Context: The Paymaster General Act 1782 ended the post as a lucrative sinecure. Previously, Paymasters had been able to draw on money from HM Treasury at their discretion. Now they were required to put the money they had requested to withdraw from the Treasury into the Bank of England, from where it was to be withdrawn for specific purposes. The Treasury would receive monthly statements of the Paymaster's balance at the Bank. This act was repealed by Shelburne's administration, but the act that replaced it repeated verbatim almost the whole text of the Burke Act.

Question: Where had Paymasters been able to get money from directly until 1782?
Answer: HM Treasury

Question: After 1782, where would money from Paymasters' withdrawal requests go?
Answer: the Bank of England

Question: Whose administration repealed the Paymaster General Act?
Answer: Shelburne

Question: When was the Paymaster General Act passed?
Answer: 1782

Question: When did Paymasters begin to get money directly from the HM treasury?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who could no longer make withdrawal requests to the Bank of England after 1782?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How often could paymasters make withdrawals?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Which administration proposed the Paymaster act?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: The Paymaster Act allowed Paymasters to withdraw funds from what source at their own discretion?
Answer: Unanswerable