January 1796.

the Reduction abovementioned of at least One third of the Quantity of Wheat
usually consumed in our Families in Ordinary times.

This Engagement shall remain in force until fourteen days after the
Commencement of the next Session of Parliament unless the Average Price
of Wheat in the whole Kingdom shall be reduced before that time to Eight
shillings Per Winchester Bushel and we do earnestly recommend to our
fellow Subjects to adopt and strictly to adhere to the same

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall the 22d. of December 1795.

Present

The Lords of His Majesty< no role > 's most Honourable Privy Council.

Their Lordships taking into Consideration the Resolutions of both
Houses of Parliament and the Agreements entered into in the said Houses
of Parliament for reducing the Consumption of Wheat in the different modes
described in the said Agreements by at least One third of the usual Quantity
consumed in Ordinary Times think proper to recommend to his Grace the
Duke of Portland his Majesty< no role > 's Principal Secretary of State for the
Home Department to write to the Custodes Rotulorum of the several
Counties and Ridings of England and Wales and to the Chairman of
the Quarter Sessions of the Several Counties Ridings and Divisions in
England and Wales and to the Mayor or Chief Magistrate of all
Corporate Towns and to the Chief Magistrate or Chief Officers of all Cities
or Towns which are Counties of themselves and also to the Sheriffs
Depute of the several Counties and Shiers of that part of Great Britain
called Scotland transmitting to them respectively Copies of the said
Resolutions and Agraments and desiring them to communicate the
same to the Magistrates within their respective Counties Shires Ridings
Divisions Cities and Towns and earnestly to recommend that the said
Magistrates would enter into the said Agreements or one of them and
take the most effectual means to induce the Gentry and Inhabitants within
their respective Districts to enter into and strictly observe the same and
also take the most effectual means to induce all Persons having the
Direction of any Public Foundation or School or of any House of
Industry or Place of Confinement within their several Districts to
cause one or other of the Modes proposed in the said Agreements for