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And to the end all adventurers for lands in Ireland may have knowledge and take notice hereof, it is further ordered, that in Grocers' Hall, London, upon the twentieth day of July next ensuing, being in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty-three, by eight of the clock, in the morning, this lottery shall begin. And the said committee, or any five or more of them, are further ordered to admit so many adventurers to join in one and the same lot as shall desire it, provided no one lot exceed ten thousand pounds; and no more lots for the province of Munster then shall amount unto one hundred and ten thousand pounds: for the province of Leinster, two hundred and five thousand pounds; for the province of Ulster, forty-five thousand pounds, accompting all moneys as doubled brought in upon the ordinances of the fourteenth of July, one thousand six hundred forty-three, and the thirteenth of November, one thousand six hundred forty-seven, to make up the said sums; and in the second alotment for counties, no one lot to exceed five thousand pounds, and no more lots for the county of Waterford then shall amount unto twenty thousand pounds: for the county of Limerick, thirty thousand pounds; for the county of Tipperary, threescore thousand pounds; for the county of Eastmeath, fifty and five thousand pounds; for the county of Westmeath, threescore and ten thousand pounds; for the King's County, forty thousand pounds; for the Queen's County, forty thousand pounds; for the county of Antrim, fifteen thousand pounds; for the county of Down, fifteen thousand pounds; for the county of Armagh, fifteen thousand pounds; and after alotment is so made, to ascertain what quantity of land is due to each of the said adventurers, according to the rates for the respective provinces mentioned in the Act of Parliament in that behalf, and the measure allowed by the said respective Acts and ordinances within which such adventurer comes. But for avoiding the inconveniences that may arise from observing English and Irish measure, in the surveying and setting forth of the said lands, and that nevertheless the adventurers to whom it doth belong may have the benefit of Irish measure, it is ordered, that for such of the adventurers as have a right thereunto, the said committee shall compute and set down how many acres, English measure, such adventurer's proportion in Irish measure doth amount unto; and shall accordingly give unto each of the said adventurers a certificate, what number of acres (according to English measure) is due to him, either by force of the said Act, or in lieu and satisfaction of his proportion of acres, Irish measure, according to the said former Acts and ordinances; which certificate, under the hands and seals of any five or more of the aforesaid committee, shall be a sufficient warrant for every adventurer receiving the same to make his claim in Ireland. And the said committee shall cause an entry to be made in a book for that purpose of all and every certificate and certificates which they shall give to any person or persons, expressing the sum in words, and not in figures, the name of the first adventurer, and of the person to whom such certificate shall be given, together with the proportion of lands due to him, as the same shall be contained in the said certificate; and shall cause a transcript thereof in a parchment-roll to be made and transmitted into the Chamber of London, there to remain as a publique record.
Provided always, the right of election for provinces, in the manner of alotment, be preserved unto such as have or shall claim the same, upon the ordinances of the fourteenth of
