HISTORY OP MALTA.

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Article VI.

Annual Receipt, on an average of ten years,from 1779 to 1788.

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Maltese Money. English Money.

Crowns. T. G. £. s. d.

Priory Presents.

The statutes ordained that each priory shouldpresent an offering to the conventual church ofSt. John once during the time it was held by thesame person. This present was fixed at fiftySpanish pistoles from the priories of the first or-der, and forty from the second, and might bepaid either in kind or in specie. Most of thempreferred the latter method, by which means thechurch was deprived of the advantage of these of-ferings, and the money paid into the coffers of the

treasury. ....... 503 2 15 . 50 6 5

Article VII.

Presents.

All gifts paid into the treasury at differenttimes by the knights were comprised in this ar-ticle. 1,465 8 1 . 146 11 4

Article VIII.

Timber.

All the forest trees of a large size in the differ-ent commanderies of the order belonged to thetreasury ; and the revenue of this article consistedin the sale of such timber, which was almost en-tirely cut down in the commanderies situated inFrance. This resource was formerly very consi-derable, but was beginning to fail for some years

past. ........ 47,982 11 3 • 4,798 5 11

Article IX.

Renounced Pensions.

All pensions being subject to the mortuaryand vacancy duties of the commanderies and

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