9. That the sale of all annuities desired in one week shall be made on some one day in the next.
10. That after the sale the proportion due to each person shall be carried to his or her cash account, and the money be payable forthwith.
11. That the Accountant shall make out and sign a warrant for the sums called for, the person giving a receipt on the warrant when it is paid.
12. That persons entitled to the money may authorize in writing any other person to receive the warrant, and after signing the warrant the money may be paid to such other person.
13. That any person residing beyond the limits of the two-penny post (London) may have such warrant transmitted through the Post Office.
14. That when a sum is paid to the cashier or other officer for the purchase of annuities, a proper receipt shall be given; that when a sum is transmitted through the post, the receipt shall be at once sent through the post; and that when the money has been laid out in such purchases as were ordered to be made, the certificates of such purchases, with their amount and denomination, shall be sent to the purchasers, or such other persons as they shall appoint.
15. Provides for the investment of small surpluses, and the payment of the dividends upon them.
16. Provides that no payment, gratuity, or reward shall be allowed to be made to any person employed in the Office of the Poor's Fund over and above the regular salaries determined upon.
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Other clauses of the Act provided that the expenses of the Office should be defrayed by such sums as were secured by the dividend, interest, and accumulations of the surplus arising from unclaimed dividends, the remainder of the expenses being borne on the Consolidated Fund.