquets d'un poids de 6 grammes,

et au-dessus, à proportion de ce prix, selon les progressions du Tarif Français.

XIII. Les Lettres et Paquets qui seront ré-expédiés des Bureaux du Pont-de-Beauvoisin, de Grenoble et d'Antibes, pour toutes autres destinations en France, seront taxés du port fixé pour ces mêmes lieux; plus, du port dû depuis ces points jusqu'à ceux de leur destination.

XIV. Les Echantillons de marchandises venant des Etats Sardes, ou d'autres Pays Etrangers, par l'intermédiaire des Postes de ces Etats, pourvu que les Paquets soient mis sous bandes, ou d'une manière indicative de leur contenu, seront taxés au tiers des prix fixés pour les Lettres et Paquets de celui des rayons Sardes, d'où ils auront été expédiés, ou par lequel ils seront passés en transit; cependant, le prix du port n'en sera jamais moindre que celui d'une Lettre au-dessous du poids de 6 grammes.

XV. Les Gazettes ou Journaux, ainsi que les catalogues, les pros. pectus, les imprimés et les livres en feuilles ou brochés, qui proviendront de l'étranger, non affranchis et sous bandes, par la voie des Postes Sardes, seront taxés pour toute l'étendue de la France, savoir: les 2 premières espèces de ces ouvrages à raison de 8 centimes, et toutes les autres à raison de 10 centimes, par feuille d'impression; et à proportion de l'un ou de l'autre de ces 2 prix, par demi-feuille et par quart de feuille.

XVI. Notre Ministre Secrétaire d'Etat des Finances est chargé de l'exécution de la présente Ordonnance, qui sera insérée au Bulletin des Lois.

Donné en notre Château des Tuileries, le 6 Novembre, de l'an de grâce, 1817, et de notre Règne le 23ème.

Par le Roi:

Le Ministre Secrétaire d'Etat des Finances,

LE COMTE CORVETTO.

LOUIS.

ACT of the British Parliament, " to enable His Majesty to recompense the services of Persons holding, or who have held, certain high and efficient Civil Offices."

[57 Geo. 3. Cap. 65.]

[7th July, 1817.]

WHEREAS the Abolition and Regulation of various Offices will deprive the Crown of part of the means by which His Majesty has been heretofore enabled to recompense the services of persons holding, or who have held, high and efficient Civil Offices: And whereas it is expedient and necessary, and consistent with sound policy and proper

economy, that upon the Abolition and Regulation of various Offices of emolument, other means should be afforded to His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, of recompensing the meritorious services of Persons filling, or who have filled high effective Civil Offices, and making competent provision for Persons holding such Offices upon their quitting or being removed from the same: may it therefore please your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King'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, that after the expiration of 2 years from the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, by any Warrant under his Royal Sign Manual, countersigned by any 3 or more of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the time being, to grant unto any Person who shall have served His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, for any period not less than 2 years in the whole, either uninterruptedly or at different times, in any one or more of the Offices of First Lord of the Treasury, or of one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, or Chancellor of the Exchequer, or First Lord of the Admiralty, a Pension during life, not exceeding £3,000 per annum; and at the expiration of every further progressive period of 2 years more from the passing of this Act, to graut in like manner other like Pensions to any other such Persons as aforesaid, until, at the expiration of 12 years from the passing of this Act, 6 of such Pensions shall have been granted in the whole; and from and after such 6 Pensions of £3,000 each shall have been granted to 6 such Persons as aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, to grant any further or other Pension in respect of any such Offices as aforesaid: Provided always, that from time to time, whenever and as often as any such Pensiou shall cease, by death, forfeiture, or resignation thereof respectively of the Person holding the same, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, to grant in like manner other like Pensions to any other such Persons as aforesaid, under such and the like circumstances, limitations, and restrictions as aforesaid; so as that no more or greater number of such Pensions than are allowed under the provisions of this Act shall be in force at the same time, and so as that, after the expiration of 12 years, no greater number than 6 such Pensions shall thereafter be granted or existing at any one and the same time, except as is in this Act excepted.

II. And whereas it may be essential to the good of His Majesty's service, and is therefore expedient and necessary, that His Majesty should be empowered to grant 1 other like Pension, not subject to such limitations and restrictions as aforesaid; be it therefore further enacted, that it shall be lawful for His Majesty, his Heirs and Suc

cessors, by any Warrant under his Royal Sigu Manual, countersigned by any 3 or more of the said Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being, to grant, at any time after the expiration of 2 years from the passing of this Act, 1 other like Pension of £3,000 to any Person who shall hold, or who shall have held, any one or more of such Offices as aforesaid, although the Person to whom such Pension shall be so granted shall not have held any such Office as aforesaid for such period of 2 years as aforesaid, and although the full number of Pensions allowed to be granted under the provisions of this Act shall have been then granted and remain in force: Provided always, that every such Pension so granted as aforesaid shall be deemed a supernumerary Pension, and shall, upon the ceasing of the first of any such Pensions as shall then be in force under the provisions of this Act, become, and be and be deemed, considered, and counted as one of the number of Pensions allowed by this Act, as if the same had been granted at the expiration of any period allowed by this Act, or upon the ceasing of any 1 of the number of Pensions allowed by this Act.

III. And be it further enacted, that after the expiration of 4 years from the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, by any Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual, countersigned by any 3 or more of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, to grant to any Person who shall have served His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, for any period not less than 5 years in the whole, either uninterruptedly or at different times, in either or both of the Offices of Chief Secretary for Ireland, or Secretary at War, a Pension during life not exceeding £2,000 per annum; and at and upon the expiration of every further progressive period of 4 years more from the passing of this Act, to grant in like manner other like Pensions to any other such Persons as aforesaid, until, at the expiration of 12 years from the passing of this Act, 3 of such Pensions shall have been granted in the whole; and from and after such 3 Pensions of £2,000 each shall have been granted to 3 such Persons as aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, to grant any further or other such Pension in respect of any of such Offices as aforesaid: Provided always, that from time to time, when and as often as any such Pension shall cease, by death, forfeiture, or resignation thereof respectively of the Person holding the same, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, to grant in like manner other like Pensions to any other such Persons as aforesaid, under such and the like circumstances, limitations, and restrictions as aforesaid; so as that no more or greater number of such Pensions than are allowed under the provisions of this Act shall be in force at the same time, and so as that after the expiration of 12 years, no greater number than 3 such Pensions shall thereafter be granted or existing at one and the same time.

IV. And be it further enacted, that after the expiration of 2 years from the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, by any Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual, countersigned by any 3 or more of the Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being, to grant to any Person who shall have served His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, for any period not less than 5 years, in any 1 or more of the Offices of one of the Joint Secretaries of the Treasury, or First Secretary of the Admiralty, a Pension during life not exceeding £1,500 per annum; and at the expiration of every further progressive period of 2 years more from the passing of this Act, to grant in like manner another like Pension to any other such Person as aforesaid, until, at the expiration of 12 years from the passing of this Act, 6 of such last mentioned Pensions shall have been granted in the whole; and from and after such 6 Pensions of £1,500 each shall have been granted to 6 such Persons as aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, to grant any further or other Pension, in respect of any such last mentioned Offices as aforesaid: Provided always, that from time to time, when and as often as any such Pension shall cease, by death, forfeiture, or resignation thereof respectively of the Person holding the same, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, his Heirs, and Successors, to grant in like manner other like Pensions to any other such Persons as aforesaid, under such and the like circumstances, limitations, and restrictions as aforesaid; so as that no more or greater numbers of such Pensions than are allowed under the provisions of this Act shall be in force at the same time, and so as that, after the expiration of 12 years, no greater number than 6 such Pensions shall thereafter be granted or existing at any one and the same period of time.

V. And whereas, in consequence of the provisions contained in an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled "An Act to unite and consolidate into one Fund all the Public Revenues of Great Britain and Ireland, and to provide for the application thereof to the General Service of the United Kingdom," the Duties of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, from and after the 5th day of January last, have become such as not to require that the services of any Person who may hereafter fill the said Office should be recompensed in respect thereof in the same manner as heretofore; but it may happen that some Person or Persons, having filled the said Office for some period less than 5 years before the said 5th day of January, may be appointed to some other high and efficient Office, in respect whereof a Pension is granted by this Act; be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, under the regulations of this Act, to grant to any Person who shall have filled the Office of Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland for any period previous to the said 5th day of January, and who shall serve His Majesty, his Heirs