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London, England, 1817-03-28 00:00:00

he present tinie,. the number of pages annually
N 5 been a follnws

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1866, ...'.i.',;..; .. 918 lii 10
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.., Alit]. a 41101; oti is How proposed
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tber, compression, by abvi4int., tbi
L•tering the busioes of each .fay ; a

1011 1.,07
• iftlll-15 8,9

..... . 009:
for' their fur-
forms of en-

the same time

iserthig other ii tern of osefol hinirmation,

ow only to be- fottucl in the Jotiritali ; auUl itiSO

prospectively an' account of the Notices ant{ Pr-

et•s for the next Sitting-day.

lit. Tile consequences of the further 'abridge-
ment of the Votes will be ate increased dispatch

in their. delivery, and a considerable reduction
(possibly a gradual extinction) of the enence of
printing them in future.
1.,8y the increased dispatch in the delivery of
the votes, the Members of the House, and all par-
ties interested in its current business, both public
and private, may be informed every morning dur-
ing the Session, of the transactions of the preced-
ing day, and also of the business appointed by
notices or orders for the next sitting day, bring
usually the same day on which the votes are to be
delivered under •the new arrangement. Any pe-
titions Or Other proceedings which may oc-
casionally ,be printed by special . order, might

follow as a Supplement or Appendix to the
Votes, not impeding • their daily delivery, and
be printed and, circulated afterwards with due
diligence, according to their lerrgth. A further
convenience will result from this abridgment, by
the means it will afford for expeffiting the com-
pilation of the full Journal of the Session, so that
it may he Laid upon the table its printed sheets
progressively during the Session (never being
more 11141 one week in arrear), and be completed
for delivery, .with its Appendix, befOre the usual

time iorthe commencement of the following Ses-
sion ; whereas the printed Journal, according to
the present !node of proceeding, is of necessity. ,
,never less than one year awl an ltrylt in arrear.
2. 'With respect to the reduction which this
abridgement may prod'uce in: the expence of print-
ing, it is to be observed, that this expence under.'
went a ionsiiterable, reduction in }SOS, by the.
compress,.t im-ins' then introduced, whereby an
annual saving has already -1,...n.rna11e, 'which has
risen from 707,/: per nnnom to I Ati3l. per ant,.,..:,.!
arnountiug between the years /80,5 and jB.l G (hntli
io.eSusive) to 14,2;40t ;,-.-and it is expected that
• when the plan now proposed can be carried into
full operation in a future Sessitin of Parliament, a
fotther savitn.!, may be made of the greater part of
the residue or the expenee; and possibly by a
More extended sale of the Votes for genera) use
(as was formerly the ca,e) a saving of the whole
sum, at present amounting to about 2,0003. per

an itnin.
Margit 27007.

slethn4.l proisasett for preparing an Abstract of The Votes and,
Procerdingi 'Orthe flonsi of Commons for Publication, in
a tom more serticeable fey current use.
lst.—Take for the foundation' of this Abstract
the marginal contents of the Votes as now printed,
and suclrr SPeeches,!Addresses, and Messages as
are now usually printed in the VOtes, and add
brieflysonie- further particulars which tyre now
only noticed in the Journals, ex. gr, ,Names of
Member appointed to serve upon Select Commit-
tees on Public Matters,--Notions witbdiawn or
superseded,-,--Amendtnents to Motions,—Divi-
sions, &c. but not inserting at length (without
special order) any Petitions, which (as its she in-
stances of the Corn Bill., Property Tax, and Par-
liamentary Reform) greatly delay the Votes ; the
Petitions themselves however being still preserved
upon the Journals.
The actual minute Books of the Clerks at the
table Contain the substance of such an Abstract,
which an out-door clerk, conversant in Vote
writing, can put tit °bee into due form.' One of
the Clerks Assistant (by turns) tir be answerable
t9ribe correctness of the-Abstract by signing iris
name to arid the- Speaker" afterivards {cutting
1111 signature to the,Vote in the usual
2t11y.--Subioin to this Abstract of each day's
proceedings, a list of Notices and Orders for
Public business, as fixed for the next witting day-;
together with the names of the private Bills en-
tered in the book upon the tattle for second read-
ings ; and notify also an arrangement which the
House may have agreed upon for the hours of pro
ceeding on Public business, or ballots, nr the like.
order that this Abstract may be ready
for delivery the next morning, the Minute-books,
which are alternately carried out in the course of
the evenin;, still enable the Clerk 3 in ;he Journal
Office tt; pigpere The Abstract for the Printer : so
iinevonly.will in rnost cases, .remain to
'be- added-at the rising of the Hansel and the
%,Prioter must have a printing-press near the Haase
tot Commans. (kulriell he is ready. to provide) in
(order to (Folopid'e the.sittets.for
:tleliver4:;
4tlely.—TLe delivery must be made early the