John Arbuthnott (microbiologist) ("The Arbuthnott Report"" and ""the Arbuthnott Review"") in December 1997, the principal task of which was to conduct an independent review of the way in which NHS money is allocated annually to the 14 Scottish NHS Boards. The resulting mechanism, known as the Arbuthnott Formula, assesses key indicators of population, inequality and deprivation of the areas covered by each of the boards to allocate money. He was chair of the Arbuthnott Commission set up in 2004 to consider the consequences of having four separate voting systems for elections in Scotland and also different boundaries for Holyrood and Westminster constituencies. John
Hired armed cutter John Bull which had been sailing from Lisbon to Antwerp. A day or so later "John Bull" detained and sent into Plymouth "General Walterstof", Groot, master. "General Walterstorf" had been sailing from Saint Croix to Copenhagen. At the end of August "John Bull" detained "Froe Secolitas", Sursen, master, which had come from Saint Thomas's. "John Bull" also detained "Flask", Erickson, master, from Lisbon to Tonningen, and "Neord", Tyson, master, from Oporto to Tonningen. "John Bull" sent all three into Plymouth. At the beginning of October "John Bull" detained and sent into Plymouth, "Indogheten", Johnson, master, coming from Cette. On 10 October a