16 pp. This text was transcribed in May 2007 by Sandra Jones from a reproduction of the original as found in House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, Ed. Sheila Lambert, Vol. 27, Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1975. Gaps in the text were left so in the bill as printed, to be filled in after enactment with the proper dates, sums, etc.
"Presented by Lord North, 1a& otbp 27 November 1775. Enacted 16 Geo. III, c. 5." [Lambert, vi.
