HC Deb 12 April 1905 vol 144 c1474

"That for the purpose of paying off any Exchequer Bonds issued under Supplemental War Loan Acts of 1900, any sums not exceeding ten million pounds be raised by the issue of Exchequer Bonds to be current, subject, to the provisions for the redemption of the total issue, for a period of ten years, and that in each year of that period one-tenth part of the total issue of the new Bonds be drawn for repayment and redeemed by the application for the purpose of the requisite part of the new sinking fund, and that the permanent annual charge for the National Debt be increased so as to be twenty-eight million pounds.

"That any expenses incurred in connection with raising or paying off any such sums, and the principle of and interest on any such sums, be charged on the Consolidated Fund, and, as to the interest, be paid as part of the permanent annual charge for the National Debt."