January 1796.

Resolved by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament
assembled that the Agreement hereunto subjoined be engrossed and
left at the Parliament Office in Order to be subscribed by any Lord
of this House who shall think fit to subscribe the same himself
or in his Name by any other Lord or by the Clerk Assistant or by
the Clerk of the Journals or Clerk of the Papers who shall receive
Authority from such Lord so to do.

We the Undersigned impressed with a sense of the Evils which
may be experienced by His Majesty< no role > 's Subjects in consequence of the
deficient supply of Wheat unless timely and effectual Measures are
taken to reduce the Consumption thereof within such Limits as may
prevent the pressure of Actual Scarcity previous to the next Harvest
and may secure as per as possible the necessary Subsistence of the
People of this Kingdom until it shall please Divine Providence to
restore the Blessing of general Plenty Do hereby jointly and
severally pledge ourselves in the most solemn manner to execute
and maintain to the utmost of our Power the following Resolutions
and also most earnestly to recommend the same to the adopted in our
respective Nighbourhoods

We will reduce the Consumption of Wheat in our Families
by at least One third of the usual Quantity consumed in Ordinary times

In Order to effect this Reduction either we will limit to that
extent the Quantity of Fine Wheaten Bread used by each Individual
in our Families or we will consume therein only mixed Bread of
which not more than Two thirds shall be made of Wheat or we
will consume only a proportional Quantity of mixed Bread of which
more than Two thirds is made of Wheat or a proportional Quantity
of Bread made of Wheat alone from which no more than five pounds
Weight of Bran Per Bushel is excluded and we will also prohibit in
our Families the use of Wheaton Flour in Pastry and diminish as
much as possible the use thereof in other Articles than Bread.

By same one or more of these Measures or by any other which
may be found equally effectual and more expedient and practicable
in our respective Situations we will to the utmost of our Power ensure