This duty did not however answer the end for which it was granted, and the company was obliged to apply to parliament in the year 1730 for relief, when they obtained a certain sum for that purpose, and it was enacted that all his Majesty’s subjects treading to and from Africa, between Cape Blanco and the Cape of Good Hope, should hereafter be deemed a body corporate, and that all the countries, islands, rivers and places, together with the forts, should be in the possession of this new company; the members of which should not trade to or from Africa in their joint capacity, have any joint or transferable stock, or borrow money on their common seal. That the persons trading or intending to trade to Africa, should pay to the Chamberlain of London, the Clerk of the Merchants-hall in Bristol, or the Town Clerk of Liverpool, 40_s._ each for the freedom of the new company. That the management of the affairs of this new company, should be under the direction of a committee of nine persons, to be chosen annually, three out of the members in the city of London, three out of those of Bristol, and three out of those of Liverpool. That this committee should have power to make orders for the government and improvement of the forts and factories; to appoint governors, and other officers civil and military; to receive annually the sum of 40_s._ and to take a list of the names of all the persons making payment. It is also enacted, that the committee shall once a year give an account of all their transactions to the Commissioners for trade and plantations, and likewise lay before the Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer, an account, upon oath, of all the money they have received within the preceding year, and the application thereof; and the Lords of the Admiralty are to give instructions to the Captains of such of his Majesty’s ships of war as shall be stationed or ordered to cruize within the above limits, to inspect, and make report to them from time to time of the state of the forts and settlements, copies of which are to be laid before the parliament every sessions. This is the state at present of this company, who keep their office in Cooper’s court, Cornhill. AGNES _court_, Little George street. _St._ AGNES LE CLARE _fields_, near Hoxton, so called from a spring of water dedicated to that Saint, and now converted into a cold bath. AILSBURY _court_, George street. AILSBURY _street_, 1. By Jermyn street. 2. St. John’s street, Clerkenwell green. AINGER _street_, York street.† AIR _street_, 1. Piccadilly.† 2. By Mary la bone.† 3. Leather lane.† AKERSLEY _yard_, Great St. Anne’s street.† ALAM _yard_, Crutched Friars.