“That the yearly salaries hereafter mentioned, being formerly paid out of the Council’s Contingencies,—­that is to say L45 12_s._ 6_d._ per annum to Mr. Henry Giffard, Mr. Gualter Frost’s assistant,—­per annum to Mr. John Hall,—­per annum to Mr. Marchamont Needham,—­per annum to Mr. George Vaux, the house-keeper at Whitehall,—­per annum for the rent of Sir Abraham Williams’s house [for the entertainment of Ambassadors], and—­per annum to M. Rene Angler,—­be for the future retrenched and taken away.

  “That some convenient rooms at Somerset House be set apart for the
  entertainment of Foreign Ambassadors upon their address to his
  Highness.

“That it be referred to Mr. Secretary Thurloe to put that part of the Intelligence [from abroad] which is managed by M. Rene Augier into the common charge of Intelligence, and to order it for the future by M, Augier or otherwise, as he shall see most for the Commonwealth’s service.

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“That it be offered to his Highness as the advice of the Council that several warrants be issued under the great seal for authorizing and requiring the Commissioners of his Highness’s Treasury to pay, by quarterly payments, at the receipt of his Highness’s Exchequer, to the several officers, clerks, and other persons after-named, according to the proportions allowed them for their salary in respect of their several respective offices and employments during their continuance or till his Highness or the Council shall give other order:  that is to say:—­

“To John Thurloe, Esq., Secretary of State:—­For his own office, after the proportion of L800 per annum; for the office of Mr. Philip Meadows, Secretary for the Latin Tongue, after the rate of L200 per annum; for the salaries of—­clerks attending his [Thurloe’s] office at 6_s._ 8_d._ per diem, a piece (which together amount to——­); for the salaries of eleven messengers at 5_s._ per diem, apiece (which together amount to L1003 15_s._):  amounting in the whole to ——­

“To Mr. Henry Scobell and Mr. William Jessop, Clerks to the Council, or to either of them:—­For their own offices, viz.  Mr. Scobell L500 per annum, Mr. Jessop L500 per annum; for the salaries of—­clerks attending their office at 6_s._ 8_d._ per diem (which together amount to ——­):  amounting in the whole to ——­

“To Mr, Edward Dendy, Serjeant at Arms attending the Council:—­For his own office after the proportion of L365 per annum; for the salaries of his ten deputies at 3_s._ 4_d._ per diem a piece (which together amount to L608 6_s._ 8_d._); amounting in the whole to L973 6 8

“To Richard Scutt, Usher of the Council Chamber:—­For himself and his assistants at 13_s._ per diem, (being L237 5_s_,