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<p n="28">January 1796.</p>
<p n="29">Resolved by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament<lb></lb>
assembled that the Agreement hereunto subjoined be engrossed and<lb></lb>
left at the Parliament Office in Order to be subscribed by any Lord<lb></lb>
of this House who shall think fit to subscribe the same himself<lb></lb>
or in his Name by any other Lord or by the Clerk Assistant or by<lb></lb>
the Clerk of the Journals or Clerk of the Papers who shall receive<lb></lb>
Authority from such Lord so to do.</p>
<p n="30">We the Undersigned impressed with a sense of the Evils which<lb></lb>
may be experienced by <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55611_n30-1">His Majesty</rs>
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's Subjects in consequence of the<lb></lb>
deficient supply of Wheat unless timely and effectual Measures are<lb></lb>
taken to reduce the Consumption thereof within such Limits as may<lb></lb>
prevent the pressure of Actual Scarcity previous to the next Harvest<lb></lb>
and may secure as per as possible the necessary Subsistence of the<lb></lb>
People of this Kingdom until it shall please Divine Providence to<lb></lb>
restore the Blessing of general Plenty Do hereby jointly and<lb></lb>
severally pledge ourselves in the most solemn manner to execute<lb></lb>
and maintain to the utmost of our Power the following Resolutions<lb></lb>
and also most earnestly to recommend the same to the adopted in our<lb></lb>
respective Nighbourhoods</p>
<p n="31">We will reduce the Consumption of Wheat in our Families<lb></lb>
by at least One third of the usual Quantity consumed in Ordinary times</p>
<p n="32">In Order to effect this Reduction either we will limit to that<lb></lb>
extent the Quantity of Fine Wheaten Bread used by each Individual<lb></lb>
in our Families or we will consume therein only mixed Bread of<lb></lb>
which not more than Two thirds shall be made of Wheat or we<lb></lb>
will consume only a proportional Quantity of mixed Bread of which<lb></lb>
more than Two thirds is made of Wheat or a proportional Quantity<lb></lb>
of Bread made of Wheat alone from which no more than five pounds<lb></lb>
Weight of Bran Per Bushel is excluded and we will also prohibit in<lb></lb>
our Families the use of Wheaton Flour in Pastry and diminish as<lb></lb>
much as possible the use thereof in other Articles than Bread.</p>
<p n="33">By same one or more of these Measures or by any other which<lb></lb>
may be found equally effectual and more expedient and practicable<lb></lb>
in our respective Situations we will to the utmost of our Power ensure</p>
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