No Sums to be written into the Books of the

next preceding the Tenth Day of October in any Year; any thing hereinbefore contained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. V. Provided also, and be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful to write into or consolidate any such Sum or Sums in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, relating to Bank after the Four Pounds per Centum per Annum Consolidated Annuities certain Days transferrable at the said Bank, at any time on or after the First preceding the Day of March next preceding the Fifth Day of April, nor on or several Diviafter the First Day of September next preceding the Tenth Day of dend Days. October, in any Year; nor to write in or consolidate any such Sum or Suns relating to the Five Pounds per Centum per Annum, usually called The Navy Five per Cents, transferrable at the said Bank of England, at any time on or after the First Day of December next preceding the Fifth Day of January, nor on or after the First Day of June next preceding the Fifth Day of July, in any Year; any thing in this Act contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

may be made to the Bank of

Ireland for Permission to make

such Transfers to the Commissioners for the Reduction Debt, whereupon a Certifi cate shall be

of the National

VI. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful Application for any Person or Persons having or possessing any Stock in the several before mentioned Stocks, Funds or Annuities, transferrable at the Bank of Ireland, to apply in Writing to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or to cause Application to be made to the said Governor and Company by some Person on his, her or their Behalf, and which Application shall be according to such Form as shall be established by the said Governor and Company, in concurrence with the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and shall be the same in all cases, for Permission to transfer or cause to be transferred such Stocks, Funds, Annuities or Debentures respectively, for the Purpose of having correspond- granted. ing Sums written in and consolidated with the several Stocks, Funds or Annuities transferrable at the Bank of England, set forth in this Act, as the case may require, according to the Provisions of this Act; and thereupon, and upon such Person or Persons transferring or causing to be transferred such Stocks, Funds, Annuities or Debentures, so transferrable at the Bank of Ireland, into the Names of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, for the Purpose of their cancelling and discharging the same from the National Debt in Ireland, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor or Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ireland, or for the Accountant General or Deputy Accountant of the said Governor and Company, or for the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of the said Governor and Company for the time being, and they are hereby respectively authorized and required, to grant a Certificate to the Person or Persons making such Transfer, or on whose Behalf such Transfer shall have been made, directed to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England; and which Cer- Form of such tificate shall be also according to a Form which shall be established Certificate, by the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, in concurrence with the Governor and Company of the Bank of

England, and shall be the same in all cases; and such Certificate and what it is shall state that the Person or Persons therein mentioned has or to state. have transferred or caused to be transferred the Stock, Funds, Annuities or Debentures therein described, to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, for the Purpose of having

corre

On Production of Certificates of Bank of

Ireland, Bank of England to write the Sums

into their Books to be consolidated

with the several existing Stocks

corresponding Sums written in the Name of such Person or Per-
sons, and consolidated with such Stock, Funds or Annuities trans-
ferrable at the Bank of England, as the same are applicable to,
describing the same, and stating the Amount in such British
Stock, Funds or Annuities to which such Person or Persons shall
be so entitled in respect of such Transfer, according to the Scale
set forth in this Act.

VII. And be it further enacted, That in every case where any
Transfer shall be made as aforesaid, the said Governor and Com-
pany of the Bank of Ireland shall cause Notice thereof to be given
and transmitted to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the
National Debt, at their Office in London, on the same Day on
which such Transfer shall be made; and the said Commissioners
shall, upon the Receipt thereof, transmit the said Notice to the
Governor and Company of the Bank of England.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That immediately upon any such Transfer as aforesaid being made at the Bank of Ireland to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, the Stocks, Funds or Annuities so transferred to them shall be cancelled, and for ever discharged from the Amount of the National Debt in Ireland.

IX. And be it further enacted, That in the Office of the Ac-
countant General of the Governor and Company of the Bank of
Ireland for the time being, a Book or Books shall be provided
and kept, in which shall be fairly entered the Names of all Per-
sons making any such Transfer of any such Stocks, Funds, An-
nuities or Debentures to the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the National Debt under the Provisions of this Act, to which Book
or Books it shall and may be lawful for all Persons making any
such Transfer, their respective Executors, Administrators and As-
signs, from time to time and at all seasonable times, to resort and
to inspect the same without any Fee or Charge; and the said
Accountant General shall, on or before the Fifteenth Day of
March, the Fifteenth Day of June, the Fifteenth Day of Sep-
tember, and the Fifteenth Day of December, in each and every
Year, transmit a Certificate fairly written on Paper, of the total
Amount of the several Stocks, Funds or Annuities so transferred,
specifying the annual Interest thereon, into the Office of the
Auditor of His Majesty's Exchequer in Ireland, and also into the
Office of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt in London; and the Monies heretofore set apart at His
Majesty's Exchequer in Ireland, for the Payment of the Interest
of the Capitals of the said Stocks, Funds, Annuities or Debentures
so transferred, shall thenceforward cease and determine, and be no
longer issued out of the Consolidated Fund in Ireland.

X. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful
for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and they
are hereby authorized and required, upon the Production to them
of such Certificate or Certificates of the Governor or Deputy
any
Governor of the Bank of Ireland, or of the Accountant General
or Deputy Accountant, or of the Secretary or Deputy Secretary
of the Governor and Company of the said Bank, so given for the
Purposes of this Act, to write or cause to be written into the
Books of the Bank of England relating to the several Stocks,

Funds

Funds or Annuities respectively, the Sums specified and con- specified in tained in every such Certificate, in the Name or Names of the such CertifiParty or Parties specified in every such Certificate; and all and cates. every such Sums and Sum shall be respectively added to and made one Joint Stock with the then existing Annuities of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum, or Navy Five Pounds per Centum per Annum, respectively, transferrable at the Bank of England, as the case shall require, and shall be payable and transferrable at the Bank of England at the same Time and in the same Manner as such existing Annuities of Four Pounds and Five Pounds per Centum per Annum respectively are payable and transferrable; and all such Sums so written into the said Books of the Bank of England shall be entitled to Interest or Dividend from the last Dividend which became due immediately previous to the Transfer made under this Act of the several Irish Stocks, Funds, Annuities or Debentures, in respect of which such Sums were so written in, and up to which Day the Dividend or Interest on such several Irish Stocks, Funds, Annuities or Debentures, shall have been payable at the Bank of Ireland.

XI. And Whereas the Dividends on the Four Pounds per • Centum per Annum Consolidated Annuities, transferrable at the Bank of England, are payable on the Fifth Day of April and the Tenth Day of October in each Year, and the Dividends on the Three Pounds and Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum · Annuities and Debentures, transferrable at the Bank of Ireland, and on the Four Pounds per Centum per Annum Annuities, ‹ transferrable at the said Bank of Ireland, are payable on the Fifth Day of January and the Fifth Day of July in each Year: ' And Whereas the Dividends on the Navy Five Pounds per Centum per Annum Annuities, transferrable at the Bank of England, are payable on the Fifth Day of January and the Fifth Day of July in each Year; and the Dividends on the Five • Pounds per Centum per Annum Annuities, transferrable at the • Bank of Ireland, are payable on the Fifth Day of April and the • Tenth Day of October in each Year; and it will thereby happen, that upon the Transfer of certain of the said Irish Stocks, Annuities or Debentures under this Act, for the Purpose of having corresponding Sums written into or consolidated with such English Stocks or Annuities, the Dividends whereon are pay⚫able at such different Periods, the Amount of the Dividend pay'able on the Dividend Day next after the making any Transfer ' under this Act, would, in certain cases, be Three Fourths of a 'Year's Dividend, and, in certain other cases, would be only One · Fourth of a Year's Dividend; and it is expedient that Provision 'should be made in such cases;' Be it therefore enacted, That Regulation as whenever any Stock, Funds, Annuities or Debentures, trans- to Payment of ferrable at the Bank of Ireland, shall be transferred for the Dividends, in Purposes of this Act, at any time in the Quarter of a Year commencing from the Day on which the last preceding Dividend was payable on the corresponding British Stock or Annuities, into which such Irish Stock, Annuities or Debentures is to be transferred or written, and ending on the Day on which the next succeeding Dividend would have been payable on the Irish Stock, Annuities or Debentures so transferred, in case the same had not

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been

fer from Irish Funds to British Funds taking place at

case of Trans

broken Periods, be made at the by Payments to Time of Trans

of Ireland.

fer at the Bank been so transferred, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to pay or cause to be paid to every Person or Persons who shall make or cause to be made any such Transfer of Irish Stock, Annuities or Debentures, for the Purposes aforesaid, a Sum of Money equal to One Fourth Part of One Year's Dividend for everv One hundred Pounds of such Stock or Annuities which shall be transferred out of the Books of the said Bank of Ireland, for the Purposes aforesaid, in pursuance of this Act; and such Payment of such Sum shall be made in Ireland by the said Governor and Company, at the time when such Stock or Annuities shall be so transferred out of the Books of the said Bank of Ireland, and the Governor and Company of the Bank of England shall pay to such Person or Persons as shall be entitled to receive the Dividend becoming due on the corresponding Stock or Annuities written into the Books of the said Bank of England, on the Dividend Day next after such Transfer, the Amount of One Half Year's Dividend and no more, in like manner as on all other such Stock or Annuities standing in the Books of the said Governor and Company; and that whenever any Stock, Annuities or Debentures, transferrable at the Bank of Ireland, shall be transferred for the Purposes of this Act, at any time in the Quarter of a Year commencing from the Day on which the last preceding Dividend was payable on such Irish Stock, Annuities or Debentures, and ending on the Day on which the next succeeding Dividend will become payable on the corresponding British Stock or Annuities into which such Irish Stock, Annuities or Debentures is to be transferred or written, the Person or Persons who shall make or cause to be made any such Transfer shall pay to the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, and the said Governor and Company are hereby authorized and empowered to receive a Sum of Money equal to. One Fourth Part of a Year's Dividend for every One hundred Pounds of such Stock, Annuities or Debentures so transferred out of the said Books of the Bank of Ireland, for the Purposes aforesaid, in pursuance of this Act; and such Payment of the said Sum of Money shall be made to the 'said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland at the time when such Stock or Annuities shall be so transferred out of the Books of the said Bank of Ireland; and the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England shall and they are hereby authorized and required to pay to such Person or Persons as shall be entitled to receive the Dividends becoming due on the corresponding Stock or Annuities written into the Books of the said Bank of England, on the Dividend Day next after such Transfer, the Amount of One Half Year's Dividend, in like manner as on all other such Stock or Annuities standing in the Books of the said Governor and Company.

Bank of Ire

land to certify

to Exchequer Half Yearly, Amount of

Payments and Receipts in respect of Trans

XII. And be it further enacted, That the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland shall, upon making up their Books preparatory to the Payment of each and every Half Yearly Interest or Dividend, certify to the Auditor General of His Majesty's Exchequer in Ireland, and the Loan Clerk there, the Amount of all Sums of Money paid and received by the said Governor and Company to and from all Persons having made

5

Transfers

Transfers of any Stock, Funds or Annuities or Debentures under fers made as this Act, at such Periods when the Amount of One Quarter's herein mɛnDividend is by this Act required to be paid or received by the tioned, and may said Governor and Company to or from such Persons; and in case apply for Balance due to the whole Amount so paid by the said Governor and Company them to be shall at any time exceed the whole Amount so received by them, issued accordand the said Governor and Company shall make Application for ingly. the Payment or Issue of the Balance due to them in respect of such Payments and Receipts, or for the Payment or Issue of any Sum of Money on account of such Balance, such Loan Clerk shall certify to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by his Signature, such Application for such Balance or Sum of Money, provided such Demand from the said Governor and Company shall be correct; and thereupon it shall Warrant from and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Gover- Lord Lieutennor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, and he or they is ant thereupon. and are hereby authorized and required, to grant his or their Warrant, to issue out of the Produce of the Consolidated Fund arising in Ireland a sufficient Sum of Money for paying to the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland the Amount of such Balance, or of such Sum so applied for; any Act or Acts in force in Ireland, or any Law, Usage or Custom to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.

XIII. And be it further enacted, That the said Governor and Bank of EngCompany of the Bank of England shall, upon making up their land to certify Books preparatory to the Payment of each and every Half Yearly to Treasury and Interest or Dividend, certify to the Commissioners of His Ma- Auditor of Exjesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and chequer in G.B, Ireland, and to the Auditor of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer in Great Britain, the Amount of all Stocks, Funds Amount of and Annuities which shall have been written into the Books of Stock written the said Governor and Company, pursuant to this Act, in the into their Books within each Course of the preceding Half Year, and for which Interest or Half Year. Dividend shall be and become payable pursuant to this Act; and upon the Receipt of such Certificate, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three of them, to direct the said Auditor of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer in Great Britain to issue out of the Produce of the Consolidated Fund arising in Great Britain such Sum of Money as shall be sufficient for paying to the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England the Amount of all such Interest or Dividend as shall so appear to be payable, according to the usual Course of the Receipt of the Exchequer in Great Britain ; any Act or Acts in force in Great Britain, or any Law, Usage or Custom to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. XIV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That in case of the Loss or Destruction of any Certificate of the Governor or be granted of Deputy Governor, Accountant General or Deputy Accountant, Certificates lost Secretary or Deputy Secretary of the Bank of Ireland, given for or destroyed. the Purposes of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor or Deputy Governor of the said Bank, and they are hereby respectively authorized and empowered, upon Proof of such Loss or Destruction to their Satisfaction, to grant a Duplicate of such Certificate, and such Duplicate shall be full and sufficient Au1 & 2 GEO. IV.

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thority

Interest issued

out of Consoli

dated Fund

arising in G. B.

Duplicates may