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ſeſors of which were uſually in parliament; and when the meaſure was adopted, the numbers following were actually in one or the other houſe; viz.
| Houſe of Lords. |
Houſe of Commons. | |
| Board of Trade | 1 | 1 |
| Paymaſter of Penſions | 1 | |
| Lords of Police, Scotland | 4 | 1 |
| Jewel Office | 1 | 1 |
| Great Wardrobe | 1 | 1 |
| Treaſurer of the Chamber | 2 | |
| Cofferer of the Houſehold | 2 | |
| Clerks of the Green Cloth | 6 | |
| Board of Works | 3 | |
| Maſter of the Harriers | 1 | |
| Maſter of the Fox Hounds | 1 | |
| 00 | 00 | |
| 9 | 23 | |
| To theſe ſhould be added eleven members of the Houſe of Commons who held beneficial contracts under the Treaſury[1], and four under the Ordnance and Navy Boards ; ſome with the three Boards | 15 | |
| 00 | ||
| 37 | ||
| 00 | ||
There are, therefore, nine peers, and thirty-ſeven members of the Houſe of Commons, under direct influence, leſs than there were in 1783, in conſequence of legiſlative proviſions. If the admi-
- ↑ Taken from liſts preſented to the Houſe of Commons in April 1782; and preſerved among the papers of that ſeſſion.
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