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Die Mercurii 16o Decembris, 1795.
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RESOLUTIONS.
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RESOLVED, Nemine Diffentiente, by the Lords Spiritual
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and Temporal, in Parliament assembled, That, in Conse-
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quence of the high Price and deficient Supply of Wheat, it
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is expedient to adopt such Measures as may be practicable for
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diminishing the Consumption thereof, during the Continuance
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of the present Pressure, and for introducing the Use of such
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Articles as may conveniently be substituted in the Place
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thereof.
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RESOLVED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in
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Parliament assembled, That the Agreement hereunto subjoined,
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be engrossed, and left at the Parliament Office, in order to
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be subscribed by any Lord of this House who shall think fit to
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subscribe the same himself, or in his Name by any other Lord,
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or by the Clerk Assistant, or by the Clerk of the Journals, or
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Clerk of the Papers, who shall receive Authority from such
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Lord so to do.
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WE, the Undersigned, impressed with a Sense of the Evils
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which may be experienced by His Majesty's Subjects, in Conse-
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quence of the deficient Supply of Wheat, unless timely and
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effectual Measures are taken to reduce the Consumption thereof,
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within such Limits as may prevent the Pressure of actual
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Scarcity
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