Section VIII Prices to be annually set by Treasury, and stamped upon the Parchment.

£6 per Cent. Allowance for ready Money.

And for the better distribution of the said Velum Parchment and Paper and that the Subjects may have the same with more conveniency and att an easier rate then formerly Bee it enacted by the authority aforesaid That the Lord High Tresurer of England or Commissioners of his Majesty's Tresury for the time being shall once in the yeare att least sett the prices of all sorts of stampt Velum Parchment and Paper that it shall bee sold att And that the Co[m]missioners appointed for putting the said Act in execution shall stamp the said price soe sett upon every X1piece or skin of Velum or Parchment or sheet or piece of paper soe by them to bee sold And that the said Co[m]missioners shall likewise allow and pay to every person that shall bring Velum Parchment or Paper to bee stampt (the duty whereof shall amount to the sum of Ten pounds or upwards) after the rate of Six pounds in the Hundred pounds per annum for Three months upon present payment of the said duty upon the said Velum Parchment & Paper soe by them brought And that any persons that shall buy of the said Commissioners or their Agents Velum Parchment or Paper the Duty whereof amounts to the like su[m]m of Ten pounds or upwards shall have the same allowance of Six pounds in the hundred pounds.