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<p n="34">January 1796.</p>
<p n="35">the Reduction abovementioned of at least One third of the Quantity of Wheat<lb></lb>
usually consumed in our Families in Ordinary times.</p>
<p n="36">This Engagement shall remain in force until fourteen days after the<lb></lb>
Commencement of the next Session of Parliament unless the Average Price<lb></lb>
of Wheat in the whole Kingdom shall be reduced before that time to Eight<lb></lb>
shillings Per Winchester Bushel and we do earnestly recommend to our<lb></lb>
fellow Subjects to adopt and strictly to adhere to the same</p>
<p n="37">At the Council Chamber, <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo5">Whitehall</rs>
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the 22d. of December 1795.</p>
<p n="38">Present</p>
<p n="39">The Lords of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55611_n39-1">His Majesty</rs>
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's most Honourable Privy Council.</p>
<p n="40">Their Lordships taking into Consideration the Resolutions of both<lb></lb>
Houses of Parliament and the Agreements entered into in the said Houses<lb></lb>
of Parliament for reducing the Consumption of Wheat in the different modes<lb></lb>
described in the said Agreements by at least One third of the usual Quantity<lb></lb>
consumed in Ordinary Times think proper to recommend to his Grace the<lb></lb>
Duke of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo6">Portland</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55611_n40-1">his Majesty</rs>
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's Principal Secretary of State for the<lb></lb>
Home Department to write to the Custodes Rotulorum of the several<lb></lb>
Counties and Ridings of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo7">England</rs>
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and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo8">Wales</rs>
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and to the Chairman of<lb></lb>
the Quarter Sessions of the Several Counties Ridings and Divisions in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo9">England</rs>
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and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo10">Wales</rs>
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and to the Mayor or Chief Magistrate of all<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo11">Corporate Towns</rs>
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and to the Chief Magistrate or Chief Officers of all Cities<lb></lb>
or Towns which are Counties of themselves and also to the Sheriffs<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55611_occ12">Depute of the several Counties and Shiers</rs>
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of that part of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo12">Great Britain</rs>
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<lb></lb>
called Scotland transmitting to them respectively Copies of the said<lb></lb>
Resolutions and Agraments and desiring them to communicate the<lb></lb>
same to the Magistrates within their respective Counties Shires Ridings<lb></lb>
Divisions Cities and Towns and earnestly to recommend that the said<lb></lb>
Magistrates would enter into the said Agreements or one of them and<lb></lb>
take the most effectual means to induce the Gentry and Inhabitants within<lb></lb>
their respective Districts to enter into and strictly observe the same and<lb></lb>
also take the most effectual means to induce all Persons having the<lb></lb>
Direction of any Public Foundation or School or of any House of<lb></lb>
Industry or Place of Confinement within their several Districts to<lb></lb>
cause one or other of the Modes proposed in the said Agreements for</p>
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