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(From 12 Charles II. to58GEoHoE III. inolusire)

RELATING TO

SHIPPING, NAVIGATION. CO.MMERCE,
AND REVENUE,

IN THE

In AMERICA and the WEST INDIES,

INCLUDING THE LAWS

ABOLISHING THE SLAVE TRADE.

By WILLIAM EARNSHAW,

SolMtorfor the Customs for the Northern Ports of England and JVales.

.PUBLISHED BY PERMISSION OF THE HONOURABLE
THE COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS.

LONDON: '

PRINTBD BY A. STRAHAN,
L.iU'-I'RlNTER TO THE KING's MOST EXCELLENT MAJEJTT

1818.

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INTRODUCTION.

JN publishing a Work of this Nature it is
necessary to premise that the European
Colonies in America and the West Indies are
of Two Descriptions— First where the Lands
are claimed by Right of Occupancy only,
by finding them desert and uncultivated and
peopling them from the Mother Country;
and, Secondly, when already cultivated, they
have been either gained by Conquest or
ceded by Treaties ; and both these Rights are
founded upon the Law of Nature, or at least
upon that of Nations. The Colonies belonging*
to Great Britain are, principally, of this latter
Description, and therefore the Common Law
of England, as such, has no Authority there
being distina (though dependent) Dominions *
They are subject, however, to the Controul of
the Parliament of Great Britain, though not
bound by any Act, unless particularly named *

With respect to Countries gained by Con.
quest the Inhabitants, once received under the
King s Protection, become Subjects, and are to
be umversally considered in that light, not as
l^nemies or Aliens ; and although the King

Commentaries on the Laws of England,

* without

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INTRODUCTION.

without the Concurrence of Parliament, has a
Power to alter the old and introduce new Laws
in a conquered Country, he cannot exempt an
Inhabitant from the Laws of Trade, or from the
Power of the Parliament of Great Britain, or give
him Privileges exclusive of his other Subjects.*

The Form of Government in most of the
British Colonies is borrowed from that of Eng-
land ; and the Laws passed by their General
Assemblies and Council, with the Concurrence
of the Governor, are of the same Validity in
the Colonies, as Acts of Parliament are in the
Mother Country ; unless repugnant to any Law
made in Great Britain relative to the Colonies,
in which Case they are utterly void and of no
Effect t. J

It has been the Policy of the different Nations
of Europe, with regard to their Colonies, to
secure to themselves respectively the most im-
portant of their Productions, and retain exclu-
sively the great Advantage of supplying them
with European Produce and Manufactures ;
Commercial Monopoly is therefore the leading
Principle of Colonial Intercourse.

The British Colonies in the West Indies (in
so many respects dissimilar in Nature and Situ-
ation from those in North America) are of great
Value and Importance, for their Cultivation is
devoted to Objects which the Mother Country

* Campbell v. Hall, (Cowper's Reports. )
t 7&8W.III. Ch.22.

cannot

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cannot produce, and which, from their exteni
sive Consumption, afford the surest Means of
balancmg her Foreign Trade.
■ They answer in every point of view all the
Purposes and Expectations for which Colonies
have at any Time been established. Their Pro-
ductions are not only sufficient for the Con-
sumption of the Mother Country, but afford the
Means of a large Export to Foreign Markets, of
many valuable and most necessary Commodities,
none of which interfere in any respect with her
own Productions, and most of which she cannot
obtain on equal Terms elsewhere ; and, as many
of these Commodities yield a Profit so much
beyond what can be obtained from the Culti-
vation of Grain, it is true Economy in the
Planter to buy Provisions from others rather
tlian raise them by his own Labour. The Trade
of the West Indies, therefore, supports and
increases British Commerce and Navigation in
Time of Peace, and very eminently tends to
invogorate her Operations in V/ar.

A Series of Regulations, Restrictions, and
Prohibitions have therefore been devised, to
secure to Great Britain the exclusive Trade of
her Colonies; no Goods are to be imported or
exported in Foreign Shipping, no Commodity
whatever, the Growth or Production of Europe,
IS allowed to be imported into the Colonies,
unless laden in the Mother Countiy, except
certam Articles and Implements for the Fish-

^ ^ eries,

Vi INTRODUCTION.

eries, and Wine from the Madeiras or Azores.
Before the lading Sugar, Coffee, and many
Articles of Colonial Production, Security must
be given to convey them to some other British
Colony, or to the United Kingdom. These
latter Articles being enumerated in the Navi-
gation Acts, have for that reason, been called
•' Enumerated:** Other Articles, not included
in the Enumeration, may be exported directly
to any Countries of Europe, not being to the
Northward of Cape Finisterre.

Amongst other Regulations for securing the
due Execution of the Navigation Acts, a Duty
was imposed upon the principal Enumerated
Commodities when not intended to to be con-
veyed to Great Britain j for it had been found
that, under colour of shipping the Articles for
anothier British Colony or Plantation, they were
often Vended at Sea to the Shipping of other
Nations, or transported to Europe direct.

The Enumerated Articles are of Two Sorts —
First, such as are either the peculiar Produce
of America, or as cannot be produced (or at
least are not produced) in the Mother Country j
— Secondly, such as are not the peculiar Pro-
duce of America, but which are or may be
produced in the Mother Country, though not in
such Quantities as to afford a sufficient Supply,
and have therefore been obtained from European
Countries.

iNTRdtfuctroN. viJ

By confining the Enumerated Articles to the
Home Marketj^, the Merchants are not only
enabled to buy them cheaper in the Plantations,
and consequently sell them at a better Profit at
Home, but to establish between the Plantations
and Foreign Countries an advantageous carrying
Trade, of which Great Britain was necessarily
to be the Centre or Emponum, as the European
Country into which the Articles were first to be
imported. The Importation of Articles of the
Second Kind are so managed as to interfere, not
with the Sale of those of the same Kind which
were produced at Home, but, with the Sale of
those imported from Foreign Countries, because,
by means of proper Duties, they might be ren-
dered always dfearer than the former, and yet^
much cheaper than the latter. This was intended'
to operate as a Discouragement to the Produce' '
not of Great Britain, but of some Foteig^
Countries with which the Balance of Trade wa^'
held to be unfavourable to Great Britain.*

This System has iri view Two Objects— First
the Increase of our Naval Strength ; Secondly'
the securing to the Parent State all the Emolu!
ments arising by the Monopoly both of the
Imports and Exports; and another Advantage
1^ that we receive from our Colonies all the
Products, Raw, and in the first state, and send
to them every thing in the last stage of Manu-
facture. But - Laws, which made the Interest

* Dr. Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.
A 4

" of

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INTRODUCTION.

" of a whole People subservient to that of
" another residing at the Distance of 3,000
*• Miles, were not likely to execute themselves
*• very readily, nor was it easy to find many on
*' the Spot who could be depended upon for
•• carrying them into Execution t.**

More effectually to prevent the Frauds and
Abuses that had existed to the Prejudice of the
British Navigation, and the Loss of a great
Part of the Trade of the Colonies, many addi-
tional Regulations have been directed to be
observed, the most material of which are — that
the Masters of Ships coming into or going out
of the British Colonies shall report, and, if
inward bound, before proceeding to the Place
of unlading ; that all Ships and Goods shall be
subject to the same Rules, Restrictions, Penal-
ties, and Forfeitures to which Ships and Goods
in England are subject by 13 & 14 Car. II. c. 11. ;
that Officers shall be appointed as often as may
be needful ; that no British* Ships shall be
qualified to trade to the said Colonies unless
registered ; that no Goods shall be shipped to be
carried from one British Colony or Plantation to
another, without a Sufferance from the proper
Officers, nor conveyed from thence without a
Cocket, except laden in Boats or small Vessels
under Twenty Tons, and carried within inland
Waters, and not farther out to Sea than One
League J that no Ship carrying Goods to or

* Mr. Reeve's History of Law of Shipping and Navigation.

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INTRODUCTION. ix

from the British Colonies, or from one Colony
to another, shall be deemed qualified to trade,
until the Master shall prove on Oath that she is
the identical Ship registered, that she belongs to
His Majesty's Subjects, and that no Foreigner
has any Share or Interest therein.

It has been deemed expedient, however, to
depart in some Measure from the Colonial
System, by permitting the Exportation of most
of the principal Enumerated Commodities from
the Sugar Colonies direct to Malta and Gibraltar,
and allowing the Exportation of a great Variety
of European Articles from Malta and Gibraltar
direct to the said Sugar Colonies, and to New-
foundland, Bermuda, and the Colonies in North
America; also Oranges and Lemons from the
Azores or Madeiras : To extend also the Trade
of the North American Colonies and encou-
rage the Fisheries, the Lading of other Articles
is permitted in Ports of Europe South of Cape
Finisterre, on board Ships arriving from the said
Colonies, either with Articles the Production
thereof, or with British American Fish ; finally,
Dutch Proprietors in Demerara, Berbice, and
Essequibo, may export the Produce of their
Estates to the Netherlands, and import from
thence into those Colonies the necessary Articles
of Supply for the Cultivation of such Estates,
and the Clothing and Maintenance of the Resi-
dents thereon, and the Trade to and from the
Netherlands may be carried on in Dutch Ships.

Such

INTRODUCTION.

Such is briefly the Nature of the Law and
Policy regarding " the Trade with Europe;"
and as none of the Countries South of Cape
Finisterre are Manufacturing Countries, it is not
considered that any Injury can arise in con-
sequence of the Departure from our Colonial
System in favour of those Countries.

With respect to the Trade " between the Co.
lonies,*' both in the Enumerated and the Non-
enumerated Commodities, it is perfectly free,
except as to Hats, Wool, and Woollen Manu-
factures, the Exportation of which is wholly
prohibited to any Place ; this Prohibition was
intended to prevent the Establishment of any
Manufactures of such Commodities in the Bri-
tish Colonies, to the Injury of the Export Trade
of the Mother Country.

Ever since the Independence of the " United
States," the Trade of the British Colonies has
been subject to particular Limitations and Re-
strictions, with respect to its Intercourse with
that Country. Having broke off their Political
Connexion with Great Britain, and become our
Rivals in Trade and Manufactures, it was thought
necessary to confine the " Imports " to Tobacco,
Naval Stores, and such Articles as the British
Colonies did not produce in sufficient Quantities
for their Use and Consumptipn, and which could
not be obtained elsewhere, and to confine the

" Ea^ports " to some Enumerated Commodities
and ^Tfi'^'^'' rii-k4- nvrwUikiV^^i i.^ ■c

piVillWXtCLi LKl AUiCiH

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INTRODUCTION.

in Europe ; such Articles and Goods being im-
ported and exported by British Subjects and in
British Ships, except as to Importations into
Bermuda of the Articles first-mentioned, and'
Exportations from the Bahamas of the Article of
Salt.

To prevent a circuitous Trade in the Articles
permitted to be imported direct, Articles of the
like Description are prohibited to be imported
from the Islands and Colonies under the Domi-
nion of «' Foreign European Sovereigns or
States,'' except in Cases of public Emergency
or Distress, when the Governors, with the Con-
sent of their respective Councils, may authorize
the Importation of the Articles for a limited
Time from any of the said Islands or Colonies;
but an Act passed in the last Session of Parlia'
ment* to permit the Importation of some of the
Articles for such Supply without Authority Jrom
the Governors j and by another Act of the last
Sessionst His Majesty is authorized to open Ports
m Nova Scotia and New Brunswick for the Im
portation of Lumber, Cattle, Corn, Provisions,
and other Articles in British Ships or in Ships
belonging to the Subjects of any State in Amity
with His Majesty, but none of the Articles are
to be imported in Foreign Vessels, unless the
Produce of the Country to which the Vessels
importing the same shall belong. The Act also

* 58 G, III. Ch. 27.

■^niZV'LTv'' ™r^^^-P--y Law to continue
m lorce tor Three Years, and unt 1 Six Weeks after th«> r«,„

J allows

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INTRODUCTION.

allows the Exportation of Goods from those
Ports to Foreign Countries either in British or
Foreign Vessels, but no Exportations are al-
lowed in Vessels of the latter Description, unless
they belong to the Country to which the Goods
are to be exported.

A very lucrative Trade had always been con-
nived at in the West Indies, between the Spanish
and English Colonies ; and Orders in Council
were issued soon after the passing of the Naviga-
tion Act, which expressly directed that Spanish
Ships should be allowed to import into our Colo-
nies particular Articles of Commerce, notwith-
standing the Provisions of the Navigation Acts.*

It has since been considered that " opening
Ports in the West Indies,*' for the more free
Importation and Exportation of Goods under
certain Restrictions and Limitations, would
be productive of considerable Advantage to
the Manufactures of the Mother Country, and
be a Means of increasing and extending the
Trade and Navigation of His Majesty's Domi-
nions : Acts have therefore been passed to per-
mit a Variety of Articles to be imported into
Ports in the West Indies from Colonies under
the Dominion of Foreign European Sovereigns
or States, in Ships owned and navigated by the
Inhabitants thereof; particular Commodities
may also be exported in such Ships.

To point out, however, the specific Articles

* Mr. Reeve's Law of Shipping.

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INTRODUCTION.

XIU

and the particular Regulations applicable to so
important a Branch of Commerce, is a Matter of
much Difficulty, owing to the Multiplicity of
Articles, and their being subject, in many In-
stances, to. distinct Regulations provided by
Acts passed at remote Periods, by which the
legality of the Importation or Exportation, as
the Case may be, will sometimes depend upon
the Place or Country where the Article is pro-
duced or manufactured, or from whence shipped
and brought ; or the Port or Colony into which
imported, or from whence exported ; the Built,
Property, and Manning of the Ship ; the Neces!
sity of the Importation, and whether under pro-
per Authority ; and lastly, whether by His Ma-
jesty's Subjects or Aliens : These are important
Considerations, as affecting our Colonial and
Navigation System, and by which the Legislature
appears to have been principally influenced in re-
gulating and restricting the Trade and Commerce
of the British Colonies. Independently of these
Considerations, it is to be observed, that some Ar-
tides are absolutely prohibited to be exported to
Foreign Countries ; others are subject to Duty on
Importation under different Circumstances, such
as the Place or Country of their Production, or
from whence brought j some Articles are liable
to Duty on Exportation, according to the Place
to which exported, or the Circumstances under
which shipped, and many Regulations are pro-
vided for the Security of the Revenue, and the
regular landing and shipping of the Article.

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INTRODUCTION.

P-

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lit.!

III

It occurred to the Compiler, that the Difficulty
arising from the present perplexed state of these
Laws could only be obviated, by arranging them
under such appropriate Heads and Titles, as the
Nature of the Subject might require. The Acts
relating to the same Matters would thus be
brought into the closest point of view, and ar-
ranged in such Order as might best contri-
bute to render them intelligible ; this Plan is
an Improvement upon all former Compilations,
where the Laws are classed under the general
Head " Plantations " or " British Dominions
Abroad" which occasions tedious and intricate
research, whenever it is necessary to refer to
the Laws apphcable to a particular Colony or
Country, such as " Canada,** " NewfoundUmd**
" Europe,** " United States ;** or to particular
Commodities, such as " Sugar" " Coffee"
" Tobacco" " Wood ;** and a variety of Acts
affecting each of these Countries and Articles,
have passed at very remote Periods.

The present Alphabetical Digest has therefore
been compleated, in which the whole Law is
brought together under the specific Article,
Country, or Subject treated of, and the Acts
are arranged so as to shew their Connexion with
and Dependance on each other.

In abstracting the different Laws, the Sub-
stance thereof is conveyed in the Words used
by the Legislature, and although more concise,
yet nothing has been omitted which can be in
any way material for the Information of the
» Reader j

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INTRODUCTION.

Reader ; and to give the utmost Facility to re-
search. Marginal Notes have been framed by the
Compiler with the greatest Care and Attention.
Some of the Acts of Parliament which relate
to Trade and Navigation in the British Colonies
and Plantations in America, equally apply to
Trade and Navigation in the United Kingdom
and other Parts of His Majesty's Dominions,
particularly the Acts arranged under the Head,
« Aliensr " Navigation of British Ships/* and
" Eegistn/ of British Ships /' the present Work
may therefore be considered of Utility to the
Owners and Masters of British Ships generally.
The Policj/ of these Laws having been before
adverted to, it seems necessary to apprize the
Reader, that the Propriety of carrying them into
Execution according to their strict enactment,
became a Subject of mature Consideration in the
Case of the " Betti/ Cathcart^ libelled and con-
demned at Jamaica for trading without a Re-
gister ; but upon appeal to the High Court of
Admiralty, the Sentence was reversed by the pre-
sent Judge of that Court; upon which Occasion
his Lordship observed, that " the Revenue and
" Navigation Laws are certainly to be constmed
" and applied with great exactness ; they are
" framed for the Security of great national ^n-
" terests ; and the Effect of such Laws, founded
" on great Purposes of public Policy, must i^ot
" be weakened by a minute tenderness to par-
" ticular Hardships; at the same time, it is
" not to be said, that they are not subject to all

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" Considerations of rational Equity. Cases of
" unavoidable Accident, invincible Necessity,
" or the like, where the Party could not act
" otherwise than he did, or has acted at least
** for the best, must be con'^Idered in this System
of Laws as in other Systems. Laws that
would not admit an equitable Construction to
be applied to the unavoidable Misfortunes or
" Necessities of Men, or to the exercise of a fair
" Discretion under Difficulties, could not be
" Laws framed for human Societies. The Court
" therefore will not deem it a departure from
" the Duty of legil Interpretation in such Cases
" to give a fair iittention to Considerations of
" this Nature*."

In furtherance of the Principles here laid
down, the Legislature, with a view to afford Re-
lief to Merchants and Ship Owners, has empow-
ered the Lords of the Treasury and the Commis-
sioners of His Majesty's Customs to restore Ships
or Goods seized under the Navigation Laws, if
it shall appear to their Satisfaction that the For-
feiture arose without any Design of Fraud in the
Proprietor ; and in Cases where their Lordships
or the Commissioners exercise the discretionary
Power vested in them, no Proceedings can be
had either against the Ship or Goods, or for the
Recovery of the Share to which the Seizing
Officer would be entitled after Condemnation.
* See Robinson's Reports, Vol. 1.

CONTENTS. ^

Actions

Alabaster

Aliens

Almonds

Amber

Anchovies

Aniseed

Antigua

Antonio

Apprentices

Argol

Artificers

Ashes

Assistance

Azores

Bahamas and Bermuda

Barbadoes

Beaver Skins

Berbice

Bills at Sight

Biscuit

Botargo

Box Wood

Bowsprits

Bread

Bridgetown

Brimstone

Britain

British Subjects -

Bullion

Page

ib.
2
9

ib.

14.

ib.

14
21

ib.

ib.
ib.
22
ib.
ib.
ib.
23

CaicOk

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Cantharides

24
ib.
39

Cape Breton

Capers

Cascasoo

Cattle and Live Stock

Cavier

Certificates

Cheese (Parmasan)

Cinnabar

Clothing

Cochineal

Coffee and Cocoa Nuts

Coin - _ -

Copper Ore

Coral

Cork - _ _

Corn and Grain -

Cotton Wool

Crooked Island

Cumminseed

Currants _ _ _

Dates - - -

Debts

Demerara

Diamonds - _ _

Dominica - - -

Drugs - -

Dutch Colonies

Duties - - -

Emerv Stone
England and English
Essence of Bergamot
-^ of Citron

— of Lemon
— OF Orange
-"" OF Lavender
b

Page.
40
42
ib.
ib.
45
46
47
ib.
ib.
48
ib.
63
64
ib.
65
67
74
78
ib.
ib.

78
ib.
80
ib.
ib.
82
ib.
ib.

85
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.

XVlll

CONTENTS.

EsfJNCE OF Roses -

OF ROSEMAIIY

EsSEgUIBO

Europe

EXUMA

Page.
85
it.
86
ib.
96

Falmouth

Fees

Figs

Fisheries

Flax

Flour

Free Ports

Fruit

Furs

Gibraltar - - -,
Ginger - -

Glass - - -

Goods _ _ _

■ (Enumerated)

(Non-enumerated)

(East India) - -

Governors - . .
Grenada - - -

Grindstones -

Guernsey and Jersey
Guiana - -

Gum Arabic - - -

Mastic

Myrrh - - -

Sicily ■- - -

■ Ammoniac

Gypsum -. - -

H.
Hats and Felts
Hemp and Flax
Hides and Skins
Hogs _ - - _
Honey - _ -

Horses _ _ -

Household Furniture -

' ib.

ib.

103

ib,

ib.

109

113

113
114.
116
117
135
136
139
140
145

ib.

ib.
148
148

ib.

ib*

ib.
149

1*9
150
152
153

ib.

I. & J.

Jalap

Jamaica

Implements -

Incense

Indigo

Insurances

Ireland

Iron '

Juniper Berries

Justices

Kingston

P.igc.

154

ib.

156

157

ib.

160

161

162

163

ib.

- 163

Lava - - - 164

Laws -. - - ib.

Lead - _ . _ ib.

Lemons - - - 165

Lentils - - - ib.

Live Stock - - - 166

Logwood _ _ _ /^^

Maccaroni or Vermicelli 166
Madeiras and Western

Islands - - - ib»

Malta and Gibraltar - ib.

Man, Isle of - - 172

Manifests - - - 173

Manufacturers - - ib.

Manna - . - - ib'

Marble - - - ib.

Maria - - - 174

Meal or Flour - - ib.

Medals - - - 174

Molasses - - . - ib.

Mosaic Works - - 176

Mules - ib.

Musk _ - - - ib.

CONTENTS.

w»

Nassau - - >
Naturalization
Naval Officers
Navigation of British

Ships - - -

Netherlands
Newfoundland
New Providence
Nova Scotia and New

Brunswick

Ochres
Officers
Oil - -

Oil op Almonds

-- Cloves

Opium

Orange Buds

Oranges

Oris Root

Ostrich Feathers -

Paintings - _ _
Painters Colours -

Paper - _ _

Passengers - . _
Pearls

Peas - . . _

Penalties - _ _

Pickles - - _

Pimento - _ _

PiSTAccio Nuts

Pitch, Tar, and Turpen-
tine - _ _

Pitt's Town - - .

Porto Rico - - _

Portuguese Colonies
Poultry _ _ _

Pozzolona - - _

Precious Stones

Prince Edward's Island ;

Page.

177
ib.
lb.

178

184

ib.

193

194-

Prints
Provisions
Pumice Stone
Punk

Quebec
Quicksilver

XKS

Page.
228

ib.
232

ib.

- 233

- ib.

Raisins - . ' _ ggg

Rhubarb - - - ib
Registry of British Ships ib.

Rice . . _ . g^^

Road Harbour - . 259

ROSSEAU - _ - ib

Rum . - . _ -^^

Safflower
Saffron
Sails

Sant John's (Island of)
Saint John's (New Bruns
wick)

Saint John's (Newfound-
land)
Saint John's (Antigua)
Saint George (Granada)
Saint Ann (Jamaica)
Saint Domingo
Saint Lucia - _ .
Saint Vincent
Salt _ . _ _
San Josep ~ - _

Santa Lucea - - _
Sarsaparilla - - _
Sausages - _ _

Savannah La Mar - -
Seamen - _ ^

W T^ TS ■TN *^

K.:i:.j:4iJO ■ » ^

Seizures - _ _

Senna - _ _

- 259

- ib.

- 261

■ ib.
262

ib,
• ib.

■ ib.
ib.

263

ib.
268

ib.

ib.
269
271
272
279

CONTENTS.

Ml t

I Mil

I «'i

Page.

Settlers _ . - 279

Sheep - - - - 280

Ships - - - - 281

Ships (Stranded) - - 299

Silk (Raw) - - - 305

Slaves _ - - - 306

Spirits - - - - 368

Sponges - - - 373
Stone, viz. Malta Stone ib.

Sufferance - - - 379

Sugar _ > _ - ib.

Syrup - - - - 392

Tallow

- - 392

Tar

- ib.

Tobacco

- ib.

Tobago

- 398

Tools and Implements

(Fishery)

- ib.

Tortoise Shell

- 399

TORTOLA

- ib.

Trinidad

- ib.

Turk's Islands

- ib.

Vegetables
Vermilion

United States
Utensils of Husbandry

Wages of Seamen
Whale Fins -
Whetstones

Wine - - -

Witnesses _ - -
Wood - - -

Wool _ _ -

Writs of Assistance

Pag«.

400

ib.

400
4.07

407

ib.

411

412

420

421

Yards (Wood)

421

IhHI:

Mi
pendc
of H
Amei

Hi8 ]

rica, i
Accon

. i

■Oj/U.

'.! .,

i. In case any Officer ia the Plantations in America
•shall be sued or molested for anvThinff done^n the Exeru- ^"^k'^ '."""f .
t.on of his Office he may plead Jhe GeLal Issue, and ^ve ' ' ''"''''
th.s and other Custom Acts in Evidence, and the Judge
shall allow thereof; and such Officer shall enjoy the

to fh. Offi ^^^' rl"^ Advantages as are allowed by' Law
to the Officers of the Customs in England. 7 & 8 W S.
c. 22. « 6. ** „• ' ^'

^. In any Action commenced in Great Britain of
America, against any Person for any Thine done in .nvfH"^^"*K.'''
in«ce of this or any Act relating^to the^Cmtom^ S/'^'"^
the Dt^endun may plead the Genera! Issue, and giv^
the Act ami Special Matter in Evidence upon any -frial
to be had thereupon, and that the same was done by
Authority of such Act; and if it shall appear so toL^^e

h'^L S?'' J^J"'-y. ^^'^^1 «"^^ f«r the Defendant, and
1 /^?r^-^ ^^ nonsuited, or discontinue his Action -
In t ^'''^^^^\'\f 5-e appeared, or if Judgmen" .

4 Geo! c!5. H7.^'"' ^'^' ^■^^^"'' ^"^'^ ^-^- • . r,

>?tlafta0tetr (Rough and Worked). ^

May be exported from Malta or any of the De- r

rHTs^Ma'*':''"^'^"'^ from Gibraltar/direct to a^ ^tL
ot His Majesty's^ Sugar Cotomes or Plantations i« ^-^'^ '"•
America, or to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of ''''"'"^•

i?cl ^T? 1 ^J*°"^'' "•• Piantations in North Ame-
iica, in British Slnps, owned, navigated, and registered
according to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § i 9. .57 GeH

,S^C GiBRAtTAR. ! f . u ;,; 1. ,.

Malta.

1. No

Kot to act »i

Merchant* or
Factors.

Exrepr in the

f-'uirend«red

Colonies

British Artificers
and Manufac-
tuters using or
teaching their
Art in a Foreign
Country deemed
-Aliens.

Children of the
King's Subjects,
born out of Le-
f 'ance of His

*« «-•---».. *_ u_

;v:3jr:-.y, iv uc

deemed I3fitish«

1. No Alien, or Person not born within the Allegi-
ance of the Kinff, or naturalized or made a free Deni-
zen, shall exercise the Trade or Occupation of a Mer-
chant or Factor in any Land, Island, Plantation or
Territory to His Majesty belonging or in His Possession,
or which may hereafter belong unto or be in the Posses-
sion of His Majesty, in America, upon Forfeiture of all his
Goods and Chattels, or which are in his Possession ;
One Third to His Majesty, One Third to the Governor
of the Plantation where such Person shall so offend, and
the other Third to the Person that shall sue for the some
in any of His Majesty's Courts in the Plantation where
such Offence shall be committed. 12 Car. 2. c. 18. § 2.

2. Every Person, although an Alien born, and neither
naturalized nor made a free Denizen, who shall reside
in any Island or Place which has surrendered in the
West Indies, or which shall hereafter surrender to His
Majesty, and be in His Majesty's Possession, and who
shtdl have taken the Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance to
His Majesty, according to the Terms of the Capitulation
under whicn such Island or Place shall have surrendered,
shall from the Time of such Surrender be entitled to
exercise the Trade of a Merchant or Factor in any such
Island or Place, so long as the same shall remain in the
Possession or be under the Protection of His Majesty,
according to such Laws and Regulations as His Ma-
jestyfs Subjects shall be liable to in the same Island or
Place. 34 Geo. 3. c. 42. § 6.

3. If any of the King's Subjects within this King-
dom, being an Artificfer or Manufacturer of or in Wool,
Iron, Steel, Brass, or any other Metal, Clockmaker,
Watchmaker, or any other Artificer or Manufacturer
of Great Britain, shall go into any Country out of His
Majesty's Dominions there to use or teach any of the
said Trades or Manufactures to Foreigners, or shal' not
return within Six Months afler Warning given huu 5)y
the British Ambassador, Minister, or Consul, '^ ' r • ,
Person authorized by him, or by a Secretary oi buiie,
and from thenceforth continually inhabit in this Realm,
he shall be deemed an Alien. 5 Geo. 1. c.27. §3.

4. The Children of natural-born Subjects, born out
of the Legiance of the Crown of Great Britain, shall be
entitled to the Rights and Privileges of natural-born Sub-

born Subjects, as if born in this Kingd(»n ; provided
that nothing in these Acts shall repeal or alter 5 Geo. 1.

c. 27.

Zlitns,

c. 27. relative to Artificers or Manufacturer. (See
No. 3.) 7 Ann. c. 5. § 3. 4 Geo. 2. c. 21. « . 6.
13 Geo. 3. c 21.^1. ^

5. Provided that Children bom out of theLemance of
the Crown of Great Britain, are not to be deemed natural-
born Subiects, whose Fathers at the Time of the Birth of
such Children were attainted of High Treason, or liable
to the Pennlties of Hiffh Treason or Felony in case of
returning to this Kingdom, or whose Fathers at the Time
^ot the Birth of such Children were or shall be in the Ser-
vicp of any Foreign Prince or State then in Enmity with
Grt^t Bntam. 7 Ann. c. 5. § 3. 4 Geo. 2. c. 21. i 2.
13 Geo. 3. c. 21. $2. ^

6. His Majesty may at all Times, when it shall be
tound necessary to declare War against any Foreign
Power, publish a Proclamation to permit all Merchant
Ships and other Trading Vessels and Privateers to be
manned with Foreign Mariners and Seamen during such
W«r; and upon the publishing such Proclamation every
«uch Mariner and Seaman who shall have faithfully
served during the Time of War on board any of His
Majesty's Ships of War, or any Merchant ^r other
IradingShipor Privateer (which at the time of such Ser-

rllJn\ ^°?^ ^ "J^ ''^^'' Majesty's Subjects of
Great Britain) for Two Years, shall be deemed to be a
natural-born Subject of Great Britain, and enjoy aU the
Privdeges, Powers Rights, and Capacities which he

sl'l f H-''"^?*- '" "^^l"^ *^^ »^» ^ natural-born

r SifR^ •"'' ?!T*y' ^"^ ^^t"^*y a Native within
Ctreat Bntam. 13 Geo. 2. c. 3. § 2. 4.

A I* ?^, ^f ""V '^^° '^^^ ^^ naturalised by virtue of this
Act shall thereby be enabled to be of the Privy Council

OfficlTpf ""^T^' "^"l' of Parliament, or to take an^
Office or Place of Trust either Civil or Military, or have
any Grant of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments from

h m Tr o""'""' T ^»y °*»»er Person in Trust for
mm. 13 Geo. 2. c. 3. § 3.

8. All Persons born out of the Legiance of His Ma-
jesty^ havitig resided for Seven Years or more n any
01 His Mgesty's Colonies in America, and who shl^
not have been absent longer than Two Months at any

ZsXeftn^^^' ?^'" "^^""^ ^"^ shall take an J
subscribe the Oaths, and repeat and subscribe the Deck-

^nhr.'rJK^^.T"'?? 'f ' ^^''' ^' ^^- ^3' ^»d shall make and
subscribe the Declaration of Fidelity, and take the Ab-

R o • •

" - juration

But Children of
Persom liable to
the Penalties of
Treason or
Felony, or in
the Service of a
Foreign Prince,
deemed Aliens.

Seamen serving
during War on
board Trading
Ships or Pri-
vateers for Two
Years deemed
British.

Naturalized Per
sons disqualified
from being Offi-
cers of State,
Members of
Parliament,
holding Offices
of Trust, or
hiving Grants
of Land.

Having resided
Seven Years in
His Majesty's
Colonies in
America, and
taken certain
Oaths, ice. to be

Subjects.

•4

I'!

iiiii

Ziitm.

juration Oath, and also make and subscribe the Profes-
sion of his Christian Behef, before the Chief Judge or
other Judge of the Colony wherein such Persons have
so resided, shall be taken to be His Majesty's natural-
born Suljects of diis Kingdom to all Intents and Pur-
poses, as if born within this Kingdom ; which said Oath
or Affirmation, and Subscription of the said Declarations,
the Judge of the Colony is empowered to administer and
take ; and the taking and subscribing of every such Oath
or Affirmation, and the repeating and subscribing every
such Declaration, shall be before such Judge in open
Court, between the Hours of Nme and Twelve in the
Forenoon, and shall be entered in the same Court, and
also in the Secretary's Office of the Colony wherein such
Person shall so reside ; and every Judge of such Colony
is required to make a proper Entry thereof in a Book to
be kept for that Purpose in the said Court, for which
Two Shillings and no more shall be paid, under For-
feiture of Ten Pounds for every Neglect or Omission ;
and every Secretai-y of the Colony wherein any Person
shall so talie the said Oaths or Affirmation, and repeat and
subscribe the said Declarations respectively, is required
to make a proper Entry thereof in a Book to be kept for
that Purpose in his Office, upon Notification thereof to
him by the Judge, under the like Forfeiture for everj'
Neglect or Omission. 13 Geo. 2. c. 7. § 1.

9. All Foreign Protestants who conscientiously scruple
the taking of an Oath, having resided for the Space of
Seven Years or more in any of His Majesty's Colonies in
America, and not been absent longer than Two Months
at any one Tune, and who shall subscribe the Declara-
tion of FidrJIty, and affirm the Effect of the said Ab-
juration Oath, and also subscribe the Profession of his
Christian Belief before the said Judge, shall be taken to
be natural-born Subjects of this Kingdom to all Intents
and Purposes ; which said Affirmation and Subscription
of the said Declaration the Judge is empowered to
administer and take ; and the taking of such Affirmation,
and the subscribing of such Declaration, shall be in
such Manner and Place, and at such Times and Hours
and such Entries made thereof, and tor the same Fees,
and under the same Penalties, as mentioned ml 3 Geo. 2.
c. 7. (See No. 8.) 20 Geo. 2. c. 44, § 1 .

uci by virtue of tjie Jewish Religion, sliall be naturalized by virtue of

these

Protestants who
«i.ju))le the
taking of aa
Oat!,.

Pcisons nstuiat

these Acts, unless they shall have received the Sacrament
of the Lord's Supper in some Prot'^stant and Reformed
Congregation within this Kitigdom, or within some of
the said Colonies in Americfi, within Three Months next
before their taking and subscribing the said Oaths, or
making such Affirmation, and making and subscribin'^
the said Declaration, and who shall at the Time of taking
and subscribing the said Oaths, and making and sub-
scribing the said Declaration, produce a Certificate sitrned
by the Person administering the said Sacrament,°and
attested by Two credible Witnesses, whereof an Entry
shall be made in the Secretary's Office of the Colony
wherein such Persons shall so reside, as also in the Court
where the said Oaths shall be so taken, without any Fee
or Reward. 1 3 Geo. 2. c. 7. § 2. 20 Geo. 2. c. 44. § 2.
11. Whenever any Person professing the Jewish Re-
ligion shall present himself to take the Oath of Abjura-
tion, the Words (« upon the true Faith of a Christian ")
shall be omitted, and the taking and subscribing the said
Oath by such Person professing the Jewish Religion
without, the Words aforesaid, and the other Oaths ap-
pointed by the said Act, in like Manner as Jews were per-
mitted to take the Oath of Abjuration, shall be deemed a
sufficient taking the Oaths to entitle him to the Benefit
of being naturalized. 13 Geo. 2. c. 7. §3.

f ^?' A j^^^^™°"i^l o^ Certificate under the Seal of any
of the said Colonies, of any Person's having resided there
for Seven Years or more, to be specified in su( h Certifi-
cate, together with the particular Time of Residence in
each Colony (whereof the Colony, under the Seal of
which such Certificate shall be given, shall be one), and
of his having taken and subscribed the said Oaths or
Affirmation, and made and subscribed the said Declara-
tion; and in case of a Quaker, of his having made and
subscnbed the Declai-ation of Fidelity, and taken and
affirmed the Effect of the Abjuration Oath ; and in the
Case of a Person professing the Jewish Religion, of his
having taken the Oath of Abjuration as afbresaid, within
the same Colony under the Seal whereof such Certificate
shall be given, snail be deemed to be a sufficient Testi-
mony and Proof thereof, and of his being a natural-born
Subject of Great Britain to all Intents and Purposes,
ana as such shall hp fillnwpH iH o,rorir r^,,"* — ;*i,:- /-i— --
Writam and Ireland, or in the said Colonies in America.
13 Geo. 2. c. 7. §4.

B 3 13. Secre-

ihese Acts must
receive the Sa-
ciament, except
Quakers mid
Jews.

Jews t.iking the
Oath of Ab-
juration.

Certificate of
Qualification as
British Subjects.

t i

Lists of Persons
qualitied to be
entered in a
Book.

Protestant*
having served
111 the Royal
American Re>
giment, or as
Engineers,
deenieil British
Subjects.

Children of Per-
sons liable to the
Penalties of
Treason or
Felony, or in the
Service of a
Foreign Prince,
deemed Aliens.

May hold Offices
or Places of
'IVust and Grant
nf Lands except
iu Great Britain
and Ireland.

13. Secretaries of the said Colonieb bhall at the End of
every Year transmit to the Office of the Commissioners
for Trade and Plantations, k^pt in the City of London
or Westminster, a true and perfect List of the Names
of every Person who have in that Year entitled them-
selves to the Benefit of this Act, under the Forfei.are of
^50 for every Neglect or Omission, which Lists shall
be regularly entered by the said Commissioners in a Book
to be kept for that Purpose in the said Office, for public
View and Inspection. IS Geo. 2. c. 7. § 5.

14. All Foreign Protestants, as well Officers as Sol-
diers, who have served in the Royal American Regiment,
or as Engineers in America, for Two Years, and shall
take and subscribe the Oaths, and make, repeat, and
subscribe the Declaration before mentioned (See Articles
8 & 9.), and shall at the Time of subscribing the said
Oaths, and making and subscribing the said Declai'ation,
produce Certificates, signed in Manner before directed,
of their having received the Sacrament in some Protes-
tant and Reformed Congregation within Great Britain,
or some of the said Colonies in America, within Six
Months before that Time, shall be deemed to be His
Majesty's natural-born Subjects to all Intents and Pur-
poses, as if they had been born within this Kingdom.
2 Geo. 3. c. 25. § 1.

15. But not to naturalize any Children whose Fathers
at the Time of th^ Birth of such Children were attainted
of High Treason, or liable to the Penalties of High
Ireason or Felony in case of their returning to this
Kingdom, or whose Fathers at the Time of the Birth of
such Children were or shall be in the actual Service of
any Foreign Prince or State in Enmity with the Crown
of Great Britain, all which Children shall remain in the
same State and Condition as they would have been if these
Acts had not been made. 13 Geo. 2. c. 7. 20 Geo. 2.
c. 44. 2 Geo. 3. c. 25.

16. Every Person who has or shall become His
Majesty's natural-born Subject by virtue of these Acts,
shall be deemed to be capable of holding any Office or
Place of Trust, either Civil or Military, and of holding
any Grant of Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments
fi-om the Crown to himself, or to any others in Trust for
him, as well under the Great Seal of Great Britain as

' -■TTiav ^vAi-cjjt v/iiiv;ca

Laud, Tenements, and

uuu GriUltij o[

Hereditaments within Great

Britain

mime. 7

Britain and Ireland), but shall not be thereby enabled to
be of the Privy Council or a Member of Parliament.
2 Geo. 3. c. 25. § 6. 13 Geo. 3. c. 25. §. 1.

17. Any Subject of the Territories belonging to the Subjects of the
United States of America, who shall come from thence S ^tJ^i"'^"
together with his Family to any of the Bahama or Ber- FamiUesTcoming
muda or Somers Islands, or to the Province of Quebec '" ^^"'<' '" ^er- '
or Nova Scotia, or any of the Territories belonging to ^ mS' ""^
His Majesty in North America, for the Purpose of re- mayimpS^'
siding and settling there, having obtained a Licence for ^"•^"'^ure.
that Purpose^ from the Governor, or in his Absence the HLftSdrf and
Lieutenant Governor of the said Islands, Colonies, or Clothing, Duty
Provinces respectively, may import into the same, in a ^'^^^■
British Ship owned by His Majesty's Subjects, and navi-
gated according to Law, any Household Furniture,
Utensils of Husbandry, or Clothing, free of Duty, not
exceeding in the whole the Value of ^^0 for every
White Person that shall belong to such Family, and the
Value of 4<0s. for every Negro brought by such White
Person. 30 Geo. 3. c. 27. § 1.
See Settlers.
18. No Person shall be deemed qualified to be the Persona who
Master of a British Ship, or to be a British Seaman or ""yj«°'"«
Mariner, within the Meaning of any Act now in force. Masters of
except the natural-born Subjects of His Majesty, or Per- British ship.,
yens naturalized by Act of Parliament, or made Denizens Mlrinew"
by Letters of Denization, or except Persons who havd
become His Majesty's Subjects by virtue of Conquest or
Cession of some newly acquired Country, and who shall
have taken the Oath of Allegiance to His Majesty, or
the Oath of Fidelity required by the Treaty or Capitula-
tion by which such newly acquired Country came
into His Majesty's Possession, except as is herein-after
provided. 34 Geo, 3. c. 68. § 6.

19. Every Foreign Seaman or Mariner who has Serving Three
sei-ved or who shall serve on board any of His Maiestv's o^u"'^ °" K"'"^'*
Ships of War, in Time of War, for Three Years, either deemed B^"sh
m the same Ship or in different Ships, and who shall ""^er panicuiRr
have obtained a Certificate from the Captain or Captains SfSons '"'^
thereof, or, in case of Death, upon the Certificate of the ^^" "'°"'*
Officer who shall have been next in Rank to such Captain,
testfying that he has so served, and his faithful Service
and good Behaviour during the Time of such Service,
Vy.' "''^' ~""" "*°" iiuvc uiKcn ine v;ain oi Allegiance to
His Majesty before some Justice of the Peace or Principal

B 4 Magistrate

I !■ . ; I!

Persons taking
Oath of Alleg'-
ance to a Foreign
Sovereign or
State not to be
deemed Britisli
Sulijects, unless
such Oath was
taken before
their Qualifiia-
tion, except in
certain Cases.

Magistrate of some City or Town in His Majesty's Domi-
nions, or before the Principal Officer of His Majesty's
Customs in miy of His Majesty's Dominions, and who
shall obtain a Certificate from such Justice of the Peace,
Principal Magistrate, or Chief Officer, of his having
taken such Oath (wliich Certificate they are required to
give upon Payment of One Siiilling), shall be entitled to
be employed as a Master of a Britisli Ship, or as a British
Seaman or Mariner on board any British Ship, within the
Meaning of any of the Laws now in force ; but no such
Foreigner shall be entitled to become Master of any
British Ship or to be employed as a British Seaman or
Mariner, unless he shall have delivered the before-
mentioned Certificate or Certificates of the Time he
shall have served, and of his faithful Service and good
Behaviour, and the before-mentioned Certificate of his
so having taken the Oath of Allegiance, to the Collector or
other Chief Officer of His Majesty's Customs in London,
Chatham, Portsmouth, or Plymouth, or in Dublin, Cork,
Galway, or Londonderry, to be filed by such Collector
or other Chief Officer of the Customs, who are required
tt) deliver to such Foreign Sailor, Seaman, or Mariner,
an attested Copy thereof iipcn paving One ShiUina.
34 Geo, 3. c. 68. § 7- 42 Geo. 3. c! 61. § 8. ^

20. No Person qualified to be the Master of a British
Ship, or a British Sailor, Seaman, or Mariner, by Birth,
Naturalization or Denization, Conquest, or Service, in
manner before-mentioned, and who shall take any Oath
of Allegiance to any Foreign Sovereign or State, for any
Purpose except under the Terms of some Capitulation,
upon the Conquest of any of the Dominions of His Ma-
jesty by the Enemy, for tb3 Purpose of obtaining the
Benefit of sucli Capitulation only, shall be deemed to be
qualified to be the Master of a British Shij), or a British
Sailor, Seaman, or Mariner, within the Meaning of any
of the Laws of Navigation, unless such Person shall have
tiikcn such Oath of Allegiance before he became so quali-
fied ; and any Person who shall, after having become die-
qualified by taking such Oath of Allegiance, take the
Conunand of any British Ship, shall for every Offence
forfeit .^100 J and every Person who shall, after having
become so disqualified, engage to serve as a British Sailor,
Seaman, or Mariner on board any such Ship, shall forfeit
for every Offence ^'10 ; nidi Foribiturcs to be recovered
upon Conviction before a Justice of the Peace, if any

such

Ships not for-
feited if Dis-
qualiHcation
unknown to
Owners and
Master respec-
tively.

Negroes may be
employed in
Navigation on
the Seas of
America and tlx
West Indies.

>\\c\\ Offence shall be comniittetl in Great Britain, and
before any Member of the Supreme C^ourt of Justice or
any Justice of the Peace, if such Offence shall be com-
mitted in Guernsey, Jersey, or Man, or in any Colony,
Plantation, or Territory to His Majesty belonging in
America; but no Ship on board whereof any Person*^dis-
(jualified shall be employed as Master, Seaman, or Ma-
nner, shall be forfeited by jeason thereof, if the Owners
shall shew that the Disqualification of the Master was
unknown to such Owners or to their Agent, and that the
Disqualification of the Seaman or Mariner was unknown
to such Owners or to their Agent, and to the Master ot
such Ship, at the Time of engaging such Person so dis-
(juahfied ; and in the Navigation on the Seas of Ame-
rica and the West Indies, from anv Port of America
and the West Indies to any Port of America and the
West Indies, any Negroes belonging to Persons having
become His Majesty's Subjects as aforesaid and with the
Qualifications aforesaid, and in the Seas to the Eastward
of the Cape of Good Ho})e, fronr any Port to the East-
ward of the Cape of Good Hope to any other Port to
the Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, Lascars and
other Natives of any of the Countries to the Eastward of
the Cape of Good Hope, maybe employed as British
.Sailors, Seamen, or Mariners, in manner heretofore
practised 34. Geo. 3. c. fiS. § 8.

21. But nothing in this Act shall extend to take away
or restrain the Effect of any Proclamation His Majesty
may make by virtue of 13 Geo. 3. c. 2. (See No. 6.)
34 Geo. 3. c. 68. §9.

May l>c ex])orted from Malta or any of the Denen- i
denc.es thereof, or from Gibraltar, dire^ct to any of hL SS^m
Majesty _s. Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or ^'^'''''
<> Newloundhmnd, Bermuda, or any of His Majelty's "'"^'"•
Colonics or Plantations in Nordi America, in British
fehips owned, navigated, and registered according to Law.
o5 Geo. 3. c, 29. §5,9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4-. §1

See GiBIULTAR.

Malta.

Proclamation
under 13 Geo. 3.
c. 2.

The

It I

mM\

A Tree Port.

A Free Port.

Must be taken
on board Ships
trading to the
AVest Indies.

Importotioii
allow ed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

Zntisua.

The Port of Saint John's in Antigua, one of the Free
Ports for the Importation and Exportation of certain
Articles in Foreign Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
See Free Ports.

One of the Free Ports in Jamaica for the Importation
and Exportation of certain Articles in Foreign Ships.
5 Geo. 3. c. 57.

See Free Ports.

:apptent(ce0.

Every Master of any Merchant Ship trading to His
Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in the West Indies,
shall have on board, at the Time of clearing out from
Great Britain, One Apprentice under the Age of
17 Years, duly indentui*ed for Three Years, for every 100
Tons Admeasurement, according to the Certificate of
Registry ; and the Indenture of every Apprentice shall
be enrolled at the Custom-house of the Port from whence
such Ship shall clear out, with the Collector or Comp-
troller, within One Month after the Execution thereof;
and such Apprentice shall be exempt from serving in
His Majesty's Navy for Three Years from the Date of
the Indenture ; and the Owners or Master neglecting
to eniol the Indenture shall forfeit jf 10. One Moiety by
the Owners, and the other by the Master. 37 Geo, 3.
c. 73. § i.

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depend-
encies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British
Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according to
Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5, 9. 57 Geo 3. c. 4. § 1.
Sec Gibraltar.
Malta.

:att(ficer0.

^'f'*! Artificers jf^ny ©f the King's Subjects within this Kingdom,

and Manufac- ,. •'...„ ^, n"" . r • -w-n -\ i

turcrs using bemg an Artincer or ivianuiaciurer 01 or m w ool, xiuu,
or tcjchiiig Steel, Brass, or any other Metal, Clockmaker, Watch-

10 maker.

Zxtifime.

Must be brought
to Great Britain
or Ireland, or
some British
Plantation.

maker, or any other Artificer or Manufacturer of Great their An in
Britain, shall go into any Country out of His Majesty's " ^''"''^''
Dominions, there to use or teach any of the said Trades or Ar"""'^ ''""""^
Manufactures to Foreigners, or shall not return within '"''
Jix Months after warning given him by the British Am-
bassador, Minister, or Consul, or any Person authorize<l
by him, or by a Secretary of State, and from thenceforth
continually inhabit in this Realm, he shall be deemed an
Alien. 5 Geo. 1. c. 27. § 3.

^Bl)e6 (Pot and Pearl).

1. No Pot or Pearl Ashes of the Production or
Manufacture of the British Plantations in America shall
be shipped or conveyed from any of the said Plantations
to any Place, unless to some other Plantation belonging
to His Majesty, or to Great Britain or Ireland, there to

flJfiV T^^''^ """^^^^ *^^ Forfeiture of the Goods, or
the full Value thereof, and the Ship. 12 Car.2. c. 18. § 18.

2. For every Ship which shall sail from Great Britain

or Ireland for any British Plantation in America, BonS

shaU be given with One Surety to the Chief Officers of

he Customs of the Port from whence the said Ship shall

han ^Oo't "' ""^fT^ '^'^''^^^ ^ of lessB^rthen
^ aI^ J^""^' ^"^ ""^ -^^'^^O '^ «f greater Burthen,
conditioned that m case the said Ship sfall load any Pot

°r , .^ , ;?^"^^' °r ^"y enumerated Ai tide (for the whole
of which See - Goods Enumerated," No.l.) at any of the
Slid British Plantations, that the same shall be brought to
some other British Plantation, or tx, Great Britain or Ire-
land, and be there unloaded, the Danger of the Seas only
excepted. And for every Ship coming from any other Pm
or Place to aijy of the aforesaid Plantetions, which Je per-
mitted to trade there, the Governor shall, before the Ship
be permitted to load any Pot or Pearl Ashes (or any eni^
nierated Article), take Bond in like manner Jo the Value
aforesaid, that such Ship shall carryall the said Goods
o some other of His Majesty's British Plantationsror
to Great Britain or Ireland. 12 Car. 2 c 18 S lo

''".^Z: «• ,*;• '«•§?' ?• 89 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. I.

^. xiie Master Uelore he departs from any British

Plantatton, where he receive, il Lading, S Se a

Certificate

Bond to be given
not to land
elsewliere.

Certificates to be
taken by the
Masters of Ships.

Forfeiture if
shipped before
Bond given, or
iT carried to
other Places.

But not to ex-
tend to the Pro-
duce of Estates
of Dutch Pro-
prietors in
Guiana.

Governors or
Officers suspect-
ing Certificates
to be false not
to cancel Bonds,
and Penalty on
falsifying Cer-
tificates.

^Ql)tS (Pot and Pearl.)

Certificate ixntlcr the H^d and Seal of tlie Collector or
other principal Officer of the Cnsioms there, that Bond
hath been given pursuant to the Directions aforesaid, and
the Master shall keep such Certificate till the Voyage is
completed, and shall then deliver the same to the Col-
lector or other Chief Officer of the Customs at the Place
where he shall discharge his Lading in Great Britain or
Ireland, or any British American Plantation, on Forfeiture
of .^'100. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 24- 20Geo. 3. clO. § 1,3.
33 Geo. 3. c. 63. §2. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

4. If any Ship shall take on board any Pot or Pearl
Ashes (or other enumerated Article) before Bond is given
to the Governor that the Ship shall carry the said Articles
to some other British Plantation, or to Great Britain or
Ireland, or before Certificate produced from the Officer
of some Custom-house of Great Britain or Ireland, that
such Bond has been there duly given, or if any Ship shall,
contrary to the Tenor of such Bond, carry any of the
enumerated Artitles tcJ any Port or Place, other than to
some Plantation belonging to His Majesty, or to Great
Britain or Ireland, and there lay the same on shore, every
such Ship shall be forfeited, and also the Lading.
12Car.2. C.18. § 19. 22&23 Car.2. c.26. § 11. 4Geo.3.'
c. 15-§2Y. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1, 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3.
c. 67. Art. 6.

5. But the said Acts are not to prevent the Subjects of
the King of the Netherlands, being Dutch Proprietors in
Demarara, Berbice, or Essequibo, in the Province of
Guiana, from exporting from the said Colonies to tKe'
Netherlands the Produce of their Estates on board
Dutch Ships ; and no Person who by virtue of this Act
may be entitled to trade between the said Colonies and
the Dominions of the King of the Netherlands, shall ex-
port the said Produce to any Part of the United Kingdom
or any of His Majesty's Dominions in Europe. 56 Geo. 3.
C. 91. § 4, 8; See Guiana.

6. In Cases where the Governor or Officers in any of
the Plantations shall have reasonable Ground of Suspi-
cion that the Certificate of having given Security in Great
Britain or Ireland is false, they shall require sufficient
Security for the Discharge of the Plantation Lading in
Great Britain or Ireland ; and where there shall be Cause
to suspect that the Certificate of having discharged the
Lading in Great Britain or Ireland is false or counter-
feit, the Governor or Officers shall not cancel the Secu-
rity

11
I

ZSlitS (Pot and Pearl).

1 ity given in the Plantations^, until they shall be informed
horn the Commissioners of the Customs in Great Britain
or Ireland, as the Case may be, that the Matter of the
said Certihcate is true; and if any Person shall counter-
teit, rase, or falsify any Certificate fbr any Ship or Goods
or knowingly or wilfully make use thereof, such Person
shall forfeit ^500, and the Certificate shall be of no Effect
7&8 W, 3.C.22410. 4Geo.3.c.l5.§27. 20 Geo 3'
c.lO. §1, 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. "^ '^^°- ''•

T \' ^f V'l ^.^""^^ ""^ *^^ Customs in Great Britain or
Ireland shall give any Warrant for or suffer any Pot or
^'earl Ashes (or any enumerated Article) to be carried
into any other Country or Place, until they have been
hrst put on shore m some Part in Great Britain or Ire-

Ind fWl ^?fu ^°i '"?^ ^^""^^ ^^^" f«^-f^»t his Place,
and the Value of the Goods. 15 Car. 2. c. 7. § 9. 4 Geo. 3.
c. I7. Art 6 ^- ^- 10. § 1, 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3.

.1 ^' T/';ip«vernors or their Commoiiders in Chief of
o tin ni? "'"''T''. "'-^^^"^^'^ Year at least, to return
othei 1 erson as H,s Majesty shall appoint to reqeiv^ the
same a List of all Ships as shall havi laden a,^ Pot or
f'earl Ashes (or any enumerated Ai-ticle) in such Planti-
tions, as also a List of all Bonds taken by them ; ai^ t
case any Sh.p belongmg to any of His Majesty's Planta-
Uons shall be found to have- unloaded in any Port of
Europe, other than Great Britain or Ireland, such Ship
shall be forfeited and her Lading. 22 & 23 Car. 2. c;26

J9 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

9. In all Bonds to be taken in the Plantations, the Per-
.^ns thcvin named shall be of known Residence and
Abdity there for the Value mentioned in the Bond, the
Condition of which shall be, within 18 Months after tie
Date thereof (U.eDanger of the Seas excepted), to produce
a Certihcate of having landed and disclLg« the^Goods
herein mentioned in one of His Majesty's Plantado„ror

Co.^'Tk ^'Tt '' '''^^^^ «^^^™- such Bond or
Copies thereof, being attested under the Hand and Seal
of he Governor or Commander iii Chief to whom siich
Bond wasgiven shall be in force and allowed ofMn anv
Court in Great Britain, L-eland. or th. PI„n.„.?l „?X

I To U ?■ 3Q I' L n ^ ^^''' ^' '• ^^- ^ 27' 20 Geo. 3.
^' ^"- $ i, 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

10. In

Pemlty on
Officers sutTerirg
Goods to be
carried to otlwr
Places.

Governors or
tfieir Command-
ers in Cfiief to
transmit Lists of
Bonds yearly fo
tile Customs.

Condition of
Bond, and who
are to be the
Obligors when
taken in the
Plantations.

When taken in
Great Britain
or Ireland.

Bonds void if
not prosecuted
within Two
Years of the
Date, or if
Judgment not
obtained within
Two Years after
Prosecution.

MfSl)tB (Pot and Pearl).

10. In all Bonds which shall be entered into in Great
Britain or Ireland, in pursuance of any Act, wherebj' the
Goods therein enumerated are to be brought to Great
Britain or Ireland, such Bonds shall be with Condi-
tion that, within 18 Months from the Date thereof (the
Danger of the Seas excepted), a Certificate *haU be pro-
duced from the Collector and Comptroller of the Port
where such Goods sliall be delivered, that they have been
there landed and discharged, otherwise sucli Bonds shall
beforfeited. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 6. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27.
20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1, 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art, 6.

11. Incase there shaH be no Prosecution for some
Breach or Non-performance of the Condition of the Bond
within Three Years after the Date thereof, or if upon
Prosecution for some Breach or Non-jretformance of the
Condition, Judgment be not obtained within Two Years
after Prosecution commenced^ then such Bond (in default
of such Prosecution to be commenced and Judgment to
be obtained within the Times limited) shall be void, and
all Bonds so void shall be delivered up by the Officers, to
be cancelled, without Fee or Reward. 8 Ann. c. 13.
§ 23. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27.

;^00i0tanCe* see "WnU of Assistance."

Wines may be
imported from
thence ;

also Oranges
and Lemons.

1. Wines of the Growth of the Azores may be there
laden for Exportation to any of the Plantations, Colonies,
or Territories to His Majesty belonging or in His Posses-
sion in America. 15 Car. 2. c. 7- § 6.

2. Oranges and Lemons, the Produce of the Azores,
may be shipped there for Exportation direct to any of the
Ports in the British Colonies in North America, and may
be imported into the said Ports in British-built Ships
owned, navigated, and registered according to Law.
57 Geo. 3. c. 89. § 1.

20a})ama0 and BermuDa.

1 . No Goods shall be imported from any of the Terri-
tories belonging to the United States of America into the
Bahamaor Bermuda or Somers Islands, on Forfeiture there-

No Goods to be

imported from

the United

States, except

the Articles oi aiiU liic oiiip, csvcpi i. ODuCCO, x^cvli, i, ur, X UrpcniiriC,

hereinmentioned. Hemp, Flax, Masts, Yards, Bowsprits, Staves, Heading-

-^c 1 ii-_ c<u;_ A rn_i Tv^-i-

,ind th( se only in
Britihh Ships

boards, Timbei', S^iingles, and Lumber

of any Sort,
Horses,

»>

MaUmas anD mtttnuha.

Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry Live SfnrW
uUny Sort, Bread, Biscuit,^Flourfpeas, BL^a'ns7Potfto^s
Wheat, Rice, Oats, Barley, and Grain of any Sort, uch
Comrnodmes bemg the Growth or Productio^n of ai^; o
the Terntorie* of tlie United States, but not to be t. U
ported, except by BrittA Subject.,' andTn Bridsh bu^:
Sh^ps owned by Hi3 Majesty'^ Subjects, and rv^.^^^
accordnig to Law. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § l, 2 "'^'^S"'"^

2. Except also Household Furniture, Utensils of Hus
bandry, and Clothing, by Subjects of the Ured §"" "

fl^tlf Purre'T ^""' 4ether with thei.' Fa^'
for tlie Purpose of residmg and settlintr in the Isknrk
lumng first obtained a Lice^e for that ^r^ose fromthe
Governor or m hzs Absence, the Lieutenant Governor

Ful^turiTr" '''P^'^^-^yj. provided such Household
i^urmture, &c. are imported in British-built Ships owned
by His Majesty's Subjects, and navigated accKn? to
Law, and shal not exceed in the whoiS the Value ofSi^
for every White Person that shall belong to the Fa^W

ptr ^0 G^^f r2;.ti. ''-''' '^ -^'^ ^^^

See Sbttwers.
c fi ' Hy M^ *,^f ^'^''^^^' enumerated in 28 Geo. 3

import fr^'th?n -^^ f^ ^'''''^''^ '' '^'^^ be lawful to
Z^^ T f ^""'^ ®*^*^«' ^» Ships of the DescriD-
tion mentioned m the said Act<i m«a i !i ^ x ^T

ch^fi Sf h°'- *" ^"J'"'^ enumerated in 28 Geo S

""""""■■" ""'""S'"S to theCown of Portugi" inl^uth

America,

and except cer-
tiin Articles
brought hy
Settlers in such
Shipping,

Certain Articles
may be imported
in Foreign Ships
into St. George
and Hamilton;

also Fruit and
Vegetables.

The like Articles
not permitted to
be imported from
Colonies under
Foreign Euro-
pean Sovereigns,
except it) Cases
of Emergency,
ard from Portu-
guese Colonies,
Trinadado and
* orto Ricc*.

WIMU

if!"

I
I

4^ ,

1 *

. i.

^ifM '

Articles im-
ported for the
Supply of the
Inhabitants, nut
to be exported ;
and before ship-
])ing Articles of
the like Sort,
Proof to be made
that they were
not imported for
such Supply.

False Oaths
^med Perjury.

American Ships
in Ballast may be
laden with Salt
in Turks
Island.

Masters to re-
port and answer
Questions re-
specting the
Voyage.

]iddi)dmd& atiD Betnni&ai

America, or from the Free Ports, mul except cerfain
ArticlcR from Trinidmlo and Porto Rico. 28 Geo. 3.
C.6. §10,J1. 3lGeo. 3. c. 38, § 1. 33 Geo. 3. c. 50. § 13.
45 Geo. 3. c. 57. §2. 51 Geo. 3. c. 47. § 5.
See Free Ports.

UnITKD STATE.S. ' ''^^' ■♦' *' ' '

6. None of the Articles enumerated in 28 Geo. 3. c. 6.
(See No. 1.) which have been imported from any Island
in the West Indies, or Colony on the Continent of South
America, under the Dominion of any Foreign Kurojiean
Sovereign or State, into the Bahama, Hermuda, or So-
mers Islands, for the Supply of the Inhabitants, shall bo
exported from the said Islands, or put on board any Ves-
sel or Boat, or b'-ought to any Quay, with intent to be so
exported, on Forfeiture thereof, and of the Vessel or Boat
hi which laden; and before shipping any Article ofthe like
Denomination or Description, whetlier in n manufactured
or unmanufactured State, that may la\^^■^dly be exported
from the said Islands, the Exporter shall make Oath that
the same or any Part thereof had not been imported, f<ir the
Supply of the Inhabitants, from any Island in the West
Indies, or Colony on the Continent of South America,
under the Dorninioh of any Foreign European Sovei-eign
or State. 29 Geo. 3. c. 56. ^ 1,2. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38. §3, 4.

7. If any Person shall be convicted of taking a false
Oath touching any of the Facts required to be testified
on Oath, such Person shall be deemed guilty of Perjury,
and be liable to the Pains and Penalties to which Persons
are liable for wilful and corrupt Perjury, and may be pro-
secuted in any Court of Record in Great Britain, or in
any of His Majesty's Courts of Judicature in the West
Indies. 29 Geo. 3. c. 56. § 3. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38. § 5.

8. Any Ship belonging to the Inhabitants ofthe said
United States of America, comincf in Ballast and not
otherM'iso, may enter the Ports of Turks Island, for the
"Purpose of being there laden with Salt only. 28 Geo. 3.
C. 6. § 5.

9. The Master of such Ship shall, immediately after
the Arrival in any Port in the said Islands, make a just
and true Entry of his Ship upon Oath before the Collector
or other principal Officer, declaring of what Country she
is built, how manned, who was the Master during the
Voyage, and who are the Owners thereof, and the Pur-
pu3c ixji wtiivjii lie ciiiviLs Hit: run, m uiucr mat such uinp

may undergo the Search and Exa^nination of the proper

3 Officers

(

a
a.

V
c

ofth

to re

Dutj

missi

and

Duti

any (

Ii5al)ama0 anb BetmuDa.

Officers of tJie Customs ; and nndi Maater shall tnilv
answer upon Oath to such Questions concerning tlie same
lis shaU be (hmunded olhim by such Collector or other
principal Oflucr, upon Forfeiture of ^ lOO. 28 Geo S
c. 6. ^ 6'.

10. There shall l>e paid, Ibr the Use of His Majesty,
a loimago Duty of 2s. 6d. Sterling in Dollars, at the
ftatf of 5s. 6(1. ])or Ounce, for every Ton of every such
J>hip, and the Tonnage shall l)e ascertained by such
Officers as shall be appointed by the Cormnissioners of
the Customs or any Four of them, who sludl admeasure
such bhip according to the following Method, viz.

*' Drop a Plumb Lino over the Stern of the Ship, and
" measure the Distance between such Line and the

r Is, ^^'^^^ ^^"""^ ^"^^ '^t the Load Water

Mark ; then measure from the Top of the said
l^umb Lnie, in a parallel Direction with the
Water, to a perpendicuhu- Point inunediately over
Uie Load Water Mark, at the fore Part of the
Mam Stern subtracting from such Measurement
the abov Distance, the Remainder will be the
Ship s extreme Length, from which is to be de-
ducted Tliree Inches for every Foot of the Load
Draught of Water for the Rake abaft, and also
Three-fiilhs of the Ship's Breadth for the Rake
forward, the Remainder shall be esteemed the just
J^^ng^l» o{ the Keel to find the Tonnage, and the

c. ^'■^it ,'^.^^^''' ^^^'' fr«"^ Outside to Outside of
the Plank m the broadest Part of the Ship, either
above or below the Main Wales, exclusive of all
manner of Sheathing or Doubling that may be
wrought upon the Side of the Ship; then Mul-
tiply the Length of the Keel for Towage by the
Breadth so taken, and that Product b? half the

^^ Breadth, and dividing by 94, the Quotient shall
be deemed the true Contents of the Tonnage."

^8 Oeo. 3. c. 6. § 7. *

of !h; SonriT^tl^P^' "^'f ^".P^'^ ^^ *^ CoUeCtor Receipt and

to r. -^ w ' ^^ *^^ ^''''^ "^^^""^'^ he shall be appointed ^Pi'rop'i

misln i"?'**'"' 5' Management of the said Com-

ZT T' ^"\he paid and recovered in the like manner
SlT't^ri'A^^-^^"^! .-d Forfeitures as anyXr
anv of th?Pr''VT- "'^ J.^^HI«fy on Goods imported into
^ny ot the Plantations, Colonies, or Territories belonging

^ to

A Tonnage
Duty to be paid,
and how tlie
Tonnage to lie
ascertained.

te
<(

lation
uti.

• I

■■'lill:

Only certain

Articles in^iy
bi; exported
from the 'I'urks
Islands.

Amtrican Ships
may enter in
Ballast certain
Ports to be laden
witli Salt.

Articles whicli
may be imported
into certain Ports
in Ships owned
rind navigated by
Inhabit.ints of
Colonics belong.
iiij> to Eorcign
luropcan States.

Certain Ports
for tile Irfipori-
stion of Supai

U) oi under the Dominion of His Majesty in AmericK
or the West Indies are paid and recovered, and shail
be subject to the Payment of the Salaries of the Officers
and other incidental Charges of the Port; and the
Residue shall be remitted to the Receiver General of
the Customs in England, to be paid into the Exchequer
under the Head of Consolidated Cusiums. 28 Geo. 3.
c. 6. § 8.

12. No Goods shall be exported from Turks Islantl
to any Part of His Majesty's Dominions in America or
the Wesi Indies, or be laden or laid on board any Ship
for that Purpose, except Salt ; tmd no Goods shall be
exported from the said Islands to Great Britain or Ire-
land, or laid on board any Ship for that Purpose, ex-
cept Salt, and except such G(K)ds as may be imported
into Great Britain or Ireland from all other Countries
free of Duties, under the Forieiture of such Goods as
shall be so exported or laden, and also of the Ship.
28 Geo. 3. c. 6. ^9.

13. Until 25th March 1819, any Ship belonging to the
United States coming in Ballast, and not othei-A^ise, may
enter the Port of Nassau in New Providence, the Port*
of Exuma and Crooked Island hi the Bahama Islands,
for the Purpose of being thei e laden with Salt only, sub-
ject to the Rules, Regulations, and Re t lictions provided
by the 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. respecting Vessels coming tor
the same Purpose to Turks Island. 57 Geo. 3. c. 42. § 1 .

14'. Wool, Cotton Wool, Indigo, Cochineal, Drugs,
Cocoa, Logwood, Fustic, Wootls for Dyers Use, Hides,
Skins, Tallow, Fm-s, Tortoise Shell, Hardwood (7r Mill
Timber, Mahogany Wood for Cabinet Ware, Horses,
Asses, Mules, Cattle, Corn, Bullion, Diamonds, Pre-
cious Stones, Rice, Grain, and Flour, may be imported
into New Providence, Crooked Island, Bermuda, and
the Bahamas, in any Foreign Ship, being owned and
navigated by Persons inhabiting any of the Colonies,
Plantations, or Countries on tlie Continent of America,
belonging to or under the Dominion of any Foreign Euro-
pean Sovereign or State. 45 Geo. 3. c 57. 47 Geo. 3.
c. 34. 48 Geo. 3. c. 125. 4& Geo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3.
c. 99. 57 Geo 3. c. 74.

»SVy L'hli; Ports.

15. Sugar and Coltee ol'an^ Foreign Colony (jr Plant-
ation may be imporleil into Nassau ni New Providence,

Pitt's

AmericK
and shall
e Officers

and the
eiieral of
Ixchequer
8 Geo. 3.

rks Island
merica or
any Ship
i shall be
in or Ire-
pose, ex-
iniported
Countries
Goods as
the yhip.

»'ing to the
■wise, may
the Port*
ii Islands,
)nly, snb-
s provided
)ming tor
c. 42. § 1 .
aJ, Drugs,
se, Hidesj
xl or Mill
!, Horses,
nds, Pre-
; imported
fiuda, and
iwni'tl and
Colonies,
America,
Mgn Euro-
4.7 Geo, 3.
>2 Geo. 3.

or Plant-
lovidence,

Pitt's

Pitt's Town, or Crooked Island, and into such Ports in
the Bahama Islands, the principal Port in Bermuda,
and such Ports in the Caicosas shall be approved by
His Majesty, in such Foreign Ships, and subject to such
Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions, as are prescribed
in this Act witli respect to the Goods therein enumerated ;
and such Sugar and Coffee may be so imported and
exported without Payment of any Duty of Customs.
45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 4, 5.

Sec Free Ports.
16. Any Ship described in 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. may
come in Ballast, or import into any Port of the Bahama
Islands where there is a Custom-house, the Articles enu-
merated in the said Act, and may export the Articles
allowed by the said Act to be so exported in Foreign
Ships, and may also export Salt, subject to the Duty o^"
Tonnage, and under the Regulations of 28 Geo. 3 c 6 —
52 Geo. 3. c. 99. $1.

See Free Por rs.
Salt.

17. Any British Ship owned and navigated according
to Law may export from any Port of the Bahama Islands
any Quantity of Salt, without entering into the Bond and
Security required by 6 Geo. 3. c. 52.-52 Geo. 3. c. 99. § 2.

See Goods Non-enumerated.

18. Spirits, being the Produce or Manufacture of any
of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies in the West Indies
legally imported into Bermuda, may be exported to the
Province of Lower Canada, and admitted to Entry on
Payment of the same Duty as if imported directly from
any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies in the West Indies
and under the Conditions and Restrictions of 28 Geo 3
c. 39. without Payment of Duty, in the same Manner* as*
It such Spirits had been imported directly from the said
Sugar Coloiues. 49 Geo. 3. c. 16. § 1 .

See Spirits.

19. Such Spirits legally imported into Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, Cape Breton, Prince Edward's Island
or Newfoundland, from Bermuda, may be exported to
Lower Cimada, and admitted to Entry upon Payment of
the same Duty as if imported directly from any of His
Majesty's b.igar Colonies under the Regulations of this
Act. 51 Geo. 3. C.48. §],

See Spirits.

20. Such Spirits legally imported into Bennuda from
Hi« Majesty s Sugar Colonies iu the West Indi.s, may

C2 ^,1

and Coffee in
Foreign Ships,
and the Export-
ation thereof.

Other Articles
which may be
imported into
and exported
from the Ba-
hamas.

Exponntion of
Salt without
Bond.

Exportation of
Spirits from
Bermuda to
Cannda,

From Nort!'
Americnr.
Colonies to
Canad;<.

From Bermuda
to certain Nuth
Anieiiciii
Colunifi.

' 1

■M r

Exportation of
certain Articles
to tiie United
•States in Foreign
Ships from
Bermuda :

Of certain Ar-
ticles of the
United States to
West Indies in
British Shiju.

Other Articles
to Malta and
Gibraltar.

Articles from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

be exported to Novu Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape
Breton, Prince Edward's Island or Newfoundland, ajid
•dnutted to Entry upon the same Duty as if imported
directly from any of His Majesty's said Sugar Colonies,
and under the Conditions and Restrictions contained in
28 Geo. 3. c. 39. without Payment of Duty, in the
same Manner as if imported directly from the said Sugar
Colonies. 51 Geo. 3. c. 62, § 1, 2.
See Spirits.

21. Sugar, Coffee, Rum, and Melasses, the Produce
of any British Colony in the West Indies, imported into
Bermuda in any British Ship, may be exported from the
Port of St. George, or the Port of Hamilton in Bermuda,
to the Territories of the United States, in any Foreign
Ship belonging to any Country in Amity with His t£-
jesty, above the Burthen of 60 Tons. 52 Geo. 3. c 79. U.
53 Geo. 3. c. 50. § 1. 57 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 1.

22. Tobacco, Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Hemp, Flax,
Masts, Yardi,, Bowsprits, Staves, Heading Boards, and
PLs.-^: Timber, Shingles, and Lumber of any Sort, Horses,
Nc .. Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, and Live Stock of
any Sort, Bread, Biscuit, Flour, Pease, Beans, Potatoes,
Wheat, Rice, Oats, Barley, and Grain of any Sort, the
Growth or Producion of the Territories belonging to the
United States, legally imported into St. George, or
Hamilton in Bermuda, may be exported from the said
Ports by any of Plis Majesty's Subj.'cts to any of His
Majesty's Islands or Dominions in the West Indies, in
British-built Ships, owned and navigated according to
Lj.w. 52 Geo. 3. c. 79. § 3. 53 Geo. 3. c. 50. § 1.

23. Any Article the Production or Manufacture of
Bermuda, or which has been legally imported into Ber-
muda, may on certain Conditions be exported direct to
Malta, or the Depcindencies thereof, or to Gibraltar.
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. f8. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. ^ 1.

Sec Gibraltar.
Malta.

24. Certain Articles enumerated in the Schedule
mai'kcd (B.) of 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. may be exported
from Malta, or any of the Dependencies thereof, or from
Gibraltar, direct to Bennuda, under the Regulations and
Restrictions therein mentioned. 55 Geo. 3. c, 29. 6 9.
57G*^o= 3= c=4. 6 1. ' . » '

Sec Gibraltar.
Malta.

The

M^.

BarftaDoe0* 21

The Port of Bridgtown ill Barbadoes, one of the Ports Bridgtown a
for the Importation and Exportation of certain Articles in P""^" ^°"-
Foreign Vessels. 45 Geo. 3, c. 57.
See Free Ports.

Beatoer ^Mm. see ^ Furs."
BerblCe. See " Guiana."

mmatmsiit

All Foreign Goods which the Officers of the Customs F^i-eign Goods
shall permit to be landed, and taken up by Bills at Sieht, ''"^'='' ""^ ^»-
Bills at View or Sufferance, shall be landed at the mosJ aTsfht -"'officLs
convenient Keys or Wharfs, and not elsewhere; and to perfect the
there or in His Majesty's Storehouse of the Ports, at the ^""■^•
Election of the Officers, shall be measured, weighed, and
numbered by and in their Presence ; which Officers shall
perfect the Entry, and thereunto subscribe their Names,
and the next Day shall give Account and make Report of
every Entry so perfected to the Collector and Comp-
troller, or in Default thereof shall forfeit ^100, unless
reasonable Cause can be shewn for tlie Omission
l3&I4Car.2. c. 11. §21. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 6.

MietUit ^ee *' Provisions."

Botargo,

May be exported from Malta or any of the Dependen-
cies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His Ma-
jesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or to
Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colo-
nies or Plantations in North America, in British-built
Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according to
Lavfi .n I Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5, 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

Box aJttOOD. See - Wood."
1BfiVni*Mft'fft' Q«f. it \xT 1"

BreaD* See *' provisions."

Importation
allowed from
Maka or
Gibraltar.

^■t '.

BniigetDiPn*

\ ^ 'H

Importation
allowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

The Unior> of
England and
Scotland ;

also of Great
Britain and
Ireland.

Teaching Trades
or Manufactures
in Foreign
Countries.

One of the Free Ports in the British Plantations for
the Importation and Exportation of certain Articles in
Foreign Ships. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.
See Free Ports.

10rim0tone,

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depen-
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or
to Newfound'.and, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British -
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

Britain.

1. England and Scotland united into One Kingdom,
by the Name of " Great Britain," and all the Subjects
thereof, shall have full Freedom and Intercourse of Trade
and Navigation within all the Dominions thereunto be-
longing. 5 Anne, c. 8. § 1.*

2. Great Britain and Ireland united into One King-
dom, by the Name of " The United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland," and all the Subjects thereof shall be
on the same Footing, as to Encouragements and Bounties
on the like Articles, being the Produce or Manufacture
of either Country respectively, and generally in respect
of Trade and Navigation in all Ports and Places in the
United Kingdom and its Dependencies; and in all Treaties
with any Foreign Power, His Majesty's Subjects of Ire-
land shall have the same Privileges, and be oxi the same
Footing, as His Majesty's Subjects of Great Britain.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. t

BtittsJ) S>ub)ectfi.

1. Any of the King's Subjects, being Artificers or
Manufacturers of Great Britain, going to Countries out

* By virtue of this Jet, the Words " England" and " English,"
in the several, Jets made before the Union with Scotland, are in
this Disest changedinto the Words '' Great Briloin" and "British,"

t This Act for the Union of the Two Countries was agreed
to by the Parliament of Ireland, by Jet 40 Geo. 3. t. 38. in
which there is a similar Article.

lorn.

xii' His Majesty's Dominions, to use or teach their Trades
or Manutactures to Foreigners, or not returning after
Warning given them, are deemed Aliens. 5 Geo. 1.
c. 27. §3.

See Aliens
2. 1 he Childien of Natural-born Subjects, born out
of the Legiarice ol" the Crown of Great Britain, shall be
entitled to the Rights and Privileges of Natural-born
Subjects of Great Britain, and shall be taken to be Na-
tural-born Siibjects, as if born in this Kingdom ; pro-
vided that nothing in these Acts shall repeal or alter
5 Geo. 1. c. 27. as to Artificers and Manufacturers.
7 Ann. c. I. §3. 4 Geo. 2. c. 21. § 1. 6. 13 Geo. 3.
fe: c.21.^51.3.

*|: See Aliens, No. 3.

: 3. Persons born out of the Legiance of the Crown of

Great Britain are not to be deemed Natural-born Sub-
jects, whose Fathers at the Time of the Birth of such
Children were attainted of High Treason, or liable to
the Penalties of High Treason or Felony in case of re-
turnuig to this Kingdom, or whose l-^ithers at the Time
ot the Birth of such Children were or shall be in the
Service of any Foreign Prince or State then in Enmity
with Great Britain. 7 Ann. c. 5.^3. 4 Geo. 2.-c. 21
: $.2. 13 Geo. 3. c. 21. §2.

4. As to the Naturalization of Aliens, and how they
may ,become entitled to be employed as Masters, Seamen ,
or Mariners of British Ships,
See Aliens.

Children of the
King's Su'ojects
born out of the
Legiance of Hij
Majesty to be
deemed British :

Ijiit Children of
Persons liable to
the Penalties of
Treason or
I'clony, or being
in the Service of
a Foreign I'rincf,
are deemed
Aliens.

Naturalization

I 'I Aliens.

Bullion,

1. May be imported from any of the Colonies or Plan- May h. im.
tations m America, or from any Country on the Conti- ported into the
•lent of America, belonging to or under the Dominion of ^>". ^'"i;^/ "' ,
^uiy Foreign European Sovereign or State, into the Free '""
Ports, in any Foreign Vessel owned and navigated by

lersons inhabiting any of the said Colonies or Planta-
tions^ or Countries. 45 Geo. 3. c. 51. 49 Geo. 3. c. 22.
.52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.
See Free Pohis.

2, May be exported from Malta or any of theDepen- hn^orta: u,
«encies tiiereot or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His 'Howed iVom

Ian tations in America,

Malta or
Gibraltar.

f I

i'lie Boundary
and Limits of
tite Province of
Quebec.

21 JSulWon.

to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Co-
lonies or Plantations in North America, in British-built
Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according to
Law. 55 Geo. 3. c.29. § 5.9. 57 Geo. 3. c.4. §1.

See GlBRALTAlt.

Malta.

Caico0.

May be approved His Majesty authorized to approve Ports in these

sliScoflee. ^^^^"^« f«'' tl^«^ Importation of Sugar and Coffee in Fo-
reign Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 4.
See Free Ports.

CanaDa/

1. All the Territories, Islands, and Countries in
North America belonging to the Crown of Great Britain,
bounded on the South by a Line from the Bay of Cha-
leurs along the High Lands which divide the Rivers
that empty themselves into the River Saint Lawrence^
from those which fall into the Sea, to a Point, in Forty*
five Degrees of Northern Latitude, on the Eastern Bank
of the River Connecticut, keeping the same Latitude di-
rectly West through the Lake Champlain, until in the
same Latitude it meets the River Saint Lawrence, from
thence up the Eastern Bank of the said River to the Lake
Ontario, thence through the Lake Ontario, and the Ri-
ver commonly called Niagara, and thence along by the
Eastern and South eastern Bank of Lake Erie, following
the said Bank until the same shall be intersected by the
Northern Boundary granted by the Charter of the Province
of Pensylvania, in case the same shall be so intersected,
and from thence along the said Northern and Western
Boundaries of the said Province, until the said Western
Boundary strike the Ohio ; but in case the said Bank of
the said Lake shall not be found to be so intersected,
then followhig the said Bank until it shall arrive at that
Point of the said Bank which shall be nearest to the
North-western Angle of the said Province of Pensylvania,

* Jt the Time of the Capture of this Province, it was dcno-
viinated " Que bee, " and .so described w many /icts, until the
?A (jco. o. t. .'Jl. hy ulnch it appears that Jih Majestif divided it
into Two Pronnccs, to be thereafter eallcd " Upper Canada and
Lower Canada.'

and

CanaDa.

and thence by a right Line to the said North-western
Angle of the said Province, and thence along the West-
ern Boundary of the said Province, until it strike the
River Ohio, and along the Bank of the said River West-
ward to the Banks of the Mississippi, and Nortliward to
the Southern Boundary of the Territories granted to the
Merchants Adventurers of England trading to Hudson's
Bay; and also all such Territories, Islands, and Countries
which have, since the Tenth of February 1763, been
made Part of the Government of Newfoundland, shall be
annexed to and made Part o!' the Province of Quebec, as
created and established by the Koyal Proclamation of the
Seventh October 1763. U Geo. .S. c. 83. § I .

2. But nothing herein contained, relative to the
Boundary of the Province of Quebtn; shall in anywise
aftect the Boundaries of any other Colony. 14 Geo 3
c. 83. jj 2. -^ • •

3. And nothing in this Act shall extend to make void
or to alter any Right, Title, or Possession derived under
any Grant, Conveyance, or otherwise, of any Lands
within the said Province, or the Provinces thereto ad-
joining. 14 Geo. 3. c. 83. § 3.

4.. Such Parts of the Coast of Labrador, from the
Kiver Saint John to Hudson's Streights, and the Island
ot Anticosti, and all other smaller Islands annexed to the
Government of Newfoundland by the Proclamation of the
Seventh ol October 1763, except the Islands of Made-
laine, but afterwards annexed to Canada by 14 Geo. 3
c. 83. shall be separated from Canada, and be annexed
to the Government of Newfoundland. 49 Geo. 3 c 27
§ 14.

.1, "'n?'" Majesty's Subjects professing the Religion of
the Church of Rome, of and in the said Province of
Quebec, may enjoy the free Exercise of the Religion of
the said Church subject to the King's Supremacy, de-
clared and estabhshel by 1 Elizabeth, c. 1. over all the Do-
minions and Countries which then did or thereafter should
belong to the Imperial Crown of this Realm. 14 Geo. 3.
c. 83. § 5.

6. No Person professing the Religion of the Church of
fnTl' ^"^^'^^'^ingin the said Province, shall be obliged
to^take the Oath required by the said Statute, or any
^j-er v.aihs suostituted by any other Act in the Place
hereof; but every such Person who by the said Statute
is requjred to take the Oath therein mentioned, shaJl take

and

Royal Procla-
mation in 1763.

Boundary ot
other Colonies;

not to affect aiiv
R'glit to Grant*
ofLand», &c.

Parts of the Coast
separated from
Canada.

Free exercise of
Religion,

Oath of Persons
profefling the
Religion of the
Church of
Rome.

Disability for iiol
taking the Oath.

His Majesty's
Subjects to en-
joy their Pro
pcrty and Ci\il
Rights according
to the Laws of
Canada.

Lands may he
conveyed and
bequeathed.

iuitl subscribe the following Oath belbre the Governor, of
buch other Person in such Court of Record us His Majesty
shall appoint, viz,

' I ^' ^: ^^^. '''"t^oely promise and swear. That I will
' ^ be faithful, and bear true Allegiance to I lis Ma-
' jesty King (leorge, and hnu will detiend, to the ut-
' most of my Power, against all traitorous Conspiracies

* and Attempts whatsoever which shall be made against
' his Person, Crown, and Dignity; antl J will (lo my
' ;'tmost Endeavour to disclose and make known to His

* Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, all Treasons and
' traiterous Conspiracies, and Attempts which I sliidl
•• know to be against him or any of them ; and all this

I do swear without any Equivocation, mental Eva,-
sion, or secret Reservation, and renounchig all Par-
dons and Dispensations, from any Power or Person

' whomsoever to the contrary. So help me GOD.'

14 Geo. 3. c. 83. § 7.

7. Every such Person who shall neglect or refuse to
take the Oath before mentioned, shall be liable to the
same Penalties, Forfeitures, Disabilities and Incapacities,
as he would have been liable to for neglecting or refusing
to take the Oath required by 1 EFizabeth. i4. Geo. 3.
C. 83. § 7.

8. His Majesty's Canadian Subjects within the Pro-
vince t)f Quebec (the Religious Orders and Communities
only excepted!) may also hold and enjoy their Property
and Possessions, together with all Customs and Usages
relative thereto, and all other their Civil Rights, as may
consist with their Allegiance to His Majesty, and Subjec-
tion to the Crown and Parliauient of Great Britain ; and
in all Matters of Controversy relative to Property and
Ci\ il Rights, resort shall be had to the Laws of Canatia
as the Rule for the Decision of the same ; and all Causes
that shall herciifter he instituted in any of the Courts of
Justice to be appointed within and for the said Province
b) His Majesty, shall, with respect to such Property and
Riglits, be determineil agreeably to the said Laws and Cus-
toms of Canada, until they shall be varied or altered by any
Ordinances that shall be passed in the said Province by the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Conuuander in Chief,
by and with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative
Council for thejsame. 1 4- Geo. 3- <■ 83, § 8.

9. Every Owner of any Lands, Goods, or Credits in
the siiid Province, and that has a Right to alienate the

1 2 same

cnior, or*
> Majesty

hat I will
His Ma.
J the ut-
ispiracies
le against
ill (To my
vn toPIis
Mions and
h I shall
(1 all thia
ital Eva,-
r all Par-
•r Person
c GOD.'

refuse to
e to the
apacities,
r refusing
i Geo. 3.

the Pro-

imunities
Property
d Usages
I, as may
i Subjec-
ain ; and
jerty and
f Canatla
11 Causes
Courts of
Province
Derty and
and C us-
ed by any
ice by the
■ in Chief,
egislativc

L'redits in

ienatc the

same

Canada.

same in his or her Lifetime by Deed of Sale, Gift, <>»•
otherwise, may devise or bequeath the same, at liis or her
Death, by his or her last Will and Testament, such Will
being executed either according to the Laws of Canada,
or according to the Forms prescribed by the Laws of
England. 1 4 Geo. 3. c. 83. ^J 1 0.

10. Provided that nothing in this Act shall make void,
within the said Province of Quebec, any Act of the Parlia-
ment of Great Britam heretofore made for prohibiting, re-
straining, or regulating the Trade or Commerce of His
Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America ; but the
said Acts, and all Acts of Parliament heretofore made re-
specting the said Colonies and Plantations, shall be in
force withhi the said Province of Quebec and every Part
thereof. 14Geo.3. c.83. §18.

11. Within each of the Provinces of Upper and Lower
Canada there shall be a Legislative Council and an
Assembly, and His Majesty shtUl have Power, during the
Continuance of this Act, by and with the Advice and Con-
sent of the Legislative Council and Assembly, to make
Laws for the Peace, Welfare, and good Government
thereof^ such Laws not being repugnant to this Act;
and all such Laws being passed by the Legislative Coun-
cil and Assembly of either of the said Provinces, and
assented to by His Majesty, or assented to in His, Majesty's
Name, by such Person a& His Majesty shall appoint to be
the Governor or Lieutenant Governor of the Province, or
by such Person as His Majesty shall appoint to administer
the Government within tlie same, shall be binding to all
Intents and Purposes. 3 1 Geo. 3. c. 3 1 . § 2.

12. All Laws and Ordinances in force at the Commence-
ment of this Act, within either of the Provinces, shall con-
tuuie in force therein, except such as are expressly re-
pealed or varied by this Act, or may hereafter by any Law
or Ordinance under the Authority thereof. 3 1 Geo 3
C.31. §3.

13. Nothing in this Act shall prevent or affect the
Execution of any Law which hath been or shall be
made by His Majesty and the Parliament of Great
Britain, for establishing Regulations or Prohibitions,
or for imposing or collecting Duties for the Regulation
of Navigation, or for the Regulation of the Commerce
to be carried on between the said Two Provinces of

■27

Acts regulatiiit;
Trade or Com-
niorce to remain
in force.

Le:;islative
Council and
Assembly may
make I^avvs, nor
being repugnant,
to this A(\, for
the Peace and
Government of
tlio Province.

Laws not ex-
jirc»ly repealed
to remain in
force.

Not to affect
former L;nvs as
to Navigation,
Commerce, or
Revenue, passed
by Parliament of
Great Britain.

Upper and Lower
said Provinces

Canada, or between either of the
any other of His Majesty's Dominions,

CanaDa.

Appropriation
of Duties.

Duty on Spirits,
Molasses, and
S

into

or between either of the said Provinces anil any Foreign
Country or State, or for appointing aiul directing the
Payment of Drawbacks of such Duties so imposed, or to

give to His Majesty any Power or Authority, by and with
le Advice and Consent of such Legislative Councils and
Assemblies respectively, to vary or repeal any such Laws
or any Part thereof, or in any Manner to prevent or
obstruct the Execution thereof. 31 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 46.

14. Provided that the Net Produce of all the Duties
which shall be so imposed, shall at all Times hereafter be
applied to and for the Use of each of the said Provinces,
and in such Manner only as shall be directed by any Law
which may be made by His Majesty, by and with the
Advice and Consent of the Legislative Council and Assem-
bly of such Province. 31 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 47.

1 5. There shall be collected and paid to His Maiestv,
yrups, imported upon the toilowmg Goods imported and brought into any
»to Quebec. Part of the Province of Quebec, Over and above all other

Duties now payable in the said Province by any Act of
Parliament, the several Duties following ; that is to say.

For every Gallon of Brandy or other Spirits of the
Manufacture of Great Britain, Three-pence:

For every Gallon of Rum, or other Spirits, which
shall be inip(»j ted from any of His Majesty's Sugar Colo-
nies in the West Indies, Sixpence :

For every Gallon of Rum, or other Spirits, which shall
be imported or brought from any other of His Majesty's
Colonies or Dominions in America, Nine-pence :

For every Gallon of Foreign Brandy or other Spirits
of Foreign Manufacture, imported or brought from Great
Britain, One Shilling :

For every Gallon of Rum, or Spirits of the Produce
or Manufacture of any of the Colonies or Plantations in
America, not in the Possession or under the Dominion
of His Majesty, imported from any other Place except
Great Britain, One Shilling :

For every Gallon of Molasses and Syrups which shall
be imported or brought into the said Province, in Ships
or Vessels belonging to His Majesty's Subjects in Great
Britain or Ireland, or to His Majesty's Subjects in the
said Province, Three-pence:

For every Gallon of Molasses and Syrups which shall

nfi imnnrtivl rvr hrniirrV»f infn i\\n eoirl T>--r\'.A-r,r,a in inv

other Ships or Vessels in which the same may be legally
imported. Sixpence; and after those Rates for any

14 greater

p..

f Foreiffii
jcting the
sc(l, or to
' and with
incils and
uch Laws
)revent or
U.§46.
he Duties
ireafter be
Provinces,
any Law
with the
id Assem-

Majesty,
; into any
! all other
ly Act of
is to say,
ts of the

ts, wliich
^ar Colo-

liich shall
Majesty's

jr Spirits
)ni Great

Produce
Lations in
)oniinion
e except

lich shall
in Ships
in Great
s in the

ich shall

in any

? legally

for any

greater

greater or lesfi Quantity of such Goodu respectively
l^iyao. 3. c. 88. §1. ^ J'-

16. The said Duties shall he deemed to be Sterlinif

Money of Great Bnta.n, and shall be collected and pai3

to the Amount ot the Vdue which such nominal Sums

ear m Great Bnta n ; and may be received accordinHo

he Proportion and \^alue of Five Shillings and Sixpe^nce

he Ounce m Silver, and shall be raised mid recovered ^

the same Manner, and by such Rules and Means, and

under such Penalt.es ancl Forfeitures, (except in such Cases

where any Alteration is niaxle by this Act,) as any other

?nvBr!Srr'.'" His Majesty up'on Goods' inportS
any British Colony or Plantation in America are or shall
anZM'"- »-^"^":^d by^any Act of Parliament; and
all the Monies th*t shaU arise by the said Duties rexcent

b;th:rn''^'''T?? f/--"/''- -meiXn ffl

of H^ m"T> !«'« Majesty's Customs into the H^nds
1 u ^fJ^'^'ty « Receiver Gener^ in the said Province
cei^P ^' W"'^' "^ '^'' ^'•'^^ P^'^^-' i^ making aTor^
Admimstration of Justice, and of the Support of Civil

slnTr?TSi;V'%^^^^'r^^"^^"^^^ ^"^ ^'^ ^oniZ
l?me to T.^ f^^y^-^^ty's /reasury are empowered from
lime to Time, by any WaiTants under their Hands tn
cause such Money to be applied out of tLesaid Produ ^
of he said Duties towards defraying the said Expences^

served in the Hands of the said Receiver General for
the futureDispositionof Parliament. UgTo. 3. c ss! I
mentionod'Z^ k" K *^^^'P.^^^ ^^th the Duties before
Can i 1 tl ^'""ut^ "^'^ the Province by Land

Carnage the same shall be carried through the Port of
Saint John's neai- the River Sorrel; if bfolerLUnd
Navigation than the River Saint Lawrenc"^, uch gS
shall be carried upon the River Sorrel by the said Port

inc^^b^f ^ ^ shall appoint; and if any such Goods com-
ng by Land Carnage or Inland Navigation as aforesaid
hall pass by or beyond the said Place without Entry 2l
l^yjl''^^'oitheBntie,,or shall be brought intoan^pT

SL i t. n "^'f be forfeited, and the Persons
<i^sistu,g uj the Removal, or to whose Hnnil« th^ n,JK

id gS '^"^' f'^''' '^r^^^ '^' Va]ue,~whh the CaS:
c 88 § " ^' '^''^" "'' *^^ "^"'^ ^^«^«^«'- 1^ Geo. S.

18. His

Cullection aad
Appioiiriatiori,

Spirits brought
into the Province
by Inland Navi-
gation or Laud
Carriage must
pass through
certain Places
w here Duties
are to be paid.

His Maji'ity',
Siilijucts nuy
bring Spirits into
niiy Part* of the
Province,

Ships which have
Ijnded Lumber,
.<cc. in the Sugar
Colonies may
land Spirits in
Quebec Duty-
free ;

or Ships xvlilch
intend to load a
Cargo of Lum-
ber, &c. for tlie
said Colonics in
tlieir next clcii-
ing out, miy
land Spirits
Dutv-free.

The Artitler.
must be the
Growth of
(Quebec

Value of the
S'lints and
Lumber, kc to
b? '"^tini''i:ej by

Canada.

18. His Majesty's Subjects may freely bring bv hand
Carrijige or Iniatul Navigiitiqii into any Parts of the Pro-
vince not heretofore comprehended within the Limits
thereof by Prochiination of the 7th of October 1763,
any Quantity of Ilmn or other Spirits, notwithstanding
the Act U Geo. 3. c. 88. — 15 Geo. 3. c. 40. § 1.

19. Where Spirits of the Britisli Sugar Colonies in
the West Iiulies «hall be imported into the Province of
Quebec from the saitl Sugar Colonies in any Ship which
in her last preceding Voyage had exported to and landed
in any of the said Colonies n Cargo of Lumber and Pro-
visions, Horses or Neat Cattle, from the said Province,
it shall be lawful to land any Quantity of Spirits (not
exceeding in Value the Cargo of Lumber or Provisions,
Horses or Neat Cattle landed) without Payment of the
said Duty of Sixpence per Gallon. 28 Geo. 3. c. 39. § 1.

20. Where Spirits, the Produce of any of the said
Colonies, imported into Quebec in any Ship which, in
her next clearing out from the said Province after such
Importation, shall load with a Cargo of Lumber, Provi-
sions, Horses, or Neat Cattle, and which shall carry to
and land the same in any of the said Colonies, it shall be
lawful to admit to Entry and land any Quantity of such
Spirits not exceeding in Value the Cargo of Lumber or
Provisions, Horses or Neat Cattle, so loaded, without
Payment of the said Duty of Sixpence per Gallon ; pro-
vided that the Owner of such Vessel which shall have
imported such Spirits, or, in case of his not residing in
the said Province, the Master of the Ship, with One or
more sufficient Sureties reading within the said Province,
shall, before such Spirits be admitted to an Entry, give
Bond to His Majesty in j^500, with C mdition that the
Ship shall, on her next clearing out from the said Pro-
vince, be laden with a Cargo of Lumber, Provisions,
Horses, or Neat Cattle, equal in Value to the Spirits ad-
mitted to Entry, and that the said Lumber, &c. shall be
carried to and landed in some of the said Colonies in the
West Indies. 28 Geo. 3. c. 39. § 2.

21. The Lumber (except White Oak Staves), Provi-
sions, Horses and Cattle, exported under the Provisions
of the said Act, shall be the Growth or Produce of
Quebec and no other. SOGeo. 3. 0.8. § 2.

22. The Value of the Spirits antt of the Lumber, &c.
shall be estimated ac<;ording to the \ aluations contained
in the Schedule annexed to this Act; provided that His

Majesty,

Canada.

Majesty, with tin- Advice of His Privy Council, by Order tl.e fnll.wing
to be issued and published, may alter the Valuations and Sc''*'<"'^'
Articles contained in the Schedule, whenever it shall ap-
pear necessary or proper, upon any Representation or
J{e'j)ort of the Governor and Council of the said I'rovince
53 Geo. 3. c. 37. §1,2.

The SCHEDULE 'mentioned and refbrred to

in this Act.

Flour, 1st Sort

Ditto, 2d Sort

Biscuit

Wheat

Peas(?

Oats -

Barley

Flax Seed -

Potatoes -

Indian Corn

Salted Beef

Ditto

Salted Pork -
Ditto

Butter

Soap - - _

Mould Candles -

Dip])ed Ditto

Salmon

Ditto

Herrings and |

AUwives \ ~

Shad Fish

Dry Cod Fish -

Seal, Porpoise, |

aiul Cod Oil J "
Canadian Porter -
Dittc. Burton Ale
Ditto Mild Ditto
Onions

Essence of Spruce

Oak i'iinhor 'i

Squared j

Sterlin
.t' S.

2 —

I 17
1 —

(f.

— per Barrel of 1 cwt.
fi Ditto.

— )er Cwt.

3 (jrs.

— 4 ()

4
2
ti — Vper Bushel.

- — I
4

- 4 10

- 3 —

- G 15

- 4 10

— 1

2 10

3 15

1 -—

1 5

~ Id

— per Tierce,

— per Barrel.

— per Tierce.

— per Banfl.
10 peril).

7 per lb.

J Vper lb.

— per Barrel.

— per Tierce.

— per Barrel,

— per Ditto.

— per Cwt.

~- {)er Hhd. ol (JM Gal

1(5.

3 —
3 15
3 —
1 —
- 1

— > per Ditto.

- per Thousand.
3 per lb.

— I — per Cubic Foot.

Oak

P 32

€anaM\

U f

j.1^ pel- IGOO.

_; , ' ■ , Sterling!

Oak Plank 3 to \_

4- Inches thick j
Ditto, .{■ to 2 7 _

Inches thick - 3
Puncheon Staves ^ .

S\ Feet long, 4 I

Inches broad^ >10

and 1 Inch |

thick - - - ^
Puncheon Head-
ing 2V Feet

long, 5 to 6

Inches broad,

and 1 Inch

thick - -
Pine Timber

Squared
Pine Boards 12

Feet long and

upwards;, and

1 Inch thick
Ditto, 10 Feet

long and 1

Inch thick
Ditto, Ditto, 2 ]

Inches thick 3
Wooden Hoops")

12 Feet long J
Ditto, 14 Ditto -
Ditto, 10 Ditto -
Ditto, 7 Ditto -
Shingles - - -
Puncheon Packs -
Bar Iron
Horses
Horned Cattle

5 per Superficial Foot.
3 per Ditto. ...

— per" 1200 Pieces.

1 --

2 15

2 5

4 per Cubic Foot.
— per Hmuied Boards.

per Thousand Super-
ficial Feet

3 7 6

Ditto.

— per Thousand Hoops.

„ 5 10 — Ditto.

_ 4 Ditto.

- 2 10 — Ditto.
15 — per Thousand.

- — 12 — each.

- 110 — per Cwt.

- 15

- 15 - ~>v
-8 I

- - 15 - f
2 6J

vpcr Head.

Sheep
Turkeys
Windward and "j
Leeward Island i — I 9 per Gallon.

TJnm

Jamaica Ditto - — 2

Ditto.

53 Geo, 3. c. 37.

CinaDd.

Any Spirits, being the Produce or Manu%ture of
His Majebty's Sugar Colonies in the West Indies; leeally
imported into Bermuda, may be imported into Lower
Canada, and landed and admitted to an Entry upon Pay-
ment of the same Rate of Duty as if the same had hem
imported directly from any of His Majesty's Sugar Co-
Jonies in the West Indies, and under the Conditions
and Restrictions contained in 28 Geo. 3. c. 39. without
Payment of Duty, in the sartie Manner as 4f such Spirits
had been imported directly from any of the said Sugar
Colonies. 49 Geo. 3. c. 16.
See Spirits.
23. Spirits, being the Produce or Manufacture of any
His Majesty's Sugar Colonies in the West Indies, lecrally
aiid directly imported into Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
Cajie Breton, Prince Edward's Island, and Newfound-
land, lu North America, from the said Sugar Colo-
nies, or from Bermuda, may be exported from either
of the Provmces or Islands to Lower Cana(;a, and landed
andadnntted t« an Entry, upon Payment of the same
Kate of Duty as if the same had been imported directly
from any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies under th^
Keguiatioijs of this Act. 5i Geo. 3. c. 48. § 1.
■See Spirits.

24. No Goods shall be imported from tlie United
States of America by Sea or Coastwise into Quebec, or
the Countries or Islands within the Government thereof
or up the River St. Lawrence from the Sea, on Forfei-
ture thereof and of the Vessel. 28 Goo. 3. c 6 §14.

25. His^ Majesty in Council, by Order to be issued
and published, may authorize, in case of Necessity, the
Importation of Bread, .Flour, Indian Corn, and Live
Stock, mto the Province of Quebec, and into all tlie

imn"n ,^°»'^e"»g «'^ ;hc Gulf of St. Lawrence, and
into the Islands within the said Gulf; and also to the
Coast of Labmdoiv fbr the then ensuing Season only,
W any of the Territories belonging to the United
States of America, for the Supply of the Persons em-
ployed m carrying on the Fisheries ; provided that such
u! i &c. shall not be imported except in conformity
to such Regulations as shall be specifiod in such Orde/

ZiT^^^^^y^ ^'J}''^' ^"^^>^^'^' *"^^'" Bnti«h-built Ships
owned by His Majesty's Subjects and navi.mi^d ji.
coidmg to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and of the Vessel.
^9 Geo. 3. C.16. §1.

Spirits may be
exported from
Bermuda to
Lower Canada
upon the same
Duty and Con-
ditions as if im-
ported direct
from Sugar Co-
lonies ;

also from the
North American
Colonier. or
Bernuu! i to
Lower Canada,

Goods of the
United States
not to be im-
pi rted into
Quebec by Sea
or Coastwise ;

except Bread,
^c. by Order in
Council, in case
of Necessity, for
the Supply of
Persons carrying
on the Fisheries ;

'26, In

' i '

except also, in
case of Emer-
gency, Live
Stock, Sec for
the Supply of the
Inhabitants.

Subjects of the
United States
intending to set-
tle in the Pro-
vince, may im-
port Household
Furniture,
Utensil<: of Hus-
bandry, id
Clothing.

By whom
Seizures may be
made.

No Go-^lsto be
brought into the
Pr.r.iiv:e fram
the Uniicd
iitates by Inland

Canada.

26. jjn case of public Emergency and Distress, the
Governor of Quebec, or Lieutenant Governor, or Com-
mander in Chief, with the Consent of the Council, may
authorize the Importation by Sea or Coastwise into
^Quebec, or into the Countries or the Islands within the

Government theroof, or up the River Saint Lawrencie
from the Sea, of Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, or
Live Stock, Bread, Biscuit, Flour, Peas, Beans, Potatoes,
"\yheat. Rice,. Oats, Barley, or any Sort of Grain, or
Flour made thereof, for a limited Time, from the United
States of America, for the Supply of the Inhabitants of
the Province, and of the Countries or Islands within the
Government thereof; provided that the said Articles shall
not be brought except by British Subjects, and in British-
built Ships owned by His Majesty's Subjects, and navi-
gated according to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and of
the Vessel. 30 Geo. 3. c. 8. § 1.

27. Any Subject of the Territories belonging to the
United States of America, who shall come from thence,
together with his Family, to any of the Bahama, or Ber-
muda, or Somers Islands, or to the Province of Quebec
or Nova Scotia, or any of the Territories belonging to
His Majesty in North America, for the Purpose of re-
siding and settling there, having obtained a Licence for
that Purpose from th€ Governor, or in his Absence the
Lieutenant Governor of the said Islands, Colonies, or
Provinces respectively, may import into the same, in
British Ships owned by His Majesty's Subjects, and na-
vigated according to Law, any Household Furniture,
Utensils of Husbandry, or Clothing., free of Duty, not
exceeding in the whole the Value of ^50 for eveiy White
Person that shall belong to such Family, and the Value
of 408. for every Negro brought by such V^hite Person.
30 Geo. 3. c. 27. §1.

See Settlerp.

28. The Goods and Vessels forfeited by die&e Acts
may be seized by the Commanders of any of His Ma-
jesty's Ships or Vessels of War, or by any Commissioned,
Warrant, or Petty Oificjer specially authorized by them,
or may be seized by any Officer of His Majesty's Customs.
28Geo. 3. c. 6. 29 Geo. 3. c. 16. 30Geo.3. c. 8.

29. ilo Goods, except of the Growth, Produce, or
Manufacture of the Territories of the JJnited States of
America, shall be brought from the i erritories of the
said States, by Inland Navigation or Land Carriage, into

lo the

tress, the
or Com-
ncil, may
wise into
k^ithin the
Lawyencie
oultry, or
Potatoes,
Srain, or
lie United
ibitants of
within the
icles shall
n British-
and navi-
o( and of

ng to the
a\ thence,
I, or Ber-
)f Quebec
onging to
jse of re-
icence for
isence the
•lonies, or
saine, in
I, and na-
Furniture,
Duty, not
eiy White
the Value
te Person.

these Acts
f His Ma-
missioned,
1 by them,
I Customs.

c. 8.
•oduce, or

States of

•ies of the

ria^, into

the

the Provinces of Lower or Upper Canada, on Forfeiture
of the said Goods, or the Value thereof, with the Vessel
or Carriage in which the same shall be brought, to be
sued for, recovered, and distributed in Uke manner as is
directed in any Act in the Case of Offences being com-
mitted against the Laws of Customs in any of His Ma-
jesty's Plantations in America. 52 Geo. 3. c 55. § 1.

30. Any Goods the Growth or Production of any of
the Countries bordering on the Province of Quebec,
brought by Land or Inland Navigation into the said
Provinces comformably to the Regulations established by
Law, may be imported into any Part of Great Britain
from Quebec, and admitted to Entry, and charged with
Duty, or exempted from Duty, in like Manner as such
Goods would be charged with or exempted from Duty if
the same were of the Growth or Production of Quebec,
and were imported directly from thence into Great Britain
or Ireland ; provided it shall appear by Certificate under
the Hands and Seals of the Collector and Comptroller of
the Customs, and the Naval Officer there, that the same
were brought into the Province, conformably to Law, by
Land or Inland Navigation, from the Countries border-
ing thereon, specifying from what Places the same were
respectively brought into the said Province; and pro-
vided that the Rules, Regulations, Restrictions, and Con-
ditions are observed on their being imported, as are re-
quired for the like Goods imported into Great Britain
from the said Province, and subject to the like Conditions,
Penalties, and Forfeitures, and to the like Modes for
Recovery aitd Application thereof. 30 Geo. 3. c. 29. « 2
—39 &; 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

31. Salt for the Fisheries may be laden in any Part of
Europe, for Exportation direct to Quebec, on board any
British-built Vessel, owned, navigated, and registered
according to Law. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. $31.4 Geo. 3. c. 19.
$7. 48 Geo. 3. c.22. § 1.

32. Any Person inhabiting in the Islands of Jersey or
Guernsey may lade in the said Islands, and transport
directly from thence to any of the British Colonies in
America where tlie Fishery is carried on, on board any
V esse! which may lawfully trade there, any Sort of Craft,
i^ood. Victuals, Clothing, or other Goods fit and i^eces-

sary for the Fishery in tliost» Pnrt« or for «i>« tt. „j

support of the Manners or other Persons employed oji
Ix^arcl the Vessels, or on shore, in cari-ying on the f aid

D 2 Fifiliory,

Navigation or
Land C'jrriage,
except the Pro-
duce of the
Slates.

Goods of
Countries bor-
dering on
Quebec, brought
into the Province
by Land or In-
land Navigation,
may be imjyorted
into Great
Britain or Ireland
as of the Growth
of Quebec.

Salt may be im-
ported from any
Pa-rt of Europe
for the Fisheries.

Craft andAr-

tide'- necessary
for the Fishery
may be imported
trom Jersey or
Guernsey ;

upon a Certifi-
cate and Oath as
herein directed.

1 (111

'■i

Herrings may be
imported from
tlic Isle of Man ;

nlso Lines, Nets,
Tools, and Im-
plements for
the Fisiiery ;

siivJsr certain
Oatli and Cer-
tificate.

TUhery, silch Craft, Clothing, or other Goods, being
the Produce or Manufacture of Great Britain, or of the;
said Islands of Jersey or Giiernsey, and such Food or
Victuals being of the Growth or Produce either of Great
Britain or Ireland, or the said Islands of Guernsey pr,
Jersey. 9 Geo. 3- c. 28. § 1.

33. Provided the Master shall produce to the proper
Officer of the Customs in the Colony where he shall
arrive, a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the
Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy Governor, or Com-
mander in Chief; that Oath has been made by the Shipper
before the Magistrates of the Royal Courts in Jersey or
Guernsey respectively, or any Three of them, that the
Goods and Victuals so shipped are of such Growth, Pro-
duct, or Manufacture; which Certificate shall also be
attested by the Principal Officer of the Customs in the
said Island respectively, who shall certify that the saitl
Ottth was taken in his Presence; and on Failure of pro-
ducing such Oeitificate, such Food, &c. and the Vessel
importing the same, shall be liable to be seized and for-
feited, in the same Manner as they would have been liable
if this Act had not been made. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 2.

34. Any of His Majesty's Subjects residing in the Isle
of Man may export from thence, and import into any of
the British Colonies or Plantations in America, in British-
built Vessels owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law, Herrings caught and cured by them, in the same
Manner as Victuals may be imported into the said Colo-
nies or Plantations from Ireland. 12 Geo. 3. c. 58. § 4.

35. Any of His Majesty's Subjects residing in the Isle
of Man may ship and lade there, and transport directly
from thence to any Part of America where the Fishery is
now or shall hereafter be carried on, on board any Vessel
which may lawfully trade or fish there, any Provisions,
Hooks, Lines, Netting, or other Tools or Implements
necessary for and used in the Fishery by the Crews of
the Vessels carrying out the same, and the Craft belong-
ing to and employed by such Vessels in the said Fishery,
such Provisions, Hooks, Lines, Nettings, or other Tools
oi- Implements, being the Produce and Manufacture of
Great Britain, Ireland, or the Isle of Man. 15 Geo. 3.
c. 31. §5.

36. Provided the Master of such Vessel shall produce
to the pioper Officer of the Customs in the Colony or
Plantation where he shall arrive, a Certificate under the

Haiid

s,mmm>4a»

s, being
>r of the;
Food or
of Great
insey pr

3 proper

he shall

il of the

jr Com-

'. Shipper

Jersey or

that the

:th, Pro-

also be

js ill the

the said

B ofpro-

le Vessel

and for-

sen liable

§2.

1 the Isle
to any of
1 Biitish-
iccording
the same
aid Colo-
58. §4.
1 the Isle
t directly
Fishery is
ny Vessel
rovisions,
iplements
Crews of
it belong-
, Fishery,
ler Tools
facture of
5 Geo. 3.

1 produce

;!olony or

under the

Haiid

€maha.

Hand and Seal of the Collector or otlier Principal Officer
of the Customs in the Port where he shall have fitted
out, that Oath hath been made before him by the Sliip-
per of such Provisions, &c. that the same are of the
Product and Manufacture of Great Britain, Ireland, or
Isle of Man respectively, as the Fact may be, and that
the several Articles before mentioned, except the Provi-
swns, specifying the Quantities and Particulars of each
>H)rt, are to be used in the Fishery by the Crew of the
Vessel carrying out the same, and by the Craft belong-
ing to and to be employed by such Vessel in the said
fishery, and for no other Use or Purpose whatsoever
(which Oath and Certificate such Collector or other
Oihcer IS hereby authorized and required to administer
and grant without Fee or Reward); and on Failure of"
producing such Certificate, or if any such Hooks, &c.
are used or disposed of for any other Purpose, the Arti-
cles, and the Vessels having the same on board, shall be
torfeited in the same Manner as they would have been
It this Act had not been made. 15 Geo. S. c. 31 5 6

37. Fruit, Wine, Oil, Salt, or Cork, the Produce
of Europe South of Cape Finisterre, may be laden in
any Port or Place of Europe, for Exportation direct to
(Quebec, on board any British Vessel owned, navigated,
and registered according to Law, which shairhave
arrived at any Port or Place of Europe with Articles the
Growth or Produce of Quebec, or with Fish taken and
cured by H.s Majesty's Subjects carrying on the Fishery,
from any of the British Colonies in N?rth America, o^

flTr^'l ^'''' ^^ '^ ^"^'"^ Kingdom, or with any of
the Goods herein-after mentioned (see No. 39.) from the
Piovmce ot Canada, whether the Grcnvth or Produce of
Canada, or brought into the said Province by Land or
Inland Navigation. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 2

ri!i ^^?r. *''^ ,I.'"P"^tation thereof into Quebec, the
Goods shall be ..■bject tothe Payment of such Duties as
.^hW. . '^' ^;^' Denomination or Description are
^bject to upon being imported into Quebec from Great

C.97 "'s ""^ ' ""' ^''^^'' ^''^'^'' -51 Geo. 3..

e^nnrfll'^ several Articles her Jn-after mentioned may be
^^??:!rV''""\C^»^^^ in a British-built Vessel, owned.
Pm?^f v' ''"" legisl'^^fd according to Law, into any
Poit of Europe withm the Limits aSresaid, without any

^3 Oath

Vessels from the
British Colonies
in North Ame-
rica, arriving with
the Produce
thereof at Plates
in Europe South
of Cape Finis-
terre, may im-
port from thence
Fruit, Wine,
Oil, Salt, or
Cork, the Pro-
duce of Europe.

Duties payable
thereoi).

Corn, Grain,
Lumber, &c.
may be tAp<,ittd
to Europe w thin
the said Limits
without any

Canada.

o«h orCmi- Oath being required of their being the Growth or Pro-
ficatc as to the cluce of the Said Provinct or any Certificate being re-
quired of the Country from whence they came ; that is
to say, Wheat, Flour, Peas, Beans, Oats, Barley, In-
dian Corn, Rye, White Oak Staves and Heading,
dressed and undressed Hoops, Pine Plank and Boards :
and the Master of any British-built Vessel ladcm with
any of the said Articles shall only be required to produce
a Certificate from the Chief Officer of the Customs, or
the Naval Officer in Command at Quebec, that the said
Articles were either the Growth or brought into Canada
conformably to the Regiilations established bv Law
in the said Province (if any), by Land or Inland Navi-
gation, from Countries bordering thereon, (which Cer-
tificate such Officer of the Customs or Naval Officer
is hereby authorized and required to grant upon satis-
factory Proof being made, upon Oath or otherwise) ;
and the Master of such Vessel shall produce the same
at the Port of Delivery in Europe within the Limits
aforesaid, and shall make Oath before the British Consul
there resident, or if there shall be no British Consul,
then before Two known British Merchants, that the
Certificate pioduced was the Certificate of the Officer
whose Name it bears, and was dul}' signed by him.
51 Geo. 3. c 07. §4^, 5.

40. Befox-e shipping any Pickled Fish or Dry Fish
for the Purpose of Exportation to ai y Port of Europe
or Dry°rish that within the Limits aforesaid, the Person in whose Posses-
it is the Prodtice ^jq^ jj^g same has continued from the Time of its being
rwhcnes. "^ landed from the Fishing Vessel employed in the taking
it, until shipped for Exportation, shall make Oath before
the Chief Officer of the Customs, or the Naval Officer in
Command at Quebec, that the same was the Produce of
the British American Fisheries, really and bona fide taken
and cured by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on the said
Fisheries from some of the British Colonies ; and, on such
Oath being taken at Quebec, the said Officer of the
Customs or Naval Officer shall grant Certificate thereof,
which Certificate only the Master of such Vessel shall be
required to produce at the Port of Delivery in Europe
within the Limits aforesaid, and shall make Oath before
the British Consul there resident, or if there shall be no
Bfitisli Consul, then before Two known British Mer-
chants, that the Certificate produced was the Certificate of

the

Oath must be
made before
shipping Pickled

•e

ti-

1 or Pro-
being re-
e ; that is
irley, In-
Heading,
i Boards;
adwi with
,o produce
istonis, or
It the said
JO Canada

bv Law
and Navi-
liich Cer-
al Officer
ipon satis-
therwise) ;

the same
he Limits
sh Consul
h Consul,
, that the
he Officer
I by him.

Dry Fish
of Europe
)se Posses-
)f its being
the taking
>ath before
i Officer in
Produce of

fide taken
)n the said
d, on such
cer of the
ite thereof,
;el shall be
in Europe
ath before
hall be no
itlsh IMer-
jrtificate of
the

Cenain Articles
may be exported
direct to Malta
or Gibraltar.

the Officer of the Customs or the Naval Officer whose
Name it bears, and was duly signed by him. 51 Geo. 3.
c. 97. § 4. 6.

41. His Majesty's Subjects may export from any of
His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in North America
any Articles the Production or Manufacture of the
said Colonies or Plantations, or any Articles which have
been legally imported into any such Colony or Plan-
tation, direct to Malta or the Dependencies thereof, or
to Gibraltar, m British-built Ships, owned, navigated,
and registered according to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. U.
57 Geo. 3. C.4. § 1.

See Gibraltar.
Malta.

*i' H?".^^' ^"^ Lemons, the Growth of the Azores
or the Madeiras, may be shipped and laden at those
Islands respectively for Exportation direct to any of the
British Colonies m North America, in any British Vessel
owned, registered, and navigated according to Law.
57 Geo. 3. c. 89. § 1.

^3. Vessels not exceeding Thirty Tons Burthen, and
not having a Deck, and being employed solely in the
Fisheries on the Banks or sSores of Quebecf or in
Jf P ^ ?*'*'^" < ^^^'"^ "°' required to be registered.

See Registry op British Ships.
44. Vessels built at Quebec on account of Owners
residing in His Majesty's European Dominions, may be
registered upon the Husband or Principal Agent taking

h«inf r.'^Tf ^^ ^^^^ ^' "• ^«- ' «"d the Registe?
shall be of full Force and Effect until the Vessel's Arrival

thTl ^''' '", ^'' -^"J^f ^'^ E"^°P«^" Dominions,
where they may be registered on the Oath of the Owners
but no longer. 27 Geo. 3. c. 1 9. § 9.

See RfcGisTRY of British Ships.

May be exported from Malta or any of the Denend- importation
eucies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to anv of Hi. ^»»-«'»f^°'"

l^nr£'T^°^^"'^\ V"^^ ov'ToNe'.^ou^J! ^^,
land, Bermuda, or any of the British Colonies in North
America in British-built Ships, owned, navWed and
registered according tn T.w*^ K=p„„' ":§..„' _^"^

57Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1 ° " ~ " "• *'* "-■• ^^' 5 ^- ^'

See Gibraltar.
Malta.

Oranges and
Lemons noay be
imported from
the Azores or
Madeiras.

Vessels in the
Fisheries not
required (o be
registeted ,

The Husband or
Principal Agent
may take the
Register Onth
if Owners reside
in Europe.

1. No

No Goods to be
imported from
ilic United States
except Pitch,
Tar, iind Tur-
pentine.

lixcept also
Lumber, Cattle,
Com, &c. ill
c.ise of Distress,
for tile Supply of
tile luliabitants :

•also Scsiitling,
&c. for Re-tx-
jiortation to
other Colonies ;

and Household
furniture, Uten-
sils of Husband-
ly, and Cloth-
ing, brought by
Subjects of the
United States
who intend to
settle.

Ly v.hr.n
.SeiziTwii to

Iiil

Cape Btetoiu

1. No Goods shall be imported from any of the
Territories of the United States of America into Cape
Breton, on Forfeiture thereof and the V^essel ; except
Pitcli, Tar, and Turpentine, the Production of the said
Territories, imported by British Subjects, and in British-
built Ships owned and navigated accorthng to Law.
28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 12. 33 Geo. 3. c. 50. § 14.

2. In case of public Emergency or Distress, the Gover-
nor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief for
the Time being, with the Advice and Consent of the
Council of the Island, may authorize the Importation of
Scantling, Flunks, Staves, Heading Boards, Shingles,
Hoops, squared Timber, Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep,
Hogs, Poultry, Live Stock, Bread, Biscuit, Flour, Peas,
Beans, Potatoes, Wheat, Rice, Oats, Barley, or Graiji,
for a limited Time, from any of the Territories belonging
to the United States of America, for the Supply of the
Inhabitants of the Island; but such Scantling, &c. ;;hall
not be so imported except by British Subjects, and in
British-built Ships owned and navigated .according to
Law, on Forfeiture thereof and of the Vessel, 28 Geo. 3,
c. 6. § 13,

3. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Com-
mander in Chief, with the Advice and Consent of the
Council of Cape Bretoii, may authorize -(he Importation
of the Articles enumerated in No. 2. for a limited Time,
from any of the Territories of the United States, for the
Pujpose of Re-exportation to any other of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations. 48 Geo. 3. c. 125. § 1.

4. Subjects of the United States, who shall come
from thence, together with their Families, for the Pur-
pose of residing and settling in any British Colony in
North America, having first obtained a Licence for that
Purpose from the Governor, or in his Absence the
Lieutenant Governor, may import Household Furni-
ture, Utensils of Husbandry, and Clothing, provided the
Articles are imported in British Ships owned by His
Majesty's Subjects, and navigated according to Law, and
shall not exceed in the whole the Value of .^^50 for
every White Person that shall belong to the Family,
and 40 Shillings. for every Negro brought by such White
Person. 30 Geo. 3. c. 27- § 1 .

Sfc Settlers.

5. The Goods and Vessels forfeited by these Acts may
be seized by the Commanders of any of His Majesty's
Ship;; or Vessels of War, or by any Commissioned, War-
rant,

Cape Breton.

rant, or Petty Officer specially authorized by tliera, or any
Officer of the Customs. 28Geo.3. c.6. 33Geo.3. c.50.

6. Fruit, Wine, Salt, or Cork, the Produce or Europe
South of Cape Finisterrc, may be laden in any Port of
Europe, for Exportation direct to tlic Port of Sydney in
Cape Breton, on board any British Ship, owned, navi-
gated, and registered according to Law, which shall have
arrived at any such Part of Europe with Articles the
Growth or Produce of the British Colonies in North
America, or with Fish taken and cured by His Majesty's
Subjects carrying on the Fisheries, from any of the
British Colonies m North America, or from any Part of
the United Kingdom. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 2.

See Europe.

7. Spirits of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies in tlie West
Indies, legally imported into Cape Breton from the said
Sugar Colonies, or from Bermuda, may be exported from
Cape Breton to Lower Canada, and admitted to Entry,
on Payment t)f the same Pi ate of Duty as if imported
directly from any of the said Sugar Colonies. 51 Geo. 3.
0.48. §1.

See Spirits.

8. Spirits of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies in the
West Indies, imported into Bermuda from the said
Colonies, may be exported from Bernuuiu to Cape Bre-
ton, and admitted to Entry on Payment of the same
Duty as if imported direct from the Sugar Colonies ; and
under the Condition of 28 Geo. 3. c. 39. may be im-
ported into Cape Breton without Payment of Duty, in
the same manner as if imported directly from any of the
said Sugar Colonies. 50 Geo. 3. c. 62. § 1 .

See Spirits.

9. Goods fit and necessary for the Fishery in the
British Colonies in America may be exported to Colonies
where such Fishery is carried on, direct from Guernsey
or Jersey. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28. §1^2.

See Guernsey.
Jersey.

10. Herrings cured in the Isle of Man may be ex-
ported from thence to any of the British Colonies in the
hamc manner as Virfimlo from T.-^Upj
e.58. §4. " "" -v.nna.

Sec Man.

Vessels arriving
with certain
Articles at Phces
in Europe South
of Ctpe rinis-
terre, may im-
port from thence
Fruit, &c. the
Produce of
Europe,

Spirits may be
exported to
Lower Canada
on the same •
Duty as from
Sugar Colonies;

and may be im-
ported from
Bermuda on the
s.ime Duty and
Conditions as
from Sugar
Colonies.

Goods for the
Fishery from
Guernsey or
Jersey.

Herrings from
lile of Man,

1 o /^ ..

11. Tools

Cape Breton.

Tools and Iinple-
meiits from
theno;.

Certain Arti-
cles may be en
ported direct to
Malta or
Oibraltar.

Oranges and

Lemons may
be imported
from the Azores
or Madeiras.

Importation al-
lowed frcK
Malta or
Gibraltar.

May be imported
from the United
States into West
India Islands and
Colonies in
Guiana, in
British Vessels;

11. Tools and Implements necessary for the saitr
Fishery may be exported to the said Colonies direct from
the Isle of Man. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 5.

See Man.

12. Any Article the Production or Manufacture of
Hxs Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in North America,
or any Article which has been legally imported into any
such Colony or Plantation, may be exported from thence
by His Majesty's Subjects direct to Malta or the Depend-
encies thereof, or to Gibraltar, in British-built Ships
owiied, navigated, and registered accordmg to Law.
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. §1. 57Geo. 3. c.4. § 1.

See Gibraltar.
Malta.

13. Oranges and Lemons, the Growth of the Azores
or the Madeiras, may be laden at those Islands respec-
tively for Exportation direct to any of the British Co-
lonies m North America, in any British Vessel owned,
navigated, and registered according to Law. 57 Geo. 3.
c.89. §1.

Capers. Caacaeoo.

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depen-
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His
Majesty s Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, into
NewfouncUand, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Co-
lonies or Plantations in North America, in British Ships
owned, navigated, and registered according to Law.
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. §5.9. 57 Geo. 3. c.4. § 1.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

Came mh JLttoe *tocft.

1. Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, or Live
Stock of any Sort, the Production o? any of the Terri-
tories of the United States, may be imported from thence
into aay of His Majesty's West India Islands (in which
Description the Bahama Islands and the Bermuda or
Somers Islands are included), or into the Colonies of
JJemarara, Berbice. or F.ocon»,M^ ;« *i,- ti : <:

^XT^' A """^ i°. ^? '° imported except by British
Subjects, and m British-built Vessels owned and na-

vigated

into

Came am M,iw ^tocft.

vigated uccorduig to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and of
the Vessel. 28 Geo. 3. c.6. §1,2. 56 Geo. 3. c.91. §1.

2. Such Cattle and Live Stock may be imported from
the said States into St. George or Hamilton in Bermuda,
in any Foreign Vessel belonging to any Kingdom or
State in Amity with His Majesty, and exported from the
said Ports to any of His Majesty's Islands or Dominions
in the W^est Indies, in British-built Vessels owned and
navigated according to Law. 52 Geo. 3. c. 79. § 2, 3.
53 Geo. 3. c 50.§1

3. In case of public Emergency or Distress, the Go-
vernors, Lieutenant Governors, or Commander in Chief
of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, or of the Islands of
Cape Breton or St. John's, with the Advice and Consent
of their respective Covmdls, may authorize the Importa-
tion of Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, or
Live Stock of any Sort, for a limited Time, from any of
the Territories belonging to the United States of America,
for the Supply of the Inhabitants, provided that the said
Cattle, &c, shall not be so imported except by British
Subjects, and in British-built Vessels owned and navigated
according to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and of the
Vessel. 28 Geo. 3. c.6. § 12.

4. His Majesty in Council, by Order to be issued and
published; or by Warrant under His Sign Manual, may
empower the Governor of Newfoundland to authorize, in
case of Necessity, the Importation of Live Stock from any
of the Territories of the United States of America, for
the Supply of the Inhabitants and Fishermen, for the
then ensuing Season; provided that such Live Stock shall
not be so imported except in conformity to such Rules,
Regulations, and Restrictions as shall be specified in such
Order or Warrant, and except by British Subjects, in
British-built Vessels owned and navigated according to
Law, on Forfeiture thereof and of tlie Vessel. 28 Geo. 8.
c.6. §13.

5. The Govemor, Lieutenant Governor, o/ Com-
mander in Chief of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, or
Cape Breton or Saint John's, with the Advice and Con-
sent of their respective Councils, may authorize the Im-
portation of Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry,
or Live Stock of any Sort, for a limited Time, from any

America, for Re-exportation to any other of His Ma-
jesty's Colonies or Plantations. *8 Geo. 3. c. 1 25. § I .

6. Any

and into Ber-
in uda in Foreif^ii
Veuels, an't
f xported by
Bntish.

May be importeri
into Nova Scotia,
&c. from United
States for the
Supply of Inha-
bitants.

I.ive Stock may
be imported from
the said States
into Newfound-
land, for the Sup-
ply of Inhabitants
and Fishermen n
in case of Ne-
cessity.

Importations inic
Nova Scoiia, &c.
for Re-exporta.
tion to other
Colonies, may be
allowed b^ the
Goverrora.

May be Imported
into Nova Scotia
or New Bruns-
wick ill rorc'ii'.n
Vessels, and
rx)iortcd to the
United Kingdom
or any of His
M;;je.sty's Pos-
sessions ;

MilijcCt to such
Rules and Regu-
lations as His
Majesty may
(hink fit by
Order in Council.

Limitation of
the Act.

Live Stock may,
in esse of Ne-
cessity, be im-
))orted from the
United States
into Quebec and
Labrador, for the
Supply of Per-
sons carrying oa
the Fisheries ;

and Cattle, &c.
may be imported
from the said

Cattle anh JLVot ^toeft.

6. Any British-built Vessel owned and navigatxl
according to Law, or any V^essel belonging to the Snb-
jectfi of any Sovereign or State in Amity with His Ma-
jesty, may import into such Ports as shall be specially ap-
pointed tor that Piu'pose by His Majesty, within the Pro-
vince of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, the following
Articles ; videlicet, Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs,
Poultry, and Live Stock of any Sort; provided that none
of the said Articles shall be imported in p'oreign Vessels,
unless of the Growth or Produce of the Country to
wliich the Vessel importing the same shall belong; and
any of the said Articles may be re-exported, either to the
tJnited Kingdom or any other of His Majesty's Possessions,
in any British-built Vessel owned and navigated accortl-
ing to Law. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 1,2,3.

7. His Majesty with the Advice of His Privy Councif
may make such Rules and Regulations for the Import-
ation and Exportation of the said Articles at the said
Ports, with such Penalties and Forfeitures for the Breach
thereof, as shall seem fit and necessary to His Majesty, by
and with the Advice aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. §6.

8. This Act shall continue in force during the Space
of Three Years from and after the passing ot tlie same"*,
and until Six Weeks after the Commencement of the
then next Session of Parliament. 58 Geo. 3. c. 1 9. § 7.

9. His Majesty in Council, by Order to be issued and
published, may authorize, in case of Necessity, the Ln-
portation of Live Stock as well into Quebec as into all
the Countries bordering on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence^
and into the Islands within the said Gulf^ and to the
Coast of Labrador, for the then ensuing Season only,
from any of the Territories belonging to the United
States of America, for the Supply of the Persons em-
ployed in carrying on the Fisheries ; provided that such
Live Stock shall not be so imported except in conformity
to such Ruk -, Regulations, and Restrictions as shall be
sjiecified in such Order, and except by British Subjects,
in British-built Vessels owned and navigated according to
Law, on Forfeiture thereof and of the Vessel. 29 Geo. 3»
c. 16. § 1.

10. In case of public Emergency and Distress, the
Governor of Quebec, or the Lieutenant Governor ov

* 8th May 1818.

Commander

Cattle am iltbe .^tocft.

t'ommandtn- in C'liief, with the Advice and Consent of
the Council of the Province, may authorize the Import-
ation by Sea or Coastwise into Quebec, or into the
Countries or Islands within the Government thereof^ or
up the River Saint Lawrence from the Sea, of Neat
Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, or Live Stock of any Sort,
for a limited Time, from any of the Territories belonging
to the United States of America, for the Supply oi the
Inhabitants of the Province, and of the Countries and
Islands within the Government thereof; but the said
Articles shall not be so imported except by British Sub-
jects, and in British-built Vessels owned and navigated
according to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and of the Ves-
sel. 30 Geo. 3. c. 8. § 1.

11. Any Article forleited by fhese Acts may be seized
by the Commanders of any of His Majesty's Ships or
Vessels of War, or by any Commissioned, Warrant, or
Petty Officer specially authorized by them, or by any
Officer of His Majesty's Customs. 28 Geo. 3. c.6. § 16.
29 Geo. 3. c. 16. § 2. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91.

12. Any Horses, Asses, Mules, and Cattle, being the
Production of ajiy Colonies or Plantations in America,
or of any Country on the Continent of America belong-
ing to or under the Dominion of any Foreign European
Sovereign or Slate, may be imported from any of the
said Countries into the Free Ports in any Foreign Vessel
owned imd navigated by Persons inhabiting any of the
said Colonies, PlantationB, or Countries. 45 Geo. 3 c 57
49 Geo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74. *

See Free Port.s.
1 ^^'tF^^' ^^^^ Conditions upon which Vessels, which
land Horses or Neat Cattle at imy of the British Sugar
Colonies m the West Indies, may import Spirits withSut
Payment of Duty into certain Provinces and Islands be-
longing to His Majesty in North America. 28 Geo. 3
c. 39. §1,2. 30Geo.3. c.S. §2. 53Geo.3. c 37. § 1*

See Spirits.

•Stntes for the
Supply of
Inh.ibitants of
Quebec, in case
of public Emtr-
gency and Dis-
tress.

By whom

Seizures to lie
made.

May he imported
into the Free
Ports iii Foreign
Vessels,

Vessels landing
Cattle may im-
port Spirits Duty
free.

€aWv.

May be exported from Malta or the Dependencies importation
tiiereot, or trom Gibraltar, direct to any of His Maiestv's ^"o^^«* f'-oi»
Sugar Colonies ov Plantations in America, intn Vil J^.^i'l-"'
^Hmdiaucl, BermiKla, or any of His Majesty'rCok^iies ^ ^^
or Plantations in America, in British Ships owned, na- '^

vigated,

€aWx.

vigsited, and registered according to Law.
c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c 4. § 1.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

55 Geo. 3.

Suspected to lie
lalse, Bond not
to be cancelled.

Penalty for
counterfeiting
Of using.

To be taken by
Mastere of Ships
of having givon
Bond, and to be
delivered up at
the Port ofDis
charge.

If Masters do
not produce such
Certificatef, the
Ship forfeited .

I5fl

Ceittficate0.

1.* Where the Governor or Officer of the Customs sliall
have reasonable ground of Suspicion that any Certificate
from the Officers of the Customs in Great Britain or Ire-
land, of Bond having been given for carrying enumerated
Goods to some other British Plantation, or to Great
Britain or Ireland, is false, such Governor or Officers
shall require sufficient Security for the Discharge of the
Plantation Lading in Great Britain or Ireland ; and
where there shall be Cause to suspect that the Certificate
of having discharged the Lading in Great Britain or Ire-
land is false or counterfeit, th6 Governor or Officers shall
not cancel the Security given in the Plantation, until in-
formed from the Commissioners of the Customs that the
Matter of the .said Certificate is true; and any Person who
shall counterfeit, rase, or falsify any Certificate for any
Ship or Goods, or shall knowingly make use thereof^
shall forfeit ^500, and the Certificate shall be of no effect.
12Car.2. c. 18. 5il9. 7 & 8 W.3. c.22. JlO. 20 Geo. 3.
c. 10. § 1. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

2. Before the Master of any Ship departs from any
British Colony or Plantation where he receives his Lading,
he shall take a Certificate under the Hands and Seals of the
Collector or other Principal Officer of the Customs there
(to be granted without Fee or Reward), that Bond hath
been given pursuant to the Directions of this or any other
Act, as the Case s^ all require ; and the Master shall keep
such Certificate m his Custody till the Woyage is com-
pleted, and then deliver the same to the Collector or other
Chief Officer of the Customs at the Port where he shall
discharge his Lading in Great Britain or Ireland, or any
British American Colony or Plantation, on Forfeiture of
■^'100. 4Geo.3. c. 15. §24. 39 & 40 Geo, 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

3. If any British Ship, laden in any British Colony or
Plantation with any Goods the Produce or Manufacture
thereof, shall be discovered by any Officer of the Customs
within Two Leagues of the Shore of any such Colony or
Plantation, and the Master shall not produce a Certifi-
cate that Bond has been given, pursuant to the Directions

55 Geo. 3.

istoms shall
Certificate
;ain or I re-
in umerated
r to Great
or Officers
irge of the
sland ; and
Certificate
Lain or Ire-
fficers shall
1, until in-
is that the
Person who
ate for any
ise thereof,
jf no effect.
20 Geo. 3.

s from any
his Lading,
Seals of the
stoms there
Bond hath
•r any other
r shall keep
age is corn-
tor or other
ire he shall
nd, or any
jrfeiture of
.67. Art. 6.
1 Colony or
lanufacture
he Customs
Colony or
e a Certiii-
I Directions
of

of this or any other Act, as the Case may require, or if
he shall not produce such Certificate to the Collector or
other Chef Officer of the Customs of the Port where he
shaU arrive m Great Britain, Ireland, or any British Co-
lony or Plantation, the Ship shall be forfeited. 4 Geo S
C.15. $23. 39 & 40 Geo. 8. c. 67. Art. 6. * ^^- ^*
4. Where, by any Act relative to the Trade rf the
iJriUsh Colonies and Plantations in America or the West
Indies, an Affidavit shall be required to be made by the
Planter or Grower of any Article intended to be shipped
for Exportetion to Gxeat Britain or Ireland, to pmve
that such Article is the Produce of such Coloni or Plant!
ation, and there shall not be any Justices of^the P^e
before whom such Affidavit can be made, the H^nter^r
Grower may make the same before th; Collector .nd
Comptroller or other Chief Officer of the CiSoms or
any Pwo of them, at the Port or Place from whenS suS^

or PkntT Inn! ^T '^''"^f"* ^* °" ^^tJ^"' «"ch Colony

Penalties, and Forfeitures to whTcSch a JiV^r '1^^^^^^^
on Importation. 47 Geo. 3. c 48 § 2 ''' ^^^^'

Colonies or PlantatioTn North /,/• ^''- ^^'j^^'^'^
built Ships, owned, navla^ed anS t /'"'/" ^"*^^^-
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. fe! fs 9 ^tFp f 'f ^^^^
See GiBnALTAu. 57Geo.3. c.4. § l.

Malta.

....Afe™?^<=tureofthe British Plan^.f
rivmmied to be exported.

<ClOtI)tn3, See " Settlers."

To be produced
from the Officers
of Colonies at
which there are
not any Justices
before w' n the
Planters >
make Aidavits.

Importation
allowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

»-■-.- ill ^iiiiciica,

Coef)ineaU

May be im- 1 . The Production of any of the Colonies <«• Planta-

ported into the (iOiis in America, or of any Country on the Continent of
FortiJlTeisel., Amerfca, belonging to or under the Dominion of any
Foreign European Sovereign or State, may be imported
from any of the said Countries into the Free Ports in any
Foreign Vessel, being owned and navigated by Persons
inhabiting any of the said Colonies, Plantations, or
Countries. 4.5Geo.3. c.57. 49 Geo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 8.
c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.

See Free Ports.
2. The Production of any of the Colonies or Planta-
tions in America, or Countries on the Continent of Ame-
rica, belonging to or under the Dominion of any Foreign
European Sovereign or State, imported into the Free
Ports, may be exported from thence to any Part of the
United Kingdom, under the Rules, &c. of 1 2 Car. 2. c. 1 8.
22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. and 20 Geo. 3. c 10. with respect
to Goods therein enumerated. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
See Free Ports.

and exported to
the United
Kiingdom.

Coffee auD Cocoa jl^uts*

Must be brought

some British
Plantation

Bond to be given
not to land

elsewhere.

A/i hP h 1. No Coffee or Cocoa Nuts of the Production of the

to Great bSu British Plantations in America shall be shipped or con<
or Ireland, or vcycd from any of the said Plantations to any Place,
unless to some other Plantation belonging to His Ma-
jesty, or to Great Britain or Ireland, there to be laid on
shore, under the Forfeiture of the Goods, or the full Value
thereof, and the Ship. 12 Car. 2. c. 1 8. § 18. 4 Geo. 3.
c. 15. §27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. §3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67.
Art. 6. . .

2. For every Ship which shall sail from Great Britaui
or Ireland for any British Plantation in America, Bond
shall be given with One Surety to the Chief Officei's of
the Customs of the Port from whence the said Ship shall
sail, to the Value of -£1000 if the Ship be of less Burthen
than 100 Tons, and of ^2000 if of greater Burthen, con-
ditioned that in case the said Ship shall load any Coffee
or Cocoa Nuts, or any enumerated Article, (for the whole
of which see " Goods,") at any of the said British Plant-
ations, that the same shall be brought to some other
British Plantation, or to Great Britain or Ireland, and be
there unloaded, the Danger of the Seas only excepted ;
and for every Ship coming from any other Port or Place
to any of the aforesaid Plantations, vhich are permitted
-^ to

r Plairta-
itinent of
ri of any
imported
rts in any
J Persons
tions, or
;2Geo.^8.

r Planta-
; of Ame-
j Foreign
the Free
irt of the
r.2. C.18.
;h respect
h

on of the
i or con-
ny Place,

His Ma-
)e laid on
full Value

4 Geo. 3.
). 3. c. 67.

at Britain
ica, Bond
)fficei's of
Ship shall
s Burthen
then, con-
my Coffee
the whole
ish Plant-
3me other
id, and be
excepted ;
t or Place
porniitted
to

Coffee mh Cocoa fSivAs.

to trade there, the Governor shall, before the Ship be
permitted to load Coffee or Cocoa Nuts, or any enu-
merated Article, take Bond in like manner to the Value
aforeaaid, that such Ship shall carry all the said Goods
, to some other of His Majesty's British Plantations, or
n to Great Britain or Ireland. 12 Car. 2. c. 18 ^19
22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. $ 11. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27*
. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. U.3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.
^ 3. The Master, before he departs from any British

Plantation where he receives his Lading, shall take a
Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the Collector or
other Principal Officer of the Customs there, that Bond
hath been given pursuant to the Directions aforesaid ;
and the Master shall keep such Certificate till the Voyaee
13 completed, and shall then deUver the same to the Col-
lector or other Chief Officer of the Customs at the Place
where he shall discharge his Lading in Great Britain or
Ireland, or any British American Colony, on Forfeiture
of ^100. 4 Geo 3. c. 15. <^ 24. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10.
§1.3. 33 Geo. 3. c. 63. § 2. 39 & 40 G. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

4. If any Ship shall take on board any Coffee or Cocoa
Nuts, or other enumerated Article, before Bond is given
to the Governor that the Ship shall carry the said
Articles to some other British Plantation, or to Great
Britain or Ireland, or before Certificate produced from
the Officer of some Custom-house of Great Britain or
Ireland that such Bond has been there duly given ; or if
any Ship shall, contrary to the Tenor of such Bond
carry any of the enumerated Articles to anj Port or Place
other than to some Plantation belonging to His Majesty,
or to Great Britain or Ireland, and there lay the same on
Shore; every such Ship sliall be forfeited, and also the
Lading. 12 Car. 2. c. 18. § 19. 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26
§11. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10*
§ 1. 3. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §27.

5. But the said Acts are not to prevent the Subjects
ot the King of the Netherlands, being Dutch Proprietors
m Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo, in the Province ol'
Guiana, Irom exporting from the said Colonies to the
Netherlands the Produce of their Estates on board
Dutch Ships ; and no Person who by virtue of this Act
may be entitled to trade between the said Colonies and
the Doinininns nf t'^" It'iM/v nt' fl... xt„4^i i . i i .>

.'T "■ V" "'"B ^' -"^ i^cuicj lands, snail

export the said Pi-CvkIuco to any Part of the United Kin.r-

F 1 "^

CerttficAtes to
be taken by the
Masters of Ships
which lade in
the Colonies.

Forfeiture if
shipped before
Bond given, or
if carried to
other Places ;

but not to extend
to the Prokluce
of Estates of
Dutch Proprie-
tors in Cruian.i,

Governors or
Officers suspect-
ing Certificates
to be false, not
to cancel Bonds;
and Penalty
on falsifying
Ceitificatos.

Penalty on
Officers suffer-
ing 'GooJs to be
carried to otlier
Places.

Governors or
their Command-
ers in Chief to
transmit Lists
of Bonds yearly
to the Customs.

Coffee anD Cocoa Jl2ut0.

dom, or any of His Majesty's Dominions in Europe.
56 Geo. 3. c. 91. §4. 8.
See Guiana.

6. In Cases where the Governor or Officers in any
of the Plantations shall have reasonable ground of Sus-
picion that the Certificate of having given Security in
Great Britain or Ireland is false, they shall require suffi-
cient Security for the Discharge of the Plantation Lading
in Great Britain or Ireland ; and where there shall be
Cause to suspect that the Certificate of having discharged
the Lading in Great Britain or Ireland is false or coun-
terfeit, the Governor or Officers shall not cancel the
Security given in the Plantations, until they shall be in-
formed from the Commissioners of the Customs in Great
Britain or Ireland, as the Case may be, that the Matter
of the said Certificate is true ; and if any Person shall
counterfeit, rase, or falsify any Certificate for any Ship
or Goods, or knowingly or wilfully make use thereof,
such Person shall forfeit .£500, and the Certificate shall
be J no Effect. 7&8 W. 3. c. 22. §10. 4 Geo. 3.
c. 15. § 27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1. 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3.
c. 67. Art. 6.

7. li any Officer of the Customs in Great Britain or
Ireland shall give any Warrant for or suffi;r any Coffee
or Cocoa Nuts, or any enumerated Article, to be carried
into any other Country or Place, until they have been
first put on shore in some Port in Great Britain or
Ireland, every Officer for such Offence shall forfeit his
Place, and the Value of the Goods. 15 Car. 2. c. 7.
§9. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. §1.3.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

8. The Governors or their Commanders in Chief of
the said Plantations are Once a Year at least to return to
the Officers of the Customs in London, or to such other
Person as His Majesty shall appoint to receive the same,
a List of such Ships as shall have laden any Coffee or
Cocoa Nuts, or any eniunerated Article, in such Plan-
tations, as also a List of all Bonds taken by them; and in
case any Ship belonging to any of His Majesty's Pk - a-
tions shall be found to have unloaded in any Poit of
Europe other than Great Britiiin or Ireland, such Ship
shall be forfeited, and her Lading. 22 & 23 Car. 2.
c. 26. §12. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10.

mik

§1. 3, 39 & 40 Geo 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

9. In

in Europe.

:ers in any
ind of Sus-
Security in
squire suffi-
tion Lading
!re shall be
; discharged
se or coun-

cancel the
shall be in-
ns in Great
the Matter
'erson shall
)r any Ship
ise thereof,
ificate shall
4- Geo. 3.

40 Geo. 3.

t Britain or
any Coffee

be carried
have been
Britain or

1 forfeit his
Har. 2. c. 7.

10. § 1. 3.

in Chief of
to return to
» such other
e the same,
/ Coffee or
such Plan-
lem ; and in
ity'sPk . a-
my Poit of
, such Sljip
k 23 Car. 2.
10. 3. c. 10.

9. In

Coffee ana Cocoa Mut^.

V. In all Bc^nds to be taken in the Plantations, the Condition of the
Persons therein named shall be of known Residence and ^^""''' ^"'' *''<»
Ability there for the Value mentioned in the Bond, the oMig°ors'Jhen
Condition of wliich shall be, within 18 Months after the taken in the
Date thereof (the Danger of the Seas excepted) to pro- •'''"««■"'"«.
duco a Certificate of having landed and discharged the
Goods therein mentioned in one of His Majesty's Plan-
tations, or in Great Britain or Ireland ; otherwise such
Bond or Copies thereof, being attested under the Hand
and Seal of the Governor or Commander in Chief to
whom such Bond was given, shall be in force and allowed
of in any Court in Great Britain, Ireland, or the Planta-
tions, as if the Original was produced in Court by the
Prosecutor. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. §13. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15.
§ 27. 26 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1. 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3.
c. 67. Art. 6.

10. In all Bonds wliich shall be entered into in Great Condition v^i^
Britain or Ireland, ia pursuance of any Act whereby the ''''^^" '" ^''e'"
Goods therein enumerated are to be "brought to Great frdand ""^
Britain or Ireland, such Bonds shall be with Condition,
tliat within 18 Months from the Date thereof (the Dan-
ger of the Seas excepted) a Certificate shall be produced
from the Collector and Comptroller of the Port where
such Goods shall be delivered, that they have been there
landed and discharged. 15 Geo, 3. c. 31. § 6. 4 Geo. 3
c. 15. § 27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. §1.3. 39 & 40 G.* 3.*
c, 67. Art. 6.

11. In case there shall be no Prosecution for some Bonds void if
Breach or Non-performance of the Condition of the Bond " '^ prosecuted
wilain Three Years after the Date thereof, or if, unon v"''"' V"^

r% ^- r T-> , -IT 3 ^ "5 ujj».>u \ e:n-s of tlie

l^iObecutiou tor some Breach or Non-performance of the Date, or if
Condition, Judgment be not obtained within Two Years -'"dgment not
after Prosecution commenced, then such Bond (in de- ?wo vtar^'after
fault ot such Prosecution to be commenced, mid Judgment Prosecution.
to be obtained, within the Times limited) shall be void,
and all Bonds so void shall be delivered up by the
Officers to be cancelled, without Fee or Reward. 8 Ann
c. 13. §23. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27.

12. There shall be paid to His Majesty One Penny Duty pvai.ie
tor every Pound Weight of Cocoa Nuts shipped in His '''"'" ""' '^''TP^''
Majesty's Plantations, if Bond is not first given with One I,;,'?';'''"/''"'"'
Surety to bring the same to Great Britain or Ireland: "' "'" "
nnn tliP ^i^i/^ Finf,, t.l..>l! K„ ;,i _<. -,--r t->i •

" ■"" " "V "'""" •"•£ }juia at rjiich j-iaces and to

such Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same,
before the Lading thereof. 25 Car. 2. c. 7. § 2.

E2 iti. The

f'-f

va I .

ri2

To he paid in
.Sterling Money.

To be levied by
I he Commission -

Officers may
accept a Propor-
tion of the Com -
modity.

Bond to be given
although the
Duty pdid.

Laws and Cus-
toms in the
Plantations re-
pugnant to this
Act, null and
void.

Penalty on Per-
sons concerned
in the Loading
without Pay-
ment of Duty,
or to whose
Hands the
Goods shall
come.

Not to be
shipped until the
Planter or his

Coffee anU Cocoa jiJutaf.

1 3. The Duty shall be deemed to be Sterling Money
of Great Britain, and shall be paid to the Amount of the
Value which such nominal Sums bear in Great Britain,
and according to the Proportion of Five Shillings and
Sixpence the Ounce in Silver, and (the necessary Charges
of raising and paying the same excepted) shall be paid
into the Receipt of the Exchequer. 1 Geo. 1. st. 1.
c. 12. § 4. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §41.

14. The Duty shall be levied by the Commissioners of
the Customs in England, under the Directions of the
Lords of the Treasury. 25 Car. 2. c.7. § 3.

15. In case any Person liable to pay the Duty shall
not have Money to answer the same, the OfHcer shall ac-
cept, instead of such Money, such a Proportion of the
Commodity to be shipped as shall amount to the Value
thereof, according to the Current Rate of the Commodity
in the Plantation. 25 Car. 2. c, 7. §4.

16. Notwithstanding the Payment of the Duty, the
Cocoa Nuts shall not be shipped until such Security shall
be given as is required by 12 Car. 2. c. 18. and 22 & 23
Car. 2. c. 26. to carry the same to Great Britain or

Ireland, or tosome other of His Majesty's Plantations,
under the Forfeiture of Ship and Goods. 7 & 8 W. 3.
c.22. §8.

17- All Laws, Bye-laws, Usages, or Customs which
shall be in practice, or endeavoured or pretended to be
in force or practice, in any of His Majesty's Plantations
in America, which are anyways repugnant to this Act,
or to any other Law hereafter to be made in this
Kingdom, so far as such Laws shall relate to and men-
tion the said Plantations, are illegal, null, and void.
7 &8 W. 3. c.22. §9.

18. If the Goods shall be loaden on board any
Vessel before the Duties are paid, every Person as-
sisting or otherwise concerned, or to whose Hands the
same shall knowingly come after the Loading thereof,
shall for every OiFence forfeit Treble the Value of the
Goods, to be computed according to the best Price that
the Commodity bears at the Place where the Offence is
committed ; and all the Boats made use of in the Loading
shall be seized and prosecuted by any Officei of the
Customs. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §37.

Nrs Crsflppr ;:r flnros Niifo shiill be f^sil jn boatd

any Vessel in any of His Majesty's Colonies and Planta-
tions

Its.

ig Money
lunt of the
at Britain,
illings and
-y Charges
11 be paid
o. 1. St. 1.

issioners of
jns of the

Duty shall
er shall ac-
ion of the
the Value
!;!ommodity

Duty, the
curity shall
id 22 & 23
Britain or
'lantations,

r & 8 W. 3.

toms which
mded to be
Plantations

this Act,
ide in this

1 and men-
and void.

board any
Person as-
Hands the
ng thereof,
alue of the
it Price that
i Offence is
he Loading
icei of the

ui on board
and Planta-
tions

Coffee anh Coeoa i^ntfS.

tions in America, until the Planter or Grower, or his
known Agent, shall make Oath or Affirmation in Wn'Mng
before Two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in or
near the Place where the said Coffee grew, t? at tl same
is Hctuaily ol the Growth and Produce of such Planter's
or Cirower's Plantation lying in the District, Divii'on, or
Parish of , within the Island or Colony of

; which Oath or Affirmation shall be pro-
duced to the Collector, Comptroller, and Naval Officer,
or any of them, by the Person who shall enter or ship
such Coffee or Cocoa Nuts, b' <bre the Entry and Ship-
ping thereof; and such Person shall likewise make Oath
or Affirmation before the said Officers, or any Tv\o of
them, that the Coffee or Cocoa Nuts dien to be shipped
are the same as mentioned in such OatJi or Affirmation ;
and the Collector and Compu oiler, and Naval Officer,
shall deliver a Certificate of such Affidavit or Affirmation,
under their Hands and Seals, to the Master of such
Vessel; and, before Clearing, such Master shall make
Oath that he has received such Coffee on board hisV'essel,
and that he has no Coffee or Cocoa Nuts on board other
than such for which Proofs sliall be made as aforesaid,
and that he will not take or receive any more on board
before his Arrival in Great Britain or Ireland, and
making a Report of his Lading there; for which Affidavit
or Affirmation and Certificate the Collector and Comp-
troller, or Naval Officer, shall receive Five ShUlings and
no more; and all Certificates of such Affidavits or Affirm-
ations shall, by the Master of such Vessel importing the
Coffee or Cocoa Nuts into Great Britain or Ireland, be
produced to the Collector and Comptroller of the Cus-
tonis at the Port where the Vessel shall unlade, at the
Time of making his Report, and the Master shall at the
same Time deliver to them a Certificate under the Hands
and Seals of the Collector and Comptroller of the Cus-
toms and Naval Officer of the Place where such Coffee or
Cocoa Nuts shall have been shipped (or any Two of them)
testifying the particular Quantities laden, and of which
such Proofs have been made, specifying the Packages,
with the particular Marks, Numbers, and Weights of
each ; and the Master shall likewise make Oath, or, if he
be one of the People called Quakers, solemnly affirm be-
..... vncii!, tiiiii iiic v/uiicc or v^ocoa rvute mentioned m
the Certificate was taken on board as therein expressed,

E 3 and

Agent sliall
make Oarh of
the Growth
before Two Jus-
tices, of which a
Certificnie is to
be ?ranted.

Jif

,;?!»= »■ ,*;■

liilflli£lill>

Jf ihere are no
Justices, the
Oatli m;iy lie
in.idc before
Two |Tincip,il
Officers of" the

Cocoa Nuts of a
Poreign Country
not to be taken
on board cither
at Sea or in any
Place in America,
or landed in the
British Planta-
liuui..

Coffee aiiD Coeoa iQate.

and that, after his Departure from the Place where sucfi
Coffee or Cocoa Nuts was laden, he <lid not take on
board his Vessel at Sea or elsewhere any Coffee or Cocoa
Nuts, and that all the Coffee or Cocoa* Nuts on board is
mentioned in the Certificate. 5 Geo. 2. c. 24. § 3.
'23 Geo. 3. c. 79. § 7. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

20. If there are not any Justices of the Peace before
whom such Affidavit can be made, the Planter or Grower
may make the same before the Collector and Comptroller
or other Chief Officer of the Customs, or any Two of
them^ at the Port or Place from whence (he Article niay
b'3 intended to be shipped; and in the Certificate which
the Collector and Comptroller f\.nil Naval Officer, or any
Two of them, are required to deliver to the Shipper, they
shall also certify that there are not any Justices of the
Peace resident at or within such Colony or Plantation.
47 Geo. 3. c. 48. §2.

21. No Person having Charge of any Vessel shall take

m, or

penalty on tak-
ing false Oatiis
or counterfeiting
CertiHcues.

Alay be c-cported
to United Stales
on Payment of
Puty.

permit to be taken in, at any of the British
Plantations in America, or at Sea, or in any Place in
America, or land or suffer to be landed in any of the
said Plantations, any Cocoa Nuts of the Growth of any
Foreign Country, (except such as shall be regularly ex-
ported from Great Britain,) on Forfeiture thereof, and of
■^200,and likewise shall suffer 12 Months Imprisonment,
to be sued for in any Court of Record in Europe or the
Plantations; and what shall be recovered in Europe shall
be one Moiety to His Majesty, and the other to the In-
former ; and in the Plantations, One-third to His Majesty,
One-third to the Governor or Commander in Chiefi and
the other Third to the Informer. 23 Geo. 3. c. 79. § 8.

22. Persons falsely making any Oath or Affirmation
shall forfeit .^200, and be imprisoned Twelve Months ;
and if any Person shall forge or counterfeit a Certificate
of the said Oath or Affirmation, or shall publish such
Certificate, knowing the same to be forged, shall forfeit
^200, one Moiety to His Majesty, and the other to the
Informer. 23 Geo. 3. c. 79. § 9.

23. Coffee and Cocoa Nuts may be exported from the
West India Islands to any Territories belonging to the
United States, on Payment of the same Duties to which
Coffee and Cocoa Nuts exported to any British Colony
are liable ; jmd the Duties i^hall be raised, recovered, and
applied in the same Manner as the Duties on Cocoa

Nuts

vlicrc sucf*
t take on
' or Cocoti
n board is
c. 24. § 3.
St. 6.

ace before
or Grower
Jinptroiler
y Two of
rticle may
rate wliicli
:er, or any
pper, they
es of the
*Jantation.

shalltake
10 British

Place in
my of the
tth of any
iiJarly ex-
of, and of
isonnient,
pe or the
rope shall

the Lj-
' Majesty,
'hieti and
. 79. § 8.
[!irmation
Months ;
'ertificate
lish such
all forfeit
ler to the

from the
ig to the
to which

1 Colony
red, and
n Cocoa

Nuts

:>:

Coffee anb Cocoa iguw.

Nuts exported to any British Colony or Plantation in
America, are raised, recovered, and applied; but no
Coffee or Cocoa Nuts shall be so exported, other than by
British Subjects, in British-built Ships owned and navi-
gated according to Law, under Forfeiture diereof, and
also of the Vessel. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 3.

24. Coffee, the Produce of any British Colony in the
West Indies, imported into the Island of Bermuda in.
any British Vessel, may be exported from Saint George
or Hamilton in Bermuda to any Part of the Territories
of the United States of America, in any Foreign Vessel
belonging to any Country in Amity with His Majesty,
above the Burthen of 60 Tons. *52 Geo. 3. c. 79. § 1.
53 Geo. 3. c. 50.

25. Where, on Exportation of Goods to any British
Colony or Plantation in America, a Bond is required for
the due Landing thereof;* and a Certificate is required to
discharge such Bond, a similar Bond shall be required
on Exportation of such Goods to the United States, and
such Bond shall be discharged upon Certificate under
the Hand and Seal of the British Consul or Vice-Consul ;
or in case there shall not be any such Consul or Vice-
Consul, then under the Hand and Seal of any Officer
who may be appointed by the Umted States for the
Puipose of granting such Certificate ; and if there shall
not be any Officer appointed, then such Bond shall be
discharged upon a Certificate under the Hand and Seal
of any Magistrate of the United States, certifying that
there is no such Ofticer at the Port or Place where such
Goods shall be landed, and that Oath hath been made
before such Magistrate, by the Master of the Ship, that
the Goods were duly landed. 53 Geo. 3. c. 50. § 4.

26. Cocoa of the Growth or Production of any of tlie
Colonies or Plantations in America, or Countries on the
Continent of America, belonging to or under the Domi-
nion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State, im-
ported into any of the Free Ports, may be exported from
thence to any Part of the United Kingdom, under the
Rules and Regulations of 12 Car. 2. c. 18. 22 & 23 Car. 2.
0. 26. and 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 1 1.
See Free Ports.

55.

CofTee m.iy he
exported from
Bermuda to the
Unired States in
Foreign Vessels.

If Bond required,
when exported to
a British Colony,
siiiiiLr Bond to
be required on
Exportation to
the United
States,

Cocoa imporreii
into the Tree
Ports may l>c
exported to the
United Kins;-
do:n.

* J Bond is required upon the Exportation of Coffee and Cocoa
A uts to the British Coionies by 1 2 Cor. 2. c 1 8. § 1 9. See No. 2.

E 4 27. Any

May be ex-
ported from
Sugar Colonies
to Ports in Eu-
rope South of
Cape Finistcrre;

upon Licence
and Bond and
cartain Regula-
tions b«ing com-
plied with.

-i

urn

! ' »

iir

liiiiil'

Coffee ant Cocoa 51?ut0*

27. Any of His Majesty's Subjects may ship, in any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonics or Plantations in America, any
Coffee or Cocoa t eii )w < \. jf any such Colony or Planta-
tion, and may ovoort the s.iuie direct to any Port in Europe
to the Southward of Cape Finisterre, and import into the
said Colonies or Plantations any Sort of Corn or Grain
direct from any such Ports in Europe, or from any Place
on the Coast of Africa to the Northward of the Thirt eth
Uegree of North Latitude, in RrO: Ships, and under Li-
cences, Securities, Regulations, Penalties, and 1^ orfeitures
herem-after limited for that Purpose. 52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 1 .
28. No Coffee or Cocoa shall be so laden in any of
the said Colonies or Plantations, except in British-built
Ships owned, navigated, and registered according to
Law, nor unless a Licence shall have been first taken
out for that Purpose, under the Hands and Seals of the
Collector and Comptroller of the Port at which such
Coffee or Cocoa is intended to be shipped, subject to the
Regulations herein-aiter mentioned ; (that is to say), that
Notice be first given in Writing by the Master, or by
One or more Owner or Owners of the Ship, to the Col
lector and Comptroller of such Port, of their Intention
that such Ship shall, when laden, proceed direct to some
Port in Europe to the Southward of Cape Finisterre,
and export from thence, or from some Place on the Coast
of Africa to tlie Northward of the Thirtieth Degree of
North Latitutle, Corn or Grain, to be carried directly to
tlie Colony or Plantation from which such Ship shall
have sailed; and the Exporter shall then make Oath
before the Collector and Comptroller of the Port, that it
is his full Intention and Resolution to load the Ship with
Coffee or Cocoa for Exportation direct to some Port in
Europe to the Southward of Cape Finisterre, and to no
other^ Place ; and the Master or Owners, together with
the Exporter, shall thereupon enter into Bond, to the
Use of His Majesty, in Treble the Value of the Goods,
with Condition that, in case a Licence shall be granted as
aforesaid, such Ship shall proceed direct to some legal
Port of Destination, specifying the same ; and that no
Goods, except Coffee or Cocoa, shall be taken on board,
unless for the necessary Use of such Vessel during her
Voyage ; and also that, before the Expiration of Two
fears from the Date of such Licence, the same shall be
delivered up to the Collector or Comptroller of the Cus-
toms of the Port where the Coffee or Cocoa was shipped,

i o together

gjgjP

any of His
lerica, any
or Planta-
; in Europe
)rt into the
[1 or Grain
any Place
e Thirt eth
I under Li-
f'orfeitures
I. C.98. §1.
I in any of
Iritish-built
cording to
first taken
Seals of the
vhich such
bject to the
o say), that
ster, or by
to the Col
' Intention
2ct to some
Finisterre,
n the Coast
Degree of
directly to
Ship shall
iiake Oath
\)rt, that it
e Ship with
me Port in
and to no
^ethcr with
3nd, to the
the Goods,
: granted as
some legal
nd that no
n on board,
during her
on of Two
ne shall be
of the Cus-
as shipped,
together

Coffee anD Cocoa iUutfi?.

together with a Certificate, signed and s6aled by the Con-
sul, or Two known British Merchants of good Credit at
the Port or Place where such Coffee was landed, certify-
ing the Landing thereof, with the Number of Casks and
other Packages so landed, and the Mark, Number, and
Contents of each, together with the Name of the Ship
and Muster, and that they verily believe no other Goods
than Coffee or Cocoa have been there landed out ot such
Ship. 52 Geo. '3 . c. 98. § 2.

29. In case any licensed Ship shall take on board, in
any of the said Sugar Colonies or Plantations, or in her
Voyage from thence, any Coffee or Cocoa being the Pro-
duce of any Foreign Colony or Plantation, such Coffee
and Cocoa shall be forfeited with Double the Value, and
the Master and Shipper thereof shall forfeit Double the
Value, to be recoveied in the Court of Vice Admiralty in
America, or in any Court of Record there, at the Elec-
tion of the Prosecutor ; One Third Part to be for the
Use of His Majesty, One Third to the Governor of the
Colony, and the other One Third to the Prosecutor.
52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 3.

30. Belbie any Coffee or Cocoa shall be laden for any
Port in Europe to the Southward of Cape Finisterre, the
Exporter shall make an Entry thereof in Writing with
the Collector and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs^
expressing the Name of the Ship and tlie Master, and
where she lies, and also the Place, Quay, or Wharf where
tlie Goods are to be laden, or first water-borne, which
shall be within such Port only where a Custom house is
established, and where an Officer shall be appointed to
attend the Shipping, or at such Places as shall be men-
tioned in a Sufferance from the Collector and Comp-
troller ; and the Exporter shall thereon take out from
the said Collector and Comptroller a Cocket or War-
rant, whereon shall be endorsed by the Exporter
the Marks, Numbers, and Contents or Denominations
of such Coffee or Cocoa ; and the Cocket or Warrant so
endorsed shall be delivered to the Officer appointed for
the examining and shipping thereof; and the same shall
be shipped in the Presence of such Officers, or at such
Places, as shall be mentioned in the Sufferance or War-
I'ant, and such Officers shall examine the same before
put on board ; and if, before or alter the shipping thereof,
the Number of Casks or Packages shall be greater than
endorsed, or if there shall bt found any other Coffee or

Cocoa

Of a Foreign
Colony taken on
board in the
Siig.ir Colonies
nr in tlie Voy»ge
from thence.

Regulations to
he observed
before lading
Coffee or Cocoa
Nuts for Ports,
in Europe South
of Cape finis-
terre.

Bond may be
discharged on
Certificate.

Coffee anft Cocoa ii?uts.

Cocoa thun shall be so endorsed, or any other Goods than
Coffee or Cocoa shall be discovered on board, or brought
to be shipped in or put into any Vessel for that Purpose,
before Entry, or taking out such Cocket or Warrant,
endorsing and Delivery of the same, and not being ship-
ped in the Manner aforesaid, but shall be put on board,
or attempted to be put on board, contrary to this Act,
such Coffee and Cocoa shall be forfeited, as also the
Vessel or Carriage employed therein, with the Ship in
which such Goods shall be laden, and the Owner shall
forfeit Double the Value, to be recovered in the Court
of Vice Admiralty held in any of His Majesty's Planta-
tions in America, or in any Court of Record there, at
the Election of the Prosecutor ; One Third to be to the
Use of His Majesty, One Third to the Governor, and
the other One Third to the Prosecutor; and before such
Ship shall depart, the Master shall receive the said Li-
cence from the Collector or Com{)troller, with a Certifi-
cate endorsed thereon, or affixed thereto, under their
Hands and Seals of Office, who are to nnike Two Copies
of such Licence, Endorsements, or Certificates, for
which no more shall be taken than the legal and accus-
tomed Fees ; and the Master shall, before he receives the
said Licence, attest the Copies which are to be left with
the Collector and Comptroller, who are to transmit One
of the Copies of the Endorsements or Certificates to the
Commissioners of the Customs in England, and record
in a Book the Notice in Writing of the Owner of the
Ship, the Affidavit of the Shipper, the Licence granted,
together with the Clearance; but in case any Goods not
allowed by this Act shall be found on board, or carried
by any such Ship to any Foreign Port, , then the Liberty
granted by such Licence shall become void, and such
Ship and the Master, and all others concerned, shall be
liable to the same Penalties and Forfeitures as they
would have been in case this Act had not been made-
52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 4.

31. Upon such Licence being returned to the Collec-
tor and Comptroller of the Customs of the Port where
the Coffee or Cocoa was shipped, and an Account of the
Lading being endorsed thereon or annexed thereto, and
upon such Certificate of the Consul or Two known Bri-
tish Merchants of Crnnd Crfclit ht^inn nmrttmarl anA t^a
1 I. -HT ° '^ ^ •■■-■■<, ....W!.,,

several other Matters required being duly complied with
within Two Years from the Date of such Licence, the

Bond

roodb than
•r brought

Purpose,
Warrant,
m\fr ship-
on hoard,

this Act,
s also the
! Ship in
ner shall
:he Court
s Planta-
there, at
be to the
nor, and
fore such

said Li-
El Certifi-
der their
/o Copies
atcs, for
d uccws-
:eives the

left with
smit One
;s to the
i record
T of the
granted,
oods not
r carried

Liberty
nd such

shall be

as they
n made.

I Collec-
t where
it of the
Jto, and
wn Bri-
n^n6 the
ed with
ice, the
Bond

Coffee anh Cocoa iSuts.

Bond shall be discharged and delivered I'p. otherwise
shall be foifeited and prosecuted in liie Mj« iner befoK
directed. 52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 5.

32. Upon the Master or Ownef ofs»nh Vessel con-
forming to the Conditions of the LI v w id Bond, and
obtaining a Certificate from the Cons i • Two known
British Merchants as aforesaid, such V ,scl may load in
the Port of Delivery, or at any P- rt »r Place on the
Coast of Africa to the Northward of the Latitude of
Thirty Degrees North, any Corn or Grain, the Produce
of Europe or Africa, for Exportation, direct to the
said Colonies or Plantations, and there land the same.
52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 6.

33. All Penalties and Forfeitures incurred by this Act
(except where it is otherwise provided) shall be prose-
cuted in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at West-
Jiiinster or Dublin, or the Court of Exchequer in Scot-
land ; one Moiety whereof to be for the Use of His Ma-
jesty, and the other Moiety to the Prosecutor ; wherein
no Essoign, Protection, or Wager of Law shall be al-
lowed, nor any more than One Imparlance. 52 Geo. 3.
c.98. §7.

34. If any Person shall be sued for any thing done in
pursuance of this Act, he may plead tlie General Issue,
and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence ;
and if the Plaintiff or Prosecutor shall become nonsuit,
or forbear the Prosecution, or discontinue his Action, or
it Verdict shall pass against him, the Defendant shall
have Treble Costs, and the like Remedy for recovering
the same as in Cases where Costs are by Law given to
Defendants, 52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 8.

35. If any Person shall grant a false Certificate, or
counterfeit, erase, or alter any Licence, Oath, or Cer-
tificate which shall be made pursuant to this Act, or shall
knomngly publish or make v ;e thereof, such Person
shall forfeit jf 500, to be recovered and disposed of in
the Manner before directed ; and the Licence, Oath, or
Certificate so falsified, counterfeited, erased, or altered,
shall be of no Effect. 52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 9.

36. The Growth of any of His Majesty's Sugar Colo-
nies or Plantations in America, may be shipped and ex-
ported direct to the Island of Malta or the Dependencies

such vessels, and under such

Vessels export-
ing Coffee and
Cocoa Nuts m;iy
load Corn ar
Orain at I'ons
in Europe, or
certain Ports in
Africa.

How Penalties
and Forfeitures
to be recovered.

General Issue
may be pleaded,
and Treble Costs
sllowed.

Granting false
Certificates or
counterfeiting
Documents.

.-.v. «•« n:i 1^ -

Licences, Entries, Securities, Regulations, Penalties,

and

Of the Sugar
Colonies may be
exported to
Malta or
Gibraltar.

Duty u.pon Iin-
portation of
Foreien CoffW.

How to be col-
lertcd and paid.

Appropriation
tticrcof.

Duty upon Im-
portation of
British Coffee.

Hov\ to he col-
lected, recrvprrl
and appropii:itc('

Coffee am Cocoa JI?uts.

and Forfeitures, as are herein })arlicularly mentioned.
55 Geo. 3. C.29. §5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. §1.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

37- There shall be paid to His Majesty upon Coffee,
the Produce of any Colony or Plantation in America not
under the Dominion of His Majesty, which shall be im-
ported or brought into any Colony or Plantation in
America under the Dominion of His Majesty, the Duties
following; that is to say,

For every Hundred Weight Avoirdupois of such Fo-
reign Coffee, which shall be imported from any Place
except Great Britain, Two Pounds Nineteen Shillings
and Nine-pence. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 1.

38. The Duties sliall be collected and paid in the same
Manner, and by such Ways and Means, and under such
Penalties and Forfcituies (not otherwise altered by this
Act), as are mentioned in 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. with respect
to tlic Collection and Payment of the Duties thereby
granted upon Sugar; and all Powers, Penalties, Provi-
sions, Articles, and Clauses in that Act coiitained and
referred unto, except in such Cases where any Alteration
is made by this Act, shall be applied and put in Exec i-
tion for the raising, levying, collecting, and answering tne
Duties hereby gianted. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 7.

See SutiAK.

39. The said Duties (except the necessary Charges of
raising, paying, recovering, and accounting *br the same)
.shall be paid into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exche-
quer, and be entered separate and apart vrom all other
Monies payableto His Majesty, and shall be there re-
served to be disposed of by Parliament towards defraying
the necessary Expences of defending and securing the
British Colonies in America. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 11, 41.

40. There shall be pail unto His Majesty, His Heirs
and Successors, the Duties herein-after mentioned : that
is to say,

For every Hundred Weight Avoirdupois of f'off'ee
of the Growth of any British Colony or Plantation in
America, which shall be imported or brought from
thence into any other British Colony or Plantation in
America, Seven Shillings. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 4.

41. The said Duties shall be deemed Sterling Money
ot Great Britain, and received to the Amount of the

Value

ts.

mentioned.
1.

ipon Coffee,
inierica not
shall be ini-
lantation in
, the Duties

of such Fo-
1 any Place
'n Shillings

in the same
! under such
ired by this
vith resjiect
ties thereby
ties, Provi-
itained and
y Alteration
It in Exec i-
iswering tne

Charges of
or the same)
ity's Exche-
m all other
be there re-
is defraying
ecuring the
5. § 11, 41.
His Heirs
tioned : that

s of f 'off'ee
lantation in
:)ught from
'lantation in

ling Money

)unt of the

Value

Coffee anti Cocoa i^ats.

Value which such nominal Sums bear in Great Britain,
according to the Proportion and Value of 5s. 6d. the
Ounce in Silver, and shall be collected, paid, and re-
covered by such Rules, Penalties, and Forfeitures, as
any other Duties payable to His Majesty upon Goods
nnported into the said Colonies or Plantations are or
may be collected, paid, and recovered by any Acts
of Parliament now in force ; and all the Monies that
hall arise by the said Duties (except the necessary
Charges of collecting, recovering, paying, and account-
nig for the same) shall be paid into the" Receipt of His
Majesty's Excheiiuer, and entered separate and apart
from all other Monies paid or payable to His Majesty,
and shall be disposed of by Parliament towards defraying
the necessary Expences of defending and securing the
British Colonies and Plantations in America. 6 Geo. 3
c. 52. § 12.

_ 42. But no Duty shall be paid for i.:iy British Coffee
nnported or brought into any British Colony or Planta-
tion m Amerioa, if deposited' in Warehouses provided at
the sole Expence of the Importer or Proprietor of such
Coffee, with the Privity and Approbation and under
the Care and Inspection of the Collector and Comp-
troller or other Principal Officer of the Customs at the
Place where such Coffee shall be imported, and secured
under the separate Locks of such Officers and the Pro-
prietor, and, within Twelve Calendar Months f.om tlie
landing and warehousing the same, shall be shipped
d'.recty from thence for Exportation to Great Britain or
to Ireland, or some other British Colony or Plantation
in America, under the Securities and Restrictions re-
quired by Law. 6 Geo. S. c. 52. § 15. 39 & 40 Geo. 3.
c. 67. Art. 6.

43. No Duty shall be paid for any Foreign Coffl-e
imported or brought into any British Colony or Planta-
tion on the Continent of America, if deposited in Ware-
houses provided at the sole Expence of the Importer or
Proprietor of such Coffee, with the Privity and Appro-
bation and under the Care and Insi^ection of the Col-
lector and Comptroller, or other Principal Officer of the
Customs at the Place where such Coffee shall be im-
ported, and shall also be secured under the separate
Locks^ot such Officers and Proprietor, and within Twelve
'^«iciiuar ivioniiis irom the landing and warehousiiiji the
same, shall be shipped for Exportation as herein-atlev is

CAprcs^ed ;

British Coffee
warehoustd for
Exportation to
Cireat Britain,
Ireland, or some
other British
Col(/ny, no Duty
to he cliareed.

Foreign CofFec:
may be ware-
housed on Im-
portation into
C'lloiiits Oil tlie
Ciintinent of
Amsrici, mj

on r.XpOITdlK))!

thereof Baa J ij

he jivi'u.

i .Mjin
i

If Duties not
paid or the
Goods exported,
they may he sold
by the Officers.

Cocoi cf Foreign
Colonies may be
imported into the
Free Ports in
Foreign VeHeb.

Coffee anti Cocoa jl?utflf^

expressed ; that is to say, before such Foreign Coffee
shall be taken out of such Warehouse for Exportation,
the Exporter shall become bound with sufficient Security,
in the Penalty of ^5 for every Hundred Weight of
such Coffee, that the same shall be exported according
to the Entry, and not relanded in any Part of the British
Dominions in America; which Bond the Collector and
Comptroller, or other Principal Officer of the Customs at
the Port from whence such Foreign Coffee shall be in-
tended to be exported, are required to take to the Use of
His Majesty; and the said Bond, with respect to such
Coffee as shall be exported to Great Britain, Ireland,
or to any other Place under the Dominion of His
Majesty where Custom-house Officers arc or may be
established, shall be with further Condition to return a
Certificate, within Eighteen Calendar Months from the
Date of iiuch Bond, from the Collector and Comptroller
or other Principal Officer of the Customs at such Place,
that such Coffee has been there landed accordingly ; and
with respect to such Coffee as shall be exported to any
Place not under the Dominion of His Majesty, or where
no such Officers are appointed, such Bond shall continue
in force for Two Years from the Date theieof ; and in
case no Fraud shall appear within that Time, it shall be
lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs
in England, or any Four or more of them, to direct the
said Bond to be cancelled and delivered up. 6 Geo. 3.
c. 52. § 16. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

44. If the Importer or Proprietor of any such Foreign
Coffee warehoused as atbresaid shall not pay the Duties
nor export the Goods within Twelve Calendar Months,
the Collector and Comptroller or other l'rinci})al Officer
of the Customs may cause the same to be publicly sold,
and the Money arising by such Sale shall be in the first
place applied in Disciiarge of tiie Duties and Charges
attending the Sale, and the Sur{)liis (if any) after Payment
of the said Duties and Charges, shall be paid to the Im-
porter or Proprietor, or to such other Person as shall be
duly authorized to receive the same. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 1 7.

45 Cocoa, the Protluction of any of the Colonies in
America, or of any Cojuitry on the Continent of America,
belonging to or un<Ier the Dominion of any Foreign
European Sovereign or State, may be imported from any
of the buiu Colonics or Countrifs iriio trie Free Ports, in
any Foreign, Vessel owned and navigated by Persons in-
habiting

•"^

tff.

ireign Coffee
Exportation,
lent Security,
I Weight of
id according
tf the British
oUector and
e Customs at

shall be in-
to the Use of
pect to such
lin, Ireland,
lion of His
or may be

to return a
Lhs from the
Comptroller

such Place,
dingly; and
:)rted to any
ty, or where
lall continue
eof; and in
e, it shall be
ty's Customs
to direct the
6 Geo. 3.

uch Foreign
y the Duties
Jar Months,
^ipal Officer
ublicly sold,
3 in the first
ind Charges
ler Payment
I to the Im-
as shall be
3. c. 52. §17.
Colonies in
of America,
ny Foreign
id from any
ree Ports, in
Persons in-
habiting

'-£:

Coffee of Foreign
Colonies maybe
impoued in
Foreign Vessels
into Ports to be
approved by His
Majesty,<>nd ex-
ported without
Payment of
Duty :

Coffee anD Cocoa jl^uts.

habiting any of the said Colonies in America, or Countries
on the Continent of America, belonging to or under the
Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State.
45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 1.

See Free Ports,
46. Coffee, the Production of any Foreign Colony
or Plantation, may be imported into Nassau in New Pro-
vidence, Pitt's Town in Crooked Island, or into such
Ports in the Bahama Islands, or into the principal Port
of Bermuda, or into such Ports in the Caicos as have been
or m ly hereafter be approved bv His Majesty, in such
Foreign Vessels, and subject to such Rules, Regulations,
and Restrictions, as are prescribed in this Act with respect
to the Goods herein enumerated; and such Coffee may
be so nnported and again exported without Payment of
any Duty of Customs. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 4, 5.
See Free Ports.

47. His Majesty, with the Advice of His Privy Coun-
cil, may permit the Importation into Road Harbour in
the Island of Tortola, one of the Virgin Islands, and the
^.xportation from tlience into Great Britain, of Foreign
Coffee, m the sameManner, and subject to the same Rulis,
Regulations, Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures, as
are provided in 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. respecting Importation
and Exportation of Coffee from Nassau, and further sub-
ject to such Rules, &c. as shall be directed bv His

Majesty. 46 Geo. 3. c. 72. $ 1.
See Free Ports.

48. Any Foreign Vessel described in 45 Geo. 3. c. 57
may come in Ballast, or import into any Part of' the
Bahama Islands where there is a Custom-house, any
Coffee allowed m the said Act to be imported into cer*-
tain Ports therein mentioned in Foreign Vessels, and
may also export such Coffee conformably with the Re-
gulations of the said Act. 52 Ceo. 3. c. 99. § i.

See Free Ports.

Cotn.

.] . Copper Coin, not '>- u- the legal Copper Coin of Counterfe.r, ,
u.is Kingdom, and counterfeit Gold or Silver Coin '" ^^^ exported
made to the Similifude or Resemblanrp «,• Jnfz,^^ "i . ♦rom Great Bri-
resernbio on,r rvi,i oi ^^^"^''^"Ja'jcc, oi intended to lair, to the
of u ?. fl' 7^ "'' ?'''''' ^°"' «^ this Kingdom, or British Colonic,

be cxpou.xlor puc on board any Vessel or Boat lor the

Purpose

also into ami
from Tortola,
under the same
Rules, &c. and
sucii other as
His Majesty
niav direct;

and into and
from any Part of
the Bahama
I-ilands where
ti.ere is a Cus-
tom-ltouse.

^m.}

■ r"i ■ • ■ '1

Penalty on the
Exporters or
Persons having
such Coin in
their Custfxly.

Importation al-
lowed into the
Free Ports in
Foreign Vessels.

Coin.

Purpose of being exported from Great Britain to any of
His Majesty's Islands or Colonies in the West Indies
or America, shall be forfeited, and may be prosecuted
and recovered in such Courts, and by the like Mean^,
and the Produce thereof disposed of and applied in the
like manner, and to Such Uses, as any Forfeiture in-
curred by any Law respecting the Revenue may now be
prosecuted or recovered, disposed of, and applied in
Great Britain, or in any of His Majesty's Islands in the
West Indies. 38 Geo. 3. c. 67. § 1.

2. Every Person who shall export, or put on board
any Vessel or Boat in order to be so exported, or shall
cause or procure to be so exported or put on board any
Vessel or Boat, or who shall have in his Custody in order
to be so exported, any such Coin, shall forfeit j£200, and
Double the Value of such Coin, to be recovered by
Action or Information in any of His Majesty's Courts
of Record at Westminster. 38 Geo. 3. c. 67. § 2.

3. All Coin may be imported from any of the Colo-
nies or Plantations in America, or from any Country on
the Continent of America belonging to or under the
Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State,
into the Free Ports, in any Foreign Vessel owned aud
navigated by Persons inhabiting any of the said Colonief>
or Plantations or Countries. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.' 4-9 Geo. 3.
c. 22. 52 Geo, 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.

See Free Pouts.

"■

Must be landed

' ■ -WM

in some other

British Planta-

tion, or ill Great

Britain or Ire-

J.ind.

Importation

*iliov\eu Il'oni
Malta o--
Gibraltar.

Copper iDre,

Of the Production of the British Plantations in Ameri-
ca, shall not be shipped or conveyed from any of the
said Plantations to any Place, unless to some other
Plantation belonging to His Majesty, or to Great
Britain or Ireland. 12 Car. 2. c. 18. §18, 19. 22 &
23 Car. 2. c. 26. § 1 1. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 1 3. 8 Ann.
c. 13. §23. 8Geo. I.e. 18. 4 Geo. 3. c' 15. § 24. 27.
15 Geo. 3. c. 31. §6. 20 Geo. 3. c 10. § 1. 3. 39 &
40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

For the Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures, to
secure the Landing in the Plantations or in Great
Britain or Ireland, (See " Ashes, Pot and Pearl.")

Coral,

IV/T--. U - ^-J p. -Mr-li.- -_ C il- _ T-\

Axjty De CApuricru trurii inaiuj vr any ui un: ucycn-

dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct fo any of Hif^

Majesty's

in to any of
Vest Indies

prosecuted
ike Mean^,
alied in the
rfeiture in-
may now be

applied in
anas in the

it on board
ed, or shall

board any
vly in order

j£200, and
covered by
sty's Courts
I. §2.
)f the Colo-
Country on

under the

rn or State,

owned and

lid Colonief"

' 49 Geo. 3.

s in Ameri-
any of the
some other
to Great
19. 22 &
13. 8 Ann.
5. §24.27.
. 3. 39 &

feitures, to
■ in Great
^earl.")

tU - T-\

any of Hi^

Majesty's

-M

CoraU

Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or PJantations in North America, in British-
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. ■'. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1.

See GlBRALTAIt.

Malta

Cor ft.

1. The Produce of Europe South of Cape Finisterre,

may be shipped and laden in any Port or Place of

Europe South of Cape Finisterre, for Exportation direct

to any of the Ports herein-after mentioned ; (that is to

say), Saint John's in New Brunswick, Saint John's in

Newfoundland, Quebec in Canada, Sydney in Cape

Bieton, Halifax and Shelburn in Nova Scotia, and

Charlotte Town in Prince Edward's Island, all in North

America, on board of any British Ship owned, navigated,

and registered according to Law, which shall have arrived

at any Port or Place of Europe South of Cape Finisterre

with Articles of the Growth or Produce of the said

Colonies or Plantations, or with Fish taken and cured by

His Majesty's Subjects carrying on the Fisheries from

any of the said Colonies or Plantations, or from any Part

of the United Kingdom, or with any of the Goods herein-

alter mentioned, Vom Canada, whether such Goods

^hall be the L.^duce of Canada, or shall have been

brought nito the Province by Land or Inland Navi.ra-

tion. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. ^S 2. *

2. Upon the Importation of Cork i.ito anv of the said
1 orts, the same shall be subject to the Payment of such
Uuties as Goods of the like Denomination are liable to
up<m being imported into any of the said Ports from
Great Britam. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 3.

3. The Person exporting any Cargo from any Port in
ihe Provmces of Nova Scotia or of New Brunswick, for
any Port ot Europe South of Cape Finisterre, shall make
Oath at the Port of Shipment before the Chief Officer
oi the Customs, or before the Naval Officer in Command
at sucli Port, that the Cargo so shipped is the Growth
and Procluce of the Province, or the Produce of the
iintish Fisheries in North America, really taken and

siUQ

Vessels from
British Colonies
in North Atne-
rica, arriving with
the Produce
tliereof at Places
ill Europe South
of Cc ie Finis-
terre, may im-
port from thence
Cork the I'ro-
duce of Europe.

What Dvities
liable to.

»"ured bv Hie Mn;ocf,A, cu:,^.... „^.,.._-', ' i

,.. , . -• --" ••-■'j^^V - >^uHjecL3 carrying on tne saiu

ishenes from some of the Colonies or Plantations; and

•jiich

On Exportation
from Nova
Scotia or New
Brunswick, Oath
to be made that
the Cargo is the
Produ;.c of the
Province, 01 of
the British
fisheries; and
Certificate
thereof to be
prod lit till.

Certain Articles
may be exported
from Canada
without such
Oath, on pro-
ducing the Cer-
titicate of the
regular Tmporta-
tion by Land or
Inland Navi-
gntion.

Oath to be made,
before shipping
Pickled or Dry
FishfiomCanaiia,
that it is the
Produce of the
British Fisheries.

Corft*

such Oificer shall certify such Oath under his Hand ; and
the Certificate shall be produced by the Master of the
Vessel on board of which any such Cargo is shipped, on
his Arrival at the Port in Europe, within the Limits afore-
said, to which such Cargo shall be consigned, or to which
such Vessel shall go for the Delivery of the Cargo; and
the Master of such Vessel shall make Oath before the
British Consul there resident, or if there shall be no
British Consul, then before Two known British Merchants
there resident, that the Certificate so produced was the
Certificate of the Officer of the Customs or Naval Officer
whose Name it bears, and was duly signed by him.
51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 4.

4. The Exporter of Wheat, Flour, Peas, Beans, Oats,
Barley, Indian Corn, Rye, White Oak Staves, and
Heading, diessed or undressed. Hoops, Pine Planks, and
Boards, from Canada, shall not be required to make Oath
that the said Articles are the Produce of Canada ; and
the Master of the Ship, on his Arrival at any Port of
Europe within the Limits aforesaid, shall only be required
to produce a Certificate from the Chief Officer of the
Customs, or the Naval Officer in Command at Quebec,
that the said Articles were of the Growth of or brought
into Cpnada conformably to the Regulations established
by Law in the said Province (if any), by Land or Inland
Navigation, from Countries bordering thereon, and
which Certificate such Officer of the Customs or Naval
Officer is required to grant, upon satisfactory Proof being
made upon Oath or othei'wise ; and the Authenticity of
such CertiPcate shall be swoi'n to, in manner aforesaid,
by the Master of such Ship, at the Port of Delivery in
Europe within the aforesaid Limits. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 5.

5. Before shipping any Pickled Fish or Dry Fish for
Exportation from Canada to any Port of Europe within
the Limits aforesaid, the Person in whose Possession the
same continued from tlie Time of its being landed from
the Fishing V^esscl employed in the taking it, until ship-
ped for Exportation, shall make Oath before the Chief
Officer of the Customs or the Naval Officer in Command
at Quebec, that the same was the Produce of the British
American Fisheries, really and bona fide taken and cured
by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on the said Fisheries
from some of the British Colonies; and on such Oath

tiitr ~ ' "

f I flWJ ^*^v

ix: y^i.zat.\jis

4- C^i^y^l^r^r* 4-Urx

Naval Officer shall grant Certificate thereof signed with

his

Hand ; and
ister of the
shipped, on
amits afore-
or to which
Uargo ; and
before the
hall be no
1 Merchants
:ed was the
aval Officer
;d by him.

Jeans, Oats,
Staves, and
Planks, and
make Oath
9,nada ; and
iny Port of
be required
icer of the
at Quebec,

or brought

established
1 or Inland
ereon, and
ns or Naval
Proof being
henticity of
I' aforesaid,
Delivery in
3. C.97. §5.
>ry Fish for
rope within
ssession the
landed from

until ship-
e the Chief
i Command
the British
1 and cured
id Fisheries

such Oath
or

.•l^ot.\jllir^

signed with
^ his

Corft.

his Hand, which Certificate only the Master of the Vessel
shall be required to produce at the Port of Delivery in
Europe within the Limits aforesaid, and shall make Oath
of the Authenticity of such Certificate in manner afore-
said. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. §6.

6. Any Ship or Goods subject to Forfeiture under this
Act may be seized by any Officer of the Customs in the
said Colonies or Plantations, or by the Commander of
any ot His Majesty's Vessels of War, and shall be prose-
cuted ana the Produce divided in the same manner, and
by the same Regulations, as any other Forfeiture imposed
by any Act made for the Security of the Revenue, or the
Regulation or Improvement thereof, or for the Reraila-
tion of Trade or Navigation, before the passing ot^this
Act, m any British Colony or Plantation in America.
51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 7.

7. May be exported from Malta or any of the Depen-
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, diret-t to any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in Ainerica, or
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Co-
lonies or Plantations in North America, in British-built
bhips, owned, navigated, and registered according to Law
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

Corn ann (Brain.

1. Flour, Peas, Beans, Wheat, Oats, Barley, or
Gram ot any sort, of the Growth of any of the Territories
oi the United States, may be imported from the said
lerritories into His Majesty's West India Islands (in
which Description the Bahama Islands and the Bermuda
or Somer. Islands are included), or into the Colonies of
Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo, in the Province of
Guiana; but not to be so imported, except by British
Subjects, and in British-built Ships owned and navigated
according to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and of the
Vessel 28Geo.3 c.6.§l,2. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1
«owt^^"*^ ■ s^'d Articles, being the Growth of the
sau lerritories, maybe imported from thence into Saint

FnlP V ^,T'^"' '" ^^'^ ^^^^»d "f Bermuda, in any
&;:T;1?1.^^1°"«^"«,^«.-3' Country in Amity witf
u;l Tu""^' T*^' TT '''■^F^"«« "^>ni tiiu saui Forts to any of
Hi!. Majesty s Islands or Dominions in the West Indies in

P 2 British-

By whom Ships
and Goods may
be seized and
prosetuted.

Importation
allowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

May be imported
from United
States into West
Jndia Islands and
Colonies in
Guiana in British
Vessels J

and into Ber-
muda in Foreign
Vessels.

Not to be im-
ported from
Colonies under
Foreign Eu-
io|)ean Sove-
reigns,

Corn mh (Brain*

except in case of
Distress, for the
J^upply of the
Inhabrtaiit:..

So imported for

the Supply of
the Iiihal/itants
not to be ex-
ported, .ind Oath
to be taken
before ;;hip|iiiii;
Articles of the
like Denomi-
nation.

Bi'itish-built Vessels owned and navijrated according to
Law 52 Geo. 3. c. 79. § 2, 3. 53 Geo. 3. c 50. § 1.

3- No Flour, Peas, Beans, Wheat, Oats, Btir'cy, or
Grain, shall be imported into His M.^jesty'8 West India
Islands, including; the Bahama and Bermuda or Somers
Islands, or into the Colonies of Demerara, Berbice, or
Essequibo, from any Island in the West Indies, or Colony
or Plantation on the Continent of South America, under
the Dominion of any For(>i{rn European Sovereign or
State, on Forfeiture thereof and of the Vessel. 28 Geo. S.
c 6. § 10. 31 Geo. 3. C.38. § 1. 56 Geo. 3 c. 91. § 1.

4*. In case of public Emergency or Distress, it shall be
lawful for the Governors, Lieutenant Governors, or
Comniaiulers in Chief of any of the said Islands in the
West Indies under the Dominion of His Majesty, or
for the Governors &c. of the said Colonies of Deinorara,
Berbice, or Es.^equibo, with the Advice and Consent of
their respecfive Councils, to authorize the Im[iortation
of the said Articles, tor a limited Time, from any Island
in the West Indies, or Colony or Plantation on the Con-
tinent of South America, belonging to any Foreign
European Sovereign or State, ft)r the Supply of the
Inhabitants of the said Islands and Colonies; provided
that such Articles shall not be so imported except by
British Subjects, and ui British-built Vessels owned and
navigated according to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and of
the Vessel. 2S Geo. 3. c. 6. § 11. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38. § 2.
56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1

5- None of the said Articles which shall have been
imported from any Island in the West Indies, or Colony
on the Continent of South America, under the Domi-
nion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State, into
any of His Majesty's West India Islands, or Colonies of
Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo, for the Supply of the
Inhabitants, shall be exported from any of the said Islands
or Colonies, or put on board any Vessel or Boat or
brought to any Quay with Intent to be so exported, on
Forfeiture thereof, and also of the Vessel or Boat in
which laden ; and before shippijig of any Article of the
like Denomination that may lawfully be exported from
any suci* Islands or Colony, the Exporter shall make
Oath that the same or any Part thereof had not been,
imported for the Supply of the Inhabitants from an\
Island in the West Indies, or Cokmy cm Ae Continent
of South America, under the Domm^m of any Foreign

European

__cfei_

ording to
50. § 1.
itii-'cy, or
/est India
ir Somers
erbice, or
or Colony
ica, under
ereign or
28 Geo. S.
:.91. §1.
it shall be
mors, or
ds in the
ajesty, or
3eniorara,
!onseiit ol'
iportation
ny Island
I the Con-
^^ Foreign
ily of the
provided
except by
wned and
sol' and of
C.38. §2.

have been
Dr Colony
le Domi-
itate, into
!olonies of
iply of the
lid 1 slands
• Boat or
orted, on

Boat in
cle of the
rted fronn
lall make

not been
from an\
Lontinent
y Foreign
Earope«ui

Corn and (Brain.

European Sovereign or State. 29 Geo. 3. c. 56. § 1,2.
31 Geo. 3. c. 38. § 3, 4. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1.

6. Any Person convicted of taking n false Oalii touch-
ing iiiiy of the Facts requiretl to be testified on Oath, shall
be deemed guilty of Perjury, and be liable to the Pains
and Penalties to which Persons are liable for wilful and
corrupt Perjury, and may be prosecuted in any Court of
Record in Great Britain, or in any of His Majesty's Courts
of Judicature in the West Indies. 29 Geo. 3. c. 56. § 3.
31 Geo. 3. c. 38. § 5.

7. Grain of all Sorts or Flour may be iropurted from
any Colonies or Plantations in America, belonging to or
under the Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign
or State, into the Free Ports in tlie West Indies, in any
Foreign Vessel manned and navigated by Persons inha-
biting any of the said Colonies or Plantations belonging
to any Foreign Sovereign or State, under the like Autho-
rity, Restrictions, Rules, Regulations, Penalties, and For-
feitures provided in 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. Vt^ith respect to
Articles therein enumerated. 45 Geo. 3. c.57. 48 Geo. 3.
c. 125. §2. 49 Geo. 3. c. 22. 5'2 Geo. 3. c. 44. 57
Geo. 3. c. 74.

See Free Ports.

8. During the Continuance of the Treaty with Portu-
gal, any Person may import into any of the said West
India Islands, including tiie Bahama and Bermuda or
Somers Islands, or Colonies ofDejnerara, Berbice, or
Essecjuibo, any Flour, Peas, Beans, Wheat, Oats,
Barley, or Grain of any Sort, such Articles being tlie
Growth or Production of .some of tl'.e Territories or
Dominions belonging to the Crown of Portugal in South
America, and imported direct from the i-aid Territories
or Dominions in British-built Ships, owned, navigated,
and registered according to Law. 51 Geo. 3. c. 47. § 5.
36 Geo. 3. c. 91.

9. Grain, Peas, Beans, and Flour may be imported
into any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in the
West Indies, or en the Continent of America, for the
Supply of the Inhabitants thereof, in British-built Ships,
registered and navigated according to Law, from any
Colony or Plantation in the W\'st Indies, or on the Con-
tment ol America, under the Dominion of any Foreign
European Sovereign or State. 58 Geo. 3. c 27. f, 1.

10. Peas and Beans, the Growth of any of the Colonies
or Possessions in the West Indies or on the Continent of

F 3 America,

Persons takin|;
fals'j Onths.

Grain and Flour
may be imponed
ill Foreign Ver-
seta into the
Tree Ports.

Of the Portu-
guese Settlc-
mer may be
imported into
the West Indies
or Colonics ia
Guia;;a.

May be imparted
into the XV'est
Iniios and Co-
lii:;! ", on the
CvM'.inciit, for
tile Siipiily of
'.I:-.' Inhabitants,
fro'n Colonies
11 n ! r l''nreigu
liuTi'i'can
.SovtTjigns.
PcJa and Beans
of C'rlonies undor
I'oicign Eu-

lopean Sove-
reign.-, may he
imported into
i.lu- Free Ports
in Foreign
Vfssels.

May he imported
from the United
States for the
Supply of In-
i)ahitiintsof Nova
Scotia, &c.
in case of
Distress :

and Flour and
Indian Corn for
the Supply of
the Inhiiliiiants
and Fishermen
at Newfound-
land ;

und Flour, &c.
for the Purpose
i.'f being re-ex-

Corn anU (Brain.

Anicika, hclongiiijr to en under the Doiniaion of any
Foreign European Sovereign or State, may be imported
into any of the Ports in His Majesty's Colonies or Plan-
tations in the "West Indies enumerated in 45 Geo. 3. c.57.
46 Geo. 3. c. 72. 49 Geo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c 99. and
57 Geo. 3. c. 74. in Vessels of the like Description, and
subject to the like Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions
as are required by the aforeb,:iid Acts, permitting certain
Articles to be imported into the Ports enumerated therein
in \Vssels of the like Description, and subject to the like
Rules, &c. as are required by 50 Geo. 3. c. 2 1 . * — 58 Geo 3,
c. 27. § 2.

11. In case of public Emergency or Distress, it shall
be lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or
Commander in Chief of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick,
Ca})e Breton, or Saint John's, with the Advice and Con-
sent of their respective Councils, to authorize the Im-
portation of Flour, Peas, Beans, Wheat, Oats, Barley,
or Grain of any Son, for a limiteil Time, from any of
the Territories belonging to the saitl United States, for
the Sap|)]y of the InhalMlunts of the s.iid Provinces and
Islands; but such Corn, ivic. shall not be so imported,
except l)y British Subjccls, and in British built Ships
owned tind navigated according to Law, on Forfeiture
thereof and of the Ship. 2S Geo. 3. c. 6. §13.

12. His Majesty in Council, by Order to be issued
and published, or by Warrant under His Sign Manual,
may empower the Governor of Newfoundland to autho-
rize, in case of Necessity, the Importation of Flour and
Indian Corn from any of the Territories of the United
States of Ainerica, for the Supply of the Inhabitants and
Fishermen for the then ensuing Season; provided that
such Flour and Indian Corn shall not be so imported
except in conformity to such Rules, Regulations, and
Restrictions as shall be specified in such Order or War-
rant, and except by British Subjects, in British-built
Ships, owned and navigated according to Law, on For-
feiture thereof :n.ti of :he Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 13.

13. Any ol the Governors, Lieut(.aant Governors, or
Coujuiantlers in Chief for the Time being of Nova Scotia

*^ litis Act (which was made perpetual hy .54 Geo. 3. c. 48.)
permitted the Importation and Exportation of the Articles under
the Rules and Regulations of 4o Geo. 3. c. 57. in any Foreign
f'essel, although havins more than One Deck.

Oi-

Corn anD <0ratn.

n\ of any
imported
i or Plan-
O.3. C.57.
:. 99. and
)tion, and
estrictions
(ig certain
ed therein
:o the like
-58 Geo 3,

B, it shall
ernor, or
runswick,
and Con-
the Im-
s, Barley,
111 any ot"
itates, tor
inces and
irnpoited,
lilt Ships
:'\)rfeiturc

be issued
Manual,
to autho-
Hour and
e United
tants and
ided that
imported
ons, and
or VVar-
tibh-built
on For-
). §13.
mors, or
va Scotia

3. c. 48.)
cles under
y Foreign

or New Brunswick, or of Cape Breton or Saint John's,
with the Advice and Consent of their respective Councils,
may authorize the Importation of the Articles enumerated
in 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. (viz. Flour, &c. See No. 1.) for a
limited Time, from any of the Territories of the United
StatCB of America, for the Purpose of being re exported
to any other of His Majesty';, Colonies or Plantations.
4S Geo. 3. c. 125. § 1.

1 4. Any British Vessel owned and navigated accord-
ing to Law, or any Vessel belonging to the Subjects of
any Sovereign or State in Amity with His Majesty, may
import into such Ports as shall be specially appointed
within the Province of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick,
the following Articles; videlicet, Flour, Peas, Beans,
Wheat, Oats, Barley, or Grain of any Sort ; provided
that none of the said Articles shall be 1 iported in Foreign
Vessels, unless of the Growth or Produce of the Country
to which the Vessel importing the same sb.nil belong ;
and any of the «aid Articles may be re-exported, either to
the United Kingdom, or any other of His Majesty's Pos-
sessions, in any British-built Vessel owned and navigated
according to Law. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § J, 2, 3.

15. His Majesty, with the Advice of His Privy Council,
may make such Rules and Regulations for the Import-
ation and Exportation of the said Articles at the said
Ports, with such Penalties and Forfeitures for the Breach
thereof, as shall seem fit and necessary to His Majesty,
by and with the Advice aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 6.

16. This Act shall continue in force for the Space of
Three Years from and after the passing of the same,*
and until Six Weeks after the Commencement of the
then next Session of Parliament. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 7.

17. His Majesty in Council, by Order to be issued
and published, may authorize, in case of Necessity, the
Importation of Flour and Indian Corn as well into the said
Province of Quebec as into all the Countries bordering
OH the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and into the Islands within
the said Gulf, and also to the Coast of Labrador, for the
then ensuing Season only, from any of the Territories be-
longing to the United States, for the Supply of the Per-
sons employed in or carrying on the Fisheries ; provided
that such Flour and Indian Corn shall not be so imported
except in conlbrmity to such Rules, Regulations, and

ported from
Nova Scotia,
he. to 6th<;r

Colonies.

May be imported
either in Oritisli
or Foreign Ve -
sels into Port^
approved of in
flic Province of
Nova Scotia or
New Brunswick,
and re-exported
to the United
Kingdom or
other of His
Majesty's
Possessions,

under svich Re-
giklatiimb as Hi*
Majesty may
think fit.

Limitation of
the Act.

Flour nnd Indian
Corn may be
imported ftj
British Ships
from I he United
Slates into
Quebec and
Labrador for
the Use of Per-
sons carrying
on the Fishery,
in case of Ne-
cessity ;

Sfh May 1818.
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by an"6&1'S;f'^'^">;r'^^-^-d by than, or

C.8. 31 Geo 3 coo .« r /" '^ ^^' ^^ ^eo. 3.
9n Ti ivr ^^* ■S6Geo.3. c. 91.

Meal' or F^lTorr^'^P' '"'^"'e »" '"'•■"■'> C"™.
nies or P,a«a"t on i?North X^ff'^y^''"'^^ '^'°-
Great Britain orIrpl»„,l .1, iiT • ' ?", I'XP">'"'tion to

sons i^ho sLtr'' "' ^^^'^r^^^ode of such other Per-

Having or takino^th; r ^^'^''^'' ""^ ^^''^^ Person

taui oi Upland, make Oath before the Collec-
tor

''■,',

ler, and ex-
Ships owned
ture thereof

)istress, the
lor or Corn-
sent of the
[mportation
e Countries
or up the
as. Beans,
> ov FJour
3ftheTer-
nerica, for
vince, and
overnment
imported
il^s, owned
re thereof

these Acts
Majesty'g

led, War-
thein, or

?8 Geo. 3.

!0 Geo. 3.

trd Corn,
ish Colo-
rtation to
a Certifi-
ers of the
or Flour
and Sort
r Bills of
Export-
her Per-
)r Flour
Produc-
Planta-
?re and
Person
le Ship
rival in
Collec-
tor

Corn anU &xain.

tor or Comptroller, or other Chief Officer of the Cus-
toms at the Port where such Ship shall arrive (who are
hereby authorized to administer the said Oath), that the
Corn, Meal, or Flour imported or brought in such Ship
is the same which is mentioned and contained in the said
Certificate or Certificates; on Failure whereof, such Corn,
Meal, or Flour shall be deemed and taken not to be of
the Growth or Production of the Province of Quebec,
or the other British Colonies or Plantations in North
America, but shall be considered within the Meaning
of this Act, as Corn, Meal, or Flour imported or
brought into Great Britain from some other Foreign
Country. 31 Geo. 3. c. 30. §17. 39 & 40 Geo. 3.
G. 67. Art. 6.

21. The several Articles hereafter mentioned may be
exported from Canada in a British-built Ship, owned, na-
vigated, and registered according to Law, to any Port of
Europe South of Cape Finisterre, without any Oath being
required of their being the Growth or Produce of the
^ak\ Province, or any Certificate being required of the
Country from whence they came; that is say. Wheat,
Flour, Peas, Beans, Oats, Barley, Indian Corn, and
Rye ; and the Master of any such British-built Ship
laden with any of the said Articles shall only be required
to produce a Certificate from the Chief Officer of the
Customs, or the Naval Officer in Command at Quebec,
that the said Articles were either the Growth of or brouo-ht
into Canada, conformably to the Regulations established
by Law in the said Province (if any), by Land or Inland
Navigation, from Countries bordering thereon ; which
Certificate such Officer of the Customs or Naval Officer
IS required to grant upon satisfactory Proof being made
upon Oath or otherwise, and the Authenticity of such
Certificate shall be sworn to by the Master of such Vessel
atthePortofDelivery in Europe. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. §5.
22. Any Ship having obtained a Licence under this
Act for the Exportation of Sugar, Coffee, or Cocoa, from
any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies direct to any Part
oi Europe Southward of Cape Finisterre, may load at
the Port of Delivery, or at any Place on the Coast of
Ainca to the Northward of the Latitude of 30 Degrees
North, any Sort of Corn or Grain, the Produce of
Lurope, for Exportation direct to the said Sugar Colo-
nies, and there land the same. 52 Geo. 3. c. 98? U.
5ee Europe.

23. Any

Such Oath net
to be required
on Exportation
from Canada to
Places South of .
Qipe Finisterre,
but a Certificate
must be produced
of the Importa-
tion by Land or
Inland Naviga-
tion.

Of Europe may
be laden at cer-
tain Parts of
Europe or
Africa, for Ex-
portation to
Sugar Colonies.

Importation
allowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

Must be brought
to Great Britain
or Ireland, or
some British
riantation.

Bond to be given
not to land
elsfrwhere.

Certi<tcate to be
taken bj thb

Corn anh (Brain.

23. Any Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Beans or Peas,
may be exported from Malta, or any of the DenenI
dcncies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His
Majesty s Sugar Colonies or Plantations, or to New-
foumlland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colonies
or Plantations m North America, in British-built Ships
owned, navigated, and registered according to Law
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § if
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

Cotton mooL

1 . No Cotton Wool of the Production or Manufacture
of the British Plantations in America shall be shipped or
conveyed from any of the said Plantations to any Place
unless to some other Plantation belonging to His Majesty
or to Great Britain or Ireland, there to be laid on shore!
under the Forfeiture of the Goods, or the full Value
thereof, and the Ship. 12 Car. 2. c. 18. § 18. 4 Geo 3
c. 15. § 27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 3. 39 & 40 Geo.' 3.
c. 67. Art. 6.

2. For every Ship which shall sail from Great Britain
or Ireland for any British Plantation in America, Bond
shall be given with One Surety to the Chief Officers of
the Customs^ of the Port from whence the said Ship shall
sail, to the Value of .=^1000 if the Ship be of less Burthen
thaii 100 Tons, and of a€2000 if of greater Burthen,
conditioned that in case the said Ship shall load any
%""""/^"^^' o'* any enumerated Article, (for the whole
of which see "Goods,") at any of the said British Plant-
ations, that the same shall be brought to some other
British Plantation, or to Great Britain or Ireland, and
be there unloaded (the Danger of the Seas only ex-
cepted); and for every Ship coming from any other Port
or 1 lace to any of the aforesaid Plantations which are "
permitted to trade there, the Governor shall, before the
Ship be permitted to load any Cotton Wool, or any
enumerated Article, take Bond in like manner to the
Value aforesaid that such Ship shall carry all the said
Lroods to some other of His Majesty's British Plant-
ations, or to Great Britain or Ireland. 12 Car. 2

n \^n i W ^^ ^ ^^ ^^"- ^- ^-26. § 11. 20 Geo. 3.
c. 10. § 1. 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

3. The Master, before he departs from any British
Plantation where he receives his Lading, shall take a

Certificate

ns or Peas,

the Depeii-

any of His

)r to New-
t's Colonies
■built Ships
? to Law.

Cotton aciool.

[anufacture
shipped or
any Place,
!is Majesty,

I on shore,
full Value

4 Geo. 3.
to Geo. 3.

iat Britain
rica, Bond
Officers of
Ship shall
5s Burthen

Burthen,

load any
the whole
ish Piant-
)me other
land, and

only ex-
>ther Port .
vhich are
jefore the
} or any
er to the

the said
ih Plant-
} Car. 2.
Geo. 3.

y British

II take a
efiificatc

Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the Collector or Masters of Sh,.
other l-'rincipal Othcer of the Customs there, that Bond ^^hich lide in the
hath been given pursuant to the Directions aforesaid ; Colonies.
and the Master shall keep such Certificate till the Voyage
is completed, and shall then deliver the same to the
Collector or other Chief Officer of the Customs at the
Place where he shall discharge his Lading in Great
Britam or Ireland, or any British American Colony, on
Forfeiture of ^100. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 24. 20 Geo 3
c. 10. §1.3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

4. If any Ship shall take on board any Cotton Wool, Forfeiture if
for other enumerated Article), before Bond is given to shipped tefoie
the Governor that the Ship shall carry the said Articles .^''"'' s'^f"« °'
to some other British Plantation, or to Great Britain or LTrmJ.:-,
Ireland, or before Certificate produced from the Officer
of some Custom House of Gre.:t Britain or Ireland that
such Bond has been there duly given ; or if any Shin
shall, contrary to the Tenor of such Bond, carry any of
the enuinerated Article ^ to any Port or Place other than
to some Plantation be; onging to His Majesty, or to Great
Britam or Ireland, and there lay the same on shore :
every such Ship shall be forfeited, and also the Lading
12 Car. 2. c. 18. § 19. 22 .i 23 Car. 2. c. 26. S 11

fie^^Tu. Ill- ^" '- '' ^^^- '• '' ^«- § ^- ^•

tlwf Kh.'l' *^?r'\f '? ''r T *" P'^^^»^ ''^^ Subjects of but not to ex

the King of the Netherlands, being Dutch Proprietors '«"'! to the F,o-
in Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo, from exoortina ''r 't^ °^^^"''
iroru the said Colonies to the Netherlands theTod;"! F^f i^'
of their Estates on board Dutch Ships; mid no Person °"'^"*'
;vho by virtue of this Act may be eiltitled to trade be-
tween the said Colonies mid the Dominions of the Khf.

Pa t 'o? th n "f ', t'' ^"P"^^ '^' «-d P^«d-e to a y ,
Pait of the United Kingdom, or any of His Majesty's ^
Dommions in Europe. 56 Geo. 3. €191. § 4. g'''^''''^'
>^6? Guiana.

6. In Cases where the Governor nr nffl«^«. •
of the Plantations ^h..U h "°^^^"°^ or Oftcers in any Governors or

orine riantations shall have reasonable ground of Sui Officers suspect-
picion that the Certificate of having givtn Secur tv h^ ing Certi Jte to
Great Britain or Ireland is fiUp t]?^.rlulu '^^^"."^^ *" be false, not to

ficient Sprnrltv L lu t^.f ' ^^^^ ^hall require suf- cancel Bonds;

ncent feecuiity for the Discharge of the Plantation -"^ Penalty o.,
Ltuiing in Great Britain or Ireland; and wlier "Xre f:^^-^ C-

tcWd'thVl T^"' ^I^^^ the Certificate of hiding """^•
mschaiged the Lading m Great Britain or Ireland is
false or counterfeit, the Governor or Officer sS not

cancel

Cotton mool.

Penalty on
Officers sufFerii
Goods to be
carried to other
Places.

Goveii:ors or
their Com-
manders in
Chief to tr.iiis-
ir.it Lisis of
Bonds ye.irly to
the Customs.

Condition of the
Bor.d, and who
are to be the
Obligcrs vhen
taken in the
Plantations.

cancel the Security given in the Plantation until they
shall be informed from the Commissioners of the Cus-
toms in Great Britain or Ireland, as the Case may be,
that the Matter of the said Certificate is true; and if
any Person shall counterfeit, rase, or falsily any Cer-
tificate for any Ship or Goods, cr knowingly or wilfully
make use thereof, such Person shall forfeit i/;.500, and
the Certificate shall be of no Effect. 7 & 8 W. 3.
c. 22. $ 10. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. $ 27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. (I 1.3.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

7. If any Officer of the Customs in Great Britain or
s Ireland shall give any Warrant for or 'suffer any

Cotton Wool, or any enumerated Article, to be carried
into any other Country or Place, until first put on shore
in some Port of Great Britain or Ireland, every Officer
for such Offence shall forfeit his Place and the Value of
the Goods. 15 Car. 2. c. 7. § 9. 4 t-eo. 3. c. 15. § 27.
20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1. 3. 39 & 40 Geo. c. 67. Art. 6.

8. The Governors or their Commanders in Chief of the
said Plantations are Once a Year at least to return to the
Officers of the Customs in London, or to such other Per-
sons as Plis Majesty shall ajjpoint to receive the same, a
List of such Ships as shall have laden any Cotton Wool
(or any enumerated Article) in such Plantations, as also a
List of all Bonds taken by them; and in case any Ship be-
longing to any of His Majesty's Plantations, which shall
have on board any of the said Articles, shall be found
to have unloaded in any Port of Europe other than Great
Britain or Ireland, such Ship shall be forfeited and her
Lading. 22 & 23 Car. 2 ':. 26. §12.4 Geo. 3. c. 1 5. § 27.
20 Geo. 3 c.iO. §l.b 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

9. In all Bonds to be taken in the i'lantations, the
Persons therein named shall be of known Residence and
Ability there for the Value mentioned in the Bond, the
Condition of which shall be, within 18 Months after the
Date thereof (the Danger of the Seas excepted) to pro-
duce a Certificate of having landed and discharged the
Gcods therein mentioned in one of His Majesty's Plant-
ations, or in Great Britain or Ireland; otherwise such
Bond, or Copies thereof, being attested under the Hand
and Seal of the Governor or Commander in Chief to whom
such Bond was given, shall be in force, and allowed of
in any Court in Great Britain, Ireland, or the Plantations,
as if the Original was produced in Court by the Pro-
secutor. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 13. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15.

§ 27.

.!•

1 until they
of the Cus-
ise may be,
rue; and if
^ any Ger-
\f or wilfully
i^.'.500, and
& 8 W. 3.
c.lO, § 1.3.

t Britain or
* sulfcr any

be carried
\xt on shore
k-ery Ollicer
le Value of
c. 15. § 27.
. Art. 6.
Chief of the
'turn to the
other Pcr-
he same, a
)tton Wool
IS, as also a
ny Ship bc-
DV'hich shall
[1 be tbund
than Great
ed and her
C.15. §27.
)7. Art. 6.
utions, the
idence and
Bond, the
IS after the
d) to pro-
larged the
ty's Plant-
^wise such
the Hand
eftoAvhom
iliowed of
lantations,
Mhe Pro-

3. c. 15.
§ 27.

Cotton amool.

§ 27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1. 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 5. c. 67.
Art. 6.

10. In all Bonds which shall be entered into in Great
Britain or Ireland, in pursuance of any Act whereby the
Goods therein enumerated are to be brought to Great
Britain or Ireland, such Bonds shall be with Condition
that within 18 Months from the Date thereof (the Dan-
ger of the Seas excepted) a Certificate shall be produced
from the Collector and Comptroller of the Port where
such Goods shall be delivered, that they have been there
landed and discharged, otherwise such Bonds shall be
forfeited. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. $ 6. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27.
20 Geo. 3. c, 10. § 1. 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

1 1 . In case there shall be no Prosecution for some
Breach or Non-performance of the Condition of the
Bond within Three Years after the Date thereof, or if,
upon Prosecution for some Breach or Non-performance
of the Condition, .Judgment be not obtained within Two
Years after Prosecution commenced, then such Bond (in
default of such Prosecution to be commenced, and .Judg-
ment to be obtained within the Times limited) shall be
void ; and all Bonds so void shall be delivered up by the
Officers to be cancelled, without Fee or Reward. 8 Ann.
c. 13. § 23. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27.

12. Any Person may import any Cotton Wool of Fo-
reign Produce into any British Island in the West Indies,
in any Ship that may lawfully trade to and from the said
Islands, navigated according to Law, without Payment
of Duty or other Imposition whatsoever. 6 Geo. 3.
c. 52. § 18.

13. No Duty or other Imposition whatsoever shall be
paid in any British Colony or Plantation in America for
any Sort of Cotton Wool exported from thence.
6 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 19.

14. The Growth of any of the Colonies or Plantations
in America, or of any Country on the Continent of
America, belonging to or under the Dominion of any
Foreign European Sovereign or State, may be imported
from any of the said Countries into the Free Ports in any
1 oreign Ship whatsoever, being owned and navigated by
Persons inhabiting any of the said Colonies, Plantations,
or Countries. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 1.

See Free Ports.

15. Of the Growth of any of the Colonies or Plant-
ations m America, or Countries on the Continent of

America,

Condition when
t.iken in Great
Britain or
Ireland.

Bonds void if
not prosecuted
witiiin Three
Yi-ars of the
D ite, or if
J ;d^ment not
o'ritained witl.in
'1'h'o Years after
Prosecution.

Of Fore ign Pro-
duce may be
imported into
West Indies
Duty-free.

Exportation
Duty-free.

Importation
allowed into
the Free Ports
in Foreign
Vessels.

May be exported
from the Free

Ports to the
United Kingdom,

7«

Pitt's Town :i
Tree Port.

Foreign Vessels
may be there
laden with Salt.

Importation
allowed from
Malt* or
Giliralf.ir.

In Actions of
Debt, Affidavits
made before the
Magistrates in
Great Britain to
be of the same
Force as if the
Party had ap-
peared and

Cotton mool

America, belonging to or under tlio Dominion of any Fo-
reign Eu.opean Sovereign or State, impo.ted into the
tree Ports, may he exported Iron, the said l^orts to any
1 art of the United Kingdom, under the Rules, &c. of
12 Car. 2. c. 18—22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26., and 20 Geo. 3.
c. 10. with respect to Goods therein enumerated.
45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 11.

See Free Ports.

CroofteD3l0ianD.

r V V^^ ^T ""^ ^^"'' '^°^" ^« Crooked Island, one
ot the 1-ree Ports for the Importation and Exportation of
certain Articles in Foreign Ships. 45 Geo. 8. c. 57.
See Free Ports.
2. Until 25th March 1819, any Ship belonging to
the United States coming in BaUast, and not otherwise,
may enter the Port of Crooked Island for the Purpose of
being there laden with Salt, and for no other Purppse
whatever, subject to the Rules, Provisions, Regulations,
and Restrictions of 28 Geo. 3. c.6. respecting Vessels
coming for the same Purpose to Turk's Island. 57 Geo. 3
C.42. $ 1.

See Bahama Islands.

€ummimtti), Currants?, 2Date0,

May be exported from Malta, or any of die Depen-
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or
to Isiewfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Cp-
lomes or Plantations in North America, in British-built
Ships, owned, navigated, and registered accordingto Law.
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta,

a?ebt«.

1. In any Action or Suit brought in any Court of Law
1- Equity in any of the British Plantations in America,
relating to any Debt or Account wherein any Person re-
siding in Great Britain shall be a Party, the Plaintiff or
Defendant, and any Witness to be examined in such
I 1^^ j^'' ^"^*' ^^^ verify or prove any Matter or Thing
by Affidavit m Writing upon Oath, or ui case the Person

makinir -^^S

» of any Fo-
ted into the
l^orts to any
ules, &c. of
i 20 Geo. 3.
jnumerated.

Island, one
Dortation of
c. 57.

?longing to
t otherwise,

Purpose of
er PurpQse
regulations,
ng Vessels

57 Geo. 3.

he Depen-
any of His
merica, or
jesty's Cp-
ritish-built
ngto Law.

irt of Law

America,
Person re-
'laintifF or
1 in such

or Thing
he Person

KnEViII*' " ■■-■

making mvh Affidavit he one of the People called
Quakers, then upon his solemn Affirmation, made before
any Mayor or other Chief Magistrate of the City, Borough,
or Town Corporate in Great Briti^n where or near to
which the Person shall reside, to be certified and trans-
mitted undsr the Common Seal of such City, Borough,
or Town Corporate, or the Seal of the Office of such
Mayor or other Chief Magistrate, which Oath and so-
lemn Affirmation every such Mayor and Chief Magis-
trate is empowered to administer ; and eveiy Affidavit
or Affirmation so made, certified, and transmitted, shall
be allowed to be of the same Force and Effect as if the
Person making the same upon Oath or solann Affirma-
tion had appeared and sworn or affirmed the Matters
contamed in such Affidavit or Affirmation viva voce in
open Court, or upon a Commission issued for the Exa-
mmation of Witnesses, or of any Party in any such Action
or Suit respectively ; provided that in every such Affidavit
»"" Affirmation there shall be expressed the Addition of
the Party making such Affidavit or Affirmation, and the
particular Place of his or her Abode. 5 Geo. 2. c. 7. f 1.

2. In all Suits brought in any Court of Law or Equity,
i^y or on behalf of His Majesty, in any of the said Planta-
ttons, for or relating to any Debt or Account, His Ma-
&^^-^^ P^'«vc I^'s Debt and Account, and examine
His Witnesses by Affidavit or Affirmation, in like manner
as any Subject may do by this Act. 5 Geo. 2. c. 7. § 2.

3. If any I'erson makii,^ such Affidavit or Affirmation
shall be guilty of falsely and wilfully swearing or affirming
any Matter or Thing, which, if the same had been sworn
upon an Examination in the usual Form, would have
amounted to wilful and corrupt Perjury, every Person,
being thereof lawf\illy convicted, shall incur the same
Penalties and Forfeitures as by the Laws and Statutes of
this Kealm are provided against Persons convicted of wil-
ful and corrupt Perjury. 5 Geo. 2. c. 7. § 3.

4. The Houses, Lands, Negroes, and other Heredita-
ments, and Real Estates, within any of the said Planta-
tions, belonging to any Person indebted, shall be charae-
able with all just Debts, Duties, and Demands owing by
any such Person to His Majesty or any of His Subjects,
and shall be Assets for the Satisfaction thereof, in like
manner as Real Estates are by the Law of England liable
to the Satisfaction of Debts due by Bond or other Spe-
"alty, and shall be subject to the like Remedies and

Process

sworn to the
Matters viva
voce in Court.

Witnesses may
be examined in
like manner on
behalf of His
Majesty.

Persons taking
false Oaths.

Property in the
Plantations may
be seized
towards satisfy-
ing Debts and
Duties due to
His Majesty.

Wtbte.

ProcoBs in nny Court of Law or Equity in any of the said
Plantations, for seizing, extending, selling, or disposing
of any such Houses, Lands, Negroes, and other Heredita-
ments and Real Estates, towards the Satisfaction of such
Debts, Duties, and Demands, and in like manner, as Per-
sonal Estates in any of the said Plantations respectively
are seized, extended, sold, or disposed of for the Satis-
faction of Debts. 5 Geo. 2. c. 7. § 4.

JDemerara^ See » Guiana."

Importation al-
lowed into the
Free Port< in
Foreign Ve sieb

aDiamoni)0,

May be imported from any of the Colonies or Planta-
tions in America, or from any Country on the Continent
of America, belonging to or under the Dominion of any
Foreign European Sovereign or State, into the Free Ports,
in any Foreign Ship owned and navigated by Persons in-
habiting any of the said Colonics, Plantations, or Coun-
tries. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. 47 Geo. 3. c. 34. 49 Geo. 3.
c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.
See Free Ports.

A Free Port.

Governor's
Orders for the
Importation and
£x)iorcation of
Articles in
Foreign Vessels
declared valid.

SPominica.

1. The Port of Rosseau in Dominica, one of the Free
Ports for the Importation and Exportation of certain
Articles in Foreign Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57w

See Free Ports.

2. Whereas His Majesty's Governor of tlie Island of
Dominica has found himself under the Necessity of open-
ing, with the Advice of his Council, the Ports of the
said Island, for a limited Time, for the Importation of
certain Articles necessary for tlieir Supply in Foreign
Bottoms, and in like Manner for the Exportation of
certain Articles the Produce of the said Island in return
for the same : And whereas such Importation and Ex-
portation as aforesaid are contrary to 12 Car. 2. and
other Acts, but being permitted from the Necessity of the
Occasion, the same ought to be justified and rendered
valid and of due Force in Law ; and all Persons advising
or issuing any Order or Permission of the said Governor,

or Person acting as such, ought to be respectively justi-

£ J .

"'m

aoomim'ea*

i^i

of the said
disposing
Heredita-
jn of such
er, as Per-
espectively
the Satis-

»>

or Planta-
Continent
Ion of any
''ree Ports,
ersons in-
or Coun-
1<9 Geo. 3.

' the Free
of certain

Island of
J of open-
*ts of the
trtation of
I Foreign
rtation of
in return
and Ex-
r. 2. and
ity of the
rendered
5 advising
jfovernor,
vely justi-
fied:

fied ; be it therefore enacted, That the sai<l Orders and

Permissions be and he deeuiL-J valid accordingly, and of

«iue Force in Law; and that all personal Actions and

Nuits, Indictments, Informations, and all Prosecutions

juut Pjococdings whatsoever, which have been or shall

be hereafter prosecuted or commenced against any Per,

son /i)r having advised or issued or carried into Execution

any such Order or Permission at any Time before the

passing of this Act, shall be discharged and made void by

virtue ot this Act; and if any Action or Suit shall be

prosecuted or commenced against any Person for or by

reason of any such Act, Matter, or Thing so advised,

commanded, or done, he may plead the General Issue,

and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence ;

and it the Plaintiff in any Action or Suit so to be prol

secuted or commenced in that Part of the United Kinij-

(lom called England, or that Part called Ireland, or in

the said West India Islands, shall become nonsuit, orlbr-

bear further Prosecution, or suffer Discontinuance, or if

a \erciict shall pass against such Plaintiff, the Defendant

shall recover his Double Costs, for which he shall have

the like Remedy as in C:ases where the Costs by Law are

given to the Defendants; and if any such Action or Suit

sliall be commenced or jjiosecuted in that Part of Great

Bntaui called Scotland, the Court before which such

Action or Suit shall be commenced or prosecuted shall

allow to the Defender the Benefit of the Discharge and

Indemnity thereby provided, and shall further allow him

his Double Costs of Suit in all such Cases. 58 Geo 3

c. 7. § 1.

3. If any Action or Suit hath been already commenced -^''^ '<" any Ac-
against any Person for any such Act, Matter, or Thinrr ';'""^ ''^'''o^ght,
so ivdvised, commanded, or done, the Defendants or De- LXtd.""""'
fenders in such Actions or Suit respectively, in whatever
Court m the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, or in the said West India Islands, such Action
or Suit shall have been commenced, may apply to such
Court to stay all Proceedings thereon respectively, by
Motion in a summary Way, and such Court is hereby
required to make Order for that Purpose accordingly •
and the Court making such Order shall award to the De-
tendants or Defenders respectively Double Costs of Suit,
lor which they shall respectively have the like Remedy as
in Cases where the Costs are by Law given to the Defen-
dants or Defenders. 58 Geo. 3. c. 7. § 2.

Importation al-
owed intu the
Free I'ortii in
Foreign Vessels.

Imported '.nio
the Free Port-,
may bu ex|iorttHl
to the United
Kingdom.

1 . The Growtli or Protluction of any of the Coluni«i
or Plantations in America, or of any Country on the Con-
tinejit of America, belonging to or under the Dominion of
any Foreign European Sovereign or State, may be im-
ported from any of the said Countries uito the Free Ports,
in any Foreign Vessel, being owned and navigated by
Persons inhabiting any of the said Colonies, Plantations,
or Countries. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. 49 Geo, 3. c. 22. 32
Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.

See Free Ports.

2. The Growth <»• Production of any of the Coloni<>8
or Plantations in America, or Countries on the Continent
of America, belonging to or under tlie Dominion of any
Foreign European Sovereign or State, imported into the
Free Ports, may be exported from thence to any Part of
the United Kingdom, under the Rules, &c. of 12 Car. 2.
c. 18. 22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 26. and 20 Geo. 3. c. 10.
with respect to Goods therein enumerated. 45 Geo. 3.
c. 57. § 11.

See Free Ports.

2DUtel) COlOmeS. see » Oniana."

May be put
under the
Management of
Commissioners
residing it- the
Colonies.

To iiave the
same Powers as
Commissiouc-rs
in England.

1 . The Customs and other Duties imposed by any Act
of Parliament upon Goods imported into or exported from
any British Colony or Plantation in America, may be put
under the Management of such Commissioners, to reside
in the said Plantations, as His Majesty, by His Commis-
sion under the Great Seal of Great Britp'n, shall judge to
be most for the Advantage of Trade, and Security of the
Revenue of the said Colonies or Plantations. 7 Geo. 3.
c. 41. § 1.

2. The Commissioners or any Three or more of then«
shall have the same Powers and Authorities for carrying
into Execution the Laws relating to the Revenues and
Trade of the said Colonies, as were exercised by the Com-
missioners of the Customs in England ; and His Majesty
in such Commission may make Provision for putting in

10 Execution

he CuloniM
m the Con-
)umiiiiun of
nay be im-
Free Ports*
ivigated by
;^luntution8,
c. 22. 32

lie Colonios
; Continent
lion of any
»tl into the
any Part of
'12 Car. 2.
t. 3. c. 10.
45 Geo. S.

iiiana.

»>

by any Act
lorted from
nay be put
5, to reside
Is Commis-
11 judge to
irity of the
7 Geo. 3.

re of then»
)r carrying
enues and
/ the Gom-
[is Majesty
putting in
Execution

2Dtttte».

Execution the Laws rehiting to the Customs and Trade ol
the siiid Colonies. 7 Geo. 3. c. 41. !j 2.

3. All D«'putiitions and other Authorities gnuited by
the Coiimiissioners of the ('ustoins in England beforo the
passing of this Act, or which may be granted by them
before any Commission shall issue in pursuance of this Act,
to any Officer acting in the said Colonies or Plnntutions,
shall continue in force, as if this Act had not been n)adts
until the Deputations or other Authorities so granted ta
such (Xficer shall be revoked or made void by the Lords
of the Treasury. 7 Geo. 3. c. 41. § 3.

4. The King and Parliament of Great Britain shall not
impost; any Duty, Tax, or Assessment payable in any of
His Majesty's Colonies, Provinces, arul Plantations in
North America or the West Indies, except only such
Duties as it may be expedient to impose for the Regula-
tion of Commerce ; the Net Pr(Kluce to be applie ' to the
Useof theGolony, Province, or Plantation where m levied,
in such Manner as other Duties collected by Authority of
the General Courts or Assemblies are ordinarily applied.
18 Geo. 3. c. 12. § 1.

5. Payable upon Ships con)ing in Ballast from the

United States of America to the Turks Islands, Nassau,

Exuma, and Crooked Island, for the Purpose of being

laden with Salt. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 5. 57 Geo. 3. c. 42. § 1.

Sec Salt.

G. Payable upon Dying Wood, Log\vood, Tobacco,
Indigo, Ginger, and Cocoa Nuts exported from the British
Plantr.tions, if Bond is not given to bring the Siime to
Great Britain or Ireland. 25 Car. 2. c. 7. § 2.

Sec Cocoa Nuts. Tobacco.

GiNGEii. Wood.

Indigo.

^ 7. Payable upon Molasses imported into any British Molasses,
Colony or Plantal ion. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. ^H-
See Molasses.

8. Payable upon Sugar, the Produce or Manulhcture Sugar.
ot any Colony or Plantation in America, 5)ot under the
Dominion of His Majesty, imported into any British
Colony or Plantation. 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. <S 1. 4 Geo. 3.
c. 15. § 1. •

See SuGAn.

G2 9, Payable

nfpiit;itions
ihmiUlcI ill Eng-
Jiid to l>u ill
force .

Not to lie im-
posed except for
the Regulation of
Commerce, and
to be applrtd for
the U«e of the
Colony.

Tonnage Duty
on American
Ships.

Dying Wood,
Logwood,
Tobacco,
Ginger,
Cocoa Nuts.

Indigo.

Pimoftto.

Foreign Coffee.

Btkinh Coffee.

Spirits ijito
Quebec.

Spirits into
Neufoumlland,

Wine.

Glass, Lead,
Painters
Cviuuia, tttid
Pajters.

SPuttes.

9. Payable upon Indigo, the Produce or Manufacture
of any Colony or Plantation in America, not under the
Dominion of Tlis Majesty, imported into any British
Colony or Plantation. 4 Geo. 3. c. IS. § 1.

See Indigo.

10. Payable upon Pimento, the Production of any
British Colony or Plantation, imported into any British
Colony or Plantation. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 4.

See Pimento.

11. Payable upon Coffee, the Growth of any Colony
or Plantation in America not under the Dominion of
His Majesty, imported into any British Colony or Plant-
atic.i. 4. Geo. 3. c. 15. § 1.

See Coffee and Cocoa Nuts.

12. Payable upon Coffee, the Growth of any British
Colony or Plantation in America, imported into any other
British Colony or Plantation. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 4.

See Coffee and Cocoa Nuts.

13. Payable upon Spirits imported into the Province
of Quebec, from His Majesty's Sugar Colonies, or any
other His Majesty's Dominions in America, or from
Great Britain, or Colonies and "Plantations not in the
Possession of or under the Dominion of His Majesty.
14 Geo. 3. c. 88. §1.

See Spirits.

14. Payable upon Spirits imported into Newfound-
land, from any British Colony or Plantation in the
West Indies, or on the Continent of America or from
Great Britain or Ireland, or the Colonies of Demerara,
Berbice, or Essequibo. 15 Geo. 3. c.31. §10. 52 Geo. 3.
c. 106. § 1. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. §2.

See Spirits.

15. Payable upon Wine imported into the British
Colonies or Plantations from Great Britain, Ireland, or
the Netherlands, or from any Island or Place from
whence the same may be lawfully imported. 4 Geo. 3.
c. 15. § 1. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 1. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 4.
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 6. 51 Geo. 3. c. 4.

See Wine.

i«

. . ipon uiass, Red Lead, White Lead,

Painters Colours, und Paper, imported into any British

Colony

fanufacture
t under the
my British

ion of any
any British

my Colony
ominion of
y or Plant-

any British
o any other
2. §4.

SDuttefif*

Prov

.'ince
ies, or any
\, or from
not in the
s Majtssty.

Colony or Plantation from Gr«»t Britain or Ireland..
7 Geo' 3. c. 46. § 1.

See Glass.
Lead.

Painters Colours.
Paper.

17. No Duty of Gunpowder shall be received by any Of Gunpowder

Officer in the Free Ports for any Entry, Cocket, Clear- "^J^'^^j'*^,,

ancc, or Passport for any Foreign Vessel, or any Goods Foreign Vessels

imported into or exported from the said Islands in in the Freo

such Foreign Vessel. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 14. ^'"■"•

See Free Ports.

6merp S)tone,

May be exported from Malta, or any of the Depen- importation ai-
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His 'owed from
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or fj']).' '"' ^"^
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or to any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British-
built Ships owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. §5.9. 51 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1.

See Gibraltar.
Malta.

'^ewfound-
on in tlie
!a or from
Demerara,
52 Geo. 3.

ae British
reland, or
iace from
4 Geo. 3.
c. 91. §4.

ite Lead,

:iy British

Colony

€nslana ana (Snglisl).

These Words, in the several Acts made before the Alte.sd by the.
Union with Scotland, are, in the Quotations in this Digest, .Vb^",^°."
changed into the Words " Great Britain" and " British,"
by virtue of 5 Anne, c. 8. § 1.

600erTce0 of Bersamot, Cttron,
S^emort, €)range, 3LabenDer,
lRoge0, anD iRosemarp,

May bo exported from Malta, or any of the Depen- Imponation ai.
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His l7?' ^'*""

■» «• • . . ^ , . - •> ivlalta or

iviajesty s jjugur Colomus or Plantations in America, or Gibraltar.
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or to any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North ^mcrica, in British-

G 3 built

Malta deemed
in Europe.

Ocfflds of
Europe must be
laden in Great.
Britain or
Ireland.

Vessels not to
be cleared imt
from Great
Britain or Ire-
land unless tlie
wliolc C'jrgo
there laden.

esetmte of mttsamot, ^c.

built Ships owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.

See G IE R ALTAR.

Malta.
€mtqUtbd. See " Guiana.-

Curope.

1. The Island of Malta and its Dependencies shall
be deemed and taken to be in Europe. 57 (^eo 3

c. 3(;. ) 10.

2. No Commodity, of the Production or Manufacture
ot Europe, shall be imported into any Island, Colony,
1 erritory, or Place to His Majesty belonging, or which
.shall hereafter belong unto or be in the Possession of His
Majesty, m America, but what shall be bona fide and
without Fraud laden and shipped in Great Britain or
Ireland ni Bntish-built Shipping, owned, navigated, and
registered according to Law, and which shall be carried
directly thence to the said Islands, Colon' es, Territo-
ries, or Places, and from no other Place, under the
Penalty of the Loss of such Conunodities as shall be im-
ported from any other Place, by Land or Watei", and if
by Water, of the Ship in which imported. 15 Car. 2.
c. 7. § 6. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

3. No Vessel shall, upon any Pretence whatsoever, be
cleared outwards from any Port of (ireat Britain or
Ireland, for any Island, Colony, Territory, or Place to
His Majesty belonging, or which shall hereafter belong
unto or be in the Possession of His Majesty, in America,
unless the whole and entire Cargo shall be bona fide and
without Fraud hulen and shipped in Great Britain or
Ireland; and any Officer of His Majesty's Customs is
empowered to stop any British Ship arriving from any
Part of Europe, which shall be discovered within Two
Leagues of the Shore of any of the British Colonies or
limitations in America, and seize as forfeited any Goods
lor which the Master shall not produce a Cocket or
Clearance from the projier Officer of His Majesty's
Gusiums, cenifynig that the said Hoods were laden on
board the Ship in some Port of Great Britain or Ireland.
4 Gtx). 3. c. 15. § 30. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

4. Salt

according

Europe*

ncies shall
57 (jleo. 3.

anufacture
J, Colony,
, or which
ion of His
1 fide and
Britain or
^ated, and
be carried
, Territo-
inder the
lall be im-
ter, and it"
15 Car. 2.

soever, be
Jritain or
I' Place to
;er belong
America,
a fide and
Britain or
'ustoms is
from any
thin Two
tlonies or
ly Goods
Jocket or
Majesty's
laden on
• Ireland.
irt. 6.
4. Salt

"«
V

o
s

o
"a

■♦*

-e
o

4. Sah may be laden in any Part of Europe
for the Fisheries in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia,
or Quebec ; Wines of the Madeiras, and of the
Western Islands of Azores, may be there laden
for Exportation to any of the British Colonies
or Plantations ; and Oranges and Lemons of the
Azores or Madeiras, may be shipped from
thence for any of the British Colonies or Planta-
tions in North America. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 31.
4. Geo. 3. c. 19. $ 1. 48 Geo. 3. c. 22. § 1.
57 Geo. 3. c. 89.

5. Any Person inhabiting in Jersey or Guern-
sey, may ship in the said Islands, and transport
directly from thence to Newfoundland, or to any
other of the British Colonies or Plantations in
America where the Fishery is now or shall here-
after be carried on, on board any Ship which
may lawfully trade there, any Sort of Craft, Food,
Victuals, Clothing, or other Goods fit and neces-
sary for the Fishery in those Parts, or for the
Use and Support of the Mariners or other Per-
sons employed on board the Ships or on Shore
in carrying on the said Fishery there, such Craft,

► Clothing, or other Goods being the Produce or
Manufacture of Great Britain, or of Jersey or
Guernsey, and such Food or Victuals being of the
Growth or Produce either of Great Britain, Ire-
land, or Jersey or Guernsey. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 1 .

6. Provided the Master of such Ship shall
produce to the proper Officer of the Customs in
the Colony or Plantation where he shall arrive,
a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the
Governor, lieutenant or Deputy Governor, or
Commander in Chief for the Time being, that
Oath had been made by the Shipper of such
Goods, before the Magistrates of the Royal
Court, or any Three of them, that the Goods
and Victuals so shipped are of such Growth,
Product, or Manufacture as aforesaid; which
Certificate shall also be attested by the Principal
Officer of the Customs in the said Isi ids, who
shall certify that the said Oath was taken in his
Presence ; and on Failure of producing such
Certificate, such Craft, Food, Victuals, Clothing,
or other Goods found on board any Ship, and

I il^e Ship importing the same, shall be liable to
J G 4 be

Exception as to
Salt, Wine,
Oranges, and

also Articles
necessary for
the Fishery ;

provided a Cer-
tificate is pro-
duced as herein
directed.

Kvcept nlfo
Herrings from
the Ible of Mail.

€\ttopt

Tfi;)Is and Impte-
Ti-.ents for the
Fishery from the
said Isle.

Provided a Cer-
tificate is pro-
duced as herein
directed.

^
•^

.'3

"C5
O

•to

a
v.

I"
=5

^ be seized and forfeited, in the same Manner as
they would have been liable if this Act had not
been made. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 2.

7. Any of His Majesty's Subjects inhabiting
and residing in the Isle of Man, may export
from thence to any of the British Colonies or
Plantations in America, in British-built Ships or
Vessels, navigated and registered according to
Law, Herrings caught and cured by them, in
the same Manner as Victuals may be imported
mto the said Colonies or Plantations from Ire-
land. 12 Geo. 3. c. 58. §4.

8. Any of His Majesty's Subjects residing in
the Isle of Man may hide and transport directly
from thence to any Part of America where the
Fishery is now or shall hereafter be cairied on,
on board any Ship which may lawfully trade or
fish there, any Provisions, Hooks, Lines, Net-
tings, or other Tools or Implements necessary
for and used in the Fishery by the Crews of the
Ships carrying out the same, and the Craft be-
longing to and employed by such Ships in the
said Fishery; such Provisions, Hooks, Lines,

>- Nettings, or other Tools or Implements, being
the Product and Manufacture of Great Britain,
Ireland, or the Isle of Man. 1 5 Geo. 3. c. 3 1 . § 5.

9. The Master of such Ship shall produce to
the proper Officer of the Customs in the Colony
or Plantation where he shall :.irive, a Certificate
under the Hand and Seal of the Collector oi'
other principal Officer of the Customs in the
Port where he shall have fitted out, that Oath
had been made before him by the Shipper of
such Provisions, &c. that the same are the
Manufacture of Great Britlan or Ireland, or the
Isle of Man, and that the said Articles (except
the Provisions) specifying the Quanlities and
Particular of each Sort, are to be used in the
Fishery, by the Crew of the Ship carrying out
the same, and by the Craft belonging to and to
be employed by such Ship in the Fishery, and
for no other Purpose, (which Oath and Certifi-
cate is to be administeied and granted without
Fee or Reward) ; and on Failure of producino-
such Certificate, or if any such Tools or Impk-
ments are used or disposed of for any other Pur-
pose,

6urope^

.1:

■4)

i3-

-a

"T3

pose, tlie same and the Ship shall be seizt^i and
forfeited in the same Manner as they would have
been if this Act had not been made. 15 Geo. 3.
c. 31. § 6.

10. It ?hall be lawful to export in any British
Ship owned and navigated according to Law,
from any of the Islands enumerated in these Acts,
to any British Colony or Plantation in America
or the West Indies, any Goods of the Mami-
facture of Europe, and also any Goods which
shall have been legally imported into any of the
said Islands from any of the Colonies or Plant-
ations in America, or any Country on the Con-
tinent of America, belonging to or under the
Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign
or State ; and if any Doubts shall arise whether
any such Goods have been legally imported into
the said Islands, the Legality of such Importa-
tion shall be made appear to the Satisfaction of
the Collector and Comptroller, or other proper
Officer of the Customs at the ^rt of Exporta-
tion, before such Goods shall be suffered to be
shipped. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 9, 10. 49 Geo. 3.

Vc. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.
See Free Ports.

11. Any of His Majesty's Subjects may export
in any British-built Ship, owned and navigated
according to Law, from any one of the Islands
in the West Indies belonging to His Majesty, to
any other of the said Islands, or to any of the
British Colonies on the Continent of America,
and from any one of the said British Colonies in
America, to any of the Islands in the Yv'est
Indies belonging to His Majesty, or to any other
British Colony or Plantation on the Continent
of America, any Goods of the Manufacture of
Europe, and also any Goods or Merchandizes,
or Prize Goods, which have been legally imported
into the said Islands or Colonies under the Regula-
tions of 45 Geo. 3. C.57.— 52 Geo. 3. c. 100. § 1.

1 2. Any of His Majesty's Subjects may export
in any British-l)uilt Vessel, owned and navigated

Except als )
Goods iiMiiortfed
into th'j free
Forts.

And Goods
from other
British VVe:>t
India Islands or
Colonies on the-
Continent.

Als;i from
Newfoundland,

UUllVl

to anv

of the Islands in the West Indies belonging to
His Majesty, or to any of the Biltish Colonies
on the Continent of America, and from the

Islands

€urope^

^^^^^HB

s»>

^^HHi

o»

^^^^IBH'

^^^HBp^P

•*.»

^^^^Hh''

'JO

"2
J

^^^H

Except also

H^^^H

Fruit, Sic. into

^^^^H

British C lomos

'i^

^^^^H

in North Ame-

flQ

^^^^H

rica fron, FUt>.-s

^^^^H

in Euio|.e Soiuh

^^^H

of Cape Finis-

^^^^■1

terre.

is
o

■5S
s
-2

• 2

^^^H

On Payment of

^^^H

tlie ^ame Dity

^^^^B

rs from Great

Britain.

^^H

Oath to be made,

.-3

^I^H

on Expoitation

^^^H

from Nova

^^^H

Scotia or New

^^^H

Brunswick, that

^^H

the Cargo is the
Produce of tiic

MaaMMj

■

British Colonies.

^^H

.^ .

■=^ i

Islands in the West Indies belonging to His
Majesty, or from any one of t)ie Britisfi Colonies
on the Continent of America, into Newfound-
land, any Gooils of the Manufacture of Europe,
and also any Goods, Wares, or Merchandize,
or Prize Goods, which shall have been legally
imported into any of the said Islands or Colonies,
under the Regulations of 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. —
57 "Teo. 3. c. 29.

13. Fruit, Wine, Oil, Salt, or Cork, the
Produce of Europe South of Cape Finisterre,
may bo shipped in any Port or Place '^f Europe
South of Cape Finisterre, for Exportation direct
to any of the several Ports herein after men-
tioi ed ; tliat is to say, St. John's in New Bruns-
wick, Saint John's in Newfoundland, Quebec in
Canada, Sydney in Cape Breton, Halifax and
Shelburn in Nova Scotia, and Charlotte Town
in Prince lulward's Island, in North America, on
board of any British Ship, navigatoil and regis-
tered according to Law, which shall have arrived
at any Port or Place in Europe with Articles
the Growth or Produce of the said Colonies, or
>with Fish taken and cured by His Majesty'.s
Subjects carrying on the Fisheries from any of
the said Colonies, or from any Part of the
United Kingdom, or with any of the Goods
herein-after mentioned from the Province of
Canada, whether the Growth or Produce of
Canada, or brought into the said Province by
Land or Inland Navigation. 51 Geo. 3. c.97. §2.

14. L^pon the Importation thereof into any of
the Ports before enumei'ated, the Goods shall be
subject to the Payment of such Duties as Goods
of the like Denomination or Description are
subject to, upon being imported into any of the
said several Ports from Great Britain, and no
other. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 3.

15. The Person exporting any Cargo from
any Port in Nova Scotia, or of New Brunswick,
for any Port of Europe, under this Act, shall
make Oath at the Port of Shipment before the
Chief Ofiicer of the Customs, «>!• the Naval Offi-
cer in Command, that the Cargo so shipped is
the Growth and Produce of the said Provinces,
or the Produce of the British Fisheries in North

America,

(Stttope.

o
a

cq
-a:

u
•«

"a
o

si
a

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ft5

America, really and bona fide taken and cured
by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on tlie said
p^isheries from some of the said Colonies ; and
such Officer shall certify such Oath under his
Hand ; which Certificate shall be produced by
the Master on his Arrival at the Port in Europe,
within the Limits aforesaid, to which such Cargo
shall be consigned, or to which such Ship shall
go for the Delivery of the Cargo ; and the Mas-
ter shall m.tke Oath before the British Consul
there resident, or if there shall be no British
Consul, then before Two known British Mer-
chants there resident, that the Certificate so pro-
duced was a Certificate of the Officer of the
Customs or Naval Ofliccr whose Name it bears,
and was duly signed by him. 5 1 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 4.

16. The following Articles may be exported
from Canada in a British-built Ship, navigated
and registered according to Law, into any Port
of Europe within the Limits aforesaid, without
any Oath being required of their being the
Growth or Produce of the said Province, or any
Certificate being required of the Country from

> whence they came ; that is to say, Wheat, Flour,
Peas, Beans, Oats, Barley, Indian Corn, Rye,
White Oak Staves, and Heading, dressed or
undressed. Hoops, Pine Plank, and Boards ; and
the Master of any such British-built Ship, lading
any of the said Articles, shall only be retjuired
to produce a Certificate from the Chief Officer
of the Customs, or the Naval Officer in Com-
mand at Quebec, that the said Articles were
either the diowth, or brought into Canada con-
f(:)rmably to the Regulations established by Law
in the said Province (if any), by Land or Inland
Navigation, from Countries bordering thereon ;
and which Certificate such Officer of the Cus-
toms, or Naval Officer, is hereby required to
grant, upon satisfactory Proof being made, upon
Oath or otherwise ; and the Authenticity of such
Certificate shall be sworn to in Manner afore-
said, by the Master of such Ship at the Port of
Delivery in Europe within the aforesaid Limits.
51 Geo. 3. c. 97. §5.

17. Before the Shipment on board any such
British Ship of any Pickled Fish, or Dry Fish,

for

On Ejiportatioii
of certain
Articles from
Canada, such
Oath may be
dispensed with.

Persons in whose
Custody Pickled
or Dry Fish has

rcinained,to
make Oath to
the Identity.

€urope»

Except a] so
Corn or Grain
on board certain
I/icensed
Vessels.

And the several
Articles herein
enumerated
from Malta or
Ciibraltar.

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Op

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o
a,

for the Purpose of Exportation from Canada to
any Port of Europe within the Limits aforesaid,
the Person in whose Possession the same has
continued from the Time of its being landed
from the Fishing Vessel employed in the taking
it until the same shall be shipped for Ejfporta-
tion, shall make Oath before the Chief Officer
of the Customs, or the Naval Officer in Com-
mand at Quebec, that the same was the Pio-
duce of the British American Fisheries, really
and bona fide taken and cured by His Majesty's
Subjects carrying on the said Fisheries, from
some of the said Colonies ; and on such Oath
being taken at Quebec, the said Officer of the
Customs, or Naval Officer, shall grant Certi-
ficate thereof, signed with his Hand, which Cer-
tificate only the Master shall be required to pro-
duce at the Port of Delivery in Europe within
the Limits aforesaid, and shall make Oath of the
Authenticity of such Certificate in manner afore-
said. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. §6.

1 8. Any Ship having obtained a Licence under
this Act for the Exportation of Sugar, Coffee, or
> Cocoa, from any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies
direct to any Part of Europe to the Southward of
Cape Finisterre, may load at the Port of Deli-
very, or at any Port or Place on the Coast of
Africa to the Northward of the Latitude of 30
Degrees North, any Sort of Corn or Grain, the
Produce of Europe, for Exportation direct to the
said Colonies or Plantations, and there land the
same. 52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 1. 6.
See Sugar.
20. Any Ship being British-built, owned, na-
vigated, and registered according to Law, may
load at the Island of Malta, or any of the Depen-
dencies thereof, or at Gibraltar, any of the Arti-
cles enumerated in the following Schedule, mark-
ed (B.), for Exportation direct to any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in Ame-
rica, or into Newfoundland, the Island of Ber-
muda, or any of His Majesty's Colonies or
Fiantations in North America; and any of the
said Articles may be landed in any such Colony
or Plantation, being first duly entered with the
proper Officer of the Customs, provided that the

Curope.

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8
be

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c
S

said Articles, Goods, and Merchandize (Wine ex-
cepted) shall, upon Importation into any of the said
Colonies or Plantations, be liable to the Payment
of such Duties as Goods of the like Denomina-
tion or Description are or may be liable to upon
being imported into the said Colonies or Planta-
tions from Great Britain, and no other Duties.
55 Geo. 3. c.29. §5.9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.

SCHEDULE B.

Dry and Wet"! In Jars

Safflower.

Fruit, Brandy > &

liUsk.

and Sugar ) Bottles

Incense.

Pickles in Ditto.

Essence of Bergamot.

Olives.

Do. of Citron.

Figs.

Do. of Lemon.

Raisins.

Do. of Orange.

Currants.

Do. of Lavender.

Pistaccio Nuts.

Do. of Roses.

Almonds.

Do. of Rosemary.

Dates.

Marble, \ Rough &
Alabaster, J Worked.

Capers.

► Wine.

Brimstone.

Brandy.

Cork.

Oil of Cloves.

Aniseed.

Oil of Almonds.

Cumminseed.

Gum Arabic.

Ostrich Featliers.

— — Mastic.

Honey.

Myrrh.

Sponges.

Sicily.

Amber.

Ammoniac,

Coral.

Opium.

Bullion.

Manna.

Precious Stones.

Senna.

Pearls.

Cantharides.

Corn.

Oris Root.

Vermilion.

Rhubarb.

Ochres.

Mill Timber.

Cinnabar.

Box Wood.

Orange Buds and Peel.

Argol.

Juniper Berries.

Jalop.

Punk.

Scammony.

Pumice Stone.

1 Quicksilver.

Emery Stone.

Sarsaparilla.

Whetstone.

SaflProu.

Paintings ^xid Prints;.

Europe.

Duties to be paid
upon VVine.

Kxcept also
ueressHry Sup
plies from the
Netherlands for
the Estates of
Dutth Proprie-
tors in Guiana.

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I «

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as
ss

"1 Mosaic Works.
Medals.
Java and Maha Stone

for building.
Poiizolana.
( irain.

Meal or Flour.
Beans.
Peas.
Lentils.

Rice.

Maccaroni or Vermi-

cella.
Cascasoo.
Parmesan Cheese.
Bologna and other

Sausages.
Anchovies.
Caviar.
Botarjjo.

21. Any Wine, which in pursuance of these
Acts shall be imported into any of His Majesty's
Sugar Colonies or Plaiitsitions in America or
Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Ma-
jesty's Colonies or Plantations in North America,
fi-om the Island of Malta, or the Dependencies
thereof, or from Gibraltar, shall tfb subject to the
Payment of such Duties, and no other, as are
payable on Madeira Wine when imported into
any of the said Colonies or Plantations diiectly
from Madeii-a. 55 Geo. 3. c.29. §6. 57Geo.3.c.4.

22. Any of the Subjects of the King of the
Netherlands, being Dutch Proprietors in the Co-
lonies of Demcrara, Berbice, or Essequibo in the
Province of Guiana, may import from the Nether-
lands into the said Colonics all the usual Articles
of Supply for their Estates in the said Colonies,
being necessary and requisite as Supplies for the
Cultivation of such Estates, or the Clothing,
Maintenance, and Comfort of the Residents
thereon, and not to exceed what may be deemed
necessai-y for the particular Estates for which they
nrc to be imported, and to be actually applied to
such Purposes, and not for Trade; and in case of
Seizure by any Officer of the Customs of any
such Articles, on the Ground of their being im-
ported not as Supplies, the Proof that such Arti-
cles are Supplies, and imported under the Condi-
tions of the Convention concluded between His
Majesty and the King of the Netherlands, shall
lie on the Duttli Proprietor importing the same;
and in case of such Proof being given, in conse-
quence of any Disjnite arising thereupon, before
the Collector or Principal Officer of the Customs,
(who is hereby empowered to administer an Oath,
or take Affidavit for the Purposes of any such

Examination

Europe.

Exnminalion and Proofi) the Goods shall he ad-
mitted to Entry, provided the Importer, before
Entry, enter into Bond, with Two Sureties, in a
sufficient Sum, to abide the Decision of the Hoai^d
of Customs in Enghmd upon such Seizure : Pro-
vided also, that Wine, as a Medicine and neces-
sary Article of Supply, may be so imjxirtcd, to
such a limited Extent as may be necessary for the
Purposes of such Supj)ly as a Medicine, and shall
be liable to the Duty of 10s. per Ton, and no
more. 5<) Geo. 8. c.91. §4.

23. All Subjects of the King of the Nether-
lands, resident in His said Majesty's European
Dominions, who were, at the Date of the Sig-
nature of the said Convention, Proprietors of
Estates in the said Colonies ; and all Subjects of
His said Majesty who may hereafter become
possessed of Estates then belonging to Dutch
Proprietors therein ; and all such Proprietors as
being then resident in the said Colonies, and
being Natives of His Majesty's Dominions in
the Netherlands, may have declared within
Three Months after the Publication of the afore-
► said Convention in the said Colonies, that they
wish to continue to be considered as such ; and
all Subjects of His said Majesty the King of the
Netherlands, who may be the Holders of Mort-
gages of Estates in the said Colonies, made prior
to the Date of the Convention, and who may,
under their Mortgage Deeds, have the Right ctf
exporting from the said Colonies to the Nether-
lands the Produce of such Estates, shall be
deemed Dutch Proprietors under this Act;
provided that where both Dutch and British
Subjects have Mortg.ages upon the same Property
in the said Colonies, the Pi-oduce to bo consigned
to the different Mortgagees shall be in proportion
to the Amount of the Debts respectively due to
them. 56 Geo. 3. c.91. § 5.

24-. All such Importation from the Nether-
lands into the said Colonies, for the Supply of
Estates therein, may be carried on in any Sliips
beino" the Pronprtv of Siihiprts of thp Kino- of
the Netherlands, wherever built, and without any
Restriction as to the Mariners navigating the
same, for Five Years commencing from the
L =q J First

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-ci

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cq

§-

Wh;'t Persons
ar-i t >l)e deemed
Dutch Proprie-
tors of Estates
in tiie s.iid
Colonies.

Artic'iL'S for thu'
Supply of the
Estates m.ny be
imported from
the Netherlands
in Dutch Ship?.

Curope.

Articles allowed
to be exported
direct to Malta
or Gibrjitar.

Vessels of the
United States
may be there
iaden with Salt.

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"firtt Day of January 1S16; provided that the
Master of every such Ship shall produce to the
proper Officer of His Majesty's Customs in the
said Colonies, satisfactory Proof of the said
Vessels being owned by a Subject of His Majesty
the King of the Netlieriands ; and his said Ma-
jesty the King of the Netherlands may at any
Time before the Expiration of the Five Years,
if he should think proper, order that such Trade
shall be carried on only in such Ship , as are
Dutch-built, and whereof the Master and Three
Fourths of the Crew are the Subjects of His said
Majesty : Provided also, that after the Expira-
tion of the Five Years, no such Trade shall be
carried on except in Vessels Dutch-built, and
whereof the Master and Three Fourths of the
Crew a^-e Subjects of His Majesty the King of
the Netherlands. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 6.

25. All such Importations shall be subject to
tl:e same Duties as aro payable by His Majesty's
Subjects on Importations of the like Articles into
l_ 05 J the said Colonies. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 7.
26. Sugar, Coffee, Cocoa, Rum, Melasses, Pimento,
Indigo, Ginger, Dying Wood, being the Produce o^' any
of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations, or uny
Articles which may now or may hereafter be by Law im-
ported lato the said Colonies or Plantations, may be ex-
ported from thence direct to Malta or the Dependencies
thereof, or to Gibraltar; and any Articles, the Production
or Manufacture of Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His
Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in North America, and
any Articles which may have been lawfully imported into
Newfoundland, &c. may be exported from thence direct
to Malta or the Dept; : « m as ihereof, or to Gibraltar,
under the Rules and R^luL'-i r of these Vas. 55 Geo. 3.
c. 29. § 1. 8. 57 Gee. j. _. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

Until 25th March 1819, any Ship belonging to the
United States, coming in Ballast and not otherwise, may
enter the Port of Exuma for the Purpose of being there
laden with Salt, and for no other Purpose whatever, subject
to the Rules, Provisions, Regulations, and Restrictions of

28 Geo. 3.

28 .Geo. S. c. 6. respecting Ships coming lor the same
Purpose to Turk's Island. 57 (ieo. 3. c. 42. § 1.
See Bahama and Bermudah.

jfaimoutl).

One of the Free Ports in the Island of Jamaica, for A Free Port.
the Importation and Exportation of certain Articles
in Foreign Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § i.
See Free Ports.

ftt^.

iiibjcct to
Majesty's
;icles into

Pimento,
ce o^ any
5, or liny
Law im-
ly be ex-
?ndencies
oduction
ny of His
rica, and
rted into
ice direct
Hbraltar,
5 Geo. 3.

g to the
ase, may
ing there
r, subject
ictions of
i Geo. 3. I

1. The Officers of the Customs in any iBritish Colony Allowed to
or Plantation in America appointed by Deputation or ^''^^e" °f t*'*
Commission from the Commissioners of His Majesty's SmeTaand
Customs in England, may receive such Fees as they and the loiands in
their Predecessors have been generally and usually the West indies.
accustomed to receive before 29th September 1764,
provided such Fees are not contrary to the Direction of
any Act made in Gi'eat Britain; and in every Port in
any British Island in the West Indies, where no Fees
have been received, such Officers shall be entitled to the
same Fees as have been generally and usually received
by the like Officers, in the nearest Port in the Island,
before the 29th September 1764; and if no Fees have
been received by any Officer in any Port in the Island,
such Officer shall be entitled to such Fees as have been
generally and usually received by the like Officers in the
Island of Barbadoes before the said Day ; and in every
Port or Place on the Continent of America, within His
Majesty's Dominions, where no Fees have been received by
any Officer of the Customs, such Officer shall be entitled to
the same Fees as have been generally and usually received
by the like Officers, in the nearest Port, on or before
the said Day ; and if no Fees have been received by any
Officer in such Port, such Officers shall be entitled to
such Fees as have been generally and usually received by
the like Officers, in the nearest Port within any British
Colony or Plantation, on or before the said Day ; and
it no Fees have been generally and usually received by
any Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs lor any Port
or Place within any Colony or PJantalionj or if the Fees
received by such Comptroller before the said Day have
not been equal to One Third Part of the Fees received

H by

'I'iiking greater

l'".!CS lllilU

allowed.

Upon (Mill Hi'-
purt ol' l-'isliiiii;
Vi'sscl'i at-
NewtoL.iiol '.uj.

Ollicers in New.
Ibundl.tiid to
\i»\\; tlic same
Fees for all
lUisincss doiii.'
a" were alhnved
at Haliiax.

For Certificates
upon shi|5piii'';
C'ortee,

jfecis.

by the Collector of His Majesty's Customs within the
same Port or Plrtce, in every such C'ase such Comptroller
may receive for his Fees, for any Entry, or other Busi-
ness (lone l»y hun in the Execution of his Employment,
a iSum ecjual to One Third Part of the Fees generally
and nsually received by such Collector for the like Busi-
ness ; and every such OHicer shall liave and be entitled
to the same Remedy for Recovery of such Fees as has
been here! ofore allow ed to any Collector or other Officer ;
and ii' any Collector, Comptroller, or other OfTicer of
the Customs in America, shall re(}uire or receive any
other or ".neater I'^ces than herein allowed to be taken,
he shall for the First Offence forfeit £50, and for the
yecondOtfence forfeit his Place, and be for ever incapable
bf executing any Office or Employment in the Customs.
5 Geo. S. c. ^r>. § 28. 10 Geo. f^. c. 37. § 1.

2. A Fee not exceeding Two Shillings and Sixpence
may be taken by OHicei s of the Customs at Newtbund-
land for each Report of the Master of every Vessel fitted
and cleared ont from Great Britain as Fishing Ships,
upon his first Arrival there, and at his clearing out from
thence, and no other Fee shall betaken or demanded by
any OlHcer of the Customs there relative to the said
Fishery. V2 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 7.

S. So long as 10 Ceo. 3. c. 37. shall remain in force*,
the Officers o'.' His Majesty's Customs in Newfoundland
shall be entitled to receive such Fees for all Business done
by them in the Execution of their Duty, as were legally
demanded and taken by the like Officers of the Customs
at the Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia on or before 1st
January 17()S, provided the said lees are not contrary to
the Directions of any Act made in Great Britain; and
the said Officers shall have the like Remedy for the same,
and be liable to the same Forfeitures and Disabilities for
receiving any greater or other Fees than are allowed to
be taken, as are inflicted in such Cases by 5 Geo. 3. c. 45.
and 10 Geo. 3. c. 37. — 16 Geo. 3. e. 47.* § 3. 45 Geo. 3.
c. G8. § 5.

4. For every Certificate granted upon the shipping of
Coffee and Cocoa Nuts in i)nrsuance of these Acts, the
Collector and Comptroller and Naval Officer shall re-

* Thii Acl was madt ptrpttual by 45 Geo, 3. c, 68. § 5.

ceive

ithiii the
rnptroller
ler Busi-
)loynient,
generally
ike Busi-
e entitled
3s a» has
r Oflicor ;
JHicer of
;cive any
)C taken,
:1 for the
incapable
Customs.

Sixpence
ewtbuntl-
sscl fitted
njv Ships,
out from
landed by
• the said

in force*,
bundland
ncss done
re legally
Customs
)cforc 1 St
)ntrary to
tain ; and
the same,
jilities for
llowed to
». 3. c. 45.
k5 Geo. 3.

lipping of

Acts, the

shall re-

i8. §5.
ceivc

•5

ftte.

celvcasa P'H^ or Reward the Sum of Five Shillings, and
no more. 5 (Jeo. 2. c. 24. § 3. 23 (ico. 3. c. 79. § 7.

Src COFKKK AND CoCOA NuTS.

f). The Fees now jiayahle upon the Registry or Trans-
fer of Rro})erty in any Vessel shall continue to he paid as
horelofore, oxc(!pt upon the l''irst Registry, ii! pursuance
of this Act, of any Ship built and registered before 1st
May 178^;. 26 Ceo. 3. c. 60. $ 37.

See llEdiSTifv OK British Ships.

(>. The CoHectors and Comptrollers in the British
C^olonies and Plantations may receive Two Shillings and
.Sixpence of the Masters of British Ships upcm delivering
the List of the Crew on board such Ships at the Time of
Arrival in llie said Colonies or Plantations, and also of
the Wages duo to such as may have died during the
Voyage, and n)ay receive One Shilling from any Person
inspecting sijcli List. .37 (ieo. 3. c. 73. §.5.

7- No Fees shall be demanded or received by any Of-
ficer in the ]''jee Poi'ts, for any Entry, Cocket, Clear-
ance, or Piiss])ort for any Foreign Vt?ssel, or for any
Goods iiuj)orted into or exported from the said Islands
in any such Foreign Vessels, under the like Pains and
Penalties as are inflicted upon Officers receiving greater
Fees than .are allowed by any Act now in force.
45 (ieo.3. c. 57. 49 Ceo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 9y.
57 (jeo. 3. c. 71'.

See Free Ports,

May be exported from Malta, or any of the Depen- Impcmation al-
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, (Mrect to any of His 1""^' *'^°'"

M. , , o /I I • T■>^ L ^- • 4 " • Malta or Gib.

ajesty s Sugar C olomes or Plantations ui America, 6r nitar.

to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British-
built Ships^ owuied, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. §5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1.
See Gibraltar.

M \LTA.

ITjion the Re-
gistry or Trans-
J'fr of British
Ships.

On the Delivery
of Lists of the
Crew and Wages
(hie to sue!) as
have died, and
for inspecting
tlio same.

^^ot to be paid
for Vessels or
Goods tinder the
Free Port Ath.

iFts|)evte0.

1. Salt for the Fisheries of NewfonndJ-and. Nnvii .Srntiru ^-i'' miv ba

im-

and Quebec, may be laden in any Part of Evnope on JMn'ff I'-'T.'^.'^

)I n • ' I 1 • I ■« T 1 -I I till (,1 ijUroiio,

joard any British- built Vessel owned, navigated, and

112

registered

100

jFisljerieg.

c. 7. § 6.
4- Geo. 3.

Also Goods
tit and necessary
for the Fishery
from Guernsey
cr Jersey ;

upon the Con-
ditions herein
ment'oned.

Tlf ningf. mny
bp imiiorted
from the Isle of
Mail ;

!ihoT';ols and
Tmplenients
tVom the said
Isle ;

registered according to J^aw. 15 Car. 2.
2 Geo. 3. C.24.. §7. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §31.
c. 19. §1. 48 Geo. 3. c. 22. §1.

2. Any Person nhabiting in Jersey or Guernsey may
lade in the said Islands, and transport directly from thence
to any of the British Colonies in America where the
Fishery is carried on, on board any Ship which may law-
fully trade there, any Sort of Craft, Food, Victuals,
Clothing, or other Goods fit and necessary for the
Fishery in those Parts, or for the Use and Support of
the Mariners or other Persons employed on board the
Ships, or on Shore, in carrying on the said Fishery
there ; provided such Craft, Clothing, or other Goods,
are the Produce or Manufacture of Great Britain, or of
Jersey or Guernsey, and such Food or Victuals are the
Growth or Produce either of Great Britain, Ireland, or
the said Islands. 9 Geo. 3. c.28. § 1.

3. Provided also, that the Master of the Ship produce
to the proper Officer of the Customs in the Colony where
he shall arrive, a Certificate under the Hand and Seal
of the Governor, Deputy Governor, or Commander in
Chief, that Oath had been made by the Shipper of such
Goods, before the Magistrates of the Royal Court in
Jersey or Guernsey, or any Three of them, that the
Goods and Victuals so shipped are of such Product or
Manufacture, which Certificate shall also be attested by
the principal Officer of the Customs in the said Island,
who shall certify that the said Oath was taken in his Pre-
sence ; and on Failure of producing the Certificate, such
Food, &c. found on board any Ship, and the Ship im-
porting the sam.e, shall be seized and forfeited, in the same
Manner as if this Act had not been made. 9 Geo. 3.
c.28. §2.

4. Any of His Majesty's Subjects residing in the Isle
of Man may export froni tht^nce to any of the British
Colonies or Plantations in America, in British-built Ships-
owned, navigated, and registered according to Law,
Herrings cauglit and cured by them, in the same Man-
ner as Victuals may be imported into the said Colonies
or Plantations from Ireland. 12 Geo. 3. c. 58. § 4.

5. Any of His Majesty's Subjects residing in the Isle of
Man may ship and lade there, and trans})ort directly from
thence to any Part of America where the Fishery is now
or shall iiyreafler be carried on, on board any Ship whicii
may lawfully trade or fish there, any Provisions, Hooks,

10 Linvi

, c. 7. § 6.
4- Geo. 3.

ernsey may
from thence
where the
ch may law-
d. Victuals,
ary for the

Support of
1 board the
aid Fishery
ther Goods,
ritain, or of
uals are the

Ireland, or

Ihip produce
olony where
d and Seal
[nmander in
)per of such
al Court in
m, that the
Product or
attested by
said Island,
I in his Pre-
tificate, such
lie Ship im-
, in the same
. 9 Geo. 3.

f in the Isle
the British
i-built Ships
ig to Law,
siimc Man-
lid Colonies^
58. § 4.
in the Isle oi
lirectly from
hery is now
Ship whicii
3ns, Hooks,
Lin«s

fiBffttitS. 101

Lines, Netting, or other Tools or Implements necessary
for and used ,n the Fishery by the Crews of the Ships
carrymg out the same, and the Craft belonging to and
employed by such Vessels in the Fishery; such Provisions,
Hooks, Lines, Nettuig, or other Tools or Implements
being he Product and ManulUcture of Greaf Britain
Ireland, or the said Isle of Man. 15 Geo. 3. c, 31. 5 5

6. Provided the Master of such Ship shall produce to Upon the Co„.
tiie proper Ulhcer of the Customs in the Colony or ^lant- ''"'°"» ''"«'"
ation where he shall arrive, a Certificate under the "'^"'*°"^'^-
Hand and Seal of the Collector or other principal
Officer ot the Customs in the Port where he shall have
htted out, that Oath hath been made before him by the
Shipp^ of suoh Provisions, Hooks, Lines, Netting, or
other Tools and Implements, that the same are of the
Product and Manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland,
or the Isle of Man, and that the several Articles before
mentioned (except the Provisions), specifying the Quan-
tities ana Particulars of each Sort, are to be used in the
Fishery by the Crew of the Ship carrying out the same,
and by the Craft belonging to and to be employed by
such Sh.p in the said Fishery, and for no other Use or
Purpose whatsoever (which Oath and Certificate such
Collector or other Officer is required to administer and
grant without Fee or Reward) ; and on Failure of pro-

nS/t P^'^^^^f^' "^ i*"«ny «uch Hooks, Lines,
rMetting, Tools, and Implements, are used or disposed of
tor any other Purpose, the same and the Ship ^hall be
seized and forfeited, as they would have been if this Act
had not been made. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 6.

cJrZ''^' ^^tVl"^ '^/^'^ ^y '^'^ Majesty's Subjects Fish n,,y he
carrymg on the Fishery from any of the followin.. Ports -xporte/to .ny
in North America, that is to say, Saint John's hi New ^Zn^fT''
Brunswick, Saint John's in Newfoundland, Quebec'" S;;.'^^^
Canada, Sydney m Cape Breton, Halifax and Shelburne
in Nova Scotia, and Charlotte Town in Prince Edward's
Island, or taken and cured by His Majesty's Subjects
carrying on the Fishery from any Part of the United
Kingdom, may be exported from any of the said Colonies
to any Pait of Europe South of Cape Finisterre, on

liZtP' ^'''f-^'''^' y^««^l o^ned, navigated, and re-
g Stored according to Law; and any suJh Ship, after
discharcrinnr tho Poi-^^ ..f t?:_u - "i , . "^ t > "*«^«^i

P-irf r,Fv^ T^"".o"„';i ■"'="' '"''>■ ^sae in any such

Part of Europe Fruit, Wine, Oil, Salt, or Cork, for

Ex-
portation

102

iFisijerres*

Oalli to be made

th.il the Fi.jh is

.': ,■ -

Britiih t.iken

/5 : '

1 - ,:

Jiid cured, and

Certificate pro-

duced at the

Port of Arrival

m Europe.

I'lie Person in
whose Possession
the Fish con-

tinbr(1 i:ntil
siiii-pcd, lO make
Oalh (c the
liii'iitity,ot"wh'.ch
:i Ccrlilicace is
to be granted.

Ve^oci;. em-
ployed in the
Fishery, or in
trading Coast-
vvibejnotreijuirf d
to be registered.

jiortation (111*001 to the saul Colonies, under the Regula-
tions licrcafter mentioned. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 2.

8. I'he Persons exporting a Cargo from any Port in
Nova Scotia or New Brunswick to any such Part of
Europe South of Cape Finisterrc, shall make Oath at the
Port of Shipment before the Chief Oflicer of the Customs,
or tlie Naval Officer, that the Cargo so shipped is tlie
Produce of the British Fisheries in North America, and
bona fide taken and cured by His Majesty's Subjects
carrying on such Fisheries from some of the said Colo-
nies, and such Officer of the Customs or Naval Officer
*jhall certify such Oath under his Hand, which Certificate
shall be produced by the Master, on his Arrival at the
Port in Europe to which such Cargo shall be conveyed,
or to which she shall go for the Delivery of the Cargo,
and the Master shall make Oath before the British Con-
sid there, or if no Consul, then before Tv.o known
Britisii Merchants, that the Certificate so produced was
the Certificate of the Officer whose Name it bears, and
was duly signed by him. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 4.

9. Before shipping any Pickled Fish or Dry Fish for
p]xportation from Canada to any Port of Europe within
the Limits aforesaid, the Person in whose Possession
the same has continued from the Time of its being landed
from the Fishing Vessel employed in the taking it, until
shipped for Exportation, shall make Outli before the
Chief Oflicer of the C'ustoms or the Naval Officer in
Command at Quebec, that the same was the Produce of
the British American Fisheries, bona fide taken and
cured by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on the said
Fishery from some of the said Colonies ; and on such
Oath being taken at Quebec, the said Officer of the
Customs or Naval Officer shall grant Certificate thereof^
signed with his Hand, which Certificate the Master of
such Ship shall be required to produce at the Port of
Delivery in Europe within the Limits aforesaid, and shall
make Oath of the Authenticity of such Certificate in
Manner aforesaid. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 6.

10. Vessels not exceeding Thirty Tons Burthe:i, not
having a Deck, employed solely in the Fishery on tlic
Banks or Shores of Newfoundland, the Province of
Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, adjacent to the
Gulf of Saint Lav,rcivjc, and to the North of Cape
Can&o, or the Islands within the same, or in trading

(^ Coabtwise

iftel)erie«.

103

ossession

CoatitwibC within the said Limits, are not required to be
registered. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60.

See Registry of British Ships.

11. Certain Articles, the Produce or Manufacture of
the United States of America, may be imported into
Newfoundland and Quebec for the Use of the Fisheries
there. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 13. 29 Geo. 3. c. 16. § 1.

See Newfoundland.
Quebec.

12. The Right of carrying on the Fishery at New-
foundland, and going on Shore for the Curing, Salting,
Drying, and Husbanding Fish, vested in His Majesty's
Subjects. 10 & 1 1 W. 3. c. 2.5. § 1. 12 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 4.
51 Geo. 3. c. 45. § 2.

See Newfoundland.

13. Oil and Blubber taken and caught on the Banks
and Shores of Newfoundland by British Subjects shall
not be admitted to Entry as such in Great Britain,
unless accompanied with a Certificate under the Hand
and Seal of the Governor, Deputy Governor, Naval
Officer, or other Principal Officer, or a Justice of the
Peace, testifying that Oadi had beer made before him
that the Oil and Blubber was really tl.c P'-oduce of Fish,
or Creatures living in the Sea, taken by His Majesty's
Subjects carrying on such Fishery, and usually residing
in Newfoundland, or in His Majesty's European Domi-
nions. 55 Geo. 3. c. 125.

Sec Newfoundland.

flax. See " Hemp."
iFlOUr* See " Corn."

Articles may be
imported from
the United

States.

The Right of
Fishing <ind
curing Fish at
Newfoimdland.

Certificate re-
quired oil Ex-
portation of Oil
and Bhibher
from Newfoind-
Tniid.

L-oabtwise

iFiee i^ort0.

I . Wool, Cotton Wool, Indigo, Cochineal, Drugs of
all Sorts, Cocoa, Logwood, Fustic, and all Sorts of Wood
for Dyers Us(>, Hides, Skins, and Tallow, Beaver nnd all
Sorts of Fur«, Tortoise Shell, Hard Wood or Mill Tim-
ber, Mahogany, and all other Woods (or Cabinet Ware,
Horses, Asses, Mules and Catfe, the Growth or Produc-
tion of any of the Colonies or Plnntations in America^ or
of any Country on the Continent of America, belonging
to or u.ndcr the Dominion of any Foreign European

H 1' Sovereign

Ceit.iiii Artifles
may he imported
into the Free
Ports hcr«in
mentiwncd in
Vessels owned
and n.nvigated by
Persons inhabit-
ing Colonics
under lorcign
European States.

104

'l"ob;u\o niav
he iTiporti'd ill
vvicli Vessels,
and cxportfd to
llie United
Kingriom,

JFree i&orts»

Sovereign or State, Coin, Bullion, DiamondR, PreciouH
Stones, may be imported I mm any of the said Countries,
into the Ports Iiereatter mentioned; that is to say,

Ports.

TSLANJDS.

Kingston, Savannah La'

Mar, Monlego Bay,

Santa Lucea, Antonio,

Saint Anne, Falmouth,

and Maria
Saint Cioorgo

Roseau - _ -

Saint John's

San .losct" - - _

Scarbort)ugh
Road Harbour
Nassau - - _

Pitt's l\)wn

Kingston - - _

The Principal Port
Any Port where there is |

a C'ustom-house - )

Bridgetown - _ „„„v^v».

In any Foreign Sloop, Schooner, or other Vessel ', Dein^
owned and navigated by Persons inhabithig any of the
said C\)lonies or Plantations in Aiiieriea, or Couiuries on
the Continent of America, belonging to or under the Do-
nunion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State.
*5 (leo. 3. c. 57. 49 Geo. 3. e. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99.
57 Geo. 3. c- 74.

2. Tobacco, the Growth or Production of any Island
m tho West Indies, or of any Country on the Continent of
America, belonging to or under the 'Dominion of any Fo-
reign i.uropean Sovereign or State, may be imi)orted
from any such Island or Comitry, into any of the Ports
lerein-before enumerated, in the like Foreign Vessels, and
be again exported from thence to any Part of the United
Kin^rdom, under the same Restrictions, Penalties, and
I orteitures, as are in this Act contained with regard to the
Goods herein-before enumerated. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57 § '^

Jamaica.

Grenada.

Dominica.

Antigua.

Trinidad.

Tobatro.

1 ortola.

New Providence.

Crooked Island.

Saint Vincent. •

l^ermuda.

Bahamas.

Barbadoes.

So niMiih ot the. -1.5 ^^,0, 'i

57. us cvn/ined the Trade iu

f, , r ■^. ^.^1. lio iunjuitii lilt Aiaae 10

rnT o 'Z"'^ """''^ '''"" ^"^' ^^''*' « repeakd by the Jets
50 Geo. 3. f. 2 1 . and 54 Geo. 3. c. 48.

3. It

1 ^ being
ly of the
in tries on
• the Do-
or State.
3. c. 99.

ny Island
itinent of
f any Fo-
inijxnted
he Ports
sscls, and
e United
ties, and
rd to the
.57. §2.

Ti'ude Lo
y the Acts

3. It

Jftee i^otts*

3. It slmll be lawftd to import into the saitl Port of
Nassau in the Island of New I'rovidcnee, and into the
said Port of Pitt's Town in Portland I larbour in Crooked
Ishnid, and into such other Ports in the said Bahama
Islands, and into the principal Port in the Island of IJer-
nuida, and into such i\)rts in thclslands caller! Caicos as
shall be approved by Mis Majesty in Council, Sugar and
Coffee, the Produce of any Foreign Country or Planta-
tion, in such Foreign Ships, and subject to such Rules,
Regulations, and Restrictions, as are prescribed in this
Act with respect to the CJoods and Merchandize herein-
before enumerated ; and such Sugar and Coffee may be
so imported into and exported from any of the said Ports
without Payment of any Dnty of Customs. 45 Geo. 3.
c. r»i. § 4, 5.

4. His Majesty, by and with the Advice of the Privy
Council, may permit \he Importation into the Port of
Road Harbour in the Island of Tortola, one of tiie Vir-
gin Islands, and the Exportation from thence into this
Kingdom, of all Cioods permitted to be imported into the
Port of Nassau in the Island of New Providence, and to
be exported from thence to this King«lom, in the same
manner, on the same Duties and Drawbacks, and subject
to the same Rules, Regulations, Restrictions, Penalties,
and Forfeitures, as are provided in 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. re-
specting Importation into and lOxportation from the Port
of Nassau, and further subject to such Rules, Regula-
tions, Conditions, and Restrictions, ashluill from Time to
Time be directed by I lis Majesty, by and with the Ad-
vice aforesaitl, 40 Geo. 3. c. 72. § 1.

5. His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy
Council, may permit the Iin})ortation into the Port of
Road Harbour in Tortola, and Exportation from thence,
without Payment of any Duty of Customs, of all Sugar,
subject to such Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions as
may be directe(( by His Majesty, by such Advice as
aforesaid ; and all Sugar imported into the United King-
dom from Tortola, (excei)t such Sugar as shall be of the
Growth and Produce of the British Virgin Islands, and
exported as such under the Certificates of the Collector
and Comptroller of the Customs of the said I.-,iaiidfi,
which Certificate shall be given in such Form as sliall be
— ..,...v, L-j j.xi.', iViajLsty, uy imu wiui inc Auvicu oi xlis
Privy Council, and shall not be given in any one Year
for any greater Quantity than 6,880,000 Pounds Weight),

shall

105

iSiiR.ir and Coffep
(if Foreign Colo-
nits may le im-
ported into cer-
tain I'orts in
such Vctoil.s.

Certain Articles
permitted to be
imiiorted intft
ai]d exported
from Road
Harlioiir in
Tortola in
Foreign Vesbel.-.;

also Sugar
without Pay-
ment of Duty.

106

iTree |&om.

Kicc, Grain,
and rlour may
he imported into
the Ports enu-
merated in
No. 1. nnd in
Foreign Vessels.

N'l otlier GooJ.,
to be imported
into the Tree
Ports in Foreign
Ve'^Seli.

Certain Articles
may be exported
from ihe said
Ports in Foreign
\'csselj.

shall be deemed to be Foreign 8iigar, and be imported
into the Unite«l Kingdom as such, and subject to all
Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions relatinir thereto.-
46 Geo. 3. c. 72. § 2.

6. In addition to the Articles enumerated in 45 Geo. 3.
c. 57. It shall be lawlui to imi)ort, under the like Autho-
rity, Restrictions, Rules, Regulations, Penalties, and For-
feitures provided in the said Act, Rice, CJrain of all
KSorts, and Flour, from any Colonies or Plantations in
America, belonging to or under the Dominion of any
Foreign European .Sovereign or State, into any of the
1 orts enumerated in No. 1, in any Foreign Vessel what-
ever, manned and navigated by Persons inhabiting any of
the said Colonies or Plantations. 48 Geo. 3. c. 125. § 2.

7. No Goods except such as are before enumerated
shall be imported in any Foreign Vessel from any of the
Colonies or Plantations in America, or any Countries on
the Continent of America, belonging to or'under the Do-
minion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State,
into any of the before-mentioned Ports, on Forfeiture
thereof, with the Vessel in which imported ; and the same
inay be seized by any Otficer or Officers of His Majesty's
Customs or Navy authorized to make Seizures, and shall
and may be prosecuted in manner herein-after directed.
45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 7.

8. It shall be lawful to export from any of the said
Ports (See No. 1.) to any of the Colonies or' Plantations
in America, or any Countries on the Continent of Ame-
rica, belonging-to or under the Dominion of any Foreign
European Sovereign or State, in any Sloop, Schooner, or
Vessel owned and navigated by Persons inhabiting any
such Colony, Plantation, or Country, Rum of the Pro-
duce of any British Island* which shall have been
brought into the said Islands in British-built Ships owned,
navigated, and registered according to Law ; and all
Goods which shall have been legally imported into the
said Islands, except Masts, Yards, or Bowsprits, Pitch,
Tar, and Turpentine, and except such Iron as shall
have been brought from the British Colonies or Flanta-
tions in America, 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 8.

* Negroes cere also allowed to be exported to Foreign American
Colnmcs. but suck Erpr^rfationis now prohlbiied by Hie Jcl, Jof

abohslnng the Slave Trade. See " Slaves.'

9. It

iFree i^orts:

107

^SGco. 3.
ke Autho-
, and For-
lin of all
itations in
on of any
ny of the
ssel wliat-
ng any of
125. §2.
iimerated
ny of the
m tries on
r the Do-
or State,
''orfeiture
the same
Majesty's
and shall
directed.

f the said

antatious

of Ame-

/ Foreign

ooner, or

iting any

the Pro-

ive been

s owned,

; and all

into the

s, Pitch,

as shall

• Planta-

American
Avid Jilt

9. It

9. It shall be lawful to export in any British Ship,
owned and navigated according to Law, from any of thfe
said Ports to any British Colony or Plantation in Ame-
rica or the West Indies, any Goods of theManiifactnre of
Euro{)<', and any Goods which shall have been legally im-
ported into any of the said Ports from any of the Colonies
or Plantations in America, or in any Country on the Con-
tinent of America belonging to or under the Dominion
of any Foreign European Sovereign or State. 45 Geo. 3.
c. 57. $i 9.

10. But if any Doubts shall arise whether any such
(ioods intended to be so exported shall have been legally
imported into the said Ports, the Legality of such Ini}>or-
tatiou shall be made appear to the Satisfaction of the
Collector and Comptroller, or other Principal Ofliccr of
the Customs at the Port of Exportation, before such
Goods shall be suffered to be shipped lor Exportation.
4-5 Geo. 3. c. 57.^ 10.

11. All Wool, Cotton Wool, Indigo, Cochineal,
Drugs of ?\\ Sorts, Cocoa, Logwood, Fustick, and all
Sorts of Wood for Dyers Use, Hides, Skins, and Tallow,
Beaver and all Sorts of Furs, Tortoise Shell, Mahogany,
and all other Woods lor Cabmet Ware, of the Growth or
Production of any of the Colonies or Plantations in Amc-
ricp, or Countries on the Continent of America, belong-
ing to or under the Dominion of any Foreign European
Sovereign or State, shall be allowed to be exported from
any of the said Ports, (See No. ]) to any Part of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under
the Restrict'.ans, Securities, Penalties, and Forfeiture?
provided in 12 Car. 2. c. 18. 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. and
20 Geo. 3. c. 10. with respect to the Goods therein enu-
merated. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § l\. 49 Geo: 3. c. 22. § 1.

12. No Goods of the Production or Manuiacture of
the East Indies, or other Places beyond the Cape of Good
Hope, shall be exported from any of the Free Ports to
any other British Colony or Plantation in America or
the West Indies, upon Forfeiture thereof with the Ship.
4 5 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 12.

13. If any Foreign A^essel, arrivijig at any of the afore-
.said Ports, shall have on board any Goods of the Protluc-
tion or Manuficture of the East Indies, or other Places
beyond the Cape of Good Hope, such Goods shall be for-
ieitctl, will) the vShip in which brought, whether such

Goods

Goods of Europe,
or which hnvo
been imjxjrt.d
into the Free
Ports, mny i)e
exported from
thence to other.
British Culonics.

Tn eases of
Doiiljt, the Lc-
vnlity of Im-
p^)rtation to ho
made r.ppear tc
tiie Ol.'iten.

Tlie Article'
imported into
tlio Free Port;-
mav be ex-
pi;ntd to the
United King-
dom.

Last India
Goods not to iif
exported to an)
otlier British

Colony.

Fnst Indi;i Good'
found on bor.rd
Foreign Vessel?
forfeited,

108

No Fees to be
charged by the
Officers.

How Penalties
and Forfeitures
to be recovered
and divided.

Peas and Beans
may be imported
into the Ports
enumerated in
No. I. and in
the like Vessels.

jTrce i^orts*

Goods shall be intended to be landed, or whetlier IJulk
shall have been broken or not. 4-5 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 13.

14. No Duty of Gunpowder, nor any Fee, shall be re-
ceived by any Officer in the Free Ports tor any Entry,
Cocket, Clearance, or Passport for any Foreign Vessel,
or for any Goods imported into or exported in such Fo-

reign Ships or Vessels, under the like Pains and Penalties
as are inflicted upon Officers receiving greater Fees than
are allowed by any Act of Parliament now in force for
regulating the Fees of the Officers of the Customs in His
Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America. 45 Geo. 3.
c. 57. § 14.

15. All Penalties and Forfeitures imposed by this
Act may be prosecuted, sued for, recovered, and divided
in Great Britain, or in any of His Majesty's Colonies or
Islands in America, in the same Manner and Form, and
by the same Rules and Regulations in all respects, as far
as the same ai'o a})pHcable, as any other Penalties and
Forfeitures imposed by any Act of Parliament made for
the Security of the Revenue of the Customs, or for the
Regulation or Improvement diereof, or for tlie Regula-
tion of Trade or Navigation, and which were in force
before the passing of this Act, may be prosecuted, sued
for, recovered, and divided in any of His Majesty's Colo-
nies or Islands in America. 45 Geo. 3. c, 57. § 15.

16. Peas and Beans, the Growth of any of the Colo-
nies or Possessions in the West Indies, or on the Continent
of America, belonging to or under the Dominion of any
Foreign European Sovereign or State, may be imported
into any of the Ports in His Majesty's Colonies or Planta-
tions in the West Indies enumerated in 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
46 Geo. 3. c. 72. 49 Geo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99.
and 57 Geo. 3. c. 74. in Vessels of the like Description,
and subject to the like Rules, Regulations, and Restric-
tions, as are required by the said Acts, permitting certain
Articles to be imported into the Ports enumerated therein
in Vessels of the like Description, and subject to the like
Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions, as are required by
50 Geo. 3. '

21.* 58 Geo. 3. c. 27. §2.

* Tliia Act (which was made perpetual by 54 Geo. 3. c. 48.)
permitted the Importation and Exportation of the Articles, under
the Rules and Regulations of 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. in any Foreign
Vessel, although having more tlian one Deck.

17. Any

■3(

JFree i&ortsf.

109

licr Hulk
7. § 13.
all be re-
ly Entry,
[n Vessel,
such Fo-
Penultics
[^^ees than
force for
ns in His
bSGeo.S.

by this
I divided
»lonies or
orm, and
;ts, as far
Ities and
made for
r for the

Regula-
in force
ed, sued
y's Colo-
. 15.

he Colo-

)ontineiit

n of any

imported

r Planta-

3. 0.57.

i. c. 99.

cription,

llcstric-

g certain

I therein

the like

[uired by

3. c. 48.)
Ics, under
r/ Foreign

17. Any

17. Any Foreign Vessel described in 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
may coujc in Ballast into any Port of the Bahama Islands
where there is a Custom-house, and export the Articles
allowed by the said Act to bo exported, conformably with
the Regulations of the said Act, and also export Salt, sub-
ject to the Duty of Tonnage, and under the Regulations
nn})osed by 28 Geo, 3. c. 6. — 52 Geo. 3. c. 99.
Sec " Salt."

1«. Any of His Majesty's Subjects may export, in any
British-built ^'essel owned and navigated according to
Law, from any of thi' Islands in the West Indies belong-
ing to His Majesty to any other of the said Islands, or to
.iny of the British Colonies on the Continent of America,
and from anyone of the said British Colonies in America
to any of the Islands in the West Indies belonging to His
Majesty, or to luiy other British Colony or Plantation on
the Continent of America, any Goods of the Manufacture
of Europe, and any Goods or Prize Goods v/hich have
been legally imported into any of the said Islands or Colo-
nies, under the Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions of
45 Geo. 3. c. 57.-52 Geo. 3. c. 100.

19. Any of His Majesty's Subjects may export, in any
British-built ^'essel owned and navigated according to
Law, from the said Island of Newfoundland to any of the
Islands in the W est Indies belonging to His Majesty, or
to any of the British Colonies on the Continent of America,
and from any one of the said Islands in the West Indies be-
longing to His Majesty, or from any one of the said British
Colonies on the Continent of America, into Newfound-
land, any Goods the Manufacture of Europe, and any
Goods or Prize Goods which shall have been legally im-
porteil into any of the said Islands or Colonies under the
Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions contained in 45
Geo. 3. c. 57. — 57 Geo. 3. c. 29.

1. The Produce of J^urope South of Cape Finisterre
may be shipped and laden in any Port of Europe South
of Cape Finisterre for Exportation direct to any of the
Ports herein-after mentioned ; that is to say, Saint John's
in New Brunswick, Saint John's in Newfoundland,
Quebec in Canada, Sydney in Cape Breton, Halifax

Foreign VeiteU
m«y export S.ilt
and other
Articles from
the Bahamas.

CV.r>11, ;„ VT ' CI . .^x ^.. J /~ti -.1 1,

^JlIC■^ulun 111 iNUVa OCOLiU, illiU V^^/UUnULlU

Certain Goods
may be exported
from one British
Island in the
West Indies, or
Colonies on the
Continent, to
another.

The like Goods
may be exported
from Newfound-
laud to the said
Islands and
Colonies, or
from thence to
Newfoundland.

Town ill

i^iuce Edward's Island, all in North America, on board

Vessels from
British Colonies
in North Ame-
rica, arriving
with the Produce
thereof at Places
in Europe South
of Cape Finis-
terre, mrty im-
port from theiica
Fruit the Pro-
duce of Evirope,

fruit*

Diitie3
thereon.

Oil F.xi)i)n.uloii
Irom Nova
Scotiii oi New
Biiiii'-wick, Oatli
to !h.' innvic th:it
the Cargo is tlie
Pro'iuce of the
Provitic'e or of
the British
Fisiieries ; and
Certificates
thereof to be
jirodiiced.

Certain Articles
may be exported
from Canada
without such
Oath, on pro-
ducing a Cer-
tificate of the
leguidi' Im-
portation by

of any British Ship owned, navigated, aiul rc'<ri!,tc'icil
according to Law, which shall have arrived at any Port
of Europe South of Cape Finistcrre with Articles of the
Growth or Produce of the snid Colonies, or with Fish
taken and cured by His Mfijesty's Subjects carrying on
the Fisheries from any of the said C^olonies or Planta-
tions, or from any Part of the United Kingdouj, or with
any of the Goods herein-jiftor mentioned (See ;No. 4.)
from the Province of Canada, whether such Goods shall
be the Produce of Ciuiada, or shall have been brought
into the said Province by Land or Inland Nfwimition.
51 Geo. 3. c. 97. v 2. *

2. Upon the Importation thereof into any of the said
Ports, the same shall be subject and liable to such Duties
as Goods of the like Denomination are liable to upon
being imported into any of the said Ports from Great
Britain. 51 Geo. ti. c. 97. § 3.

3. The Person exporting a Cargo from Nova Scotia
or New Brunswick, tor any Port "of Europe South of
Cape Finisterre, shall make Oath at the Port of Ship-
ment before the Chief Officer of the Customs, or before
the Naval Officer in Command at such Port, that the
Cargo so shipped is the Growth and Produce of the said
Provinces, or the Produce of the British Fisheries in
North America, really taken and cured by His Majesty's
Subjects carrying on the said Fisheries from some of tlie
said Colonies or Plantations, and such Officer shall certity
such Oath under his Hand ; which Certificate shall be
produced by the Master of the Ship on board of wliich
any such Cargo is shipped, on his Arrival at the Port in
Europe, within the Limits aforesaid, to which such Cargo
shall be consigned, or to which such Ship shall go lor
the Delivery of the Cargo; and the Master shall make
Oath before the British Consul, or if there shall be no
British Consul, then before Two known British Mer-
chants, that the Certificate so produced was the Cer-
tificate of the Officer whose Name it bears, and was
duly signed by him. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 4.

4. The Exporter of Wlieat, Flour, Peas. Beans, Oats,
Barley, Indian Corn, Rye, White Oak Staves, and
Heading, dressed or undressed, Hoops, Pine Plank and
Boards, from Canada, shall not be required to make Oath
that the said Articles are the Produce of Canada; and
the Master of the Ship, on his Arrival at any Port of
Europe within the Limits aforesaid, shall only be re-

tjuircd

renristl'IC'il

niiy Port
les of I ho
with Fish
nying on
>r Planta-
1, or with
e;No. 4.)
)0(ls shall
I brought
iwigatioii.

tthe said

•h Duties

to upon

jni Great

va Scotia
Soutli of

of Ship-
or before

that the
f the said
heries in
Majesty's
ne of the
ill certity

shall be
of wliich
; Port in
L'h Cariio
111 go lor
all nmke
ill bo no
sh Mer-
the Cer-
and was

IIS, Oats,
ves, and
lank and
ike Oatii
da ; and
Fori of
,' be re-
(juircd

iTruit.

»|iiired to produce a ('eitilicate from the Chief Orticcr of
tlie Cualomsjor the Naval OlHcer in Command at Quebec,
that the said Articles were the Growth of or brought into
Cauada conformably to the Regulations establislied by
Law in the said Province (if any), by Land or luLind
Navigati<m, from Countries bordering thereon, and which
Certificate such Officer of the Ckistoms, or Naval Officer,
is required to grant upon satisfactory Proof being made
upon Oath or otherwise, and the Authenticity of such
Certificate shall bo sworn to in manner aforesaid by the
Master of such Ship, at the Port of Delivery in Europe
within the aforesaid Limits. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 5.

5. Before the Shipment of any Pickled Fish or Dry
Fish for Exportation from Canada to any Port of Europe
within the Limit? aforesaid, the Person in whose Posses-
sion the same has continued from the Time of its being
landed from the Fishing Vessel employed in taking it,
until shipped for Exportation, shall make Oath before
the Chief Officer of the Customs, or the Naval Officer in
Command at Quebec, that the same was the Produce of
the British American F'islieries, taken and cured by His
Majesty's Subjects carrying on the said Fislieries from
some of the said Colonies or Plantations; and, upon
such Oath being taken, the said Officer of the Customs,
or Naval Officer, shall grunt Certificate thereof signed
with his Hand, which Certificate only the Master of
such Vessel shall be required to produce at the Port of
Delivery, and shall make Oath of the Authenticity of
sucli Certificate in manner aforesaid. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 6.

6. Any Goods subject to F^orfeiture under this Act
may be seized by any Officer of the Customs in the said
Colonies or Plantations, or by the Commander of any of
His Majesty's Ships or Vessels of M^ir, and may' be
prosecuted, sued for, recovered, and divided in the same
Marnier, by the same Rules and Regulations, as far as
the same are applicable, as any other Forfeiture imposed
by any Act made for the Security of the RevcnuOj or for
the Regulation or Liiprovement thereof, or for the
Regulation of Trade or Navigation, and which were in
force on the passing of this Act. 51 Geo. .'3. c. 97. § 7.

Dry

111

Land or Inland
Nuvigacion.

Oath to be made
befort' shipping
Pickled or Dry
Fish from
CiiiLida, that It is
the Produce ut"
thL- Britlsli
libhciifs.

By whom Slilp ,
and Cioodf may
be tfizcd and
prosecuted.

AND WET, IN Brandy and Sugar, in Jars and
Bottles.

' ' May ue exported froiu Malta, or any of the uc-
liendeucies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of

His

importation
allowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

J 12

Oftlie Uiilicd
States may li;
imported into
Uerinud.i in
1 oreign Vessels.

May he im-
jvrtcd ill Foroigu
Vessels into
Ports u) be ap-
proved by I lis
Majesiv in
Nov;i broti.i or
New Brunswick.

Subject to such
Rules nuvi Re
gulHtioiis ns I li'-
M:'.jcsty nijy
direct.

1 imitation of

JTtuit*

His Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America,
or to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty'^
Colonies or Plantutions in North Anioi icu, in British-
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Lew. 55 Ceo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Ceo. 3. c. 4. § 1.

See GlUKALTAR.

Malta.

8. The Produce of the United States of America may
be imported from the said States into Saint George or
Hamilton in the Island of Bermuda, iili any Foreign
Vessel belonging to any Country in Amity with His
Majesty, under the Authority, Restrictions, Rules,
Regulations, Penalties, and Forfeitures provided by

52 Geo. 3. c. 79. aiul 53 Cieo. 3. c. 50 57 Ceo. 3.

c. 28. § 1.

See Bkrmuda.

9. Any British-built Vessel owned and navigate<l
according to Law, or any Vessel belonging to the
Subjects of any Sovereign or State in Amity with His
Majesty, may import Fruits into such Ports as shall be
specially appointed for that Purpose within the Provinces
of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick; provided that the
said Fruits slmll not be imjjorted in any Foreign Vessel
unless of the (jrowth or Produce of the Country to
which the Vessel importing the same shall belong ; and
any of the said Fruits may be exported either to the
United Kingdom, or any other of His Majesty's Posses-
sions, in any British-built Vessel owned and navigated
according to Law. 58 (ieo. 3. c. 19. § 1, 2, 3.

10. His Majesty, with the Advice of His Privy
Council, mny make such Rules and Regulations for the
Importation and Exportation of the said Fruits at the
siiid Ports, with such Pen.nlties and Forfeitures for the
Breach thereof, as shall seem fit and necessary to His
Majesty, by and with the Advice aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3.
c. 19. §G.

11. This Act shall continue in force for the Space oi
Three Years from and after the passing of the same*,
and until Six Weeks after the Conunonccment of the
then next Session of Parliament 58 Geo 3. c. 19. § 7.

*Hlh May 1818.

fnxB,

Anierica,
Majesty'h
I British-
icconUng
;. 4. § 1.

•ricn may
eorge or
Foreicn
with His
, Rules,
nded by
1 Geo. 3.

uivigate<l
T to the
with His
i bhall be
Provinces
that the
,511 Vessel
ountry to
3ng; and
sr to the
s Posses-
navigated

[is Privy
IS for the
its at the
3 for the
ry to His
3 Geo. 3.

Space oi"
e same*,
)t of the

19. §7.

113

Not to be ex-
ported, unless to
some oilier
riantatiiin, or
Great Britain or
Ireland.

May be im-
ported into (he
Free Ports in
Foreign VesseN;

1. Beaver Skins, and other Furs, of the Production or
Manufacture of the British Plantations in America, shall
not be shipped or conveyed iVom any any of the said
Plantations to any Place, unless to some other Plantation
beloiignig to His Majesty, or to Great Britain or Ireland.
12 Car 2. c 18. § 18, 19. 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. § 11.
7 8C8W. 3.C. 22. §13. 8Ann. c. 13. §23. 8 Geo l.
c. 15. § 24. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §24. 27. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. §6.
20 Geo. 3. c. 10 § 1. 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.
56 Geo. 3. c. 91. §4. 8.

For the Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures, to
secure the landing in the British Plantations, or in
Great Britain or Ireland,

See Asiiiis, Pot, and Pearl.

2. The Production of any of the Colonies or Planta-
tions m America, or of any Country on the Continent of
America, belonging to or under the Dominion of any Fo
reign European Sovereign or State, may be imported
from any ot the said Countries into the Free Ports, in
any l^oreign Vessel whateve.-, being owned and navigated
by Persons inhabiting any of the said Colonies or Plant-

oT' J^^^^""'^' ^•^^- *SGeo.3. c.22. 52 Geo. 3.
c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.

See Free Ports.

3. The Production of any of the Colonies or Planta-
tions in America, or Countries on the Continent of
America, belonging to or under the Domuiion of any
foreign European Sovereign or State, imported into the
*ree 1 orts, niay be exported from thence to any Part of
the United Kingdom under the Rules, &c. of 12 Car 2
c. 18. 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. and 20 Geo. 3. c.lO with
resjject to Goods therein enumerated. 45 Geo S c n^
*9 Geo. 3 c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. o. 99. « Geo So 7*.

^ee 1<EEE Ports.

dPtbraltar.

TheTracle between Gibraltar and His Majesty's Co- The Trade to
omes and Plantations in America shall be carried on in ^' ""!"*''"

Re^lT"''' ""f "":'^^^^"' ^''^' ^^"^-' Regulationsrand Safff*
Restrictions, and subject to the like Penalties and For- M"''--
feitures, as are provided by 55 Geo. 3. c.29. with respect
p"i„'I;f.i^^«"^! °^; ^-Jta and Hi, Majesty's ColoniesTnd
X .antuaoiis in Aiiienca, as if ti,e same were particularly
repeated .n the Body of this Act. 57 Geo. 3.^ c r ^
oee Malta.

and exported
from thence to
the United
Kingdom.

114

(Binstv.

Not lo be ex-
ported, unless to
some other
Plaiitrflioii, or
Great Britain
or Ireland.

TLity upon Ex-
portation.

Kow to be levied
and disposed of.

Officers may
iiccept a Pro-
portion of the
Commodity.

Bond to be
given to brini;
the s^me to
Great Briuin,
Ireland, or some
British Planta-
tion.

Laws void, if
lepuguant to
this Act.

1. The Production of the British Plantations in Ame-
rica, sliall not be shipped or conveyed from any of the
said Plantations to any Place, unless to some other Plant-
ation belonging to His Majesty, or to Great Britain or Ire-
land, there to be laid on Shore. 12 Car, 2. c, 18- § 18, 19.
22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26^ 11. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 13.
8Ann. c,;3. §23. 4- Geo. 3. c.l5. §24.27. 15 Geo. 3.
c. 31. § 6. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. §1.3 39 & 40 G. 3.
C.67. Art. 6. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 4. 8.

For the Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures, to
secure the landing in the British Plantations, or in
Great Britain or Ireland,

See Ashes, Pot and Pearl.

2. There shall be paid to His Majesty One Shilling
for every 112lbs. Weight of Ginger shipped in His Ma-
jesty's Plantations, if Bond is not first given vith One
sufficient Surety to bring the same to Great Britain or
Ireland; and the saiu Duty shall be paid at such Places
and to such Officers as shall be appointed to receive the
same, before the Lading thereof. 25 Car. 2. c 7- § 2.

3. The said Duty shall be levied by the Commissioners
of the Customs in England, under the Direction of the
Lords of the Treasury, and shall be deemed to be Ster-
ling Money of Great Britain, and paid to the Amount of
the Value which such Nominal Sums bear in Great Bri-
tain, and according to the Proportion and Value of Five
Shillings and Sixpence the ()unce in Silver, and (the
necessary Char^^^s of raising and paying the same ex-
cepted) shall be paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer.
25 Car. 2. c.7. §3. iGco. 1. st.l. c.l2. $4. 4 Geo. 3.
c. 15. §41.

4. In case any Person liable to pay the Duty shall not
Imve Money to answer and pay the same, the Officers
shall accept, instead of such Money, such a Proportion
of the Commodity to be shipped as shall amount to the
Value thereof, according to the Current Rate . the
Commodity in the Plantation. 25 Car. 2. c. 7. § 4.

5. Notwithstanding the Payment of ihe said Duty, no
Ginger shall be .shipped until the Security retiuired by
12 Car. 2. c. 18. and 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. has been
given to carry the same to Great Britain or Ireland, or
some of His Majesty's Plantations, on Forfeiture of Ship
and Goods. (See No. 1.) 7 & 8 W^. 3. c. 22. § 8.

• 6. All Laws, Usages, or Customs, in Force or Prac-
tice ill any of the said Plantations, repugnant to this
Act, are null and void. 7 & S \V. 3. c. 22. § 9.

7. If

dBinger.

in Anie-
y of the
■r Plant-
[1 orlre-
§18, 19.
!2. § 13.
5 Geo. 3.
10 G. 3.

ures, to

[IS, or in

Shilling
His Ma-
"ith One
ritain or
h Places
;eive the
7. § 2.
lissioners
m of the

be Ster-
mount of
reat Bri-
e of Five
and (the
same ex-
:chequer.
4 Geo. 3.

shall not
; Oflicers
roportion
nt to the
te . . the

§4.
Duty, no
juired by
lias been
ehuid, or
- of Ship
8.

or Prac-
t to this

7. If

7. If the Goods shall be laden before the Duties are
paid, every Person assisting or otherwise concerned in
the Loading Outwards, or to whose Hands the same shall
knowingly come after the Loading thereof, shall for every
Offence forfeit Treble the Value of the Goods, to be
computed according to the best Price that the Commo-
dity bears at the Place where the Offence is committed ;
and all the Boats whatsoever made use of in the Loading
shall be forfeited, and may be seized and prosecuted by
any Officer of His Majesty's Customs. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15.
§8, 9. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §37.

8. May be exported from the West India Islands to
any Place within the Territories belonging to the United
States of America, on Payment of the same Duties to
which the Article is liable if exported to any British
Colony or Plantation in America; and the said Duties
shall be raised, recovered, and applied in the same
manner as the Duties on Ginger exported to any British
Colony or Plantation in America; provided that no
Ginger shall be so exported other than by British Sub-
jects, and in British-built Ships owned by His Majesty's
Subjects, and navigated according to Law, under For-
feiture thereof, and also of the Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c.6. §3.

9. Where, on Exportation of any Goods to any British
Colony or Plantation in AnK;rica, a Bond is required for
the due landing such Goods, and a Certificate is required
to discharge such Bond *, a similar Bond shall be required
on Exportation of . uch Goods to the United States; and
such Bond shall be discharged upon Certificate under the
Hand and Seal of the British Consul or Vice Consul,
or in case there shall not be any such Consul or Vice
Consul, then under the Hand and Seal of any Officer
who may be appointed by the United States for the Pur-
pose of granting such Certificates ; and if there shall not
be any Officer appointed, then such Bond shall be dis-
charged upon a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of
any Magistrate of the United States, cei'tifying that there
is no such Officer at the Port or Place where such Goods
shall be landed, and that Oath hath been made before such
Magistrate by the Master of the Vessel, that the Goods
were there duly landed. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 4.

■''•' A Bund in required on the Exportation of Ginger. See iVo. I .

I 2 10, The

115

Shipped without
Payment of the
Duty.

Duty on Ex-
portation to the
United States.

Where Bond is
required on Ex-
portation to a
British Colony,
a similar Bond
to be given on
Exportation to
the United
States.

116'

May be ex-
ported to Malta
or Gibraltar,

dPtnger*

Duty on the
Importation
from Great
Britain or
Ireland.

To be recovered
as other Duties,
and applied for
the Use of the
Colonies v/here
found necessary,
and the Residue
paid into the
Exchequer.

10. The Growth of any of Hia Majesty's Sugar Colo-
nies or Plantations in America, may be shipped and
reported from thence direct to the Island of Malta or
tfie Dependencies thereof, or to Gibraltar, in such Ships
or Vessels, and under such Licences, Entries, Securities,
Kegulations, Penalties, and Forfeitures, as are herein paiti-
cularly mentioned. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. §1. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

f )^i '^^f '^ *^^^^ ^^ P*^^ *° ^^^ Majesty, upon the Sorts
ot Glass hereafter mentioned, not being the Manufacture
of Great Britain or Ireland, which siiall be imported
from Great Britain or Ireland into any Colony or Plant-
ation in America under the Dominion of His Majesty,
the Duties following; that is to say.

For every Cwt. Avoirdupois of Crown, Plate, Flint,
and White Glass, Four Shillings and Eight-pence:

For every Cwt. Avoirdupois of Green Glass, One Shil-
ling and Two-pence. 7 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 1. 10 Geo. 3.
c. 17. §1. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

2. The Duties shall be deemed Sterling Money of
Great Britain, and shall be recovered and paid to the
Amount of the Value which such nominal Sums bear in
Great Britain, and received according to the Proportion
and Value of Five Shillings and Sixpence the Ounce in
Silver, in the same Manner, and by such Rules, Penal-
ties, and Forfeitures, as any other Duties payable upon
Goods imported into the said Colonies or Plantations
may be paid and recovered ; and all the Monies that
shall arise by the said Duties (except the necessary
Charges of collecting, recovering, and accounting for the
^me) shall be applied in making Provision for the Admi-
nistration of Justice and the Support of Civil Govern-
ment in such of the said Colonies and Plantations where
It shall be found necessary, and the Residue shall be paid
mto His Majesty's Exchequer, and be entered separate
from other Monies payable to His Majesty, and shall
be there reserved to be disposed of by Parliament to-
wards defraying the necessary Expences of protecting
and securuig the British Colonies and Plantations in
America. 5J0&. 4.nri*.o q /. «t a..* ^

3. His

^ i

gar Colo-
pped and
Malta or
ich Ships
Securities,
'ein pai'ti-
eo. 3. c. 4,

dt$la0s(«

117

3. His Majesty, by any Warrant under His Royal His Majesty
Sign Manual, countersigned by the High Treasurer, or ^e DSdeS'*
any Three of the Commissioners of the Treasury, may the Use of all
cause such Monies to be applied out of the Produce of a"y of the
the Duties granted by this Act, as His Majesty shall C°'°"'"-
think necessary for defraying the Charges of the Admi-
nistration of Justice and the Support of Civil Govern-
ment within all or any of the said Colonies or Planta-
tions. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 5.

the Sorts
nufacture
imported
or Plant-
Majesty,

te, Flint,
ice:
Dne Shil-

Geo. 3.

iloney of
id to the
5 bear in
'oportion
Ounce in
s, Penal-
ble upon
antations
lies that
lecessary
g for the
le Admi-
Govern.
ns where

1 be paid
separate
nd shall
nent to-
rotecting
itions in

3. His

1 . Evqry Person importing by Land any Goods into
any Colony, Territory, or Place to His Majesty belong-
ing or in His Possession in America, shall deliver to
the Governor of such Colony, &c. or to such Officer as
shall be by him thereunto authorized, within Twenty-
four Hours after such Importation, his Name and Sur-
name, and a true Inventory and Particular of such
Goods. No Ship coming to any such Colony, &c. shall
lade or unlade any Goods, until the Master shall have
made known to the Governor, or such Officer so autho-
rized, the Arrival of the said Ship, with her Name, and
the Name of the Master, and have shewn to such Gover-
nor or Officer that she is British-built, and registered and
navigated according to Law ; nor until the Master shall
have delivered to such Governor or Officer a true Inven-
tory or Invoice of the Lading, with the Places at which
the Goods were taken on board, or Forfeiture of the
Ship, and all such Goods, the Manufacture of Europe,
as were not laden in Great Britain or Ireland. 15 CaL.2.
c.7. §8,. 7&8 W. 3. C.22. §2. 3& 4 Ann. c. 6. § 2.
20 Geo. 3. c. 10. §1. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. §1. 39 & 40 Geo. 3.
c. 67. Art. 6.

2. No Ship required to be registered, and carrying any
Goods to or from the British Plantations in A aerica, or
to or from one Plantation to another, shall be permitted
to trade, or be deemed qualified for that Purpose, until
the Master shall, upon Oath (or in case of a Quaker,
upon his solemn Affirmation), before the Governor or
Collector of the Customs of the Plantation where he shall
arrive, give a true Account of the Name and Burtlien of

QVkin „.~,J _il T»^..i.:-._i !• ^_ ^i_ -r^

rjiii^, auu uuici- x-uiiicuhuo, uccoruuig u> t«e form

Imported by
Land, Inventory
to be delivered
to Governor.

Sh'ps not to
unlade until the
Master shall
make known his
Arrival to the
Governor, and
delivered In-
voice :

nor until the
Master makes
Oath to the
Particulars
herein men-
tioned, before
the Governor or
Collector of the
Customs.

following; that is to say,

A. B.

118

The Master to
come direct to
the Custom-
house, and make
Entry of his
•Ship, before he
proceeds to the
Place of unload-
ing ;

and before De-
parture he is to
deliver a Content
in Writing to
the Officer,

"^ A. B. maketh Oath (or, if a Quaker, solemnly

* affirms) that the Ship called the whereof

* he (this Deponent or Affirmant) is the Master, or

* hath the Charge or Command, being of the Burthen

* of Tons, came last from and
' that she isj as he verily believes, the same Ship or

* Vessel described, meant, and intended in and by
' the Certificate now produced by him ; and that the
' same does now, as he believes, belong wholly to His
' Majesty's British Subjects, and that no Foreigner

* has directly or indirectly any Share, Property, or
' Interest therein, to his Knowledge or Belief.'

And in case any Ship shall unload any Goods in any
of His Majesty's Plantations in America before such
Proof shall be made, such Ship shall be forfeited and
prosecuted in like Man»^er as if she had not been regis-
tered. 15& 16Geo. 2. c. 31. § 1.

3. The Master of every Ship arriving in any British
Colony or Plantation in America shall, before he pro-
ceeds to the Place of unloading, come directly to the
Custom-house for the Port or District where he arrives,
and make a just and true Entry upon Oath before the
Collector and Comptroller, or other Principal Officer of
the Customs there, of the Burthen, Contents, and Lading
of such Ship, with the particular Marks or Numbers,
Qualities and Contents, of every Parcel of Goods therein
laden, to the best of his Knowledge, also where and in
what Port she took in her Lading, of what Country built,
how manned, who was Master during the Voyage, and
who are Owners thereof, and whether any and what
Goods, during the Course of such Voyage, had or had
not been discharged out of such Ship, and where^ and
the Master of every Ship going out from any l^ritish
Colony or Plantation in America, before he shall lade
any Goods to be exported, shall in like manner enter and
report Outwards such Ship, with her Name and Burthen,
of what Country built, and how manned, with the Names
of the Master and Owners thereof, and to what Place he
intends to pass or sail ; and, before he shall depart, he
shall also deliver unto the Collector and Comptroller or
other Principal Officer of the Customs at the Port or
Place where he shall lade, a Content in Writing under

U;^ U 1 „f iK_ XT-. _f n _..t- - in 1 .-

jtic jLiaiiu \ji tiic xTtamc ui jjvcr^ x'ersuii u»io siiiiii iiavf

laden any Goods, together with the Marks and Numbers

d^DDtlg*

119

of such Goods ; and the Master of every Ship, either com-
ing into or going out of any British Colony or Plantation,
whether laden or in Ballast, shall publicly in the open
Custom-house, to the best of his Knowledge, answer upon
Oath to such Questions as shall be demanded of him by
the Collector and Comptroller or other px'incipal Officer
of the Customs, concerning such Ship, and the Destina-
tion of her Voyage, or concerning any Goods laden on
board, upon Forfeiture of it 100 Sterling Money of Great
Britain for every Neglect; to be prosecuted, recovered,
and divided in the same manner, and by the same Rules
and Regulations, as other pecuniary Penalties for Offences
against the Laws of the Customs, or Trade of His Majes-
ty's Colonies in America. 7 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 9.

4. No Goods shall be imported into or exported out
of any Colony or Plantation in America belonging to or
in the Possession of His Majesty, or shall be laden in or
carried from any one Port or Place in the said Colonies
or Plantations to any other Port or Place in the same,
or to Great Britain or Ireland, in any Ship but what is
of the Built of Great Britain, Ireland, the Islands of
Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, or some of the Co-
lonies, Plantations, Islands, or Territories in Asia,
Africa, or America, belonging to or in the Possession
of His Majesty ; except Ships taken by any of His Ma-
jesty's Ships of War, or any private or other Ship, and
condemned as Prize in any Q/urt of Vice A()miralty,
and also except Ships condemned as forfeited in any
Court of Record in Great Britain, or in any Court of
Admiralty, for any Offence in relation to the Slave
Trade ; such Ships respectively being owned by British
Subjects, navigated and registered according to Law;
on Forfeiture of all Goods otherwise imported, as also
the Ship ; and the Commanders of Ships of War are
to seize as Prize all Ships offending, and to deliver
them to the Court of Admiralty. 12 Car. 2. c. 18. § 1.
7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 2. 26. Geo. 3. c. 60. 27 Geo. 3.
cl9. §13. 39&40Geo.3. c. 67. Art. 6. 54 Geo. 3.
c. 59. § 1.

For the Regulations, Restrictions, Penalties, and For-
feitures respecting the Navigation and Registry of
British Ships,

See Navigation of British Ships.
Registry of British Ships.

I 4 (1.) Ships

to ntiswer upon
Oath to such
Questions as
shall be de-
manded of him

Not to be im-
ported into or
exported from
the Plantations,
except in British.
Iiuilt Ships, or
Ships condemned
a« Prize, or
under the Slave
Trade Acts,

Navigation and
Re^'istry.

120

But American
Ships may ex-
port 3»lt from
certain Islands.

Ships owned
and navigated
by Persons in-
habiting Colonies
under Foreign
£uropean Sove-
reigns may im-
port and export
certain Articles
from the Free
Vorts,

6. .1

and import and
•zport certain
Goods into
and from the
Bahama Islands.

Ships in Amity
may «xport
certain Articles
from Bermuda
to the United
States.

(1.) Ships belonging to the Inhabitants ot tTic
United States of America, from coming in Bal-
last to the Turks Islands, Nassau, Exuma, or
Crooked Island, for the Purpose of being there
laden with Salt. 28 Geo. 8. c. 6. § 5, 6, 7.
See Salt.

(2.) Wool, Cotton Wool, Indigo, Cochineal,
Drugs, Cocoa, Logwood, Fustic, Wood for Dyers
Use, Hides, Skins, Tallow, Furs, Tortoiseshell,
Hardwood, or Mill Timber, Mahogany, Wood
for Cabinet Ware, Horses, Asses, Mules, Cattle,
Corn, Bullion, Diamonds and Precious Stones,
Rice, Grain and Flour, Sugar and Coffee, from
being imported into and exported from the Free
Ports in the West Indies, in any Foreign Ship,
being owned and navigated by Persons inhabiting
any Colony or Plantation in America, or Country
on the Continent of America belonging to or
under the Dominion of any Foreign European So-
vereign or State. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. 48 Geo. S.
c. 35. 50 Geo. 3. c. 21. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99.
54 Geo. 3. c. 48.

See Free Ports.

(3.) Any Foreign Ship whatever, described in
45 Geo 3. c. 57. from coming in Ballast, or
importing into any Port of the Bahama Islands
where there is a Custom House, the Articles
allowed in the said Act lo be imported into the
Ports therein mentioned, and also exporting the
Articles allowed by the said Act to be exported in
Foreign Vessels, or exporting Salt subject to the
Duty of Tonnage, and under the Regulations of
20 Geo. 3. c. 6 — 52 Geo. 3. c. 99.
See Free Ports.
Salt.

(4.) Sugar, Coffee, Rum, or Molasses, the
Produce of any British Colony in the West In-
dies, imported into the Island of Bermuda in any
British Vessel, from being exported from the
Port of Saint George or the Port of Hamilton
in the said Island, to any Part of the Territories
of the United States of America, in any Foreign
Ship belonging to any Country in Amitv with His
Majesty, above the Burthen of 60 Tons. *52 Geo. 3.
c. 79. §1. 53 Geo. 3. c. 50. 57 Geo. 3. c.28.

(5.) To-

^ 1

<0DDtl£^.

121

6-1

(5.) Tobacco, Pitch, Tar, Tvirpentine, Hemp,
Flax, Masts, Yards, Bowsprits, Staves, Heading
Boards and Plank Timber, Shingles, and Lumber,
Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry and
Live Stock, Bread, Biscuit, Flour, Peas, Beans,
Potatoes, Wheat, Rice, Oats, Barley, and Grain
of any Sort, the Growth or Production of any of
the Territories of the United States of America,
from being imported from the said Territories
into the Port of Saint George, or the Port of
Hamilton in the Island of Bermuda, in any Foreign
Ship belonging to any State in Amity with His
Majesty. 52 Geo. 3. c. 79. § 2. S3 Geo. 3. c. 50.
(6.) Fruit or Vegetables, the Growth of the
United States, from being imported into the Ports
mentioned in 52 Geo. 3. c.79. and 53 Geo. 3. c.50.
in Vessels of the Description mentioned in the said
Acts, and under the like Authority, Restrictions,
Rules, Regulations, Penalties, and Forfeitures
therein provided. 57 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 1.

(7.) The usual and necessary Articles of Sup-
ply for the Estates of Dutch Proprietors in the

> Colonies of Demerara, Berbice, and Essequibo, in
the Province 4' Guiana in South America, from
being exported from the Netherlands into the said
Colonies respectively, on board any Ships being
the Property of Subjects of the King of the Nether-
lands, wherever built, and without any Restric-
tion or Limitation as to the Mariners navigating
the same, for the Space of Five Years, commenc-
ing from the First Day of January 1816 ; but the
Master of every such Ship shall produce to the
proper Officer of the Customs in the said Colo-
nies, satisfactory Proof of the Ship being owned
by a Subject of the King of the Netherlands ;
provided that the King of the Netherlands may,
at any Time before the Expiration of the said Five
Years, direct that such Trade shall be carried on
only in such Ships as are Dutch-built, and whereof
the Master and Three-fourths of the Crew are

• Subjects of his said Majesty ; provided also, that
at the Expiration of the said Five Years, no such

and import cer-
tain Articles
into Bermuda
from the said
Statet;

Tradfc

!V.a]t K

irf«ri

built, and whereof the Master and Three-fourths
of the Crew are Subjects of the King of the Nether*
. J lands. 56 Geo. 3, c. 91. § 3, 4. 6.

(8.) The

also Fruit and
Vegetables.

Dutch Ships may
import from
the Netherlands
Supplies for th«
Estates of Dutch
Proprietors in
Guiaiia ;

122

nnd such Ships
way exi'ott the
Produce of such
Kstatc' to the
Netherlands.

Ships of States
in Amity may
import certain
Articles into
Nova Scotia or
New Brunswick ;

and export
certain Articles
from the said
Provinces.

i3j

Not to be im-
ported from the
United States
into British
West India
Islands or
Guiana, except
certain Articles
in British Ships ;

(8.) The Produce of the Estates of Dutch Pro-"
prictors in the Colonics of Dcmerara, Berbiccj
or Essecjiiibo, from being exported from tlie said
Colonies to the Netherlands, on board such
Ships as are described in the preceding Article*
56 Geo, 3. c. 91. §1.. 6.
See Guiana.
(9.) Scantling, Planks, Staves, Heading
Boards, Shingles, Hoops, Horses, Neat Cattle,
Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, and Live Stock of any
Sort ; Bread, Biscuit, Flour, Peas, Beans, Po-
tatoes, Wheat, Rice, Oats, Barley, and Grain
of any Sort; Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Fruits,
Seeds, Tobacco, from being imported into such
Ports as shall be specially appointed for that Pur-
pose by His Majesty, within the Province of Nova
> Scotia or New Brunswick, in any Vessel belong-
ing to the Subjects of any Sovereign or State in
Amity with His Majesty. 58 Geo 3. c. 19. § 1.
Sec Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
(10.) Gypsum, Grindstones, or other Produce
or Manufacture of the said Provinces of Nova
Scotia or New Brun.swick, and any Produce or
Manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of His
Majesty's Colonic* or Plantations in the West
Indies, or any Goods which have been lawfully
imported into the said Provinces, from being ex-
ported from such Ports as shall be specially ap-
pointed for that Purpose by His Majesty, within
the said Provinces, in any Vessel belonging to
the Subjects of any Sovereign or State in Amity
with His Majesty, to which the said Articles shall
be exported. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 4-. *

See Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
7. No Goods shall be imported from any of the Ter-
ritories belonging to the United States of America, into
any of His Majesty's West India Islands, in which De-
scription the Bahama Islands, and the Bermuda or
Somers Islands are included, or into the Colonies of
Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo in the Province of
Guiana, on Forfeiture thereof, and also the Ship ; except
Tobacco, Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Hemp, Flax, Masts,

* The Act 59 Geo. .3. c. 19. is to continue in force for Three
Years from Sth Maij 1818, nnd until Sir Weeks after the Com-
mencement of the then next Session of Parliament.

1 2 Yards,

Yar(

Shir

She«

Bisc

Oats

bein

said

buill

28 C

c. 7£

ban(

who

Islai

any
Ami

pose

the

Pen

into

Der

No.

nies

orl

the

Stat

case

Art

orl

Sou

c. 3

48 (

C.9

rito

the

■^

O'.v

Ne^

res]
the

Yards, Bowsprits, Staves, Heading Boardb, Timber,
Shingles, and Lumber of any Sort ; Horses, Neat Cattle,
Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, Live Stock of every Sort, Bread,
Biscuit, Flour, Peas, Beans, Potatoes, Wheat, Rice,
Oats, Barley, and Grain of any Sort ; such Commodities
being the Growth or Production of the Territories of the
said States, imported by British Subjects, and in British-
built Ships, owned and navigated according to Law.
28 Geo. c. 6. § 1, 2. 56 Geo. 3. c.91. § 1. 52 Geo. 3.
c. 79. § 2. 53 Geo. 3. c. 50. § 1.
See United States.

8. Except also Houshold Furniture, Utensils of Hus-
bandry, and Cloathing, by Subjects of the United States,
who may come to reside in the Bahama or Bermuda
Islands, or in the Province of Quebec, Nova Scotia, or
any of the Territories belonging to His Majesty in North
America, having first obtained a Licence for that Pur-
pose. 30 Geo. 3. c. 27- § 1.

Sec Settlers.

9. And except Fruit and Vegetables, the Production of
the said States, into the said Islands and Colonics in the
like Description of Ships, and under the same Restrictions,
Penalties, and Forfeitures. 57 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 1.

10. None of the Articles so allowed to be imported
into the West India Islands, or the Colonies of Berbice,
Demerara, or Essequibo, from the United States (See
No. 7.)j shall be imported into the said Islands or Colo-
nies from any Island in the West Indies, or any Colony
or Plantation on the Continent of South America, under
the Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign or
State, on Forfeiture thereof, and of the Ship ; except in
case of public Emergency or Distress, and except certain
Articles from the Free Ports, or from the Territories
or Dominions belonging to the Crown of Portugal in
South America. 28 Geo. 3. c 6. § 10. 1 1. 31 Geo. 3.
c. 38. § 1. 33 Geo. 3. c. 50. $ 13. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57- §2.
48 Geo. 3. c. 125. § 2. 51 Geo. 3. c. 47. § 5. 56 Geo. 3.
c.91. § 1.

See United States.

11. No Goods shall be imported from any of the Ter-
ritories belonging to the United States of America into

123

also Household
Furniture,
Utensils of Hus-
bnndry, nnd
Clothing, by
Settlers;

also Fruit nnd
Vegetables.

Articles of the
like Description
not to be im-
ported from
Colonies under
Foreign Eu-
ropean So-
vereigns, except
in certain Cases.

New Brunswick, or
Saint John's* or

the Province of Nova Scotia,

Newfoundland, or any Countiy or Island within their
respective Governments, on Forfeiture thereof, and of
the Ship ; except certain Articles, the Production of the

said

Not to be im-
ported into the
British North
American Colo-
nies from the
United States,
except in cer-
tain Cases.

124

(IBad&0<

Nor brought by
I.tiid or Iiiliind
N«vig«liuii into
Cinad4, unli'M
the Frodiicc of
the Utiiteil
Statts.

Not to be ex-
jHjrted tVdin
Turk's Mauds,
except Articles
herein men-
tioned.

May be ex-
ported from
one British
Island in the
West Indies, or
C«lony on tiie
Continent, to
another ;

and may also
be exported
from Newfound-
land to the said

Mid Toi

for th

ronitorie«, in cnw? of Emergency or DiittroM, and
o Uso of tho InhabitanU and Fwhcnnon at New-
foundland or Qnol)Cf, and except alno certain ArlirlcH
into Nova Scotia or Now BrnnHwick. 28 (Jeo. 3. c. 6»
$ 12, l.S, 14. 29(ico. 8. c. 16. § 1. 30(ieo. S. c. 8. § 1.
S9 Geo. 3. c. RO. H*. 58 (ioo. 3. c. 19.

<SV^ CaPR UrETON. NKWKOUNnLAND.

Nova Scotia. Quebec.

New Brunhw!(k. Saint John's.

12. No Goods, except tlie Produce or Moniiincture
of the Territories of the lJnite<l States of America, shall
be brou«i;ht from the said Territories by Inland Naviga-
tion or t.and Carriage into the Provinces of Upper or
Lower Canada, on Forfeiture thereof, or the Value,
with the Vessel or Carriage in which the same shall Iw
brought ; to be suwl for, recovered, and distributed in
the like manner as in case of Offences committetl againat
the Laws of Customs in His Majesty's Plantations in
America. 52 Geo. 3. c. 55. § I.
Sfc UNITED Statks.

1 9. No Gotxis shall be ex{)ortod from Turk's Islands
to any Part of the British Dominions in America, or tho
West Indies, or laid on board any Ship in those 1* lands,
except Salt, nor from Turk's Islands to (vreat liritain
or Ireland, except Salt, or such Goods as nuiy be ini-
jwrtctl into Great Britain or Ireland from all other
Countries free of all Duties, on Forfeiture thereof, and
of the Ship. 28 Geo. 8. c. 6. § 7, 8.
See Turk's Inlands.

14. Any of His Majesty's Subjects may export, in juiy
British-built Ship, owned and navigated according to
Law, from any one of the Islands in the West Indies be-
longing to His Majesty, to any other of the said Islands,
or to any of the British Colonies on the Continent olf
America, and from any of the British Colonies in Ame-
rica, to any of the Islands in the West Indies belonging
to His Majesty, or to any other British Colony on the
Continent of America, any Goods the Manufacture of
Europe, and also any Goods or Prize (ioods which shall
have been legally imported into any of the said Islands or
Colonies, ;;nder the Regulations and Restrictions of
45 Geo. 3. c. 67. 52 Geo. 3. c. 100. §1.

S:^e EuROPE=

15. Any of His Majesty's Subjects may export, in any
British-buDit Ship, owned and navigated according to
Law, from Newfoundland to any of the Islands in the

14 West

tK.

(Boohs.

Wt'Ht Ituliutt belonging to His Mujeaty, or to nny of
the British Colonies on the Continent of America, and
from any of the said Islands in the West Indies belong-
ing to His Majesty, or from any of the said British
Colonies on the Continent of America, into the said
Island of Newfoundland ; any Comls of the Manufacture
of Europe, and also a.iy Coods or Prize Coods which
sliull have been legally imported into any of the said
Islands or Colonies under the Regulations and Restric-
tions of 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. — 57 Geo. S. c. 29.
Sir Europe.

16. Any Article legally imported into any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Flantaii'' - in America, or
any Articles the Production or Mai.u acture of New-
foundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colonies
or Plantations in North America, or which have been
legally imported into any such Colony or Plantation,
may, under certaiti Regulations, be exported to the
Island of Malta, or the Dependencies thereof, or to
Gibraltar. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. §1.8. 57 Geo. 3. c.6. f 1.
58 Geo. 3. c. 19.

See Gibraltar.
Malta.

17. No Ship shall be clear- d Outwards for any Colony,
Territory, or Place to His Majesty belonging, or in the
Possession or under the Dominion of His Majesty, in
America, unless the whole and entire Cargo shall be
laden in Great Britain or Ireland ; and any Officer of
His Majesty's Customs may stop any British Ship arriv-
ing from any Part of Europe, wliich shall be discovered
within Two Leagues of the Shore of any such Colonies,
&c., and seize as forfeited any Goods (except as herein-
after mentioned) for which the Master shall not produce a
Cocket or Clearance from the Collector or proper Officer
of His Majesty's Customs, iji some Port of Great Britain
or Ireland, certifying that the Goods were there laden.
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §30. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. §13. 39 & 40
Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

18. Any Person who shall counterfeit, erase, alter, or
falsify any Cocket or Clearance required by this Act, or
shall knowingly or wilfully make use of any Cocket or
Clearance so counterfeited, &c., shall forfeit d500, and
v..^ otuiic 311UU uc ui no juirci't. * Geo. y. c. ii». § y/.

(1.) Salt

125

liUn«l« ur Colo-
nies, or from
thence to New-
foundland.

Certain Articlai
may be e> ported
to Malta or
Gibraltar.

Shipi clearing
out from Great
Britain or Ire-
land, the whole
Cargo must be
there laden, and
a Cocket or
Clearance pro-
duced.

Counterfeiting,
&c. the Docu-
ments, or using
the same.

126

Not to prevent
the lading of
Salt, Wine,
Ornnges, or
Lemons, at cer-
tain Places
herein men-
tioned.

Certain Articles
for the Fisheries,
and Herrings
from Guernsey,
Jersey, and Man.

19. i

Fruit, Wine,
Oil, Salt, or
Cork, from
Parts of Eurojie
South of Cape
Finisterre in
Ships arriving
from the Colo-
nies ;

also Corn and
Grain from sny
Part of Europe
South of Cape
Finisterre.

r ^

CO
d

K
bo

o
s

L J

(1.) Salt laden in any Part of Europe, for the
Fisheries in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and
Quebec, or for any other Place to which Salt is
allowed by Law to be carried for the Use of the
Fisheries ; Wines laden in the Madeiras of the
Growth thereof; Wines of the Growth of the
Western Islands or Azores, laden there ; Oranges
or J.emons of the Azores or Madeiras, shipped
from thence for Exportation to any of the Ports
in the British Colonies in North America.
15 Car. 2. c. 7. $ 6. 2 Geo. 3. c. 24. § 7.
4 Geo. 3. c, 15. §31. 4 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 1.
48 Geo. 3. c. 22. § 1. 57 Geo. 3. c. 89. § I.

(2.) Goods the Growth, Produce, or Manufac-
ture of Great Britain, Ireland, Guernsey, or Jersey,
fit and necessary for the Fisheries carried on in
any of the British Colonies shipped by the Inha-
bitants of Guernsey or Jersey ; Tools or Imple-
ments necessary for the Fishery, manufactured in
the Isle of Man ; and Herrings cured there and
shipped from the said Isle. 9 Geo. 3. c.28. $1,2.
12 Geo. S c. 58. § 4. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 5.
ee Europe.

(3.) Fruit, Wine, Oil, Salt, or Cork, laden in
any Part of Europe to the Southward of Cape
Finisterre, for Exportation direct to certain Colo-
nies in North America, on board any British Ship,
owned, navigated, and registered according to
Law, which shall have arrived at any such Port
of Europe with the Articles enumerated in this
Act. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 1.

.SVe Cork. Fruit. Oil. Salt, Wine.

(4.) Corn or Grain laden in any Part of Europe
to the Southward of Gape Finisterre, for Export-
ation to any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies, on
board any Ship having landed a Cargo of Sugar,
Coffee, or Cocoa, imported from the said Sugar
Colonies, under the Regulations of this Act.
52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § ',

See Corn and Grain.
Cocoa.

COPI'EE.

SuciAK.

(5.) Articles

19.^

o
s
S

"4t

o
.=2

h.
o

o
:3

<0OOtSg«

127

■^

") (5.) Articles requisite as Supplies for the Cul-
tivation pt'the Estates in Denierara, Berbice, and
Essequibo in the Province of Guiana, or the
Clothing, Maintenance, and Comfort of the Resi-
dents thereon, shipped in the Netherlands by the
Subjects of the King of the Netherlands being
Dutch Proprietors in such Colonies respectively.
56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1.
See Guiana.
(6.) Articles enumerated in the following Sche-
dule marked (B.), shipped at Malta, or the Depen-
dencies thereof, or Gibraltar, on board any
British -built Ship, owned, navigated, and regis-
tered according to Law, for Exportation direct to
any of His Majesty's Sugar Co monies or Planta-
tions in America, or to Newfoundland, Bernmda,
or any of the British Colonies or Plantations in
North America. 55 Geo. 3. c.29. 57 Geo. 3. c.4.

19. H

SCHEDULE B.

Dry and Wet ~^ In Jars
. Fruit in Brandy > &

and Sugar. J Bottles.
Pickles in Ditto.
Olives.
Figs.
Raisins.
Currants.
Pistaccio Nuts.
Almonds.
Dates.
Capers.
Wine.
Brandy.
Oil of Olives.
Oil of Almonds.
Gum Arabic.

Mastic.

Myrrh.

Sicily.

Ammoniac.

Opium.
Manna.
Senna.

Cantharides.

Oris Root.

Rhubarb.

Mill Timber.

Box Wood.

Argol.

Vermillion.

Ochres.

Cinnabar.

Orange Buds and Peel.

Juniper Berries.

Punk.

Pumice Stone.

Emery Stone.

Whetstone.

Paintings and Prints.

INIosaic Works.

Medals.

Lava and Malta Stone

for building.
Pczzolana.
Jalop.
Scaniony.
Quicksilver.

Sarsaparilhi.

Supplies into the
Province of
Guiana from the
Netherlands for
the Estates of
Dutch Proprie-
tors

Certain Articles
into the Sugar
Colonies, &c.
from Malta or
Gihraltar.

128

d^OO&g.

19. i

On board Vessels

proceeding on
the Voyage.

ITS

o
a

Sarsaparilla.

Saffron,

Saiflower.

Musk.

Incense.

Essence of Bergamot.

Do. of Citron.

Do. of Lemon.

Do. of Orange.

Do. of Lavender.

Do. of Roses.

Do. of Rosemary.
Marble, 7 Rough &

Ambe. .

Coral.

Bullion.

Precious Stones.

Pearls.

Corn.

Grain.

Meal or Flour.

Beans.

Peas.

Lentils.

Rice.

Maccaroni or Vermi-
celli.

Cascasoo.

Parmesan Cheese.

Bologna and other Sau-
sages.

Anchovies.

Caviar.

Botarga.

Alabaster, J^ worked.

Brimstone.

Cork.

Aniseed.

Cumminseed.

Ostrich Feathers.

Honey.

^ Sponges. g^„.

hoverin vtithin ^^* Where any Vessel of the Burthen of Fifty Tons
th«SiM of'a ^^ under, laden with customable or prohibited Goods,
Port and not sball be found hovering within the Limits of any Port
on the Coasts of any of the Dominions or Territories be-
longing to the Crown of Great Britain, and not proceed-
ing on her Voyage for Foreign Parts, Wind and
Weather permitting, any Officer of the Customs may
go on board and take an Account of the Lading, and
take Security from the Master, by his own Bond to His
Majesty, in Treble the Value of such Foreign Goods
then on board, with Condition that such Vessel, as soon
as Wind and Weather and her State and Condition
will permit, shall proceed regularly on the Voyage, and
land such Foreign Goods at some Foreign Port ; and if
the Master shall upon Demand refuse to enter into such
Bond, or having entered into the same, shall not proceed
regularly on such Voyage, as soon as Wind and Weather
and the State and Condition of the Vessel will permit
(unless suffered to make a longer Stay by the Collector,
or in his Absence the principal Officer of such Port, not
exceeding Twenty Days), then all the Foreign Goods on
board shall, by the Direction of the Collector or other
principal Officer, be taken out and brought on Shore and
secured; and in case the Goods are customable, the

Duties

f Vermi-

eese.
therSau-

ifty Tons
d Goods,
any Port
tories be-
proceed-
ind and
onis may
iing, and
id to His
n Goods
[, as soon
I^ondition
^^age, and
't ; and if
into sucli
t proceed
Weather
11 permit
I!ol lector,
Port, not
[joods on
or other
Ihore and
able, the
Duties

Duties shall be paid, and any prohibited or other Goods
liable to Forfeiture, which may be found on board, shall
lie forfeited, and the Officer of the Customs shall pro-
secute the same, as also the Vessel in case she shall be
liable to Condemnation ; and after the Goods are secured,
such Bonds shall be void, and delivered up without Fee
or Reward, and, not being t)therwise discharged, shall,
on a proper Certificate Returned under the Common
Seal of the Chief Magistrate in any Place beyond the
Seas, or under the Hands and Seals of Two known
British Merchants i^on the Place, that such Goods were
tiiere landed, or upon Proof by credible Persons that
i^ucli Goods were taken by Enemies, or perished in the
Seas, (the Examination and Proof thereof being left to
the Judgment of the Commissioners of the Customs)
shall be vacated and discharged. 5 Geo. 1. c. 11. §6.
3 Geo. 3. c 22.

21. If any Foreign Ship shall be found at Anchor or
hovering within Two Leagues of the Shore of any
Plantation, Colony, Territory, or Place in the Possession
or und&r the Dominion of His Majesty in America, and
shall not depart from die Coast, and proceed upon her
Voyage to some Foreign Port or Place, within 48 Hours
after the Master shall be required so to do by any Officer
of His Majesty's Customs, unless in case of ''unavoidable
Necessity, and Distress of Weathe}-, such Ship, with all
the Goods therein laden, shall be forfeited, whether Bulk
sliall have been broken or not, and be seized and prose-
cuted by any Officer of His Majesty's Customs. 4 Geo. 3.
c. 15. §33.

22. But not to extend to any Ship belonging to the
Subjects of the French King, which shall be found
fishmg, and not carrying on any illicit Trade, on diat
Part of the Island of Newfoundland which stretches from
Cape Bonavista to the Northern Part of the said Island,
and from thence running down to the Western Side,
reaches as far as Point Iliche. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 34.

23. The Officers of the Customs and their Deputies
may go on board any Ship of War or Merchant Ship,
and brmg on Shore all Goods prohibited or uncustomed
(except Jewels) if they be Outwards bound, and if they
be Ships Inward bound, from thence to bring on Shore
unto His Majesty's Storehouse, all small Parcels of
Goods which shaii^ be found hi Cabins, Chests, 'Irunks,

""" " ' ' 'private or secret Place,

129

On board
Foreign Ships at
Anchor within
Two Leagues of
the Shore, and
not departing
within 48 Hours,
the Goods
therein laden
lorfeited.

Not to extend to
French Ships
fishing on a cer-
tain Part of
Newfoundland.

May in certain
Cases be brought
on shore by the
Officers.

130

moi^e.

Altering Pick-
age and em-
bezzling Goods,
ov putting tiiem
into any other
Form or

Found concealed
after discharging
the Officers.

Found concealed
after the Master
has made his
Report.

Officers may
enter Houses,
&c. to seize pro-
hibited and un-
customed Goods.

in or out of the Hold of the Ship, which may occasion
a just Suspicion that they were intended to be fraudulently
conveyed away, and all other Sorts of Goods for which
the Duties were not paid within 20 Days after the First
Entry of the Ship, to remain in the Storehouse until
His Majesty's Duties thereu[wn be satisfied, unless the
said Officers shall see Cause to allow a longer Time ; and
the Officers and their Deputies may remain aboard until
all the Goods are delivered ; and if the Master of any
Ship, or any other Person, shall suffer any Truss, Bale,
Pack, Fardel, Cask, or other Package to be opened aboard
the said Ship, and the Goods therein to be embezzled,
carried away, or put in any other Form or Package,
after the Vessel cwnes into the Port of her Discharge,
in every such Case the said Master shall forfeit j^lOO.
13 & 14. Car. 2. c. 11. § 4. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 6.

24. In case, afler the clearing of any Ship, and dis-
charging the Watchmen or Tidesmen from Attendance
thereupon, there shall be found on board any Goods
which have been concealed from the Knowledge of the
Officers, and for which the Duties due upon the Im-
portation thereof have not been paid, the Master shall
forfeit jfi 100. 13 & 14 Car. 2. c. 11. § 5. 7 & 8 W. S.
c. 22. § 6.

25. All Goods which shall be found concealed in any
Place on board any Ship, at any Time after the Master
thereof shall have made his Report to the Collector or
other proper Officer of the Customs, and which shall
not be comprized in the said Report, shall be forfeited,
and may be seized and prosecuted by any Officer of the
Customs ; and the Master (in case it can be made appear
that he was anyways consenting or privy to such Fraud
or Concealment, shall forfeit Treble the Value of the
Goods. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 36.

26. Any Officer authorized by Writ of Assistance un-
der the Seal of the Superior or Supreme Court of Justice,
having Jurisdiction within-'the Colony or Plantation in
America, may take a Constable, Headborough, or other
Public Officer inhabiting near unto the Place, and in the
Day-time enter into any House, Shop, Cellar, Ware-
house, or Room, or other Place, and in case of Resist-
ance, break open Doors, Chests, Trunks, and other
Package, there to seize and from thence to bring any
Goods prohibited or uncustomed, and secure the same in
Hib Majesty's Storehouse, in the Port next to the Place

where

occasion
idulently
or which
the First
use until
iiless the
ime ; and
•ard until
r of any
iss, Bale,
d aboard
nbezzled,
Package,
ischarge,
•it j^lOO.
2. § 6.

and dis-
tendance
ly Goods
i^e of the

the Im-
iter shall
, 8 W. S.

id in any
e Master
lector or
lich shall
forfeited,
er of the
le appear
:h Fraud
;e of the

tance un-
•f Justice,
tation in
, or other
md in the
r, Ware-
►f Resist-
nd other
•ring any
e same in
the Place
where

d5oofi0.

where such Seizure shall be made. 13&H«Car. 2.
c.ll.§5. 7&8W. 3. c.22. §6. 7 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 10.

27. If any Action or Suit shall be commenced in Ame-
rica, against any Person for any Thing done in pursuance
of this Act, the Defendant in such Action or Suit may
plead the General Issue, and may give this Act and the
Special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had there-
upon, and that the same was clone in pursuance of this
Act ; and if it shall appear so to have been done, the Jury
shall find for the Defendant; and if the Plaintiff shall be
nonsuited, or discontinue his Action after the Defendant
shall have appeared, or if Judgment shall be given upon
any Verdict or Demurrer against the Plaintiff, the De-
fendant shall recover Treble Costs, and have the like
Remedy for the same as Defendants have in other Cases
by Law. 7 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 11.

28. If any Goods liable to the Payment of Duties in
any British Colony or Plantation in America, shall be
loaden on board any Ship outward bound, or shall be
unshipped or landed from any Vessel inward bound, be-
fore the Duties due thereon are paid agreeable to Law ;
or if any prohibited Good s shall be imported into or ejc_-
ported out of any of the said Colonies or Plantations,
contrary to~This or any other Act of Parliament; every
Pe rson who shall be assisting or otherwise concerned in
th ^loading outwards , or in the unshipping or landing
inwards such Goo ds7 or to whose Hands tlie sam e shall
kriowijgb[ come after the loading or unshipping thereof^
shamorevei"y Offence fc feit Treble the Value of such
Goods, to be estimated and computed according to the
best Price the Commodity bears at the Place where such
Offence Wii-; committed ; and all the Boats , Horses , Cat-
tle, and other Carriages whatsoever, made use of in the
T oading, landing, renioying, carriage , or conveyance of
any of the aforesai d Goo ds, slfall also be forfeited, and
may be seized and prosecuted by any Officer of His
Majesty's Customs. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §37-

29. Every Merchant passing any Goods inwards or
outwards shall, by himself, or his known Servant, Factor,
or Agent, subscribe one of his Bills of every Entry with
th,. Mark, Number, and Contents of every Parcel oi' such
Goods as are rated by the Piece, or Measure or Weight
of the whole Parcel of such Goods as are rated to pay by
ihe Weight, wiihoul wliicli the Officer ^hali not suffer

K 2 any

131

The Defendant
in any Action
may plead the
General Issue.

Treble Costs
allowed.

Shipped, un-
shipped, or
landed without
Payment of
Duty.

Penalty.

Marks, &c. to
he subscribed by
Mercliant on
one of his Bills
of Entry.

132

Landed by Bill
at Sight, View,
or Sufferance,
wliere to be ex-
amined.

Not to be
carried from one
British Colony
or Plantation to
another without
a Sufrerance,and
the Master to
take out a
Cocket.

any Entry to pass. 13 & 14 Car. 2. c. 1 1 . § 10. 7 & 8
W. 3. c. 22. §6.

30. All Foreign Goods permitted to be landed, and
taken up by Bills at Sight, View, or Sufferance, shall be
landed at the most convenient Quays appointed by the
Officers, and not elsewhere ; and there, or in His Ma-
jesty's Storehouse of the Port, at the Election of the Offi-
cers, shall be measured, weighed, and numbered by and
in the Presence of the Officers to be thereunto particularly
appointed, who are to perfect the Entry, and subscribe
their Names, and the next Day give Account to the
Collector and Comptroller, on Forfeiture of .^100, unless
reasonable Cause (to be allowed by the Collector or
Comptroller) can be shewn for the Delay. 13 & 14> Car. 2.
c.ll. §21. 7& 8 W.3. C.22. §6.

31. No Goods shall be laden on board any Ship in any
of the British Colonies or Plantations in America, to be
carried from thence to any other British Colony or Plant-
ation, without a Sufferance or Warrant first had and
obtained from the Collector or other proper Officer of
the Customs at the Port or Place where such Goods shall
be intended to be put on board ; and the Master shall,
before the Ship be removed from the Port of Lading, take
out a Cocket, expressing the Quantity and Quality of
the Goods, and Marks of the Package, with the Mer-
chants Names Hy whom shipped, and to whom consigned,
and if they are Goods that are liable to Duty either upon
the Importation into or Exportation from the said Colo-
nies or Plantations, the Cocket shall distinctly specify
that the Duties have been paid for the same, referring to
the Times or Dates of Entry and Payment of such Du-
ties, and by whom they were paid ; which Cockets shall
be produced by the Master to the Collector, or other
principal Officer of the Customs at the Port or Place
where such Vessel shall arrive in any of the British
Colonies or Plantations in America, before any Part of
the Goods are unladen ; and if any Goods shall be shipped
without such Sufferance or Warrant, or the Ship shall
depart without such Cocket, or the Goods shall be landed
before it is produced at the Port or Place of Discharge,
or if the Goods do not agree in all respects therewith, the
same shall be forfeited; and any Officer of His Majesty's
Customs may stop any such Ship which shall be discover-
ed within 'V\ "

of a

li)

of tl

ic Bri-
tish

or
or

tish Colonies or Plantations in America, and seize all
Goods which shall be found on board for which no such
Gocket shall be produced to him. 4 Geo. 3. c.l5. §29.

32. Not to require any Sufferance or Cocket for any
Goods the Growth, Product, or Manufactme of the Bri-
tish Colonies or Plantations in America, which are not by
any Act of Parliament made in Great Britain liable to
any Duty either upon the Impoitation into or Exporta-
tion from the said Colonies or Plantations, nor are pro-
hibited to be exported from thence, which shall be laden
in any Boat, Flat, Shallop, or other Vessel without a
Deck, not exceeding the Burthen of 20 Tons, and shall
be carried within any River, Lake, or any other inclosed
Waters within the said Colonies or Plantations, and shall
not be carried out to Sea further than One League from
the Shore. 5 Geo. 3 c.45. §25.

33. Any Person who shall counterfeit, rase, alter,
falsify any Affidavit, Certificate, Sufferance, Cocket,
Clearance required or directed by this Act, or knowingly
or wilfully make use of the same, shall forfeit .^100,
and such Affidavit, &c. shall be invalid and of no effect.
4- Geo. 3 c. 15. § 32.

34. No Goods shall be laden in any of His Majesty's
Dominions, with Intent to be carried to Africa, to be
there bartered for Slaves, or otherways employed in the
Afiican Slave Trade. 46 Geo. 3. c. 52. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36.

See Slaves.

35. Goods found upon any Persons that were stolen
or carried off from any Ship stranded, or in danger of be-
ing stranded, upon the Coast of any of His Majesty's
Dominions, shall immediately upon Demand be delivfired
to the Owner, or in default thereof the Person on whom
found shall be liable to pay Treble the Value, to be re-
covered by Action at Law. 12 Ann. stat. 2. C. 18. § 4.

See Ships Stranded.

36. Upon Information on Oath before a Justice of the
Peace of any Part of the Cargo, or Effects of any Ship
lost or stranded upon or near the Coasts of any of His
Majesty's Dominions, being unlawfully conveyed away,
or concealed in any Place, or of some reasonable Ground
of Suspicion thereof, such Justice may grant his War-
rant for searching for such Goods ; and if they are found
in Custody oi any Person not legally entitled to keep them,
and the Owner "or Occupier o? the Plact, or the Person
in whose Custody they are found, shall not immediately

K 3 deliver

133

Documents not
required in cer-
tain Cases.

Counterfeiting
Documents, or
makinij use
thereof.

Nat to be l:iden
for Africa to
be bartered for
Slaves.

Stolen or carried
offfrom stranded
Ships.

Warrants may
be granted for
searching for
such Goods.

134

Alay be seized
by any Person to
whom they are
offered to Sale,
and Olfenders
may be com •
niitted to Gaol.

Manifests of
Goods on board
Ships clearing
out for Great
Britain or
Ireland to be de-
livered to the
Officers.

(BOOM,

ddivCT them upon Demand to the Owner or Person law-
fully authorized to demand them, or not ffivinff a good
Account how he came by them, such Person shall be
committed to Gaol for Six Months, or until he pays the
Owner Ireble the Value of the Goods. 26 Geo 2
c. 19. §3.

See Ships stranded.
37. Such Goods suspected to have been unlawfully
taken a^ ay and offered to Sale, may be seized by the
Person tawhom they are offered, or by any Officer of
the Customs or Excise, or any Peace Officer, who shall
carry them to or give Notice of the Seizure to a Justice of
the 1 eace, and if the Person who offered them to Sale
does not, within Ten Days, prove to the Satisfaction of the
Justice the Property to be in him, or the Person who
employed huii, the Goods shall, by Order of the Justice,
be delivered over to the Use of the Owner, upon Payment
of a reasonable Reward for the Seizure, to be ascertained
by the Justice, who is also to commit the Person who
offered th^i to Sale to Gaol for Six Months, or until he
has paid Treble the Value of the Goods to the Owner.
26 Geo. 2. c.l9. §4.

See Ships stranded.
38. Before any Ship shall be cleared out for Great Bri-
tain or Ireland, with any Goods from any Port or Place
in any Colony, Plantation, or Territory belonaing to or
under the Dominion of the Crown of Great Britain, the
Master of such Ship shall deliver a Manifest or Content in
Writing, signed by such Master, to the Collector of the
Customs, if there be such an Officer at or near to such
Plac^ and if there shaU not be a Collector there, then to
the Chief Officer of the Customs, and if there shall
not be any Officer of the Customs, then to the principal
Ofhcor or Magistrate, or some other Person by him spe-
cially appointed for that Purpose, resident at o/ nearest to
such l^lace, containing the Names of the Ports or Places
vvhere the Goods in such Manifest or Content mentioned
shall have been respectively laden, the Name and Built of
mch Ship, and the true Tonnage thereof according to the
Register with the Christian and Surname of the Master,
and the Port or Place to which such Vessel truly belongs
and a correct and particular Account of all the cirgo, and
ot all Packages of Goods taken on board, with the Marks
therc-on ana of the Particulars of the Cargo which* is
stowed loose, and of the following Particulars in Words

ceoDDe^*

135

at Length, (that is (o say) the Numbers of the Packages, Particulars to be

with a particular Description thereof, whether Leaguer, '"""''* '*'"*'"•

Pipe, Butt, Puncheon, Hogshead, Barrel, or other Cask

or Package, describing such other Cask or Package by its .

ordinary Name, whether Case, Bale, Pack, Truss, Chest,

Box, Bundle, or other Package, or by such other Name

or Description as the same is usually called or known; and

such Collector, Chief Officer, or Magistrate, or other

Person by him appointed, shall cause a Duplicate of such

Manifest to be made, and indorse upon the Original his

Name, with the Day and Year on which the same was

produced, and return the Original to the Master on or

before the clearing of such Ship ; and such Collector or DupHcate to be

other Chief Officer or Magistrate, or other Person, shall, ^f"cmisf nmT

upon the clearing of sucli Ship, immediately transmit the and the 'ori^inlV

said Duplicate to the Collector and Comptroller of the indorsed.

Customs at the Port in Great Britain or Ireland to

which the Goods are consigned, and to which the Manifest

refers. 26 Geo. 3. c. 40. § 1. 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67.

Art. 6.

39. A Manifest, under the Hands and Seals of the
Officers, required for Tobacco laden at any of His Ma-
jesty's Colonies, Plantations, or Territories, to be con-
veyed to Great Britain or Ireland. 29 Geo. 3. c.68. §J7.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.
See Tobacco.

(1500tl2( (Enumerated),

For which Bond is required that the same shall be
carried to and landed in some other British Plantation, or
in Great Britain or Ireland,

See the several enumerated Articles ; that is to say,

Ashes (Pot and Pearl).
Coffee and Cocoa Nuts.
Copper Ore,
Cotton Wool.
Furs.
Ginger,
Hides.
Indigo.

Masts, Yards, and Bow-
sprits.
12Car.2. c. 18. §18.

Molasses.
Pimento.

Pitch, Tar, and Turpentine.
Rice.

SUk (Raw)..
Skins.
Sugar.
Tobacco.

Whale Fins. . ' ;

Wood (Dying). . ^

3 & 4 Anne, c. 5. § 1 2. 8 Geo. 1 .,

Enumerated
Articles required
to be carried to -
some other
British Planta-
tion, or Great
Britain or Ire-
land.

c. 15. § 24. 8 Geo. 1. c. 22. § 6. 2 Geo, 2. c. 35. § 16.
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27.

136

Iron and Lum •
her may be
landed in any
Part of America
and in Af ricj,
hut in no Part of
Lurope except
(Jreat Britain or
Ireland.

(SOOhSi (Non-enumerated)-

No Iron or Wnor^ roii^^ t. l .,

Condition of the

Bond.

But Lumber
may be carried
to the Madeiras
orWestern Isles,
or any Part of
Europe South of
Cape Finisterre,
u^on the Bond
Herein directed.

1. MO Iron or Wood called Lumh*-r th^ n. .u
Production, or Manufacture of any 7t5rBrkfsh C '

Specked Wood, Sweet-wood, stn Ipt ' Oa\^ pi"ank'

Plantations until sufficient Bond shall be given ^ h
One Surety besides the Master of the Ship, to the Col
lector or other prmoipal Officer of the Custl at the

ncj}^o\ '^^^.^"^'^"^o" «* the Bond shall be to bring
aXertificate m Discharge thereof within 18 Months from

of'th? ;r^^°"^\""^ ""h^" Six Months^ sueh
of the said Goods as shall be entered for or landed !n
any of the Bnt.sh Colonies or Plantations in Amerlcr-

^h.clT ^^^. J^^^ector, or other principal Officer of
the Customs resident at the Port or Place where such
Goods shall be landed, testifying the Landing hereof
and for such of the said Goods as^ shall be entered for o.'
landed at any other Place in America, AfricaTor Asia Z
bring the like Certificate within 12 Months under f hi

HandTandlel ^^ ^^-^.^^^^-ter o^ unt tt
Wands and Seals of Two known British Merchant,
residing there; or such Bond or Bonds shall be SarcTed
m either of the said Cases by Proof upon Oath Iw^^^^^^
dible Persons, that the said Goods were taken by EnLT^
or perished m the Seas. 4 Geo. 3. c I5. § 28. ^ Tg^s
c 45 §23. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6 ''

rrn J;"V^^*'^- '^'^ "^^"^ ^^"^^^ Lumber, of the
Growth, Production, or Manufacture of an^ Brit sh
Coonyor Plantation in America, may in like manner
be there laden on board any Ship or V^sel, o beTS
from thence to the MaHpir«« ^^ fi,. ixr_!:.'_ , , carried
the Azores, „. to any piS-„?i„ ^e l^Te SoXSf

Cape

13?

d^DOD^ (Non-enumerated).

Cape Finiaterre, upon sufficient Bond beiiijr given, in the
Penalty and in the Manner directed by the said Act, with
Condition tliat the said Goods shall be there landed ac-
cordingly, and not in any other Part oF Europe, except
Great Britain or Ireland ; and that Certificates, testifyine
the Landing thereoF, shall be produce<l to the Collector, or
other Principal Officer, where Bond shall have bees given
within 18 Months from the Date of such Bond, under
the Common Seal of the Chief Magistrate, or under the
Hand and Seal of the British Consul, or Hands and Seals
of Two known British Merchants residing where such
Goods shall be landed ; and upon the producing of such
Certificate, or Proof upon Oath being made by Two cre-
dible Persons that the said Gootls were taken by Enemies,
or perished in the Seas, the said Bond shall be dis-
cliarged. 5 Geo. 3. c. 45. § 23. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67.
Art. 6.

3. No Rum or other Spirits shall be shipped or laden Rum „ot to (,»
on board juiy Ship m any Britisli Colony or Plantation ^^n^ed on the
in America, but on Condition that the same shall not be ^'^° "' ^^"'■
carried to or landed in the Isle of Man, under the like
Securities, Penalties, and Forfeitures as are prescribed

in 12 Car. 2. and 25 Car. 2. or either of them, with re-
spect to the Goods in those Acts particularly mentioned
5 Geo. 3. c. 39. § 5.

See Ashes (Pot and Pearl).

4. The Master of every Ship that shall take on board
any Goods not particularly enumerated in any of the
Plantation Laws, shall, together with One Surety, give
Bond in the like Penalty as is provided for Goods enu-
merated ; and such Bond shall also be given to the Col-
lector or other Principal Officer of the Customs at any
1 ort or Place in any of the British American Colonies or
PlantaUons where the Vessel shall be laden, with Con-
dition that such Goods shall not be landed at any Part
of Europe to the Northward of Cape Finisterre, except
in Great Britain or Ireland ; which Bond shall be dis-
charged in the Manner hereafter mentioned ; that is to
say, For such of the said Goods as shall be entered for
or landed in Great Britain or Ireland, the Condition of
the Bond shall be, to bring a Certificate in Discharge
thereof within 18 Months from the Date of such Bond.

, — ' ' •^-■^ -i^'iu""is lur sucn oi ihe saia uooas as shall

be entered for or landed in any of the British Colonies
or Plantations in America; which Certificates shall be

under

Goods not par-
ticularly enuMe.
rated in the
Plantation Laws,
not to be landed
in any Part ot
E.irope to the
Northward of
Cape finisterre,
except Great
Britain or
Ireland.

138

Exception as to
certain Pons.

Non , numerated
Goods (except
Rum) may be
la^ided in Guern-
sey or Jersey.

blasters of Ships
to take Certifi-
cates that Bonds
have been given,

to tfS ucilvcfcd

up at the Port
of unlading.

(i5OO&0 TNiON-ENUMERATEu).

under the Hands and Seals of tlie Collector tuid Comp-
troller, or other I^incipal Officer of the Customs resi-
dent at the Port or Place where such Goods shall be
landed, testifying the Landing thereof; and for such of
the said Goods as shall he entered for or landed at any
other Place where the same may be legally landed, to bring
the like Certificate within 12 Months, under the Com-
mqii Seal of the Chief Magistrate, or under the Hands
and Seals of Two known British Merchants residing
there ; or such Bonds shall be discharged in either of the
said Cases by Proof, upon Oath made by credible Per-
sons, that the said Goods were taken by Enemies, or
perished in the Seas ; and if any such Non-enumerated
Goods shall be laden on board any such Ship in any
British Colony or Plantation in America, before such
Bond shall be given, the Goods so laden, together with the
Ship, shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized by
any Officer of the Customs, and prosecuted in such
manner as any other Forfeiture against the Laws of the
Revenue may be prosecuted. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. §30, 31.
7 Geo. 3. c. 2. ^ 1 . 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. 39 & 40 Geo. 3.
c. 67. Art. 6.

5. Not to extend to Ships which shall be bound to some
of the Ports of Spain within the Bay of Biscay. 6 Geo. 3,
c. 52. § 31.

6. Any Non-enumerated Goods (except Rum) laden
in any British American Colony or Plantation, may be
landed in Guernsey or Jersey ; and all the Regulations
of the 6th Geo. 3. c 52., so far as the same relates to the
Bond and Security for landing such Non-enumerated
Goods in Great Britain, shall extend to Guernsey and
Jersey, as fully as if the said Islands had been excepted
and named in the said Act, and may be cancelled and
discharged by the Certificate under the Hands and Seals
of the Magistiates of the Royal Courts of Jersey or
Guernsey respectively, or any Three of them, and the
Principal Officers of the Customs in the said Islands re-
spectively, testifying the landing of such Goods, in the
same manner as if the Goods had been landed in Great
Britain or Ireland. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 3.

7. Every Person having the Charge of any Ship, shall,
before he departs from any British Colony or Plantation
where he receives his Lading, take a Certificate under the
Hands and Seals of the Collector or other Principal
Officer of the Customs there (which Certificate such

Officers

<I500DjS (Non-en iTMERATrD).

139

Officers are required to grant, without Fee or Reward,
that Bond hath been given pursuant to the Directions of
this or any other Act, as the Caae shall require; and the
Master shall keep such Certificate in his Custody till the
Voyage is completed, and shall then deliver the same up
to the Collector or other Chief Officer of the Customs at
the Port or Place where he shall discharge his Lading,
eUher in Great Britain, Ireland, or any British American
Colony or Plantation, on Forfeiture oi' £100 for every
Offence. 4 Geo. S. c. 15. § 24. 39 & 40 Geo. S.
c. 67 Art. 6.

6. If any British Ship laden as aforesaid with any If Certificate.
Goods of the Produce or Manufacture of any British ""' I'f^'*'""''.
Colony or Plantation hi America, shall be discovered by SrSf"fe,
any Officer of His Majesty's Customs within Two
Leagues of the Shore of any British Colony or Planta-
tion in America, and the Person taking Charge of such
Ship shall not produce a Certificate that Bond has been
given pursuant to the Directions of this or any otlier Act,
as the Case may require; or if he shall not -produce such
Certificate to the Collector or other Chief Officer of the
Customs where he shall arrive in Great Britain, Ireland,
or any British American Colony or Plantation; such
Ship and all the Goods therein laden shall be forfeited.
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 25. 39 & 40 Geo, 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

lited.

dPOOllS (East India).

I or

1. No Commodity of the Growth, Product, or Manu- Not to be im-
tacture of the East Indies, or other Places within the P°«ed unless
Limits of the Company's Charter, shall be imported or Sii" ""''''
carried into any Plantation, Colony, Territory, or Place Ireland,
o His Majesty or to the Crown of Great Britain be-
onging in America, unless bona fide and without Fraud
iaden in Great Britain or Ireland, in Ships navigated
according to Law, on Forfeiture of such Goods or the
Value thereof, together with the Ship in which imported:
and such Ship and Goods shall and may be seized, and
the same or the Value thereof shall and maybe prosecuted
m any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster
or m Dublin, or in any of His Majesty's Courts in such
i-and. Island, Colony, Territory, or Place where the

t;^« 1 ••• c.....xx«ticvi, uy J3UI, x-iamt, or iniorma-

!"'> V '^''f, ^«Esso]gn, Protection, or Wager of Law

m One Iniparlance ;
One

110

(I5OOD0 (Kast India).

One Tliinl |»,iu oC the siiid Foilrihiir slinll Ix' l(»i tl
list' of I lis IVla|(slv, Our 'lliin! V,ut (<> (lie (

<tv<Mii(»r o

Olli

ivi!. ccmiiiv

poll. 11 II III

.siicli I.iiiul, IshiiKJ, ('(ilonv, or Pliuv when- flio ( Xlinte
.sliiill l)r c.oinniincd, niui (li(> oilier Tliinl Purl, (o Uu,
IiironiU'i- or l»io,s(>(iifoi ; mid if jiiiy Olliicr ai llu' Cm-

l"'!!.!:::::!;'''"" '-""^ •" "•«' «"'«' C«»i«»nics, IMmHaiions, 'l\.nil,ori(

IMiuy.s ulorcsaid, shall willingly «>r kiiowiiifrly nmnivo nt
the fniudiilt'iii Iinportatioii of any sikIi ('oiiinioditics ; or
il any sutli ( Xliccr shall (aluMipoii him to siizr any ortht-
•said C'onniiodilics, and shall hy Krand or Collusion dcsisi
or doliiy (h«> Pro.si'onlion ihm'oF (o ('ondcnination, he
shall lorUit ../fiOO, to he sued for and rirovored in
manner alorosaid ; and .snch Olliifr shall also for the
futiue 1)0 inoapabU* o{' holdin<r any OUico or Kniploy-

N>»t to Im I'K-
(h

nit'nt nndfr I lis IVIajrslv, 7(]vo.'\. st. I
.*{!) iS; .K) Cro.tU c. (jV. Art. (J

No (iiHuls of the (irowlh, Prodnct

51. §9.

ion, or Mnnn-

Cl.!:;",''" 'r""'^ :''','''^" '•"'• indies, or other Places beyond the
oiiui c\.l.mi.-s ; ^'"P^" <>' ^'oikI llope, shall, npon any Pretence w hate
be e\[)oiti>d Iroin any of the Free' Ports, to any o

Hritish Colony or
Ind

Plantati

vor,
ther

on in America or the West

ies, on l\)rfeitnri> th(>reof, and of the Ship. 1.', ( Jeo. 3.

i, 12

oi liliHIi'Jlt iiltii

StY Vhvm PoH'rs.

ree

l-.H

leh'ii Mups

ly !u)rei^ii Ship arriving- n1 any of the f-

i-:::^,.!^;;^-;" ''*»''^ ^i'"" ''"^»' «^" i>^>'"«» ^jiy doods oi- the (Jmuii

I'roduction, or Mannfaclure «»f th«> I-:a,st Indies, or other
Places beyond the (lape ot (Jood Hope, snch (ioods shall
Ih> foHeited, ton;ether with the Ship in which the same
shall be brousjfhl, whether such Cn)ods shall be intendc<l
to be landed or not, or whether Hulk .shall have been
broken or not. Hi (Jeo. ;?. c. 57. § 13.
Si'i' FiiKF. Ports.

To t.ike 0.ltll^
for tlic iluo Ob-
»frv.nK\> titAi^s
rol.«tiin; toHJic
PUiuatii^is,

6otoetnor«.

1. The Ciovernors or Commanders in Chief of any
Hritish (.'olony or Plantation shall, at their Entrance
upon their respective (iovermnents, or within Six Months
nfter tho same, take a solemn Oath before such Persons
as shall be apiiointed by His Majesty, to do their utmost
that all the Matters contained in any Act of Parliament
heretofore made and now in force relatintr to the .said
Colonies and Plantations, and all the Clauses contiiincd
in i Geo. 5. c. 15. shall be punctually observed, ac-

ing

(orcling to iho true ineaniiifr thereof, so fur uh appertuins
unto them ; and upon Coniplaiiit ami Proof iiiatle before
His Majc«st>', or such as shall be by him thereunto autho-
rized and appointed, by the Oath of Two or more
credible WiUiesses, that any of the said (iovernors or
Coiiinianders in Chief have ncsglecled to take tlie said
Oudi, or have b<'en wittingly n<'gligent in doing their
Duty, the (Jovernor so neglecting or ofFending hhall be
removed from his Ciovernment, and tbrfeit i.'l()00.
7 & 8 W. 'A. c. 22. § 4.. 8 He yW.'J. c. 20. $ 09.
1. (leo. 3. c. 15. § .'Jl>.

•2. Naval OlKcers are within Two Montlu, or as soon
a« convenient niter their l-jitrance upon their OfKces, to
give Seoiirity to the Commissioners of the Custcmis, for
His Majesty's Use, tor the ffithful Terformance of their
Duty, and in Delimit then of, shall be disableti to execute
the Ollice; and until such .StHMnity is given, and the
Person appointetl is approved l)y the Connnissioners, the
(iovernors shall be answerable for any the Offences,
Neglects, or Misdemeanors of the Persons by them
ap{)oiuted. 7 & 8 W. y. c. 22. § 5.

3. No Officer in any Colony, Plantation, or Foreign
Possession belonging to the Crown of Oreat Britain,
shall be granted either by Patent under the Cireat Seal,
or by Commission under His Majesty's Sigti Manual, or
by any other Commission or Instrument under which
Officers in Colonies have been heretofore or may here-
after be granted, for any longer Time than dining such
Time as the Person appointed shall reside in the Colony,
Plantation, or Foreign Possession, and execute the Duty
of such Office in Person, and behave well therein.
'22 Geo. 3. c. 75. § 1. 54. Geo. 3. c. Gl. § 1.

4. If any Person holding such Office sJiall be wilfully
absent from the Colony or Plantation wherein the same
ought to be exercised, without a reasonable Cause, to be
allowed by the Governor and Council of such Colony or
IMantation, or shall neglect the Duty of such Office, or
oUierwise misbehave therein, such (iovernor and Council
inay amove such Person from his Office ; and in case any
I'ersou so amoved shall think himself aggrieved, he may
uppeal therefrom, as in other Cases of Appeal from such
Colony oi Plantation ; whereon such Amotion shall be
finally judg pd of by His Mniestv in Coimcil. 22 Geo. s.

141

Naval Officers
to give Security,
otherwise th«
Govtrnors to be
aiwwerable.

No Officer to be
:ijipoiii'.ed in the
I'laiitations for
any longer time
than lie shall
reside therein
and execute the
Duty in Person.

Wilfully absent
or niisbehavini^,
may be amoved.

75. ^ 2.

But

142

dSotoetnors.

Leave of Ab-
sence may be
granted by Go-
vernor and
Council.

Leave of Ab-
sence to be re-
ported, and if
not confirmed
by Secrot.iry of
State, the Offi
cer must return
to the Colony.

Penalty for not
reporting I^eave
of Absence.

A Rei:um of
absent Officers to
be laid before
Parlidment.

Not to affect
certain Ap.
pointments.

5. But tlie Governor and Council of any Colony or
Plantation may give such Leave of Absence as they shall
see Occasion ; and in such Case, as likewise in the Case
of Vacancy occasioned by Death or Amotion, may })ro-
vide for the due Discharge of the Duties of such Offices
until the King's Pleasure shall be known. 22 Geo. 3.
c. 75. § 3.

6. In all Cases in which the Governor and Council of
any Colony, Plantation, or Foreign Possession, shall
hereafter grant Leave of Absence to any Person holding
an Office within the same, to which he shall have been
appointed subsequent to the passing of this Act, the Go-
vernor or Lieutenant Governor, or other Person admi-
nistering the Government, shall, within One Week after
granting the Leave of Absence, report the same to One
of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for Con-
firmation ; and in case it shall not be confirmed within
One Month from the Date of such Report having been
received by the Secretary of State, the Officer shall forth-
with return to the Colony, Plantation, or Foreign Pos-
session, and in default thereof shall be deemed to have
vacated the Office, and his Appointment shall be con-
sidered void. 54 Geo. 3. c. 61. § 2.

7. Every Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or other
Person admmistering the Government of any Colony,
Plantation, or Foreign Possession, who shall neglect to
report as before directed such Leave of Absence, shall
for such Neglect forfeit a Sum not exceeding .^100, to
be recovered by Action of Debt in any of His Majesty's
Courts of Westminster, within One Year after the Ar-
rival in England of the said Governor, or Person ad-
ministering the Government. 54 Geo. 3. c. 61. ^3.

8. Within Six Weeks after the openingof every Ses-
sion of Parliament there shall be laid before the House
of Commons, a Return of all Persons holding Offices in
the Colonies, appointed thereto subsequent to the passing
of this Act, who may not be present in the Execution of
the Duties of their Offices; and such Return shall be
made in the Form prescribed in the Schedule (A.) to this
Act annexed. 54 Geo. 3. c. 61. § 4.

9. Nothing in this Act contained shall operate to the
Prejudice of any subsisting Grant of any Office, or shall
be construed to affect any Appointment, or any Leave ol'
Abst'iicc granted previous to the passing of this Act, or

any

any renewed Grant of Office M-liich may be made in con-
sequence of the Demise oftlio Crown to any Person now
liolding the same ; and no Provision of this Act shall be
applicable to any Office granted or to be granted by tlie
East India Company, or to any Rules, Regulations, or
Provisions made by the Company, witli respect to the
Appointment or Leave of Absence of any of their Civil or
Military Servants. 54 Geo. 3. c. 61. § 5.

10. In Cases where the Governor or Officers of the
Customs of any British Colony or Plantation shall have
reasonable Ground of Suspicion that the Certificate re-
quired by these Acts from the Officers of the Customs in
Great Britain or Ireland, of Bond having been given for
carrying enumerated Goods to some other British Plant-
ation, or to Great Britain or Ireland, is false or coun-
terfeit, the Governor or Officers shall require sufficient
Security for the Discharge of the Plantation Lading in
Great Britain or Ireland ; and such Governor or Officer
shall not in such Case cancel or vacate the Security, until
informed from the Commissioners of the Customs, that
the Matter of the Certificate is true ; and any Person
who shall countei-feit, rase, or falsify any Certificate for
any Vessel or Goods, or knowingly or wilfully make use
thereof, shall forfeit .€500, and the Certificate shall be
of no effect. 12 Car.2. c.l8. § 19. 7&8 W.3. c.22. §10.
20 Geo. 3. c. 10. §1. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

11. The Governors or their Commanders in Chief of
His Majesty's Plantations are, once a Year at least, to
turn to His Majesty's Officers of His Customs in the Port
of London, or such other Person as His Majesty shall ap-
point to receive the same, a List of all such Ships as
shall have laden any enumerated Goods in such Planta-
tions, as also a List of all the Bonds taken by them.
22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. § 12.

12. No Ship coming to any Plantation, Colony, or
Place to His Majesty belonging in America, shall lade
or unlade any Goods, until the Master sliall have made
known to the Governor ther(i>f, or such Officer as shall
be by him thereunto appointed, the Arrival of the Ship,
with her Name, and the Name of the Master, and
^hewn that she is British-built, navigated and registered
Jiccording to Law, nor until ho shall have delivered to such
Oovernor or other Officer a true Inventory or Invoice
t>i the Lading, together with the Places in which the
(roods were takeu on boartl, under pain of the Loss of

the

143

May require
Security for
landing Planta-
tion Goods if
Certificate
suspected to be
f.ilse.

Lists of Bonds
and Ships taking
enumerated
Goods tp be
sent anriually to
Officers of the
Customs.

Masters of Ships
to make known
the Arrival to
Governor, and
deliver Invoice.

144

May seize cer-
tain Articles
landed before
Entry.

To make Re-
gibiry of British
Ships.

To appoint Her-
sotui to ad-
measure Ships.

May grant
Licence for tlie
Removal of
Slaves.

To take Chnnje
of Slaves cap.
tured or seized.

the Ship, smdotall such Goods, the Production or Ma-
nufacture of Europe, as were not bona fide laden in Great
Britain or Ireland. 15 Car. 2. c. 7. § 8. 7 & 8 W. 3.
C.22. §2. 4 Ann. c 6- §2. L'O Geo. 3. c. 10. §1.
26 Geo. 3. c. 60. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67- Art. 6.

13. Sugar, Indigo, or Wine, unshipped or landed
before due Entry and Payment of Duties, or without a
Warrant signed by the proper Officer, may be seized bv
the Governor or Commander in Chief of the Colony or
Plantfition where so unshipped or landed, or by any Per-
son by him authorized. 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. § 3. 4- Geo. 3.
c. 15. § 1.

14.. The Governors, Lieutenant Governors, or Com-
manders in Chief of the British Colonies or Plantations,
and the Principal OfHcers of the Customs there, autho-
rized to make Registry of British Ships, and grant
Certificates of such Registry. 15 Geo. 2. c. 31. §2.
26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 3.

See Registry of British Ships.

15. The Governors, Lieutenant Governors, or Com-
manders in Chief of the British Colonies or Plantations,
shall appoint Persons to examine and admeasure every
Ship previous to Registry, and who are to deliver a
true Account in Writing of the Particulars of the Built,
Description, and Admeasurement of every such Ship, to
the Person authorized to make Registry, and grant Cer-
tificate thereof. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. §12.

See Registry of British Ships.

16. The Governors of any Colony or Territorj' belong-
ing to or under the Dominion of His Majesty, or any
Person executing the Office or Function of Governor, by
Authority from His Majesty, may grant Licence fo/ the
Removal of Slaves from one Britiah Colony to another.
46Geo. 3. c. 52. §13,14. 51 Geo. 3. c. 23. §4.

See Slaves.

17. The Governor, or Lieutenant Governor, or other
Person exercising the Authority of Governor in any
British Colony or Plantation, may authorize the Col-
lector or Chief Officer of the C astoms to take the Care
and Custody of Slaves captured as Prize of War, or
seized as forfeited under any Act passed for the Abolition
of the African Slave Trade, during the Proceedings and
until the Court shall have made its Decree, condemning or
restoring the said .Slaves. 55 Geo. 3. c. 172. § 1.

See Slavls.

(Bvtnaha.

145

Food and
Articles for the
fishery may be
there laden.

fhe Port of Saint George in Grenada, one of the Free St. GeoT^e, a
Ports for the Importation and Exportation of certain ^"« '^•'
Articles in Foreign Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
See Free Ports.

(t5rt'ntl0tOne0. See « Gypsum.*

(I5uerngep anfi 31ersep.

1. Any Person inhabiting Jersey or Guernsey, may
lade in the said Islands, and transport directly from
tiience to any of the British Colonies or Plantations in
America where the Fishery is carried on, on board any
Ship which may lawfully trade there, any Sort of Craft,
Food, Victuals, Clothing, or other Goods fit and neces-
sary for the Fishery in those Parts, or for the Use and
Support of the Mariners or other Persons employed on
btnrd the Ships, or on Shore, in carrying on the Fishery
there; provided such Craft, Clothing, or other Goods are
the Produce or Manufacture of Great Britain, or of
Jersey or Guernsey, and such Food or Victuals are the
Produce of Great Britain, Ireland, or of Guernsey or
Jersey. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 1.

2. Provided also that the Master produces to the
proper Officer of the Customs in the Colony where he
shall arrive, a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of
the Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy Governor, or Com-
mander in Chief, that Oath had been made by the Ship-
per before the Magistrates of the Royal Courts, or any
Three of them, that the Goods and Victuals so shipped
are of such Product or Manulacture; M'liich Certificate
shall also be attested by the principal Officer of the Cus-
toms in the said Islands, who shall certify that the said
Oath was taken in his Presence ; and on Failure of pro-
ducing such Certificate, such Food, &c. found on board
any Ship, and the Ship importing the same, shall be
seized and forfeited, in the same manner as they would
have been if this Act had not been made. 9 Geo. 3.
C.28. §2.

3. Any non-enumerated Goods (except Rum, Irojj,
;md Lumber,) laden in any British American Colony,
»nay be landed in Guernsey or Jersey. 9 Geo. 3. c 'iS. (> 'j.

Sec Goods, non-en umekati;-d.

But a Cenificate
must be pro-
duced as to their
Produce and
Manufacture .

146

The Act
a8 Geo. ^. c. 6.
regulating Inter-
course with the
United .States,
extended to the
Colonies in
Guiana.

Duty on Rum in
■Newfoundland.

Supplies for the
Estates of Dutch
Proprietors, may
be imported
from the
NL-iherl.mds.

!n esse <if Dis-
jjte. Proof to
Ic on tlv D'utch
Propriitcrs.

1. The Privileges and Advantages, Regulations, Re-
strictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures in 28 Geo. 3. c. 6.
with respect to Trade between His Majesty's Colonies
and Plantations in North America and the West India
Islands, and the Countries belonging to the United States
of America, and between His Majesty's Subjects and the
Foreign Islands in the West Indies, shall extend to the
Colonies of Demerara, Berbice, and Essequibo in the
Province of Guiana. 56 Geo..3. c. 91. § 1.

See United States.

2. There shall be collected and paid, upon Rum im-
ported into Newfoundland from Demerara, Berbice, and
Essequibo, the Sum of Sixpence for every Gallon, to be
recovered and applied in the like Manner, and under the
like Penalties and Forfeitures, as are provided by 52 Geo. S.
c. 106. with respect to Rum imported into the said Island
from any British Colony or Plantation in the West
Indies. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 2.

See Spirits.

3. Any of the Subjects of the King of the Nether-
lands, being Dutch Proprietors in Demerara, Berbice,
or Essequibo, may import from the Netherlands into the
said Colonies respectively, all the usual and necessary
Articles of Supply for their Estates, or the Clothing,
Maintenance, and Comfort of the Residents thereon, not
to exceed what may be deemed necessary for the parti-
cular Estates for which they are to be imported, and to
be actually applied to such Purposes, and not for Trade :
and in case of Seizure of any such Articles on the Ground
of their beiiig imported in the way of Trade and not as
Supplies, the Proof that such Articles are Supplies, and
imported under the Conditions of the Convention con-
cluded between His Majesty and the King of the Nether-
lands, shall lie on the Dutch Proprietor importing the
same ; and if such Proof is given, in consequence of any
Dispute arising thereupon, before the Collector or prin-
cipal Officer of the Customs (who are empowered to ad-
minister an Oath or take Affidavit for the Purposes of
any such Examination and Proof), the Goods shall be
admitted to Entry; provided the hnporter enters into
Bond with Two Sureties, in a sufficient Sum, to abide
the Decision of the Board of Customs in England upon
such Seizure; and Wine as a Medicine, and necessarv
Article of Supply, inav be imported to such a limiteti

Extent

wmam.

Extent as maybe necessoiy as a Medicine, and shall be
liable to the Duty of 10s. per Ton. 56 Gvu. 3. c. 91. § 3.

4. The Subjects of ('le King of the Netherlands, behig
Dutch Proprietors in the said Colonies of Denierara,
Berbice, or Essequibo, may export from thence to the
Netherlands the Produce of their Estates. 56 Geo. 3.
c. 91. §4.

5. AH Subjects of the King of the Netherlands, resi-
dent in His said Majesty's European Dominions, who
were, at the Date of the Signature of the said Conven-
tion, Proprietors of Estates in the said Colonies ; and all
Subjects of His said Majesty, who may hereafter become
possessed of Estates then belonging to Dutch Pro-
prietors therein ; and all such Proprietors as being then
resiuont in the said Colonies, and being Natives of His
Majesty's Dominions in the Netherlands, who may have
declared within Tliree Months after the Publication of
the Convention iu the said Colony, that they wish to
continue to be ( onsidered as such ; and all Subjects of
the King of the Netherlands who may be the Holders of
Mortgages of Estates in the said Colonies, made prior to
the Date of the Convention, and who may under their
Mortgage Deeds have the Right of exporting from the
said Colonies to the Netherlands the Produce of such
Estates, shall be deemed Dutch Proprietors ; provided
that where both Dutch and British Subjects have Mort-
gages upon the same Property, the Produce to be con-
signed to the different Mortgagees shall be in proportion
to the Amount of the Debts respectively due to them.
56 Geo. 3. c. 91. §5.

6. All such Importation from the Netherlands into the
said Colonies for the Supply of Estates therein, and Ex-
portation of the Produce of such Estates to the Nether-
lands, may be carried on in any Ships being the Pro-
perty of Subjects of the King of the Netherlands, where-
ever built, and without any Restriction or Limitation as
to the Mariners navigating the same, for Five Years,
commencing from the 1st Day of January 1816,- pro-
vided the Master of such Ship shall produce to the
proper Officer of His Majesty's Customs in the Colony,
satisfactory Proof of the said Ships being ownetl by a
Subject of the King of the Netherlands ; provided also,
vicit me xvuig VI ihc i\einenanas may, at any Time
before the Expiration of the Five Years, direct that such
Trade t-lmil be curried on only in !juch Ships as are

L U Dutch-

147

Dutch Proprie-
tors may export
to the Nether-
lands the Pro-
duce of their
Estates.

Who are to be
deemed Dutch
Proprietors.

Such Importa-
tions and Ex-
portations may
be carried on in
Dutch Ships.

14S

To he liable to
the siime Duties
and Restrictions
fls the like
Articles are
subject to.

Dutc^i Proprie-
tors not to ex-
port the Produce
of their Estates
to His Majesty's
Dominions.

Importations in
consequence of
the Convention
to be deemed

Ijuful.

d^utana.

Dutch-built, and whereof the Master and Three-fourths
of the Crew are the Subjects of His said Majesty ; and
that after the Expiration of the said Five Years, no such
Trade shall be carried on, except in Ships Dutch-built,
and whereof the Master and Three-fourths of the Crew
are Subjects of His said Majesty the King of the Nether-
lands. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. §6. '

7. All such Importations and Exportations shall be
subject to the same Duties as are payable by His Ma-
jesty's Subjects on Importations and Exportdtions of the
like Articles, and be subject to the same Regulations and
Restrictions for the due landing of any such Produce in
the Netherlands, as are provided by the Acts^now in force
for the Landing of the like Articles in Great Britain, aa
far as applicable. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 7.

8. But it shall not be lawful for Persons who by
virtue of this Act may be entided to trade between the
said Colonies and the Dominions of the King of the
Netherlands, to export the Produce of their Estates
within the said Colony to any Part of the United King-
dom, or to any other of His Majesty's Dominions in
Europe. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 8.

9. All Importations and Admissions to Entry made
in consequence of any of the Articles of the Convention,
shall be lawful and effectual, as if the same had been
made in pursuance of this Act, and all Persons con-
cerned therein shall be indemnified in respect thereof.
56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 9.

ini[iortatiQln
allowed fioni
Malta or
4Jibraltar.

Sam&—Mu'bit, S&aetit, £Pprr|),
^itilv, ann :«mmon<ae.

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depen-
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of
His Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America,
or to Newfouutlland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British-
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1.

See GiBUALTAU.

Malta*

1. Maybe exported from any Ports specially appointed
for that Purpose by His Majesty, within the Province of
Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, in any British Vessel, or
any Vessel belong! ng to the Subjects of any Sovereign
or State in Amity with His Majesty ; provided that the
Articles shall not be exported from the said Ports to any
Foreign Country or Place in any Foreign Vessel, unless
such Foreign Vessel shall belong to the Country to
which the Articles shall be exported. 58 Geo. 3.
c. 19: § I.*, 5.

2. His Majesty, with the Advice of His Privy
Council, may make such Rules and Regulations for the
Exportation of the said Articles at the said Ports, with
such Penalties and Forfeitures for the Breach thereof, as
shall seem fit and necessary to His Majesty, with the Ad-
vice aforesaid. 58 Geo. .S. c. 19. § 6.

3. This Act shall continue in force during the Space
of Three Years from and after the passing of the same *,
and until Six Weeks after the Commencement of the then
Session of Parliament. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 7.

149

May be ex-
ported in Foreign
Shi()s from Poitt
to be appointed
by His Majesty
in Nova Scotia
or New Briing-
wick ;

subject tosurli
Regulations a<s
His Majesty
shall think tit.

Limitation of
Act.

^ats and jFeltg.

1. No Hats or Felts shall be put on board any Ship
in any Place within the British Plantations, nor laden
upon any Horse, Cart, or other Carriage, to the Intent
to be shipped off or conveyed out of the said Plantations,
to any other of the British Plantations, or to any Place
whatever, f 5 Geo. 2. c. 22. § 1.

2. If exported, shipped off, or loaden contrary to this
Act, shall be forfeited, and the Offender shall forfeit
£500 for every Offence ; and every Master Mariner of
any Ship, or Porter, Carter, Waggoner, Boatman, or
other Person knowing such Offence, and wittingly aiding
and assisting therein, shall forfeit £4iO. 5 Geo. 2.
c. 22. § 2.

3. Any Person may seize, and secure in His Majesty's
next Warehouse, all such Hats and Felts as he shall dis-
cover to be on board any Ship or Boat, or brought or
laid on Shore at or near the Sea, or any navigable River

Not to be ex-
ported to any
Place whatever.

Forfeited if
shipped, and
Penalty on
Offendeis.

Intended to be
exported may b»
seized by any
Persons,

* 8th Mau 1818.

t By 52 Geo. 3. c. 100. and 57 Geo. 3. c. 29. any Goods the
Produce or Manufacture of Europe, or any Prize Goods, may be
exported from one British Colony to another. See " Europe."

L 3 o""

150

Peiuilty on Offi-
cers signing
Documents for
the Exportation
or conniving
thereat.

OfTencps maybe
licird in the
County where
Goods laden or
Offender appre-
hended.

Of the United
States may be
imported into
the West India
Islands and
Colonies in
Guiana in British
Ships J

^at8 anb gate.

or Water, to the Intent to be exported, or to be laden
ii) '^r. any Horse, Cart, or other Carriage to the Intent
f.. be exporte<l or conveyed into any other Plantation or
1 uice ; and such Person seizing any Commodities shall
be uidenmified for so doing. 5 Geo. 2. c. 22. § 3.

4. If any Commissioner, or other Officer of the Cus-
toms ot any Phxce within the British Plantations, or any
(Jfhcer employed in the Management of the Revermes,
shall 1 ike any j:ntry outward, or sign any Cocket,
Warrant, or Sufferance for the sliipping or exportintf
any Hats or Felts, or shall wittingly sufler the s'une to
be done, in every such Case such Commissioner, &c.
sigmng such Cocket, Warrant, or Sufferance, or passing
sucii Entry, or conniving thereat, shall for every Offence
torteit his Office and ^500. 5 Geo. 2. c. 22. § 4.

5. Every Offence against this Act may be inquired of,
heard, and determined in the County where any such
Goods shall be laden, or in the County or Place,' either
in Great Britain or the Plantations, where such Offender
shall be apprehended for such Offence, or where any of
the Goods shall be seized or brought in; and the Trial
shall be m such ManneV and Form as if the Offence had
been wholly commuted in the same County or Place
where tried in pursuance of this Act. 5 Geo. 2.

c. 22. 5 5

i^cmp anD fUx^

and m,;y be im-
ported in o Ber-
muda in Foreign
Ships, ;uid ex-
ported ui British.

1. The Growth or Production of any of the Territo-
ries of the United States of America, may be imported
trom any of the said Territories into any of His Majesty's
West India Islands (in which Description the Bahama
Islands and the Bermuda or Somers Islands are included),
or into the Colonies of Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo
in the Province of Guiana ; but the said Articles shall
'^\ -IT .V"^'''''^^'^ *^^^^Pt by British Subjects, and in
British-bmlt Ships, owned and navigated according to
Law, on Forfeiture thereof and the Ship. 28 Geo. 3.
c. 6. § 1, 2. .56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § I.

2. The Growt!. or Production of the said Territories,
maybe imported from thence into Saint George, or
Hamilton in the Island of Bermuda, in any Foreign
Ship belonging to any Country in Amity with Kis Ma-
.lesty, and exported from the said Ports to any of His
Majesty s Islands or Dominions iu the Wes'. Indies, in

British-

I^emp mh jFlajc*

151

FJritish -built ShipSj owned and navigated according to
Law. 52 (ieo. 3. c. 79. § 2, 3. 53 Geo. 3. c 50. § 1.

3. Not to be imported into His Majesty's West India Not t^ ^^e m-
Islands (including the Bahama and Bermuda or Somers cdonicrunder
Islands), or into the Colonies of Demerara, Berbice, or Foreign Euro-
Essequibo, from any Island in the West Indies, or P"n States;
Colony ci Plantation on the Continent of South America,

under the Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign
or iState, on Forreiture thereof and of the Ship.
28 Geo. 3. C. 6. § 10. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38. § 1. 56 Geo. 3.
c. 91. § 1.

4. In case of public Emergency or Distress, the except in case
Governor, Lieutenant Governors, or Commanders in ^J^^;J^J''|JJ^'^^>y'^j.
Chief of any of the said Islands in the West Indie, the inhabitants.
under the Dominion of His Majesty, or the Governors,

&c. of the said Colonies of Demerara, Berbice, or Esse-
quibo, with the Advice and Consent of their respective
Councils, may authorize the Importation of Hemp and
Flax, for a limited Time, from any Island in the West
Indies, or Colony or Plantation on the Continent of
South America, belonging to or under the Dominion of
any Foreign European Sovereign or State, for the Supply
of the Inhabitants of the said Islands and Colonies re-
spectively ; provided that such Hemp and Flax shall not
be so imported except by British Subjects, and in British-
built Ships owned and. navigated according to Law, on
Forfeiture thereof and of the Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 1 1.
31 Geo. 3. c. 38. § 2. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1.

5. In case any Hemp or Flax which shall have been imponed for the
imported from any Island in the West Indies, or Colony Hf^ "n^^Jl^^ot
on the Continent of South America, under the Dominion to be exported ;
of any Foreign European Sovereign or State, into any of and before ship-
His Majesty's West India Islands, or Colonies of Deme- ip"J thaTrl^a'/be
rara, Berbice, or Essequibo, for the Supply of the Inha- exported, Proof
bitants as aforesaid, shall, after such Importation, be ex- to be made that

1 1 1 r-ii • IT 1 i> i. the ArticicB

ported or put on board any Ship, Vessel, or boat, or ^^grenot im-
brought to any Quay with Intent to be so exported, the pond tor suciv
same shall be forfeited, as also the Ship, Vessel, or Boat ="PP'y-
in which laden; and before shipping of any Hemp or
Flax, whether in its manufactured or unmanufactured
State, that may lawfully be exported from any such
Island or Colony, the Exporter shall make Oath before

liic v,ulicv;iUi Ui ine \^U3f>>i;i3 itidi. iivf JTml lliv-ltv .irt»i

been so imported, under such Authority as aforesaid,
from any Island in the West Inches, or Colony on the

L 4) Continent

152

^m» ana fuv.

False Oaths
deemed Perjury

May b« im-
(Wftcd froin the
Portuguese
Dominions in
South America.

By whom
Seizures may be
made.

Not to be ex-
ported unless to
some other
Plantation, or
Great Britain or
Ireland.

amtment of bouth America, under the Dominion of
any Fo e.gn European Sovereign or State. 29 Geo. 3.
C.91 /i! • °' ^' ""• ^^- ^ 3' *• 56 Geo. 3.

On^k I^ ''7- ^^'■'°" !^f ^^ convicted of taking a false
Oath touching any of the Facts reouired to be testified on
OaUi, uch Person shall be deemed guilty of Perjury, and

ithl^t '"t^ ^T''^"' Penaltieslowiich Person Tre
liable for wilfiil and corrupt Pcrjuiy, and may be prose-
cuted in any Court of Record in oVeat Brit^, orfn^y
of His Majesty's Courts of Judicature in the West Ind^s!
29 Geo. 3. c. 56. J 2, 3. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38. « 5.

7. l)unng the Continuance of the Treaty with Portuiral
any Person may import into any of the said We't Sa

"ds/oTror^- '^'f,'^'^- - Bermuda or Somer^
Inlands), or Colonies of Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo,

soL nf\7 ^'""^ ^^^"^ '^' ^^°^^^ °r ProductL of

Portu.nl n'7'7.''r'' ^' ^«"^>"i«"« of the Crown of
lortugalin South America; provided the same is im-
ported into the said Islands or Colonies direct from the
said Territories or Dominions, in British-built Ships,
owned navigated and registered according to lLw
51 Geo. 3. c. 4.7. $5. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91.

8. The Goods and Vessels forfeited by these Acts mav
be seized by the Commanders of any of His MaiesTv^
Ships or Vessels of War, or by anv Co^mmiSn^ /'wJr!
Inv Offi %?r^''.'/?''"^"y^"^^°^i^^d bythem or by

* J^ttie0 and mine,

aLv?/. *i' if'^^'^ru""."^ *^" ^''^'^'^ Plantations in
America, shall not be shipped or conveyed from any

ler p'n. ,?^""f r"^to ^ny Place, unless to some
other Plantation belonging to His Majesty, or to Great
Britam or Ireland. 12 Car! 2. c. 18. §18, 19 22 & 2^
Car. 2. c. 26. § 1 1 . 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 1 3 4 G^o 3

V's^Vl /o'^^'!' ^•^^- §^- ^0Geo.'3^e.;0
c. 91 § 4. 8 *"• ^'^' ^'^- ^' ^^ ^^«- ^•

^Z±lTtt!,';^l'J^^^^^ Forfeitures to

Brhain «; I'rltdf "' "" ^^-^^^^o-^ or in Great
See Ashes, Pot and Pearl.

2. The

i5:f

May b« iiil-
portcd into the
Free Ports in
Foreign VcikcU ;

'2. The T lodact on of any of the Colonies or Planta-
tions in A menu , or of any Country on the Continent of
America, ^l'^' Uig to or under the Dominion of any
Foreign x^u <"\ i Sovereign or State, may be imported
from arjy of i.ic said Countries into the Free Ports, in
any ForL;i|»n \ ^ sel whatever, being owned and navigated
by Persor * i^biting any of the said Colonies, Pla^ta*
fions, or Countri'^8. 45 Geo 3. c. 57. 49 Geo. 3. c. 22.
.52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.
See Free Ports.

3. The Production of any of the Colonies or Planta-
tions in America, or Countries on the Continent of Ame-
rica, belonging to or under the Dominion of any Foreign iongdcini
European Sovereign or State, imported into the Free Ports,
jnay be exported n-om any of the said Ports to any Part of
the United Kingdom, under the Rules, &c. of 12 Car. 2.
c. 18. 22 & 23. Car. 2. c. 26. and 20 Geo. 3- c 10. with
respect to Goods therein enumerated. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
id Geo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.
See Free Ports,

and exported
from thence ti>
the ITiiited

i^Ogg. See '• Cattle."

I^oncp,

May be exported from Malta or any of the Dominions Importation at-
thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His Majesty's MaUa w""
Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or to New- Gibraltar.
fbundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colonies
or Plantations in North America, in British-built Ships,
owned, navigated, and registered according to Law.
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5, 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

^OXBtS* See " Cattle."

|^nif^(>hnlh 4Fiirnttiirr

- VS--^*- T

See " Settlers."

154

Importation
allowed tVoiu
Malta or
Gibr.iUar.

3&U9>

May be exported from Malta or any of the Dependen-
cies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct lo any of Mis Ma-
jesty's Siigai- Colonies or Plantations in America, or to
Newioinidland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colo
nie,s or Plantations in North America, in British-built
h.;ips, owned, navignted, and registered according to Law.
ry5 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5, 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
Src Gfbhaltak.
Malta.

3^rnaita.

Irtc I'oi'.t.

lJiiii-.li Slii|'.s not
to sail lo or from
S.iiiit Uoiuingo.

Forei;;n Ships
from thencu, not
to cuter ;iiiv
Port or land .my
Person on the
M.nid,

Not to prohibit
intercourse with
Places under the
Spanish (Jovcrii-
ment.

Slii|)s under
Convoy tn.iy
touch at Jamaica,

1 . Certain Articles allowed to be imported into arid ex-
porleii from Kingston, Savannah la Mar, Montego Bay,
iSiintu I.ucea, Antonio, Saint Ann, Falmouth, ami Maria,
m Foreign Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.

See FiiKE Pouts.

2. No British Ship shall, under any Pretence, sail
trom any Place hi Jamaica to any Place in Saint Do-
nungo, nor from any Place in Saint Domingo to any
Place in .Jamaica, except as herein-after provided, tinder
the Forfeiture of such Ship, t< gether with her Carao.
52 Geo. 3. c.35. §1. ^

3. No Foreign Ship, whether laden or in Ballast,
shall come into any Port in Jamaica, if such Ship shall
have come from, or shall in the course of her Voyage have
touched at, any Place in Saint Domingo ; and if any
such Foreign Ship shall land any Person, or shall con-
tinue in any Port or Harbour of Jamaica for 18 Hours
after Notice shall be given by the Principal Officer o( the
Customs resident at the Port to depart therel'rom, such
Foreign Ship shall be forfeited, together with her Cargo.
52 Geo. 3. c. 35. § 2.

4. But not to extend to the prohibiting of any Inter-
course which may be carried on by any Law now in force
between Jamaica and any Port or Place in Saint Do-
mingo which now is or shall be in the Possession of ;iml
under the Dominion of the Spanish Government, while
the same shall continue under such Possession and Do-
minion ; nor to prevent any of His Majesty's Ships of
War from sailing I'rom any Place in Januiica to any
Place in Saint Domingo, nor from any Place in Sairit

Domingo to any Place in Jamaica, 52Geo.S. c.35. $3,4.

5. PrnviHprl nlcn that nvifi'sl, cv.:.^^ ,,.. cu:„.. u_i..j, _

mg to any State iji Aniity with His Majesty, and bound

6 " * 10

Jamaica*

155

ica, or to

It) any Place within His Majesty's Dominions, sailing •"'* "" Person
iVom any Place in Samt Domingo, under Convoy of One Li JjJce! "''""'
of His Majesty's Ships, may touch at such Port of
Jamaica as may have been appointed by His Majesty's
Naval Officers for the Rende/Aous or Assembling, Ibr
the Purpose of Convoy of the general Homeward-bound
Trade ; but no Person from on board such Shij) shall
land upon or otherwise communicate with Jamaica, with-
out a special Licence to that Eftect, under the Hand and
Seal of the (iovernor or Lieutenant Governor of the
Island, the Admiral commanding in chief on the Station,
or the Senior Officer connnanding His Majesty's Ships
appointed to convoy the said Ship, which Licence they
shall not grant, except in Cases of urgent Necessity;
and if any Person belonging to such Ship shall land or
<nherwise conununicate with the Shore without such
Licenw, the i<sorfeitures and Penalties of 52 Geo. 3.
0. 35. shall take effect. 53 Geo. 3. c. 3. § i.

6. All Ships and (ioods liable to Forfeiture under this By whom Ships
Act, may be seized by the Commanders of any of His "JpJiSid.
Majesty's Ships or Vessels of War, or any Commis-
sioned, Warrant, or Petty Officer by him specially au-
ihori/ed, or by any Officer of His Majesty's Customs ;

and may be sued for and prosecuted in <he like manner,
and by the same limes and Regulations, as any Forfeit-
inc.>s incurred in the British Colonies or Plantations in
America, by force of any Act relating to the Trade and
Revenues of the said Colonies or Plantations may now be
sued for and prosecuted in pursuance of 49 Geo. 3.
c. 107. ; and such Ships and Goods shall be deposited in
the Custody of the Officers mentioned in the said Act,
and be subject to the other Provisions thereof, in like
maimer as if herein repeated; and the Commanders or
Officers of any Ships of War, and the Officers of the
Customs, in making or prosecuting any such Seizures,
shall have the Benefit of all the Provisions made by any
Act for the Protection of Officers seizing and prosecut-
ing any Ships or Goodti, for any Offence against any
Act relating to flie Trade and Revenues of the British
Colonies or Plantations in America. 52 Ceo. 3. c.35. §5.

7. The Forfeitures incurred by this Act shall belong How rorftimic
to such Persons, and in such Shai'es, as any Forfeitures '" ^^ divided.
incurred in the British Colonies or Plantations in Ame-
rica now bciung to and may be distributed under

i Geo. 3. c. 15.— 52 Geo. 3. c. 35. § 6.

8. If

In case of t)ip.
putc tlic Proof
to lie upon the
Ow ncr or
Claimer.

Samaiea.

If Forfeiture
arose without
any fraudulent
Intent, the Ship
may be restored.

ft. If any Ship or any Goods laden thereon shall be'
seized under this Act, and any Dispute shall arise whe-
ther the said Vessel had sailed, or the Goods laden
thereon had been brought from any Place in Jamaica to
any Place m Saint Domingo, or from any Place in Saint
Dommgo to any Place in Jamaica, contrary to this Act,
tlie Proof thereof shall lie upon the Owner or Claimer of
such Ship or Goods, and not upon the Officer who shall
seize the same ; and in case no sufficient Proof shall be
given by the Owner or Claimer of such Ship, or the
Goods laden thereon, of the Place from and to which such
Goods had been brought, and such Ship did really and
bona fide sail, thou such Ship shall, without any further
Proceeding, be lield to have sailed, and the Goods laden
thereon shall be held to have been brought, from one of
the said Islands to the otlier, contrary to this Act.
52 Geo. 3. c. 35. § 7.

9. In case any Ship or Goods shall be seized as for-
feited m pursuance of this Act, the Commissioners of the
Customs in England, or any Four or more of them, on
Evidence being given to their Satisfaction that the For-
feiture arose without any fraudulent Proceeding or Inten-
tion of Fraud in the Proprietor, may, by any Writing
signed by any Four of them, order the same to be re*
stored to such Proprietor, on such Conditions as under
the Circumstances of the Case shall appear to the said
Commissioiiery to be just and reasonable ; and if the said
Proprietor shall comply with the Conditions prescribed,
the same shall be restored, and it shall not be lawful for
the Officer, or any other Person on his Behalf, to proceed
m any manner for the Condemnation thereof; but if
sucii Proprietor shall not comply therewith, such Officer
shall be at Liberty to proceed for the Condemnation of
such Ship or Goods, as if this Law had not been made;
provided always, that if such Proprietor shall accept the
Conditions, he shall not be entitled to any itecompence
or Damages on account of the Seizure or Detention of
such Ship or Goods, or have or maintain any Action for
the same. 52 Geo. 3. c. 35. § 8.

implements, See - Fisheries.

3nttmti

157

May be exported from Malta or any of the Dependen- Importation al-
lies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His S;;^!,,^''/'^^
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or Gibraltar.
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British-
fouilt Vessels, owned, navigated, and registered accord-
ing to Law. • 55 Geo. 3. c. 29- § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

3ntit50*

1. The Production or Manufacture of the British
Plantations in America, shall not be shipped or con-
veyed from any of the said Plantations to any Place,
unless to some other Plantation belonging to His Majesty,
or to Great Britain or Ireland. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 13.
12 Car. 2. c. 18. §18. 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. §11.
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §27. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. §6. 20 Geo. 3.
c. 10. § 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 56 Geo. 3.
c. 91. § 4. 8.

For the llestrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures to
secure the Landing in the Plantations, or in Great
Britain or Ireland,

See Ashes, Pot and Pearl.

2. There shall be paid to His Majesty Two-pence for
every Pound Weight of Indigo shipped in His Majesty's
Plantations, if Bond is not given, with one sufficient
Surety, to bring the same to Great Britain or Ireland ;
and the said Duty shall be paid at such Places and to
6uch Officers as shall be appoin\;d to receive the same,
before the Landing thereof. 25 Car. 2. c. 7. § 2.

3. The Duty shall be deemed to be Sterling Money
of Gr'^at Britain, and shall be paid to the Amount of the
ValuL vvic.'h such nominal Sums bear in Great Britain,
and accoroi.ig to the Proportion and V.aluc of 5s. 6d. th-;
Ounce in Silver, and (the necessary Charges of raisir^

nd paying the same excepted) shall be paid into the
j';ceip't of the Exchequer. 1 Geo. 1. ■^ 1. c. 12. §4-
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §41.

4. The Duties shall be levied by the Commissioners of
the Customs in England, under the Authority and Di-
rections of the Lords of the Treasury. 25 Car. 2. : . 7 J 3.

IjiiI^Ip f,] liny (tip D'.-'iV shall not

Not to be ex-
ported unless to
some other
Plantation, or
Great Britain or
Ireland.

Duty upon Ex-
portation.

Receipt ond
AppioprmMon.

n f^MULX e%i-%XT

'J ^ "

have Money wliere wit h to uuswer iho same, the

Officer shifil

accept.

By whom to be
levied.

Officers may ac-
!..'pi .1 Pruiior-
tioii ot'tho Com

•lOtiiiv

158

3it&tffo.

Bond muse be
given although
the Duty paid.

Laws or Cus-
toms in the
Plantation.! re-
pugnant tt this
Act, void.

Penalty on Per-
sons concerned in
the Loading
before Duty
p.iid, or to whose
Hands the
Goods shall
come.

May be im-
ported into the
Free Ports in
Foreign Vessels ;

and exported
from thence to
the United
Kingdom.

accept, instead of the Money, such Proportion of the
Commodity to be shipped as shall amount to the Value
thereof, according to the current Rate of the Commo-
dity in the Plantation. 25 Car. 2. c. 7. § 4.

6. Notwithstanding the Payment of the said Duty, no
IndJgo shall be shipped until the Security required bv
12 Car. 2. c. 18., and 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26., has been
given to carry the same to Great Britain or Ireland, or some
ot His Majesty's Plantations. 7 & 8 W. S. c. 22. § 8.
u \] u^^- ^^^^' %^-Laws, Usages, or Customs which
shall be m practice, or endeavoured or pretended to be
in force or practice, in any of His Majest>''s Plantations
in America, which are any ways repugnant to this Act,
or to any other Law hereaiter to be made in this King-
dom, so tar as such Laws shall relate and mention the said
I'iantations, are illegal, null, and void. 7 & 8 W. 3.

8. If the Goods shall be lomlon on board any Vessel
belore the Duties due thereon are paid, every' Person
assLstmg or otherwise concerned in the loadiniv Outwards,
or to whose Hands the same shall knowingly come after
the Loading thereof, shall for every Offence forfeit Treble
the Value, to be computed according to the best Price the
Comnriodity bears at the Place where the Offence is com-
mitted; and all the Boats made use of in the Loading
shall be forteited, and may be seized and prosecuter'
by any Officer of His Majesty's Customs. 4 Geo. S.
c. 15. § 37.

9. The Production of any of the Colonies or Plantation-^
in America, or of any Country on the Continent of Ame-
rica, belonging to or under the Dominion of any Foreitfri
Luropean Sovereign or State, may be imported from am
ot the said Countries into the Free Ports in any Foreign
Vessel whatever, being owned and navigated by Person.^
inhabiting any of the said Colonies, Plantations, or
Countries. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. 49 Geo.3. c.22. 52Geo.3.
c, 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.

See Free Poets.

10. The Production of any of the Colonies or Planta-
tions in America, or Countries on the Continent of Ame-
rica, belonging to or under the Dominion of any Foreign
Luropean Sovereign or State, having been imported into
the free Ports, may be exported from thence to any Part
of the United Kinerdom, under the Rnlps. ^r. r^f^o Car.2-
c. IS., 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26., and 20 Geo. 3, c. 10., with

lespect

respect to Goods therein enumei'ated. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
49 Geo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.
See Free Ports.

1 1 . "^lie Production of any of His Majesty's Sugar
Co.! n/es or Plantations in America, may be shipped and
exported direct to the Island of Malta, or the Dependen-
cies thereof, or to Gibraltar, in such Ships, and under the
Licences, Entries, Securities, Regulations, Penalties, and
Forfeitures herein particularly mentioned. 55 Geo. 3.
c. 29. §1. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.

See Gibraltar.
Malta.

12. There shall be paid unto His Majesty upon Indigo,
of the Produce or Manufacture of ar^' Colony or Planta-
tion in America not under the Dominion of His Majesty,
which shall be imported or brought into any Colony or
Plantation in America under the Dominion of His Ma-
jesty, the Duties following ; that is to Kiy,

For every Pound Weight Avou'dupois of such Indigo,
Sixpence. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §1.

13. The Duties shall be collected and paid in the same
Manner and Foiin, and by such Rules, Ways, and
Means, and under such Penalties and Forfeitures, (not
otherwise altered by this Act) as ai-e mentioned and ex-
})ressed in 6 Geo. 2. c 13. (See " Sugar") with respect
to the collecting and Payment of the Duties thereby
granted ; and all Powers, Penalties, Provisions, Article ,
and Clauses in that Act contained and referred unto,
(except in such Cases where any Alteration is made by
this Act) shall be applied and put in Execution for the
collecting and answering the Duties hereby granted, as
effectually as if the same were particularly re-enacted in
this Act. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. ^7.

14. The Duties (except the necessary Charges of
raising, paying, recovering, and accounting lor the same)
shall be paid into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exche-
quer, and be entered separate and apart irom all other
Monies payable to His Majesty, and shall be there re-
served to be disposed of by ParUament, towards defraying
the necessray Exponces of defending and securing the
British Colonics in America. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 11.

15. No Duty whatsoever s' tall be paid for any Foreign
Judigo, ^which shall be imported or brought into any
British Colony or Plantation on the Continent of Amo-
rica, ))r()vided, upon the Lanilins thereof, the same slrnU

159

May be ex-
ported to Malta
or Gibraltar.

Not of the
British Planta-
tions, Duty on
Importation into
British Colonies.

To be collected

and jiaid m
former Duties.

To be paid into
the Exchequer
::nd reserved for
the Disposition
of Parliament.

Duty not to be
paid if ivare-
houscd Oil im-
P'^rtatioii nHu
exported within
iz Months.

160

JitDigo.

If Duty not paid,
or Goods ex-
ported, they may
be sold.

Exemption on
Importation into
West India
IJands.

be immediately secured in Warehouses at the sole Ex-*
pence of the Importer or Proprietor of such Indigo, with
the Privity and Approbation and under the Care and
Inspection of the Collector and Comptroller, or other
Principal Officer of the Customs, and under the Locks
of such Officers and the Proprietor; provided that within
12 Calendar Months the same shall be shipped for Ex-
portation to Great Britain or Ireland, under the like
Securities, Regulations and Restrictions, Penalties and
Forfeitures, as are particularly mentioned and expressed
in any Act of Parliament with respect to Indigo of the
(irowth or Produce of any British Colony or Plantation.
« Geo. 3. c. 52. § 16. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

16. If the Importer or Proprietor of any Indigo, ware-
housed as aforesaid, shall not pay the Duties due for the
same, nor export the Goods within 12 Calendar Months,
the Collector and Comptroller, or other Principal Officer
of the Customs at the Port or Place where such Goods
shall be secured, may cause the same to be publicly sold
to the best Advantage, and the Money arising by such
Sale shall be in the first Place applied in Discharge of
the Duties, and the Charges attending the Sale, and the
Surplus of the Money (if any), after Payment of the said
Duties and Charges, shall be paid to the Importer or
Proprietor who landed and warehoused the Goods, or to
such other Person as shall be duly authorized to receive
the same. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. §17.

17. Nor shall any Duty be paid upon Indigo of Fo-
reign Produce or Manufacture, imported into any British
Island in the West Indies, provided a due Entry thereof
is made in the Custom-house at the Port of Importation,
and the Goods are landed in the Presence of the proper
Officer; otherwise the same shall be liable to the Duties
as if this Act had not been made. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 18.21.

Not to be
effected relative
to Slave Trade.

3nmxamts.

No Person residing within His Majesty's Dominions
shall effect any Insurance in respect to any of the dealing,
removing, or other Transactions which by the Acts for
restraining or prohibitiiig th& African Slave Trade are
declared to be unlawful. 46 Geo. 3. c. 72. 47 Geo. 3.
c. 36.

V^.. Cr

3)telanb.

1. Any Goods the Product or Manutacture of llie Bri-
tish Colonies or Phmtations in America or the West
Indies, and which by tiny Act of Parliament are required
to he imported from such Colonies or Plantations into
Great Britain, and also any other Goods wliich, having
been in any way legally imported into the said Colonies
or Plantations, may now or hereafter be legally exported
from thence to Great Britain, may be laden in and ex-
ported from such Colonies or Plantations, and in like
manner imported directly from thence into Ireland ; and
the Officers in the Colonies or Plantations shall grant the
like Documents and Certificates for Ireland, the same as
for Great Britain, and under the like Penalties and For-
feitures ; and any Goods the Production or Manufacture
of Ireland, or of Great Britain legally exported from
thence into Ireland, or of the Production or Manufacture
of any other Part of Europe, and any Goods of the Pro.-
duct or Manufacture of the East Indies, or other Places
beyond the Cape of Good tlope, which are required to be
shipped or laden in Great Britain, to be carried directly
from thence to any British Colony or Plantation in Amer-
rica, as also any other Goods which may be legally ship-
ped in Great Britain, to be carried directly from thence
and imported into ariy Colony or Plantation in America
or tlieWest Indies, maybe shijiped at any Port in Ireland,
and exported directly from thence, and in like manner im-
ported into any British Colony or Plantation in America
or the West Indies, provided that the Ships in or on board
wiiich such Goods shall be so imported or exported, shall
be subject to the same Rules, Visitations, Searches, Pe-
nahies and Forfeitures, to which Ships imjjorting or ex-
})orting the like Goods from or to (ircat Britain are
subject by the Laws in force. 3 & 4 Ami. c. 8. § 2, 3.
18 Geo. 3. c. 55. § 2. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1- 33 Geo. 3.
c. 63. § 2.

2. No Goods which by this or any Act may be legally
imported from Ireland into any of the British Colonies or
Plantations in America or the West Indies, shall be sub-
ject to Forfeiture by 4 Geo. 3. c. 15.* provided the Master
of the Ship carrying such Goods shall produce a Cocquet
or Cleaiancc from the proper Officer or Officers of

161

Trade sUowed
to and from
Ireland, under
the like Rules,
&c. as Trade to
and from Great
Britain U sub-
ject.

No Goods from
Ireland to be
forfeited if
Cocket ojr
Clearance is
produced.

* This Art. forfeited all Goods for which a Cocket or Clear-
ance was not vToduc'jd. cevti^inc^ that the", were laden iti some
Port of Great Britain.

M His

162

No Trade al-
io ived when
proWbited with
Great Britain.

Subjects of the
Two Countries
to be on the
sime Footing as
to Trade and
Navigation.

Bond to be given
that it shall not
be landed except
at Places herein
mentioned.

3lrelanti.

His Majesty's Customs, certifying tliat the said Goods
were laden on board the said Ship in some Port of Great
Britain or Ireland respectively. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 4.

3. But this Act shall not allow any Person to trade to,
from, or in any Colony or Plantation in America, during
such Time and in such Manner as the Trade or Inter-
course of Great Britain with such Colony or Plantation
is or shall be prohibited or restrained by any Act made
or hereafter to be made in this Kingdom ; but whenever
Trade and Intercourse shall be permitted between Great
Britain and such Colonies, the same Trade and Inter-
course shall in like manner be permitted and allowed
between Ireland and the said Colonies. 20 Geo. 3.
c. 10. § 7.

4. His Majesty's Subjects of Great Britain and Ire-
land shall be entitled to the same Privileges, and be on
the same Footing as to Encouragements and Bounties on
the like Articles, being the Produce or Manufacture of
either Country, and generally in respect of Trade and
Navigation, in all Ports and Places in the United King-
dom and its Dependencies ; and in all Treaties made by
His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, with any Foreign
Power, His Majesty's Subjects of Ireland shall have the
same Privilege and be on the same Footing as His Ma-
jesty's Subjects of Great Britain. * 39 & 40 Geo. 3,
c. 67. Art. 6.

3ton,

The Production or Manufacture of any British Colony
or Plantation in America, shall not be there laden to be
carried from thence, until sufficient Bond be given, with
One Surety besides the Master of the Ship, to the Col-
lector or other Principal Officer of the Customs at the
loading Port, in Double the Value of the Goods, with
Condition that the same shall not be landed in any Part
of Europe, except Great Britain or Ireland ; which Bond
shall be discharged in the manner hereinafter mentioned:
that is to say, for such Iron as shall be entered for or
landed in Great Britain or Ireland, the Condition of the
Bond shall be, to bring a Certificate in discharge thereof

*The Jet passes bw the Parliament of Ireland for the Union of
itm Two Cammtries. ft'z. 40 Gen- .1, c-. ^iS.) contains an Artide
firgmelysamu;r to the present.

^ within

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163

Uithiii 18 Months from the Date of the Bond, and within
6 Months far such Iron as shall be entered for or landed
in any of the British Colonies or Plantations in America;
which Certificates shall be under the Hands and Seals of
the Collector or other Principal Officer of the Customs
resident at the Port or Place where landed, testifying the
Landing thereof; and for such Iron as shall be entered
for or landed at any other Place in America, Africa, or
Asia, to bring the like Certificate within 12 Months, under
the Common Seal of the Chief Magistrate, or luider the
Hands and Seals of Two known British Merchants resid-
ing there ; or such Bond shall be discharged by Proof
upon Oath made by credible Persons, that the Iron was
taken by Enemies or perished in the Seas. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15.
§ 28. 5 Geo. 3. c. 45. § 22. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67- Art, G.

3lumper Berries,

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depen- Importation
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His jJlT^'* *^^"'"
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or Gibraltar.
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Co-
lonies or Plantations in North America, in British-built
Ships, owned, navigated, and registered accordingto Law.
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. ". c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

justices;.

Any Justice of the Peace who shall subscribe his Name Subscribing their
to any Paper or Parchment purporting to be an Affidavit, ^*""'' '« ^*^-
for the Purpose directed by 4 Geo.^3. c 15., and the S^doerno''
Person purporting to make such Affidavit shall not have anpear before
appeared before him, and sworn to the Truth of the Affi- ^''*""'
davit, every such Justice shall forfeit for every Offence
^50. 18 Geo. 3. c. 58. §2.
See Sugar.
Spirits.

One of the Free Ports of Jamaica for the Importation a Fre
and Exportation of certain Articles in Foreign Ships,

e ri-'f.

See Free Ports.
M2

164

ilatoa.

Importation al-
lowed from
Maltn or
GibMltar.

Of the Colonies
void, if repug-
nant to any Law
of Great Britain.

May be made to
bind the Colonies
and People of
America.

Duty upon Im-
portation from
Great Britain or
Ireland.

To be recovered
as o<:her Duties,
and applied for
the Use of the
Coionics where
necessary, and

May be exportcnl from Malta, or any of the Depen-
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America,
or to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British-
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according to
Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

1. All Laws, Bye-Laws, Usages, or Customs at this
Time or whicli hereafter shall be in practice, or endea-
voured or pretended to be in force or practice, in any
of His Majesty's Plantations in America, which are in
anywise repugnant to any Law made in this Kingdom, so
far as such Laws relate to and mention the said Plant-
ations, are illegal, null, and void. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. §9.

2. The Colonies and Plantations in America are sub-
ordinate unto and dependent upon the Crown and Par-
liament of Great Britain, and the Parliament hath full
Power and Authority to make Laws to bind the Colonics
and People of America in all Cases whatsoever; and all
Resolutions and Proceedings in any of the said Colonics
or Plantations, whereby such Power and Authority of
the Parliament to make Laws is denied or drawn into
Question, are null and void, 6 Geo. 3. c. 12.

1. There shall be paid to His Majesty upon Lead
hereafter mentioned, not being the Manufacture of
Great Britain or Ireland, which shall be imported from
Great Britain or Ireland into any Colony or Plantation
in America under the Dominion of His Majesty, tlie
Duties fo.iowing ; that is to say,

For every Cwt. Avoirdupois of Red Lead or White
Lead, Two Shillings. 7 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 1. 10 Geo. 3.
c. 17. § 1. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

2. The Duties shall be deemed Sterling Money of
Great Britain, and recovered and paid to the Amount
of the Value which such nominal Sums bear in Great
jjntain, rinu received aCCOixluisr to the Proportion and
Value of Five Shillings and Sixpence the Ounce in

Silver,

JLeaD.

165

Silver, ill tlie sanid manner, and by such Rules, Tenaltics, the^Rw'd^ue patd"
fliKl Forfeitures, as any other Duties now jiayabie to His ^heciuer.
Majesty upon Goods i»niK)rtetl into the said Colonies. or
Plantations may be {)aid and recoveretl ; and the Monies
that shall arise thereby (except the necessary Charges of
collecting, recovering,' and accounting for the same) shall
be applied iii making Provision for the Charge of the
Administration of Justice, and the Support of Civil
Government in such of the Colonies iind Plantations
where it shall be found necessary, and the Residue shall
be paid into the Exchequer, and entered separate and
apart from other Monies payable to His Majesty, and
shall be there reserved to be disposed of by Parliament
towards d. raying the necessary Expences of protecting
and securing the British Colonies and Plantations in
America. 7 Geo. S. c. 4.6. § 4.. ,,. „ , tj a/t •

3. His Majesty, by any Warmnt under His Royal Ji;J;J;j«X^^
Sign Manual, countersigned by the High 1 reasurer, or ^^^^ q^^j^j, f^^
any Three or more of the Commissioners of the Trea- the Use of all or
sury, may cause such Monies to be applied out of tlie ''^y^^.J^;
Produce of the Duties granted by this Act, as His
Majesty shall think necessary, for defraying the Charges
of the Administration of Justice and the Support ot the
Civil Government widiin all or any of the said Colonies
or Plantations. 7 Geo. 3. c. 4.(3. § 5.

Ktmom,

The Produce of the Azores or Madeiras, may be [S^IrL
shipped in the said Islands for Exportation direct to the Azores or-
any of the Ports in the British Colonies in North Madeiras.
America, and may be imported into the said Ports, m
any British-built Ship, navigated, and registered accord-
ing to Law. 57 Geo, 3. c 8&. § 1.

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depen- H;"dSm
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any ot Jrlis ^3,^, „,.
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or Gibraltar.
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty s
Colonic: or Plantations in North America, in Bntish-

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Importation
allowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

3lenttl0.

built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered accordin<^
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c 4. "^
bee Gibraltar.
Malta.

Jltbe ^tOCft> " See Cattle."

SLOfftoOOD* "See Wood."

jS^aecaront or WltxmittUi,

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depen.
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any cf His
Majesty s Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Co oraes or Plantations in North America, in British-
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered accordin;^
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. §5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. °
iSee Gibraltar.
Malta.

S^amtas anbmtsittxn 30lami0.

1. Wines the Growth of the Madeiras and of the
Azores, may be laden in those Islands for Exportation to
any cf the Plantations, Colonies, or Territories to His
Majesty belonging, or in his Possession, in America.
15 Car. 2. c. 7. § 6.

^Tv/r^f''"^''*' and;Lemons the Produce of the Azores
or Madeiras, may be shipped in the said Islands for
Exportation direct to any of the Ports in the British
Colonies in North America, and may be imported into
the said Ports in any British-built Ship, registered and
navigated according to Law. 57 Geo. 3. c. 89. § l.

S&alta anD (Bmaltax.

MaUa.Europe. 1. The Island of Malta and its Dependencies shall be
deemed and taken to be in Europe. 57 Geo 3 c Sfi Sin

Certain Articles 2. His MaipsHr'o «.,Ki^ ♦ ' -> ' vjco. j. c. Jb. § iO.

may be exported M^lf' O "^ X , ^^'i^''^^ "^^7 ^^'P, ^^^ any of His

direct to Malta ^^^J^^'^/ ^}W^' Colonies Or Plantations in America, any

pr Gibraltar; ^^^^^J^^,^f^^\^\ enumerated in the following Schedule

marked (A), being the Produce of any such Colony or

Plantation,

Wines may be
there laden ;

also Oranges and
tremens.

Plantation, or any Article which may by Law be im-
ported into the said Colonies, and export the same direct
to Malta or the Dependencies thereof, or to Gibraltar,
in such Shipsj and under such the Regulations, Penalties,
and Forfeitures herein-after mentioned. 55 Geo. 3.
c. 29. §1. 57 Geo. 3. c.4.

SCHEDULE (A.)

167

Sugar.
Coffee.

Pimento.

Indigo.

Cocoa.

Ginger.

Rum.

Fustic, or other Dying

Molasses.

Wood.

3. None of the said Articles shall be shipped except under the Con -
in British-built Ships navigated and registered according ^"'.0"^ ""^ ^e-
to Law, nor unless a Licence shall have been first taken mentioned,
out under the Hand and Seal of the Collector and
Comptroller of the Customs at the Port at which they
are so intended to be shipped, and of which Notice
must be first given in Writing by the Master or the
Shipper to the Collector and Comptroller of such Port, of
sucih Intention ; and that the Ship shall, when laden, pro-
ceed direct to Malta or the Dependencies thereof, or to
Gibraltar ; the Sliipper shall then make Oath before the
Collector and Comptroller of the Port, that it is his full
Intention and Resolution to load such Ship with sucli
Articles for Exportation direct to Malta or the Depen-
dencies thereof, or to Gibraltar, and to no other Place ;
and the Master, together with the Shipper, shall there-
upon enter into Bond in Treble the Value of such Goods,
with Condition, that in case the Licence shall be granted
such Ship shall proceed direct to Malta or the Depen-
dencies thereof, or to Gibraltar, and that no Goods except
such as shall be included in the Licence, and such as
may now by Law be exported from the said Colonies or
Plantations to Malta or the Dependencies thereof, or to
Gibraltar, shall be taken on board ; and also that before
the Expiration of Two Years from the Date of such
Licence, the same shall be given up to the Collector and ' >.

Comptroller of the Customs at the Port where the said
Articles were shipped, together with a Certificate, signed
and sealed by the Governor or Deputy Governor of Malta
or Gibraltar, or by the Principal Officer of the Customs
there, certifying ^he Landing of the said Articles^ toge-

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16&

No other
Articles to be
tiken on board

^riiry to be
made.

CockelA to be
taken out.

'Weight or
'Quantity greater
than indorsed, or
other Goods put
on board.

S&aita mh (Bibxamv.

WlZk!'^" th«^Cont,ont«, Weight, or Quantity, and tf,(.

Name of the Ship and Master thereotfrom whi h landed
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 2. .57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § l.

of fh. " -Tn ^"y.^^^^"^«t Sl^ip «hall take on board in any
of the sard Colonies or Plantations, or on her Voyage
tronuhence any other Articles, such Articles shall be for-

Double^t v'l^T''.""^' Shipper .hall severally forfeit
-Uouble the Value, to be recovered in any Court of Vice
A mnutyheld irr" anv of Hi. Majesty'! Plantattns a

ten or- Sh r'^ ^'^'''''i ?''' '^^"'^^ ^^''' '^ the Go-
'/?'''* of tire Colony, and the other Third Part to the

Informer or Prosmrtor. 5.5 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 3. 57 Geo^t
the'sSflV7^^'^' '"''^ !^'''''^'' '^^^^ be put on board

ComuJrolf. nf h'^^^^ ^"h ^'^^ Collector and

N n foP H- i^'' Majesty, Customs, expressing the
Name of the Ship and the Master-, and where sh?lies
and also the Wharf where the Articles are to be first
waterborne rn order to be laden, which shall be with^
I" ere 'n Offi^ where a Custom-house is established, and

uint^l. f '''^".^^..^PP'^'"**^^^ to attend the ship-

pirj thereof, or at such Place as shall be mentioned in a
Sufferance or Warrant to be t^iken out from the Collect

iTairtk^Tcn'f/'^ 'tl ^""P«^^^ -^ th^ Exporter
sira take a Cocket or Warrant accordingly, whereoa

wiA thV^M 't"^ M^ r*'"'^^^ ^^'ght a^d Quantity!
wrth the Marks Numbers, and Contents, ar3 propei-
Denomrnatron of such Articles, and deliver the Cocke
or W arrant so indorsed to the Officer appointed for the

Irtic les'TnT ' P^'^"^ ^'"T^' ^'^'^ '^^^^ ^^^P ^he said
1 lace as shall l,e meiitroned in the Sufferance or War-
ant. The proper Officer shall examine the same before
hoy ar, put on board, and if, before or after ThippSr

l-atkages, shall be found to be greater than is indorsed
or if any otlH.r Artich-s shall be discovered to have been
fn o?" '^^?:i,''.'' ^^'''" b^ ^r^'^t to be shipped, or put

bdbr-e Entrv '". 7^"' ''' ^' ^.'"' ^" board such Vessel,
before Liit y, or taking out such Cocket or Warrant in-
.dorsarg and dehvering of the same, and not behrg^"p;;i

#^lta anh d^tbraUat.

in tlie Manner aforesaid, but shall be put or attempffed
to be put on board contrary to this Act, all su(^h Arti-
cles shall be forfeited, and also the Boat or other Vessel
or Carr'wjrfi employed in shipping or attempting to ship
any Goods other than those enumerated in the said
Schedule, with the Vessel on which such Goods shall be
so laden ; and the Owner shall forfeit Double the Value
rliereof, to be recovered in any Court of Vice Adnniralty
held ill any of I lis Majesty's Plantations in America, or
in any other Court of Record there, One Third to the
Use of His Majesty, One Third to the Governor, and
the other Third to the Prosecutor ; and before such Ship
shall depart from the said Colonies with any of the said
Articles, the Master shall receive the said Licence from
the Collector or Comptroller, v/ith a Certificate indorsed
thereon, or affixed thereto, under their Hctnds and Seals
of Office, who are to make Two Copies of such Entrieo,
Indorsements, and Certificates, for which Entries, Cockets,
Indoi-sements, and Certificates, or Copies, no more shall
be taken by the said Officer "han the legal and accustomed
Fees; and the Master siiall, before he receives the
Licence, attest the said Copies under his Hand, which
are to be left with the Collector and Comptroller, who
are to transmit one of the said Copies of the Licence,
Indorsements, and Certificates to the Commissioners of
the Customs in England, and record, in a Book to be
kept for that Purpose, the Notice in Writing of the
Owupr of the Ship, the Affidavit of the Shipper, the
Licence granted for the Exportation of the Articles, to-
gether with the Clearance ; but in case any Articles shall
be found on board, or carried by any such Ship to Malta
or the Dependencies thereof, or to Gibraltar, which shall
not be mentioned in the Licence, then, the Licence shall
become void ; and such Ship, and also the Master and
all others concerned, shall be subject to the same Penal-
ties and Forfeitures as they would have been subject to in
case this Act had not been made. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 4.
57 Geo. 3. c. 4.

6. Any such Ship, or any other Ship, being British-
built, navigated and registered according to Law, may
load at Malta or any of the Dependencies thereof, or at
Gibraltar, any of the Articles enumerated in the follow-
uig Schedule, marked (B.), for Exportation direct to
any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in
America, or Newfoiuullaud, Bermuda, or any of His

Majesty's

1^9

Licence to be
indorsed, and
Copies of the
Indorsement,
Licence, &c. to
be sent to Com-
missioners of
Customs.

If other Geoia
shipped, the
Licence void;

Certain Articles
may be imported
from Malta or
Gibraltar.

170

flpalte anh mbxaltar:

Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in North America ^
and any such Articles may be landed in such Colony o^
Plantation being first duly entered with the proper
Officers of the Customs there; and the Articles Wine
excepted) shall upon Importation into any of the said
Colonies or Pantations, be subject to such Duties as
Ooods of the hke Denomination or Desciiption are sub-
ject to upon being imported from Great Britain, and no
other Duties. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.

SCHEDULE (B.) referred to.

Dry &Wet Fruit) in Jars
in Brandy & V &
Sugar. J Bottles.

Pickles in Ditto.

Olives.

Figs.

Raisins.

Currants.

Pistaccio Nuts.

Almonds.

Dates.

Capers.

Wine.

Brandy.

Oil of Ohves.

Oil of Almonds.

Gum Arabic.

Mastic.

Myrrh.

Sicily.

Ammoniac.

Opium.

Manna.

Senni,.

Cantharides.

Oris Root.

Rhubarb.

Mill Timber.

Box Wood.

Argol.

Vermilion.

Ochres.

Cianabar.

Orange Buds and PeeL

Juniper Berries.

Punk.

Pumice Stone.

Emery Stone.

Whetstone.

Paintings and Prints. -

Mosaic Works.

Medals.

Lava and Malta Stone fos

building.
Pezzolana.
Jalop.
Scamony.
Quicksilver.
Sarsaparilla.
Saffron.
Safilower.
M'-k.
In .nse.

Essence of Bergamot.
Do. of Citron,
of Lemon,
of Orange,
of Lavender,
of Roses,
of Rosemary.
Marble, 7 Rough and
Alabaster, J Worked.
Brimstone.
Cork.
Aniseed.
Ciunininseed.

Ostrich

Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.

iS^»m anii (t^il^raltar.

171

Ostrich Feathers.

Beans.

Honey.

Peas.

Sponges.

Lentils.

Amber.

Rice.

Coral.

Maccaroni or Vermicelli.

Bullion.

Cascasoo.

Precious Stones.

Parmesan Cheese.

Pearl.

Bologna and other Sausages.

Corn.

Anchovies.

Grain.

Caviar.

Meal or Flour.

Botarga.

7. Any Wine,
u- : i.„J u

which in

pursuance of this Act shall Duty upon
^c ur:^ ■M-„:->„4.,,'„ c « Wine.

Colonies or Plantations in America, from Malta or the
Dependencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, shall be liable
to the Payment of such Duties, and no other, as are
})ayable on Madeira Wine when imported into any of
the said Colonies or Plantations directly from Madeira.
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 6. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. ^ 1.

8. Upon such Licence being returned to the Collector
and Comptroller of the Port where the Articles enume-
rated in Schedule (A.) were shipped, and an Account
of the Lading being indorsed thereon or annexed there-
to, and also upon such Certificate of the Governor or
Deputy Governor or Principal Officer of the Customs
oeing produced as aforesaid, and the several other
Matters required by this Act being duly complied with
within Two Years from the Date of such Licence, the
Bond given before granting such Licence shall be dis-
charged and delivered up, otherwise shall be forfeited,
and may be prosecuted in the Manner directed by this
Act. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29- § 7. 57 Geo- 3. c. 4. § 1.

9. It shall be lawful to export from Newfoundland,
Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colonies or Planta-
tions in North America, direct to Malta or the Depen-
dencies thereof, or to Gibraltar, any Articles of the Pro-
duction or Manufacture of such Colony or Plantation, or
any Articles which have been legally imported into such
Colony or Plantation, in such Ships, and under such
Licences, FiUtries, Securities, Regulations, Penalties, and
Forfeitures, as are herein-before mentioned as to Ex-
portation from His Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Planta-
tions in America. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 8. 57 Geo. 3.
c. 4. § 1.

10. If

How Bond may
be discharged as
to Goods ex-
ported from the
Colonies to
Malta or Gib-
raltar.

Certain Anicles
may be exported
to Malta or
Gibraltar.

172

Gcnerni Issue
may be pleaded,
and Treble Cost
allowed to De-
fendants.

Granting false
Certificates, and
counterfeiting
or altering
Dociinients.

10. If any Person shall be prosecuted for any thinsr
^ done 111 pursuance of this Act, such Person may plead the
General Issue, and ^We this Act and the special Matter
in Evidence; and if the Plaintiff shall become nonsuit,
or forbear Prosecution, or discontinue hi:. Action, or if
a Verdict shall jiass against him, the Defendant shall have
1 reble Costs, and have the like Remedy for the same as
in Cases where Costs are by Law given to Defendants
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 14. 57 Geo. 3. c.4. § 1.

11. Any Person who shall grant a false Certificate, or
counterfeit, erase, or alter any Licence, Oath, or Certifi-
cate, which shall be made or given pursuant to this Act
or shall knowingly or wittingly publish or make use
thereof, shall forfeit .^^500, to be recovered and disposed
of in *he Manner directed by this Act; and such Li-
cence, Oadi, or Certificate, so falsified, counterfeited
erased, or altered, shall be invalid. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 15.
57 Geo. 3. c.4. § 1.

S^m, Jsic of.

1. No Spirits shall be shipped in any British Colony
or Plantation in America, but on Condition that the
same shall not be carried to or landed in the Isle of Man,
under the like Securities, Penalties, and Forfeitures as
are prescribed and mentioned in 12 Car. 2. c. 18. and
25 Car. 2. c. 7. with respect to the Goods in those Acts
enumerated. 5 Geo. 3. c. 39. § 5.
See Goods enumerated.
2. Any of His Majesty's Subjects residing In the Me
of Man may export from thence to any of the British
Colonies or Plantations in America, in British-built Ships
navigated and registered according to Law, Herrings
caught and cured by them, in the same Manner as Vic-
tuals may be imported into the said Colonies or Plant-
ations from Ireland. 12 Geo. 3. c. 58. § 4.

necessary for the ^f t "^"^ ''^^'' Majesty's Subjects residing in the Isle
Fisheries J ^^ ^^^^ "^^y lade and transport directly from thence to

any Part of America where the Fishery is carried on, on
board any Ship which may lawfully trade or fish there,
any Provisions, Hooks, Lines, Nettings, or other Tools
or Implements necessary for. and used in the Fishery by
the Crews of the Ships carrying out the same, and the
Craft belonging to and employed by such Ships in the

6 said

Spirits not to be
landed there.

Herrings may be
exported from
thence to the
British Colonies ;

BS also Articles

Si0m,36it of»

173

saul Fishery ; such Provisions, &c. bein^ the Product and ;'
Manufacture of Great Britain, Ireland, or the Isle of
Man. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. §5.

4. The Master of such Ship shall produce to the j^iPf^^XSn'
proper Officer of the Customs in the Colony or Plant- mentioned.
ation where he shall arrive, a Certificate under the Hand
and Seal of the Collector, or other Principal Officer of
the Customs in the Port vv^here he shall have fitted out,
that Oath hath been made before him by the Shipper of
such Provisions, &c. that the same are the Product and
Manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, or the Isle of
Man, as the Fact may be, and that the said Articles
(except the Provisions), specifying the Quantities and
Particulars of each Sort, are to be used in the Fishery,
by the Crew of the Ship carrying out the same, and by
the Craft belonging to and to be employed by such Ship
in the Fishery, and for no other Purpose, (which Oath
and Certificate is to be administered and granted with-
out Fee or Reward) ; and on Failure of producing such
Certificate, or if any such Tools or Implements are used
or disposed .of for any other Purpose, the same and the
Shij) shall be seized and forfeited, in the same manner
as they would have been if this Act had not been made.
15 Geo. 3. c. 31. §6.

flPamfeStS* See '* Goods, No. 38."

'' Tobacco, No. 20.

fl^anUfaCtUrer^* See «Aliens,No.3."

fl^anna,

i90at6lC> (Rough and Worked),

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depend- importation
encies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His ^^j^f J'^,.
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or ^itar. .
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British-
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c.4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

174

A Free Port.

Importation
allowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

Not to be ex-
ported unless
to some other
British Planta-
tion or to Great
Britain or
Ireland.

Exportation al-
lowed to United
States.

If Bond required
on Expoitation
to British Colo-
nies, similar

One of the Free Ports in Jamaica for the ImiK.rU.tion
See Free Ports.

fl^ealOrjFlOUr. See^Coi-n and Grain."

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depend-
encies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of Hi
Majesty^ Sugar Colonies or Plantations in Am^eri a, o
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Maiestv^s
Colon.es or Plantations in North America, in Britth-

toLaw ^^«'.r""i' "^^'g^*«^' «»d registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. ^
oee Gibraltar.
Malta.

1. Of the Production or Manufacture of the British
Plantations m America, shall not be shipped or conveyed
from any of the said Plantations to any Place unlesHo
some other Plantation belonging to hI M^^st^f ^r to
Great Britain or Ireland. 12 Car 2 c 18 Sift lo

8 Ann. c. 13. § 23. 8 Geo. 1. c. 18. 4 Geo 3 c ll'

$24.27. l5Geo.3.c.31.§6. 20Geo3c o\lo'

ti9 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. I ^ ' ^'

^?./^^ Restrictions Penalties, and Forfeitures to

SLt Sid! " ''' ''^^""'^'^^^ ^^ ^^ ""'-'

a A/r '^r ^^"E«» Pot and Pearl.
anv' Pfj ^^,t^P°^^^^ C?"' the West India Islands to
RHHrQl-''f "' ?^ ^"^'"^ States of America, by
British Subjects, and m British-built Ships owned by His

2tSL cre^'t ''^^ "^^^^^^^^ ^^^-^-s ^« i^-

TnL^^^I* °" Exportation of Goods to any British
ttST ^i^^^^°"J^ America, a Bond is required for
the due landing such Goods, and a Certificate required

S^oiaeete.

175

to diicliarge such Bond,* a similar Bond shall he re-

quired on Exportation of such Goods to the United
States,, and such Bond shall be discharged upon Certi-
ficafe under the Hand and Seal of the British Consul or
Vice Consul, or in case there shall not be any such Con-
sul or Vice Consul, then under the Hand and Seal of
any Officer who may be appointed by the United States
for the Purpose of granting such Certificate ; and if there
shall not be any Officer appointed, then such Bond shall
be discharged upon a Certificate under the Hand and
Seal of any Magistrate of the United States, certifying
that there is no such Officer at the Port or Place where
such Goods shall be landed, and that Oath hath been
made before such Magistrate by the Master of the Ship
that the Goods were there duly landed. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 4.

4. The Growth and Produce of any of His Majesty's
Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, may be
shipped and exported direct to Malta or the Depend-
encies thereof, or to Gibraltar, in such Ships, and under
such Licences, Entries, Securities, Regulations, Penal-
ties, and Forfeitures, as are herein particularly men-
tioned. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 1. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4-.

See Gibraltar. *

Malta.

5. The Produce of any British Plantation in the West
Indies, which shall have been legally imported into Ber-
muda in any British Ship, may be exported from thence
to the United States, in the Description of Vessels and
under the Regulations provided in 52 Geo. 3. c. 79. and
53 Geo. 3. c. 50.— 57 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 1.

See Bermuda.

6. There shall be paid unto His Majesty, for every
Gallon (Wine Measure) of Molasses and Syi'ups which
shall be imported or brought (except as is herein-after
mentioned) into any Colony or Plantation in America
under the Dominion of His Majesty, One Penny. 6 Geo. 3.
c. 52. § 4.

7. The Duty shall not be charged upon Molasses or
Syrups imported into any British Colpny on the Conti-
nent of America from Dominica, for which a Certificate
is produced to the Collector or other Principal Officer of

Bund to be given
on Etponation
to the United
States.

May be ex-
ported to
Malta cr
Gibraltar.

May be ex-
ported from
Bermuda to
United States.

Duty on Im-
portation into
the British
Colonies.

Exemption as
to Molasses im-
ported from
Dominica.

* A Bond is so required upon the Exportation of Molasses. See
N0.2.

the

176

Si^oiaeste.

Collection and _

Appropriation of <^ "„i.

ii.o Duties. vjreat

Importation
allowed from
Malta or
Oibraltar,

impcfftation
aMowad from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

the Customs at the Port of Importation, under the Hnud
and Seal of the Collector or other Principal Officer of
the Customs at the Port of Exportation in Dominica
certifymg that the said Duty hath been there paid for
such Molasses or Syrups. 6 Geo. 3. c. 25. § 5.

8. The Duty shall be deemed to be Sterling Money of
; Britain, and be received to th« Amount of tl^ie
Value which such nominial Sums bear in (ireat Britaih
and according to the Proportion and Value of 5s. 6d. the
Ounce in Silver, and shall be levied, collected, paid, and
recovered in the same Manner, by such Rules and
Means, and under such Penalties and Forfeitures, as any
other Duties payable to His Majesty upon Goods imported
into the said Colonies or Plantations may be levied, col-
lected, paid, and recovered ; and the Monies that shall
arise by the said Duty (except the necessary Charges of
collecting, levying, recovering, paying, and accounting
tor the same), shall be paid into the Exchequer, and
entered apart from all other Monies, and shall be there
reserved to be disposed of by Parliament, towards defray.
S^' • , 'X^^'f^^^'^y Expences of protecting and securing the
KntisJi Colonies and Plantations in America, fi Geo 3
c. 52. § 12.

fl!9osatc aaiorfts.

May be exported from Malta or any of the Denen-
dencip= thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His
Majesty s Sugar Colonies . or Plantations in America, or
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British-
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered accordini?
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

Sl^nlte. See '' Cattle."

Slushy

May be exported from Malta or any of the Dependen-
cies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His Ma-
jest/s Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or to
Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colo-
nic)*

nies or Pluntatlons in North America, in Britisli-built
Ships, owned, navigated, and rfgisterod according to
Law. 55 Geo. .'}. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

1. One of the Free Ports in New Providence for the AFreePon.
Importation and Exportation of certain Articles in Fo-
reign Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.

See Free Ports.

2. Until 25th March 1819, any Ship belonging to the American Ships
United States coining in Ballast, and not otherwise, may TV ^^^^u7,

^1 Ti . I'-vT ,• 1 \^ ,. . . \ t '' fallen wiih Salt.

enter tlie Fort ot Nassau tor tlic Purpose ot benig laden
with Salt, subject to the Rules, Provisions, Regulations,
and Restrictions of 28 Geo. 3. c (>. respecting Vessel
coming for tlie same Purpose to Turks Islands. 57 Geo 3.
c. 42. §1.

See Bahama Islands.

iI?atUraU3atlOn* Sce 'Miens."

1. No Ship coming to any Plantation, Colony, or
Territory to His Majesty belonging, or in I lis Possession,
in America, shall lade or unlade any Goods until the
Master shall have fust made known to the Governor, or
such Oflficer as shall be by him appointed, the Arrival of
the Ship, with her Name, and the Name of the Master,
and shall have sliewn that she is British-built, and re-
gistered and navigated according to I^aw, and have de-
livered to such Governor or Olficer a true Inventory or
Invoice of her Lading, with the Places in which the
Goods were laden, on Forfeiture of the Ship, and all
Goods the Manufacture of Europe as were not laden in
Great Britain or Ireland. 15Car.2. c.7. §8. 3&4Ann.
e.6. §2. 7&8 W. 3. c. 22. §2. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1.
26 Geo. 3. c. 60. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art 6.

2. Within Two Months, or as soon as convenient after
their Entrance upon their Oilices, Naval Olficers are to
give sufficient Security to the Commissioners of the Cus-
toms, for His Majesty's Use, for the fiiithful Performance

N of

Ships not to lade
oc unlade until
Arrival made^'
known to the \
Governor or \
Naval Officer,
and Invoice
delivered.

To give Security
to the Commis-
sioners of the
Customs, other-
wise Governors
to be answerable.

17B

To what Fees
entitled.

During War
Trading Vessels
may be manned
with Foreign
Mariners wlio
lini'e served Two
Years on board
British Ships,
iind such
Mariners to be
deemed natural-
born Subjects.

Not to b-: en-
abled t'l bp. of
the Privy
Counvii, &r.

mui £)ffilter0.

of their Duty, and in default thereof; shall be diuaWed to
execute the Office ; and until such Security is given, and
the Person appointed ^o the Office be approved, by die
Commissioners, the Governor shall be answerable for any
the OflFences, Neglects, or Misdeineanors of the Person
by him appointed. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. §5.

3. In the British Colonies shall be entitled to such Fees
as their Predecessors had been generally and usually ac-
custcMiied to receive, before the 29th September 1764,
and shall have the like Remedy for recovering the same
as has been heretofore allowed to any Collector, or other
Officer of the Customs; and if any Naval Officer shall
require or receive any greater or other Fees than are
allowed by this Act, he shall forfeit for the First Offences
.^'50, and for the Second Offence shall forfeit his Office,
and be for ever incapable of executing any Office or Em-
ployment in the Customs or Navy, io Geo. 3. c. 37. § 2,,

mioisatiott ofmritietf ^Ijips.

1. His Majesty may at all Times, when it shall be
found necessary to declare War against any Foreign
Power, publish a Proclamation, to permit all Mercliant
Ships and other Trading Vessels and Privateers, to be
manned with Foreign Mariners and Seamen during such
War ; and upon the publishing such Proclamation, every
such Foreign Mariner or Seaman, who shall have faith-
fully served during the Time of War on board any of His
Majesty's Ships of War, or any Merchant or other
Tradmg Ship or Vessel, or Privateer (which at the Time
of such Service shall belong to any of His Majesty's Sub-
jects of Great Britain), for the Space of Two Years,
shall be deemed to be a natural-born Subject of Great
Britam, and enjoy all the Privileges, Powers, Rights,
and Capacities which he could have enjoyed in case
he had been a natural-born Subject of His Majesty,
and actually a Native within Great Britain. 13 Geo. 2.
c. 3. § 2. 4.

2. No Person who shall be naturalized by this Act,
shall be enabled to be of the Privy Council, a Member
of either House of Parlianient, or to take any Office or
Place of Trust, either Civil or Military, or have any
Grant of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments from the

l.rftu/n fr\ \\\ima£%\'P ^«« <^»%«* ^^4-U.... T)

•-"J ---1 atsjf viJici ACisuH lu xruisiior nmi.
1 3 Geo. 2. c. 3. § 3.

'o 3. No

iSaUsaUm of Brtti0|) i%t)tp0V

a. No Ship registered or required to be registered as a
Bcitiah Ship in any c£the Ports of Great Britain, Guern-
sey, Jersey, or of the Isle of Man, or of any of the
Colonies, Plantations, Islands, or Territories belonging
to His Majesty, shall be navigated but by a Master and
Three-fourths at least of the Mariners British Subjects,
except as is herein-after provided. 34 Geo. 3. c. 68. § 3.
42 Geo. 8 c. 61. §3.

4. Where it is required that the Master and the Whole
or any Proportion of the Mariners of any Ship, shall be
British Subjects, the Intent and Meaning is, that the
Master and the Whole or such Proportions shall be
British Subjects during the whole Voyage, unless in case
of Sickness, Death, Diesertion, or of the Whole or Part
of the Crew being taken Prisoners in the Voyage j and
in such Case the Master of such Ship shall specify the
same in his Report ; but nothing in this Act shall alter
or in anywise affect any Regulation for the Navigation or
Manning of Ships employed in any of the Fisheries car-
ried on irom this Kingdom, or any Part of His Majesty's
Dominion?, for which any special Proviaon has been
made before the Commencement of this Act. 34 Geo. 3.
C.68. §5. 42 Geo. 3. c.61. ^5.

5. No Person shall be deemed qualified ta be the
Master of a British or Irish Ship, or to be a British or
Irish Seaman or Mariner within the Meaning oi this or
any other Act now in force, except the natural- born Sub-
jects of His Majesty, or Persons naturalized by virtue of
any Act of Parliament, or made Denizens by Letters of De-
nization, or except Persons who have become His Majesty's
Subjects by virtue of the Conquest or Cession of some
newly-aoquired Country, and who shall have taken the
Oath of Allegiance to His Majesty, or the Oath of Fide-
lity required by the Treaty or Capitulation by which such
newly-acquired Country came into His Majesty's Pos-
session, except as is herein-after provided. 34 Geo. 3.
c.68. §6. 42 Geo. 3. c.61. §7.

6. Every Foreign Sailor, St^aman, or Mariner, who
shall have served or who shall serve on board any of His
Majesty's Ships of War in Time of War, during the Space
of Three Years, either in one and the same Ship, or in
different Ships, and who shall have obtained a Certificate
from the Captain or Captains of such Ships on board of
which he shall have so served ; or in case of the Death of
any such Captain, then upon the Certificate of the Officer

N 2 then

179

■ Ships renuired
to be registered
must be navi-
gated by a
Master and
Three-fourthi
Britiih Subjects.

The Marlnert
must be British
during the whole
Voyage except
in certain Caies.

What Persons
deemed qualified
to be the Master
of a British Ship
or British Sea-
man or Marioer.

Foreign Gailors
or Mariners
serving Three
Years on boarii
Ships of War
deemed British
under certai:t

w m\iisation of Brittei) S)Dtp».

then living wlio shall have been next in Rank to sucfi
L-aptain, testifying that he has so served, and his faithful
Service and good Behaviour during the Time of such
service; and who shall have also taken the Oath of Alle-
giance to His Majesty before some Justice of the Peace
or principal- Magistrate of some City or Town of His
Majesty s Dominions, or before the Principal Officer of
His Majesty's Customs in any Port of His Maiest/s.
Dominions, and who shall obtain a Certificate from such
Jiistice ot the Peace, principal Magistrate, or Chief
Otticei-, oMiis having takensuch Oath, (which Certificate
they are thereby authorized and required to give, upon
Payment Otis.), shall be entitled to be employed as a
Master of a British Sh.ip,.or as a British Seaman or Ma-
riner on board any British Ship, within the Meaning of
miyot theLaws noWinfbrce; provided that no such
foreigner sha I. be entitled to become the Master of any
Bratish or Irish Ship, or to be employed as a British or
Irish Seaman or Mariner, unless he shall have delivered
the before-mehtioned Certificate of the Time he shall have
sei-ved and of his fkithful Service and good Behaviour, and
the before-mentioned Certificate of his so having taken
. nS; r'', ^''^g'^^"^^' ^« the Collector or other chief
Officer of the Customs in the Port of London, Chatham,
Pmtsmouth,.or Plymouth, or to the Collector or chief
Officer of the Customs in the Port of Dublin, or in the
lorts of Cork, Galway, or Londonderry. 34, Geo ^
c. 68. § 7. 42 Geo. 3. c. 61. § 8.

7. No Person qualified to be the Master of a British

or Irish Ship or to be a British or Irish Seaman or

Mariner, by Birth, Naturalization, Denization, Conquest,

or Service, in Manner before mentioned, and who shall

.„... .,... ... take any Oath of Allegiance to any Foreign Sovereign or

g'rnSir,'^'^ State for any Purpose, except under the Terms of some
i...... :.. .._' <-"PJtu!ation upon the Conquest of any of the Dominions

of His Majesty by the Enemy, for the Purpose of obtain-
ing the Benefit of such Capitulation only, shall be deemed
qualified to be the Master of a British Ship, or a British
Seaman or Mariner within the Meanuig of any of the
Laws of Navigation, unless such Person shall have taken
^uch Oath of Allegiance before he became so qualified :
and any Person who shall, after having become disquali-
hedi)ytakmg^ such Oath of Allegiance, take the Com-
manrt of any ^nUm Ship, shall for every such Offence
torleit^lOO; and every Person who shall, after having
' . become

I'crjons takinf;
Oaih of Allegi-
ance to a Foreign
St,ite not to be
deemed British
Subjects, unless
such Oath was

except in cer
t.iiti Cases.

Ships not for-
feited if Dis-
qualification
unknown to
Owners and
Masters respec-
tively.

Negroes and
Lascars may be
employed in the
Navigation of
the Seas of
America, &c.

become so disqualified, engage to serve as a British Sea- '
man or Mariner on board any such Ship, shall forfeit
^10; such Forfeitures to be recovered upon Conviction
before a Justice of the Peace, if such (Jflfence shall be
committed in Great Britain; and before any Member of
the Supreme Court of Justice, or any Justice of the
Peace, if such Offence shall be committed in the Islands : ' '
of Guernsey, Jersey, or Man, or in any Colony, Plant- , '

ation, or Territory to His Majesty belonging in Ame- ' .

rica ; but no Ship on board whereof any Person so dis-
qualified shall be employed as Master, shall be forfeited
by reason thereof, if the Owners shall shew that such
Disqualification of such Master was unknown to them or
to dieir Agent, and that such Disqualification of such
Seaman or Mariner was unknown to such Owners re-
spectively, or to their Agents, and to the Master of such
Ship, at the Time of engaging such Person so disqualified;
and in the Navigation on the Seasof America and the West
Indies, from any Port of America and the West Indies to
any Port of America and the West Indies, any Negroes
belonging to any Persons having become His Majesty's
Subjects in Manner aforesaid, and with the Qualifications
aforesaid, and in the Seas to the Eastward of the Cape
of Good Hope from any Port to the Eastward of the
Cape of Good Hope to any other Port to the Eastward
of the Cape of Good Hope, Lascars and other Natives
of any of the Countries to the Eastward of the Cape of
Good Hope, may be employed as British Seamen or
Mariners in manner heretofore practised. 34 Geo* 3,
c. 68. §8. 42 Geo. 3. c.61. §9. ....

8. But nothing in this Act shall extend- to take away
or restrain the Effect of any Proclamation His Majesty,
His Heirs or Successors, are empowered to make by
virtue of 1 3 Geo. 3. c. 2. (see No. 1 .) -^ St G«o. 3. c. 68.
§9. 42 Geo. S. c.61. § 12. . .

9. If any Goods shall be imported or exported con-
trary to the Provisions of this Act, such Goods, and also
the Ship in which the same shall be imported or ex-
por>ted, shall be forfeited ; and if any Ship shall sail in
Ballast, or being required to be manned and navfgated
with a Master and a certain Proportion of British M
riners, in manner herein-before directetl, shall not be
manned and ntvigated according lo the Provisions of
this Act, such Ship and all the Goods on board shall be
forfeited. 34 Geo. 3 . c. 68 . § 1 0. 42 Geo. 3 . c.61. §13.

N 3 ' ^10. The

Proclamation
under 13 G. 3.
c. a.

Forfeiture if
Goods are ini»
ported or ex-
ported contri.ry •
to this Act, or
if Ships not
manned ay>
required.

182

ay whom Goodi
iitid Shi^is may
be seized.

Ships found at
Ssa, having a
greater Number
of Foreign
Mariner* than
allowed.

Asiatic Sailon,
although born in
the Territories
under His Ma-
jeaty or the East
India Company,
niK deemed
British.

iSalitSdttott of Btttt0t) ^pt90.

10. The Goods and Ships forfeited by this Act«haU
be seized by the Commander of any of His Majesty's
Ships of Wat, or any Commissioned, Warrant, or Petty
Officer specially appointed by him, or bv any Officer of
His Majesty's Customs. 34 Geo. 3 . c. 68. j 1 1. 42 Geo. 3
C.61. §14.

11. In case any British or Irish Ship shall be found
at Sea, having on board a greater Number of Foreign
Mariners than are allowed by Law, and the Master of
such Ship shall produce a Certificate of the Necessity of
engaging such Foreign Mariners in some Foreign Port,
by occasion of the Sickness, Death, or Desertion of the
like Number of British Mariners, or of the same having
been tak^ Prisoners during his Voyage, and that Briti^
Marmers could not be engaged at such Foreign Port to
supply their Room, and t£at for the Navigation of cuch
Ship it became necessary to engage and employ such
Foreign Mariners, under the Hand of His Majesty's
Consul at the Foreign Port where the said Foreign
Mariners were so engaged, or if there Is not any such
Consul there, under the Hands of Two known British
Merchants at such Foreign Port; it shall hot be lawful
far any of the Persons authorized by this Act to make
Seizures of Ships navigated contrary to the Directions
thereof, to detain any such Ship, or to hinder her from
proceeding on her Voyage, but such Persons are hereby
required to indorse the Certificate so produced, testify-
in^g the Production thereof, and when and where met
with at Sea, and that the Number of Foreign Mariners
correspond with the Certificate of such British Consul, or
such known British Merchants, for the Consideration
and Investigation of the Commissioners of the Customs.
34 Geo. 3. c. 68. § 12. 42 Geo. S. c. 61. § 15.

12. No Asiatic Sailor, Lascar, or Native of any of
the Territories, Countries, or Places within the Limits
of the Charter of the East India Company, although
IxMrn in Territories, Countries, or Places under the
Government of His Majesty, or of the East India Com-
pany, shall at any Time be deemed to be a British
Sailed, Seaman, or Mariner, within the Meaning of
34 Geo. 8. c 68. or of any other Act relating to the
Navigation of British Ships by Subjects of His Majesty,

be a British Ship, navirated according to Law, and to
have the Privileges and Advantages of a British Ship
having the Master and Three Fourths of the Mariners

British

i@atiigation of mviUe^ ^|)itp0.

British Subjects; but no Ship belonging to any Port
within the Limits of the Charter of the said Company,
or usually navigated by such Asiatic Sailors, Lascars, or
Natives, as Mariners, shall, while carrying on Trade to
and from India to the United Kingdom, forfeit any
Privileges or Advantages of a British-built Ship, to which
she may be by Law entitled, by reason of having any
Proportion of such Mariners without the due Proportion
of British Mariners, until the Expiration of Twelve
Months of continued Peace after the Conclusion of the
present War ; and His Majesty by Proclamation, upon
or after the Commencement of any Hostilities may
permit Merchant Ships, or any ot^er Trading Vessels,
and Privateers, to be manned wholly, or in any such
Proportions as shall be specified in any such Proclama-
tion, with such Asiatic Sailors, Lascars, or Natives,
during such Periods as shall be specified in such Pro-
clamation. 55 Geo- 3. c. 116. §6.

13. Every such Ship duly registered, and carrying on
Trade to and from India and the fTnited Kingdom, and
manned inpart with Lascars or Natives of India, and which
shall be commanded by a British Master, and navigated
by Seven British Seamen, as Part of the Crew, for every
100 Tons of her registered Burthen, and so in propor-
tion for any Part of a 100 Tons, shall be deemed to be
navigated according to Law, as to the Crew of such Ship,
although the Number of such British Seamen shall not
be equal to the Proportion of Three Fourths of the whole
Crew. 55 Geo. 3. c. 1 16. § 7.

14. Any of the Governments of the East India Com-
pany in India, or any Governor or Lieutenant Governor
of any Colony, Territory, or Island belonging to His
Majesty within the Limits of the Charter, are required,
on Application made by the Owner or Commander of any
Ship, and after having ascertained by due Inquiry that
a sufficient Number of British Seamen cannot be pro-
cured for the Crew of any Ship saiUng from India, within
Ten Days from such Application, to certify the same,
and license such Ship to sail with a less Proportion of
British Seamen than required by Law ; and every Ship
having on board such Licence, shall be deemed to be
navigated according to Law, notwithstanding such De-
ficiency of British teamen, until her Arriyal at the Fort
of Destination in the United Kingdom ; but shall, on the
V'^oyage back from the United Kingdom, have 'he full

N 4- and

183

East India Ships
manned with
Lascars to be
deemed l«gally
navigated if there
are Seven British
Seamen for every
lOO Tons.

If a sufficient
Number of
British Seamen
cannot be pro-
cured, Licence
may be granted
to sail with a
less Proportion.

184

Exception as to
Ships trading
within certain
Limits.

Supplies for
llst;itrs in
Guiana n ay he
imported roin
the Netht rlands.

Certain Parts of
the Coast of
Labrador an-
nexed to the
Government of
Newfoundland.

His Majesty's
Subjects to have
a Free Trade to
and from New-
foundland, and
Liberty of
iuhins.

jl^abtgation Of Brttiel) ^l)tp0;

ami proper Proportion of Seven Britisli Seamen to every
100 Ions. 55 Geo. 3. c. 116. § 8.

15. But not to require any Number of Britisli Seamen
to be on board as Part of the Crew or Mariners of any
Sliip cinploycd in Trade only between Port*, and Places
wntb a the Limits of the Charter of the C^on.pany, in.
cludmg the Cape of Good Hope, or to prt-ve,.t any .uch
fe u}) wJnle so employed, being marmeil and nav-irjated
wholly, or ni any Proportion as to Asiatic Sailors, or
Lascars, or Natives of any Territories, Countries, or

IJaceswitluntheLnnitsofthesaid Company. 55Geo.3.
c. 1 1 6. § 9.

JI?etl)eilanD0,

TheSubjocts of the King of the Netherlands, being
Dutch Proprietors in the Colonies of Demerara, Ber^
bice, or Lssequibo in the Province of Guiana, may im-
port into the .said Colonies, from the Netherlands^ the
necessary Articles of Supply for their Estates, and export
to the Netherlands the Produce of their Estatesf in
loreign Ships. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91.

See Guiana. '

iI?etofountilanD.

1. Such Parts of the Coast ofLabrador from the River
bamt John to Hudson's Straits and the Island of Anti-
costi, and all other smaller Islands annexed to the
Government of Newfoundland by Proclamation of the
7th Day of October 1763, (except the said Islands of
Madelaine), but afterwards made Part of Canada by the
14 Geo. 3. C.83. shall be separated from the Govern-
ment oi Canada, and be annexed to the Government of
Newfoundland. 4-9 Geo. 3. c, 27. § 14.

'f All His Majesty's Subjects residing within Great
IJritam or Ireland, or the Dominions thereunto belong-
ing trading to Newfoundland, and the Seas, River\
l.akes. Creeks, Harbours, m or about Newfoundland, or
any of tJie Islands adjoining or adjacent thereunto, shall
A ?'AT* "."'^ onjoy the Free Trade and Traffic, and
Art of Merchandize and Fishery, to and from Newfound-
land,. and peaceably use and oniovtliP Vrt.f.,i^,r, ..f f„i.;,i-r
Bait and hshuig m any of the Rivers, Lakes, Creeks^
Harbours, or Roads in or about Newfounalaiid and the

said

JlJetofounDUnti.

185

said Seas, or any of the Islands adjacent thereunto, and
Liberty to go on Shore oir any Part of Newfoundland,
or any of the said Islands, tor the curing, salting, drying,
and husbanding of their Fish, and for making of Oil,
and to cut down Wood and Trees there for building and
making or repairing of Stages, Ship-rooms, Train-fats,
Hurdles, Ships' Boats, and other Necessaries for them-
selves, and their Servants, Seamen, and Fishermen, and
all other Things which may be useful or advantageous to
their Fishing Trade, as fuMy and freely as at any Time •

heretofore hath been used oi enjoyed there by any of the
Subjects of His Majesty, without any Hindrance, Inter-
ruption, or Distui'bance from any Person ; and no Alien
or Stranger, not residing within Great Britain or Ireland,
shall at any Time hereafter take any Bait or use any
Sort of Trade or Fishing in Newfoundland, or in any of
the Islands or Places before mentioned. 10 & 11 W. 3.
c. 25. §1. 51 Geo. 3. c, 45. §2.

3. Every Master of a By-boat shall carry with him at How By brat*
least Two fresh Men in Six ; viz. One Man that hath y^^^^fti;'!^
made no more than One Voyage, and one Man that manned ;
hath never been at Sea before; and every Inhabitant
shall be obliged to employ two such fresh Men, as the
By-boat Keepers are obliged for every Boat kept by them ;
and all Masters of Fishing Ships shall carry with them,
in their Ships' Company, at least One fresh Man never at
Sea before, in every Five Men they carry; and the
Master of each By-boat and each Fishing Ship shall
make Oath before the Collector or other principal
Officer of the Customs of the Port from whence ■. such
Ship intends to sail, that each Ship and By-boat's Com-
pany have such fresh Men therein as this Act directs ;
and the said Officer is required to administer the said Oath,
and give a Certificate thereof under his Hand, without
Fee or Reward. 10 & 11 W. 3. c. 25. § 9.

4. Every Master and Owner of any Fishing Ship going
to Newfoundland, shall have, in his Ship's Company,
every Fifth Man a Green Man, (that is to say) not a Sea-
man, or having been ever at Sea before. 10 & 1 1 W. 3.
c. 25. § 10.

5. The Master and Crews belonging to any Ships vacant spaces
fitted out and employed in the Fishery, in pursuance of may be used for
any Acl, may occupy anti use, lor lue rurpose or curing, y ^-^^
salting, drying, and husbanding their Fish, any vacant or

void

also Fishing
Ships going to
Newfoundland.

18f>

i^etofouftSldtii,

By whom the
Privilege to be
enjoyed.

Places which are
no longer to be
deemed Ships'
Rooms.

Certain Vessels
exempt from
Entry at the
Custom Hovise.

vcMd Space on any Part of Newfoundland which is not
then occupied and used for the said Fishery withon
any Disturbanceor Hindrance from any pJS^'akl^orh
such unoccupied Places may not beforeC^n i^
« Ships' Rooms," and all such unoccupied P^Xd
from h^ceforth be deemed Ships' Roo'ms. 15 Ge^'s

NewfoIn^a^1!l^f ""{ t^^"^ ^''^ «" '^^ I«J«nd of
iestv's Suhii^« " •" ^t/T^"^ ^y «"y «*' His Ma-
Si. ^ ^^J^'''''^ ^^ Newfoundland from any other
Counu-y except Great Britain or Ireland, or one ^of the

?jGl?rr§ i:" ^-^^^p^- ^^ ^«^- - - - At

«f I* ^h ^^H'''^''!^ '^^P^' ^«o"»«^ situated in the Town

Darkus's Sh^;,,'''R ^^" SS'""'' ^'"P'^ ^^^ No. 2;

No 2 Gdir'^roV.^^^ Lady's Ships' Rooms

fWl ShiS rJ, "xf'^'P' ^°r' No. 3., Breakhear

N^ / is A^'^^u^''' ^•' ChurchiU Ship's Room,

R^m' No «'°'' ' ^y' ^"*'"^' N«- '• ' Admiral 6^1
Room, No. 6.; as the same are laid down, distinguished
mid named in a Plan of the Town ai^ Harbour of
Samt John's dated October 1804, and deposited in the

be Ships Rooms, and occupied during the Fishing
beason as such, but the same may be granted, let and
possessed as private Proj^rty, as any^her PorL of

8. Ail Ships fitted and cleared out as Fishine Shin^
'" .Pyr\«««ce of this Act, or of 10 & II W 3 c 25
which shal^ be actually employed in the Fishery, or 'any
Boat or Craft employed in carrying Coastwis^, to be
landed or put on board any Ships, any Fish, Oil, Salt
Provisions or other Necessaries'^ for [he uU of the
Fishery shall not be liable to any Restraint or Regula-
tion with respect to Days or Hours of Working,^ nor
to make any Entry at the Custom-house at Newfoundland,
^xcept a Report to be made by the Master on his firs
Arrival there, and at his Clewing out from thence
a^ a Fee not exceeding 2s. 6d. may be taken by the
Officers of the Customs at Newfoundland for each Report :

C^tZ ""t"" ^'', '^'^^ ^ *^^^" ^y ^y Officer of the
^ ai~7^ --""vc tu lue j^isnery. 15 Geo. 3.

9. In

9. In one any such Fthing Ships ihall, at her last
clewing out from Newfoundland, have on board or ex-
port any Goods except Fish, or Oil made of Fish, «ucli
Ship and the Goods liiereon laden shall be liable to the
same Securiti«i, Restrictions, and Regulations in all
Re^yects as if tlus Act l»d not been made. 15 Geo. 3.

c. 31. § 8. ,. r

10. No Master of any Ship tradmg to or trom
Newfoundland ihall carry as Passengers any Fishermen,
Sailors, Artificers, or others employed in carrying on
the Fishery, from the Ittend to fny Part of the Con-
tinent «f America, id&oat the Permission under the
Hand and Seal of Ad Governor, under the Penalty of
if 200. 15 Geo. 3. c. SI § 12.

11. No Person residing in or canning on the Fishery
in Newfoundland shall sefi or orchange any Ship, Vessel,
or Boat, or any Tackle, Apparel, or Furniture which
may be used by any Ship, Vesid, or Boat, or any Seans,
Nets, or other ImplemenU or Utensils for catching or
curing Fish, or any Bait or Fish OU, Blubber, Seal Skins,
Peltry, Fuel, Wood, or Timber, to or with any Person
except His Blajesty's Subjects. 26 Geo. 3. c. 26. § 14.

12. Persons concerned in selling, &c. such Articles to
the Subjects of any Foreign State may be arrested by
Warrant of the Governor or his Surrogates, or any
Justice of the Peme, and committed to Prison, on Oath
of One or more credible Witness, and on Conviction
shall forfeit the Value of the Articles. 26 Geo. 3.

c. 26. § IS. , T-- 1,

13. Any Person residing hi or carrying on the Fishery
in Newfoundland, who shall there purchase or take in
Exchange or by way of Barter any Goods from the Sub-
ject of any Foreign State, or assist in so doing, may be
apprehended and committed to Prison, and shall forfeit
Double the Value of the Goods, 26 Geo. 3. c. 26. § 16.

14-. All Penalties imposed by any Act made or to be
made relating to the Island of Newfoundland or the
Fishery thereof, may be recovered in a summary way
in the Supreme Court, or in any Surrogate Court; and
those of jfilO, or under, may be recovered in the Court
of Session, or before any one or more Justices of the
Peace. All Money arising from such Penalties and

187

But Rhipn ex-
porting other
Goods than Fifth
or Oil, ^.uhject
to Entry.

Persons em-
ployed in the
Fishery not to
be conveyed to
Continent of
America without
Governor's
Permission.

Utensils, Bait,
and other
Articles not to
be sold to
Foreigners.

Pena'ty on Per-
sons concerned
therein.

Goods not to be
purchased of
Foreigners.

How Penalties
to be recovered

and applied.

-j_ ,1-1::

l^urfettures sliuli be appiieu tovvuiuB UeiaayUijj ~

i-U^ i?«^^

pences of carryii^ the Act into Execution.
r. '^1. § 16.

49 Geo. 3.

15. Vessels

188

Certain Vessels
not requiied to
be regutered.

il^etofomiDlanfl.

Veseels liuilt for
El rojieaii
Owntr, the
Husband or
Agent may take
RggLtcr Oath.

From what Parts
of Europe, Salt
and Wine may
be imported ;

Oranges and

Leniuiisfromtlie
Azores or
Madeiras.

Goods ncces-
Siiry fur the
Fishery from
Guernsey or
Jersey.

Shipper to make
Oatli that they
are the- Produce
of Great Britain
or the Islands.

15. Vessels not exceeding 30 Tons, and not having a
Deck, employed solely in ti.e Fishery on the Bankl^c"
Shores of Newfotrndland, or in trading Coastwfse there
are not recju.red to be registered. 27 geo. 3. c. 1^$ s'

,„ ^, r"-'^ "KGISTHY OK BhiTIHH SllIPS.

accot.t nfO "'"' \<^««-'^^ lH.ilt in Newfoundland on
account of Owners who reside in His Majesty's European
Donnmons, may be registered, upon the Husban r

trolVt7it)T ^^'^"^^^' '' '- ^^'^--^-

1^ ,, '^'"'.Pp^'^TRY OF British Ships. r. '

7. It shall be lawful to lade in British-built Ships,

Z P' riT''^^ '-^"^ registered according to Law/ r^

l3 r^r?''. ^t *■"'• ^''« I'^i^'^'^ries ofNewfoun "

land; aiul to lade m the Madeiras and Azores, Wines

m./v^\o^r^'*^ ^" u ^'"?^"' °^ ^^'^ A^«res or Madeiras
may be laden at the said Islands for Exportation direct

BriSshh'^' ^"^"^ ^t"^" "^ Norlh America, in
57 Geo. 3.^c!'8T'^ ''^ ''"'' according to Law.

19. Any Inhabitant of Jersey of Guernsey may trans-
port direct from thence to Newfoundland, or any of X
British Colonies in America where the Fishefvis^carr ed

Sort'ofT fV ^''t "^V »-*•"% trade'there^v
Sort of Craft, I-ood, Victuals, Clothing, or other Goods
fit and necessary for the Fishery in tffose Paits, or fo

h a1 «L^*''""'' ^" °^'^^^' ^^'^^^^ employed on
board the Ships or on Shore in carrying on tl^e sa"d
Fishery; such Craft, &c. being tlie Pr^odSce or Man^
facture of Great Britain or the said Islands, and sudi
Food or Victuals being the Growth or Produce of Gre
Britain Ireland, or the said Islands. 9 Geo 3 c 28 7
Of?'- ^^\?^T' «f *^^ Ship shall "p^okucefo,-
arrive" f ..*^%Cu^t«-« - t^e Colony %vhere he shall
arrive, a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the
Governor, Deputy Governor, or Commander in Chief
that Oath had been made by the Shipper before the

SS: :f :'f. I^?y^^ CoLs in tl!T said 'TsLnd:
lespectively, that the Goods are the Produce or Manu-
facture aforesaid : such Corfifino.o.^V." ".^.'''^ , ""
CMi^a^ ^i' *i /-. - — — 1^..,^ ,„ jj^ ;uii;sica uy me

O^h wa! t.v' ^"' °"S' "^" ^^^" ^^rtify that the'said
Uath was taken m his Presence; on Failure of producing

^ such

Jl^elDfotm&lani},

189

?,uch Certificate the Goods and Ship shall be tbrfeited.
9 (Jeo. 3. c. 28. § 2. .

21. Any of His Majesty's Subjects residing in the Isle Herrings frooi
of Man may export from thence, and import into any of ''"^ '*'^ "^ '^"" '
the British Colonies, in British Ships manned and navi-
gated according to Law, Herrings caught and cured by

them, in the same Manner as Victuals of and from
Ireland may be ' imported into the said Colonies by
15 Car. 2. c. 7. 12 Geo. 3. c. 58. § 4.

22. Any of His Majesty's Subjects residing in the Isle also Provisions
ot Man may ship there and transport directly to New- implements for
foundland, or any Part of America where the Fishery is tlie Fishery.
carried on, on board any Ship which may lawfully trade

or fish there, any Provision^ and also any Hooks, Lines,
Netting, or other Tools or Implements necessary for and .
used in the Fishery by the Crews of the Ships carrying out
the same, and the Craft belonging to and employed by
such Ships in the said Fishery ; such Provisions, &.c.
being the Produce or Manufacture of Great Britain or
Ireland, or the Isle of Man. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. §5.

23. The Master of such Ship shall pro<luce to the Siiipper to mnke
proper Officer of the Customs in the Colony or Plant- ^"'^ ^/ '° '^\.

. • JVlaniitflcturG ot

ation where he shall arrive, a Certificate under the Hand the Tools, &c.
and Seal of the Collector or oth'cr Principal Officer of the a'ld that they are
Customs in the Port where he shall have fitted out, that 'he^pjXe^'"
Oath hath been made before hiin by the Shipper of such
Provisions, &c. that the same arc of the Product or
Manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, or the Isle of
Man, as the Fact may be ; and that the several Articles
before mentioned (except the Provisions) specifying the
Quantities and Particulars of each Sort, are to be used
• in the Fishery by the Crew of the Ship carrying out the
same, and by the Craft belonging to and to be employed
by such Ship in the Fishery, and tor no other Use or
Purpose ; and on Failure of producing such Certificate,
or if any such Hooks, &c. are used or disposed of for
any otlier Purpose, the same, and the Ship having the
Articles on board, shall be seized and forfeited as if this
Act had not been made. 15 Geo. 3, c. 31. § 6.

24^. Fruit, Wine, Oil, Salt, or Cork, the Produce of Fruit, Wine,
Europe South of Cape Finisterre, may be laden in any jj^^',^ from Ports
Port of Europe for Exportation direct to Saint John's of Europe South
in Newfoundland:;' on board any British Shin owned, ofCapeFmis-
navigated, and registered according to Law, which shall
have arrived at any such Port of Europe with Articles

the

190

Other AnicUt
from M«Iu or
GihMkar.

Duty upon
•Spiritd.

R^ecovery and
Approprijtion of
Outies,

The DutK s. kind
the Officers of
the Customs to

JSetofotirUlanlj;

the Produce of tlH> British Colonieg in North America t
or with F.Ml, taken and cured by Hi* Majesty's Subject^
T?lZW^'" Ffsherie. from any of d.e iitish ColoS
m North America, or from any P;u"t of the United
Knigdoiu. 51 Gto. 3. c. 97. § 2.
See Cork. .
Fruit.
Oil.
Salt.
Wine.
25. Certain Articieij enumerated in the Scheduie
'^'^ }? thijAct marked (B.) may be imported into
Ne«^undland from MaJta, or any of'the Djpe.v.lencies
thereof, or from Gibraltar, in British-buUt Ships owned,

Tlff^* ^"ti 5f«'«'^^ axrcording to Law. 55 Geo. 3.
c, ^9, 5 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. i.

See Gibraltar.
Malta.

\ii^'!fL^*l^^*?f P"'*^ "P°" ^iritfl imported mto
Nej*,m.dIaod the following Duties ; that is to say,

fW ev«7 GaUcBi rfRum or other Spirits imported
from any Bn«»b Odkmy w PlantBtion in thVWest £dies.

For every Gallon of Rum imported from Berbice,
Den^erara, or Easeqiubo, Sixpence :

B»r every Gallon of Rum or other Spirits imported
fro« any other cf His Maje.ty's Colonies or Plantations
on the Continent of America, or from Great Britain or
irerand, OneShilhng and Sixpence. 52 Geo. S. c. 106. « 1.
56 Geo. 8. c. 91. §2.

.u ^I'r T^^!^, Py^^'^ Hhall be paid to the Amount of
the Value of which such nominal Sums bear in Great
Bntain, and may be received according to the Proportion
and Value of Ss. 6d. the Ounr n Silver; and shall be
recovered m the same Manner, , h^ guch Rvhe and
under such Penalties and Fo.f^ r..rfcs,V , any other Du-
ties payable to His Majesty upon Goods imported into
any British Colony or Plantation in America; and all the
Monies that shall arise by the said Duties, (except the
necessary Charge* of raising, paying, and accounting for
the same) shall be paid into the Exchequer. 15 Geo. 3.
""'oc^-??' 52 Geo. 3. c. 106. §1. 56Geo.3. c.91. §2.
28. 1 he Duties upon Goods brought or imported into
or exported ot cairied from Newibimdiand by virtue of
these or any other Acts of Parliament, and the Officers of

the

il?etDfoutihldn&.

191

the Customs appointed for executing and eamriBg into
Execution the several Laws relating to the Trade and
Revenue there^ shall be under the Management and Di"
rectioa of the Comini^oners of the Customs in Ent^land,
under the Autliority and Direction of the Commissioners
of the Treasury. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 85. 52 Geo. 8.
c. 106. §1. 56 Geo. 8. c. 91. §2.

29. If any Action or Suit shall be commenced against
any Person or Persons for any thing done in pursuance
of these Acts, the Defendant may plead the General
Issue, and give this Act and the Special Matter in Evi-
dence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the
same was done in pursuance thereof; and if it shall ap-
pear so to have been done, the Jury shall find for the
Defendant; and if the Plaintiff shall be nonsuited, or dis-
continue his Action after the Defendant have appeared,
or if Judgment shall be given upon any Verdict or De-
murrer against the PlaintiflP, the Defendant shall recover
Treble Costs, and have the like Remedy for the same as
Defendants have in other Cases by Law. 15 Geo. 8.
c.31.§86. 52 Geo. 3. c. 106. §1. 56 Geo. 3. c, 91. §2.

30. Spirits, the Produce of HJ« Majesty's Sugar Co-
lonies in the West Indies, legally and directly imported
into Newfoundland from the said Colonies, or from Ber-
muda, may be exported from Newfoundland to the Pro-
vince of Lower Canada, and admitted to Entry, on
Payment of the same Duty as if imported direct from His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies. 51 Geo. 3. c, 48, §1. -

See Spirits.

31. Spirits, the Produce or Manufacture of any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies in the West Indies, I^;ally and
directly imported into Bermuda from the said Sugar Co-
lonies, may be exported from Bermuda to NewtoTind-
land, and landed and admitted to Entry upon Payraent
of the sante Duty as if imported directly from any of the
said Sugar Colonies ; and under the Conditions and Re-
strictions contained in 28 Geo. 3. c. 39. may be imported
without Payment of Duty, in the same Mwiner as if such
Spirits had been imported into Newfoundland directly
from the said Sugar Colonies. 51 Geo. 3. c.62. §1,2.

See Spirits.

32. No Goods shall be imported from any of the Ter-
ritories belonging to the United States of America into
Newfoundland, or into any Country or Land within the
Governmoit thereof on Forfeiture of the Goods and the
Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 12.

33. But

bt ui)4i«r the
Management of
the Cum minion-
en.

General Issue
may be pleaded,
and Treble Costs
allowed.

Spirits may be
exported to
Lower Canada
on the same
Duty as from
Sugar Colonies.

May be imported
from Bermuda
on the same
Conditions as
from Sugar
Colonies.

No Goods to be
imported from
the United

States:

192

except Bread, ^c
for the Supply
of Inhabitants
and Fishermen.

By whom Slr.ps
and Goods may
be seized.

Certain Articles
may be exported
' 1 Malta or
Gibraltar.

0.ith to be in ide
by the Shipper
ofOilordiiibber
tlidt it is tlte
Produce of Fish
caught by His
Majesty's Sub.
jects.

3.3. But His Majesty in Council, by any Order to be
issued and published, or by Warrant under His Si^n
Manual, may empower the Governor of Newfoundland
to autliorize, in case of Necessity, the Importation of
Bread, Flour, Indian Corn, and Live Stock, from any
of the Territories belonging to the said United States, for
the Supply of the Inhabitants and Fishermen of New-
foundland for the then ensuing Season only ; provided
such Bread, Flour, Indian Corn, and Live Stock, is
imported in conformity to such Rules, Regulations, and
Restrictions, as shall be specified in such ()rder or War-
rant, and by British Subjects and in British-built Ships,
owned and navigated according to Law, under the For-
feiture mentioned in (No. 32.) 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 13.

S*. Goods and Ships forfeited by this Act shall ho
seized by the Conmianders of any of His Majesty's Ships
of War, or any Commissioned, Warrant, or Petty Officer
specially authorized by them, or by any Officer of the
Customs. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. §16.

35, Articles, the Production or Manufacture of New-
f(mndland, or which may have been legally imported into
the Island, may be exjjorted from thence direct to
Malta, or any of the Dependencies thereof, or to Gibral-
tar, under certain Regulations. 55 Geo. 3. c 20. § 1.
57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 55.

See Gibraltar.
Malta.

36. Before any Blubber and Train Oil im]iorted into
Great Britain, as being taken and caught on the Banks
and Shores of Newfoundland and Parts adjacent, wholly
by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on the Fishery froiu
that Island, shall be admitted to Entry on Payment
of the Duty payable on such Oil, the Master .shall
deliver to the Collector or other Chief Officer of
the Customs at the l^ort of Importation, a Certificate
under the Hand and Seal of the Governor or De-
puty Governor of Newfoundland, or of the Collector
or other Chief Officer of the Customs of the Port or
Place in Newfoundland where the Oil or Blubber shall
have been taken on board ; or if no such Officer or Go-
vernor or Deputy Governor shall be residing there, then
a Certificate shall be produced under the Hand and Seal

of<^Lf^ XT„v"l Ol?!-" *^l •-.:.-. 1 ^^/r, }• 4^1 _:.i

^'i niL- x-iavtii v-?mvci tJi UIII-.JI jji iiicipjU v/iiifei" ul liic sum

Port or Place, or of one of IJis Majesty's Justices of (lie
Peace for the District, testifying that" Oath had been
made before him (who is recjuired to administer such

Oath,

IBetofounilanD.

193

Oath, and to grant su'-h Certificate) by the Shipper of such
Blubber or Oil, that the same was really and bona fide
the Produce of Fish or Creatures living in the Sea,
actually caught and taken wholly by His Majesty Sub-
jects carrying on such Fishery, and usually residing in
the Island of Newfoundland, or in His Majesty's Euro-
pean Dominions ; and the Master of the .Ship in which
the Blubber or Oil shall be imported, shall make Oath
before such Collector or other Chief Officer at the Port
of Importation, that the Blubber or Oil so imported" is
the same as mentioned and referred to in the said Certifi-
cate ; and the Importer or Consignee of such Blubber or
Oil shall also make Oath before the Collector or Comp-
troller, or other proper Officer of the Customs, at the
Time of Entry, that, to the best of his Knowledge and
Belief, the Blubber and Oil so imported was actually
caught and taken by British Subjects usually residing in
Newfoundland, or in His Majesty's European Domi-
nions; and on Failureof such Certificate being produced,
and Proof on Oath being made, such Blubber and Oil
shall be deemed to be of P'oreign Fishing, and charged
with Duty accordingly. 55 Geo. 3. c. 135.

37. Any of His Majesty's Subjects may export, in any
British-built Ship, owned and navigated according to
Law, from Newfoundland to any of the Islands in^'the
West Indies belonging to His Majesty, or to any of the
British Colonies on the Continent of America, and from
the Islands in the West Indies belonging to Flis Majesty,
or from any one of the British Colonies on the Continent
of America, into Newfoundland, any Goods the Manu-
facture of Europe, and any Goods or Prize Goods which
shall have been legally imported into any of the said
Islan Is or Colonies, under the Regulations and Restric-
tions contained in 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.-57 Geo. 3. c 29.
See Free Ports.

Proof of Identity
on Importation
into Great
Britain or
Ireland.

Goods which rn-iy
be e^^orted to
West India
Islands and Colo-
nies on the
Continent, and
imported from
thence.

JSeto i&totJtDence.

The Port of Nassau, one of the Fr^e Ports for the Nassau a Free
Importation and Exportation of certain Articles in Fo- ^""■
Jeign Ships. j45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § I.
See l* HEE Pouts.

194 jiJotja S»cot(a t JlJeti) Brungtotcft.

No Goods to be
imported from
the United States
except Pitch,
Tar, and
Turpentine ;

and Household
Furniture,
Utensils of Hus-
bandry, and
Ck)thing,brought
by Subjects of
the said States
who intend to
settle :

EXcept also
Lumbw, &c.
in case of Dis-
tress, for the
Supply of the
Inhabitants;

or for Re-export-
ation to other
Colonies.

1 . No Goods shall be imported from the Territories
of the United States of America, into Nova Scotia or
New Brunswick, or any Country or Island within the
Governments thereof, on Forfeiture of such Goods, and
the Vessel, except Pitch, '. ar, and Turpentine, the Pro-
duction of the said Territories, which may be imported
into the said Provinces in British-built Ships, owned
and navigated according to Law. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 12.
33 Geo. 3. c. 50. § 14..

2. Except also Household Furniture, Utensils of
Husbandry, and Clothing, by Subjects of the United
States, who shall come from thence, together with their
Families, to Nova Scotia, or any of the Provinces be-
longing to His Majesty in North America, for the Pur-
pose of residing and settling there, having first obtained
a Licence for that Purpose from the Governor, or in his
Absence the Lieutenant Governor of the said Islands or
Provinces respectively ; provided such Household Furni-
ture, &c. are imported in British Ships, owned by His
Majesty's Subjects, and navigated according to Law, and
shall not exceed in the Whole the Value of .^50 for
every White Person that shall belong to such Family,
and Forty Shillings for every Negro brought by such
White Person. 30 Geo. 3. c. 27. § 1.

See Settlers.

3. In case of public Emergency or Distress, the Go-
vernor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief,
with the Advice and Consent of the Council of the Pro-
vinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick respectively,
may authorize the Importation of Scantling, Planks,
Staves, Heading Boards, Shingles, Hoops, Squared
Timber, Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry,
Live Stock, Bread, Biscuit, Flour, Peas, Beans, Pota-
toes, Wheat, Rice, Oats, Barley, oi Grain, for a limited
Time, from any of the Territories belonging to the
United States of America, for the Supply of tne Inha-
bitants of the said Provinces; but such Scantling, &c.
shall not be so imported except by British Subjects, and
in British-built Ships, owned and navigated according to
Law, on Forfeiture thereof and the Ship. 28 Geo. 3.
C.6. § 13.

4. Any of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors, or
v>ommanue"s in Cliicf of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick,
with the Advice and Consent of their respective Councils,

8 may

By whom Good*
and Vessels may
be stizcd.

S,i't from any
Part of Kurojie.

Jl?otoa S)eotta f jlJeto Brunstoitft. i"5 »

may autliorize the Importation of the aforesaid Articles,
for a limited Time, from any of the Territories of the
United States of America, for the Purpose of Re-
exportation to any other of His Majesty's Colonies or
Plantations. 48 lieo. 3. c. 125. § 1.

5. Goods and Vessels forfeited by these Acts may be
seized by the Commanders of any of His Majesty's Ships
of War, or by any Commissioned, Warrant, or Petty
Officer specially authorized by them, or by any Oflicers
of His Majesty's Customs. 28 Geo. 3. c.6. 33 Geo. 3. c.50.

6. Salt for the Fisheries of Nova Scotia may be laden
in any Part of Europe for Exportation to any of the
British Colonies or Plantations, on board any British-
built Vessel, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 2 Geo. 3. ^. 24. 4 Geo. 3. c. lo. § 31.

See Europe.

7. Wines of the Madeiras or of the Western Islands
or Azores may be there laden tor Exportation to any of
the British Colonies or Plantations. 15 Car. 2. c. 7. § 7.

8. Goods fit and necessary for the Fisheries in the
British Colonies in America may be exported to Colonies
where such Fishery is carried on, direct from Guernsey
or Jersey. 9 Geo.'^S. c. 28. § 1, 2.

See Guernsey.
Jersey.

9. Herrings cured in the Isle of Man may be ex-
ported from thence to any of the British Colonies or
Plantations, in the same maimer as Victuals from Ireland.
12 Geo. 3. c. 58. §4.

See Man.

10. Tools and Implements necessary for the Fisheries
in the British Colonies may be exported direct to the said
Colonies from the Isle of Man. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 5.

See Man.

11. Spirits of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies in the
Wtist Indies, legally imported into Nova Scotia or New
Brunswick from the said Sugar Colonies, or from Ber-
muda, may be exported from the said Provinces to Lower
Caaada, and admitted to Pantry on Payment of the same
Rate of Duty as if imported directly from any of the said
Sugar Colonies. 51 Geo. 3. c. 48. M? ''^•

12. Spirits the Produce or Manufacture of His Majes-
ty's Sugar Colonies in ihe West Indies, imporled inlu
Bermuda from the said Colonies, may be exported from
Bermuda into Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, and ad-

Wiiies from the
AVtbtcrn Islands.

Goods from
Guernsey and
Jersey.

Herrings fi-om
the Isle of Man ;

nlso Tools and
Implements.

Spirits may be
exported to
Lower Canada
on the same
Duty as from
Suijar Colonics ;

mitted

and may be im-
ported from
bennuda on the
same Duty and
Conditions as
Irom Si4',ar
Colonies.

I'luit
b

_.., ic. may
iiw 111^)011 ed from
Places in Eu-
rope South of
C»pe Finisterra.

mitted to Entry on Payment of the same Duty as if,
imported direct from the said Sugar Colonies ; and unde.r
the Conditions contained in 28 Geo. ,3. c. 39* may he,
imported into the said Provinces witliout Payment of,
Duty, in the same Manner as if such Spirits had been,
importetl directly froni iany of the said Sugar Coloniesr
51 Geo. 3. C.62. § 1,2.. . ,

See Spirits.

13. Fruit, Wine, Oil, Salt, or Cork^ the Produce or
Manufacture of Eurqpe Soutli of Cape Finisterre, may
be shipped in any Port of Europe South of Cape Finis-
terre for Exportation direct to Saint John's in New^
Brunswick or Halifax, and Shelburn in Nova Scotia, on
board any Ship arriving at any Port in Euro})e witli
Articles the Produce of thp British Colonies in Nort^j
America, or with Fish taken and cured by His Majesty's
Subjects carrying on the Fisheries from any of the said
Colonies, or from any Part of the United Kingdom.,
51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 2. ■

See Cork. ■ \ ■

Fruit. :

Oil.. ., ; ■ , ■ . \ '

Salt. .-. , . • . . ,

Wine.

14. Any British-built Ship, navigated and registered
according to Law, may load at Malta or any of the De-
pendencies thereof, or at Gibraltar, any of the Articles enu-
merated in the Schedule marked (B.) annexed to55 Geo. 3.
c. 29. for Exportation, direct to any of His Majesty's .Co-
lonies or Plantations in North America. 55 Geo. 3.
c.29. §5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.

See Gibraltar.

Malta. ,

15. Articles, the Production or Manufacture of His
Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in North America, or
which n;uy have been legally importetl into such Colonies
or Plantations, may be exported from thence direct to
MalUi or the Dependencies thereof, or to Gibraltar, in
British-built Ships, navigated and registered according to
Law. 55 Geo. 3. c.29. §8. 57 Geo. 3. c 4.

See Gibraltar.

Malta.

16- v^rrangcs and Lemons, the Growth of the Azores

or Madeiras, may be there laden for Exportation direct

to any of the British Colonies in North America, on board

9 . any

Certain Arti-
cles may be im-
ported from
Malta or
Gibrjltar.

Certain Aruclcs
may bo ex-
ported direct
t:> Malta or
Gibraltir.

Oranjcs and
Lemons may be
imported from
the A lores or
Madeiras.

^tita ^tttia $ JIJetD Brunstoicft. ^^7

any British Ship, navigated and registered according to
Law. 57 Geo. S. c. 89.

17. Any British-built Vessel, owned and navigated
according to Law, or any Vessel belonging to the Sub-
jects of any Sovereign or State in Amity with His Ma-
jesty, may import into such Ports as shall be specially
appointed for that Purpose by His Majesty, within the
Province of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, the following-
Articles; videlicet, Scantling, Planks, Staves, Heading
Boards, Shingles, Hoops, Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep,
Itiogi, Poultry, or Live Stock of any Sort ; Bread, Bis-
cuit, Flour, Peas, Beans, Potatoes, Wheat, Rice, Oats,
Barley, or Grain of any Sort ; Pitch, Tar, Turpentine,
Fruits, Seeds, and Tobacco ; provided that none of the
said Articles shall be imported in Foreign Vessels, unless
of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of the Country
to which the Vessels importing the same shall belong ;
and any of the said Articles may be re-ex}X)rted, either to
the United Kingdom, or to any other of His Majesty's
Possessions, in any British-biillt Vessel, owned and navi-
gated according to Law. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 1, 2, 3.

VS. Any British Vessel, or any Vessel belonging to the
Subjects of any Sovereign or State in A;nity with Hi?
Majesty, may export from the said Ports so lo be ap-
pointed for that Purpose, Gypsum, Grindstones, or other
Produce or Manufacture of the said Provinces, and also
any Produce or Manufacture of the United Kingdom, or
of His 'Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in the West
Indies, or any Goods whatever which have been legally
imported into the said Provinces ; provided that none of
the aforesaid Articles shall be exported from the said
Ports to any Foreign Country or Place, in any Foreign
Vessel, unless such Foreign Vessel shall belong to the
Country to which the said Articles shall be exported.
58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 4, 5.

19. His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy
Council, may make such Rules and Regulations for the
Importation and Exportation of Goods aforesaid at the
said Ports, with such Penalties and Forfeitures for Breach
thereof; as shall seem fit and necessary to His Majesty, by
and with the Advice aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 6.

20. This Act shall continue in frrce during the Space
of Three Years from and after the passing of the same*,

Ports may be
approved for the
Importation of
Scantling, iSiC*
ill Forcigu Ships.

*■ nth May 18\S.
03

and

Gypsum, ttc,
rr;?y be ex-
ported from the
said Ports in the
like Ships;,

Under such
Regu'ations as
HisMujcsty may
think necessary.

Limitation of tlie

198

Certain.Vessels
not required to
be registered.

Vessels built for
European
Owners, the
Husband or
Agent may take
Register Oath.

/l?oija S»corta $ 51?cto BrunBtoicft.

and until Six Weeks after the Comnicnoement of the
then next Session of Parliament. 58 Geo. 3. c. 1 9. § 7.

21. Vessels not exccpdinn; 30 Tons, and not having a
Deck, employed solc'y in the Fisheries on the Banks or
Shores of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, adjacent to the
Gulf of Suint Lawrence and to the North of Cape Canso,
or of the Islands within the same, or in trading Coast-
wise within the Limits, are not required to be registered.
27 Geo. 3. c. 19. §8.

See Registry op British Ships.

22. Ships or Vessels built in those Parts of the said
Provinces adjacent to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and to
the North of Cape Canso, or in the Islands within the
said Limits, on account of Owners who reside in His Ma-
jesty's European Dominions, may be registered upon the
Husband or Agent taking the Oath required by 26 Geo. 3.
c. 60. 27 Geo. 3. c. 19. §9.

See Registry of British Ships.

Iinportation
allowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

Dtl)re0,

May be exported from Malta, or any of the Dependen-
cies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His Ma-
jesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or to
Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colo-
nies or Plantations in North America, in British-built
Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according to
Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

May be ap-
poin'ed by the

Treasiirv and

7
Commissioners ;

and by the
Governor or
Commander in
Chief, for the
Purpose of
seizing Sugar,
Indigo, and
"Wine.

€>ffitcrB.

1. The Lords of the Treasury, and the Commissioners
of the Customs in England, may constitute and appoint
such and so many Officers of the Customs in any City,
Town, River, Port, Harbour, or Creek, of or belonging
to any of the Islands, Tracts of Land, and Properties in
America, when and as often as the same shall seem need-
ful. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. §11.

2. May be appointed by the Governors or Com-
manders in Chief in the British Plantations for the Pur-
pose of seizing Sugar, Indigo, and Wine, landed without
Payment of Duty, or without a Warrant signed by the
proper Officer. 6 Geo. 2. c. 1 3. § 3. 4 Geo. 3. c. 1 5. § 1 . 7.

3. Every

DflBicers.

5. Every Person who, upon the Day of the Demise of
His present Majesty, shall hold any Office Civil or Mili-
tary under the Crown during Pleasure, shall, without any
new or other Patent, Commission, Warrant, or Autho-
lity, continue and be entitled in all respects, notwith'
standing the Demise of His Majesty, to hold the same
during the Pleasure of the King or Queen who shall suc-
ceed to the Crown ; and the Right and Title to hold and
enjoy the same under the Authority of this Act shall be
determinable in such manner by the King or Queen who,
upon the Demise of His Majesty, shall succeed to the
Crown, as the Right or Title to any Office, Place, or
Employment granted by such succeeding King or Queen
during Pleasure would by Law be determinable ; provided
that this Act shall not deprive the Heirs and Successors
of His Majesty of the Power of removing and discharging
any Person from his Office, in such manner as they
might have done if this Act had not been passed.
57 Geo. 3. c. 4-5. § 1.

4.. Naval Officers are within Two Months, or as soon-
as convenient after their Entrance upon their Office, to
give sufficient Security to the Commissioners of the
Customs, for His Majesty's Use, for the fliithful Perform-
ance of their Duty, and in default thereof, shall be disabled
to execute the. Office ; and vmtil such Security is given,
and the Person appointed to the said Office be approved'
by the said Commissioners, the respective Governors
shall be answerable hr any the Neglects or Misdemeanors
of the Persons so appointed. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. ^ 5.

5. No Office in any Colony or Settlement, Plantation,
or f'oreign Possession belonging to the Crown of Great
Britain, shall be granted either by Patent under the
Great Seal, or by Commission under His Majesty's Sign
Manual, or by any other Commission, Warrant, or In-
strument, for any longer Time than during such Time as
the Grantee thereof shall reside in the Colony, Settle-
ment, Plantation, or Foreign Possession, and execute
the Duty of such Office in Person, and behave well
therein. 22 Geo. 3. c. 75. § 1- S* Geo. 3. c. 61. § 1.

6. If any Person holding such Office shall be wilfully
absent from the Colony or Plantation, without a reasonable
Cause to be allowed by the Governor and Council, or :.hall

neglect me xjuiy ui oiJi;u v^mvc, %ji vit.^ - -i -

therein, such Governor and Council may amove such
Person from any such Office ; and in case any Person so

O 4. amoved

1^9

May hold thtir
Offices upon the
Demise of His
Majesty without
any new Ap-
pointment.

Naval, to give
Security, other-
wise the Gbvet".
nors to be an-
swerable.

Offices not to be
granted for any
longer Time
than the Grantee
shall execute the
Duty in Person.

Misbehaving,
may be amoved
by the Governor
and Council.

200

Who may grant
I.tave of Ab-
sence, and pro
vide for Vacan-
cies.

Leave of Ab-
sence to be re-
ported to Secre
tary of State,
and if not con-
firmed, the
Officer must re
turn to the
Colony.

Neglecting to
report Leave of
Absence.

A Return to be
made of Officers
absent, to th.-
House of Com-
mons.

j©fficerff.

amoved shall think himself aggrieved thereby, he niay
ar>peal therefrom as in other Cases of Appeal from such
Colony or Plantation. 22 Geo. 3. c. 75. § 2.

7. But the Governor and Council of any Colony or
Plantation may give such Leave of Absence as they shall

. see Occasion; and in such Case, as likewise in the Ca^e
ot Vacancy occasioned by Death or Amotion, may pro-
vide for the due Discharge of the Duties of such Office
until the King's Pleasure shall be known. 22 Geo 3
Q. 75. §3.

8. In all Cases in which the Governor and Council of
any Colony, Settlement, Plantation, or Foreign Posses-
sion shall hereafter grant Leave of Absence to any Person
holduig an Office within the same, to which he shall have
been appointed subsequent to the passing of this Act, the
Governor, or in his Absence the Lieutenant Governor,
or otiier I erson administering the Government, shall
Within One Week report the same to One of His Ma-
jesty s Prmcipal Secretaries of State for Confirmation :
and in ca.se th6 Leave of Absence shall not be confirmed
within One Month from the Date of such Report having
been received by the Secretary of Slate, the Person to
whom the Leave of Absence may have been granted shall
forthwith return to the Colony, &c. in which his Office is
situated; and in default thereof, shall be deemed to have
vacated such Office, and his Appointment shall be con-
sidered void. 54 Geo. 3. c. 61. § 2.

9. Every Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or other
Person administering the Government of any Colony,
&c., who shall omit or neglect to report in Manner be-
fore directed such Leave of Absence, shall for every such
Omission or Neglect forfeit a Sum not exceeding il 00,
to bejued for and recovered by Action of Debt in any of
His Majesty's Courts of Westminster within One Year
after the Arrival in England of the said Governor, Lieu-
tenant Governor, or other Person administering the
Government. ,54 Geo. 3. c. 61. § 3.

• ^^' .^'^^'" ^^^ ^*'^'*« ^fte*" the opening of every Ses-
sion of Parliament, there shall be laid before the House
of Commons, a Return of Persons holding Offices in the
Colonies, appointed thereto subsequent to the passing of
this Act, who may not be present in the Execution of the

iJuties of their Offices, nnd simh T?<:.f.,,-„ ..l,„ii i j-

ui the horm prescribed in the Schedule (A.) to this Act
annexed. 54 Geo. 3. c. 61. §4.

11. Nothing

:^fficeraf.

11. Nothing in this Act shall operate to the Prejudice
of any subsisting Grant of any Office, or shall affect any
Appointment or any Leave of Absence granted previous
to the passing of this Act, or any renewed Grant of any
Office which may be made in consequence of the Demise
of the Crown to any Person now holding the same; and
no Provision of this Act shall be applicable to any Office
granted or to be granted by the East India Company, or
to any Rules, Regulations, or Provisions riiade by the
said Company, with respect to the Appointment or
Leave of Absence of any of their Civil or Military Ser-
vants 54. Geo. 3. c. 61. § 5.

12. The Duties imposed by any Act upon Goods im-
ported mto, exported or carried from, any British Co-
lony or Plantation in America, may be put under the
Management and Direction of such Commissioners, to
reside m the said Plantations, as His Majesty, by His
Commission under the Great Seal of Great Britain, shall
judge to be most for the Advantage of Trade and Security
of the Revenue. 7 Geo. 3. c 41. § 1.

13. The said Commissioners, or any Three of them,
shall have the same Powers and Authorities for carrying
into Execution the Laws relating to the Revenues and
Trade oi the British Colonies in America, as were before
the passing of Uiis Act exercised by the Commissioners
of the Customs in England, by virtue of any Act in
iorce ; and His Majesty in such Commission may make
Provision for putting in Execution the several Laws re-
lating to the Customs and Trade of the said British
Colonies. 7 Geo. 3 '.. 41. § 2.

14. All Deputations and other Authorities granted by
the Commissioners of the Customs in England, before the
passing of this Act, or which may be granted by them
before any Commission shall issue in pursuance of this
Act, to any Officer acting in the said Colonies or Planta-
tions, shall continue in force as fully as if this Act had
not been made, until the Deputations or other Authori-
ties so granted to such Officer shall be revoked or made
void by the Lords of the Treasury. 7 Geo. 3. c. 41. §3.

is. Where any Officer shall, by any Person armed
with Club or any Manner of Weapon,' be forcibly hin-
dered, abused, beaten, or wounded, either on board anv
^f"P, or upon the Land or Water, in the due Execu-
tion of his Office, every Person so hindering, &c. such
Ufticer, or any Person acting in the Aid or Assistance,

shall,

201

Not to affect
Appointments or
Leavurf AKseiic.-'
granteil before
this Act.

The Duties im-
posed by any Ace
may be put under
the Management
of Commission-
ers to reside in
the Plantations.

To have the
same Powers as
tiie Commis-
sioners in Eng-
land.

Deputations
granted by the
Commissioners
in England to re-
main in force.

Abused or
wounded in tht
Execution of

20i^

Resisted in
seizing Sugar,
Indigo, or "W inc.

All Penons to
aid and assist
tliem, and who
are saved harm-
less.

May plead the
Gt-ueral Issue.

Allowed Treble

Costs.

shall, by the next Justice of Peace or other Maj^istrate",
be committed to Prison, there to remain till tlie next
Quarter Sessions ; and the Justices of the Quarter Ses-
sions shall punish the Offender by Fine, not exceeding
j£'100 ; and the Offender shall remain in Prison till he
be discharged, both of the Fine and of the Imprisonment,
or discover the Person that set him on work, to the end
he may be legally proceeded against. 13&14Car. 2.
c. 1 1. § 6. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 6.

16. Or any of their Assistants resisted in seizing Sugar,
Indigo, or Wine, landed without Payment of Duty, or
without a Warrant, the Offentiers are to forfeit j€50, and
to be imprisoned for Three Months. 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. § 3^
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 1. 7.

See Indigo.
Sugar.
Wine.

17. All Officers belonging to the Admiralty, Captains
and Commanders of Shi{)s, Forts, Castles, and Block-
houses, and all Justices of the Peace, Mayors, Sheriffs,
Bailiffs^ Constables, and Headboroughs, and all t1)e
King's Officers, Ministers, and Subjects whom it may
concern, shall be aiding and assisting every Person ap-
pointed by His Majesty to manage the Customs, and the
Officers of the Customs and their Deputies, in the due Ex-
ecution of every Act and Thing by these Acts required ;
and all such tvho shall be aiding and assisting them
in the due Execution hereof shall be defended and saved
harmless. 13 & 14 Car. 2. c. 11. § 32. 7 & 8 W. 3.
c. 22. §6.

18. In case any Officer in the Plantations shall be sued
or molested for any thing done in the Execution of his
Office, he may plead the General Issue, and give this and
other Custom Acts in Evidence, and the Judge shall allow
thereof; and such Officer shall have the like Privileges
and Advantages as are allowed by Law to the Officers of
the Customs in England. 7 & s'W. 3. c. 22. § 6.

1 9. If any Action shall be commenced in Great Britain
or America against any Person for any thing done in
pursuance of any Act relating to the Customs, the De-
fendant may plead the General Issue, and give the said
Acts and special Matter in Evidence upon any Trial to be
had thereupon, and that the same was done by the Autho-
rity of such Act ; and if it shall appear so to have been
done, the Jury shall find for the Defendant ; and if the

Plaintiff

£)fl6cerg.

Plnintiff shall be nonsuited, or discontinue his Action
after the Defendant has appeared, or if Judgment shall
be given upon Verdict or Demurrer against the Plaintiff;
the Defendant shall recover Treble Costs, and have the
like Remedy for the same as Defendants have in other
Cases. 4 Geo. 3. c. 1.5. §47.

20. Any Officer of the Customs in Great Britain who
ihall give any Warrant for, or suffer any eimmerated
Article to be carried into any Country, until they have
been first unladen in Great Britain or Ireland, such
Officer shall forfeit his Place and the Value of the Goods
he shall give Warrant for, or suffer to pass into any other
Country. 15 Car. 2. c. 7. § 9. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

21. If any Person employed in the Customs shall de-
mand or take any other or greater Sum of Money than
by Law is due, or put any Person out of his turn without
express Order of the superior Officers, or shall illegally
detain the Goods of any Person, or neglect or refuse to
make Repayments and Allowances which are or shall be
due, or shall not, after due Notice, give out and execute
his Warrant, he shall be liable to Double Costs and Da-
mages. 13 & 14 Car. 2. c. 11. § 34. 7 & 8 W. 3.
0.22. §6.

22. Taking a Bribe, Recompence, or Reward, or
conniving at any false Entry, or making any collusive
Seizure or Agreement, or doing any other Act by which
His Majesty shall be defrauded in his Duties, or any
Goods prohibited shall be suffered to pass, either inwards
or outwards, or whereby the Forfeitures and Penalties
inflicted by any Act relating to the Customs in America
may be evaded, shall forfeit ^500, and be rendered
incapable of serving His Majesty in any Employment
Civil or Military ; and if any Person shall give, offer or
promise to give, any Bribe or Reward to any Officer of
the Customs, to do, conceal, or connive at any thing
whereby any of the Provisions made by any Law relating
to His Majesty's Customs in America may be evaded or
broken, such Person shall for every Offence (whether the
Offer or Promise be accepted or performed or not) forfeit
<€50. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §38.

23^ Allowing the Privilege of a British-built Ship to
iiny Ship coming iiiio any Port and making Entry of any
(joods, until Examination Avhether the Master and Three-

fom'ths

203

Suffering enu-
merated Commo-
dities to be car-
ried to other
Countries than
Great Britain or
Ireland.

Liable to Double
Costs and Dama-
ges in certain
Cases. •

Taking Bribes

or doing Acts
whereby Laws
may be evaded ;

Person!? oflftring
them.

Allowing the
Privilege of Bri-
tish Ships with-
out lixaminatioii.

204

Conniviiigat the
frauilulent Im-
portatiiiii of East
India Goods, or
dclayiii); Prose-
cution.

Taking Entries
sr signing Docu-
ments for Hats
nr Felts.

Conniving at the
fraudulent Im>
portatlon of
Sugar, ice. or
delaying Prose-
cution.

Neglecting to
perform Acts re-
quired of them
under Register
Act.

On Inquiries
relative to the
Revenue, Per-
«3hs examined to
deliver their
Testimony on
0;ith.

€)flScer0.

foiiftlis of the Mariners are British, .sdafl for the
First Offence bo put out of his Office. 12 Car. 2
c. 18. § II.

21.. Knowingly connivinc at tiie fraudulent Importation
of any East India Conimodities, or seizing any of the said
Commodities, and by Fraud or Collusion desisting or
delaying the Prosecution thereof to Condenmation, shall
forfeit .^500; and be incapable of holding any Office
or Employment under His Majesty. 7 Geo. 1. st. 1.
c.21.§9.

25^ Taking any Entry Outwards, or signing any
Cockct, Warrant, or Sufferance for the shipping or ex-
porting any Hats or Felte, or suffering tlie same to b<!
done, or conniving thereat, forfeit their Office and .^'500.
5 Geo. 2. c. 22. § 4. :

26. Knowingly c(»nniving at the fraudulent Importa-
tion or Landing any Sugar, Indigo, or Wine, or seizing
the same for having been landed without Payment of
Duty, or without a Warrant signed by the proper Officer,
and by Fraud or Collusion desisting from or delaying
the Prosecution thereof to Condemnation, shall forfeit
^'50, and be incapable of holding any Office under His
Majesty. 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. § 6. 4 Geo. S. c. 1 5. § 1 .
, . ^X" ^* ""^ Person required by this Act in respect of
his Office to perform any Act or Thing required to be
done pursuant to the Provisions of this Act, shall wil-
fully neglect or refuse to perform the same, he shall on
Conviction forfeit .^'500 ; and for the Second Offence
^^600, and be rendered incapable of serving Mis Majesty
in any Employment relative to the Revenue, or any Civil
Capacity whatever. 26 Geo. 3. c 60 §40.

28. All Persons examined as Witnesses on any Inquiry
directed by the Commissioners of the Customs in England
or any Four or more of them, to be made in America or
the West Indies, relative to the Revenue or other Duties
there, or to the Conduct of the Officers employed in the
Collection thereof, by or before any Collector or Comp-
troller of the Customs, or either of them, at any Port in
thfe British Colonies and Plantations in America or the
West Indies, or by or before such other Person as shall
be appointed by the said Commissioners, or any Four
of them, for the Purpose aforesaid, are required to deliver
^.^. ^v^tji^.v^uj wii wuui, lo be aaminisiered Dy the
Officer. 49 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 1.

29. If

^Bttvs.

205

29- If any Person shall be convicted of taking a false False Ontin
Oiith touching any of tlio Facts ro(|nire(l to be testified oa, ''«"='"'J Perjury.
Oath, or of giving ful»e Evidence on EKaniination on
Oiitli, the Person so convicted shall be ilecnied guilty of
Perjury, and be liable to the Pains and Penalties to
which Peraons are liable for wilful and corrupt Perjury.
V9 Geo. 3. c. 4-6. § 2.

1. The Produce of Europe South of Cape Fi-
nisterre, may be shipped ancl laden in any Port or,
Place of Europe South of Cape Finisterre for Export-
ation direct to any of tlie Ports herein-after mentioned r
that is to say, Saint John's in New Biunswick, Saint
John's in Newfoundland, C^uebec in Canada, Sydney in
Cape Breton, Halifax and Shelburn in Nova Scotia, and
Charlotte Town in Prince Edward's Island, all in North
America, on board of any British Ship, owned, navigated,
aud registered according toLaw,jwhich shall have arrived
at any Port or Place of Europe Soutli of Cape Finisterre
with Articles the Produce of the said Colonies, or with
Fish taken and cured by His Majesty's Subjects carry-
ing on the Fisheries from any of the said Colonies or
Plantations, or from any Part of the United Kingdom,
or with any of the Goods herein-after mentioned from
Canada, whether such Goods shall be the Produce of
Canada, or shall have been brought into the said Prot
vince by Land or Inland Navigation. 51 Geo. 3.
c. 97. § 2.

2. Upon the Importation of such Oil into any of the
said Ports, the same shall be subject and liable to the
Payment of such Duties as Goods of the like Denomina-
tion are liable to upon being imported into any of the
saidseveral Ports from Great Britain. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 3,

3. The Person exporting any Cargo from Nova Sco-
tia or New Brunswick, for any Port of Europe South
of Cape Finisterre, shall make Oath at the Port of Ship-
ment before the Chief Officer of the Customs, or before
tlie Naval Officer in Command at such Port, that the Car-
go so shipped is the Produce of the said Provinces, or of
the British Fisheries in North America, really taken and

Vessels from
British Colonies
in North
Amertct,
.irriving witit Uie
Produce thdreof ;
at IMaces in Eu- ,
ro|ie South of i
Cape FiaitterrQ,
'.nay import from
thence Oil the
Produce of
Europe..

sty's Subjects carryiiig on the said Fish-

eries from some of the said Colonies or Plantations ; and
the said Officer shall certify such Oath under his Hand ;

whicli

What Duties
liable to.

On Exportation

from Nova
Scotia or New-
Brunswick, Oath
to be made that
the Cargo is the
Produce of the
Province or of
the British
Fish^rieSy and
Certificate
thereof to be
produced.

206

)©il.

Certain Articles
may be exported
from Cnnada
without suth
Oath, on pro-
ducing a Certifi-
cate oi'the regu-
l.ir Importation
by Land or
Inland Naviga-
tion.

Oath to be made
before shipping
Pickled or Dry
Fish from
Canada, that it is
the Produce of
Ihe Britisli
Fisheries.

which Certificate shall be produced by the Master of the
Ship on board of which any such Cargo is shipped, on his
Arrival at the Port of Europe within the Lin ts aforesaid
to which such Cargo shall be consigned, or to which
such Ship shall go for the Delivery of the Cargo;
and the Master shall make Oath before the British
Consul there resident, or if there shall be no British Con-
sul, then before Two known British Merchants there re-
sident, that the Certificate so produced was the Certificatt
of the Officer of the Customs or Naval Officer whose
Name it bears, and was duly signed bv him, 51 Geo. 3.
c. 97. § *.

4. The Exporter of Wheat, Flour, Peas, Beans, Oats,
Barley, Indian Corn, Rye, White Oak Staves and Head-
ing dressed or undrchsed, Hoops, Pine Plank and
Boards, from Canada, shall not be required to make Oath
that the said Articles are the Produce of Canada ; and
the Master of the Ship, on his Arrival at any Port of
Europe within the Limits aforesaid, shall only be re-
quired to produce a Certificate from the Chief Officer of
the Customs, or the Naval Officer in Command at
Quebec, that the said Articles were the Growth of or
brought into Cnnada conformably to the Regulation-
established by L;r. in the said Province (if any), by Land
or Inland Navigation, from Countries bordering thereon:
and which Certificate such Officer of the Customs or
Naval Officer is required to grant, upon satisfactory
Proof bein<r made, upon Oath or otherwise; and the
Authenticity of such Certificate shall be sworn to, in
manner aforesaid, by the Master of such Ship, at the
Port of Delivery in Europe within the aforesaid Limits,
51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 5.

5. Before the Shipment of any Pickled Fish or Dry
Fish for Exportation from Canada to any Port of Europe
within the Limits aforesaid, the Person in whose Posses-
sion the same has contmued from the Time of its being
landed from the Fishing Vessel employed in the taking
it, until shipped ibr Exportation, shall make Oath
before the Chief Officer of the Customs, or the Naval
Officer in Command at Quebec, that the same was the
Produce of the British American Fisheries, really taken
and cured by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on the said
Fisheries froui some of the said Colonies or Plantations :
and on such Oath being taken at Quebec, the said
Officer of the Customs* or Naval Officer shall grant Cer-
tificate

mi.

tlticate thereof, si«?aed with his Hand, which Certi-
licate only the Masier of such Ship shall be required to
producvi at the Port of Delivery in Europe within the
Limits aforesaid, and shall make Oath of the Authen-
ticity of such Certificate in manner aforesaid. 51 Geo. 3.
c. 97. § 6.

6. Any Ship or Goods subject to Forfeiture under
tins Act, may be seized by any Officer of the Customs
in the said Colonie j or Plantations, or by the Commander
of any of His Majesty's Ships of War ; and the same
may be prosecuted, sued for, recovered, and divided in
the same manner and by the same Rules and Regula-
tions, as far as the same are applicable, as any other
Forfeiture imposed by any Act made for the Security
of the Revenue, or for ilie Regulation or Improvement
thereof, or for the Regulation of Trace or Navigation,
and which were in force on or immediately before the
passing of this Act, in any British Colony or Plantation
in America. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 7.

7. Before any Train Oil or Blubber imported into
'Great Britain, as being taken and caught on the Banks
and Shores of Newfoundland and Parts adjacent, wholly
i)y His Majesty's Subjects carrying on such Fishery from
that Island, shall be admitted to Entry on Payment of
the Duty payable upon such Oil or Blubber, the Master
of.the Ship in which the same shall be imported shall
deliver to the Collector or other Chief Officer of the
Customs at the Port of Importation, a Certificate under
the Hand and Seal of the Governor or Deputy Governor
of Newfoundland, or of the Collector or other Chief
Officer of the Customs of the Port or Place in New-
foundland where the Train Oil or Blubber shall have
been taken on board, or if no such Officer or Governor
or Deputy Governor shall be residing there, then a Cer-
tificate shall be produced under the Hand and Seal of
the Naval Officer or other Principal Officer of the said
Place, or of One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace
tor the District, testifying that Oath had been made
before him by the Shipper of such Oil or Blubber, that
the same was really the Produce of Fish or Creatures
living in the Sea, actually caught and taken wholly by
His Majesty's Subjects carrying on such Fishery, and
usually resldhig in the Island of Newfoundland, or in His
Majesty's European Dominions ; and the Master of the
Ship in which the Blubber or Train Oil shall be im-
ported

207

By whom Ships
and Goods may
he seized and
prosecuted.

Oath to be made
before Shipmrtit
I'rom Newfound-
land, that it is
the Produce of
Fish caught hy
His Majesty's
Subjects.

208

Oath of Identity
on Importation
into Great
Britain.

The hke Proof
to lie made as to
Oil the Produce
of Fibii -jght
in the Gulf of
Saint Lawrence,
&c.

Importation al-
lowed from
Malta or. Gib-
raltar.

ported into Great Britain, sh&ll make Oath before such
Collector or other Chief Officer at the Port of Importa-
tion, that the Blubber or Train Oil is the same as re-
ferred to in the said Certificate ; and the Importer or
Consignee of such Blubber or Train Oil shall also make
Oath before the proper Officer of the Customs, at the
Time of Entry, thai to the best of his Knowledge or
Belief the Blubber or Train Oil so imported ^vas actually
caught and taken by British Subjects usually residing in
Newfoundland, or in His Majesty's European Domi-
nions; and on Failure of such Certificate being pro-
duced, and Proof on Oath being made, such Blubber
and Train Oil shall be deemed to be of Foreign Fishintr,
and charged with the Duty imposed on such Articles of
Foreign Fishing. 55 Geo. 3. c. 135. § 1.

8. The like Duties as are now payable on Oil and
Blubber, the Produce of Fish and Creatures living in the
Sea, taken and caught on he Banks and Shores of New-
foundland and Parts adjacent wholly by Hits Majesty's
Subjects carrying on the Fishery from that Island, and re-
siding therein, shall be paid, on the Importation into Great
Bntain of Oil and Blubber the Produce of Fish or Crea-
tures living in the Sea, taken and caught in the Gulf of
Sp'nt Lawrence, or on the Shores of any British Colony
or Plantation in North America, or the Parts adjacent,
wholly by His Majesty's Subjects usually residing in any
of the said Colonies or Plantations, and carrying on such
Fishery from thence, on the hke Proofs and Certificates
as are required on the Admission of Oil and Blubber of
the Newfoundland Fishery to the Duty imposed thereon
by Law. 56 Geo. 3. c. 118.

€)« of ^lmDnD0, £)ii of Clotoes,
€)pium, anD £Dtanste muhe,

May be exported from Malta, or any of the Depen-
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, c»-
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majest/^
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British-
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. c. 4. § 1.
See Gibraltar,
Malta.

The Produce of tt»e Azores or Madeiras, may be importation
••hipped in the said Islands for Exportation direct to any allowed from
of the Porto in the British Colonies in North Americij, m^j^.-^^""
and mky be imported into the said Ports in any British-
built Ship, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 57 Geo. 3. c. 89. §1.

0vi6 moot, £)0trtc!) 5Featl)er0,
anil j&atnting0.

May be exported from Malta, or any of tlie Depen- Importation
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His '^'i^^'^'* ^^"'
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North AmericJ^ in British-
l)uilt Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Goo, 3. c. 29. § 5. 9, 51 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

Malta or
Gibraltar.

j^ainters Colours.

1. Not being the Manufacture of Great Britain or
Ireland, imported from Great Britain or Ireland into
any Colony or Plantation in America under the Domi-
nion of His Majesty, the following Duties shall be paid;
that is to say.

For every Cwt. Avoirdupois of Painters Colours, Two
Sliillings. 7 Geo. 3. c. 4G. § 1. 10 Geo. 3. c. 17. § 1.
•Jy & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

2^ The saidj Duties sliall be deemed Sterling Money
of Great Britain, and shall be recovered and paid to the
Amount of the Value which such nomhial Sums bear in
Great Britain, and received according to the Proportion
and Value of 5s. 6a. the Ounce in Silver, in the same
Manner, and by such Rules, Penalties, and Forfeitures,
as any other Duties now payable to His Majesty upon
Goods imported into the said Colonies or Plantations
HUty be paid and recovered by any Act now in tbrce ;
and all the Monies that shall arise by the said Duties
(except tlie necessary Charges of collecting, recovering,

or ;u'r'<Miiitiiin> Gm- fUr. c..irrt«\ ..Kali U-~ „„„i:„j :„ . i •

— ^ '-''o =••■ ■^^•*- ^cHTic:; csnaii Dc itppiicu Hi luaiviHg a

iiK)fe adequate Provision for the Charge of the Adminis-
tration of Justice anid the Support of Civil Government in
Hich of the saiil Colonies and Plantations where it siiall

P be

Duty on the
Importation from
Great Britain or
Ireland.

To be recovereJ
as other Duties,
and applied for
the Use of the
Colonies where
found neccssarv,
and the Residue
paid into the
Exchequer.

210

Hi» Majesty

Msy '.'}■■•;-, ~.'^*°
the Do'Lie: i'^i
the Uic of
ai! or any of tl.-'
Colonies.

Duty on tha
Importation from
Great Britain or
Ireland.

i&aintet0 Colours*

be found necessary ; and the Residue of such Duties shall
be paid into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer, aud
entered separate and apart from all other Monies payable
to His Majesty, and shall be there reserved to be disposed
of by Parliament towards defraying the necessary Ex-
pences of protecting and securing the British Colonies
and Plantations in America. 10 Geo. 3. c. 17. $4.

3. His Majesty, by any Warrant under His Sign
Manual, counter ^.i^ v. a by the High Treasurer, or any
Three oi n'Oie of the Commissioners of the Treasury,
mav cause such Monies to be applied out of the Produce
of the Duties grj^.ited by this Act, as His Majesty shall
think proper r r necessary, for defraying the Charges of
the Administration of Justice and the Support of the
Civil Government within all or any of the said Colonies
or Plantations. 10 Geo. 3. c. 17. § 5.

1. Upon the respective Sorts of Paper, Pasteboards,
Millboards, and Scaleboards hereafter mentioned, not
being the Manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland,
which shall be imported from Great Britain or- Ireland
into any Colony or Plantation in America, under the
Dominion of His Majesty, the tbllowing Duties shall be
paid ; that is to say^

For every Ream of Paper usually called or known by
the Name of Atlas Fine, 12s.

For every Ream of Paper called Atlas Ordiijiary, 6s.

For every Ream of Paper called Bastard or Double
Copy, Is. 6d.

For every single Ream of Blue Paper for Sugar-
Bakers, lO^d.

For every Ream of Paper called Blue Royal, Is. 6d.

For every Bundle of Paper containing 40 Quires, 6d.

For every Ream of Brown Cap, 9d.

For every Ream of Cartridge Paper, Is. IJd.

For every Ream of Paper called Chancery Double,
Is. 6d.

Foj- every Ream of Paper called Genoa Crown Fine,
is. l^d.

For every Ream of Paper called Genoa Crown
Second, 9d,

For. every Ream of Paper called German Crown, 9d.

For every Ream of Paper called Fine Printing
Crown, 9d.

For

i&aper;

211

For every Ream of Paper called Second Ordinary
Printing Crown, 6^d.

For every Ream of Paper called Demy Fine, 3s.

For every Ream of Paper called Demy Second, Is. 4<^d.

For every Ream of Paper called Dany Printing, Is. 3d.

For> every Ream of Paper called Genoa Demy Fine,
Is. 6d.

For every Ream of Paper called Genoa Demy Second,
Is. l^d.

For every Ream of Paper called German Demy,
Is. l^d.

For every Ream of Paper called Elephant Fine, .6s.

For every Ream of Paper called Elephant Ordinary,
2s. 5td.

For every Ream of Paper called Genoa Foolscap Fine,
Is. l^d.

For every Ream of Paper called Genoa Foolscap
Second, 9d.

For every Ream of Paper called German Foolscap, 9d,

For every Ream of Paper called Fine Printing
Foolscap, 9d.

For every Ream of Paper called Second Ordinary
Printing Foolscap, 6|d.

For every Ream of any other Paper called Foolscap
Fine, Is. 10^x1.

For every Ream of any other Paper called Foolscap
Fine Second, Is. 6d.

For every Ream of Paper called Imperial Fine, 125.

For every Ream of Paper called Second Writing
Imperial Fine, 8s. 3d.

For every Ream of Paper called German Lombard, 9d.

For every Ream of Paper called Medium Fine, 4-8. 6d.

For every Ream of Paper called Genoa Medium,
Is. lO^d.

For every Ream of Paper called Second Writing
Medium, 3s.

For every Ream of Painted Paper, 6s.

For every Ream of Pajier called Fine Large Poa,
Js. lO^d.

For every Ream of Paper called Small Post, Is. l^d.

For every Ream of Paper called Fine Genoa Pot, 6id .

For every Ream of Paper called Sfjcond Genoa Pot,
6|d.

For every Ream of other Paper called Superfine

Pot, Is. 6d

For

212

To be paid in
the same Manner
mid by such
Rules, &c. as
tlie Duty on
Painters Colours.

l&ap

For every Ream of oriier Paper called Second Fint-
Pot, Is. Ud.

For every lleam of Paper called Ordinary Pot, G|(l.
For every Ream of Paper called Super Royal lMne,9&,
For every Ream of Paper called Royal Fine, lis.
For every Ream of Paper called Fine Holland Royal,

For every Ream of Paper called Fine Holland Second,
Is. 6d.

For every Ream of Paper called Second Fine Holland
Royal, Is. 6d.

For every Ream of Paper called Ordinary Royal, &d.

For every Ream of Paper called Genoa Royal, 2s. 5|iL

For every Ream of Paper called Second Writiinr
Royal, 4s. l^d. ^

For every Ream of Paper called Second Writing
Super Royal, 6s.

For every Cwt. Avoirdupois of Pasteboards, Millboards,
and Scaleboards, 3s. 9d.

All other Paper (not being particularly rated and
charged by this Act) shall pay the several and respect-
ive Duties that are charged by this Act upon such Paper
as is nearest above in Size and Goodness lo such unrated
Paper.

A Ream of Paper chargeable by this Act, shall be
understood to consist of 20 Quires, and each Quire
of 24 Sheets. 7 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 1, 2, 3. 10 Geo. 3. c. 17.
§1- 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

2. The said Duties shall be deemed Sterling Monev
of Great Britain, and shall be recovered and paid to the
Amount of the Value which such nominal Sums bear in
Great Britain, and received according to the Proportion
and Value of 5s. 6d. the Ounce in Silver, and shall be
levied, collected, paid, and applied in the same Manner,
and by such Rules, &c. as the Duties upon Painters
Colours are levied, collected, paid, and applied.
7 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 4, 5.

I&ag0enger0.

On bo^rd Ships
clearing from
the United King-

foiindland or
Labrador,

1. Before the sailing of any Ship from any Place in
the United Kingdom to Newfoundland or the Coast of

Labrador wifll l-*ns«pnrr«vc iha IVTicf^" -^r-'l «-i-- /^. .,,■.«,..

.. ^_ ^ ..... j'ittrtvi tliivt MJtC V^mitl-

shall give Bond in ^^500, with Condition that there shall
not be taken on board any more Passengers than nrc

hei'eip-

herein-after permitted, which Bond shall be taken by and
deposited with the Collector and Comptroller or Principal
Officer of the Customs at the Port from which such Ship
shall sail ; and the Master, previous to his leaving the Port,
shall deliver to the Collector and Comptroller or Prin-
cipal Officer, a List containing the Number of the
Passengers;, with their Names, Ages, and Descriptions,
for the Purpose of being registered at such Port, together
with a Copy of the same, which Copy shall be certified
by the Officers as being correct, and sluiU be delivered to
the Master of such Ship, to be kept on board, subject
to the Inspection of any of His Majesty's Ships of War
or Vessels in the Service of the Customs or Excise ;
and upon the Arrival of such Ship at either of the said
Places, the Master shall deliver the aforesaid Copy of
the List to the Governor or other Person acting for him,
or to the Naval Officer or Chief Officer of the Customs
at the Port of Arrival, or to the nearest Justice of the
Peace, who shall examine the Passengers within 24
Hours after their Arrival; and no Passenger shall be
allowed to land until such List is compared with the
Passengers by the Governor, or Person acting for him,
oY some Person authorized by either of them for that
Purpose. 56 Geo. 3. c. 83. § 1.

2. If the Master shall take on board, or if the Owners
shall engage to take on board, more Persons than the
Number allowed, they shall forfeit .it 10 for each Person.
56 Geo. 3. c. 83. § 2.

3.^ Ships from any Place in the United Kingdom, or
from Guernsey and Jersey, shall not carry to any Part of
Newfoundland or Coast of Labrador, a greater Number
of Passengers than in the following Proportion ; that is
to say, any British Ship having a Second Deck may take
Passengers at the Rate of One for every unoccupied
Space being Six Feet in Length by Two Feet in Breadth,
and being of the full perpendicular Height oetween the
Two Decks ; or any British Ship which shall have only
One Deck over her Hold, may take Passengers at the
Rate of One for every Space between the Cargo stowed
in the Hold and the Deck, being Six Feet in Length
and Two Feet in Breadth, and being the Height of Five
Feet perpendicular above the Cargo ; and being indepen-
dent in either Case of the Space which may be requisite
for the Stowage of the Water and Provisions and Bag-
gage of the Passengers ; and the full Space before mcn-

P 3 tioned

213

not to he lindc'i
until a I.ist is
delivcreil.

Passengers not
to land until
List examined.

Pena ty for
taking a ^rerrter
Number than
allowed.

What Number
may be carried
in Proportion to
the Tonnage.

214

To iit fupi'lieJ
(vitil u certaiii
(Quantity of
\\'nu'r .iiici Pro-

\WiK.l\b.

Not giving out
t!ie AHoujiice.

An Abstract of
the Attto be
exposed in the
hhip.

Taking Pas-
sengers from
Newfoundland
or LabradcT, lo
conform to the
like RegulcUions.

Quantity of
VV.iter and Pro-
visions on the
Return from
Newfoundland
ind Labrador.

tioncd shall accordingly ho allottt^d for the Accommo-
dation of each Piissenger taken on board. .W Geo. 3.
c. 83. § 3.

4. Every 8hip shall be furnished at the Time of her
Departure with at least Ten Weeks Supply of Water, so
as to supply Five Pints per Uiiy foi- every Passenger,
exclusive of the Crew ; and the Water shall be stowed
below the Deck; and every Ship shall also be furnished
with such a Supply of Provisions as will afford an Allow-
ance for every Passenger, exclusive of the Crew, during
Ten Weeks, of lib. of Eread or liiscuit, and lib. of
Beef, or Three Quarters of a Pound of Pork, per Day ;
and also 2lbs. of p^lour, 3lbs. of Oatmeal, or Slbs. of
P-as or Pearl Barley, and Half a Pound of Butter,
Weekly ; the Weekly Allowance to commence on the
Day the Ship })uts to Sea. 56 Geo. 3. c. 83. § 4.

5. The Master of any Ship failing to give out the Al-
lowance of Provisions and Water before specified, shall
forfeit £10 for every Neglect. 56 Geo. 3. c. 83. § 5.

6. An Abstract of this Act, stating the Number of
Passengers allowed to be taken, anil the Daily and
Weekly Allowance of Water and Provisions, shall be ex-
posed in some conspicuous Part of the Ship, to which
the Passengers have Recourse; in Failure of which the
Master shall forfeit jfilO. 56 Geo. 3. c. 83. § 6.

7. The Master of any Ship engaging to take on board
Passengers from Newfoundland or die Coast of Labrador,
for the Purpose of returning from thence to the United
Kingdom, shall conform to the Regulations before
enacted, as to the Number of Passengers which it "shall
be lawful for him to take, and shall be liable to the like
Penalties for any Breach of such Regulations, as with
respect to Ships proceeding from the United Kingdom
to Newfoundland- or the Coast of Labrador. 56 Geo. 3
c. 83. § 7.

8. Every such Ship returning from Newfoundland or the
Coast of Labrador to any Place of the United Kingdom
with Passengers, shall be furnished at the Time of her
Departure with at least Seven Weeks Supply of Water,
so as to supply Five Pints per Day for every Passenger,
exclusive of the Crew, and the Water shall be stowed
below the Deck ; and every such Ship shall also be fur-
lu,-u^.^^ rrKu oii^ii n ouppiy oi iTovisions as wijl aitorU the
saane Allowances before mentioned (See No. 4.) for every
Passenger, exclusive of the Crew. 56 Geo. 3. c. 83. § 8.

lo 9. The

I&a«8enger8,

9. The Master or Person Imvhig Command of any
Ship failing to give out tlie AHowance of Provisions and
Water before specified, shall forfeit £\0 for every
Neglect. 56 Geo. 3. c. 83. §9.

10. Penalties and Forfeitures may be recovered m a
summary Way, on the Oath of One Witness, before any
One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace of any County,
City, Riding, Shire, or Place in the United Kingdom,
where such Ship shall depart from or come to, or in a sum-
mary Way in any Surrogate Court of Session haying Juris-
diction in Newfoundland ; and such last-mentioned Pe-
nalties and Forfeitures as shall be recovered in Newfound-
land, shall be paid to the Governor, or other Person
acting for him, or some Person authorized by either of
them for that Purpose, to be applied under the Direction
of such Governor, &c. in defraying the Passage home of
such Persons as ought to be sent to that Country to which
they belong. 56 Geo. 3. c. 83. § 10.

1 1. But not to extend to the Conveyance of any Persons
on board of any such Ship, whether Fishermen, Young-
sters, or others, being hired Servants, to be employed
on the Establishment of their Masters or Hirers ni the
Prosecution of the Fisheries carried on from Newfound-
land or the Coast of Labro<lor. 56 Geo. 3. c 83. §11-

12. No Ship shall sail with Passengers from any Place
in the United Kingdom, to any Place in Upper or Lower
Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape Breton,
or Prince Fidward's Island, unlaes the Master and the
Owner or Owners shall before the sailing enter into Bond
to His Majesty, in j£500, with Condition that there shall
not be taken on board any more Passengers than are
herein-after allowed, and that every Passenger, if alive,
shall be landed at the Place to which such Passenger
shall have contracted to be conveyed ; which Bond shall
be taken by and deposited with the Collector and Comp-
troller or other Principal Officer of the Customs at the
Port from which such Ship shall sail ; and the Master,
previous to his leaving the Port, shall deliver to the Col-
lector and Comptroller or other Principal Officer of the
Customs, a List containing the Number of the Passen-
gers, with their Names, Ages, and Descriptions, and
the Places to which they are to be conveyed, for the

urpose oi uciiig rcgistcicU at suvn i ••. ., ...g — , — -

Copy of the same, which Copy shall be certified by the
said Officer as being correct, and delivered to the Master,

P4 to

5il5

Nut giving one
the Allowance.

How FeiiakciM
and Forfeiture
to be recovered
and applied.

Not to extend
to Servants in
the Fisheries.

On board Ships
clearing from the
United Kingdom
for Canada^ lee
not to be landed
until a List is
delivered.

21H

Penalty for
taking a greater
Ntimlier than
allou'cd.

Whnt Number
may be carried
in Proportion to
the Tonniige,

To he supplied
with a certain
Quantity of
Water and
Provisions.

H^aestnstxB.

to be by him kept on board tl,e Ship, suhit'cl to the In
spcction of any of His Majesty's Ships o*' War, or Ves-
sels m the Service of the Customs or Excise; knd upon
the Arrival of such Ship at either of the aforesaid Colo-
mes the Master shall deliver the Copy of the List to

nL.r^'rT-T.?^''°" ^^'^"8 for him, or to the Naval
Officer or Chief Officer of the Customs at the Port of
Arrival, or to the nearest Justice of the Peace, who shall
examine the Passengers within 24 Hours after their
Arrival ; and no Passenger shall be allowed to land until
such List IS compared with the Passengers by the Gover-
hv'.r' ^ f ««" «c\^%' fo'- him, or some Person authorizeil
^, o "r/V' ^^''^ Purpose. 57 Geo. 3. c. 10. S 2.

3. If the Master of such Ship shall take on board, or
It the Owners shall engage to take on board, more Per-
sons than the Number allowed, they shall forfeit ^50 for
each Person. 57 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 3.

14. Ships from any Place in the United Kingdom, or
from Guernsey and Jersey, shall not carry to ai.v Place
ni Upper or Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New'Bruns-
wick Cape Breton, or Prince Edward's Island, a greater
Number of Passengers than in the Proportion of One adult
Person, or of Three Children under Fourteen Years of
Age, for every One Ton and a Half of the Burthen, as
^hin ;i/? '^^ Certificate of Registry; and if any such
Ship shall be partly laden with Goods, then the Master
shall not receive or take on board a greater Number of
Persons than m the Proportion of One adult Person, or
Ihree Chddren under Fourteen Years of Age, for
every One Ton and a Half of that Part remaining un-
laden. 57 Geo. 3. c. 10. §4. ^

15. Every such Ship shall be furnished, at the Time
ofherDeiiarture, with at least Twelve Weeks Supply
ot Water, so as to supply Five Pints of Water per Day
for every such Passenger, exclusive of the Crew, to be
Stowed below the Deck ; and shall be furnished with such
a Supply ot Provisions as will afford an Allowance for
every Passenger, exclusive of the Crew, during the .said

T?i l-n'^'?^^f^^^' ^^l^"^- '^f Bread or Biscuit,
and lib. of Beef or Three Quarters of a Pound of Pork

per- Day; and also 2 lbs. of Flour, 3 lbs. of Oatmeal, or
3 lbs. oi Peas or Pearl Barley, and Half a Pound of

to comiiiciicc on

Butter, weekly : the weekly
the Day the V'essel

All

vrrraiivc

puts to Sea. 57 Geo. 3. c. 10. §5

16. The

j[&a«0enfiets.

217

16. The Master of any Ship failing to give out the
Allowance of Provisions and Water berore specifiecl^ shall
forfeit j€10 for every such Neglect. 57 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 6.

17. An Abstract of this Act, statinjr the Number of
Passengers allowed to be taketi, and the daily and weekly
Allrtwance of Water and Provisions, shall be exposed in
some conspicuous Part of the Ship, to whirh the Passen-
gers have Recourse; in Failure of which the Master shall
forfeit jfilO. 57 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 7.

18. Penalties and Forfeitures may be recovered
summary Way, on the Oath of One Witness, before any
One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace of any
County, City, Riding, Shire, or Place in the United
Kingdom, where such Vessel shall depart from or come
to, or in a summary Way in any Court of Session having
Jurisdiction in the Port or Place at which such Ship shall
arrive ; and One Moiety of such Penalty shall be applied
to the Use of His Majesty, and the other Moiety to
the Use of such Person as shall first sue for the same.
57 Geo. 3. c. 10. §8.

19. But not to affect any Law or Custom now in force
in the United Kingdom, for the Restriction or Regula-
tion of Artificers and others from or in going or passing
from the said Kingdom to Parts beyond Sea, or to re-
gulate the SlJps conveying such Artificers, or the Mas-
ters of such Ships ; but that such Laws and Customs
shall remain in force as if tliis Act had not been made.
57 Geo. 3. c. 10. §9.

Not giving out
the Allowance.

All Abstract of
the Act to be
exposed in the
Ship.

m a How Penalties
and ForfciturtK
to be recovered
and disposed of.

Not to affect
Ships taking
Artilicers.

i&earis,

May be exported from Malta, or any of the Depen- importation

dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British-
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. §5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4-. J J .
See GiBRALT/it.
Malta.

allowed from
Malta or Gib-
raltar.

pt^^* See " Corn.'"

'18

ptnaitite.

K- in .• to
1 1 iJe or
Rck'enue, liow
to be rucdvcred
and divided.

To he deemed
Sterling Money.

May he miti-
gated or remitted
by the Treasury.

Upon such
Terms and Con-
ditions 38 tiiey
miiy think fit.

Importation
allowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

1. All Penalties incuiTed in the British Colonics or
Plantationy in America, antler any Law relative to Trade
or Revenue, shall be sued for and recovered in any Court
of Hocord or of Vice Admiralty having Jurisdiction in
the Colony or Plantation wher(- the Cause of Prosecution
arises ; and iji Cases where there shall happen to be no
such Courts, then in any Court of Record or of Vice
Adjiiiralty having Jurisdiction in some British Colony or
Plantation near to that where the Cause of Prosecution
arises, and (the necessary Charges for the Recovery thereof
being first deducted) shall be divided, One Moiety to His
Majesty, and the other Moiety to the Prosecutor. 4 Geo.S.
c. 15. §40. 49 Geo. 3. c. 107. § 1.

2. Money imposed as Penaltit'S by any Act of Par-
liament relating to the Customs, which shall be incurred
or recovered in any of, the British Colonies or Plant-
ations in America, sliall be deemed to be Sterling Money
of Great Britain, and shall be paid to the Amount of the
Value which such nominal Sums bear in Great Britain,
and shall be taken according to the Proportion and
Value of 5s.6d. the Ounce in Silver. 4Geo.3. c. 15. §41.

3. The Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three
or more of them, may mitigate or remit any Penalty
which shall have been incurred, or any Part of any such
Penalty, under any Law relating to the Trade and Navi-
gation of this Kingdom. 54 Geo. 3. c. 1 7 1 . § 1 .

4. In any Ca^e wherein the said Commissioners of the
Treasury shall exercise the Powers hereby vested in
them, such Penalties, or any Part thereof; shall be re-
mitted or mitigated in such Manner, and upon such
Terms and Conditions, as to Costs or otherwise, as under
the Circumstances of the Case the said Commissioners
shall think fit to direct; and no Person shall be entitled
to the Benefit of any such Order, unless the Terms and
Conditions shall be complied with. 54 Geo. 3. c. 1 7 1 . § 2.

muts.

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depend-
encies thereof; or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Planr^vtions in North America, in British-
built Shins, owned nnvifrnt*»rJ an^l irrk^ict^^^A ^^„^^A{no

to Law. 55 Geo. 5. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.

See GiBlALTAR.

Malta.

\Hmtntn,

1. Of the Production or Manufacture of the British
Plantations in America, shall not be shii)pe(l or conveyed
from liny of the said Plantations to any Place, unless to
some other IMantation belonging to Ilis Majesty, or to
Great Britain or Ireland. 12Car.2. c. 18. §18. 40eo.3.
C.15. §27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. §3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67.
Art. 6. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. §''. 8.

For the Restrictions, Penalties, and Forleitures to
secure the landing in the Plantations, or in Great
Britain or Ireland,

See Ashes, Pot and Pearl.

2. There shall be paid nnto His Majesty, for every
Pound Weight Avoirdupois of Brjtish Pirn nto which
shall be imported into any British Colony ''> 'antation
in America, One Halfpenny, (except only such British
Pimento as shall be warehoused imder the Regulations
and Restrictions herein-after mentioned) ; and such Duty
shall be deemed and taken to be Sterling Money of Great
Britain, and be received to the Amount of the Value
which such nominal Sums bear in Great Britain, and
may be taken according to the Proportion and Value
of 5s. 6d. the Ounce in Silver 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 4-. 12.

3. The Duty shall be collected, paid, and recovered
in the same Manner antl Form, and by such Rules,
Ways, and Means, and under suth Penalties and For-
feitures, as any other Duties now payable to His Ma-
jesty upon Goods imported into the said Colonies or
Plantations are or may be collected, &c. by any Act now
in force, as elFectually as if the Clauses relating thereto
wore particularly repeated and again enacted in this
Act; and all the Monies that shall arise by the said
Duties (except the necessary Charges of collecting, levy-
ing, recovering, i)aying, and accounting for the same)
shall be paid into the Receipt of His Majesty's Ex-
chequer, entered separate and apart from all other
Monies paid or payable to His Majesty, and shall be
there reserved to be disposed of by Parliament towards
defraying the necessary Expences of protecting and se-
curing the British Colonies and Plantatioas in America.
6 Geo. 3. c. 52. §12.

*. Provided that no Duty shall be paid for any British
Pimento which shall be imported or brought into any
Biiiish Colony or Plantation in America, if upon landing
t!ieroof it is immediately deposited in Warehouses pro-
vided

2U)

Not to be ex -
)«irted, uiilris to
■iomc other
I'lant.uioii, or
(treat Britain
or Irclntid.

Duty upon Im-
portation of
British Piinjnto.

How to be col-
lected,recovered,

and appropriated.

If warehoiispd
for Exportation
to Great Britain
or iifcianJ, or
some other
Britibli C'jioDy,

220

tliC Duty not
to be charged.

Not exported or
Duty paid, the
Goods may be
sold.

M.'iy be ex •
ported to the
United States.

If Bond required
when exported
to a British
Colony, Bond
to be required
iy(\ Exportation
to the United
States.

vided at the sole Expence of the Importer or Proj)rietor
of such Pimento, with the Privity and Approbation and
under the Care and Inspection of the Collector and
Comptroller or other Principal Officer of the Customs at
the 1 ort or Place where the Pimento chall be imported,
aiid shall be secured under the separate Locks of such
Officers and the Proprietor, and within the Space of
1 welve Calendar Months from the Landing and Ware-
housing the same, be shipped directly from thence for
Exportation, either to Great Britain, Ireland, or to some
other British Colony or Plantation in America, under
the like Securities and Restrictions as are required by
Law for the same. 6 Geo. 3. c.52. § 15. 39 & 40 Geo. 3.
c. 67. Art. 6.

5. If the Importer or Proprietor of any Pimento warc^
housed as aforesaid, shall not pay the Duty, nor export
the Goods within Twelve Calendar Months, the Col-
lector and Comptroller, or other Principal Officer of the
Customs at the Port or Place where such Goods shall be
secured, may cause the same to be publicly sold to the
best Advantage; and the Money arising by such Sale
shall be in the first Place applied in Discharge of the
Duties, and the Char- -s attending such Sale, and the
Surplus (if any) shall e paid to the Importer or Pro-
prietor who landed aiu. warehoused such Pimento, or to
such other Person as shall be duly authorized to receive
the same. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 17.

6. May be exported from the West India Islands to
the Territories of the United States of America by Bri-
tish Subjects and in British-built Ships, owned by Mis
Majesty's Subjects, and navigattnl accordino- to Law.
28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 3.

7. Where, on Exportation of any Goods to any Bri-
tish Colony or Plantation in America, a Bond 'is re-
quired for the due landing such Goods, and a Certificate
IS required to discharge such Bond *, a similar Bond shall
be required on Exportation to the United States ; and
such Bond shall be discharged upon Cei'tifiiate under
the Hand and Seal of the British Consul or Vice Consul,
or m case there shall not be an- such Consul or Vice
Consul, then under the Hand and Seal of any Officer
who may be ai)pointetl by the United States for the Pui-

* A Bond is so required on the Exportation of Pimento. See
No. I . 'J

pohc

iHmtnto.

221

jiose of granting such Certificate ; and if there shall not
1)0 any Officer appointed, then such Bond shall be dis-
charged upon a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of
any Magistrate of the United States, certifying that there
is no such Officer at the Port or Place where such Goods
shall be landed, and that Oath hath been made before
such Magistrate by the Master of the Ship that the
Goods were duly landed. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 4.

8. The Growth and Produce of any of His Majesty's Exportation ai-
Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, may be shipped ^"'"^^ ^° ^'^''^
and exported direct to the Island of Malta or the De-
pendencies thereof, or to Gibraltar, in such Ships or
Vessels, and under such Licences, Entries, Securities,
Regulations, Penalties, and Forfeitures, as are herein
particularly mentioned. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 1. 57 Geo. 3.
c. 4.

See Gibraltar.
Malta.

or Gibraltar.

I^i0taccio il?uts.

May be exported from Malta or any of the Dependen- Importaticn
cies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His 'jyi^Jj^ ^^°"^
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or Gibraltar.
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British-
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

i&ttct), %ax, anD Xurpeiitme.

1. Of the Production or Manufacture of the British Not to be ex-
Plantations in America, shall not.be shipped or con- |['omeother"^'
veyed from any of the said Plantations to any Place, Plantation, or
unless to some other Plantation belonging to His Ma- ^''^^"^ Britain or
jcsty, or to Great Britain or Ireland. 12 Car. 2. c 18. '^^''" ' '
§ 18, 19. 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. § 11. 7 & 8 W. 3.
c. 22. § 13. 8 Ann. c. 13. § 23. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15.
§24.27. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. §6. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67- Art. 6. 56 Geo. 3. c.91. § 4. 8.
For the Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures to
secure the x^anuing m tuc x lantations, or in Great
Britain or Ireland,

Sec Ashes, Pot a.nd Pearl.

2. The

■22'2

l?ttcl), Car, anD Xurpentine.

May be im-
ported from
United States
into the West

ilonies
Guiana iiiBiitibii
Vessels ;

and into Ber-
muda in Foreign
Vessels.

2. The Production or Manufacture of any of the Ter-
ritories of tlie United States of America, may be im-
ported from any of the said Territories into any of His

Coionieti"?' ""^ Majesty's West India Islands (in which Description the
o onies m Bahama Islands and the Bermuda or Somers Islands are

included), or into the Colonies of Demerara, Berbice,
or Esse<:]uibo in the Province of Guiana ; but not to be
so imported except by British Subjects, and in British-
built Ships, owned by His Majesty's Subjects, and navi-
gated according to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and the
Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 1, 2. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. §.1.

3. The Production or Manufacture of the said Terri-
tories, may be imported from thence into St. George or
Hamilton, in the Island of Berniuda, in any Foreign
Vessel belonging to any Country in Aniity with His Ma-
jesty, and exported from the said Ports to any of His
Majesty's Islands or Dominions in the West Indies, in
British-built Vessels, owned and navigated according to
Law, 52 Geo. 3. c. 79. § 2, 3. 53 Geo. 3. c. 50. § 1.

4. Not to be, imported into His Majesty's West India
Islands (including the Bahama and Bermuda or Somers
Islands), or into the Colonies of Demerara, Berbice, or
Essequibo, from any Island in the West Indies, or Colony
or Plantations on the Continent of South America, under
tlie Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign or
State, on Forfeiture thereof and the Ship. 28 Geo. 3.
c. 6. §10. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38. § 1. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1.

5. In case of public Emergency or Distress, the Go-
vernors, Lieutenant Governors, or Connnmiders in Chief
of any of the Islands hi the West Indies under the Domi-
nion of His Majesty, or the (jovernors, &c. of the said
Colonics of Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo, with the
Advice and Consent of their respective Councils, nisiy
authorize the Importation of Pitch, Tar, and Turpen-
tine, tor a limited Time, from any Island in the West
Indies, or Colony or Plantation on the Continent ol'
South America, belonging to or under the Dominion of
any Foreign European Sovereign or State, for the Supply
of the Inhabitants of the said Islands and Colonies re-
spectively ; but not to be so imported except by British
Subjects, and in British-built Ships, owned by His Ma-
jesty's Subjects, and navigated according to Law, on For-
feiture thereof and the Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. §11-
31 Geo. 3. c. 38. §2. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1.

6. D'uing

Not to be im-
ported from
Colonies under
European
Sovereigns ;

e)cce|it in case
of Distress, tor
tjie Supply of
the Inhabitants ;

I&tttt), SCar, ana 3Curpentfne.

6. During the Continuance of the Treaty with Por-
tugal, any Person may irfiport into any of the said West
India Islands (including the Bahama and Bermuda or
Somers Islands), or Colonies of Demerara, Berbice, or
Essequibo, Pitch, Tar, and Turpentine, being the Pro-
duction or Manufacture of some of the Territories or
Dominions belonging to the Crown of Portugal in South
America; such Pitch, &c. being imported into the said
Islands or Colonies direct from the said Territories or
Dominions, in British-built Ships, owned, navigated, and
registered according to Law. 51 Geo. 3. c. 47. § 5.
56 Geo. 3. c. 91. ' '

7. In case any Pitch, Tar, or Tuipentine, which shall
have been imported from any Island in the West Indies,
or Golony on the Continent of South America, under the
Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State,
into any of His Majesty's West India Islands, or Colonies
of Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo, for the Supply of the
Inhabitants, (See No. 5.) shall be exported from any of
the said Islands or Colonies, or put on board any Vessel
or Boat, or brought to any Quay with Intent to be so
exported, the same shall be forfeited, as also the Ship or
Boat in which laden ; and before shipping any Pitch, Tar,
and Turpentine, that may lawfully be exported from any
such Island or Colony, the Exporter shall make Oath be-
fore the Collector of the Customs, that no Part thereof had
been so imported, under such Authority as aforesaid, from
any Island in the West Indies, or Colony on the Continent
of South America, under the Dominion of any Foreign
European Sovereign or State. 29 Geo. 3. c. 56. § 1, 2.
31 Geo. 3. c. 38. § 3, 4. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1.

8. If any Person shall be convicted of taking a false
Oath, touching any of the Facts requifed to be J^estified
on Oath, such Person shall be deemed guilty of Perjury,
and be liable to the Pains and Penalties to which Per-
sons are liable for wilfiil and corrupt Perjury, and may
be prosecuted in any Court of Record in Great Britain,
or in any of His Majesty's Courts of Judicature in the
West Indies. 29 Geo. 3. c.56. §3. 31 Geo. 3. c.38. §5.

9. Goods and Vessels forfeited by these Acts may be
seized by the Commanders of any of His Majesty's Ships
or Vessels of War, or by any Commissioned, Warrant,
or Petty Ofuccr specially authorized by them, or by any
Officer of Hig Majesty's Customs. 28 Geo. 3. c.6. § 16.
29 Geo. 3. c.56. §*. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38. 56 Geo 3. c.91.

10. Of

223

anJ from the

Portuguese

Colonics.

Having been
imported for
Supply of In-
liabitaiits, not to
be exported ; and
Oath to be taken
before shipping
Articles of thr
like Dcnotnir.r..
tion.

False Oat! I J
deemed Perjuiy

By whom CJoodi
und Vessels may
be seized.

224

May be im-
ported into Nova
Scotia or New
Bruilswick in
British Ships ;

and into Ports
to be approved
by His Majesty
in the said Pro-
vinces in Ships
of States in
Amity ;

under such
Rules as His
Majesty shall
think fit.

Limitation of
the Act.

A Free Port.

i^ttcl), %av, am STurpetittne.

10. Of the Production or Manufacture of any of the Ter-
ritories of the United States of America, may be imported
from thence into the Provinces of Nova Scotia or New
Brunswick, by British Subjects and in British-built Ships,
owned by His Majesty's Subjects and navigated accord-
ing to Law. 33 Geo. 3. c. 50. § U.

11. Any British-built Vessel owned and navigated
according to Law, or any Vessel belonging to the Sub-
jects of any Sovereign or State in Amity with His Ma-
jesty, may import Pitch, Tar, and Turpentine into such
Port§ as shall be specially appointed by His Majesty,
with the Advice of His Privy Council, for that Purpose,
within the Provinces of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick;
provided that the said Articles shall not be imported in
Foreign Vessels, unless of the Growth or Produce of the
Country to which the Vessel importing the same shall
belong ; and any of the said Articles may be re-exported,
either to the United Kingdom or any other of His Ma-
jesty's Possessions, in any British-built Vessel owned
and navigated according to Law. 51: Geo. 3. c. 19.
§ 1, 2, 3.

12. His Majesty, with the Advice of His Privy Coun-
cil, may make such Rules and Regulations for the Import-
ation and Exportation of the said Articles at the said
Ports, with such Penalties and Forfeitures for the Breach
thereof, as shall seem fit and necessary to His Majesty,
by and with the Advice aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 6.

1 3. This Act shall continue in force for the Space of
Three Years from and after the passing of the sai^*,
and until Six Weeks after the Commencement of the then
next Session of Parliament. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 7.

pine Xoton,

In Crooked Island, one of the Free Ports for the
Importation and Exportation of certain Articles in Fo-
reign Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
See Free Ports.

J0orto iRtco*

impttc7S.u' 4">' P^»'««" '"'^y .import, in British-built Ships, owned,
navigated, and recistered according to Law. into the

tlieii

*8th May 1818.

Islands

i&orto IRico*

225

Islands under the Dominion of His Majesty in the West
Indies, from Porto Rico, certain Species of Timber, the
Growth or Production thereof. 33 Geo. 3. c. 50. ^13.
See Wood.

I&ortuguese Colonies*

Certain Articles which may be imported into His Ma- ^'^''^.^^^^j ^^
jesty's West India Islands, and the Colonies of Demerai'a, iJ^^oruii from
Berbice, and Essequibo, from the United States, in thence as from
British-built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered ^'j^^^"'"'*
according to Law, may also be imported into the saicF
Islands and Colonies from any of the Territories or
Dominions belonging to the Crown of Portugal in South
America. 51 Geo. 3. c. 47. § 5. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1.
See United States.

i&OUltrp. See " Live Stock."

i&0550lona.

May be imported from Malta or any of the Dependen- [mportation
ties thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His Ma- allowed from
jesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or to ^^rak°n
Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colo-
nies or Plantations in North America, in Bfitish-built
Ships, owned, navigated, and registered accordingto Law,
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. §5. 9. 57Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

precious ^tom&,

1. Maybe imported from any of the Colonies or Maybeim
Plantations in America, or from any Country on the ""'""' '"'"
Continent of America, belonging to or under the Domi-
nion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State, into
the Free Ports, in any Foreign Vessel, being owned and
navigated by Persons inhabiting any of the said Colonies,
Plantations, or Countries. 45 Geo. 3. c 57. 49 Geo. 3.
c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.

See Free Ports.

2. May be exported from Malta or any of tlie Depen- ^^^^^
dencies thereof; or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His ^"J^^'
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or Gibraltar

Q to

ported into the
Free Ports in
Foreign Vessels.

Iniportitian
allowed from
or

226

Wiiicifrotii ihe
M.)(Jeiras or
V\'eticni IsLmds

Cioods llL'tt'SS.IlV

l'<'i ihc I'islieiv.'

Hoiiiiits from
'lie Isle of Man

Tools and Iinple
merits for the
I'lsheries from

tiieiM ■<.

.'ipiritb may lie
exported to
Lov,-i.r Canada
on tho same
Duty as from
Sugar Colonies,

May be ini
ported from
Bermuda on the
S^ine Conditions
ai if direct from
Sugar Colonies.

to Newfbaodland, Bermuda, or any of His MUiostv'.
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in Briti.l,.
Huilt Ships, owned, navigated, and registered accordiii'.
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. ""

See GiBUALTAR.

Malta.

i&riuee CDtoarb'^ 3)slanb.

, 1 . Wines of the Madeiras, or of the Western Islaiuj.
or Azores, maybe there laden for Exportation to any oi
'the British Colonies or Plantations. 15 Car. 2. c. 7.*§7.
n ^' w".^f '^ ^^ ""^ necessary for the Fishery in tiie
British Colonies m America, may be exported to Colonies
where such Fishery is carried on, direct from Gucrnsev
or Jersey. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 1, 2.
See Guernsey. ^

Jersey;
3. Hearings cured in the Isle of Man may be
exported from thence to any of tlie British Colonics or
Plantations, in the same Manner as Victuals from lie.
land. 12 Geo. 3. c. 58. §4.
See Man.
- 4. Tools and implements necessary Ibr the Fisheiies
in the British Colonies, may be exported direct to the
said Colonies from the Isle of Man. 1 5 Geo. 3. c. 3 1 S j
S^^Ma . '^ ■

5. Spirits, the Produce or Manufacture of His Ma-
jesty's Sugar Colonies in the West Indies, legally im-
ported into Prince Edward's Island from the said Sugar
Colonies, or from Bermuda, may be exported from the
said Island to Lower Canada, and admitted to Entry on
Paynient of the same Duty as if imported directly from
any of the said Sugar Colonies. 51 Geo. 3. c. 48. § i.
See Spirits.
6. Spirits, the Produce or Manufacture of His Ma-
jesty's Sugar Colonies in the West Indies, imported
direct into Bermuda from the said Colonies, may be«el-
ported from Bermuda to Prince Edward's IsL-nd, and
admitted to Entry on Payment of the same Duty as it
imported direct from the said Sugar Colonies; and under
the Conditions of 28 Geo. 3. c. 39. may be imported into
t..e said Island wjihout Fayrneiit of LJutv, in the same
manner as if imported directly from any of the said Sugar
Colonies. 51 Geo. 3. c. 62. § I, f>.
See Spirits.

7. Fruit.

i&rince (!5l5tDar6'6 3^1^1(6.

227

7 Fruit, Wine, Oil, Salt, or Cork, the Produce of
Europe South of Cape Finistene, may be hiden in any
Port or Place of Europe within the said Lnnits, tor ILX-
portation direct to Charlotte Town in Prince Edward s
Island, on board any British Ship, owned, navigated,
and registered according to Law, which shall have ar-
rived at any Port or Place of Europe with Articles the
Produce of 'the said Colonies, or with Fish taken and
cured by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on the F'^henes
from any of the said Colonies, or trom any Part ot the
United Kingdom, .or with any of the Goods mentioned
in this Act, ^rom Canada, whether the Produce of Ca-
nada or brought into the Province by Land or Inland
Navigation. 51 Ceo. 3. c. 97. §2.
See Cork.
Fruit.
Oil.
Salt.

Wine. ,

8. Any British-buih Ship, navigated and registered
according to Law, may load at Malta or any of the
Bepende^icies ther'eof, m- at C^ibraltar, any of the Articles
enumerated in the Schedule (B.) annexed to -^5 Geo- ^
c 29. for Exportation direct to any ot His Majesty s
Colonies or Plantations in North America. 55 Ueo. ,i.
c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.

Malta. ,.- ^ r

9 Any Article the Production or Manufacture ot any
of His Maiestv's Colonies or Plantations m North
America, or any Article which has been legally imported
into such Colonies or Plantations, may be exported from
thence direct to Malta or the Dependencies thereo , or
to Gibraltar, in British-built Ships navigated and re-
gistered ticcording to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 8.

57 Geo. 3. C.4.

See Gibraltar.

Malta. , .. , .

10. Oranges and Lemons, the Growth ot the Azores

or Madeiras, may be there laden for Exportation direct

to any of the British Colonies or Plantations m No th

America, on board any British Ship naviga e<l and le-

- ' ■.. . T r-.ir rinn 'i I'. 80,

gistered accoriling u) Luw. ^< viit< ~-

Fruit, Wine,
Oil, Salt, or
Cork, mav be
imported from
Ports of Europe
South of Cape
Finisterre.

Certain Articles
may be imported
from Malta or
Gibraltar.

Certain Articles
may be exported
to Malta or
Gibraltar.

Oranges and
Lemons may be
imported from
the Azores or
Madeiras.

Q >

228

Importatijii
allowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

i&rtnt«.

Bread, Biscuit,
and Potatoes may
be exported from
the United
€tates into the
West India
Islands and Colo*
nies in Guiana,
in British Ships j

and into Ber-
muda in Foreign
Ships, and ex-
ported by
Britisli.

Not to be im-
ported from
Colonies under
Foreign Eu-
ropean Sove-
reigns;

except in case
of Distress, for
the Supply <rf
the Inhabitaiits,

May be exported from Malta or any of the Denenden
cjes thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any ^of His
Majesty s Sugar Colonies or Plantations in AmUca or
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of Hk Sty^
Co lomes or Plantations in North America, in fiSi
Unit Ships owned navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. ^
oee Gibraltar.
Malta.

nf ti. ^'^^^' ^i^^"'t' a"d Potatoes, the Production of any
of the Territories of the United States of America, maV

m^^ "f^^'Tr ""? ""I'^' said Territories into any of

th^ fcf ^t ^"^''^i ^^'""^^ ("^ "^'^^ Descriptbn
the Bahama and Bermuda or Somers Islands are in-
duded), or into Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo in the
Province of Guiana; but the said Articles shlll not be so

b'rShin r"^' ""/ British Subjects and in British!
built Ships, owned and navigated according to Law
on Forfeiture thereof and of the Ship ^ Geo 5
c. 6. § 1, 2. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1.

«.;h*t?''^!'^'-^''''"'^'^"'^ Potatoes, the Production of the

SeorleTH''' T^ ^' li^^'^'l^ ^^°"^ ^^'^"^^ ^"^o Saint

George or Hamilton in Bermuda, in any Foreign Vessel

belongmg to any Country in Amity with His Majestv

and exported from the said Ports to any of His mSv^s

buSfshL''""T^ ? ^'^.^^^^ Indies^'L bSi-
Kor T' T"^ """"^ navigated according to Law.

« X?- i ""• ?^-J ^' ^- ^3 CJeo. 3. C.50. §1.
^ . ^° ?r^'^' ^'''^"'*' ^'* Potatoes shall be imported

film^ ^TT ^"^ ^"^'^ ^^^-^« (including Uic
Bahama and Bermuda or Somers Islands), or"^ into
Dernerar^ Berbice, or Essequibo, fi-om any Isknd in the

JsouJh rS ""' ^^^T or Plantation on'the Continent
ot South America, under the Dominion of any Foreign
European Sovereign or State, on Forfeiture thLof aS
of the Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. « 1 0. 3 1 Geo 3 c ss ^ i
56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1. ^ ^^- ^ ^•

4. In case of public Emergency or Distress tho

fi'lZ:? tt'^T^^'r-^"^!' ^^' cLmanderslnChtf
^.TL^l %' '.V^ lt"^« ^" *h« West Indies under the
fil'Zn""" n V'' ''^'y!!'^^' or tfie Governors, &c. of
Demerara, Beib.ce, or Essequibo, with the Advice and

Consent

0rototeionis.

Consent of their respective Councils, may authorize the
Importation of Bread, Biscuit, and Potatoes, for a limited
Time, from any Island in the West Indies, or Colony or
Plantation on the Continent of South America, belonging
to any Foreign European Sovereign or State, for the
Supply of the Inhabitants of the said Islands and Colo-
nies; but the said Articles shall not be so imported
except by British Subjects and in British-built Ships,
owned and navigated according to Law, on Forfeiture
thweof and the Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 1 1 . 31 Geo. 3.
c. 38. §2. 56 Geo. 3. G. 91. § 1.

5. During the Continuance of the Treaty with Por-
tugal, any Person may import into any of the said
West India Islands (including the Bahama and Bermuda
or Somers Islands), or Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo,
any Bread, Biscuit, or Potatoes, being the Growth or
Production of some of the Territories or Dominions
belonging to the Crown of Portugal in South America,
and imported directly from the said Territories or Do-
minions in British-built Ships, owned, navigated, and
registered according to Law. 51 Geo. 3. c. 47. § 5.
56 Geo. 3. c 91. § 1.

6. In case any of the said Articles which shall have
been imported from any Island in tl>e West Indies, or
Colony on the Continent of South America, under the
Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State,
into any of His Majesty's West India Islands, or Deme-
rara, Berbice, or Essequibo, for the Supply of the Inha-
bitants, (see No. 4.) shall be exported from any of the said
Islands or Colonies, or put on board any Ship, Vessel, or
Boat, or brought to any Quay with Intent to be exported,
the same shall be forfeited, as also the Ship, Vessel, or
Boat in which laden ; and before shipping any Article of
the like Denomination that may lawfully be exported from
any such Island or Colony, the Exporter shall make Oath
before the Collector of the Customs that the same or any
Part thereof had not been so imported under such Autho-
rity as aforesaid, from any Island in the West Indies, or
Colony on the Continent of South America, under the
Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State.
29 Geo. 3. c. 56. § 1, 2. 31 Geo. 3. c 38. § 3, 4.
56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1. , ^ , . n

■w^ T4 1- -11 U_ „„»»,.. />to/l nt tntrirxr a tnlfiP

7. U any 1 ersoii snuu l;c vuuriwt^i ,,. ...... s.^ - —--

Oath touching any of the Facts required to be testihed
on Oath, such Person shall be deemed guilty of Perjury,
and be liable to the Pains and Penalties to which Per-

Q 3 sons^

and from tht-
Portuguese
Settlements in •
Soutli America.

Imported for th»-
Supply of the
Inhabitants not
to be exported ;
and Oath to be
taken before
shipping Articles
of the like De-
nomination.

Taking false
Oaths deemed
Perjury.

230

May he im-
poned from tlm
United States
tor the Supply
of tlie Inliabitants
of Nova Scotia,
ivc. ill case of
Distrcsa.

And in cue of
Keccsiity, Biead
I'lay be imported
for til J Supply of
tl.o Inhabitants
viid Fiohermenof
Nc\\fouiidland.

B!(«d, BiiCUit,
i;nd Potatoes
inay be imported
to be re -exported
from Nova Sco-
tia, &.-C.

Isl.i) be iiiipi.riid
iiitf Ports to be
ii'i'proved of in
Now Scotia or
New Bniubwick,
111 Vosiel'- of
Su;c. i;.- An'iiiy ;

i&rbuisiong;

spns are liable for wilful and corrupt Perjury, and may bi-
jjrosecuted in any Court of Record in Great Britain, op
in any of His Majesty s Courts of Judicature in the West
Indies. 29 Geo 3. c. 56. § 3. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38. § 5.

8. In case of public JCmergency or Distress, the re-
spective Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and Com-
manders in Chief of Nova Scotia or NeVv Brunswick,
Cape Breton, or Saint John's, with the Advice and
Consent of their respective Councils, may authorize the
Importation of Bread, Biscuit, or Potatoes, for a limited
Time, from any of the Tei'ritories belongin<r to the
United States of America, for the Supply of the Inhabi-
tants of the said Provinces or Islands ; but such Com-
modities shall not be imported except by British Sub-
jects, and in British-built Ships, owned and navigated
according to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and of the Ship.
28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 13.

9. His Majesty, by Order in Council to be issued and
published, or by Warrant under his Sign Manual, may
empower the Governor of Newfoundland to authorize, in
case of Necessity, the Importation of Bread from any of
the Territories belonging to the said United States, for
the Supply of the Inhabitants and Fishermen of the said
Island, for the then ensuing Season only ; but such Bread
shall not be imported except in conformity to such Regu-
lations and Restrictions as shall be specified in such Order
or Warrant, and except by British Subjects, in British-
built Ships, owneil and navigated according to Law, on
Forfeiture thereof, with the Ship. 28 Geo. '^. c. 6. § 13.

10. Any of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors, or
Commanders in Chief for the Time being of Nova Scotia
or New Brunswick, or Cape Breton, or Saint John's,
with the Advice and Consent of their respective Councils,
may authorize the Importation of Bread, Biscuit, oi'
Potatoes, {'or a limited Time, from any of the Territories
of the United States of America, lor the Purpose of
being re-exported to any other of His Majesty's Colonies
or Plantations. 48 Geo. 3. c. 125. §8.

11. Any British-built Vessel, owned and navigated
according to Law, or any Vessel belonging to the Sub-
jects of any Sovereign or State in Amity with His Ma-
jesty, may import into such Ports as shall be specially

Qnnnuif-of^l Irw fl-iof 'Piivi->^-^ v.'i^-KI^ ♦!,« T) ; . .. -t'XT^

■-I'l ^'.tii i ttip^'^-^ TTitiuij luc i isjv.JiiLeb or i\UVii

Scotia or New Brunswick, the following Articles, viz.
Brciad, Biscuit, and Potatoes ; provided that none of the

said

^xo'oieions.

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iiikl Articles shall be imported in Foreign Vessels, unless
o( the Growth or Produce of the Country to which the
Vessel importing the same shall belong; and any of the
said Articles may be re-ex|)orted, either to the United
Kingdom or any other of Mis Majesty's Possessions, in
any British built Vessel, owned and navigated according
10 Law. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. §1, 2, 3.

12. His Majesty, with the Advice of His Privy
Council, may make such Rules and Regulations for the
Importation and Exportation of the said Articles at the
>aid Ports, with such Penalties and Forfeitures for the
Breach thereof, as shall seem fit and necessary to His
Majesty, by and with the Advice aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3.
c. 19. §6.

13. This Act shall continue in force for the Space of
Three Years from and after the passing of the same*,
and until Six Weeks after the Commencement of the
then next Session of Parliament. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 7.

14-. His Majesty in Council, by Order to be issued and
published, may authorize, in case of Necessity, the Im-
portation of Bread as well into Quebec as into all the
Countries bordering on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence,
and into the Islands within the said Gulf, and also to
the Coast of Labrador, for the then ensuing Season only,
from any of the Territories of the United States of Ame-
rica, for the Supply of the Persons employed in or carry-
ing on the Fisheries ; but such Bread shall not be im-
ported except in conformity to such Regulations and Re-
strictions as shall be specified in such Order, and except
by British Subjects and in British-built Ships, owned and
navigated according to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and
tlie Ship. 29 Geo 3. c. 16. § 1.

15. In case of public Emergency and Distress, the
Governor of Quebec, or the Lieutenant Governor or
Commander in Chietj with the Consent of the Council of
the Province, may authorize the Importation by Sea or
Coastwise into Quebec, or into the Countries or Islarids
within the Government thereof, or up the River Saint
Lawrence from the Sea, of Bread, Biscuit, or Potatoes,
for a limited Time, from the United States of America,
for the Supply of the Inhabitants of the Province, and of

uiHiti such Coii-
ditiiins ns Hif
A'lajesty sliall
think tit.

Limitation of
the Act.

Bread may be
imported into
Quebec for the
.Supply of the
Person-; c;irryin(^
(,n the Fisheries.

Bread, Biscuit,

or Potatoes may
be imported into
Quebec, &c. for
tlie Supply of
the Inhah'tantf.

Stfi May 181 J
Q4

the

232

H^roiiisione.

By whom Ships
and Goods may
bo Seized.

Food or Victuals
may be imported
from Guernsey
or Jersey for tiie
Use of the Fish-
eries^

Herrings from
the Isle of Man.

Veisels landing
Provisions may
import Spirits
Uutv-free.

Importation
allowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

the said Countries and Islands within the Government
them/; but the said Articles shall not be importe.i ex-
cept by British Subjects in British-built Ships, owned
and nav.gateil according to Law, on Forfeiture thereof
and the Ship. 30 Geo. 3. c. 8. § 1.

10". The Goods and Ships forfeited by these Acts may
be seized by the Commanders of any of His Majesty's
vT Al^"'' *"' ^y ""y Commissioned, Warrant, or
1 ^ty Ofhcer specially authorized by them, or by any
Oftcer of the Customs. 26 Geo. 3. c. 6. 29 gL. I

r*J«' ?^,^^'"-f- ^-56. 30 Geo. 3. c. 8. 31 Geo. 3.
c. JH, 56 Geo. 3. c. 91.

M' '^^T J"*^?b^tants of Guernsey and Jersey may lade
^1 those Islands, and transport directly to the British
North American Colonies where the Fishery is carried
on, any Sort of Food or Victuals fit and necessary for
the Fishery, or for the Support of the Marinel-s or Per-
suns on board the Ships or on Shore in carrying on the
the said Fishery; such Food or Victuals being tlie Pro-
duce or Manufacture of the said Islands, o? of Great
Britain or Ireland. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 1.
See Guernsey.
Jeksey.

18. The Inhabitants of the I.lc of Man may export
ft-om thence to the British Colonies or Plantations in
America, in Bntish-built Ships, owned, navigated, and
registered according to Law, Herrings caught and cured
by them, m the same Manner as Victual? may be im-
ported mto the said Colonies or Plantations from Ireland.
12(jeo. 3. c. 58 §4.
See Man.

19. For the Conditions upon which Vessels which

r wTf ' r" ""^ """"y "^ ^^^^ ^''^''^ S"g«r Colonies in
the West Indies may import Spirits without Payment of
Duty into the following Provinces and Islands belonmnff
to His Majesty, m North America, viz. Canada, NotS
Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape Breton, Prince Edward's
Island, and Newfoundland, See Spirits. 28 Geo. 3. c. 39.
30Geo.3. C.8. 51 Geo. 3. c. 62. 53 Geo.3. c. 37.

iSumice S)tone anD i&unft.

May be exported from Malta or any of the Denend-
cncies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to an> of His
Majesty s Sugar Colonies o- Plantations in America, or

^ to

l&umice Stone anD i&unft- 23j

to Newfoundland. Bermuda, or any of Hia Majesty's Co-
lonies or Plantations in North America, in British-built
Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according to
Law. 55 Geo. 3. c.29. §5.9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. §1.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

£lUebeC* see « Canada.**

£iutcft6il\jer, iaaisins, anD
jai)uftart.

May he exported from Malta or any of the Depend- Import-ifiort
. -^ I £■ -• r^-\ 1. !• i i, r TT- alloweil from

Cncies thereof, or trom Gibraltar, direct to any ot His j^^gi,, „,

Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or oibr.iltar.
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Co-
lonies or Plantations in |North America, in British-built
Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according to
Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1.
See Gibraltar.
Malta,

megietrp of Brftisl) i^lJipS.*

1. Every Ship or Vessel having a Deck, or being of ships having a
the Burthen of Fifteen Tons or upwards, belonging to ^f^j'^'j^jj^^^^'llf
any of His Majesty's Subjects in Great Britain, Guern- ^e registered.
sey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, or of any of the Colonies^
Plantations, or Territories in Asia, Africa, or America,
in the Possession of His Majesty, shall be registered ; and
the Persons claiming Property therein shall obtain a Cer-
tificate of Registry from the Collector and Comptroller
of the Customs in Great Britain or the Isle of Man, or
from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander
in Chief, and Principal Officers of the Customs in Guern-
sey or Jersey, or in any of the said Colonies, Plantations,
or Territories ; and the Form thereof shall be as follows ;

\ ;4 ■ M

VIZ.

* TN pursuance of an Act passed in the 26th Year
' ■■- of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled
' An Act (here insert the Title of the Act, the Names,
' Occupation, and Residence of the Subscribing

* A similar Act passed in Ireland for the Registry of Ships
in that Part of the Kingdom. ^See Irish Jet, 27 Geo. 3. c.23.

Owners)

2'M

And al tlie Toll
to \\liich llie
Vessel belouirs,
unless by Order
ot the Cummis-
sioners, except
Vessels coii-
(ieniued as Prize
111 Gueniicy,

iaesietrp of Brittel) S>\fixte.

' Owneis) having taken and subscribed the Outh
' required by this Act, and having sworn that he (or
' they) together with (Names, Occupation, and Resi-

* dence of Non-subscribing Ovk^ners) is (or are) sole
' Owner (or Owners) of the Ship or Vessel called the
' (Ship's Name) of (Place to which the Vessel belongs)
' whereof ( Master's Name) is at present Master, and
' that the said Ship or Vessel was (when and where built
' or captured, 11 ud Date of Condemnation); and (Name
' and Employment of the Surveying Officer) havinsi;
' certified to us that the said Ship or Vessel is (whether
' British, Foreign, or British Plantation-built), has
' (Number of Decks) Decks and (Number of Masts)
' Masts; that her Length from the Fore-part of the
' Main Stem to the After -part of the Stei'n Post
' Aloft is (Number of Feet and Inches), her Breadth
' at the broadest Part^ whether above or below the

* Main-Wales (Number of Feet and Inches), her
' Height between Decks (Number of Feet and Inches
' if more than One Deck, and if not, then the Depth
' of the Hold, Number of Feet and Inches), and
' admeasures (Burthen) Tons; that she is (Kind of
' Vessel and how built), has (whether any or no Gal-
' lery) Gallery and (Kind of Head, if any) Head ;
' and the said Subscribing Owners having consented
' and agreed to the above Description and Admeasure-
' n\ent, and having caused sufficient Security to be
' given, as is required by the said Act, the said (Kind
' and Name of the Vessel) lias been duly registered
' at the Port of (Name of the Port).

' Given under our Hands and Seals ol' Office, at
' the Custom-house in the said Port of (Name of
' the Port) this (Date) Day of (Name of the
' Month) in the Year (Words at Length).'
26 Geo. 3. c 60. § 3.
2. No Registry shall be made in any other Port than
that to which .,he Ship shall belong, (except Ships con-
demned as Prize in Guernsey, Jersey, or Man, which shall
be registered in Manner herein-after directed); and
every Register granted in any Port to which any such
Ship does not belong, shall be void, unless tlie Officers
shall be specially empowered to grant it in any other Port,
by Order under the Hands of any Four of the Com-
missioners of the Customs in Enghuid, or any Three of
the Commissioners in Scodand. 26 Geo. 3. c. 6o. § i.
lo 3. The

iae3i0trp of Btiti0!) %l)ip0.

235

3. The Port to which any Ship shall be deemed to
belong, shall be the Port from alid to which she shall
usually trade, or (being a new Ship) shall intend to trade,
and at or near which the Husband, or acting and manag-
ino' Owner, usually resides. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 5.

"4. No Ship of' War or other Vessel the Property of
His Majesty or the Royal Family, or any Lighters,
Biu-ges, Boats, or Vessels of any Description used solely
ill Rivers or Inland Navigation, shall be required to be
registered. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 6-

5. No Vessel not exceeding .30 Tons, and not having
a whole or fixed Deck, and being employed solely in the
risheiy on the Banks or Shores of Newfoundland, aid of
the Parts adjacent, or on the Banks or Shores of Quebec,
Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick, adjacent to the Gulf
of Saint Lawrence, and to the North of Cape Canso, or
of the Islands within the same, or .a trading Coastwise
within the said Limits, shall be subject to be registered.
27 Geo.. 3. c 19. §8.

6. No Subject of His Majesty whose usual Residence
is in any Country not under tht Dominion of His
Majesty,' shall be entitle<l (during the Time he shall
continue so to reside) to be the Owner in whole or in
part of any British Ship required to be registered, unless
he be a Member of some British Factory, or Agent for or
Partner in any House or Coparlnership actually carrying
on Trade in Great Britain or Ireland. 26 Geo. 3.

c. 60. ($ 8.

7. No Registry shall be made untU the following Oath
k' taken, belore the Persons authorized to make Registry,
by the Owner, if owned by One Person, or if Two
Owners, then by both, if both resident within Tventy
Miles of the Port where such Register is required, or by
one if one or both of them shall be resident at a greater
Distance from such Port ; or if the Number of Owners
shall exceed Two, then by the greater Part, if the greater
Number shall be resident within Twenty Miles of such
Port, not in any Case exceeding Three, or by one of
such Owners if all shall be resident at a greater Distance.

1A. B. of (Place of Residence and Occupation),
do make Oath that the Ship or Vessel (Name) of
' (Port or Place) whereof (Master's Name) is at

. pfescni iviasLei ; Deiiig \r:k.i»"' '•» i,...---; » ,

' as described in tKe Certificate of the Surveying
' Officer), was (when and where built, or if Prize,

' Capture

What to be
deemed the I'orr
tn which a Vessel
lielongs.

Exception as to
Vessels of the
Royal Family,
or used solely in
Inland Naviga-
tion.

AUo as to cer-
tain Vessels em-
ployed in Fishing
or in the Coast
Trade in the
North American
Colonies.

Owners residin .
in Countries noi
under the Do-
minion of Hi>

Majesty.

Oath to be takci
by the Owners o\
a certain Num-
ber of such
Owners,

236

laegistrp of mitislf &Ups.

Capture and Condemnation); and that I the said
A. B. (and the other Owners Names and Occupa-
tions it" any, and where they respectively reside,
videHcet, Town, Phice, or Parish, and Country; or
if Member of and resident in any Factory in Foreign
Parts, or in any Forei<>n Town or City, being an
Agent for or Partner in any House or Copartner-
ship actually carrying on Trade in Great Britain or
Ireland, the Name of such Factory, Foreign Town,
or City, and the Names of such House or Copart-
nership) am (or are) sole Owner (or Owners) of the
said Vessel ; and that no other Person or Persons
whatever hath or have any Right, Title, Interest,
Share or Property therein or thereto ; and that I the
said A. B. (and the said other Owners, if any) am (or
are) truly and bona fide a Subject (or Subjects) of Great
Britain ; and that I the said A. B. have not (nor
have any of the other Owners to the best of my
Knowledge and Belief) taken the Oath of Allegiance
to any Foreign State whatever, (except under the
Terms of some Capitulation, describing the Par-
ticulars thereof,) or that since my taking (or his or
their taking) die Oath of Allegiance to (naming the
Foreign States respectively to which he or any of
the said Owners sliall have taken the same), and
prior to the passing of an Act in the Twenty-sixth
Year of the Reign of King George the Third, inti-
tuled ' An Act for the furdier Increase and Encou-
ragement of Shipping and Navigation,' I have (or
he or they hatli or have) become a Subject (or Sub-
jects) of Great Britain, (either by His Majesty's
Letters Patent as a Denizen or Denizens, or natu-
ralized by Act of Parliament, as the Case may be,
naming the Dates of the Letters of Denization, or
tlie Act or Acts of Parliament for Naturalization,
respectively), or (as the case may be) I have (or he or
they hath or have) become a Denizen (or Denizens,
or naturalized Subject or Subjects, as the case may
be) of Great Britain, by His Majesty's Letters
Patent, or by an Act of Parliament passed since
the First Day of January One thousand seven hun-
dred anii eighty-six, (naming the times when such
l^ctters oi j^enization jiuvc oeon granicd jc-spectively,
or the Year or Years in which such Act or Acts for
Naturalization have passed respectively) ; and that

' no

megistrp of Br(ttst) ii>I)tps.

237

the Onth if
Ships belong to
Corpornte
Bodies,

' no Foreigner, directly or indirectly, hath any Share
• or Part or Interest in the said Ship or Vessel.'
26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 10.

8. Any Oath taken for the sole Purpose of acquiring What shall not
the Rights of a Citizen or Burgher in any Foreign City ''* deemed an
or Town in Europe, to be enjoyed during the Time that a?ce\o?Ford"gn
the Person taking such Oath shall reside in such City or State.
Town, and for a limited Time after such Residence shall

have expired, shall not be deemed an Oatli of Allegiance
to a Foreign State. 27 Geo. 3. c 19. § 4.

9. In case the Number of joint Owners shall amount Addition to the
to Three or more, and Three shall not personally attend a^e'morrth''"^
to take the Oath, then such Owners as shall attend shall Three Owners,
further make Oath that the Part Owners then absent are

not resident within Twenty Miles of such Port, and have
not (to the best of their Knowledge or Belief) wilfully
absented themselves to avoid taking the Oath, or are pre-
vented by 111 rss from attending. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. §11.

10. On obtaining Registry of a Ship belonging to the Who may take
East India Company, or other Body Corporate, the Oath '^
may be taken by the Secretary of such Com})any, &c.
or any other Officer authorized by them, as follows ;
videlicet,

' T A. B. Secretary or Officer (Name of Company
' -* or Corporation) do make Oath that the Ship or

* Vessel (Name) of (Port or Place) whereof (Master's
' Name) is at present Master, being (Kind of Built,
' Burthen, &c. as described in the Certificate of the
' Surveying Officer) was (when and where built, or if
' Prize, Capture and Condemnation) ; and that the

* same doth wholly and truly belong to (Name of
' Company or Corporation.)' 27 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 5.

11. Ships built in Newfoundland, and in those Parts
of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, adjacent j^""'' America
to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and to the North of Cape ownei?""
Canso, or in the Islands within the said Limits, on ac- Husband or
count of Owners residing in His Majesty's European
Dominions, may be registered in Newfoundland and its
DejDendencies, or in the Ports of Quebec, Nova Scotia,
or New Brunswick, adjacent to the Gulf of Saint Law-
rence and to the North of Cape Canso, or in the Islands

within flip snid T.iniife iiii<->n t]yn nrinrlnnl T--Tn«l->nn*1c i\v

Agents of the Ships taking the Oatli required instead of
t'le Owners ; and the Certificates granted shall be of the
like Force as if granted upon the Oath of tho Owners,

until

Ships built in

Agent may take
the Oath.'

238

Shijis 10 bo ex-
aiiiiiiLd and ad-
uie;r.urijci by
skilful Persons,
who are to de-
liver a Certifi-
cate of the
Built, i^ic.

PeT'ono ^lviIlg
filsfc Descrip-
tions or making
f.ilse Regibter.«.

rir>. ■l<':ii...v,e to
he ciei'.. ui'.'ti

megtstrp of BrtttBt) S>l)tp6.

until such Ships arrive in some Port ol' His Majesty'-
European Dominions, where they may be registered upui
the Oath of tiie Owners; and whenever such Ships shali
first arrive in any such Port ot His Majesty's Dominions,
the Register granted in pursuance of this Act shall k
void, and be delivered up to be cancelled, and such Sliips
shall be registered de novo, upon the Oath of the Owners,
and the other Requisitions of 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. being
complied with. 27 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 9.

12. Persons appointed by the Commissioners of the
Customs, or by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or
Commander in Chief in Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, or
of the Colonies, Plantations, or Territories, taking to
their Assistance (if they shall judge it necessary) any
Person skilled in the Building and Admeasurement ot
Ships, shall accurately examine and admeasure every
Ship as to every Particular contained in the Form ot tlio
Certificate, in the Presence of the Master or of any Per-
son who shall be appointed for that Purpose on the Part
of the Owners, or in their Absence by the Master, and
r,hall deliver a true Account in Writing of sucli j^articu-
lars, of the Built, Description, and Admeasurement, a^
are specified in the Form of the Certificate, to the Person
authorized to make Registry ; and the Master or Person
attending shall sign his Name to the Certificate of such
surveying or examining Officer, in Testimony of the
Truth thereof, provided he shall agree to the Particular>
described therein. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 12.

13. Any Person so appointed who shall wilful\v de-
liver to any Per jn authorized to make Registry a falsi
Description of any of the Particulars required, or anv
Person authorized to make Registry who shall knowingl\
make any flvlse Register, or grant any folse Certificate
in reoarrl to the Particulars required, on bemg con-
victed in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at
Westminster, in the Court of Justiciary or the Court ot
Exchequer in Scotland, or in any Court of Recmd m
the Colonies, Plantations, or Te-ntories, or in the Royal
Court in Guernsev or Jersey, .. in the Superior Court
of Justice in the Isle of Man, shall forfeit _^ 100, and be
incapable of holding any OflTice or Employment undei
His Majesty. 2G Geo- 3, c. 60. § 13.

l\. The' Tonnage ofmiy Ship, when afloat, snail m

ascertained by the following Method, viz.

-' "-^ i Drop

mestetrp of Britislj S)i)fps.

' Drop a Plumb Line over the Stern of tlie Ship, and
« measure the Distance between such Line and the
' After-part of the Stern Post at the Load Water
' JMark ; then measure from the Top of the said

* Plumb Line in a parallel Direction with the
' Water, to a perpendicular Point immediately over
' the Load Water Mark at the Fore-part of the

* Main Stem, substracting from such Measurement
' the above Distance, the Ptemainder will be the
' Ship's extreme Length, from wl)ich is to be de-
' ducted Three Inches for every Foot of the Load
' Draught of Water for the Rake abalt, and also
' Three Fifths of the Ship's Breaddi for the Rake

* forward, the Remainder shall be esteemed the
' just Lengtli of the Keel to find the Tonnage ; and
' the Breadth shall be taken from Outside to Out-
' side of the Plank in the broadest Part of the Ship,
' either above or below the Main Wales, exclusive
' of all Manner of Sheathing or Doubling that may
' bv,' wrought upon tiie Sitle of the Ship; then mul-
' tiplying the Length of the Keel foi- Tonnage by

* the Breadth so taken, and that Product by Half

* the Breadth, and dividing by Ninety-four, the
' Quotient shall be deemed the true Contents of
' the Tonnage,'

Provided always, that nothing herein-before contained
shall in anywise be construed to alter the Manner of
Admeasurement of the Tonnage of any Ship heretofore
practised for ascertaining the Light Duties, or other
Duties or Imposts whatever payable accordino- to the
Tonnage of any Ship or Vessel. 26 Ceo. 3. c. 60. § 14.
15. At the Tune of Registry, suflicient Security by
Bond shall be given to His Majesty by the Master, and
such of the Owners as shall personally attend, such Secu-
rity to be approved of and taken by the Person authorized
to make Registry, in the Penalties following ; (that is to
say), if a Decked Vessel, or above 1 5 Tons and not
exceeding 50 Tons, in ^100; if exceeding 50 Tons and
not exceeding 100 Tons, in ^'300; if exceeding 100
Fons and not exceeding 200 Tons, in ^500 ; if exceed-
ing 200 Tons and not exceeding 300 Tons, in .i 800 ;
_..i. J. . „j !rv,.tiiij^ juU iuu^, 111 jciuuu; aUu inc V-/Onui-
tion of evei7 Bond shall be, that such Certificate shall
not be sold, lent, or otherwise disposed of to any Person,
md ihnt tlu> sajne shall be solely made use offer tlie Ser-
vice

OOA

Not to alter
the Mnnr.cr of
Admeasurement
to nsrertriii
Dv'.ries.

Bond to be
given that the
Certificate shall
only be used for
the Shi|) for
which grajited,
and shall be de-
livered up wh«n
tb,^ Ship h sold,

^4i

240

Mediterranean
Passes to be at-
iivereti u[) w.ir
Certificates.

meststrp of BrttiBl) mips.

vice of the Ship for which it is granted ; and that in case
such Ship shall be lost or taken by the Enemy, burnt or
broken up, or otherwise prevented from returning to the
Port to which she belongs, the Certificate, if jircserved,
shall be delivered up within One Month after the Arrival
of the Master in any Port or Place in His Majesty's Do-
minions, to the Collector and Comptroller of some Port
in Great Britain, or of the Isle of Man, or of the British
Plantations, or to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or
Commander in Chief of Guernsey or Jersey; and that if
any Foreigner, or any Person for his Use and Benefit,
shall purchase or otherwise become entitled to the Whole
or any Part or Share of, or any Interest in such Ship,
and the same shall be within the Limits of any Port in
Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, Man, or the British
Colonies, Plantations, Islands, or Territories aforesaid,
then the Certificate of Registry shall, within Seven Days
after such Purchase or Transfer of Property, be delivered
up to the Person authorized to make Registry at such
Port ; and if such Ship shall be in any Foreign Port
when such Transfer of Property shall take place, then
that the same shall be delivered up to the British Consul
or other Chief British Officer resident at or nearest to
such Foreign Port; or if such Ship shall be at Sea when
such Transfer of Interest or Property shall take place,
then that the same shall be delivered up to the British
Consul or Chief British Officer at the Foreign Port
or Place in or at which the Master shall first arrive
after such Purchase or Transfer of Property at Sea,
immediately after his Arrival at such Foreign Port ; but
if such Master, who had the Command at the Time of
such Purchase or Transfer of Property at Sea, shall not
arrive at a Foreign Port, v. it at some Port of Great Bri-
tain, Guernsey, Jersey, Man, or I] is Majesty's said Co-
lonies, Plantations, Islands, or Territories, then that
the same shall be delivered up in Manner aforesaid,
within Fourteen Days after the Arrival of such Ship, or
of the Person who had the Command thereof, in any
Port of Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, Man, or any of
His Majesty's said Colonies, Plantations, Islands, or
Territories; and that if any Mediterranean Pass shall have
hpon obtained for anv sucl:^ Shi", then that the same shall
be delivered up at the ^ame Time with the Certificate ot
Registry, to the Person .ii:thorizedto receive such Certi-
ficate; and such Certifi.at' •. .0 delivered up shall forth-
with

megtstrp of Btt'ttsi) i%l)tpg.

with be transmitted to the Commissioners of the Customs
in England and Scotland, and such Mediterranean Pass
shall be transmitted to the Commissioners of the jA Imi-
raky, in order that the same may he cancelled. 26 Geo. 3.
C.60. § 15.

16. The Commissioners of the Customs, or the
Governor or Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in
Chief of any of the Colonies, Plantations, or Territories
belonging to His Majesty, in Asia, Africa, or America,
in any Case where it shall appear to them expedient, may
permit the said Bond to be taken before any Person and
m such Mans .r as tbey shall judge fitting, and such Bond
shall be of the like Force as if taken by Persons autho-
rized to make Re istry. 27 Geo. 3. c. 19. §6.

1 7. When the Master of any Ship registered shall be
changed, the ^erson who shallbeconie Master shall give
Security by Bond under tlie Puiialties and Conditions of

26 Geo. 3. c. 60. and this Act ; and on such fresh Secu-
rity being given, and being made to appear by Endorse-
ment on the original Bond, by the Officers in whose
Custody it shall be, such original Bond (so far as it relates
U) the former Master) shall from thenceforth be void, ex-
cept with respect to any Breach of the Conditions which
may have been committed before such Endorsement.

27 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 7.

18. Upon any Transfer of Pi-operty to another Port,
the Ship shall be registered de novo, upon delivering up
the former Certificate to be cancelled ; and in case there
is any Alteration of Property i\n the same Port, by the
Sale of one or more Shares in any Ship after registering
thereof, such Sale shall be acknowledged by Endorsement
on the Register before Two Witnesses, in order to prove
that the entire Property in such Ship remains to the Sub-
jects of England, if any Dispute arises concerning the
same. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 21.

1 9. In every Case of any Alteration of the Property in
any Ship, in the same Port to which she belongs, besides
the Endorsement required by 7 & 8 Wm. 3. c. 22., there
siiall also be endorsed on the Certificate of Registry,
before Two Witnesses, the Town, Place, or Parish where
every Person to whom the Property or any Part thereof
shall be so transferred shall reside; or if such Person
usually resides in any Country not under the Dominion
of His Majesty, but in some British Factory, the Name

R of

241

The Bond may
l)e taken before
such Persons as
Commissioners
may judge fitting.

llfion the
Change of
Masters, fresh
Bund to be given.

If transferred to
another Port,
to be reyibtered
de novo; and a
Sale in the same
Port to be ac-
knowleged by-
Endorsement.

Addiiijn to the
Endoisemtnt on
AUeiation of the
Propeity in the
same Port.

24:.

Copy .'oV<> Jr-
li' ired I- till
Officc-Ls

Certificate to be
reciieu in the
Bill uf Sale.

Transfers void,
if not in
Writing.

On Alteration of
Property in the
same Port, the
Endorsement on
the Register to
be in the Form
herein men-
tioned.

i&tsisttv of Brttt'eD d>l)ip&.

of ^u{h Factory of which such Person is a Member; or if
r,iich Perf,oM resides in any Foreign Town or City, and is
nor a Member of some British Factory, the Name of such
Foreign Town or City where such Person usually re-
.^i<(cs ; and also the Names of the House or Copartnership
in Great Britain or Ireland for or with whom such Per-
son IS Agent or Partner, shall be endorsed on the Certi-
ficate, and the Person to whom the Property sliall be so
transferred shall also deliver a Copy of such Endorse-
ment to the Persons authorized to make Registry and
grant Certificates of Registry, who are required to cause
an Entry thereof to be endorsed on the Oath or Affidavit
upon which the original Registry was obtained; and
make a Memorandum of the same in the Book of Re-
gisters, and forthwith give Notice thereof to the Commis-
sioners of the Customs in England or Scotland. 26 Geo. 3.

c.60. § 16.

20. Whjen the Property in any Ship belonging to any
of His Majesty's Subjects shall be transferred to any
other of His Majesty's Subjects, in whole or in part, the
Certificate of the Registry of such Ship shall be truly and
accurately recited in Words at Length in the Bill or In-
strument of Sale ; otherwise such Bill or Instrument oi
Sale shall be null and void. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 1 7-

21. No Transfer, Contract or Agreement for Transfer
of Property in any Ship, shall be valid for any Purpose
whatever, either in Law or Equity, unless such Transfer
shall be by Bill of Sale or Instrument in Writing con-
taining the Recital of the Reg'' ter in Words at Length.
34 Geo. 3. c. 68. § 14. 42 Geo.S. c.61. $ 16.

22. Upon any Alteration of Property in any Ship in
the same Port to which she belongs, an Endorsement on
the Register shall be made in the following Form, and
be signed 'y the Person transferring the Property, or
by some Person legally authorized for that Purpose ; and
a Copy of such Endorsement shall be delivered to the
Person authorized to grant Registry; otherwise such
Sale, or Contract or Agreement for Sale, shall be void ;
and such Persons authorized to grant Registry are to
cause an Entry thereof to be endorsed on the Oath upon
which the Original Certificate was obtained, and to
make a Memorandum of the same in the Book of Re-
gistry, and give Notice thereof to the Commissioners or

the Customs.

Ic'onu

mesrfstrp of mntm ^jxps.

Form of Endorsement on Change of Property.
' gE it remembered, that (I or we) (Names, Resi-
' dence, and Occupation of the Persons selling)

' have this Day sold and transferred all (my or our)
' Right, Share, or Interest in and to the Ship or
' Vessel (Name of the Ship or Vessel) mentioned in
' the within Certificate of Registry unto (Names, Re-
' sidence, and Occupation of the Purchasers.) Wit-
* ness (my or our Hand or Hands) this (in Words at
' full Length).

' Signed in the Presence of (Two Witnesses),*

34- Geo. S. c. 68. §15. 42 Geo. 3. c. 61. §17.

23. But if any Ship shall be at Sea, or absent from the
Port to which she belongs, at the Time when such Altera-
tion in the Property shall be made, so that an Endorse-
ment or Certificate cannot be immediately made, the
Sale, or Contract or Agreement for the Sale thereof,
shall notwithstanding be made by Bill of Sale, or other
liistrument in Writing, as before directed, and a Copy
of such Bill of Sale or Instrument shall be delivered, and
an Entry thereof be endorsed on the Oath, and a Memo-
randum thereof be made in the Book of Registry, and
Notice of the same shall be given to the Commissioners
of the Customs; and within Ten Days after such Ship
shall return to the Port to which she belongs, an En-
dorsement shall be made and signed by the Owner, or
some Person legally authori/etl for that Purpose, and a
Copy thereof shall be delivered in manner before men-
tioiitxl, otherwise such Bill of Sale, or Contract or Agree-
ment for Sale, shall be void ; and Entry thereof shall be
endorsed, and a Memorandum thereof made, in the man-
ner before directed. 34. Geo. 3. c. 68. *^ 16. 42 Geo. 3.
C.6I. § 18.

24. Where the Owners of any Ship shall reside in any
Country not under the Dominion of Plis Majesty, as
Member of some British Factory, or Agent for or Part-
ner in any House carrying on Trade in Great Britain or
Ireland, at the Time when he shall transfer such Pro-
perty, so that an Endorsement cannot be immediately
made, nor a Copy of such Bill of Sale or Instrument in
Writing be delivered, nor an Entry thereof endorsed on

tlie Oath, itnr a TVT*»mr»i*anr)iim flior/anf tno/^lo ir> fUrx Rr>/-vlr

oi Registers, nor Notice of the same given to the Com-
missioners of the Customs, the same may be done at any

R 2 Time

243

If Ship at Sea, a
Copy of the Bill
of S.ile to be de-
livered to the
Officers, and the
Endorsement to .
be made on the
Ship's Return,

Regulations
fertile 'J'ransfer,
where the
Owners rcbiile
out of the Kjnj's
Dominions.

244

On RegiNiry ilc
novo, liilb of
S.ile to bo pro-
ducoJ, unless
dls|>cn^cd with
by the Cominis-
liioners.

On Altcntions
of Proportv in
tlie s.inie K>rt,
the Owners
whose Property
is not transferred
may have the
Ship registered
de novo.

mesietrp of mxitie^ t>i)tp0.

Time within Six Months after such Transtor; and within
Ten Duys • after such Owner, or some Person legally
uuiliorl't'd for that Purpose, shall arrive in this King-
uoiii, \i such Ship nhall then be in any Port of this
K.iiigiioni ; and if not, then within Ten Days after such
Ship shall so arrive, an Endorsement shall be made by tlu*
Owner, or some Person legally anthori/etl, and a Copy
thereof shall be delivered in manner before mentioned,
otherwise such Bill of Sale, or Contract or Agreement, shall
be void ; utl linWy thert^of shall be endorsed, tuid a Me-
morandmn tliereot made, iu the manner before directed.
3t Geo. :1. e. (58. § 17. V2 Geo. 3. c. 61. § 19.

'i."}. When the Property in any Ship belonging to His
Majesty's Subjects shall by Sale be transferred in whole
or in part to any other of His Majesty's Subjects, and
such Ship shall be required to be registered de novo, the
Officer empowered to make Registry may retpiire the Bill
or Instrument of Sale to be produced ; antl in case such
Bill or Instrument shall not be producetl, the Officer shall
not grant a Certificate of Registry de novo, but the
Conunissioners of the Customs, antl the (iovernor, Lieu-
tenat Governt)r, or Connnander in. Chief of (Guernsey,
Jersey, or of any British Plantation, if Application shall
be maile to any of them, upon due Consideration of the
Case, may give Directions for registering such Ship de
novo, nt)twithstanding such Bill or Instrument of Sale
shall not have been produced, provided all other Regu-
lations re(|uired by Law be complied with. S* Geo. 3.
c. 68. § 'JO. 12 Geo. 3. c. 61. § '22.

26. In case there shall be any Alteration of Property
in the same Port, by the Sale of one or more Shares in
any Ship, after registering thereof, and the Owners who
are Owners thereof at the Time such Ship was last re-
gistered, or whose Property therein has not been so
transferred, shall be desirous of having the Ship re-
gistered de novo, the Officers may register such Ship de
novo, provided all the R.et]uisites of the Laws concerning
the Registry de novo be complied with. 3^ Geo. M.
c. 68. §21. 42 Geo. 3. c. 61. §23.

* The Act 42 Geo. 3. c. (>1. as to Ships arriving in Ireland.

fi'tOif'i '_l> X

Days afiri- ihc Arrival of in. Ship, or (he Owner, for
making the EmlorsemeHt and delivering the Cojty to the OJicers.

27. As

mesistrp of JBritifil) ftl)ip«.

on A« often as any Transfer of Property m any bh.p
.luul'be made wlnle\xpon the Sea, on a Voyage to a
IWoi«n Port, in ca«etUe Master is privy to such Iranste
. r h cai he is not, as soon as he shall beemne ac«,uainted

r^dster^de novo, Jch Cargo as shallbe desUnedandmay
IfCX c.^ ied to the Poll where she nuvy be registered
novo • 'mc if such Transfer shall be umde while such
ShipTs iiJuw Foreign Port, and the Master .s pnvy to

other Port being in the Course ot hei' Voyage o the Port
i^^^ whic he n a^'v be registered de novo, such Cargo as
shall be st3 and may be legally earned to such
Po whex- she may be re^^istered de novo; and d such
Vransfc hal be nuule while such Ship is on a F.shmg
V r. e uul the Master of such Sh.p .s pr^vy to such
''"J"©. ' . 1,^ :„ nnt ns soou as he shall ue-

'i^fnnatnr or in CBse lie IS noi, as »uun "i» ■.•1,1

fishing, without touching at »my Fore gn l^^'^ except
r^r iwirs or Relreshments, or for delivering any Part
tor Repairs «r/^Y^!il to tlie Port to which she belongs,
;; : ny tr P wh'^-'-miy be registered, and may
XoUoard at the Foreign Port la. desxribc^^^ or .n^
, thpr PorU beiiijr in the Course of her Voyage to tne
P^t where she niav be registered de novo, such Cargo

245

As s(ion as the
'I'miisli-r of
Property in a
Ship .It Sea is
known to the
Master, he must
proceed direct tu
a I'ort where
she may be
registered de
novo; on failure
whereof she is to
he deem«d
I'oreigii, and not
again registered,
unless by special
Older.

246

Change of
M.isti rs to be
endorsed on the
Certificate, and
Memorandum
made in the
Biiok of Regis-
ters.

Sliip's Name not
to he changed,
and the same is
to be painted on
some Part cf tile
.'Mern, as also
the Fort to
« liich she
belongs.

thesnid Ship to be registered: provuled that the Regu-
lations required by the Laws i„ force concerning the Hrst
RegLstry of Ships shall be complied with ; and provided
also, that in no case of ihe Transfer of Property, in whole
or in part, the Ship shall be registered de no^o, unless
Hhe shall return to the Port to which she belongs, or to
such Port in which she may be r«gistered de novo, within
Iwelve Months after the Date of such Transfer, if such
Ship shall not be on a Voyage to the East of the Cape
of (,ood Hope or to the West of Cape Horn ; or within
Two Years if the Ship is on a Voyage to the East of Z
Cape of Good Hope, or to the West of Cape Horn, at

at file '"'^- ^ ''^"''''' '^'^•"S P'^^'^ 5 except by Order
.Ini I S'''"'"'''*""""' °^ Governor as aforesaid, upon
special Representation of the Circumstances of the Case,

11 rT ^^^'''''' authorized. 3* Geo. 3. c. 68. § 22
4-2 Geo. 3. c. 61. §24. ^

28. As often as the Master of any Ship registered shall
be changed the Master or Owner shall deliver to the
s?ch cL""" T^i"* '? "^^^^ ^^Sistry, at the Port where
who 2n fi? '^^" '""^^ P>""' '^^ Certificates of Registry,
,Tnm nf th«''?"P«» endorse and subscribe a MemoranI
dum of such Change, and forthwith give Notice of the

Memorr 7'' ^f registered, who shall likewise make a

fortS M '^" T" ^" '^^ ^^^J^ «f I^egi^ters, and

forthwith give Notice thereof to the Commissioners of the
Customs. 26Geo..'i. C.60. §18.

s„r? ^?° ^T^' u^ '"/ ^^'P ^^^^" g'^e ^ny Name to
such Ship other than that by which she was first rems-

rJll' "i /^n ^''T ''^^ ^'''y Ship which shall be^o
legistered, shall, within One Month from the Time of
such Registry, cause to be painted in White or Yellow
Le^tters of a Length not less than Four Inches, upon a
Black Ground, on some conspicuous Part of the Stern,
^ro^aded there shall be sufficient Space for that Purpose

ad Ji)fi' m" ^" Lett^.>\«« I'^rge a« such Space will
admit), the Name by which such Ship shall have been

^nd j["f'^^ Manner, and keep and preserve the same;

obHtli 1 ^^'""" ^' ^T''' '^''^^ ^^'^*"% '-^^ter, erase
obhterate, hide, or conceal, or cause or procure or permi
the same to be done funless in the Cn«P of ....... ":,,...)

lZt^ l"" '^''''' ^l"^^"'' "'• ^hallinany wHt^S^:;
printed Paper, or other Document, describe such Ship by

any

&.i\

iResistrp of Ji&rtt<Bl) S)t)ips*

any Name other than that by whici. ^^^^^'^^/^^^^^^^
ed, or shall verbally .'-.nbe or cause «J P^l^^'^^^^f ^
mit such Shinto \v li .scribed, by any other Name ^
Z SttterV ^ho R ' ..nue, such Owner or Mr>ster shall
forfeit I 100. '^r. ( ^ o 3. ^; «|>-J^,^>^r ^ Certificate of
30. bver> - c Britaui, Guernsey,

the llegrstry ot u.,^ S^. p "^^''^^ j ^^ t,,e Person
Jersey, or Uu. Is; '^ J^' l^^^.^ rtL and fuU Ace
authorized to ^ 't- ^.,^% .v^ nvooer Denom -

as aforesaid), and shall /"^^^.^^f /^ ^^^7 the^ ^^^ for
authorized to grant such Cert.fica e that he >. P

which such Certificate >\^^?"\\f^;%']'ceo 3 c.60. §20.
which is so described by the Bu.ld^. 26 Oeo 3 . J^^^^

SI Every Person who shall apply tor sulu
in 'any of H^is Majesty's Colonu^sPlan^v^^^^^
tories, shall, before such Cert^cate ^ g-n^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^^
the like Account under the ^and ot the d
take the like Oath, as required ^Jj^ P^od^^^^ ^.^^^^

by Persons applying tor the like Certificate
Britain. 26 Geo. 3. c 60. §21. ^^^^

Oath (or ''^""g,.V^"£/o/°he Customs in the Port
'iJhefeTo" SN: sh~;» to be, in the foUow.ng

FTb. being Master (or having t.,e Charg^e)^^^:
' Ship or Vessel called the . ., ^

' a Certificate thereof granted at tj-f^*^"" °' ^ ^^

. but that the same is lost ^ ™'''t'„»^Xe t^^
. -„„^,>f Ar.A tViP same, and does not Know wuc ^
; :;r \s:';r ;vi;at is become tl.ej.on ana t^^^^^
^ same hath not been nor shall be, with

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'247

Before Registry
in Great Britnin,
HiC, Particulars
to be produced
from the Builder
and Oaih to be
made of the
Identity.

The lil« nt
count ^ii<i *^ '*'
to be requir'-'3 n
the C'-'totiiLS.

When Certifi-
cates are lost,
and the Ship is
in the Planta-
tions, the Oath
herein mentionei.'.
to be taken by
the Maftet

248

petty, the Gover-
nor may grant a
Certificate to
entitle the Ship
to trade tor that
Voyage only.

iaegtetrp oimvitm mips.

' or Knowledge, sold or disposed of to any Person

Jo. ;S""' "^^^r^'-' ^"^ '^-' he this DepoS
(oi Afhrmant) and Three-fourths of the Mariner!

Butish Subjects; and the said Ship or Vesse dL'

; Knowledgeri3;tf;L7sC^^^^^^

giving Security , '^^' A he Master shall then cive Spcurit^ n. .v,. *j
«nd making Oath by 26 Geo 3 r fin t« fK "^" give Security as dn ected
« to the Pro- the Slihril, 11 I J^^ Collector of the Port where

—^- - dul^^Lerid ' ""f ^""^r" '^''' '^' Shipw

21 toKof 7'"^^"^8^ to Law, for qualifying the
Tin e/^f t, :;^ ^rV"^ '" "'^ ^^j^«'y'« Plantation

vered l^t tllr ^'^•''''' '^ ^"""^' "^h^" be deli-
III? , "^^ Commissioners of the Customs to h.

di.: "r "'^«"' Use has been o,';^^ IS
ftV^ r,l tl 1 "?"= ''** "<" ''een and sliall not be

W tS- hT?''' "'' *"' ""^ Ship does wl,„|]y bl
Sh.®, '°Bnt.sh Subjects, „nd ,l,at no ForeJcner has ■,„,

suehOahTTV I"'^'-'*"-™; a,,.d u%" ^S
Bomi the ^ ^*™'"'"n if » Quaker) and giving such

ulTk^uZuZTsK^ ''-.Mf -; » Certificate.
T?mw^ o.. 1 ^^, '"*"'"" ^eals, of his having n- yen such
■tjonci and made surh ("lutU ,,. a«! ■ ^ »'*." »"*-"
upon the Shin ri..ir ^'^i'^^^^^ffi^ation; and there-
ale oniv in M Tr ^'^^''y '« ^^^^' f"'- that Voy-

Jersey, or of the Governor or Collector of the Customs

n^t^he wir'^^r ""r'y'' PiantationsTn'i;" ric"
Of the Own.? ,"^l'«tered m such Plantation, and none
^>t the Owners shall reside in Great Britam nr Jr.iji

Guernsey

W the Loss of
tile Certificate
J i proved by the
blaster and on.^
of the Owners,
auti Security

j given, the Ship
may be regis-

j ttred dc novi...

^tsistxv of Brttisl) S)i)ips*

249

Guernsey or Jersey, of the Loss of such Certificate, ami
likewise of the Name, Burthen, Built, Property, and
other Particulars inserted in such Certificate ; and upon
Security be-ng given as directed by 26 Geo. 3. c. 60.,
that the original Certificate hath not been nor shall be
i'ruudulently disposed of, or used contrary to Law, and
that the same, when found, shall be delivered up to
the Commissioners of the Customs to be cancelled ; in
such Case tHe Commissioners of the Customs, and the
Governor and Collector of the Customs residing at the
Plantations, shall permit the said Ship to be registered
de novo, upon the like Oath being taken and subscribed
by the Owner or Owners as is directed by 26 Geo. 3.
c, 60., and shall deliver a Certificate thereof to the
Owners registering the same, in the Manner directed
by the said Act, and therein mention the Name by
which the Ship was registered, and that such Certifi-
cate of a new Regis^.?r is granted instead of a former
Certificate which appears to be lost; and such new
Register and Certificate shall have the same Effect as
an original Register and Certificate ; and a Duplicate
thereof shall be transmitted by the Officers who shall
rcant the same to the Commissioners of the Customs.
i5 Geo. 2. c. 31. § 3. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60.

3.5. If any Ship after she shall have been registered ships .niter.-d
shall in any Manner be altered in Form or Burthen, "'"«' be regis-
by being lengthened or built upon, or shall be altered '''"" ''' '*'"^'
from a Sloop to a Brigantine, or iVom any one Deno-
raiaation to another, by the Mode or Method of riggino-
or fitting, in such Case such Ship shall be registered
^le novo, as soon as she returns to the Port to which
she belongs, or to any other Port in which she may be
legally registered ; on Failure whereof such Ship shall
to all Intents and Purposes be deemed and taken to
be a Foreign Ship. 26 Geo. 3. c. <iU. § 24.

36. The Owners of all Ships taken by any of His ^e'o'e Reijihtry
Majesty's Ships or Vessels of Wai', or by any Private '^^''^i^ f''"-

<-! en • 1 1 I 1 ,• 1 »-. • "^ . oi-'mncd ,is Prize,

01 other fehip, and condemned as lawtul Prize m any a Certificate
Court of Admiralty, shall, upon registering such Ship, thereof must be
produce to the proper Officer of the Customs a Certifi- 1^ S^a'lld'
tale of the Condemnation under the Hand and Seal of Seal of the Judge,
i^be Judge of the Court in which such Ship shall have
oecn condemned (which Certificate such Judge is required
to grant), and shall also produce a true and exact Ac-
^'Juiit in V^riting of all tiie ParticuJars contained in the

Certificate

250

Prizes registered
in the Colcnie:S
an Account of
the Sum for
which thf Ship
w«s sold tc be
subjoined to the
Certificr.te.

Certificates to
express where
the Ship was
built.

The Ccriificate
tr be produced
tc the Officers
;«id British
Consuls.

mcsistr? of BrtttBD S»l)(p8.

Certificate licrein-before set forth, to be made and sub-
scribed Iw one or more skilful Persons to be appointed
by the Court to survey such Ship, and shall also make
Oath before the said Officer that such Ship is the same
mentioned in the Certificate of the Judge aforesaid *.
26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 25. , j

37. In all cases where any Ship so taken and con-
demned as Prize in any of His Majesty's Colonies, Plant-
ations, or Territories aforesaid, shall be registered, an
exact and particular Account shall be subjoined to such
Certificate, of the Sum for which such Ship shall lave
been sold, verified by the Oath of the Persons who
shall apply for such Registry, in order that the Duties
payable to His Majesty may be the better levied and
collected upon the Arrival of such Ship in any P()rt of
Great Britain where such Duties are payable. 26 Geo. 3.

c. 60. § 27. ... V I a

38. The Certificate shall distmguish whether the
Ship is of the Built of Great Britain or Ireland, Guern-
sey, Jersey, or the Isle of Man, or the Colonies, Plant-
ations, Islands, or Territories aforesaid, or of any Foreign
Country ; and shall, if British-built, be intituled " Cer-
tificate of British Plantation Registry ;" and it Foreign-
built, shall be intituled " Certificate of Foreign Ships
Registry, for the European Trade, British Property f.

26 Geo. 3. c. 60. §28. , . , , „ ,

39 The Master of every Ship which shall have pio-
cured a Certificate of the Registry, shall upon Demand
produce such Certificate to the principal Officers ot
every Port in His Majesty's Dominions, or to the British
Consul or Chief British Officer in any Foreign Port in
which such Ship shall arrive, lor the Inspection ot such
Officer or Officers, British Consul, or Chiet British

* The 26th Section applies onlij to Ships eondanmd. o^ P''-^
in Guernsey, Jersey, and Man.

t The 20lh, SOth, '.Ust, 32(/, and 3.'^/ Sections Ofply onhj lo
Ships which were in IWhtence when the Act passed, and wlnrt^
havins been resistered under former Laws, or required to beic-
ristered hi the )iew Law (16 Geo. 3. e. 60.), ^ere within tertaw
Periods, after the Expiration of a Notice by the Commissionen o
the Customs, to he registered, and to obtain Certijicates the>eo
according to the Foria and in the Manner herein-before described.

The Certificates having been taken out as required hy the i<»n-

'i/icates having , , - , .

fiik>!,ivntrs ISotice. tncre tcuu-a nO r-n-.p^ -v- n..i..i..i ...i..^
any longer apply, and their Irmtrtion is therefore """cresw^V-

Officer.

I f

Officer, in order to satisfy him or them that she has
been properly registered, under the Penalty of j€100.
26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 34.

40. The proper Officer at every Port where Registers
and Certificates shall be granted, shall progressively
number the same, beginning such progressive Numera-
tion at the Commencement of each Year, and shall
enter an exact Copy of such Certificates with the Num-
ber thereof in a Book, and shall also within One Month
transmit to the Commissioners of the Customs a true
Copy, together with the Number of every Certificate
which shall be so granted; and if any such Officer
shall neglect or refuse so to do, he shall for the First
Offence forfeit ^100, and for the Second Offence j€200,
and be dismissed from his Office. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 35.

41. I'he Commissioners of the Customs in Scotland
shall transmit, at the End of every Month in each Year,
to the Commissioners of the Customs in England, true
Copies of all such Certificates as shall be granted by them,
or by any Officer within the Limits of their Commission.
26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 36.

42. The Fees now payable upon the Registry of or
Transfer of Property in any Ship, shall continue to be
paid as heretofore, except upon tlie First Registry of any
wShip or Vessel built and registered before the 1st May
1786.* 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. §37.

43. Any Person required by this Act, in respect of his
Officxj, to perform any thing required to be done pur-
suant to any of the Provir^ions of this Act, who shall
wilfully neglect or refuse to do orpertbrm the same, shall,
on being duly convicted thereof, forfeit j^ 500 ; and for
tlie Second Offence M500, and be rendered incapable
of serving His Majesty in any Office or Employment
jclative to the Revenue, or in any Civil Capacity.
i'S Geo. 3. c. 60 § 40.

251

To he progres-
sively numbf rej
nnd entered in ,-

]E..ok.

Collies of Certin ■
cares to be tran5-
iniued from
Scotland yearly.

Feeb payable on
Registry,

Penalty on Per-
sons neglecting
to pcrt'orm Acts
required of them.

* The 38th and Siitli Secflmis apply only to Ships and Vessels to
whici !:■ -'..ters had been protnised by the Officers oj the Customs,
f"' . ' ( .t had been registered under Misconception oj 'i^ Laws ^
<ind His Majesty, ivith the Advice of the Privy Council, was au-
>hovized to order such Ships to be registered, and have a Cer-
tificate thereof i according to the Form and in the Manner herein'
ixiurt direited . those Seitwns <irf therefore oniiiled.

44, Any

i^52

Taking fake
Odths,i)rcoiinter-

feitiiif Certifi-
catt's, or making
use tiiereof.

How Penalties
and I'orftitiires
are to be re-
covered and dis-
posed of.

Former Act* as
to Tfjde, inc..
not ex pro sly
altered, to re-
main m force.

Re ';,;(. [C'll in

Ships not regis-
tered iiccording to
26 Geo. 3. to be
deemed Alien
Ships.

iaeflfstrp of BritiBl) a)l)(ps.

4.4. Au> Person who shall falsely make Oath to any ot
the Matters before required to be so verified, shall suffer
the like Pains and Penalties as are incurred by Persons
committing wilful and corrupt Perjury; and if any Per-
son shall counterfeit, erase, alter, or falsify any Certifi-
cate required or directed to be obtained by this Act, or
shall knowingly or wilfully make use of any Certificate
so counterfeited, erased, altered, or falsified, shall forfeit
^'500. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 4^1.

45. The Penalties and Forfeitures incurred by this
Act shall and may be sued for, prosecuted, and reco-
vered in such Courts, and be disposed of in such Manner,
and by such Ways, Means, and Methods, as any Penalties
or Forfeitures inflicted or which may be incurred for
any Offences committed against the Laws of Customs
may now be legally sued for, prosecuted, recovered, and
disposed of; and the Officer concerned in Seizures or
Prosecutions under this Act, shall receive the same Share
of the Produce arising from such Seizures, as in the Case
of Seizure for unlawful Importation, and to such Share
of any pecuniary Penalty for any Offence against this
Act, as any Officer is now by any Law or Regulation
entitled to under Prosecutions for pecuniary Penalties.
26 Geo. 3. c. 60. §42.

46. Every Matter contained in any Act passed touch-
ing the Trade, Shipping, and Navigation of Great
Britain, and the Colonies, Plantations, L^lands, and
Territories aforesaid thereunto belonging, which is not
hereby expressly altered or repealed, shall continue in
full force, and so far as the same relate to the Registry of
Ships and Vessels, shall be deemed to extend to all Ships
authorized and required by this Act to be registered, and
to have Certificates of Registry, 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 43.

47. Ships registered in Ireland shall enjoy the same
Privileges as are given to British-built or British-owned
Ships in England. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 44. 27 Geo. 3.
c. 19. § 1, 2. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

48. Ships which by 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. are declared not
to be entitled to the Privileges of a British-built Ship,
or of a Ship owned by His Majesty's Subjects, and not
registered according to that Act, shall, although owned by
His Majesty's Subjects, be deemed Alien Ships, and sub-
ject to the same Penalties and Forfeitures as Alien Sh>ps
iri {}^p lii^r. f\i.cpK nr« by Law liable to- 27 Geo. 3.

c. 19. § 13. _

49. On

megiBtrp of mxitm ^Ws^

253

49. On Complaint made on Oath by the Owner of Mast-doui^
any Ship whose Certificate ot Registry shall be detained, ^^.^ject to ihe
and refused to be delivered up by the Master thereol to Penalty of looi.
any Justice of the Peace residing near to the Place ^yhere
such Detainer ai d Refusal shall be, in Great Britain, or
Guernsey. J'-r jey, or Man, or in any Colony, Plantation,
Island OT Territory to His Majesty belonging m Ame-
rl u he Justice, by Warrant under his Hand and beal,
mp, :KUse such Master to be brought before him,
to be examined touching such Detainer and Retusal;
and if it shall appear to the Justice, on Examination ot
the Master, or otherwise, that the same is not lost or
mislaid, but is wilfully and maliciously detained, such
Master shall be thereof convicted and forteit ^100, and
on Failure of Payment within Two Days alter such Con-
viction, he shall be committed to the Common Gaol, to
remain without Bail for such Time as the Justice shall
deem proper, not being less than Six nor more than
Twelve Months. 28 Geo. 3. c. 34-. § 13.

50. The Justice shall issue a Warrant under his it certitkate not
Hand and Seal to cause Search to be made for such *-;-^-^;^^;;
Certificate; and if the same shall be found, the J ustice ^;^^^, ^^^^^^^-^
shall cause the same to be delivered to the Owner; and .^ay be registered
if the same shall not be found, the Justice shall ctrtity denovo.
the aforesaid Detainer, Refusal, and Conviction to the
Persjnwho granted the last Certificate of Registry tor
such Ship, who shall make Registry thereol de novo, noti-
fying on the Back of the Certificate the Grounds upon
which such Ship was registered de novo. 28 Geo. 3.

'It: In^case the Master of any Ship of the United ^;^^^
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, who shall have „,ybe proceeded
received the Certificate of Registry, whether such Master agamst and con -
shall be a Part Owner or not, shall ,vilfully detain and -cred .n the^^
refuse to deliver up the same to the proper Ulticcrs ,.,t,,c ^o deliver
empowered to make Registry, on theOwners or the major up certificates
Part of the Owners of such Ship, if such Master has not -^J^e Fopet
any Property therein, or on the other Owners or the
major Part of the other Owners ot such Ship it the
Master hath any Share or Property therein, requiring
him so to do, it shall be lawful for the Owners or the
major Part of the Owners of such Ship, to make Com-
plaint on Oath against the Maste- who shall so detain
and refuse to deliver up the same, to any Justice ot the
Feace residmir ueui' to mex lucc v.u^ic 3u--ii s.,- ■^-■■~'

Refusal

254

Upon a Certifi-
cate of the Ciin-
victiim, the Ship
may be regis-
tered de novo.

Ships cond. mnec
tor Offences
against tiie Slave
Trade Acts, may
be registered as
British Ships.

iRegt0trp of Briti0|) S^ljip^,

Refusal shall be, in Great Britain or Ireland, or to any
Member ot the Supreme Court of Justice, or any Justice
H I- I T?f"''^.''' ^"^'•"^^y' '^^rsey, or Man, or in anv
tJriti!,^ 1 lantation m America or the West Indies, where
such Detamer and Refusal shall be; and on such Corn-
plan^, the Justice or Magistrate shall, by Warrant under
nib Wand and Seal, cause such Master to be brought
betore him, to be examined touching such Detainer and
Ketusal; and if it shaJl appear to the Justice or Ma-
gistrate, on Examination of the Master or otherwise, that
tlic Certihcate of Registry is not lost or mislaid, but is
willuliy detained by the said Master, such Master shali
be thereof convicted and forfeit ^'100, and on failure ol
layment thereof be committed to the common Gaol, to
remain without Bail or Mainpri/e for such Time as the
said Justice or Magistrate shall hi his Discretion deem
proper, not being less than Six nor more than Twelve

no %^ ^^\^''^- ^' ^- ^^' ^ ^8. 42 Geo. 3. c. 61. § 20.

52. Ihe Justice or Magistrate siiall certify the De-
tamei^ Refusal, and Conviction to the Person who granted
such Certihcateuf Registry, who shall, on the Law being
comphed with, make Registry of such Ship de novo,
aotdying on the Back of such Certificate the ground upon
which ^^e fehip was so registered. 34 G?o. 3. c.68.
^ § 19. 42 Geo. 3. c. 61. $21.

53 All Ships, whether British or Foreign, adjudged

o be forfeited under any Act for the Prevention/ aS-

tion, or Regulation of the Slave Trade, in any Court of

in^rVo ;7if""T'"^'"^'^^> «^^^'^ b^ condemned
of Hi^ M . ' ^;,''"">'% ^'- Vice Admiralty in any Part
to t^%To?%^'?^''l"rf' ^''' ^»"y Offence in relation
Re?i!nv « V t' 't^ ^'^ ^*"*'^'^^' ^" ' Certificate of
PHviW ; a'^ ^^''^'' ^"?^^ thereupon enjoy all the

Privileges and Advantages of British-built Ships in like
manner with Ships taken' and condemned afhS p!t
ft« i'p r"'' ^'"P' '^'""^^ ^^ ^"bj^^t to the same Du-

uZt ^'^f'T'' ""^ '^'^^ ^' '-^'^^^^'-l i" the same
Manner, and subject to the same Conditions and Re-

and nnvf; ^T^'^'^J ^^ Forfeitures, and shall be owned
and navigated, as Ships condemned as lawful Prize are

Sr? . '? '• '" "'"^f '^ '''""' «^t«'»"'8 British R^
ford n'. t T ""J":^^"« the Privileges of British Ships ac-
cording to Law. 54 Geo. 3. c. 59. M.

laice-

255

1. Of the British PlanUitions in America shall not be N^fJ^'^j^^^;^^^
shipped or conveyed from any of the said Plantations to ^^^ ^^^^^
any Place, unless to some other Plantation belonging to plantation, or
His Majesty, or to Great BriUiin or Ireland, there to be t^o JJre^at^Br.tn.n
laid on Shore. 1 2 Car. 2. c. 1 8. § 1 8. 2 & 3 Ann. c. 5 .

§ 12. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67.
Art. 6. 56 Geo. 3. c.91. §4-. 8.

For the Restrictions, Penalties, and Forleitures to
secure the Landing in the Plantations, or in Great
Britain or Ireland,

See Ashes, Pot and Pearl. .

2. The Growth of the Territories of the United States ^J^J'^^^
o\' America, may be imported from any of the said Tern- u^^j^j y^^teg
tories into any of His Majesty's West India Islands (in into Wtst India
which Description the Bahama Islands and the Bermuda ^^^^^^J]^
or Somers Islands are included), or into the Colonies ot Guiana, in
Demerura, Berbice, or Essequibo in the Province ot British Vessels ;
Guiana ; but such Rice shall not be so imported except

by British Subjects and in British-built Ships, owned by
His Majesty's Subjects, and navigated according to Law,
on Forfeiture thereof and of the Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6.
§1, 2. 56Geo. 3. c.91. § 1- .

3. The Growth of the said Territories, may be im-
ported from thence into Saint George or Hamilton, in
Bermuda, in any Foreign Sliip belonging; to any Country
in Amity with His Majesty, and exported from the said
Ports to any of His Majesty's Islands or Dominions in
ihe West Indies, in British-built Ships, owned and na-
vigated according to Law. 52 Geo- 3. c. 79- § 2, 3.

53 Geo. 3. C.50/5I. ^^. ^^ . , „, , ^,

4. No Rice shall be imported into His Majesty's West ^o^^'^^^n.-

India Islands (including the Bahama and Bermuda or l^^ionies under
Somers Islands), or into the Colonies of Demerara, Ber- Foreign Euro-
bice, or Essequibo, from any Island in the West Indies, pe.n Sovereigns.
or Colony or Plantation on the Continent of South Ame-
rica, under the Dominion of any Foreign European So-
vereign or State, on Forfeiture thereof and of the Ship.
28 Geo. 3. c. 6. $10. 31 Geo. 3. c.38. § 1- 56Geo.3.

'■ 5.'/n'case of public Emergency or Distress, the Go- Ew^Tfor
vernors, Lieutenant Governors, or Commanders m L^niei ^,,g g^ppj^ ^^
of any of the said Islands in the West Indies under the tiie inhabitants,
Dominion of His Majesty, or the Governors, &c. ot De-
merara, Berbice, or Essequibo, with the Advice and
Consent of their respective Cu.mc.ls may authorize the

Importation

and into Ber-
muda in Foreign
Vessels.

by Authority of
the Governor.

■•t

256

iSiitt

■So imported by
Authority of tlie
Governors for
the Supply of
Inhabirants, not
to be exported ;
and Oath to be
niaJe before
shipping of Rice
that it was not so
iinported.

Persjns taiiiui;
n false Oath
ticemed guilty of
Perjury.

Importation ge-
nerally allowed
from Colonies
under Foreign
European Sove-
reigns for the
Suj[4>ly of the
InLibitaatii.

Importation of Rice for a limited Time from any Island in
the West Indies, or Colony or Plantation on the Conti-
nent of South America, under the Dominion of any Fo-
reign European Sovereign or State, for the Supply of the
Inhabitants of the said Islands and Colonics ; but the said
Rice shall not be so imported except by British Subjects
and in British-built Ships, owned by His Majesty's Sub-
jects, and navigated according to Law, on Forfeiture
thereof and the Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. §11. 31 Geo. 3
c. 38. §'3. 56 Ceo. 3. c.91. §1.

6. In case any Rice which shall have been imported
from any Island in the West Indies or Colony on the
Continent of South America under the Dominion of any
Foreign European Sovereign or State, into any of His
Majesty's West India Islands, or Colonies of Demerara,
Berbice, or Essequibo, for the Supply of the Inhabitants,
shall after such Importation be exported, or put on board
any Ship or Boat or brought to any Quay with Intent to
be so exported, the same shall be forfeited, as also the
Ship or Boat in which laden ; and before shipping of any
Rice that may lawfully be exported from any such Island
or Colony, the Exporter shall make Oath before the
Collector of the Customs, that no Part thereof had been so
imported under Mich Authority as aforesaid from any
Island in the West Indies, or Colony on the Continent
of South America, under the Dominion of any Foreign
European Sovereign or State. 29 Geo. 3. c. 66. § 1,^2.
31 Gto 3. c. 38. § 3, 4- 56 Geo. 3. c.91. § 1.

7. If any Person shall be convicted of taking a false
Oath touching any of the Facts required to be testified on
Oath, such Person shall be deemed guilty of Perjury, and
be liable to the Pains and Penalties to which Persons are
liable for wilful and corrupt Perjury, and may be prose-
cuted in any Court of Record in Great Britain, or in anv
of His Majesty's Courts of Judicature in the West Indies'.
29 Geo. 3. c. 56. §3. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38. §5.

8. May be imported into any of His Majesty's Colo-
nies or Plantations in the West Indies, or on the Conti-
nent of South America, for the Supply of the Inhabitants,
m British-built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered
according to Law, from any Colony or Possession in the
West Indies, or on the Continent of America, under the
Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State.
58Geo. 3. c.27.§l. ^ *^ ^

y. In

9. In case of public Emergency or Distress, the re-
spective Governors, Lieutenant Governors, or Com-
manders in Chief of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape
Breton, or St. John's, with the Advice of their respective
Councils, may authorize the Importation of Rice for a
limited Time from any of the Territories of the United
States of America, for the Supply of the Inhabitants of
the said Provinces and Islands respectively; provided
that no Rice shall be so imported except by British Sub-
jects, and in British-built Ships, owned and navigated
according to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and of the Ship.
28 Geo. 3. c. 6. §13.

10. Any British-built Vessel owned and navigated
according to Law, or any Vessel belonging to the Sub-
jects of any Sovereign or State in Amity with His Ma-
jesty, may import Rice into such Ports as shall be spe-
cially appointed for that Purpose by His Majesty within
the Provinces of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick ; pro-
vided that Rice shall not be imported in Foreign Vessels,
unless of the Growth or Produce of the Country to which
the Vessel importing the same shall belong ; and such
Rice may be re-exported, either to the United Kingdom
or any other of His Majesty's Possessions, in any British-
built Vessel, owned and navigated according to Law.
58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 1, 2, 3.

1 1 . His Majesty, with the Advice of Hi^ Privy Coun-
cil, may make such Rules and Regulations for the Import-
ation and Exportation of Rice at the said Ports, with such
Penalties and Forfeitures for the Breach thereof, as shall
seem fit and necessary to His Majesty, by and with the
Advice aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 6.

12. This Act shall continue in force for the Space of
Three Years from and after the passing of the same*, and
until Six Weeks after the Commencement of the then
next Session of Parliament. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 7.

13. In case of public Emergency and Distress, the
Governor of Quebec, or the Lieutenant Governor or
Conpnander in Chief, with the Consent of the Council
of the Province, may authorize the Importation by Sea
or Coastwise into Quebec, or into the Countries and
Islands within the Government thereof, or up the River

257

In case of Dis-
tress, the Go-
vernors of Nova
Scotia, SfC may
permit Importa-
tion from United
Stales for the
Supply of
Inhabitants.

May i)e im-
ported in Foreign
Ships into Ports
to he approved
by His Majesty
in Neva Scotia
or New Bruns-
wick }

under such
Rules and Regu-
lations as His
Majesty shall
deem necessary.

Limitation of
Act.

Tn case oi Dis-
tress, may be im-
ported into
Quebec from
the United
States by the
Authority of the
Governor, for
the Supply of the
Inhabitants.

* Sth May 1818.

Saint

258

Btce.

Governor cf
Nuva Scotiii, ?tc.
nuy iUithori/c
Iiii|iiirt.iiii)ii (i.r
Re cxpurtatioii
to anv otiier
Color y.

Miy be imi)iirti.d
into t'le Fieii
I'out in I'orfi^ii
Vessels.

May be im-
ported into the
West Jndis
Isljiids, and
Colonics of
Guiana, from the
Poriugiiedc Do-
minions.

By whom Goods
and Vossels may
be seized.

Saint Lawionco lri)in the Sea, of Rice, for a HmUe(3
'i'iinc, troni any of the Territories of the United States of
Amoricu, for the Supply of the Inhabitants; provided
that no Hico shall he so imported except by Briti.sh Sub-
jects, in British-built Ships, and navigated according to
Law, on !• orfeiture thereof and the Sliip. 30 Geo. 3.
c. 8. § 1.

l.'J. Any of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors, or
C'onnnaiulers in Chief for the Time being of Nova Scotia
or New Brunswick, or of Cape Breton or Saint John's,
w itii tlie Advice of their respective Councils, may autho-
rize the Im)iortation of Rice for a limited Time from any
of the Territories of the United States of America, for
Re-exportation to any other of His Majesty's Colonies
or Plantations. 4-8 Geo. 3. c. 125. §1.

14. May be imported from any of the Colonies or
plantations in America belonmnaj to or under tlie Do-
minion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State, mto
the Free Port:^ in any Foreign Vessel manned and navi-
gated by Persons inhabiting any of the said Colonies or
Plantations. 48 Geo. 3. c. 125. §2.
See Free Pouts.

Daring the Continuance of the Treaty with Portu-

gal, any Person may import into any of the said West
India Islands (including tlie Bahama and Bermuda or
Soniers Islands), or Colonies of Demerara, Berbice, or
Essequibo, any Rice, being the Growth of some of the
Territories ov Dominions of the Crown of Portugal in
South America ; provided the same is imported into th^
said Islands or Colonies direct i'rom the said Territories or
Dominions, in British-built Ships, owned, navigated, and
registered according to Law. 51 Geo. 3. c 47. §5.
56 Geo, 3. c. 91.

16. The Goods and Vessels forfeited by these Acts
may be seized by the Commanders of any of His Majesty's
Ships or Vessels of War, or by any Commissioned, War-
rant, or Petty Officer specially authorized by them, or
by any Officer of His Majesty's Customs. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6.
29 Geo. 3. c. 16. 29 Geo. 3. c. 56. 30 Geo. 3. c.8.
31 Geo. 3. c. 38. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91.

iaoaD l^artour anti iaoeseau.

259

Free Ports tor the Importation and Exportation of cer- Free Ports.
tain Articles in Foreign Ships. 4-5 Geo. 3. c. 57.
See Free Ports.

iSiUm* See « Spirits."

^afflotper anD S)affrort,

May be exported from Malta or any of the Df ,)enden- imiwitation
cies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His Ma- allowed from
jesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or to ^bra'ltar'!
Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colo-
nies or Plantations in North America, in British-built
Ships, owned, n; igated, and registered according to
Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 51 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

Snails*

1. Every Ship built in His Majesty's Plantations in ships upon their
America shall, upon her first setting out or being first first setting out
navigated at Sea, be furnished with one full and com- [°,,',^ ,,"^gj^. ^^^
plete Set of new Sails, made up of Sail Cloth manufac- of Sails.
tared in Great Britiiin or Ireland ; and in case any such
Ship shall not, on her first setting out, be fitted and
furnished with a new Set of Sails, propeily belonging
to such Ship, made of Sail Cloth of tlu; Manufacture of
Great Britain or Ireland, the Master shall forfeit £50.
19 Geo. 2. c. 27. §11. 9 Geo. 3. c. 37. § 4. 39 & 4-0
Geo. 3. c. C7. Art. 6.

^dint Uoljn'fi, 3)0lani) of.

1. Wines of the Madeiras, or of the Western Islands or Wines of the
Azores, may be there laden for Exportation to any of tlie ^jJ^J^'j^J^^^,
British Colonics or Plantations. 15 Car. 2. c. 7. § 7.

2. Goods fit and necessary for the Fisheries in the Bri- Goods for the
tish Colonies in America, may be exported to the Colo- Fisheries,
nies where such Fisheries are carried on, direct from
Guernsey or Jersey. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 1, 2,

See Guernsey.

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Herrings from
the Isle of Man.

IiTiplements for
til J Fishery.

Articles fvo'JT
Malta or C.i'.>-
r.ik,ir to the

To Miilt.i or
■Gibraltar from
ti".£ Coloniei.

Onnges and
Lemons from
the Azores or

Madeiras.

No Goods to be
imponed f.om
the United States
except Pitch,
T?r, and Tur-
pentice.

£Kcept iho
lAimber, Cattle,
Corn, &c. in
c«*e o4' DistrcK,
for the Supply
of tlie Iiihabj-
tatits.

3. Herrings cured in the Isle of Man may be exported
from thence to any of the British Colonies or Plantations,
in the same Manner as Victuals from Ireland. 12 Geo. 3.
c. 58. § 4.

See Man.

4. Tools and Implements necessary for the Fisheries
in the British Colonies may be exported direct from the
said Colonies to the Isle of Man. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 5.

See Man.

5. Any British-l>uilt Ship, navigated and registered
according to Law, may load at Malta or any of the De-
pendencies thereof, or at Gibraltar, any of the Articles
enumerated in the Schedule marked (B..) annexed to
55 Geo. 3. c. 9. for Exportation direct to any of His
Majesty's Ct)lonies or Plantations in North America.
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.

See Gibraltar.
Malta.
G. Any Article the Production or Manufacture of any
of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in North Ame-
rica, or any Article which has been legally imported
into such Colonies or Plantations, may be exported from
thence to Malta or the Dependencies thereof, or to
Gibraltar, in British-built Ships, navigated and registered
according to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c 29. § 8. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

7. Oranges and Lemons the Growth of the Azores and
Madeiras may be there laden for Exportation direct to
any of the British Colonies in North America, on board
any British Ship navigated and registered according to
Law. 57 Geo. 3. c. 38. § 9v

8. No Goods shall be imported from any of the Ter-
ritories of the United States of America into Saint John's,
on Forfeiture thereof and the Ship, except Pitch, Tar,
and Turpentine, the Production of the said Territories,
imported by British Subjects and in British-built Ships,
owned and navigated according to Law. 28 Geo. 3.
c. 6. § 12. 33 Geo. 3. c. 50. § 14.

9. In case of public Emergency or Distress, the Go-
vernor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chiof
for the Time being, with the Advice and Consent of the
Couucilof the Island, may authorize the Importation of
Scantling, Planks, Staves, Heading Boards, Shingles,
Hoops, Sijuarcd Timber, Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep,

HoffS.

^aint 3!o|)n'«, 3l0ldnD ot

26f

Hogs, Poultry, Live Stock, Bread, Biscuit, Flour, Peas,
Beans, Potatoes, Wheat, Rice, Oats, Barley or Grain,
for a limited Time, from any of the Territories belonging
to the United States of America, for the Supply of the
Inhabitants ; but such Scantling, &c. shall not be so im-
ported except by Bi-itisli Subjects, and in British-built
Ships, owned and navigated according to Law, on For-
I'eiture thereof and of the Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 13.

10. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Com- May be imported
mander in Chief for the Time being, with the Advice [io„^o'X"'"
and Consent of the Council of the Island, may authorize Colonies.

the Importation of the aforesaid Articles, for a limited
Time, from any of the Territories of the United States of
America, for the Purpose of Re-exportation to any other
of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations. 48 Geo. 3.
c. 125. § 1.

1 1 . The Goods and Vessels forfeited by these Acts By whom Goods
may be seized by the Commanders of any of His Majesty's Z\'^^ld!' """^
Ships or Vessels of War, or by any Commissioned,
Warrant, or Petty Officer specially authorized by them,

or by any Officer of the Customs. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6.
33 Geo. 3. c. 50.

S»atnt 3ioi)n'« (5l?etM Btunstoftft).
S)a<nt3loi)n's (il5etofounDlanD).

Fruit, Wine, Oil, Salt, or Cork, the Produce of F>;««. Wine,
Europe South of Cape Firtisterre, maybe shipped and ma'1)t'im'^med
laden in any Port or Place of Europe South of Cape Finis- fVom PonsTn ^
terre, for Exportation direct to the Port of Saint John's Europe Sowh
in New Brunswick, or Saint John's in Newfoundland, f^^^]^^ ^'"'"
on board any British Ship, owned, navigated, and re-
gistered according to Law, which shall have arrived at
any Port or Place of Eitrope with Articles the Growth
or Produce of the British Colonies in North America,
or with Fish taken and cured by His Majesty's Subjects
carrying on the Fisheries from any of the British Colo-
nies in North America or from any Part of the United
Kingdom. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 2.
See Cork.

Fruit.

Oil.

Salt.

Wine.

262

I'ree Ports.

Fi
certain

Goveniors
Orders for the
Importation of
Articles into the
Island in Foreign
Vessels declared
valid.

Actton.s <iis-
chareed.

^aint 3oWs (Antigua),

S»a<nt (Peorge (dPranaUa),

S)aint Zm Oamatta),

nw Ports (or tlic Importation and Exportation of
aiii Articles in Foreign Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
Sec Free Pouts.

S)aillt JDOmfnga, See ^ Jamaica."

1. Whereas the Person acting as Governor of Saint
Lucia has found himself under the Necessity of openinjr
with the Advice of his Council, the Ports of the said
Island for a limited Time, for the Importation of certain
Articles necessary for the Supply of the said Island, inFc-
reign Bottoms, and in like Manner for the Exportation
ot certain Articles the Produce of the said Island in re-
turn tor the same : And whereas such Importation and
Exportation as aforesaid are contrary to 12 Car. 2. and
other Acts, but being permitted from the Necessity of
the Occasion, the same- ought to he justified and ^n-
dered val.d and of due Force in Law, and all Persons
advising or issuing any Order or Permission of the said
Governor, or Person acting as such, ought to be respec-
c.^vcly justified: Beit therefore enacted, That the said
uniers and Permissions be and be deemed valid accord-
ingly, and ot due Force in Law ; and that all personal
Actions and Suits, Indictments, Informations, and all
Prosecutions and Proceedings whatsoever, which have
been or shall be hereafter prosecuted or commenced
against any Person for having advised or issued or car-

n- ^^u^'r ''''""'" '^"y • "^'^ *^^''^'»' o*" Permission at any
lime bctore the passing of this Act, shall be discharged
and made void by virtue of this Act; and if any Actton
or &uit shall be prosecuted or commenced against any
1 erson lor or by reason of any such Act, Matter, or
ining so advised, commanded, or done, he may plead
*7,^'^".""^! .I««"C' a"<l give this Act and the special
Matter in Evidence ; and if the Plaintifl'in any Action or
feuit so to be prosccutc<l oi- comnionced in that Part of
the United Kingdom called England, or that Part called
Ireland, or in ilie .aid West India Islands, shall become
nonsuit, or forbear I'lnther Prosecution, or suffer Discon-
tinuance, or it a Verdict shall pass against such Plain-

6 iilT,

Safnt 3Lutta. ^^^

tifF, the Defendant shall recover his Double Costs, tor
which lie shall have the like Remedy as in Cases
where the Costs by Lavvr are given to the Defendants;
and if any such Action or Suit shall be commenced or
prosecuted in that Part of Great Britain called JScotland,
the Court befon which such Action or Suit shall be
con^-nenced or prosecuted shall allow to the Defender the
Benefit of the Discharge and Indenmity thereby provided,
and shall further allow him his Double Costs of Suit in
all such Cases. 58 Geo. 3. c. ?• § !•

2. If any Action or Suit hath been already commenced J^-'j^"f^*'j;;;;^J
against any Person for any such Act, Matter, or Thing so H^^^y Prceeed- ^
advised, commanded, or done, the Defendants or De- ings and recover
fenders in such Actions or Suit respectively, in whatever Do-'We Csts.
Court in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, or in the said West India Islands, such Action
or Suit shall have- been commenced, may apply to
such Court to stay all Pi-oceedings tlfereon respectively,
by Motio;i in a.summary Way, and such Court is hereby
required to make Order for that Purpoa;^ accordingly ;
and the Court making such Order shall award to the
Defendants or Defenders respectively Double Costs ot
Suit, for which they shall respectively have the Ike Re-
medy as in Cases where the Costs are by Law given to
the Defendants or Defenders. 58 Geo. 3. c.7. § 2.

S)atnt tlincent.

The Port of Kingston one of the P>ec Ports for the A rre.Port.
Importation and Exportation of certain Articles in
Foreign Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
See Free Ports.

1. May be laden in any Part of Europe for Exporta- ';^^y^'^l'^J'' "'
tion direct to Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, ^^rope for the
for the Use of the Fisheries, on board any British-built Fisheries.
Ship, owned, navigated, and registered according to
Law. 15 Car. 2. c.7. §6. 2 Geo. 3. c.21.. §7.
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §31. 4 Geo. 3. c 19. -) 1. 48 Geo. 3.
c 22 5 1
* 2.'Tli;Produce of Europe South of Cape Finisterre SSSJ^
may be laden in any Port or Place of Europe South ot j,, North Amc-
Cape Finisterre for Exportation direct to any of the Ports ^j-^"']'"-;-''^
r g ^ hcrem- ^"® *^r<«i"'-«

264

thereof St Places
ill Europe South
of C.ipe Finis-
terre, may im-
port from thence
Salt of Europe.

^alt

Duty thereon.

On Exportation
fro:-.-i Novn
Scotia or New
Brunswick:, O.ith
to ''P ma )e fhat
t'.eCiTgo i- the
Prcduce cf ilic
Provin. .:-; or uf
the Britisli
fislieries, nnd
Certifitjite
thereof to be
produced.

Certain Articles
may be exported
from Canada

hereinafter mentioned ; that is to say, Saint John's in
New Brunswick, Saint John's in Newfoundland, Quebec
in Canada, Sydney in Cape Breton, Halifax and Shel-
burn in Nova Scotia, and Charlotte Town in Prince
Edward's Island, all in North America, on board any
British Ship, owned, navigated, and registered accord-
ing to Law, which shall have arrived at any such Port
or Place in Europe with Articles the Produce of the said
Colonies, or with Fish taken and cured by His Majesty's
Subjects carrying on the Fisheries from any of the said
Colonies or from any Part of the United Kingdom, or
with Wheat, Flour, Peas, Beans, Oats, Barley, Indian
Corn, Rye, White Oak Staves, Heading dressed or un-
dressed. Pine Planks or Boards, from the Province of
Canada, whether such Goods are the Produce of Canada,
or shall have been brought into the said Province by
Land or Inland Navigation. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 2.

3. Upon the Importation thereof into any of the said
Ports, the Salt shall be liable to such Duties as Goods of
the like Denomination are liable to upon being im-
ported into any of the said Ports from Great Britain.
51 Geo. 3. c. 97. §3.

4. The Pei-son exporting a Cargo from any Port in
Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, for any such Part of
Europe South of Cape Finisterre, shall make Oath at
the Port of Shipment in those Provinces, before the
Chief Officer of the Customs, or Naval Officer in Com-
mand, that the Cargo so shipped is the Produce of the
said Provinces, or the Produce of the British Fisheries
in North America, bona fide taken and cured by His
Majesty's Subjects carrying on the said Fi eries from
some of the said Colonies; and such Officer of the Cus-
toms, or Naval Officer, shall certify such Oath under his
Hand; which Certificate shall be produced by the
Master on his Arr'.val at the Port in Europe within the
Limits aforesaid to which such Cargo shall be consigned,
or to which such Ship shall go for the Delivery of the
Cargo ; and the Master of such Ship shall make Oath
before the British Consul there, or if there shall be no
British Consul, then before Two known British Mer-
chants, that the Certificate so produced was the Certifi-
cate of the Officer whose Name it bears, and was duly
signed by him. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 4.

4. The Exporter of any Wheat, Flour, Peas, Beans,
Oats, Barley, Indian Corn, Rye, Wheat, Oak Staves

9 and

fliid Heading, dressed or undressed, Hoops, Pine Plank,
and Boards from Canada, sliall not be required to make
Oath that the said Articles are the Produce of Canada ;
and the Master of the Ship, on his Arrival at any Port
of Europe within the Limits aforesaid, shall only be re-
quired to produce a Certificate from the Chief Officer of
the Customs, or the Naval Officer in Command at
Quebec, that the said Articles were the Growth of Ca-
nada, or brought into Canada conformably to the Regu-
lations established by Law in the said Province (if any)
by Land or Inland Navigation, from Countries border-
ing thereon : and which Certificate such Officer of the
Customs or Naval Officer is required to grant, upon satis-
factory Proof being made, upon Oath or otherwise j and
the Authenticity of such Certificate shall be sworn to in
Manner aforesaid, by the Master of such Ship at the
I'ort of Delivery in Europe. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 5.

5. Before the Shipment of any Pickled Fish or Dry
Fish for Exportation from Canada to any Port of Europe
within the Limits aforesaid, the Person in whose Posses-
sion the same has continued from the Time of its being
landed from the Fishing Vessel employed in taking it,
until the same shall be shipped for Exportation, shall
make Oath before the Chief Officer of the Customs or
the Naval Officer in Command at Quebec, that the same
was the Produce of the British American Fisheries, bona
fide taken and cured by His Majesty's Subjects carrying
on the said Fisheries from some of the said Colonies ;
and on such Oath being taken at Quebec, the said Officer
of the Customs or Naval Officer shall grant Certificate
thereof, which the Master shall produce at the Port of
Delivery in Europe, and shall make Oath of the Au-
thenticity of such Certificate in Manner aforesaid.
51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 6.

6. Any Ship or Goods subject to Forfeiture under
this Act shall be seized by any Officer of the Customs
in the said Colonies, or by the Commander of any of
His Majesty's Ships or Vessels of War ; and the same
may be prosecuted, recovered, and divided in the same
Manner, and by the same Regulations, as far as appli-
cable, as any other Forfeiture imposed by any Act made
for the Security of the Revenue, or for the Regulation oi
Improvement thereof, or for the Regulation of Trade or
Navigation, and which were in force on the passing of

thi;«

265

without such
Oath, on pro-
ducing a Certifi-
cate of the
regular Importa-
tion by Land or
Inland Naviga-
tion.

Oath to be mad.
before shippini;
Pickled or Dry
l-'ish from
Canada, that it
is the Produci; of
the British
Fisheries,

By whom Shi| -
and Goods may
be seized and
prosecuted.

May be laden on
boRrd American
Ships at tlic
Turks Islands.

Masters to make
Entry of tiie
Ship with the
principal Officer.

266 S»ait.

this Act, mny be prosecuted, recovered, and divided iu
any British Colony or Plantation in America. 51 Geo. y.
c. 97. § 7.

7. Any.yhip belonging to the Inhabitants of the said
United States of America, coming in Ballast, and not
otherwise, may enter the Ports of the Turks Islands, for
the Purpose olbeing there laden with Salt only. 28 Geo. 3.
c. 6. §5.

8. The Master of such Ship shall immediately after
her Arrival make a true Entry upon Oath before the
Collector or other principal Officer of such Port, of his
Ship, declaring of what Country she is built, how manned,
who was the Master during the Voyage, and who are
the Owners thereofj and the Purpose for which he enters
the said Port, in order that such Ship may undergo the
Search and Examination of the proper Officers of the
Customs ; and such Master shall truly answer upon Oath
to such Questions concerning the same as- shall be de-
manded of him by such Collector or other principal
Officer, and for any Default therein shall forfeit j£lOO.
28 Geo. 3. C.6. §6.

A Tonnage 9. There shall be collected, for the Use of His Ma-

Duty to be paid, jggty^ ji Tonnage Duty of 2s. 6d. Sterling, payable in
Dollars at the Kate of 5s. 6d. per Ounce, tor every Ton
Burthen of such Ship; and the Tonnage shall be ascer-
tsiined by Admeasurement made by such Officer as shall
be appointed for that Purpose by the Conjmissicmcrs of
the Customs in England, which Officer shall admeasure
such Ship according to the following Metlwd ; viz.
How ascertained. * Drop a Plumb Line over the Stern of the Ship, and
' measure the Distance between such Line and the
« After-part of the Stern Post at the Load Water
' Mark; then measure from the Top of the said

* Plumb Line in a parallel Direction with the

* Water to a perpendicular Point immediately over
' the Load Water Mark, at the Fore-part of the
' Main Stem^ subtracting from such Measurement
' the above Distance, the Remainder will be tlic

* Ship's extreme I^ength ; from which is to be de-

* ducted Three Inches for every Foot of the Load

* Draught of Water for the Rake abaft, and also

* 3-5ths of the Ship's Breadth for the Rake forward,
' the remaining shall be esteemed the just Length of
« the Keel to find the Tomiage; and the Breadth

« shall

^alt

267

* shall be taken from Outside to Outside of" the
' Plank, in the broadest Part of the Ship, cither

* above or below the Main Wales, exclusive of all

* Manner of Sheathing or Doubling that rnay be

* wrought upon the Side of the Ship ; then multiply

* the Length of the Keel for Tonnage by the
' Breadth so takeri, and that Product by One-hiilf
' the Breadth', and dividing by 91, the Quotient

* shall be deemed the true Contents of the Tonnage.'
28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 7.

10. The Duty shall be paid to the Collector of the
Customs at the Port or Place wherein he shall be ap-
pointed to reside, before any Salt shall be laden, and
shall be under the Management of the Commissioners
of the Customs, and recovered in like Manner and
imder such Penalties and Forfeitures as any other Duties
now payable to His Majesty on Goods imported into
any of the Plantations or Territories belonging to or
under the Dominion of His Majesty in America or the
West Indies, are or may be levied, paid, and recovered,
and shall be subject to the Payment of the Salaries of
the Officers, and other incidental Charges of the Port;
and the Residue be paid to the Receiver General of the
Customs in England, to be paid into the Exchequer
under the Head of Consolidated Customs. 28 Geo. 3.
c. G. §8.

11. No Goods shall be exported from the said Islands
to any Part of His Majesty's Dominions inA'^ierica or
the West huHes, or laden on board any Ship for that
Purpose, except Salt ; and no Goods shall be exported
from the said Islands to Great Britain or Ireland, or
laden on board any Ship for that Purpose, except Salt, and
also except such Goods as may be by Law imported
into Gieat Britain or Ireland from all other Countries
free of Duties ; on the Forfeiture of such Goods as shall be
exported or laid on board contrary to this Act and the
Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 9. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67.
Art. 6.

12. Any Foreign Ship described in 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
may come in Ballast into any Port of the Bahama Islands
where there is a Custom House, and export Salt, sub-
ject to the Duty of Tonnage, and imder the Regulations
imposed by 28 Geo. 3. c. 6.-52 G^o. 3. (v99. § 1.

See Free Ports.

IJ}. Any

Receipt and
^Appropriation of
the Duty.

Only certain
A nicies alloweti
to be exported
from the Turks
Islands.

May be laden in
Foreign Ships at
the Bahama
Islands.

268

i^alt.

May be exported 1 3. Ally British Ship, owned, navigated^ and registered

with ''"^Bmtd «ccord'"g t" l-aw, mny export from any Part of the

Bahama Islands any Quantity of Salt, without entering

into the Bond required by 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. — 52 Geo. 3.

c. 99. § 2.

See Goods, Non-enumerated.
14. Until 25th March 1819, any Ship belonging to
the United States of America, coming in Ballast and not
otherwise, may enter the Port of Nassau in New Provi-
dence, the Ports of Exuma and Crooked Island in the
Bahama Islands, for the Purpose of being there laden
with Salt, subject to the Rules, Regulations, and Re-
strictions of 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. respecting Ships coming
for the same Purjoose to Turk's Islands. 57 Geo. 3.
c. 42. § 1.

May be iadcn in
American Shiips
it) the Bahama
hlandi).

Free Ports.

S)an Josef. S)anta JLucea.

Free Ports for the Importation and Exportation of
certain Articles in Foreign Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
See Free Ports.

Importation
nl lowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depen-
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of
His Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America,
or to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies: or Plantations in North America, in British-
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

A Free Port.

S)atoannat) la fl^ar.

One of the Free Ports in the Island of Jamaica for the
Importation and Exportation of certaui Articles in Foreign
Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
See Free Ports.

1 . No Master of any Merchant Ship, which shall have
proceeded from any Place in Great Britain or Ireland,
shall hire or engage any Seaman, Mariner, or other
Person at any Place within His Majesty's Colonies or
Plantations in the West Indies, to serve on board any
such Ship, at or for greater Wages or Hire for such
Service than according to the Rate of Double Monthly
Wages contracted for with the said Seamen, Mariners,
and other Persons, at the Time of the Ship's then last
Departure from Great Britain or Ireland, being in the
same Degree and Station in which such Seaman, Mariner,
or Other Person shall be so hired or engaged at any such
Port or Place, unless the Governor, Chief Magistrate,
Collector, or Comptroller of such Port or Place, shall
think that greater Wages or Hire ought to be given to
such Seaman, Mariner, or other Person, and shall autho-
rize the same by Writing under his Hand ; and all Con-
tracts and Securities which shall be made contrary to
this Act shall be void; and the Master of any such
Merchant Ship, or other Person who shall enter into or
give, or cause or procure to be given, any such Contract
or other Security, Promise or Undertaking, or who shall
hire or procure to be hired any Seaman, Mariner, or other
Person to enter on board any Ship contrary to this Act, or
who shall pay or procure to be paid any greater Hire or
Wages, or other Gratuity or Advantage, to any Seaman,
Manner, or other Person so hired or engaged, than is
allowed by this Act, shall forfeit j£lOO. 37 Geo. 3.
c. Y3. § 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c 67. Art. 6.

2. The Master of every Merchant Ship trading to
His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in the West 'In-
dies, shall have on board, at the Time of clearing out
from Great Britain or Ireland, One Apprentice who
shall be under the Age of Seventeen Years, duly indented
for ThreeYears, for every 100 Tons, and so in proportion
for every 100 Tons according to the CertiiScate of Registry;
and the Indenture of every Apprentice shall be enrolled at
the Custom House of the Port from whence such Ship
shall clear out, with the Collector or Comptroller, within
One Month after the Execution thereof; and such Ap-
prentice shall be exempt from serving in His Majesty's
Navy for Three Years from the Date of the Indenture ;
and every Owner or Master neglecting to enrol the same
shall forfeit j^lO, One Moiety by the Owner and the

other

269

Mastars of Ships
not to hire
Seamen, in the
Weit Indies at
more than double
Wages, unlesiii
authorized by
the Governor.

Ships trading to
West Indies to
have an Ap-
prentice for every
100 Tons.

270

^tamtn.

37 Geo. S. V. 73. }4.

Ma:stera of luch
Ships out and
liume, within lo
Days after
Arrival,todclivcr
Lists of Crew.

other Moiety by the Master.
39 ik 40 Go<>. 3. c. 67. Art. (>.

3. The Master ot" such S\\\\y shall, within 10 Dayn

after \m Arrival out nt any Port in the said Colonies and
Plantations, and within 10 Days after their Arrival Home
at any Port in Great Britain or Ireland, deliver upon
Oath, to be made before the Collector or Coni})troller of
such Port, a true List and Description ot' all the Crew
orr board nt the Time of the clearing out from Great
Britiiin or Ireland, and of the Crew on board at the
Time of Arrival at any Port in the said Colonies or
Plantations, a'ul also a true List and Description of
every Person who has deserted or who hius died during
the Voyage, and also a true Account of the Wages due
to each Person so dying, at the Time of his Death ; and
every Master neglecting so to do shall forfeit ^50 ; and
for each List or Account so deliveretl, the Collector or
Comptroller shall be entitled to 2s. 6d. ; and any Per-
son may inspect such List, for which Inspection the Co-
lector or Comptroller shall be entitled to One Shilling.
37 Geo. 3. c. 73. § 5. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

4. No Seaman, Mariner, or other Person who shall,
within His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in the West
Indies, engage himself to serve, or who shall in the said
Colonies or Plantations enter on board any Merchant
Ship which shall sail from Great Britain or Ireland, shall
be ontitled to receive any greater Wages or Hire, or
other Gratuity or Advantage, on account of such Service,
than herdtn authorized. 37 Geo. 3. c. 73. § 6. 39 & 40
Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.
Not to extend to 5. But uot to extend to any Agreement which shall
mg'certiEtes ^? "^^^^^ ^^^^ *^"y Seaman, Mariner, or other Person
ot Discharge hired or engaged to serve on board any Merchant Ship
at any Port within His Majesty's Colonies or Planta-
tions in the West Indies, who shall at the Time of such
Engagement produce to the Master a Certificate under
the Hand of the Master of the Ship on board of which
such Person had then last served, signed in the Presence
of one or more Witnesses, stating their Places of Abode,
certifying Uiat such Person had been duly discharged ;
and which Certificate the Master shall grant within Three
Days after Application made to him before a Witness,
or in default thereof shall forfeit j£20 ; nor to any Agree-
ment to be made witli any Person hired or engaged to

serve

Shall not be cr,-
titled to greater
Wages than
herein autho-
rized.

from Ships in
which they last
served, or if
hired tlixough
Necewity.

serve on board any Merchaiil Ship, which through Ne-
ccHsity, or on account of very huzurdous Service or ox-
traorditmry Duty, require such Agreement to bo made
and more Wagt»« given, and otwhicli Necessity, Service,
or extraordiiuiry Duty, Proof shall be made on Oath
before the Chief Magistrate or Principal Officer of any
Port, or before any justice of the Peace of tlie said Co-
lonien or Plantations; provided that sucli Person so
hired or engaged shall not have deserted from the Ship
on board of which he had then last served; and also that
no greater Wages shall he g'ven by any Master, or re-
ceiveti by any Seaman, Mariner, or other Person, except
in Cases of such Necessity, very hazardous Service, or
extraordinary Duty, than after the Rate of double the
Monthly Wages, or the Wages to be settled or directed
by any Governor, Chief Magistrate, Collector, or Comp-
troller as herein-before directed. 37 Geo. 3. c. 73. § 10.
6. The Articles to be entered into between the Mas-
ters, Seamen, and Mariners of such Merchant Ship,
shall be to the Effect mentioned in the Schedide annexed
to this Act.*. 37 Geo. 3. c. 73. § 1 1.

1. Any British-built Vessel, owned and navigated ac-
cording to Law, or any Vessel belonging to the Subjects
of any Sovereign or State in Amity with His Majesty,
may import Seeds into such Ports as shall be specially
appointed for that Purpose by His Majesty wjthin the
Provinces of Nova Scotia or New Binmswick ; provided
that Seeds sliall not be imported in Foreign Vessels,
unless of the Growth or Produce o*' the Country to which
the Vessel importing the same shall belong; and the
same may be re-exported, either to the United Kingdom
or any other of His Majesty's Possessions, in any British-
built Vessel, owned and navigated according to Law.
58 Geo. 3. c. 19. ^1,2, S.

2. His Majesty, with the Advice of His Privy Council,
may make such Rules and Regulations for the Importa-
tion and Exportation of Seeds at the said Ports, with
such Penalties and Forfeitures for the Breach thereof, as
shall seem fit and necessary to His Majesty, by and with
the Advice aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 6.

271

Mny be im-
ported in Foreign
Ships into Ports
to l)e approved,
in Nova Scotia
or New Bruns-
wick :

under such
Rules and Regu-
lations as His
Majesty shall
think necessarv.

* The Form of the Articles is in the Appendix:.

3. This

272

Limitation of
t)ie Act.

3. This Act shall continue in force during the Space
of Three Years from and after the riscing of the same*,
and until Six Weeks after the Commencement of tlie
then next Session of Parliament. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 7.

officers may
enter Houses to
seize prohibited
and uncustomed
Goods.

I/-

On Adions
General Issue
may be pleaded,
and Treble Costs
allowed to
Defendants.

Who may seize
Sugar, Indigo,
and Wine landed
without a War-
rant,

1: Any Officer of the Customs, authorized by Writ of
Assistance under the superior or supreme Court of Justice
having Jurisdiction within the Colony or Plantation, may
take a Constable, Headborough, or other Public Officer
inhabiting near the Place, and in the Day-time enter
any House, Shop, Cellar, or other Place, and in case
of Resistance break open Doors, Chests, Trunks, and
other Packages, there to seize and to bring any kind of
p . Dhibited or uncustomed Goods to His Majesty's Store-
house in the Port next to the Place where such Seizure
shall be made. 1 3 & 14 Car. 2. c. 1 1 . § 5. 7 & 8 W. 3.
c. 22. § 6. 7 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 10.

2. If any Action or Suit shall be commenced against
any Person for any thing done in pursuance of this Act,
the Defendant may plead the General Issue, and give this
Act and the special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to
be had thereupon, and that the same was done by the
Authority of this Act ; and if it shall appear so to have
been done, the Jury shall find for the Defendant ; and if
the Plaintiff shall be nonsuited or discontinue his Action
after the Defendant shall have appeared, or if Judgment
shall be given upon any Verdict or Demurrer against the
Plaintiff, the Defendant shall recover Treble Costs, and
have the like Remedy for the same as Defendants have in
other Cases by Law. 7 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 1 1.

3. Sugar, Indigo, and Wine, landed in any of His
Majesty's Colonies or Plantations before due Entry and
Payment of the Duty, or without a Warrant for the
landing and delivering the same by the proper Officer,
may be seized by the Governor or Commander in Chief
of the Colony or Plantation where landed, or by any
Person authorized by such Governor or Commander in
Chief in that Behalf^ or by Warrant of any Justice of
the Peace, or other Magistrate, or by any Custoni-

Sth May 1818.

house,

^ei3ure0.

2/3

■f
J.-

Ju)iise, Impost, or Excise Officer, or any Person aiding
or assistinff him. 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. §3. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §1.7.

4. Forteitures incurred in the British Colonies or
Plantations in America, under any Law relative to the
Trade or Revenue of the said Colonies or Plantations,
shall be prosecuted and recovered in any Court of
Record or of Vice Admiralty having Jurisdiction in
the Colony or Plantation where the Cause of Prosecu-
tion arises; and in Cases where there shall happen to
be no such Courts, then in any Court of Record or of
Vice Admiralty havhig Jurisdiction in some British Co-
lony or Plantation near to that where the Cause of Pro-
secution arises ; provided that where a Seizure is made
in any other Colony than that where the Forfeiture
accrues, such Seizure may be prosecuted in any Court
of Record or of Vice Admiralty having Jurisdiction,
either in the Colony or Plantation where the Forfeiture
accrues, or in the Colony or Plantation where the Seizure
is made, at the Election of the Prosecutor ; and if there
are no such Courts in either of the last-mentioned Colo-
nies or Plantations, then in any Court of Record or of
Vice Admiralty having Jurisdiction in some British Colo-
ny or Plantation near to that where the Forfeiture accrues,
or to that where the Seizure is made, at the Election of
the Prosecutor. 49 Geo. 3. c. 107. § 1.

5. Prosecuted under the Authority of this Act, by
who msoev er made, shall be deposited in the Custody of
the~Collector and Comptroller of the Customs at the
Port where made, or into which they shall be carried,
and shall be subject, in respect to the Charge, Care, Sale,
and Delivery thereof, to the Rules and Regulations of
26 Geo. 3. c. 40. and shall be deliverable on Security,
according to the Rules of 28 Geo. 3. c. 34. (See No. 10
to 13.) 49 Geo. 3. c. 107. §2.

6. No Person shall be admitted to enter a Claim to
any Ship or Goods seized and prosecuted in any of the
British Colonies or Plantations in America, until suffi-
cient Security be first given by Persons of known Abi-
lity, in the Ccfurt where such Seizure is prosecuted, in
.€60, to answer the Costs and Prosecutions; and in de-
fault of giving such Security, the Ship or Goods shall be
adjudged to be forfeited. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 44.

7. On Actions and Intbrmatlons brought or entered in
ihc British Plantations, upon anv Law concerning His

T ' Majes-

In what Courts
Forfeitures nre
to be prosecuted
and recovered.

To be deposited
in the Custody of
the Collector and
Comptroller of
tlie Customs.

Claimers to give
Security for
Costs,

On Informritions
cf Seizure, the
Jury to be

Natives of Eng-
land or Ireland,
or of the Planta-
tions, and laid
ill any Colony.

In Cases of Dis-
pute the Proof to
be upon the
Claimer.

If a Verdict be
gi»en for the
Defendant, the
Judge may cer-
tify a probable
Cause of Seizure.

On Actions
against Officer
the Judge may
certify.

May be deli-
vered, on Secu-
rity for the

Majesty's Duties, or Ships or Goods' to be forfeited by
reason of any unlawful Importations or Exportations,
there shall not be any Jury but of such only as are
Natives of England or Ireland, or are born in His Ma-
jesty's Plantations ; and upon all such Actions and In-
formations the OflFences may be laid or alleged in any
Colony, Province, County, Precinct, or Division of any
of the said Plantations where such Offences are alleged
to be committed, at the Pleasure of the Informer.
7&8W.3. C.22. § 11.

8. If any Ship or Goods shall be seized for any Cause
of Forfeiture, and any Dispute shall arise whether the
Duties have been paid, or the same have been lawfully
imported or exported, or concerning the Product or
Manufacture, or the Place from whence such Goods were
bro^ht, in such Case the Proof thereof shall be upon
the Owner or Claimer, and not upon the Officer who
shall seize the same. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 45.

9. In case any Information shall be commenced and
brought to Trial in America, on account of any Seizure
of any Ship or Goods wherein a Verdict or Sentence shall
be given for the Claimer thereof, and it shall appear to
the Judge or Court that there was a probable Cause
of Seizure, the Judge or Court before whom the same
shall be tried shall certify on the Record or other Pro-
ceedings, that there was a probable Cause for seizing the
Ship or Goods j and in such Case the Defendant shall
not be entitled to any Costs of Suit, nor shall the Persons
who seized the Ship or Goods be liable to Any Action or
Prosecution on account of such Seizure ; and in case any
Action shall be commenced and brought to Trial against
any Person on account of the seizing any such Ship or
Goods, where no Information shall be commenced or
brought to Trial to condemn the same, and a Verdict or
?:ntence shall be given upon such Action or Prosecution
against the Defendant, if the Court or Judge before whom
such Action or Prosecution may be brought shall certify
that there was a probable Cause for such Seizure, then
the Plaintiff, besides his Ship or Goods, or the Value
thereof, shall not be entitled to above Two-pence Da-
mages, nor to any Costs of Suit, nor shall the Defend-
ant be fined above One Shilling. 4 Geo, .?, c, 15= § 46.

10. In case any Goods shalfbe seized as forfeited in
pursuance of any Act relative to the Trade and Revenue
of the British Colonies and Plantations in America, the

10 Judge

Judge of any Court having Jurisdiction to try and de-
termine such Seizure, may order the Delivery of such
Goods on sufficient Security, by Bond being given to
answer Double the Value in case of Condemnation ;
such Security to be good and sufficient, and to be taken
to the Use of His Majesty, by and in the Name of the
Collector of the Customs in whose Custody the Goods
may be lodged. 28 Geo. 3. c. 34-. § 7-

1 1 . The Collector and Comptroller of the Customs
shtil, previous to the Execution of the Bond, make
strict Inquiry into the Sufficiency of the Sureties pro-
posed ; and if found of Ability, they shall then certify
the same in Writing to the Judge of such Court ; and
upon the Production of such Certificate, if the Judge is
also satisfied with the Sufficiency of the Sureties, die
Bond shall be executed, and shall then be delivered to
and kept in the joint Custody of the said Collector and
Comptroller ; and in case the Goods for which such Secu-
rity shall be so taken shall be condemned, the Value
thereof shall be paid into the Hands of such Collector,
who -hall thereupon, with the Consent or Privity of
the Comptroller, cancel the Bond. 28 Geo. 3. c.34.. § 8.

12. But this Act shall not authorize the Delivery of
any Goods, except in Cases where the same shall be
perishable, or where the Informer shall delay coming to
as speedy a Trial as the Course of the Court in which the
Prosecution shall be commenced and the Nature of the
Circumstances will permit. 28 Geo, 3. c.34-. §9.

13. Goods and Ships which shall be seized in pur-
suance of any Act relative to the Trade and Revenue of
the British Colonies or Plantations, and which shall be
condenjned there, shall be sold by Public Auction to the
best Bidder at the Custom-house by the Collector and
Comptroller, or Principal Officer of the Customs for the
Island, Colony, or Plantation, in whose Custody such
Ships or Goods shall be secured ; and the Produce of
such Sale shall be accounted for and applied by such Col-
lector and Comptroller or other Principal Officer accord-
ing to Law, subject to the Directions of the Commis-
sioners of the Customs in England, or any Four of them.

26 Geo. 3. c. 40. § 33.

1 J ci,:*,., .,^i„^A ^-^A r^nnAamnoA in anv Colnnv. Plrtnt-

iT. uiii; 13 aciic»^ oiivi ^'-ji-j- ■►— ,• .• r — --_

ation, or Iferritory belonging to His Majesty in America

T2 or

275

Value, bi Order
of the Judee.

Bond to be de-
livered to the
Collector and
Comptroller,
and the Value
paid to them.

To apply to
perishable Goods
only, or in Cases
of Delay.

Shall be sold by
the principal
Officer and ac-
counted for, sub-
ject to the Com-
missioners
Directions.

Ships condemned
(mt any illicit

276

S)e<5ittes*

Trade, may be
broken up.

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-*-■

w in the West Indies, for any illicit Trade, the Commis-
sioners of the Customs in England may direct to be
broken up, and the Materials thereox" sold, and the Pro-
duce to be accounted for and applied in the like Manner
as the Produce of other Seizures condemned there are by
Law directed to be accounted for and applied. 27 Geo. 3.
c. 32. § 12.
How Proceeds 15. Forfeitures recovered in America under this or

to be disposed of. .any former Act, shall be applied as follows ; that is to
say, after deducting the Charges of Prosecution from the
gross Produce thereof. One-third of the net Produce shall
be paid to the Collector at the Port where such For-
feitures shall be recovered, for the Use of His Majesty,
One-third to the Governor or Commander in Chief of the
Colony or Plantation, and the other One-third to the
Personjwl^ shalLsoize_ajid .sue for__the samej excepting
\ sucIfSeizures as shall be made by the Commanders or

Officers of His Majesty's Ships or Vessels cf War, duly
authorized to make Seizures, any where at Sea or upon
any River, and which shall not be actually made on
Shore wi'hin any British Colony or 'Plantation in Ame-
rica ; One Moiety of which Forfeitures (first deducting
the Charges of Prosecution) shall be paid to the Collector
for the Use of His Majesty, and the other Moiety to him
who shall seize and sue for the same; subject to such
Distribution of the Produce of Seizures so made at Sea,
as well with regard to the Moiety granted to His Ma-
jesty, as to the other Moiety given to the Seizor or Pr'>-
secutor, as His Majesty shall think fit to direct by uiy
• Order of Council or Proclamation. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §42.
5 Geo. 3. c. 45. § 26.

16. If the Produce of any Seizure made in America
shall not be sufficient to answer the Expences of Con-
demnation and Sale, or if upon the Trial of any Seizure
of any Ship or Goods, a Verdict or Sentence shall be
given for the Claimant, the Charges attending the seizing
and prosecuting shall, with die Consent and Approbation
of any Four of the Commissioners of the Customs, be
paid out of any Branch of the Revenue arising in any of
the British Colonies or Plantations in America. 4 Geo. 3.
c. 15. § 43.

17. As to the Seizure, Prosecution, and Disposal ol
" aiaves," and the Bounties aiiowed to the Seizors under

6 the

Eitpences may in
certain Cases be
piid out of the
Revenue.

Under the Slave
Trade Adt*.

the Acts for restraining and prohibiting the African Slave
Trade, See Slaves. 46 Geo. 3. c 72. 47 Geo. 3.

C.36. . ,

18. The Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich
shall be entitled to all forfeited and unclaimed Shar-s of
and in the Proceeds which shall have arisen or shall
hereafter arise from all Seizures for Breach of the Re-
venue, Colonial, Navigation, and Slave Abolition Laws,
made by any of His Majesty's Ships; and the Agents for
the Payments or Distribution of such Proceeds shall be
subject to the same Regulations, Penalties, and Forfeitures
with respect to the unclaimed and forfeited Shares thereof,
and the transmitting of Accounts and Payment of Ba-
lances to the Royal Hospital, as Prize Agents were subject
to with respect to the Transmission of Accounts and Pay-
ment of Balances of Prize Money to the Royal Hospital
under 54 Geo. 3. c. 23—57 Geo. 3- c 127. § 6.

19. The Commissioners of the Customs in England,
or any Four of them, may order any Goods, Ships,
Boats, Horses, Cattle, or Carriages seized as forfeited
by any Officer, or any other Person, in pursuance of any
Act made for the Protection of Trade, the Benefit of
Commerce, or the encouraging and increasing of Ship-
ping and Navigation, or in pursuance of any other Act in
any respect relating to the Department of the Customs,
to be restored to the Proprietor, whether such Goods,
Ships^ Boats, Horses, Cattle, or Carriages shall have
been seized on the High Seas, or in any ot His Majesty's
Dominions, Colonies, Settlements, or Plantations, in case
Evidence shall be given to the Satisfaction of the said
Commissioners, that the Forfeiture arose without any
Design or Fraud in the Proprietor ; and also in case the
Seizure shall have been made in any of His Majesty's
Colonies, Settlements, or Plantations, or on the High
Seas, and it shall be made appear to the Satisfaction of
the Commissioners or any Four of them, that such Seizure
was occasioned by the Proprietor of such Goods, &c.
having acted in conformity with any Orders or Directions
which the Governor or Chief Officer of any such Colony,
Settlement, or Plantation shall have deemed it expedient
on any particular Emergency to issue. 51 Geo. 3.

c. 96. § 1. , „ . ,

20= Where the said Commissioners shall exercise the

Powers vested in thein, and such Goods, &c, shall be re-

T 3 stored

Forfeited and
unclaimed Share*
to be paid to
Greenwicli
Hospital.

In certain Cases
may be restored,
by Order of the
Coiimissioners of
Customs i

and if the Pro-
prietuf shali
comply with

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278

the Term* pre
scribed by the
Commissioners,
neither the Offi-
cer nor Proprie-
tor sliall proceed.

May be restored,
or Forfeitures
remitted, by
Order of the
Lords of the
I'reasury.

But no Person
shall be entitled
to the Benefit of
such Order un-
less the Con-
ditions be com-
plied with.

Penalty on
Officers making
collusive
Seizures ;

ftei5ure«*

stored to the Proprietor on such Condition us under the
Circumstances of the Case shall appeal* to the Commis-
sioners to be reasonable, and the Proprietor shall comply
with the Terms prescribed, it shall not be L-vwful for the
Officer or any Person who shall have seized such Goods,
&c. or any other Person on his Behalf, to proceed for the
CoriJemnation ; out if such Proprietor shall not comply
with the Terms, such Officer or Person i^all be at Li-
berty to proceed as if this Law had not been made ; or if
such Proprietor accept the Terms, he shall not be entitled
to any Recompence or Damage on account of the Seizure,
or maintain any Action for the same. 51 Geo. 3.
c. 96. § 2.

21. The Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or
any Three of them, by any Order made for that Purpose,
under their Hands, may direct any Ships, Goods, or
Commodities whatever, seized as forfeited by virtue of any
Act 1 elating to the Revenue of Customs or Excise, or any
Act i )r the Regulation of the Trade and Navigation of
this Kingdom, to be restored to the Proprietor on the
Terms and Conditions which shall be mentioned in any
such Order ; and the said Commissioners of His Majesty's
Treasury, or any Three of them, may mitigate or remit
any Forfeiture which shall have been incurred imder any
Law relating to His Majesty's Revenue of Customs or
Excise, or any Act relating to the Trade and Navigation
of this Kingdom. 54 Geo. 3. c.l71.§l.

22. In any Case where the said Commissioners of
His Majesty's Treasury shall exercise the Powers hereby
vested in them, such Goods or Commodities shall be re-
stored to the Proprietor or Proprietors, or such For-
feiture, or any Part thereof, shall be remitted, in such
Manner or upon such Terms and Conditions, as to Costs
or otherwise, as, under the Circumstances of the Case,
shall appear to the said Commissioners to be reasonable,
and as they the said Commissioners or any Three of
them shall think fit to direct ; and no Person shall be en-
titled to the Benefit of such Order, unless the Terms and
Conditions therein contained shaJl be complied with.
54 Geo. 3. c. 171. §2.

23. If any Officer of the Customs shall receive any
Bribe or Reward of any Kind, or connive at any false
Entry, or make any collusive Seizure or Agreement, or do

any

S)e(3ure0.

279

any other Act by which His Majesty may be drfrauded,
or whereby any Goods prohibited shaU be suffered to
pass either inwards or outwards, or the Forfeitures and
Penalties inflicted by any Act relating to the Customs m
America may be evaded, every such Officer shall for-
feit £500y and be rendered incapable of serving His
Majesty in any Office or Employment, Civil or Military;
and if any Person shall give, oifFer or promise to give,
any Bribe or Reward to any Officer of the Customs, to
do, conceal, or connive at any Act whereby any ot the
Provisions relating to the Customs in America may be
evaded or broken, such Person shall (whether the Offer,
Proposal, or Promise be accepted or performed or not)
forfeit jg'SOO. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §38.

24. If any Officer of the Customs shall seize any JLast
India Goods, and by Fraud or Collusion shall desist from
or delay the Prosecution thereof to Condemnation, fie
shaU forfeit ^'500, and be incapable of holding any
Office or Employment under His Majesty. 7 Geo. 1.

c. 21. §9. _ . c xji

25. If any Officer of the Customs in any of His
Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America, sliall
seize any Sugar, Indigo, or Wine, for having been landed
without Payment of Duty, or without a Warrant signed
by the proper Officer, and by Fraud or Collusion des.st
from or delay the Prosecution thereof to Condemnation,
he shall forfeit €50, and be incapable of holding any
Office under His Majesty. 6 Geo. 2. c. IS. § 3. 4 Geo. 3.
c. 15. §1.7.

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depen^ SSm
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His fif/r
Maiesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in Amenca, or Gibraltar,
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North Amenca, in BntisfV
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c 4.

and upon Offi-
cers delaying
the Prosecution
of East India
Goods;

or of Sugar,
Indigo, orWin«
landed without
a Warrant.

j^ettlerg.

1. If any Person being a Subject of the Territories ^'"3".'

- " • -J i^t^i^^ uVioll fnme> trnm thence ,•.■ .i .:. c :

^ 4 together

belonging to

^1- ^ TT_.»_,

280

Jies, coming to
•ettle in the
JialMmas or in
llie Colonies of
Korth Americ.1,
may import
Houseiiold Fur-
niture, &c.
Duty-free,

Sale of such
House-hold Fut-
niture, &c.

Certain Persons
to take and sub-
scribe the Oath
of Allegiance.

Attttttsi,

logctKcr Willi his Family to any of the Bahama or Ber-
muda or Soi lers Islands, or to any Part of Quebec, Nova
bcotia, or any of the Territories belonging to His Ma-
jesty in North America, fbr the Purpose of residing and
settling there; any such Person obtaining a Licence from
the Governor, or in his Absence the Lieutenant Gover-
nor ot the said Islands, Colonies, or Provinces, may im-
port into the same in British Ships, owned and navigated
according to Law, any Household Furniture, Utensils of
Husbandry, or Clothing, free of Duty, not exceeding in
the whole the Value of Fifty Pounds for every White
Person that shall belong to such Family, and the Value
ol l^orty bhilhngs for every Negro brought by such White
Person; and if any Dispute shall arise as to the Value of
such Household Furniture, &c. the same shall be deter-
nuncd by the Arbitration of Three British Merchants at
the 1 ort where imported ; One of such British Merchants
to be appointed by the Governor, or in his Absence the
l^ieutenant Governor, Oneby the Collector of the Customs,

Zn o ^ c^^'''*'" '"^ "^"^""'"S ^'^^ ^'^ Family
30 Geo. 3. c. 27. § 1. "^

2. All Bargains for the Sale of any Household Furni-
ture, &c. so imported, which shall be made within
Iwelve Calendar Months after the Importation of the
same (except in Cases of the Bankruptcy or Death of
the Owner thereof ) shall be void. 30 Geo. 3. c.27. §2.

3. Lvery White Person so coming to reside, if above
the Age ot Fourteen Years, shall immediately after the
Arrival take and subscribe the Oath of Alleigance to His
Majesty before the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or
Chief Magistrate at the Place where such Person shall
arrive and at the same Time swear that it is his Intention
to reside and settle in such Island or Province ; for which
Oath such Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Chief
Magistrate shall receive the same Fee as is payable by
Law on administering the Oath of Allegiance. 30 Geo. 3.
c.27. §3.

SJjeep* See '^Cattle.

^I)ips;.

281

1. No, Ship Foreign-built (except condemned as The Privileges
Prize in any Court of Admiralty, or condemned as for- =""^ b*'-^'^"!^'?*^
teited in any Court of Record in Great Britain, or in any or a British^
Court of Admii'^alty or Vice Admiralty in any Part of owned Ship, to be
His Majesty's Dominions, for any Offence relating to the ^""fi"*^ «" ships

** */ % *' ^ ncrcui mention -

Slave Trade), nor any Ship built or rebuilt upon any ed.
Foreign "made Keel or Bottom in the Manner heretofore
allowed, although owned by British Subjects and navi-
gated according to Law, shall be entitled to any of the
Privileges of a British-built or a British-owned Ship,
which privileges shall be confined to such Ships only
as are wholly of the Built of Great Britain, Ireland,
Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man, or of the British
Colonies, Plantations, Islands, or Territories in Asia,
Africa, or America ; but not to prohibit such Foreign-
built Ships as, before the 1st of May 1786, did wholly
belong to any of the People of Great Britain or Ireland,
Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man, or of any of the
aforesaid Colonies, Plantations, Islands, or Territories,
as the right Owners thereof, navigated according to Law,
and registered in manner hereinafter directed, from con-
tinuing to enjoy the Privileges they have hitherto enjoyed,
or from importing or exporting such Goods as may now be
legally imported or exported by such Ships into and from
such Places as arc now by I^aw allowed, and under such
Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions as have heretofore
been made touching such Foreign-built Ships, and subject to
such Duties as have been imposed on any Goods imported
or exported as aforesaid in such Foreign-built Ships ; and
not to deprive any Ship which before the passing of this
Act hath been built or rebuilt upon any Foreign-made
Keel or Bottom, and which before the said 1st May 1786
was duly registered as a British Ship, from continuing to
enjoy any Privilege to which such Ship is now by any
Law or Usage entitled; nor to prevent any such Ship, which
shall have been begun to be repaired or rebuilt before the
said 1st May 1786, from being registered according to this
Act, by an Order under the Hands of the Commissioners
of the Customs in England, or any Four of them, or of
the Commissioners of the Customs in Scotland or any
Three of them, which Order the said Commissioners are
empowered to grant, if it shall be made appear to their

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■2if2

i^JDtD0.

British Ships
captured by the
Enemy, not to
have such Privi-
Uges;

by the Act of Providence, and not witii a fraudulent
Intent, and was at the Time of being so stranded the sole
Property of Foreigners, or that such Ship was a Droit of
Admiralty, and it be in like manner ascertained to the
Satistiiction of such Commissioners, that the said Ship,
from the Damage received by being so stranded, was
rendered um'^t to proceed to Sea, without undergoing
a thorough Repair in this Kingdom, and that she was
necessarily sold for the Benefit of the Foreign Owners,
or, being a Droit of Admiralty, wrs sold under the
Authority of an Order or Commission from the Court
of Admiralty, and that she was fairly and openly pur-
chased by a iiritish Subject, and being the sole Property
of such British Subject, that she hath been so much
repaired, that Two Thirds of her at least are of British-
built. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 1. 54 Geo. 3. c. 59. § 1.

2. No British-built Ship which has been captured by
the Enemy, and which shall not have been registered de
novo before 1st October 1788, nor any British-built Ship
which shall hereafter be captured by the Enemy, shall
be registered as a British Ship, or enjoy any of the
Privileges belonging to a British-built Ship ; but although
owned by a British Subject shall be deemed Foreign-
built. 48 Geo. 3. c. 70.

3. But every British-built Ship recaptured from the
Waf oJ Leiterf Enemy by any of His Majesty's Ships of War, or by any
of Marque, or Ship having Letters of Marque and Reprisal, or by any

Ship of War belonging to any State in Alliance with
His Majesty, may be registered, and shall be deemed to
have the Privileges of a British-built Ship, the same as
if it had not been captured by the Enemy. 49 Geo. 3.
c. 41.

4. No Ship shall be deemed or taken to be British-
built, or enjoy the Privileges thereunto belonging, which
shall be rebuilt or repaired in any Foreign Port or
Place, if such Repairs shall exceed 15s. for every Ton
according to the Admeasurement thereof^ unless such
Repairs shall be necessary by reason of extraordinary
Damage sustained during the Absence of such Ship from
His Majesty's Dominions, to enable her to perform the
Voyage in which she shall be then engaged, and to return
in Safety to some Place of the said Dominions ; and before

such

unless recap-

by Ships in
Alliance.

Repaired abroad,
exceeding 15s.
per Ton, not to
be deemed
British, unless
necessary to
enable the Ship
to perform the
Voyage on which
engaged.

&>W8.

?93

such Ship shall be repaired so as to exceed the Sum
aforesaid, the Master shall report the State and Cbhdijtioii
thereof upon Oath, or (being a Quaker) upon Affir-
mation, to the British Consul or Chief British Officer,
rf there shall be such Consul or Officer at the Port
where it shall be necessary to repair such Ship, and
shall cause her to be surveyed by Two fit and proper
PersonI, to be approved of by such Consul or Chief
British Officer, and shall deliver to such Consul or Chief Particulars of
British Officer, in Writing, the Particulars of the Damage S^Lfned'tr be
sustained, and shall verify upon Oath, or being a Quaker delivered to the
ijpon Affirmation, (to be administered by such Consul ^"."'V'^^"''"
or Chief British Officer), the Particulars and Amount fnd'the NeJe's!
of the Repairs, and that the same were become neces- sity of the Re-
sary in consequence of Damage sustained during the [^^'^ '° ''^ "'"
Voyage to that Port, to enable such Ship to prosecute
the Voyage then intended, and to return to some Place
of His Majesty's Dominions, which the Consul or Chief
British Officer is required to certify under his Hand and
Seal; and if there shall not be any British Consul or
Chief British Officer resident at or near the Place where
such Repairs may be necessary, then such Survey shall
be made by Two fit and proper Persons, to be approved
rtf by Two known British Merchants residing at or near
such Place ; and the Master shall produce to such Mer-
chants Vouchers of the Particulars and the Amount of
the Repairs, whose Certificate of the same shall be of
the like Force and Effect as that of the British Consul
or Chief British Officer; and in case any Ship shall
be repaired in any Foreign Place, the Master thereof
shall make Proof upon Oath, or (if a Quaker) by Affir-
mation, before the Collector or Comptroller or other
Principal Officer of the Customs in the Port of His
Majesty's Dominions where the said Ship may first arrive
(if required by them so to do, and which Oath or Affir-
mation the Collector and Comptroller or other Principal
Officer, or either of them, is empowered to administer),
describing the Nature and Amount of the ExpenCe of
such Repairs ; and if such Expence shall appear to ex-
ceed 15s. for every Ton of the Admeasurement, and the
said Master shall neglect or refuse to deliver to such
Collector and Comptroller or Principal Officer of the
Customs, or to one of them, the Certificate so required^

' the

284

Miipe,

the Vessel shall be deemed Foreign-built. 26 Geo. 3.
c. 60. § 2.

5. No Subject of His Mnjesty, whose usual Residence i»
in n Country not under the Dominion of His Majesty,
shall be entitled (during the Time he shall continue so
to reside) to be the Owner in Whole or in Port of any
British Ship required to be registered, unless he be a
Member of some British Factory or Agent for a Partner
in any House of Copartnership actually carrying on
Trade in Great Britain or Ireland. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 8.

6. If any Ship after Registry siiall in any Manner be
altered in Form or Burthen by being lengthened or
built upon, or altered from a Sloop to a Brigantine, or

another, roust be from any one Denomination to another, by the Mode
registered de ^f rigging or fitting, such Ship shall be registered de

SuSjects residinc
in a Foreign
Country, not
entitled to be
Owners of
Brilioh Shipfi.

Altered in Form
or Burthen, or
from one De-
nomination to

novo.

novo, as soon as she returns to the Port to which she
belongs, or to any other Port in which she may legally
be registered, on Failure whereof such Ship shall bo
deemed Foreign. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 24.
Sales to 7. No Foreigner or other Person not being a natural-

Foreig..ers void, born Subject of His Majesty shall be entitled to, or shall

without the Con- i ^ ^ <• *^ t-. <^i /.

sent of the purchase or contract tor, any Part or Share of any

Owners of Three British Ship belonging only to the natural-born Subjects
Value.'''"' '" ^^ ^i^ Majesty, without first obtaining the Consent in
Writing of the Owners of Three fourth Parts in Value at
least of such Ship, to be endorsed on tlie Certificate of
the Register of such Ship before Two Witnesses; and
all Agreements, Contracts, Purchases, and Sales of any
Part or Share of any British Ship belonging only to
natural-born Subjects of His Majesty, made, contracted
for, or concluded by any such Foreigner or other Person
not being a natural-born Subject of His Majesty, without
such Consent endorsed as aforesaid, shall be null and
void. 13 Geo. 3. c. 26. § 1.
Upon the g. As often as any Transfer of Property in mvy -Sh^p

perty^inaShipat ^^^^^ ^^ made while sucli Ship is upon th ■ ,'0,!, on t
Sea, the Master Voyage to a Foreign Port, in case the Master is privy to
must proceed §^.1^ Transfer, or in case lie is not, as soon as he shall
become acquainted therewith, such Ship shall proceed
directly to the Port for which the Cargo is destined, or
to the Port to which she belongs, or any other Port in
which she may be registered, and such Ship may take
on board in the Port for wliich the original Cargo was

destined.

directly to the
Port for which
tile Cargo is
destined, or

where she may
be registered.

dt)<p0.

ilestincd, or other Port, being in the Course of her
Voyoge to the Port in which she maybe registered de novo,
such Cargo as may be legally carried to the Port where
«he may be regintered de novo; and it' such Transfer
shall be made whiie such Ship is in any Foreign Port, and
the Master is privy to such Transfer, or in case he is not,
as soon as he shall become acquainted therewith, such
Ship, after having delivered the Cargo at the Port for
which it is destined, shall sail from such Pqrt to the
Port to which she belongs, or to any other Port in which
she may be registered, and may take on board at the
Port lor which her original Cargo was destined, or other
Port, being in the Course of her Voyage to the Port in
which she may be registered de novo, such Cargo as may
be legally carried to such Port where she may be re-
gistered de novo; and if such Transfer shall be made
while such Ship is on a Fishing Voyage, and the Master
k privy to such Transfer, or in case he is not, as soon as
he shall becope acquainted therewith, such Ship after
having finished fishing, without touching at any Foreign
Port, except for the Purpose of Repairs or Refreshments,
or for delivering any Part of the Cargo, shall sail to the
Port to which she belongs, or any other Port where she
may be registered, and may take on board at the Foreign
Port last described, or any other Port, being in the
Course of her Voyage to the Port -where she mey be
registered de novo, such Cargo as may be legally carried
to such Port ; and such Ship shall be registered de novo
as soon as she returns to the Port to which she belongs,
or to any other Port in which she may be registered ;
on Failure whereof such Ship shall be deemed Foreign,
and shall not again be registered, unless the Commis-
sioners of the Customs, or the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, or Commander in Chief of Guernsey or
Jersey, or of any British Plantation, on Consideration
of the special Circumstances of the Case, think fit to
order the Ship to be registered ; provided that the
Regulations required by the Laws in force concerning the
first Registry of Ships shall be complied with ; and that
in no Case of tlic Transfer of Property, in whole or in
part, the Ship shall be registered de novo, unless she
shall return to the Port to which she belongs, or to such
Port in which she may be registered de novo, within 12

Months

285

I*-

.iM)

On Failure
whereof tlie
Ship is to be
deemed Forwgn,
and not again
registered ualtbs
by special Order.

'"^PW

->86

^^Ute,

Months after the Date of such Transfer, if such Ship
shall not be on a Voyage to the East of the Cape of
Good Hope, or to the WeRt of Cape Horn, or within
Two Years if on a Voyage to the East of the Cape ot
Good Hope, or to the West of Cape Horn, at the Time
of such Transfer taking place, except by Order of the
Commissioners, Governor, &c. upon special Represen-
tation of the Circumstances of the Case, in manner before
authorized. 34- Geo. 3. c. 68. § 22.

9. All Ships which by 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. are declared
not to be entitled to the Privileges of British-built or
British-owned Ships, and all Ships not registered ac-
cording to that Act, shall, although owned by British
Subjects, be deemed Alien Ships, and subject to the same
Penalties and Forfeitures as Alien Ships in the like
Cases are or shall be liable to. 27 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 13.

10. No Ship coming to any Colony, Territory, or
Plaee to His Majesty belonging, or in His Possession,
shall lade or unlade any Goods until the Master shall
have first made known to the Governor, or such Officer
as shall be by him thereunto authorized, the Arrival of
the Ship, with her Name and the Name of the Master,
and shall have shewn that she is British-built, and
registered and navigated according to Law, and have
delivered to such Governor or Officer a true Inventory
or Invoice of her Lading, with the Places in which the
Goods vere laden; on Forfeiture of the Ship, and of
all Goods the Manufacture of Europe as were not laden
in Great Britain or Ireland. 15 Car. 2. c. 7. § 8.
3 & 4- Ann. c. 6. § 2. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 2. 20 Geo. 3.
c. 10. § 1. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67.
Art. 6.

Not to be deemed 11. No Ship required to be registered, and carrying
tuaijfied-to trade any Goods to oT from the British Plantations in America,
or to or from one Plantation to another, shall be per-
mitted to trade, or be deemed qualified for that Purpose,
until the Master shall upon Oath (or in case of a Quaker,
upon his solemn Affirmation), before the Governor or
Collector of the Customs of the Plantation where he shall
arrive, ^ve a true Account of the Name and Burthen
thereof, and other Paiticuiaio, according to the Form
following ; videlicet,

' A. B.

Nor registered
as directed by
26 Geo. 3. to be
deemed Alien
Ships.

Not to lade or
unlade until the
Arrival made
known to Gover-
nor, and Invoice
of Lading
delivered.

shall have made
Oath to Par-
ticulars herein
mentioned.

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287

' A. B. maketh Oath (or, if a Quaker, solemnly affirms),

* That the Ship called the whereof he this

* Deponent or Affirmant is Master, or hath the
' Charge or Command during the present Voyage,

* being of the Burthen of Tons, came last

* from , and that she is, as he verily

* believes, the same Ship described, meant, and in-

* tended in and by the Certificate nov*^ produced by
' him, and that the same does novi^, as he believes,

* belong wholly to His Majesty's Subjects, and that

* no Foreigner has, directly or indirectly, any Share,
^ Property, or Interect therein, to his Knowledge or

* Belief.' 15 & 16 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 1.

12. And in case any Ship shall unload any Goods in
any of His Majesty's Plantations in America, before such
Proof shall be made, such Ship shall be forfeited and
prosecuted in like mapner as if she had not been re-
gistered. 15 & 16 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 1

13. The Master of every Ship arriving in any British
Colony or Plantation ii America shall, before he pro-
ceeds to the Place of unloading, come directly to the
Custom House for the Port or District where he arrives,
and make a just and true Entry, upon Oath, before the
Collector and Comptroller or other principal Officer of
the Customs there, of the Burthen, Contents, and Lading
of such Ship, with the particular Marks, Numbers,
Qualities, and Contents of every Parcel ol Goods therein
laden, to the best of his Knowledge; also where and in
what Port she took in her Lading, of what Country built,
how manned, who was Master during the Voyage, and
who are Owners thereof, and whether any and what
Goods, during the Course of such Voyage, had or had
not been discharged out of such Ship, and where ; and
the Master of every Ship going out frpm any British
Colony or Plantation in America, before he shall lade
any Goods to Ije exported, shall in like Manner enter and
report outwards such Ship, with her Name and Burthen,
of what Country built, and how manned, with the
Names of the Master and Owners thereof, and to what
Place he intends to pass or sail; and before he si tall
depart with such Ship, he shall also deliver unto the Col-

I _. . - 1 r^ ^_._ii_.. _..l „„:»»lw^»1 r\flR<>..« ^f tli^

Customs at the Port or Place where he shall lade, a
Content in Writing under his Hand of the Name of

every

The Masters to
m«ke Entry of
the Ship with
the principal
Officers before
proceeding tc
the Place of
unloading ;

and before De -
parture, to de-
liver a Content :

288

and whether
coining in or
going out, CO
answer Questions
upon Oatii.

None but Briiisli-
built, or con-
demned as Prize,
or under the
Slave Trade Acts,
nre to import or
export Goods
into or from the
Eritisli Colonies.

every Person who shall have laden any Goods, togethei*
with the Marks and Numbers ; and either comihg into or
goiiig*out of any British Colony or Plantation, whether
laden or in ballast, the Master shall publ'-ly in the open
Custom House, to the best of his Knowledge, answer upon
Oath to such Questions as shall be demanded of him by
the Collector and Comptroller, or other principal Officer
of the Customs, concerning such Ship and the Destination
of her Voyage, or oncerning any Goods laden on board,
upon Forfeiture of j£lOO Sterling Money of Great Bri-
tain for every Neglect; to be prosecuted, recovered, and
divided in the same manner, and by the same Rules and
Regulations, as other pecuniary Penalties for Offences
against the Laws of the Customs or Trade of His
Majesty's Colonies in America. 7 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 9.

14. No Goods shall be imported into or exported out
of any Colony or Plantation in America belonging to or
in the Possession of His Majesty, or shall be laden in or
carried from any one Port or Place in the said Colonies or
Plantations to any other Port or Place in the same, or to
Great Britain or Ireland, in any Ship but what is of the
Built of Great Britain, Ireland, the Islands of Guernsey,
Jersey, the Isle of Man, or some of the Colonies, Plant-
ations, or Territories in Asia, Africa, or America, belong-
ing to or in the Possession of His Majesty, except Ships
taken by any of His Majesty's Ships of War, or by any
Private or other Ship, and condemned as lawful Prize in
any Court of Vice Admiralty, and also except Ships con-
demned as forfeited in any Court of Record in Great
Britain, or in any Courtof Admiralty or Vice Admiralty,
for any OiFence relating to the Slave Trade ; such Ships
respectively being owned by British Subjects, navigated
and registered according to Law, on Forfeiture of all
Goods otherwise imported, as also the Ship ; and the
Commanders of Ships of War are to seize as Prize all
Ships offending, and to deliver them to the Court of
Admiralty. 12Car.2. c. 18. §1. 7&8W. 3. c.22. §2.
^6 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 10. 27 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 13. 39&40
Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 54 Geo. 3. c. 59. § 1.

For the Regulations, Restrictions, Penalties, and For-
feitures respecting {he Navigation and Registry of
British Ships,

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Registjiy of British Ships.

15. -j :S

(1.) Sln>

S»|)<pS.

15-1 « 1-

Is.

All

«>

-«

5>C

•S

Ship.^

(1) Ships belonging to any of the Inhabitants
of the United States of America from coming in
Ballast to the Turks Islands, Nassau, Exuma or
Crooked Island, for the Purpose of being there
laden with Salt. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 5, 6, 7.

See Salt,
(2.) Wool, Cotton Wool, Indigo, Cochineal,
Drugs, Cocoa, Logwood, Fustic Wood for Dyers'
Use, Hides, Skins, Tallow, Furs, Tortoiseshell,
Hardwood or Mill Timber, Mahogany Wood for
Cabinet Ware, Horses, Asses, Mules, Cattle,
Corn, Bullion, Diamonds, and Precious Stones,
Rice, Grain, Flour, Sugar, and CoflPee, from being
imported into and exported from the Free Ports
in the West Indies, in any T^'o reign Ship, being
owned and navigated by Persons inhabiting any
Colony or Plantation in America, or Country on
the Continent of America, belonging to or under
the Dominion of any Foreign Europeart Sovereign
or State. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. 48 Geo. 3. c. 125.
50 Geo. 3. c. 21. 52 Geo. 3. c 99. 54Geo.3. c. 48.

See Free Ports.
(3,) Any Foreign Ship described in 45 Geo. 3.
c. 57. from coming in Ballast or importing into
any Port of the Bahama Islands, where there is a
Custom House, the Articles allowed in the said
Act to be imported into the Ports therein men-
tioned, and also exporting the Articles allowed by
the said Act to be exported in Foreign Vessels, or
exporting Salt, subject to the Duty of Tonnage
and under the Regulations of 28 Geo. 3. c. 6.
— 52 Geo. 3. c. 99.

See Salt.

Free Ports.
(4.) Sugar, CoiFee, Rum, or Molasses, the
Produce of any British Colony in the West Indies,
imported into the Island of Bermuda in any British
Ship, from being exported from the Port of Saint
George or the Port of Hamilton in the said Island
to any Part of the Territories of the United States
of America, in any Foreign Ship belonging to any
Country in Amity with His Majesty, above the
Burthen of 60 Tons. 52 Geo. 3. c. 79. §1.
53 Geo. 3. c. 50. 57 Geo. 3. c. 28.

U (5.) To-

289

But Atnerican-
Ships may ex-
port Salt from
certain Islands.

Ships o\vn«d and
navigated by
Persons inhabit-
ing Colonies
under i'oreign
European Sove-
reigns, may im-
port and export
Articles into and
from the Free'
Ports ;

and ini[Virt and
export certain
Goods into tha
Bahamas.

Ships in Amity
may v'xport cer-
tain Articles
from Bermuda
to the United
States;

290

and Tobacco,
&c. from the
United States
iiUo Bermuda :

S>i)fps.

aluo Fruit and
Veietjbles.

Dutch Ships may
import from
the Nether-
hnds, Sup-
plies for the
Esi-ites of Dutch
Pru;/rietors in
Guiiin^i;

S- J

(5.) Tobacco, Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Hemp,
Flax, Masts, Yards, Bowsjirits, Staves, Heading
Boards and Plank, Timber, Shingles, aiMlLumbei\
Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, and
Live Stock, Bread, Biscuit, Flour, Peas, Beans,
Potatoesj Wheat, Rice, Oats, Barley, and Grain
of any Sort, the Growth or Production of any of
the Territories of the United States of America,
from being imported from the said Territories
into Saint George or Hamilton, in the Island of
Bermuda, in any Foreign Ship belonging to any
State in Amity with His Majesty. 52 Geo. a.
c. 79. §2, 53 Geo. 3. c. 50.

(6.) Fruit or Vegetables the Growth of the
United States from being imported into the Ports
enumerated in 52 Geo. 3. c. 79. and 53 Geo. ?■,.
c. 50. in Ships of the Description mentioned in the
said Acts, under the like Authority, Restrictions,
Rules, Regulations, Penalties, and Forfeitures,
therein provided. 57 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 1.

(7.) The usual and necessary Articles of Sup-
ply for the Estates of Dutch Proprietors in the
Colonies of Demerara, Berbice, and Essequibo in
the Province of Guiana in South America, from
being exported from the Netherlands into the said
Colonies respectively, on board any Ship being
the Property of Subjects of the King of the
Netherlands, wherever built, and without Restric-
tion or Limitation as to the Mariners navigating
the same, for the Space of Five Years, commenc-
ing from the 1st Day of January 1816 ; but the
Master of every such Ship shall produce to the
proper Officer of His Majesty's Customs in the
said Colonies, satisfactory Proof of the said Ship
being owned by a Subject of the King of the
Netherlands ; provided that the said King of the
Netherlands may, at any Time before the Expira-
tion of the said Five Years, direct that such Trade
shall be carried on only in such Ships ps are Dutch -
built, and whereof the Master and Three Fourths
of the Crew are the Subjects of His said Majesty ;
provided also, that after the Expiration of the
Five Years no such Trade shall be carried on, ex-
-cpc ui (cjiiipa JL/utwi-uuiii, uuu \vncrcoi uie Mas-
ter

Hemp,
leading

^umber.

try, and

Beans,

d Grain

f anv o!"

Liiit;ii(.a,

rritories

sland of

; to any

Geo. i.

of the

e Ports

Geo. .S.

?d in the

rictions,

feitures,

of Sup-
s in the

quibo in

•a, from

the said

p being

of the

Restric-

vigating

mmenc-

but the

i to the

3 in the

lid Ship
of tlie

T of the

Expira-
h Trade

' Dutch -

Fourths

klajesty ;
of the

on, ex-

le Mat-

ter

^btpS'

291

-U

ter and Three Fourths of the Crew are Subjects
of His said Majesty. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § S, 4. 6.

(8.) The Produce of the Estates of Dutch Pro- pf J"/i'„'^^
prietors in tlie said Colonies of Demerara, Berbice, Estates to the
or Essequibo in Guiana, from being exported from Netherlands.
the said Colonies to the Netherlantis, on board
such Ships as are described in the preceding
Article, No. 7. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 4. 6.

(9.) Scantling, Planks, Staves, Heading Boards, Ships of States
Shingles, Hoops, Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, t^,flZ^
Hogs, Poultry, and Live Stock of any Sort; ling, &c. into
Bread, Biscuit, P'lour, Peas, Beans, Potatoes, ^""^ to be
Wheat, Rice, Oats, Barley, and Grain of any ZlTlLZ or
Sort; Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Fruits, Seeds, and New Brunewiikj
Tobacco ; from being imported into such Ports as
shall be specially appointed for that Purpose by
His Majesty within the Provinces of Nova Scotia
► or New Brunswick, in any Vessel belonging to the
Subjects of any Sovereign or State in Amity with
His Majesty. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. §1.

See Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
(10.) Gypsum, Grindstones, or other Produce or ^i;"' export
Manufacture of the said Provinces of Nova Scotir. frnmX'said
or New Brunswick, and any Produce or Manu- Ports.
facture of the United Kingdom, or of His Ma-
jesty's Colonies or Plantations in the West Indies,
or any Goods which have been lawfully imported
into the said Provinces, from being exported from
such Ports as shall be specially appointed for that
Purpose by His Majesty within the said Provinces,
in any Vessel belonging to the Subjects of any So-
vereign or State in Amity with His Majesty to
which the said Articles shall be exported*.
58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 4-.
J See Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

16. No Ship shall be cleared Outwards for any Colony, Clearing out
Territory, or Place to His Majesty belonging, or in the Bririn or*ire.
Possession or under the Dominion of His Majesty in hnd^ the whole
America, unless the whole and entire Cargo of such Cargo must be
Vessel shall be laden in Great Britain or Ireland ; and fr'!;!f "' ""'*
any Officer oi the Customs may stop any British Ship clearance

t produced.

* The Act 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. is to continue in force for Three
Years from Sth May J 818, and until Six Weeks after the Com-
mencement of the then next Session of Parliament.

y.i

Ur2

arrivmg

S92

&i)ip0.

Counterfeiting,
&c. the Docu-
ments, or using
the same.

arriving from any Part of Europe, which shall be disco-
vered within Two Leagues of the Shore of any of the
Colonics, &c. and seize any Goods (except as herein-
after mentioned) for which the Ma'ter shall not produce
a Cocket or Clearance li om the Collector or proper Of-
ficer of His Majesty's Customs in some Part of Great
Britain or Ireland, certifying that the said Goods were
there laden. 4 Geo, 3. c. 15. §30. 20 Geo. 3» c. 10. §15.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

1 7. Any Person who shall counterfeit, alter, or falsify
any Cocket or Clearance re<juired by this Act, or shall
knowingly or wilfully make use of any Cocket or Clear-
ance so counterfeited, &c. shall for every such Offence
forfeit jf 500, and the same shall be of no effect. 4? G e o 3
c. 15. § 32.

Not to prevent
ths loading of
Salt, Wine,
Oranges or
Lemons at cer-
tain Places herein
mentioned.

r 1

18.

Certain Articles
for tlu' Fisheries
and Herrings,
from Guern-
sey, Jersey, and
Man.

Fruit, Wine,
OiI»Salt, or
Cork from Parts
of Europe South
of Cape Finis-
terre, in Ships
arriving from
the Coloniei:

a
I'

O
S

(1.) Salt laden in Europe for the Fisheries in
Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, or for any
other Place to which Salt is allowed to be carried
for the Use of the Fisheries ; Wines laden in the
Madeh'as of the Growth thereof; Wines of the
Growth of the Western Islands or Azores, and
laden there ; Oranges or Lemons of the Azores or
Madeiras, shipped from thence for Exportation
direct to any of the Ports iu the British Colonies
in North America, in British-built Ships, owned,
navigated, and registered according to Law.
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 31. 4 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 1.
48 Geo. 3. c. 22. § 1. 57 Geo.3. c. 89. § 1.
(2.) Goods, the Growth, Produce, or Manufac-
^ture of Great Britain, Ireland, Guernsey, or Jersey,
iit and necessary for the Fisheries carried on in any
of the British Colonies, shipped by the Inhabitants
of Guernsey or Jeisey; Tools or Implements ne^
cessary for the Fishery manufactured in the Isle
of Man, or Herrings cured there, and shipped
from the said Isle. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28 . § 1 . 12 Geo. 3.
c. 31. §5. 12 Geo. 3. c. 58. §4.
See Europe.
(3.) Fruit, Wine, Oil, Salt, or Cork, laden in
any Part of Europe to the Southward of Cape
Finisterre, for Exportation direct to certain Colo-
nies in North America, on board any British Ship,

" '' ...*- .g^.,.. ..... ,,^_.. gt^.-..L«V-* •-^'■^^ ^ --'

Law, which shaU kave arrived at any such Part of

Europe

\sA

S)I)tpgi

293

isA

•2

5?
4>

Europe wi*h the Articles emimeratecl in this Act.

51 Geo. 3. c. 97.

See Cork.

Fruit.

Oil.

Salt.

Wine.
(4.) Corn or Grain laden in any Part of Europe
to the Southward of Cape Finisterre, for Ex-
portation to any of His Majesty's Sugar Colo-
nies, on board any Ship having landed a Cargo of
Sugar, Coffee, or Cocoa imported from the said
Sugar Colonies under the Regulations of this Act. .

52 Geo. 3. c. 98.

See Corn and Grain.
Coffee.
Cocoa.
Sugar.
(5.) Articles requisite as Supplies for the Cul-
tivation of Estates in Demerara, Berbice, or Esse-
quibo, or the Clothing, Maintenance, and Com-
fort of the Residents thereon, shipped in the
Netherlands by the Subjects of the King of the
Netherlands, being Dutch Proprietors in such
Colonies respectively. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 4.
See Demerara.
(6.) Articles enumerated in the following Sche-
dule, shipped at Malta or the Dependencies
thereof, or at Gibraltar, on board any British-
built Ship, owned, navigated, and registered ac-
cording to Law, for Exportation direct to any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in Ame-
rica, Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Ma-
jesty's Colonies or Plantations in North America.
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9- 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1,
Sec Gibraltar.
Malta.

SCHEDULE B.

also Corn and
Grain from such
Pnrtsof Europ».

Supplies for the
Estates of Dutch
Proprietors in
Guiana from the
Netherlands.

Certain Articks
from Malta or
Gibraltar.

i i

Dry and Wet "1 In Jars
Fruit, in Bran- > &

,1- Q, C? I TJ^.4l„-

Pickles in Ditto.
Olives.

Figs.

Raisins.
r* „<-«

Pistaccio Nuts*
Almonds.

Dtates.

294

^iOpe.

^^M

1 Dates.

Safflower.

■

^^1

Capers.

Musk.

^^H

Wine.

Incense.

■

^^H

Brandy.

Essence of Bergamot.

^^H

Oil of Olives.

Do. of Citron.

^^B

Oil of Almonds.

Do. of Lemon.

^^H

Gum Arabic.

Do. of Orange.

^^1

Mastic.

Do. of Lavender.

^^1

R
Q

Myrrh.

Do. of Roses.

^^H

Sicily.

Do. of Rosemary.

Ammoniac.

Marble, \ Rough &
Alabaster, J Worked.

^^B

<*4

Opium.

^^H

Manna.

Brimstone.

^^H

Senna.

Cork.

^^H

Cantharides.

Aniseed.

■

^^H

■

Oris Root.

Cumminseed.

^^H

P»4

Rhubarb.

Ostrich Feathers.

^^H

Mill Timber.

Honey.

^^H

Box Wood.

Sponges.

Argol.
' Vermilion.

Amber.

Coral.

^^H

Ochres.

Bullion.

Cinnabari

Precious Stqnes.

^^H

Orange Buds and Peel.

Pearls.

^^m

Juniper Berries.

Corn.

^^H

Punk.

Grain.

^^1

Pumice Stone.

Meal or Flour.

^^H

•W

Emery Stone.

Beans.

^^H

Whetstone.

Peas.

,'.

^^H

Paintings and Prints.

Lentils.

1 '-

^^H

Mosaic Works.

Rice.

^^H

Medals.

Maccaroni or Vermi-

^^1

Lava and Malta Stone

celli.

^^1

for building.

Cascasoo.

^^H

Pczzolana.

Parmesan Cheese.

^^1

•«**

Jalop.

Bologna and other

^^1

Scammony.

Sausages.

^^H

Quicksilver.

Anchovies.

^^1

Sarsaparilla.

Caviar.

^^H

Saffron.

Botarera.

^^H Of 50 Tons or

19. Where any Vessel of the Bur3ien of Fifty Tens

^^H| under, laden with qi
^^^H Lustomahle or 1
^^H prohibited Goods, .'

• under, laden with customable or prohibited Goodt^,

all be found hovering within the Limits of any Port on

HHH hovering within ttl

e Coasts of any of the Uominions or Territories belonji-

the Limits ol the jj)

gto

the Crown of Great Brit

ain, and not proceed in;^-

;

ed.

S)|)tpS>

on her Voyage for Foreign Parts, Wind and Weather
permitting, any Officer of the Customs may go on board,
and take an Account of the Lading, and take Security
from the Master, by his own Bond to His Majesty in
Treble the Value of such Foreign Goods then on board,
with Condition that such Vessel (as soon as Wind and
Weather and her State and Condition shall permit) shall
proceed regularly on the Voyage, and land such Foreign
Goods at some Foi'eign Port or Ports ; and if such Mas-
ter shall upon Demand refuse to enter into such Bond, or
having entered into the same shall not depart or proceed
regularly on such Voyage (as soon as Wind and Weather
and the State and Condition of the Vessel shall permit)
unless suffered to make a longer Stay by the Collector, or
(in his Absence) the Principal Officer of such Port, not
exceeding Twenty Days, then all the Foreign Goods on
board shall, by Direction of the Collector or other princr-
pal Officer, be brought on Shore and secured ; and in
case the Goods are customable, the Duties shall be paid,
and any prohibited Goods, or other Goods liable to
Forfeiture, which may be found on board, shall be for-
feited, and the Officers of the Customs shall prosecute
the same, as also the Vessel, in case she shall be liable to
Condemnation ; and after the Goods are secured, such
Bond shall be void, and delivered up without Fee or
Reward ; and not being otherwise discharged, shall, on
a proper Certificate returned under the Common Seal of
the Chief Magistrate in any Place beyond the Seas, or
under the Hands and Seals of Two known British Mer-
chants upon the Place, that such Goods were there land-
ed, or upon Proof by credible Persons that such Goods
were taken by Enemies or perished in the Seas (the Exa-
mination and Proof thereof being left to the Judgment
of the Commissioners of Customs), shall be vacat jd and
discharged. 5 Geo. 1. c. 1 1. § 6. 3 Geo. 3. c. 22.

20. If any Foreign Ship shall be found at Anchor, or
hovering within Two Leagues of the Shore of any Co-
lony, Territory, or Place in the Possession of or under
the Dominion of His Majesty in America, and shall not
depart from the Coast and proceed upon her Voyage to
some Foreign Port or Place within 48 Hours after the
Master of such Ship shall be required so to do by any

Offi''*"'" f^i' Mi« IVTnipufu'e Cucfnmc /iinlpee in nacA nf nji"

unavoidable Necessity and Distress of Weather), such
Ship, with all the Goods therein laden, shall be forfeited^

U 4 whether

295

Ports anil not
proceediiif; on the
Voyaje,

Foreign Ships
hovering within
Two Leagues of
the Shore, anJ
not departing
within 48 Hours
after being re-
quired so to do.

296

S)Dtp)S.

Not to extend to
French Ships on
certain Pa;-ts of
Newfoundland.

In the Slave
Trade, not to be
cleared out in
any of His Ma-
jesty's Do-
4n:nions.

Goods may in
certain Cases be
brjught on Shore
to he deposited in
the V arehouse.

Officers in.iy
remnin on
board.

» Penalty on alter-
ing pKckages and
«mi)ezziing
Goods.

after Clearing,

whether Bulk shall have been broken or not, and may be
seized and prosecuted by any Officer of His Majesty's
Customs. 1' Geo. 3. c. 15. §33.

21. But not to extend to any Ship belonging to the
Subjects of the French King, which shall be found fish-
ing and not carrying on any illicit Trade on that Part ef
the Island of Newfoundland, which stretches from Cape
Bonavista to the Northern Part of the Island, and from
thence running down to the Western Side as far as Point
Ilichc. 4. Geo. 3. c. 15. §34.

22. No Ship sliall be fitted out in any Part of His
Majesty's Dominions for the Purpose of being, employed
on the African Slave Trade, or in any of the Tratlino-
or Concerns proliibited and declared to be unlawful by
these Acts, or to take on board any (ioods to be carried
to Africa, to be there bartered for Slaves. 46 Geo. 3.
c. 52. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36.

See Slaves.

23. The Officers of the Customs and their Deputies may
go aboard, as well Ships of War as Merchant Ships, and
from thence bring on Shore all Goods prohibited or uncus-
tomed, except Jewels, if they be outward-bound ; and if
they be Ships inward-bound, may bring on Shore into His
Majesty's Storehouse all small Parcels of Goods which shall
be found in Cabins, Chests, Trunks, or other Small Pack-
ages, or in any private or secret Place, in or out of theHold,
which may occasion a just Suspicion that they were inten-
ded to be fraudulently conveyed away, and all other Sorts
of Goods for which the Duties were not paid within Twenty
Days after the first Entry of the Ship, to remain in the
Storehouse until the Duties be satisfied, unless the Officers
shall see a just Cause to allow a longer Time ; and the
Officers and their Deputies may remain aboard until all
the Goods are delivered ; and if any Master, Purser, or
Boatswain, or other, taking Chaige in any Ship, or any
other Person, shall suffer any Truss, Bale,>ack, Fardel,
Cask, or other Package to be opened on board the
Ship, and the Goods therein to be embezzled, carried
away, or put in any other Form or Package after the
Ship comes into the Port of her Discharge, in every such
Case the said Master, Purser, Boatswain, or other Person,
shall forfeit ^100. 13 & 14 Car. 2. c. 11. & 4.
7&8 W.3. c. 22. § 6.

24. In case after the clearing of any Ship and dis-
charging the Watchmen or Tidcmen from Attendance
^ there-

^l)tp&.

29?

thereupon, there shall be found on board any Good*
which have been concealed from the Knowledge of the
Officers, and for which the Duties due upon jlie Impor-
tation thereof have not been paid, the Master shall
forfeit d'lOO. 1 3 & 14 Car. 2. c. 1 1. § 5. 7 & 8 W. 3 .
c. 22. § 6.

25. All Goods which shall be foimd concealed in any
Place on board any such Ship at any Time after the Master
thereof shall have made his Report to the Collector or other
proper Officer of the Customs, and which shall not be com-
prized in the said Report, shall be forfeited, and may be
seized and prosecuted by any Officer of the Customs ; and
the Master (in case it can be made appear that he was any-
wise consenting or privy to such Fraud or Concealment)
shall forfeit treble the Value of the Goods so found.
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 36.

26. No Goods shall be laden on board any Ship in
any of the British Colonies or Plantations in America, to
be carried from thence to any other British Colony or
Plantation, without a Sufferance or Warrant first had
and obtained from the Collector or other proper Officer
of the Customs at the Port or Place where such Goods
shall be intended to be put on board ; and the Master
of such Ship shall take out a Cocket expressing the
Quantity and Quality of the Goods, and Marks of the
Packages so laden, with the Merchants Names by whom
•shipped, and to wiiom consigned ; and if they are Goods
liable to Duty upon Importation into or Exportation from
the said Colonies or Plantations, the Cocket shall dis-
tincdy specify that the Duties have been paid for the
•^ame, reterring to the Times or Dates of Entry, and Pay-
ment of Duties, and by whom they were paid; which
Cocket shall be produced by the Master to the Collector
or other principal Officer of the Customs at the Port or
Place wliei'c the Ship shall arrive, in any of the British
Colonies or Plantations in America, before any Part of
the Goods are unladen; and if any Goods shall be
shipped without such Suffijrance, or the Ship shall de-
part and proceed on her Voyage without such Cocket,
or the Goods shall be landed before such Cocket is pro-
duced at tlic Port or Place of Discharge, or if the Goods
tlo not agree in all respects therewith, they shall be
fovfoitcd ; and anv Officer of the Customs may ston anv
^nch Ship which shall be discovered within Two Leagues
'>f the Shore of any of the British Colonies or Planta-
tions

Found concealed
after the Master
has mnde his
Report, and not
included therein.

No Goods to be
laJen for another
British Colony
without a
Sufferance, and
a Cocket to bo
taken out ;

to be i>roducev-<
at the Port of
Arrival.

Ships within
Tr.u Leagues oi
the Shore may
be detained, if
Cockets not
produced.

298

d>Dtp&

Documt'iiu not
required iu cer-
tain Caster.

Ccumtcifeiting
Documents, or
uiing the same.

Mastc^h to take
Certificates of
laving glvtn
Lond, which are
111 be delivered
up at the Port of
Arrival,

Within Two
Leagues of the
Shore not pro-
ducing such
Certificate.

GootU which shall bo»
no such Cocket shall be \)n}-

tions ill Anjcrica, niul seize all

found on boarti lor which

tluced to Irim. 4- Ceo. 3. c. 15. §29.

27. Not to require any Sufferance or Cocket for any
Goods the Product or Manufacture of the British Colonies
or Plantulions in America, which are not by any Act of
Parliament made in Great Britain liable to Duty upon
the Importation into or Exportation from the said
Colonics or Plantations, and are not prohibited to be
exported from thence, and which shall be laden hi any
Boat, Flat, Shallop, or other Vessel without a Deck, not
exceeding Twenty Tons Burthen, in order to be carried
within any River, Lake, or other Inland Waters within
the said Colonies or Plantations, and not carried out to
Sea further than One League from the Shore. 5 Geo. 3.
c. 45. § 25.

28. Any Person who shall counterfeit, alter, erase, or
falsity any Affidavit, Certificate, Sufferance, Cocket, or
Clearance required by this Act, or shall knowingly or
wilfully make use of the same, shall forfeit .^100, and
such Affidavit, &c. shall be invalid and of no Effect.
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 32.

29. Every Master of any Ship shall, before he departs
from any British Colony or Plantation where he receives
his Lading, take a Certificate under the Hands and
Seals of the Collector or other Principal Officer of the
Customs there (which they are to grant without Fee or
Reward), that Bond hath been given pursuant to the
Directions of these or any other Acts of Parliament, as
the Case shall require ; and the Master of such Ship shall
keep such Certificate in his Custody till the Voyage is
completed, and shall then deliver the same up to the
Collector or other Chief Officer of the Customs at the
Port or Place where he shall discharge his Lading hi
Great Britain, Ireland, or any British American Colony
or Plantation, on Forfeiture of .i 100 for every Offence,
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §24. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1- 3. 39 &
40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

30. If any British Ship laden with any Goods of the
Produce or Manufacture of any British Colony or Plan-
tation in America^ shall be discovered by any Officer of
His Majesty's Customs within Two Leagues of the Shore
of anv British Colony or Plantation in America, and the
Master of such Vessel shall not produce a Certificate that
Bond ha* been given for the Landing such Goods in

T Great

&l)ip«»

299

Great Britain or Ireland, or some other British Planta-
tion^ or il" he shall not prcKluce such Certificate to the
Collector or other Chief Officer of the Customs whera
he shall an ive in Great Britain or Ireland, or any
British Colony or Plantation, such Ship and all the Goods
'herein laden shall be lorreited. 4 Geo. S. c. 15. § 25.
20 Geo. 3. c. 1 0. § 1 . 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67 Art. 6.
31. Every Ship built in His Majesty's Plantations in Upon firtt

America shall, upon her first settinir out or bcini: first f "'"b ""'v'" •>=
^^„:^ k„,i * o I £• • 1 1 • 1 " ,• ,, . ^ , furiusncd with »

•i^avigateci at Sea, be furnished with one lull ant! complete new Set of Sail*,

Set of new Sails, made up of Sail Cloth manufactured in
Great Britain or Ireland ; and »f such Ship shall not on
her first setting out be fitted and furnished with a new
Set of Sails, properly belonging to such Ship, made of
Sail Cloth of the Manufacture of Great Britain or Ire-
land, the Master sliall forfeit £50. 9 Geo. 2. c 37. § 4.
19 Geo. 2. c. 27. § II. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

S)l)tp0 (Stranded.)*

I. Upon Application by or on Behalf of the Com- Penons who ar,-
mander of any Ship stranded, or being in Danger of '■«'i"''^«'' 'o "iii-
stranding, the Sheriffs or their Deputies, .Justices of the "ioJ^'f^shljr*'
Peace, Mayors, Bailifis, or other Head Officers of Corpo- branded oi in
rations and Port 'I'owns, Constables, i leadboroufrhs. '^•"^^^^.'^^

Tythingmen, Officers of the Customs or Excise, Coroners,
and Commissioners of the Land Tax, are required to
••ommand the Constables of the several Ports nearest the

stranding.

*^By an Opinion of the Law Officers of the Crvwn in June
\7 67, it is considered that the^e Lawsregari/big « Ships stranded,
' extend to and are in force in His Majesti/s Colmiies and Planta-
' tionsin America; as the Title of the Jet 12 Auu. stA. c. 18.

• expressly imports the same to he an Act fur preserving Ships

• and Goods forced on Shore or stranded on the Coast of Her

• Majesty's Dominions, and the enacting Part has Words ex-

• tending the Act to Her Majesty's Dominions, notwithstanding
' the Promulgation of the Law, and some other Provisions in, it,
' are applicable only to Great Britain.'

How Jar the Clauses of the Jet of Ann. and of the other Acts
altering and amending the same, here inserted, can be carried into
Execution in the British Colonies and Plantaiwns, will depend upon
the Nature of the public Establishments at the Colony or Planta-

tlOH 1l)hp.rt> n Sihin nr Cinnrle innti U/, c*r""'li"1 ■" - •>-."-...<.;-'- - cl'.

may he in Distress or in danger of stranding, or where any Offence*

'Hay be committed.

Place

300

Jiiflliccs may
take the Power
of the Cininly ;
and if Persons
are ais.iuheil, the
Oftendv-T to hi
traospoirtd.

Who are to give
Orders to the
Persons as-
sembled to save
Ships or Good5.

Persons emerliig
the Ship withoLiL
Leave, hinder-
iiig the saving of
the Ship or

§)I)tpS (Stranded).

Place where such Ship shall be iu Danger, to summon
Persons to assist in preserving such Ship and Cargo :
and the OiHccrs of the Customs and Constables may
command Ships riding at an Anchor near tlic Place to
assist by their Boats, and as many Hands as they can
conveniently spare ; and if any Connnander shall refuse
or neglect to assist, he shall forfeit £lOO to the Com-
mander of the Ship in Distress, together with Costs of
Suit. 12 Ann. st. 2. c. 18. § 1. 4> Geo. 1. c. V2, § 1.
26 Geo. 2. c. 19. §9.

2. Any one or more of the Justices, in case of Need,
may in the Absence of the High Sheriff, take sufficient
Power of the County to repel all unjust Violence, and to
enforce the Execution of this Act ; and if any Person
(lawdhlly authorized) shall be assaulted, beaten, or
wounded for or on account of his acting in the Salvage
of any Goods, Vessels, or Effects stranded, wrecked, or
cast on Shore, or lying under Water, in any of His
Majesty's Dominions, the Oflender, upon Conviction at
the Assizes at the General or Quarter Sessions for the
County where the Offence is committed, shall be trans-
ported for Seven Years. 2fi Geo. 2. c. 19. § 11, 1'2.

3. Persons assembled to save any Ship, Goods, or
Effects, shall conform, in the first Place, to the Orders
of the Master or other Officers, or Owners, or Persons
employed by them ; and for want of their Presence or
Directions, then to the Orders of tlie Persons authorize*!,
in the following Subordination ; viz. in the first Place, to
the Orders of Officers of the Customs ; then of the Offi-
cers of Excise : then of the Sheriff or his Deputy; then
of any Justice of the Peace ; then of the Mayor or Chiei'
Magistrate of a Corporation ; then of the Coroner ; then
of the Commissioners of the Land Tax ; then of any
Chief Constable ; then of any Petty Constable, or other
Peace Officer, as any of the said Persons shall happen to
be present; and any Person wilfully acting contrary to
such Orders shall forfeit any Sum not exceeding £5, io
be levied by Warrant of a Justice of the Peace ; and for
-Non-payment the Offender shall be committed to the
House of Correction for any Time not exceeding Three
Months. 26 Geo. 2. c. 19. § 13.

4. If any Person besides those empowered by an Offi-
cer of the Customs or his Deputy, and the Constables
aforesaidj shall endeavour to enter on board any Ship m

Distress v^ithout the Leave or Consent of the Com-
mander

^|)tpS (Stranded).

iiiander or other Superior Officer of the Shij), or of the
Officer of the Customs, or his Deputy, or of the Con-
stable, or one of them, employed for the Preservation of
the Ship; or in case any Person shall molest any of
them in the saving of the Ship or Goods, or endeavour
to hinder the saving: or when any such Goods are
saved, shall deface the Marks of any such Goods before
taken down in a Book lor that Purpose provided by the
Commander and the Fiist Officer of the Customs, such
Person sliall, within the Space of Twenty Days, make
Double Satisfaction to the Party grieved, at the Discre-
tion of the Two next Justices of Peace, or in Default
thereof shall by such Justices be sent to the next House
of Correction, where he shall be employed in hard
Labour for Twelve Months ; and any Commander or
Superior Officer of the Ship in Distress, or the said
Officer of the Customs or Ctmstables on board the same,
may repel by Force any such Persons as shall, without
such Leave or Consent from the said Commander or
Superior Officer, or the Officer of the Customs, or his
Deputy, or such Constables as aforesaid, press on board
the Ship in Distress, and therel)y molest them in the
Preservation thereof. 12 Ann. st. 2. c. 18. § 3.

5. Goods found upon any Person that were stolen or
carried off from a,ny such Ship in Distress, sliall imme-
diately upon demand be delivered to the Owner, or in
default thereof the Person on whom found shqjl be liable
to pay Treble the Value, to be recovered by Action at
Law. 12 Ann. st. 2. c. 18. §4.

6. If any Person shall make or be assisting in the
making any Mole in the Bottom or any other Part of any
Ship in Distress, or shall steal any Pump belonging to
any such Ship, or be aiding or abetting in the steaUnw
such Pump, or wilfully do any thing tending to the
iimnediate Loss or Destruction of such Ship, such Person
shall be deemed guilty of Felony without Benefit of
Clergy. 12 Ann. st. 2. c. 18. § 5.

7. if any Person shall plunder, take away, or destroy
any Goods or Effects belonging to any Ship in Distress,
or whic' shall be wrecked, stranded, or cast on Shore in
His Majesty's Dominions, whether any Living Creature
he on board or not, or shall plunder, &c. the Furniture,

xacklc, Apparel, Piovision, or Pari of hucli Ship, or
beat or wound with Intent to kill, or obstruct the Escape
v>f any Persons eudeavouring to save thcii* t,ives from

such

301

Goods, or defjc-
ing the Marks,
to make Satis-
faction.

Persons who
press on board
may be repelled
by force.

Goods stolen or
carried off to be
delivered to the
Owner.

Persons domg
any thing tend-
ing to the Loss
of the Ship,
deemed guilty of
Fe'ony,

Persons plunder-
ing or destroyiuj
any Coods or
Part of the Ship,
or wounding or
obstructing the
Escape of Per-
sons, or puttaig
out false Lights,
deemed guilty of
Fclonv.

.'J02

ll'tl!'} Goods .-rs
wf small Value,
inay be prose-
vulcd for
Larceny.

Examination to
be delivered to
Cleric of the
Peace.

Warrant mav be
granted to search
for Goods rnni-d
away, and which
are to h''
livered i. .4ie
Owners,

OifereJ for =ale,
n\ay be seized by
the Person to
'.vbom offered.

S)l)tpS (Stranded).

such Ship, or put out false Lights with Intent to biin::
any Ship into Danger, being convicted thereof, sliaK
suffer Death as a Felon without Benefit of CIere\
26Geo. y. c. 19. § 1.

8. But it the Goods or Effects stranded, lost, or cas-
on Shore are or suiall Value, and stolen without Circurr-
stances of Cruelty, Outrage, or \'iolence, the Offend-:
may be prosecuted by Indictment for Petit Larcen%.
26 Geo. 2. c. 19. §2.

9. Upon Oath before any Magit;trate of such Plunde'
or Theft, or the breaking of any Ship, the Examinatior.
taken thereupon shall be delivered to the Clerk of th/-
Peace of the County, Riding, or Division wherein thi-
Fact was committed, who shall cause the Offender to bi
proceeded against. 26 Geo. 2. c. 19. § 8-

10. Upon Information on Oath before a Justice of tli*-
Po ce of any Part of the Cargo or ER'cts of any Ship
lost or stranded upon or near the Coasts of any of Hi"?
Majesty's Dominions being unlawfully conveyed away,
or concealed in any Place, or of some reasonable Ground
of Suspicion thereof, such Justice may grant his Warrant
for searching tor such Goods ; and if they are found in
Custody of any Person not legally entitled to keep them,
and if the Owner or Occupier or the Place, or the
Person in whose Custody they are found, shall not imme-
diately deliver them, upon Demand, to the Owner or
Person lawfully authorized to demand them, or not
giving a good Account how lu came by them, sucb
Person shall be ccir.mitted to Gaol for Six Months, or
until he j^ays the Owner I'reble tke Value of the Goods,
26 Geo. '>. c. 19. §3.

11 Such Goods suspected to have been unlawfully
taken away and offered to S:ile, may be seized by tl i-
Person to whom they are offered, or by any Officer ot
the Customs or Excise, or any Peace Officer, who shall
carry them or give Notice of the Seizure to a Justice ri
the Peace ; and if the Person who offered them to Sale
does not within I'en Days 'prove to the Satisfaction of the
Justice the Property to be in him, or the Person wh-
employed him, the Goods shall, by Order of the Justice,
be delivered over to the Use of the Owner, upon Pay men 1
of a reasonable Reward for the Seizure, to be ascertained
by the .Justice^ who is also to criintTiit tlso Person who

offered them to Sale to Gaol for Six Months, or until
he has paici Treble the Value of the Goods to the Owner.
26 Geo. 2. c, 19. I i.

12. In

i i

S)l)tp6 (Stranded).

I ]

1 2. In case any Person not employed by tlie Master,
Mariners, or Owners, or Persons lawfully authorized, in
tlie Salvage of any Ship or Goods, shall, in the Absence
of Persons so employed, save any Ship, Goods, or Effects,
and shall cause them to be carried into Port, or to any
Custom House near, or other Place of safe Custody,
immediately giving Notice thereof to some Justice of the
Peace, Magistrate, or Custom House or Excise Officer,
or shall discover to them where such Effects arc wron"--
fuUy bought, sold, or concealed, such Person shall bo
entitled to a reasonable Reward from the Master or
Owners ; to be adjusted in case of Disagreement in the
Manner herein-after prescribed. 26 Geo. 2. c. 19. ^ 5.

13. Persons acting in the Preservation of any such
Ship or the Cargo shall be rewarded within 30 Days, on
Default whereof the Ship and Cargo may be detained by
the Officers of the Customs ; and in case of Dispute
about the Quantum and Reward for such Service, Three
neighbouring Justices of the Peace may adjust the same;
provided that if no Person appears to chiim the Goods
saved, the Chief Officer of the Customs in the next Port
shall apply to Three of the nearest Justices of the Peace,
who shall put him or some other responsible Person iu
Possession thereof; and if not claimed within Twelve
Months, the Goods shall be publicly sold (or, if perish-
able, tbrthwith sold), and after Deduction of Charges the
Residue shall be transmitted into the Exchequer, tliere
to remain for the Proprietor, who, u^^on Proof of his
Right to the Satisfaction of One of the Barons, shall upon
iiis Order receive the same out of the Exchequer.
12 Ann. St. 2. c. 18. §2. 4 Geo. 1. c. 12. § 1. 26 Geo. 2.
c. ly. § 16.

14. Tlie Justice of the Peace, Mayor, Bailiff; Collector
ol the Customs, or Chief Constable nearest the Place
where any Ship or Goods may be stranded or cast away,
sh a "forthwith give public Notice for a Meetincr of the
Sheriff" or his Deputy, the Justices of the Peace, Mayors,
or Chief Magistrates of Towns Coiporate, Coroners, and
Commissioners of the Land Tax, or any Five of them,
who are required to give Aid in Execution of this Act
and 12 Ann. sess. 2. c. 18., to examine Persons upon
Oath concerning the Ships and Effects stranded or cast
away, or tlie Salvage, which they are to adjust and dis-
tribute among die Persons concerned in «ase of Disagree-
ment; and every such Sheriff", &c. who attends the

Meetiiic;,

303

Persons s^ung
any Ship or
Goods, to tarry
them to sonic
Place of safe
Custody, and
give Notice to
some Justice.

How Salvors to
be rswiirciod.

Gor;ds not
claimed, to be
sold.

Justices to give
Notice for a
Meeting of the
SiierifF, f<c. to
exarrune Persons
on Oath, and
adjust Salvage.,

304

If Salvage not
paid, the Officers
may borrow
Money to satisfy
the same.

Persons who can
^ive any Account
of the Ship, to
he examined on
Oath.

Right to Wreck
or Goods
flotsam, jets«m,
or lagan.

How Salvage to
be adjusted in
Cases- where the
Salvors act under
the Authority of
the Owners or
Persons on board
the Ship.

S)l)tpS (Stranded).

Meeting, shall be paid ^s. a Day for his Expences out of
the Goods saved. 26 Geo. 2. c. 19. § 6.

15. The Charges and Rewards for Salvage not being
paid, or Security given for the same, within Forty Days
after the Service performed, the Officer of the Customs
concerned in such Salvage may borrow Mo ney to satisfy
the same, upon a Bill of Sale under his Hand and Seal
of the Ship or Cargo saved, or such Part as shall be suf-
ficient, redeemable nevertheless upon Payment of the
Principal borrowed and Interest at £4>. per Cent, per
Annum. 26 Geo. 2. c. 19. § 7.

16. The Officer of the Customs who acts in Preser-
vation of any Shi}) in Distress, or the Cai'go, as soon as
conveniently may be, shall cause all Persons belonging to
the Ship, or others who can give any Account thereoi^
to be examined upon Oath before a .Justice of the Pcaco,
as to the Name and Description thereof, the Name of the
Commander and Owners, and Owners of the Cargo, and
of the Port from and to which she was bounds and the
Occasion of the Distress; which Examination shall be
taken in Writing, and a Copy delivered to the Officer of
the Customs, with a Copy of the Account of the Goods,
who is to transmit the same to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, to be published in the next London Gazette,
for Information of the Persons concerned. 26 Geo. 2.
c. 19. §15.

17. Nothing contained in these Acts is to prejudice
His Majesty, or any Person claiming under Him by
Patent or Grant, in relation to any Right which His
Majesty or such Person may have to any Wreck, or
Goods flotsam, jetsam, or lagan. 12 Ann. st. 2. c. 18. § 9.
26 Geo. 2. c. 19. §14.

18. All the Means which in virtue of 12 Ann. c. 18.
subsist and may now be by Law applied for the con-
clusively adjusting, and for the recoveiing of the Quan-
tum of the Gratuities to be paid to Persons acting or
being employed in the Salvage of any Ship or Goods, in
Cases where Application shall have been first made to
Officers of tUe Customs or other the Officers therein men-
tioned, and Assistance shall have been thereupon rendered
and had in pursuance of that Act, shall be applicable and
available in like manner in cases where the Salvors shall
have acted under and by the mere Employment and Autho-
rity of the Commander or other Superior Officers, Mari-
ners, or Owners of any Ship in Distress, although no such

Applicatioii

^\)ipB (Stranded).

305

cation shall have been made to, nor any Authority or
Assistance derived from, any Officers of the Customs or
other Officers mentioned in 12 Ann. c. 8.; and upon Pay-
ment, or Tender and Refusal, of the Quantum of Gra-
tuities to be paid to the several Persons, or (in case such
Payment or Tender cannot be made) on Security given
for the due Payment thereof, to the Satisfaction of the
Justices who shall have adjudged such Gratuities, it shall
not be lawful for any Officer of the Customs, or other
Person or Persons having the Possession or Custody of
such Ship, Vessel, or Goods, any longer to retain the
Possession, by Reason or Pretence of any Claim or Right
to a Compensation or Gratuitjr for such Salvage, or for
having acted or been employed therein. 48 Geo. S.
c. 130. §21.

19. Provided that in Cases where the Salvors shall How to be ad-
have acted without Application made to, and without any j^"^*^ ''^ '^'*^* °^
Authority or Assistance derived from, any Officer of the betTveenX"'
Customs, or other Officer in the; said Act mentioned, and Salvors and
the Commander or other Superior Officer, Mariners, or ^*^*"-
Owners of such Ship, or the Person whose Goods shall
be saved, or their Agents, shall disagree with such Salvors
touching the Gratuity deserved, the Commander of sucli
Ship so saved, or the Owner of the Goods, or Merchant
interested therein, or their Agents, and such Salvors,
may nominate Three of the neighbouring Justices of the
Peace to adjust the Quantum of the Gratuity to be paid ;
and in case the Parties shall nc»t agree in such Nomina-
tion, then on the Application of any of the Parties to any
one neighbouring Justice, such Justice shall nominate
two other neighbouring Justices, and such Three neigh-
bouring Justices shall adjust the Quantum of the Gratuity
to be paid to each Salvor, who shall disagree with such
Master, Commanding Officer, Merchant or Owners, or

their Agents as aforesaid*

The Production of the British Plantations in America, Not to be ex-
shall not be shipped or conveyed from any of the said poned, unless to

. some ether

* The 48 Geo. 3. c. 130. is a temporary Law. and continued
^^Z/53 Geo. 3. c. 87 ■ for Hevcn Yeari, from 2d July 1813.

X Plant-

306

^iVk (ia^lD)*

Phntation, or to Plantations to any Place, unleBs to some other Plantation
^"f^^" tjelo^ing to His Majerty, or to Great Britain or Ireland.
" i» Car. «.c. 1&. §18, 19. «2 &59Car.2. C.56. § 11.

^ & 8 W. 8. c. 22. § 13. 8 Ann. c. IS. § 23. 4 Geo. 8.
c. 15. § 24. 27. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. §6. 20 Geo. 8.
c. 10. § 1 . 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 6*7. Art. 6. S6 Geo. 3.
c. 91. §4. 8.

For the Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitnres to
secure the Landing in the British Plantations, or in
Great Britain or Ireland,

See Ashes, Pot and Pearl.

Recital of Order
i„ Council,
daied Aug.
i8oj.

IT,

1. Whereas His Majesty, by His Order in Council bear-
ing Date the Fifteenth Day of August One thousand
eight hundred and five, was pleased to order, " That it
should not be lawful, except by special Licence as therein
mentioned, for any Slave or Slaves to be landed upon any
of tlie Coasts, or imported or brought into any of the
Ports, Harbours, Creeks, or Roads, or within the Limits,
Jurisdictions, and Territories, of any of the Settlements,
Islands, Colonies, or Plantations on the Continent of
America, or in the West Indies, which have been surren-
•dered to His Majesty's Arms during the present War,
until further Order; upon Pain that all Slaves so landed
or brought contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of
that Order, together with the Vessels bringing in the
same, or from which the same should be landed, and their
Cargoes, should become forfeited to Ilis Majesty, His
Heirs and Successors ; but the said Order recited, that
it might be expedient to permit the Annual Introduction
of a limited Number of Slaves under due Regulations,
for the Purpose of supplying any Waste that should
take place in the Population on particular Estates,
from extraordinary or unavoidable Causes, and thereby
of keeping up the Cultivation of the Lands already
cleared and cultivated ; and it was therefore further or-
dered, that any Number of Slaves, not exceeding Three
for every Hundred of the whole Number of Slaves in
the said Settlements, Islands, Colonies, and Plantations

Time to Time, in pursuance of Instructions to be trans-
mitted by One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of

State),

State), n

ties to t

in thepr

granted 1

administ

Islands,

Majesty'

tlements,

cence, or

of the S

Authorit;

said Sett

Provided

thousand

ation mi^

jesty's Cc

out its bi

met with

thereof, a

as aforesa

Licence I

ibre any S

from such

after furtl

immediate

cipal Seer

Governors

the said C

tively, coi

that Order

ing them t^

limited Nu

Regulation

vided, it v

ther Orde

nor, or ot

thereby we

grant such

.iikI subje

to and in

tions, migl

was thereb;

in-before c

importing (

ported into

State), might be imported in each Year (provided Casual-
ties to that Extent should appear to have takeii place
m the preceding Year), under Licences to be previously
granted by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Officer
administering the Government of the said Settlements,
Islands, Colonies, and Plantations, from any other of His
Majesty's Colonies in the West Indies, into the said Set-
tlements, Islands, Colonies, and Plantations; such Li-
cence, or a Copy thereof, to be produced by the Master
ot the Ship on which such Slaves are la<len, as his
Authority for having Slaves on board destined to the
jaid Settlements, Islands, Colonies, and Plantations:
Provided always, that until the First Day of January One
thousand eight hundred and seven, such limited Import-
ation might be made from other Places than His Ma-
jesty^s Colonies in the West Indies as aforesaid, and with-
out Its being necessary for the Master of the Vessel, if
met with at Sea, to produce the said Licence, or a Copy
thereof, as his Authority for having the Slaves destined
as aforesaid on board, but subject nevertheless to such
Lioence being first had and obtained as aforesaid, be-
iore any Slaves should be permitted to be landed or sold
from such Vessel in any of the said Settlements : And,
aiter further reciting that special Instructions would be
immediately transmitted by One of His Majesty's Prin -
cipal Secretaries of State to the Governors, Lieutenant
Governors, or Officers administering the Government of
the said Colonies, Settlements, and Plantations respec-
tively, containing *he Regulations proper for carryino-
that Order into effectual Execution, directing and empow-
ing them to grant Licences for the Importation of such
iimited Number of Slaves as aforesaid, subject to such
Regulations as in the said Instructions woidd be pro-
vided, it w^as thereby declared to be His Majesty's fur-
ther Order, that such Governor, Lieutenant Gover-
nor, or other Officer as aforesaid, should be, and they
thereby were respectively authorized and empowered to
grant such Licences, upon such Terms and Conditions,
mid subject to such Regulations as, in conformity
to and in furtherance of the Object of such Instruc-
tions, might from Time to Time be required : And it
was thereby further ordered, that thp P inhibit;.^,, *!,„, —
in-betore contained should not extend to prevent the
importing or landing of any Slaves which should be im-
ported into the said Colonies, Islands, and Plantations,

307

ifc"

308

by Licence first had for importing the same, under tlie
Hand and Seal of His Majesty's Governor or Lieute-
nant Governor, or Officer administering the Government
of the Colony, Settlements, or Plantations into which
said Slaves are to be imported, specifying the Ship or
Vessel permitted to import the same, in conformity with
the Instructions to be received from One of His Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State as aforesaid ; but that all
Slaves, except such Slaves as may form Part of the Crew
of any Vessels, or may be Household Servants to the
Passengers therein, which should be landed without such
Licence as aforesaid, and without conforming to such Re-
gulations as should be contained therein, should, together
with the Vessels bringing the same, or from which tlie
same should be landed, and their Cargoes, become for-
feited to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors ; and in
case any Vessel should contain more Slaves than the
Number permitted to be imparted in such Vessel by any
such Licence or Licences, such Number of the most
valuable of the Slaves on board such Vessel (other than
such Slaves as might form Part of the Crew of such
Vessel, or might be Household Servants to the Passen-
gers) as should be equal to the Excess beyond the Num-
ber mentioned in such Licence or Licences, should be
forfeited to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and
should be selected and disposed of in such Manner as
might be in that Behalf directed by any Instructions from
One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, to be
<nven to the respective Governors, Lieutenant Gover-
nors, or other Officers administering the Government of
such Colonies, Settlements, and Plantations as aforesaid:
And it was thereby further ordered and provided, that
nothing therein contained should be extended or con-
strued to extend to the landing, importing, or bringing
in of any Slave or Slaves from or by any Vessel which by
Stress of Weather or by any other Peril should be driven
on the Coast of any such Colonies, Settlements, or Plant-
ations, cr compelled to take refuge on such Coast, or
within the Creeks and Harbours of such Colonies, Set-
tlements, or Plantations, provided the Slave or Slaves
which should be so unported, landed, or brou^t in as
last aforesaid, should be exported to some Place or
Places other than any of the Colonics, Setilcments, or
Plantations to which the said Order applied, within Ten
Days from the Importation, landing, or bringing in of

ents, or

hin Ten

ig in of

the

the same, unless further detained by Stress of Weather,
Oi provided the same should within such Ten Days be
sold under the special Licence of the Governor, Lieute-
nant Governor, or Officer administering the Government
of the Colony, Settlement, or Plantation where such
Slaves might be, to such Person or Persons as under the
Circumstance of his, her, or their Cases (which Cir-
cumstances should be inserted in such special Licence)
might at the Date thereof be entitled to obtain a Licence
or Licences to import such Number of Slaves as he, she,
or they should in and by such special Licence or Licences
be permitted to purchase : And it was thereby further
ordered and declared, that One- third of every Forfeiture
which should accrue in consequence of that Order to His
Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, should be granted
to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Officer admi-
nistering the Government of the Colony, and One -third
to the Party who should inform and prosecute the same :"
And whereas it is expedient that the Prohibition con^
tained in the said Order of Council should be enforced
and rendered more effectual by such auxihary Regula-
tions and Remedies as the Authority of His Majesty in
Council was insufficient to provide : Be it enacted,
that it shall not be lawful to export or send any Slaves
(except in such special Cases as are hereii. after excepted)
from any Part of His Majesty's Dominions to any Island,
Settlement, Colony, Plantation, Territory, or Place
whatever, belonging to and under the Dominion of any
Foreign Sovereign, State, or Power ; the Provisions of
certain Acts of Parliament made for establishing certain
Free Ports in the West Indies, or any other Statute,
Law, or Usage to tlie contrary notwithstanding ; and if
any Slaves shall be so unlawfully exported or sent, or
shall be embarked, put on board, or transhipped at or
from any Part of His Majesty's Dominions with Intent
to be so unlawfully exported or sent, all Slaves, together
with every Ship in which the same shall be so exported,
sent, embarked, put on board, or transhipped, shall be
forfeited, and may be seized and pi-osecuted as herein-
after provided. 46 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 1 .

2. No Subject of His Majesty, or any Person resident
within this Kingdom, or any of the Islands, Colonies,
Dominions, or Territories thereto belonging, shall ex-
port, or spnd. nr nausp nr nrnrnrp to V>f» ovnnvtofi or con*-
i • .- " " 7 — — j: — — I • •• ■ "'3

or in any Manner aid, abet, or assist in the exporting

X 3 or

309

Not to be ex-
ported from His
Majesty's Do-
minions to
Foreign
Countries.

Subjects of His
Majesty, or Pel ■
sons residing in
His Majesty's.
I^ominif^us np,**
to assist in the
Exportation of

310

Shve» to Foreign
Countries.

Ma\it&.

Importing SIsves
C()iitr:iry to
Order in Coun-
cil, into any
6ett!etne:it in
America or the
West Indies
which have sur-
rendered to His
Mnjesty's Arms
during the
present Wnr.

Expo?*lrgl'rom
or t.iking on
honrd at British
Ports or in
British Ships, or
on British Ac-
count, Slaves
»\ith Intent to

or soiMlitiff any Slaves from Africa or elsewhere (ex cent
from His Mftjesty's West India Islands in such special
Cases as are herein-after expressly excepted and provided
for), to any Island, Colony, Plantation, Territory, or
Place whatever, belonging *to and under the Dominion
of any Foreign Sovereign, State, or Power, or ship,
embark, tranship, or put on board, or cause or procure
to be embarked, shipped, transhipped, or put on board,
or aid, nbet, or assist in the embarking, shipping, tran-
shipping, or putting on board any Ship whatever, at
Africa or elsewhere, any Slaves (except as aforesaid),
with the Intent to the exporting or sending the same to
any such Foreign Island, Colony, Plantation, Territory,
or Place ; and if any Slaves shall be so unlawfully ex-
ported or sent, or embarked, shipped, transhipped, or
put on board with such unlawful Intent, every such
Slave, and every Ship in which the same shall be so
unlawfully exported or sent, or embarked, shipped, tran-
shipped, of put on board, so far as any of His Majesty's
Subjects, or any Person resident as aforesaid, have any
Property, Share, or Interest therein, shall become for-
feited, and may be seized and prosecuted as herein-after
mentioned. 46 Geo. 3. c 52. § 2.

3. If any Slaves shall bo landed upon any of the
Coasts, or imported or brought into any of the Ports,
Harbours, Greek?,, or Roads, or within the Limits, Juris-
dictions, and Territories of any of the Settlements, Colo-
nies, or Plantations on the Continent of America, or in
the West Indies, which have been surrendered to His
Majesty's Arms during the present Wai-, without such
Special Licence for landing, importing, and bringing the
same as by the said Order in Council is mentioned hav-
ing been previously obtained, contrary to the Prohibitions
contained in the said Order, every such Slave, together
with the Ship by or from which the same shall be so
landed, imported, or brought, and all her Boats, Guns,
Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture, shall become forfeited,
and may be seized and prosecuted as herein-after men-
tioned. 46 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 3.

4. If any Slaves shall be exported from, or em-
barked, transhipped, or taken on board any Ship what-
ever, at any Island, Settlement, Plantation, or Terri-
tory under the Dominion of His Majesty, or shall be
exported from, or embarked, shipped, transhipped, or
taken on board at Airica, or on the Coast thereof, or

else-

elscwhore
employed
Subjects,
Subjects,
any of th(
Continen
been sun
sent Wai
such Sp<
Council,
the same
shipped,
may be S(
46 Geo. i

5. An;
sident wi
lonies, or
His Maj(
or cause
aiding or
trary to
no Pena
ing, &c.
faction ot
from inei
Claimant
Transpoi
Slave wh
or Colon
Transpoi
Copy of
Court, si
vict shall

6. AU
Transfer
Africa, is
way of P
relatiag
dealt wit
moved <
shipment
Place in
rica not 1
jcsty, to
and if ai

elsewhere, in any British Ship, or any Ship owned or
employed in whole or in part by any of Efis Majesty's
Subjects, or for or on account of any of His Majesty's
Subjects, with Intent to be transported or conveyed to
any of the said Settlements, Islands, or Plantations on the
Continent of America, or in- the West Indies, which havQ
been surrendered to His Majesty's Arms during the pre-
sent War, and to be there imported or landed without
such Special Licence, contrary to the said Order m
Council, every such Slave, with the Ship in or by which
the same shall be so exported, embarked, shipped, tran-
shipped, or taken on board, shall become forieited, and
may be seized and prosecuted as herein-after mentioned.
46 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 4.

5. Any of His Majesty's Subjects, or any Person re-
sident within the United Kingdom, or the Islands, Co-
lonies, or Territories belonging to or in the Possession of
His Majesty, who shall import, convey, ship, or tranship,
or cause or procm'e to be imported, &c. or who shall be
aiding or assisting in the importing, &c. any Slave con-
trary to this Act, shall forfeit for each Slave dSO; but
no Penalty or Forfeiture shall be incurred by import*
ing, &c. any Slave, when it shall be proved to the Satisr
faction of the Court, that the prohibited Act entirely arose
from inevitable Accident, of which Proof shall lie on the
Claimant ; provided that this Act shall not prevent the
Transportation to any Foreign Colony or Place of any
Slave who shall have been convicted in any British Island
or Colony of any Crime to which the Punishment of
Transportation is annexed; but in every such Case a
Copy of the Judgment or Sentence, certified by the
Court, shall be put on board the Ship in which such Con-
vict shp,ll be transported. 46 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 5.

6. All dealing and trading in the Purchase, Sale, or
Transfer of Slaves, carried on in, at, or from any Part of
yVfrica, is unlawful; and all Manner of dealing, either by
way of Purchase, or of any other Contract or Agreement,
lelating to any Slaves, or to any Persons intended to be
dealt with as Slaves, for the Purpose of their being re-
moved or transported, either immediately, or by Tran-
shipment at Sea, or otherwise, from Africa, or from any
Place in the West Indies, or in any other Part of Amo-
rica not being in the Dominion or Possession of His Ma-

♦.. «!," «*v./».. piooo ia nrnhihitpd. and unlawful;

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impoit them into
any such Settle-
ment, &c. ccn-
trary to Order

ill Ouuncil.

To forfeit jcl.
for ench Slave,
iX'-cpt in Cases
of Accident ; l);it
not to extend tu
Slaves under
Sentence of
Transporiatian.

Dealing In Sl.ives
at Africa, or
removing them
from thence, or
from the West
Indies, or other
Part of America,
to any other
PLlce.

"•J»

and if any of His Majesty's Subjects, or any Person re-
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Removing Per-
sons to he dealt
with as Slaves
from Africa or
any Place not
in the PMsession
of His Majeity.

Confined on
board for the
Purpose of being
80 removed.

Ships, and all
Property in the
Slaves, forfeited,
and Offenders to
forfeit xool. for
each Person.

British Subjects,
or Persons resid-
ing in His Ma-
jesty's Do-
minions, employ-
ing their Ships,
Capital, or Credit
in the Slave
Trade.

feidcnt within the United Kingdom, or any of the Terri-

^!^u\ T"" lir'""8i'!g «*• in His Majesty's Possession,
shall l,y himself, or his Factor or Agent, or otherwise
deal or contract for the dealing or transferring of any
felave, or any Person intending to be dealt with as a Slave
contrary to this Act, the Person offending shall forfeit
^100 for each Slave, One Moiety thereof to His Ma-
jesty, and the other to the Person who shall prosecute fbr
the same. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 1. 51 Geo. 3. c. 23. § 7
7. No Subject of His Majesty, or any Person resident
as aforesaid, (see No. 5.) shall remove, or aid or assist in
removing, as Slaves, or for the Purpose of being dealt
with as Slaves, any of the Inhabitants of Africa, or of any
1 enitory or Place in America not being in the Domi-
nion or Possession of His Majesty, either immediatelv, or
by Iranshipment at Sea, or otherwise, from Africa, or
trom any such Country or Place to any other Country
or Place; and no such Subject or Resident shall receive
or cxjnhne on board, or be assisting in the rcceivintr or
confining on board of any Ship any such Inhabitant for
the Purpose of his being so removed, or of his being dealt
with as a Slave; and if any Inhabitant of Africa, or of
any Territory or Place in the West Indies or America,
not bein^ in the Possession of His Majesty, shall be so
unlawful y removed, &c. on board of any Ship belonginij

' r Vi- YJ'?^'' "^ ^" ^"'^ **'' "^ employed by, any Subject
ot His Majesty, or Person residing in His Majesty's i3o-
minions, or any Territory belonging to or in the Occu-
pation of His Majesty, for any of the Purposes aforesaid,
every such Ship, with her Boats, &c. shall be fbrfeited, and
all Property in any such Slaves or Natives of Africa shall
be forfeited; and every Subject of His Majesty, or Per-
son resident as aforesaid, who shall as Owner, Part
Owner, Freighter, Shipper or Agent, Captain, Mate,
Supercargo or Surgeon, be concerned in removing, &c.
for any of the unlawful Purposes aforesaid, any such Sub-
ject or Inhabitant, shall forfeit for each Person jfi 100, One
Moiety to His Majesty, and the other to any Person who
shall prosecute for the same. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36. §3.

8. No Subject of His Majesty, or any Person resident
as aforesaid, (see No. 5.) shall invest or employ his Money,
Vessel, Goods, or Effects in tr-jding in or carrying Slaves
from Africa or elsewhere to an> Place under any Foreign
Sovereign or State, or to any jf the Colonies or PUnL
tions surrendered to His Majesty's Arms during the pre-
sent

sent War, or knowingly lend any Money, or become
Security for the Advance of any Money, (ioods, or Effects,
for the Purpose of being employed in any such Trade,
or Carriage of Slaves, or become Security for any Fac-
tor or Agent to be employed in the Sale of Slaves in or
for the Use or Supply of any such Foroign Place, or
Colony or Plantation surrendered to His Majesty's Anns
during the present War, or otherwise engage directly or in-
directly in supplying with Slaves any such Foreigif Place,
or Colonyor Plantation surrendered; upon pain tliat every
Person who shall so wilfully employ any Vessel, Goods,
or Effects, or so invest, advance, or secure any Sum of
Money for any of the Purposes aforesaid, or become Se-
curity lor any such Factor or Agent, or otherwise engage,
as Partner, Factor, Agent, or otherwise, in supplying Slaves
C()ntrary to this Prohibition, shall forfeit Double the Value
of all the Money, Ships, Goods, and Effects so by him
employed, advanced, or secured, to be recovered and ap-
plied as is herein-after mentioned ; and every Mortgage,
Bond, or other Security for the Payment of any such
unlawful Loan or Advance, or for any other the unlaw-
ful Purposes aforesaid, shall be void ; except in tlie Case
of a bona fide Purchaser or Holder of any of the said
Securities in their Nature negociable, who may have
purchased the same without Notice that they were given
in Consideration of any of the unlawful Purposes afore-
said. 46 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 6. 51 Geo. 3. c. 23. § 12.

9. Any of His Majesty's Subjects, or any Person resi-
dent as aforesaid, (see No. 5.) who shall knowingly insure
or procure to be insured any Slaves or Commodities, or
any Ship employed or to be employed in the trading in
or carrying of Slaves from Africa or elsewhere to any
Territory or Place belonging to or under the Dominion
of any Foreign Sovereign or State, or to any of the Colo-
nies or Plantations which have been surrendered to His
Majesty during the present War, shall forfeit £500; and
every such Insurance shall be void. 46 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 7.
51 Geo. 3. c. 23. §7.

10. No British Ship, or her Boats, Officers, or Ma-
riners, shall be employed in or at Africa, or any Part of
the Coast thereof, directly or indirectly, in supplying
with Slaves any Foreign Ship or Factory, or any Person
concerned for or on account of any Foreign Vessel or
i actory, or for any Colony or Territory under tJie Do-
minion of any Foreign Sovereign or State ; and every

Ship

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Penalty on
effecting In-
surances of
Slaves, Ships, or
Commodities.

Shipping Slaves
to Foreign Ships
or Factories on
the Coast of
Africa.

314

S)latoe&.

Foreign Ships in-
tended to be cm-
ployed in the
African Slave
Trade net to be
fitted out in His
Majesty's Do-
mintuns.

Subjects of His
MajestVi or Per-
sons residing in
His Majesty's
Dominions, roii-
cerned therein.

Not to be ex-
ported fiotn One
British Colony to
another, iindl a
Licence is ob-
tained, and Bond
given not to
carry them to
other Places.

Ship so employed, or the Boats, Officei'S, or Mariners^
thereof, with the Consent and Approbation of the Owner*
so employed, shall, with all her Boats, Guns, &c. be for-
feited, and may be seized and prosecuted as is herein-
after mentioned, and the Master shall forfeit jfilOO.
46 Geo. 3. c. 52. §8. 51 Geo. 3. c. 23. §7-

1 1 . No Foreign Ship intended to be employed in the
African Slave Trade shall be fitted out, manned, or dis-
patched at or from any Port of this United Kingdom, or
any other Part of His Majesty's Dominions, for a Voyage
to Africa, although fi^-st destined to touch at some other
Place ; and no Person shall put on board any Foreign
Ship, when destined directly or indirectly to A&ica, at
any Port in this United Kingdom, or any Part of His
Majesty's Dominions, any Goods with Intent to be car-
ried to Africa, to be bartered or otherways employed in
the African Slave Trade, on Forfeiture of the Ship with
all her Boats, &c. and the Goods ; and any of His Ma-
jesty's Subjects, or any Person resident within His
Majesty's Dominions, who shall knowingly fit out, man,
or dispatch any such Foreign Ship, or furnish any
Goods with the Intent aforesaid, or assist in any such
Offence, shall forfeit .if 100. 46 Gt 3. c. 52. §9.

12. No Subject of His Majesty, u. any Person resi-
dent as aibresaid, (see No. 5.) shall fit out, man, or navi-
gate, or be conrerned in the fitting out, &c. any Ship,
for the Purpose of being employed in the African Slave
Trade, or in any other the Trading or Concerns hereby
prohibited ; and every Ship fitted out, manned, or em-
ployed by any such Subject, or by any Person on his
Account, or by his Assistance or Procurement, for any
of the Purposes aforesaid, shall, with all her Boats, Sec.
be forfeited. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 2.

13. No Person shall emba'*k or carry any Slaves from
one Colony or Territory be' i ging to or under the Do-
minion of His Majesty, to . y other such Colony, &c.
until the Owner or Exporter shall apply in Writing to
the Governor, or the Chief Officer of the Customs of the
Port from whence it shall be intended to embark the said
Slaves, expressing the Number and Quality, and the
Place to which he means to c»rry them (such Place being
some Colony or Territory belonging to or under the

be lawfully imported without special Licence, or one ot
the Colonies, &c. surrendered during the present War,

for

Time, a

siding in

^ldbe<s.

31ri

' em-
m his
r any
>, &,c.

*.i

tor importing Slaves into which a special Licence siiall
]iave been obtained), and until such Owner or Exporter
slmll obtain a Licence, specifying the Place of Destina-
tion, under the Hand and Seal of the Governor or Chief
Officer ; but previous thereto, every such Exporter shall
give Bond to His Majesty in £50 tor every Slave, to the
Governor or Chief Officer of the Place, for the true
landing the Slaves, and for producing within a limited
Time, according to the ordinary Length of the \^oyage, a
Certificate from the Chief Officer of the Customs of the
Place to which conveyed, or in case there be no Chief Offi-
cer of the Customs, then from Two of the most eminent
British Merchants or Inhabitants, certifying that the
said Slaves have been landed and left there. Death or
other inevitable Impediment (to be proved by Oath of
Two credible Witnesses) excepted. 46 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 13.
51 Geo. 3. c. 23. §4.

14. If any such Slave shall not be so landed, or if '^ ' '"<^«<' '" any
such Certificate shall not be returned, the Bond shall be i^jX^Ietit.
forfeited and may be put in Suit, and the Owner or Ex- of Bond must ki
porter shall not be relieved from the Penalty but on pay- r^'J-
ing £50 for each Slave not certified ; nor shall the Party
be discharged from any Penalty or Forfeiture incurred by
the sending or conveying such Slaves to any Foreign
Territory or Place contrary to this Act; but the Bonds
shall be void unless prosecuted within Three Years from
the Date. 46 Geo. 3. c 52. §13. 51 Geo. 3. c 23. §4.

15. Not to prevent any Slave being employed in Navi- Not to extend t-.
^^ation, Fishing, or any other his ordinary Business or Negro Sailors
Occupation upon the Seas, nor to prevent any Slave who nor io Domestic-
shall be really the Domestic Servant of any Person re- Slaves .nttendinr
siding in any Plantation or Territory beloneine to or *''«{«■ Masters
under the Dommion ot His Majesty, from attending his Voyages to
Owner or Master, or any Part of His Family, by Sea to Foreijn Pan.,.
any Place, whether under the Dominion of His Majesty
or of any Toreign Stale ; but if any Slave employed in
Navigation, or any Fisherman or Domestic Slave, shall
be so employed, or carried from any British Island or
Colony to any Foreign Colony or Territory, or to any
oiher British Island or Colony, or to any of the Colonies
or Plantations which liave surrendered during the pre-
sent War, the Names and Occupations (except Domestic
Slaves attending on the Person of any Passenger on
ijoard, not exceeding in N umber 'i'wo for every Passenger)
^hall be inserted in or endorsetl upon the Clearance or

Permit,

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Functions of
Governors tnay
' exercised by
Governors pro
tempore.

False Oaths
deemed Perjury.

Inhabitants of
Africa, or of -.ny
Foreign Terri-
tory, carried
away and im-
ported into any
of His Majesty's
Dominions,

Permit, by or in the Presence of the Chief Officer of
the Customs of the Place of Clearance, who shall (without
Fee) certify that the Slaves so embarked were reported
and described to him as Seamen, Fishermen, or Domestic
Servants, as the Case may be ; and if any Slave shall
be found on board, whose Name and Description shall
not be inserted in or endorsed upon the Clearance and
Permit, and so certified (except as aforesaid), or who
shall be untruly or fraudulently therein described, with
Intent to elude any of the Prohibitions or Regulations
in this Act, every such Slave shall be forfeited, and the
Master and Owner, or other Person by whom or by
whose Procurement such Slave shall be so untruly and
fraudulently described, shall forfeit ^''50 for each ; but
not to prevent any Slave from being put on board any
Ship by Order of His Majesty's Commander in Chief, in
any Colony or Territory belonging to or under the
Dominion of His Mpjesty, in order to be employed in
His Majesty's Military or Naval Service, and from being
employed as the said Service may require. 46 Geo. 3,
c. 52. § 13.

16. The granting of Licences, and every Act which
the Governor is directed to perform', may be done by the
Person executing pro tempore the Office of Governor
by Authority from His Majesty, whether under the Title
of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, President of the
Council, or under any other Stile or Title whatsoever.
4-6 Qeo. 3. c. 52. § 14.

17. Any Person who shall commit wilful Perjury, or
who shall procure or suborn any Person to commit
wilful Perjury, shall suffer the Pains and Penalties for
wilful and corrupt Perjury or Subornation of Perjury.
46 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 16.

18. Any Inhabitant of Africa, or any Territory or
Place not being in the Dominion or Possession of His
Majesty, unlawfully carried away or removed from Africa,
or from the West Indies or America, not in the Domi-
nion or Possession of His Majesty, who shall be imported
or brought into any Island, Colony, Plantation, or Terri-
tory in the Dominion or Possession of His Majesty, and
there sold or disposed of as a Slave, or detained or kept
in a State of Slavery, may be seized and prosecuted by
such Persons and in such Manner as any Goods unlaw-
fully imported into the same Plantation or Territory inny
be seized and prosecuted therein, by any Act in force for

regulating

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317

regulating the Navigation and Trade of His Majesty's
Colonies. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 4.

19. All Insurances effected in respect to any of the Subscribing or
Dealing, Removing, or Transactions by this Act pro- SscrSanJ"
hibited, shall be also prohibited and unlavv^ful ; and if any unlawful insu-
of His Majesty's Subjects, or any Person resident as afore- 'ance.
said, (see No. 5.) shall knowingly subscribe or procure
to be subscribed any such unlawful Insurances, he shall
forfeit jfilOO for every Insurance, and Treble the Amount
of the Premium ; one Moiety thereof to His Majesty,
and the other to the Prosecutor. 47 Geo. 3. c.36. § 5.
^ 20. All Slaves, and Natives of Africa dealt with or Taken as Prize
detained as Slaves, which shall be seized or taken as "'^J^J^' «;; t'!?

T-» • f -rxT 1 . , . T-, n ' 1 » £• ^s forfeited, now

Prize or War, or liable to Forfeiture under any Act tor ^obe disposed of.
prohibiting the African Slave Trade, shall, for the Pur-
poses only of Seizure, Prosecution, and Condemnation, be
adjudged as Slaves and Property, in the same Manner as
Negro Slaves have been heretofore considered and
"adjudged, but the same shall be condemned to the sole
Use of His Majesty, for the Purpose only of divesting
and barring all other Property or Interest, and shall in
no case be liable to be disposed of or dealt with as Slaves
by or on the Part of His Majesty, or any Person claim-
ing under Him ; but such Officers, Civil or Military, as
shall by any Order of tlie King in Council be empowered'
to receive, protect, and provide for such Natives of
Africa, may enter and enlist any of them into His Ma-
jesty's Service, or bind them, whether of full Age or not,
as Apprentices, for any Term not exceeding Fourteen
Years, to such Persons and upon such Conditions and
Regulations as His Majesty shall, by any Order in
Council, direct and appoint; and any Indenture of
Apprenticeship, duly made and executed by any Per-
son to be for that Purpose appointed by any such Order,
for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Years, shall be of
the same Effect as if the Party thereby bound had him-
self, when of full Age, duly executed the same ; and
every Native of Africa, who shall be so enlisted or
entered, shall be treated and dealt with as if he had
voluntarily enlisted or entered. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 7.
55 Geo. 3. c. 172. §7.

21. Where any Slaves or Natives of Africa taken as Bounty for Slaves
Prize of War by any of His Majesty's Ships of War, or J^^^J^Jj;^/^^
Privateers duly commissioned, shall be finally condemned,
;hc Captors thereof by the Trea-

shall be paid

*urer

318

S>labe0.

Certificate to be
proriuced to en-
ritle Captors to
Bountv.

Incjseof'DoLibt,
Claims to be
determined by
the Judge of tlie
Admiralty.

Reward for
Slaves seized and
condctnned as
forfeited.

surer of
called

tht

11 J .. rr J ^^^^ ^" *^^ ^^^^ manner as the Bountv
railed Head Money" is now paid by virtue of 35 Geo 3
C.71. such Bounty as His Majesty may have directed by
Order m Council, not exceeding £^0 for every Man
.3^30 lor every Woman, and ^10 for every Child or
1 erson not above U Years old, that shall be delivered
over m good Health to the Officer appointed to receive
and provide for them ,- which Bounties shall be divided
amongst the Officers, Seamen, Mariners, and Soldiers
on board His Majesty's Ships of War, or hired armed
^lups, ni the Manner and Proportion as by His Majesty's
Froclamation for granting the Distribution of Prizes shall
be directed and appointed, and amongst the Owners,
Olhcers, and Seamen of any Private Vessel of War, in
such Manner and Proportion according to any A^ree-
montm Writing they shall have entered into for^hat
-Purpose. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 8.

22. The Numbers of Men, Women, and Children so
delivered over, shall be proved to the Commissioners ot
His Majesty s Navy, by producing a Copy duly certified
?^ %?f'*^'''^'' ""*' Condemnation, of the Numbers of
Men, Women, and Children taken and condemned, and
also a Certificate under the Hand of the Officer, Mili-
tary or Civil, appointed as aforesaid, to whom they shan
have been delivered, acknowledging that he hath re-
ceived them, to be disposed of according to His Majesty'-
Instructions and Regulations. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36. §9. '

23. But if Doubts shall arise whether the Party claim-
ing such Bounty is entitled thereto, the same shall iV
summarily determined by the Judge of the Hin-h Com'
of Admiralty, or by the Judge of any Court of Admiralty
in winch the Prize shall have been adjudged, subject to
an Appeal to the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in
Prize Causes. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 10.

24. Upon the Condemnation to the Use of His Majesty
of any Slaves or Natives of Africa seized and prosecuted
as forfeited (except in the Cases of Seizures made at Sou
by the Commanders or Officers of His Majesty's Ships
of War), there shall be paid to the Person who shall
have prosecuted the same to Condemnation .^13 fov
every Man, i^-lO for every Woman, and ^^3 for ever^
Child or Person under the Age of 14 Years, delivered
over in good Health, and also the like Sums to the Use
of the Governor or Commander in Chief of any Co-
lony or Plantation wherein such Seizure shall have been

^ made ;

S>Iabe»* 319

made ; but in Cases of Seiziireis made at Sea by the Com-
manders or Officers of His Majesty's Ships of War, there
shall be paid to the Commander or Officer who shall
so seize and prosecute, for every Man condemned and
ddirered ,^0, for every Woman ^15, and for every
Child or Person under Fourteen ^5, subject to such Dis-
tribution for the Seizures made at Sea as His Majesty
shall thmk fit to direct by any Order in Council ; for
which Payments the Officeir appointed to receive and
provide for such Slaves or >Natives of Africa, shall, after
the Condemnation and Receipt thereof, grant Certifi-
cates in favour of the Governor and Party seizing and
prosecuting, or the latter alone (as the Case may be),
addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, Avho, upon the
Production of such Certificate, and of an authentic Copy
of the Sentence of Condemnation, and also a Receipt
under the Hand of such Officer appointed as aforesaid,
specifying that such Slaves or Africans have been received
in good Health, shall direct Payment out of the Conso-
lidated Fund of the Money :5pecified in such Certificate
to the lawful Holders of the t-ame, or the Persons entitled
to the Benefit thereof. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 11,

25. Any Person forging or counterfeiting any such Counterfeiting
Certificate, Copy of Sentence of Condemnation, or ^"cun'^"", or
Receipt, or any Part thereof, or wilfully uttering or pub- "'"^ '*><-' '*"^^-
lishing the same, knowing it to be forged or counter-
feited, with Intent to defraud His Majesty, or any other

Person, shall, on Conviction, suffer Death without Benefit
of Clergy, 47 Geo. 3, c. 3(>. § 12.

26, The pecuniary Penalties or Forfeitures shall be How Pen:iities
prosecuted and recovered in any Court of Record in ''"'* r<"'eitures
Great Britain, or Court of Record or Vice Admiralty in ^ecovii-Tdr^;?'
any Part of His Majesty's Dominions wherein the Offence Jisposcd Jf.
was committed, or in case th(j Offender shall be resident

in any other Place, then in any Part of His Majesty's
Dominions .vhere found ; and in all Cases of Seizures,
the same may be prosecuted and recovered in any Court
of Record in Great Britain,, or Vice Admiralty in any
Part of His Majesty's Dominions, in or nearest to which
such Seizures may be made, or to which such Ships,
Slaves, Goods, or Effects (if seized at Sea or without the
Limits of any British Jurisdiction) may most conveni-
ently be carried for Trial; and ail the Penalties and
Forfeitures, whether pecuniary or specific (unless where
it is expressly otherwise pi-ovided), shall go to such

Persons,

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320

By whom
Seizures may
1)6 made.

Where Offences
against this Ad
may be tried.

His Majesty may
make Regula-
tions as to
Negroes wiio
have heen bound
Apprentices.

Acts as to en-
listing, &c. not
to extend to
Negroes.

General Issue
may be pleaded
and Treble Costs
allowed.

Persons, in suck Shares, and may be prosecuted, distri-
buted, and applied in such Manner, and by the same
Rules and Directions, as any Penalties or Forfeitures
incurred in Great Britain, and in the British Colonies in
America, by any Act relating to the Trade and Reve-
nues of the said British Colonies, now go and belong to,
and may now be prosecuted, &c. in Great Britain, or in
the said Colonies respectively. 46 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 17.
47 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 13.

27. Ships, Slaves, or Natives of Africa conveyed or
dealt with as Slaves, and Goods and Effects, forfeited for
any Offence against this Act, may be seized by any Offi-
cer of the Customs or Excise, or by the Commanders or
Officers of any of His Majesty's Ships of War, who shall
have the Benefit of all the Provisions of 4 Geo. 3. c. 15.,
or any other Act made for the Protection of Officois
seizing and prosecuting for any Offence relating to the
Trade and Revenues of the British Colonies or Planta-
tions in America. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 14.

28. All Offences against this Act may be tried, deter-
mined, and dealt with as Misdemeanors, as if the same
had been respectively committed within the Body of the
County of Middlesex. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 15.

29. His Majesty in Council may make such Regula-
tions for the Disposal and Support of such Negroes as
shall have been bound Apprentice under this Act, after
the Term of their Apprenticeship shall have expired, as
shall seem meet, and as may prevent such Negroes from
becoming at any Time chargeable upon the Island in
which they shall have been bound Apprentices. 47 Geo. 3.
c. 36. § 16.

30. No Act, as to enlisting for any limited Period of
Service, or granting any Pensions or Allowances to any
Soldiers discharged after certain Periods of Service, shall
extend to any Negroes enlisted and serving in any of His
Majesty's Forces. 47 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 17.

3 1 . Persons against whom any Action shall be commenced
in Great Britain or elsewhere, for any thing done in
pursuance of these Acts, may plead the General Issue,
and give the Acts and the special Matter in Evidence ;
and if it shall appear so to have been done, the Jury
shall find for the Defendant; and if the Plaintiff be non-
suited, or discontinue his Action ailer the Defendant
has appeared, or if Judgement shall be given upon
any Verdict or Demurrer against the Plamtiff, the De-

6 fendaut

fendant shall recover Treble Costs. 46 Geo. 3. c.52. § 19.
47 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 18.

32. Actions, Bills, Indictments, or Informations for
the Recovery of any of the Penalties or Forfeitures
imposed by 46 Geo. 3. c.52. and 47 Geo. 3. c.66. may
be brought, exhibited, or prosecuted at any Time within
Three Years after the Offence committed. 53 Geo. 3.
c. 112. § 1.

33. All Ships, whether British or Foreign, adjudged
to be forfeited under any Act for the Prevention, Aboli-
tion, or Regulation of the Slave Trade in any Court
ot Record in Great Britain, or which shall be condemned
ni any Court of Admiralty or Vice Admiralty in any Part
of His Majesty's Dominions, for any Offence in relation
to the Slave Trade, shall be entitled to Certificates of Re-
gistry as British Ships, and thereupon enjoy all the Privi-
leges and Advantages of British-built Ships, in like man-
ner with Ships taken and condemned as lawful Prize of
War; but such Ships shall be subject to the same Duties
and Regulations, and shall be registered in the same
Manner, and subject to the same Conditions and Re-
strictions, Penalties and Forfeitures, and shall be owned
and navigated, as Ships condemned as lawful Prize are
required to be in order to their obtaining British Re-
gisters, and enjoying the Privileges of British Ships
according to Law. 54 Geo. 3. c. 59. § 1.

34. When Persons held or treated as Slaves within
the Provisions of any Act passed for the Abolition of the
Slave Trade, shall be captured or seized as Prize of War,
or as forfeited, or otherwise proceeded against and
brought to Adjudication, the Person claiming any Right
or Property in or the Possession of such Slaves shall put
such Slaves on Shore, and the Chief Officerjof the Customs
of the Place shall direct Inquiry to be made whether the
Person claiming any Right or Property in or to the Pos-
session of such Slaves, shall have furnished or be willing
and able to furnish sufficient Food and Necessaries for the
wholesome Maintenance of the said Slaves during the
Proceedings; and such Chief Officer shall report to the
Governor, or Person exercising the Authority of Gover-
nor, the Result of such Inquiry; and if it shall appear
that sufficient Food and Necessaries have not been fur-

nishpfl. anr\ if t]\a P/irD^,, «i„:™,:.^,.. 4.\,^ p .~.,4— :- u

Slaves shall refuse or neglect to support the said Slaves
during such Proceedings, the Governor^ &c, shall autho-

Y rize

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Penalties or
Forfeitures may-
be sued for
within Three
Years.

Ships condemned
as forfeited under
these Acts may
be registered as
British Ships.

Support and
Maintenance of
Slaves until
Adjudication.

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d^latoeg.

Claimants refus-
ing or neglecting
to supply Neces-
saries pending
the Proceedings,
the Slaves to be
valued and de-
livered over.

How Restitution
to 1)6 made where
Slaves have been
delivered over.

Ill Cases of Ap-
peal, the Slaves
to be valued and
delivered over.

rize the Chief Officer to take on himself the immediate
Care and Custody of such Slaves, and to provide proper
Food and Necessaries, until the Court shall have made
its Decree ; and the Court shall, on Application by the
Chief Officer of the Customs having provided for such
Slaves, direct the Accounts to be brought into the Re-
gistry of the Court and examined, and direct the same,
when confirmed, to be a Charge on the said Slaves, to be
defrayed by the Person receiving Possession thereof
under the Decree. 55 Geo. 3. c. 172. § 1.

35. In case the Court shall not immediately restore or
condemn, but shall direct further Proof in the Cause, and
the Person claiming the Property or Possession shall not
have supplied, or at any Time pending Proceedings shall
refuse or neglect to supply, Necessaries for the said Slaves,
the Court may direct a Valuation to be made, and decree
such Slaves, after such Valuation had and approved, to
be delivered over to such Officer or Person as may be ap-
pointed by His Majesty to receive Slaves condemned
according to 4.7 Geo. 3. c. 36. ; and the same shall be
treated in all Respects according to the Provisions of the
said Act, except that the Bounty shall not be payable
but in the Event of final Condemnation. 55 Geo. S.
c. 172. §2.

36. If on further Proof the Slaves shall be decieed to
be restored, and there be no Appeal, and the Slaves
shall have been delivered over as above directed. Resti-
tution shall be made in the Value of the Slaves, according
to the Valuation before directed, together with Interest
thereon, such Sums being deducted as were expended for
their Maintenance; and the Value so adjusted shall be
paid by the Treasurer of the Navy in the same Manner
as Boimties paid for Slaves condemned under 47 Ceo. 3.
c. 36., on the Production of the Official Copy of the
Sentence of Restitution, with the Valuation endorsed
thereon by the Registrar of the Court. 55 Geo. 3.
c. 172. § 3.

37. In case where there shall have been a Decree hav-
ing the Effect of a definitive Sentence, restoring or con-
demning the said Slaves, and the same shall be suspended
by Appeal, the Court shall forthwith direct the Slaves to
be valued, and after such Valuation to be delivered over
to such Officer or Person as mav be annointed to receive
Slaves condemned ; and such Slaves shall be dealt with
in all Respects as if they had been finally condemned,

except

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except th
the Even
38. W
of Appea
Use of th
directed,
together
the Main
Value so
Navy in
47 Geo. S
of the fir
endorsed i
c. 112. §i
S9. Nc
the princi
Prosecuto
Value, su<
mages as
that the C
thereon, si
Case. 55
40. Iff
residing o
of the Isla
Factories,
His Maje
the East
Factor or
in the rem
sold or dt
from any
tory, or F
at Sea, or
importing,
Person as
knowingly
or Boat ai
shall know
to freight
moving or
importing,
pose of be
out or caus
navigate oi

except that the Bounties shall not be due thereon but in

the Event of final Condemnation. 55 Geo. 3. c. 172. §4.

38. Where Slaves shall be finally restored in the Court

of Appeal, Restitution in Value shall be nmde for the

Use of the Proprietor, according to the Valuation before

directed, subject to Revision in the said Court of Appeal,

together with Interest thereon, the Sums expended for

the Maintenance and Support being deducted ; and the

Value so adjusted shall be paid by the Treasurer of the

Nav^ in the same Manner as Bounties are paid under

47 Geo. 3. c. 36., on the Production of an Official Copy

of the final Sentence, with the Valuation of the Slaves

endorsed thereon by the Registrar of the Court. 55 Geo. 3

c. 172. §5.

S9. Not to prevent the Courts having Jurisdiction in
the principal Cause from adjudging the Captor, Seizor, or
Prosecutor to pay, in addition to the Restitution in
Value, such further Sums in the Nature of Costs or Da-
mages as the Court shall decree, where it shall appear
that the Capture, Seizure, or Prosecution, or the Appeal
thereon, shall not be justified by the Circumstances of the
Case. 55 Geo. 3. c. 172. §6.

40. If any Subject of His Majesty, or if any Person
residing or being within the United Kingdom, or in any
of the Islands, Colonies, Dominions, Forts, Settlements,
Factories, or Territories belonging thereto, or being in
His Majesty's Possession, or under the Government of
the East India Company, shall by himself, or by his
Factor or Agent, or otherwise, remove, or aid or assist
m the removing, as a Slave, or for the Purpose of being
sold or dealt with as a Slave, any Person whatsoever,
from any Part of Africa, or any other Country, Terri-
tory, or Place, either immediately or by Transhipment
at Sea, or otherwise ; or shall import, or aid or assist in
iniporting, into any Colony, Territory, or Place, any such
I erson as aforesaid, for the Purpose aforesaid ; or shall
knowingly embark, detain, or confine on board any Ship
or Boat any such Person for the Purpose aforesaid ; or
shall knowingly employ or permit to be employed, or let
to freight or on hire, any Ship to be employed in re-
movmg or importing, or for the Purpose of removing or
importing, any such Person as a Slave, or for the Pur-
X'"'- ^^ ^^'-"o '''^^^ ^^ ucait With as a olave ; or shali ill

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If restored in the
Court of Appeal,
Restitution in
Value to be
made.

Courts having
Jurisdiction in
the original
Cause may ad-
judge Costs and
Damages.

British Subjects,
or Per^cns being
within the
United Kingdom
or any of the
boniiiiioiis of
His Majesty,
c.irrying on the
Slave Trade, or
any way engaged
therein, declared
Felons.

out or cause to be fitted out, or take the
navigate or embark

Command of or
on board any such Ship as Master or

Capt

ain.

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I'luiiilimeiit of
Parsons serving
on board Ships or
underwriting
any Policy.

Not to prevent
the Removal of
Slaves from one
Britisii Colony
to another, or
from Shipe in
Distress, nor the
Transportation
of Slaves con-
victed of Crimes.

How Fel&nies
and Misde-
meanors shall be
nKjuired of,

Elates.

Captain, Mate, Supercargo, or Surgeon, knowing that
such Veasel is actually employed, or is in the same Voy-
age for which he shall so embark intended to be em-
ployed, in removing, importing, or bringing any such
Person for the Purpose of his being sold, used, or dealt
with as a Slave; the Persons offending, and their Coun-
sellors, Aiders, and Abettors, shall be declared to be
Felons, and be transported for a Term not exceeding
Fourteen Years, or kept to hard Labour for a Term not
exceeding Five Years, nor less than Three Years, at the
Discretion of the Court before whom convicted. 5 1 Geo. 3.
c.23. § 1.

4-1. Any Person who shall embark on board any such
Ship employed or intended to be employed as aforesaid,
as a Petty Officer, Servant, or Seaman, knowing that
such is the Purpose, or one of the Purposes of the Voy-
age, or who shall underwrite or procure to be under-
written any Policy of Assurance upon any such Ship or
Goods, or die Freight, knowing the Purpose of the
Voyage, shall only be declared to be guilty of a Misde-
meanor, and shall be punished by Imprisonment for a
Term not exceeding Two Years ; and such Persons shall
not be deemed to be, nor shall be punished as Accessories
to Felony. 51 Geo. 3. c. 23. § 2, 3.

42. Not to subject any Person to Pains and Penal-
ties for removing or carrying from any British Colony or
Settlement in the West Indies to any other such Colony,
&c. or from one Part of such British Island, Colony, or
Settlement to another Part of the same, or for trans-
porting into or landing in any such Colony or Settlement
any Slave born within such Colonies or Settlements, or
any Slaves which shall be lawdFully imported into the said
Colonies or Settlements, or for removing or carrying any
Slave from one Part of any Foreign Colony or Settlement
to another Part of the same, or for transhipping and
assisting at Sea any Slave which shall be in any Ship in
Distress ; nor prevent the Transportation to any Foreign
Colony or Place of any Slave convicted by due Course
of Law in any British Colony of any Crime to which the
Punishment of Transportation shall be annexed ; but in
every such Case a Copy of the Judgment or Sentence,
certified by the Court, shall be put on board the Ship.
51 Geo. 3. c.23. § 4.

451. All 1^p1rkni<3C rt-r 1\^icr]om<3ar><->«-c! o^rv>v»if^^^ in Afmr>m

or in any Place other than the United Kingdom, or on

the

the High Seas, or in any Place where the Admiral has-
Jurisdiction, shall be inquired of, either according to the
ordinary Course of Law, and the Provisions of 28 Hen. 8.
so far as the same Act is now unrepealed, or accordintr
to 1 1 & 12 W. S.— 51 Geo. 3. c. 23. § 6.

44. But nothing herein contained shall repeal or alter
46 Geo. 3. c. 52. or 47 Geo. 3. c. 36. for preventing the
Importation of Slaves by any of His Majesty's Subjects
mto any Islands, Colonies, Plantations, or Territories
belonging to any Foreign State or Power, in respect of
any Forfeitures of Ships, Cargoes, Goods, or Effects
thereby imposed for any Offence against the said Acts,
or the Remedies thereby given for the Recovery thereof,
or in respect of any pecuniary Penalties thereby imposed.
51 Geo. 3. c. 23. § 7.

45. Whereas Doubts have arisen whether Offences
declared by 51 Geo. 3. c.23. to be Felonies or Misde-
meanors, committed on the High Seas, or in any Port,
Sea, Creek, or Place where the Admiral has Jurisdiction,
may be inquired of^ heard, and determined under or by
virtue of any Commission issued or to be issued under the
Directions of 46 Geo. 3. c. 54. ; be it therefore enacted,
That all Offences declared by 51 Geo. 3. c. 28. to be
Felonies or Misdemeanors, committed on the High Seas,
or in any Port, Sea, Creek, or Place where the Admiral
has Jurisdiction^ may be inquired of, tried, and deter-
mined under any Commission already issued or hereafter
to be issued according to the Directions of 46 Geo. 3.
c. 54. ; and all Persons convicted of any of the safd
Offences, so tried and determined under any such Com-
mission issued according to tlie Directions of the said
Act, shall be liable to and shall suffer the same Pains,
Penalties, and Forfeitures, as by any Law now in force
Persons convicted of the same respectively would be lia-
ble to, in case the same were respectively tried and de-
termined and adjudged within this Realm by virtue of
any Commission made according to the Directions of the
Statute of the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of King
Henry the Eighth. * 58 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 1.

46. All

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Penalties nnif '
Forfeitures of
former Acts not
repealed or
altered.

* By 46 Geo. 3. c.54. all Treasons, Piracies, Felonies, Rob-

f t-va. ^r^Etruc: a

MnspifxiCies, and oincr Opcnces, of what Nature
or Kind soever, committed upon the Sea, or in any Haven, River,
Creek, or Place where the Admiral or Admirals have Authofdti

Y3 or

Offences de-
clared by
Ji Geo. 3, c. aj.
to be Felonie!) or
Misdemeanors
committed ottthe
Seas, or where
the Admiral has
Jurisdiction, may
be tried under
any Commission
issued according
to the Directions
of 46 Geo. 3.
c.54-

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Governors and
Commanders in
Chief in Africu
m«y mnke
Seizures of
Slaves, &c.
within their
Limits.

I'ctty Officers or
Scanion giving
Information so

46. All Governors or Persons having the Chief Com-
mand of any of the kJettlenients, Forts, or Factories be-
longing to His Majesty, or the African Company in
Africa, or any African Island, and all Persons deputed
by such Governor or Commander in Chief, may seize
and prosecute all Ships, Slaves, or Natives of Africa con-
veyed or dealt with as Slaves, and all Goods and EiFects
forfeited for any Offence against 46 Geo. 3. c. 52. or
47 Geo. 3. c. 36., and which shall be found upon or near
to the said Coast, or in any Port, Haven, or Ri\'er
thereof^ or within the Limits of any of the said Settle-
ments, Forts, or Factories ; and such Governor or Com-
mander in Chief, and all Persons by them so deputed,
shall have the Benefit of all the Provisions made by any
Act for the Protection of Officers seizing and prosecuting
for any Offence against any Act relating to the Trade
and Revenues of the British Colonies or Plantations in
America. 51 Geo. 3. c. 23. § 8.

47. If any Petty Officer, Servant, or Seamaii, on
board any Ship fitted out for or engaged in the unlawfully

Of Jurisdiction, may be inquired of, determined, and adjudged
according to the common Course of the Laws of this liealm used
for Offences committed upon the Land within this Realm, and not
otherwise, in untj of His Majesty's Islands, Plantations, Colonies,
Dominions, Forts, or Factories, by virtue of the King's Commis-
sion under the Great Seal of Great Britain, to be directed to any
such Four or more discreet Persons as the Lord Chancellor of
Great Britain, Lord Keeper, or Commissioners for the Custody of
the Great Seal of Great Britain for the Time being, shall from
Time to Time think ^t to appoint ; and the said Commissioners so
to be appointed, or any Three of them, shall have such and the
like Powers and Authorities for the Trial of all such Murders,
Treasons, Piracies, Felonies, Robberies, Conspiracies, and other
Offences, within any such Island, Plantation, Colony, Dominion,
Fort, or Factory, as any Commissioners appointed or to be ap-
pointci' according to 28 Henry Sth, by any Law or Laws now in
force, have or would have for the Trial of the said Offences with-
in this Realm ; and all Persons convicted of any of the said
Offences, so to be tried by virtue of any Commmion to he made
according to the Directions of this Act, shall be liable to and
shall suffer all such and the same Pains, Penalties, and For-
feitures, as by any Law now in force Persons convicted of the
same respectively would be liable to in case the same were respec-
tively inquired of, determined, and adjudged within this Realm,
hy virtue tf any Commission made accvidlug to the Dit'eciion^ of
the snid Statute (f 2S Hen. Qth. . '

removing

I emoving or dealing in Slaves, shall within Three Months
jifler the Arrival of the said Ship at any Port belonging
to His Majesty, give Information on Oath before any
competent Magistrate against any Owner, Part Owner,
Captain, Mate, Surgeon, or Supercargo of such Ship,
who shall have committed any Offence against this Act,
and shall give Evidence on Oath against such Owner, &c.
before any Magistrate or Court before whom such
Offender may be tried ; or if such Petty Officer, or Ma-
riner, or Servant, shall within Three Months afler his
Arrival at any Place not within His Majesty's Domi-
nions, give Information to any of His Majesty's Am-
bassadors, Ministers Plenipotentiary, Envoys, Consuls,
Residents, or other Agents, so that any Person owning
such Ships, or navigatmg or taking Charge of the same
as Captain, Mate, Surgeon, or Supercargo, may be
apprehended, such Person so giving Information and
Evidence shall not be liable to any Punishment under
46 Geo. 3. c. 52. or 47 Geo. 3. c. 36., but shall be wholly
discharged therefrom ; and His Majesty's Ambassadors,
&c. are required to receive such Information, and to
transmit the Particulars thereof to one of His Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, and to transmit Copies of
the same to the Commanders of His Majesty's Ships then
in the said Port or Place. 51 Geo. 3. c 23. § 9.

48. Whereas divers Persons have contrary to Law
imported into certain of His Majesty's Possessions on the
Continent of South America, certain Negro Slaves from
other Possessions of His Majesty; and it is expedient
that all Persons who have been concerned in advising,
authorizing, or making such Importations of Negro Slaves
should be indemnified, inasmuch as such Importations
have been made under a Belief that they were authorized
by Law : Be it therefore enacted. That the said Import-
ations be deemed valid and of due Force in Law; and
that all Personal Actions and Suits, Indictments, Inform-
ations, and all Prosecutions and Proceedings whatsoever,
which have been oi' shall be hereafter prosecuted or com-
menced against any Persons for having advised, authorized,
or made any such Importation before the passing of this
Act, shall be discharged and made void ; and if any
Action shall be commenced against any Person by reason
of any such Importation, he may plead the General Issue,
and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence;
and if the Plaintiff in any Action or Suit, commenced in

Y 4 England,

32/

that Offenders
may be appra-
hcn led, shall not
be liable to :iny
PunikhmMit.

Certain Import.!-
tions of Slaves
into the British
Colonies on the
Continent of
South America,
declared valid,
and Prosecutions
discharged.

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Courts to make
Orders for stay-
ing Proceedings
where Suits have
been com-
menced.

Impoverished
Land in tlie
Bahamas and
Dotniuica.

Allowing Slaves
to be tratisport^d
thence to South
America.

England, Ireland, or any of His Majesty's Possessions drt
the Continent of South America, or in tlie West India
Islands, shall become nonsuit, or forbear further Pro-
secution, or suffer Discontinuance, or if a Verdict shall
f)ass against such Plaintiff; tlie Defendant shall recover
Double Costs, for which he shall have the like Remedy as
in Cases where Costs are given to the Defendants ; and
if any such Action shall be commenced in the Part of
Great Britain called Scotland, the Court shall allow to
the Defender the Benefit of the Discharge and Indemnity
thereby provided, and shall further allow him his Double
Costs. 58 Geo. 3. c. 49. § 1.

49. If any Action hath been already commenced
against any Person for any such Importation, the De-
fendant or Defenders, in whatever Court of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any of
His Majesty's Possessions on the Continent of South
Anierica, or in the West India Islands, such Action or
Suit shall have been commenced, may apply to such Court
to stay all Proceedings thereon respectively, by Motion in
a summary Way, and such Court is required to make
Order for that Purpose accordingly ; and the Court
shall allow and award to the Defendant or Defenders re-
spectively Double Costs of Suit, for which they shall re-
spectively have the like Remedy as in Cases where Costs
are by Law given to the Defendant or Defendersi,
58 Geo. 3. C.49. §2,

50. And whereas it has been represented that there is
in the Bahama Islands, and on certain Estates in the
Island of Dominica, a considerable Quantity of the Land
which, from Length of Cultivation, has become exhausted ;
and it has in consequence become impossible for the
Proprietors ( ,uch Land to find profitable Employment
and Subsistence for the Negro Slaves supported by culti-
vating the said Land : And whereas it might tend to
ameliorate the Condition of the said Negro Slaves if they
could by Law be transported to certain of His Majesty's
Possessions on the Continent of South America, to which
by Law they cannot now be transported : Be it enacted,
That His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy
Council, may grant Licences for the Transportation of
such Slaves from any of the said Islands to any of the said
Possessions on the Continent of Smith .\rr\cv\cii iindsr
certain Restrictions, to be hereinafter provided : Provided
alw ays, that no such Licence shall be granted unless upon
a Representation to His Majesty's most Hounourable

Privy

Privy Council, from the Proprietor of such Slaves, who
shall be required to produce satisfactory Proof that they
may be so transported without Disadvantage to them-
selves, and unless he shall enter into Bond to remove the
said Negro Slaves in Families. 58 Geo. 3. c. 49. § 3.

51. His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy
Council, may make such further Rules and Regulations,
with respect to the Transport and Destination of any
such Negroes, with such Penalties and Forfeitures for
the Breach thereof, as shall seem fit and necessary to
His Majesty, with the Advice aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3.
c. 49. §4.

52. Provided, that it shall not be lawful for any
Person to embark, export, c. carry upon the Sea, any
Slaves from any such Settlement or Territovy now
belonging to or under the Dominion or in the Pos-
session of His Majesty, on the Continent of South
America, to any other Country, Island, Territory, or
Place whatever, whether under the Dominion of His
Majesty, or of any Foreign Sovereign, State, or Power;
provided also, that nothing herein-betbre contained shall
extend to prevent the embarking, exporting, or carrying
by Sea any Slaves from any such Settlement or Territoiy
ot or belonging to or under the Dominion or in the
Possession of His Majesty, on the Continent of South
America, to any other Settlement or Territory now be..
Jonging to or under the Dominion or in the Possession
ot His Majesty, on the said Continent of South America,
so as that such Slaves are embarked and carried, subject
to all the Restrictions, Regulations, Penalties, and For-
teitures in the said recited Acts or either of them con-
tained in relation to the carrying of Slaves from one
Island, Colony, or Plantation belonging to His Majesty,
u-^'iv °*^^^ ^^^^"^' Colony, or Plantation belonging to
His Majesty: Provided also, that nothing herein-before
contained shall prevent any Slave f'-om being employed
either in Navigation, Fishing, or any other his ordinary
Business or Occupation upon the Seas, in the same
Manner as Slaves may now be employed in any British
West India Island, in Numbers not exceeding in any one
Boat or Vessel those usually employed in navigating
such Vessels or Boats: Provided also, that nothing
lic-ruiu-oorore contained shall extend to prevent any Slave
who shall be the domestic Servant of any Person residing
or being in any such Settlement or Territory, now
belonging to or under the Dominion or in the Pos-
session

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His Majesty in
Council to make
such Rules and
Orders as he
may deem ucces-
sary.

Not to be con-
veyed from
British Colonies
on the Continent
to any other
Country what -
ever, except to
another British
Colony on the
Continent, under
certain ConJi-
tions.

330

session of His Majesty^ from attending his Owner,
Master, or Mistress, or any Part of his Family, by Sea
to any Place whatever, in the same Manner and under
the same Regulations as are prescribed by any of the
sai<l recited Acts as to Slaves attending their Masters
from any British West India Island. 58 Geo. 3. c.49. §5.

TREATY WITH SPAIN,

FOR PREVENTING TRAFFIC IN SLAVES,
Signed at Madrid, 23d September 1817.

By the First Akticle, His Catholic Majesty en-
gaged that the Slave Trade shall be abolished throughout
the entire Dominions of Spain on the Thirtieth Day of
May One thousand eight hundred and twenty ; and that
from and after that Period it shall not be lawiul for any
of the Subjects of the Crown of Spain to purchase Slaves,
or to carry on the Slave Trade on any Part of the Coast
of Africa, upon any Pretext or in any Manner what-
ever ; provided however, that a Term of Five Months
from the said Date of the Thirtieth of May One thousand
eight hundred and twenty shall be allowed for complet-
ing the Voyages of Vessels which shall have been cleared
out lawfully previously to the said Thirtieth of May.

Second Article. — That from and after the Exchange
of the Rati^cations of the said Treaty, it shall not be
lawful for any of the Subjects of the Crown of Spain to
purchase Slaves, or to carry on the Slave Trade on any
Part of the Coast of Africa to the North of the Equator,
upon any Pretext or in any Manner whatever ; provided
however, that a Term of Six Months from the Date of
the Exchange of the Ratifications of the said Treaty shall
be allowed for completing the Voyages of Vessels which
shall have cleared out from Spanish Ports for the
said Coast previously to the Exchange of the said Rati-
fications.

JL KIRD ARTICL.E.-

u:^ TV*

♦rt naXT in

London, on the Twentieth Day of February One thou-
iSatid eight hundred and eighteen, the Sum of Four

hundred

toriwH n

S^latoeS (Treaty with Spain).

hundred thousand Pounds Sterling, to such Person
as His Catholic Majesty shall appoint to receive the
same.

Fourth Article.— The said Sum of Four hundred
thousand Pounds Sterling is to be considered as a full
Compensation for all Losses sustained by the Subjects of
His Catholic Majesty, engaged in this Traffic, on ac-
count ot Vessels captured previously to the Exchange of
the Ratifications of the said Treaty, as also for the Losses
Avhich are a necessary Consequence of the Abolition of
the said Traffic.

Fifth Article. -Every Traffic in Slaves, which
should be carried on under the Circumstances in the said
Article stated, should be considered as illicit ; First, either
by British Ships, and under the British Flag, or for the
Account of British Subjects, by any Vessel, or under
any Flag whatsoever: Secondly, by Spanish Ships upon
any Part ol the Coast of Africa North of the Equator,
after the Exchange of the Ratifications of the said Treaty ;
provided however, that Six MonUis should be allowed
lor completing the Voyages of Vessels, comformably to
the Tenor of the Second Article of the said Treaty :
Thirdly, either by Spanish Ships and under the Spanish
Flag, or for the Account of Spanish Subjects, by any
Vessel, or under any Flag whatsoever, after the Thirtieth of
May One thousand eight hundred and twenty, when
t^ie Traffic in Slaves on the Part of Spain was declared
by the said Treaty to cease entirely | and it was by the
said Article provided, that Five Months should be al-
lowed for the Completion of Voyages commenced in due
Time, conformably to the First Article of the said Treaty •
Fourthly, under the British or Spanish Flag, for the
Account of the Subjects of any other Government:
Fifthly, by Spanish Vessels bound for any Port not in
the Dominions of His Catholic Majesty.

Sixth Article.— His Catholic Majesty engaged to
adopt, m conformity to the Spirit of the said Treaty,
the Measures which are best calculated to give full and
complete Effiict to the laudable Obgects thereof.

Seventh Article— Every Spanish Vessel which shall
be destined for the Slave Trade, on any Tart of the Coast
ot Atnca, where this Traffic stilly continues to be lawful,
must he provided with a Royal I'assport, conformable to
the Model annexed to the said Treaty, and which Model
forms an integral Part of the same, written in the Spanish

Language,

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Language, with an authentic Translation in English an-
nexed thereto, and signed by His Catholic Majesty,
and countersigned by the Minister of Marine, and also
by the Principal Naval Authority of the District, Sta-
tion, or Port from whence the Vessel clears out, whether
in Spain, or in the Colonial Possessions of His Catholic
Majesty.

Eighth Article. — That it should be understood that
the Passport, for rendering lawful the Voyages of Slave
Ships, should be required only for the Continuation of
the Traffic to the South of the Line, and that those Pass-
ports which were then issued, signed by the First Secre-
tary of State of His Catholic Majesty, and in Form pre-
scribed by an Order of the Sixteenth of December One
thousand eight hundred and sixteen, should remain in
full Force for all Vessels which may have cleared out
for the Coast of Africa, as well to the North as to the
South of the Line, previously to the Exchange of the Rar
ti^cations of the said Treaty.

Ninth Auticle. — The Ships of War of His Majesty
and of His Catholic Majesty, which should be provided
with special Instructions for that Purpose, as mentioned
in the said Treaty, may visit such Merchant Vessels of
the Two Nations as may be suspected, upon reasonable
Grounds, for having Slaves on board acquired by an
illicit Trade ; and in the Event only of their finding
Slaves on board may retain and bring away such
Vessels, in order that they may be brought to Trial
before the Tribunals to be established for that Purpose,
as specified in the said Treaty ; and it was by the said
Article provided, that the Commanders of Ships of Wai'
of the Royal Navies of His Majesty and His Catholic
Majesty, who shall be employed in this Service, shall
adhere strictly to the exact Tenor of the Instructions
which they shall receive for this Purpose; and His
Majesty and His Catholic Majesty engaged mutually to
make good any Losses which the Subjects of His
Majesty and of His Catholic Majesty might resp-'^tively
incur unjustly, by the arbitrary and illegal Dete ition of
their Vessels, it being understood that this Indemnity shall
invariably be borne by the Government whose Cruizer
shall have been guilty of the arbitrary Detention; provided

olu/nirc fT->o*- fK^ T7!oIf nryA "Pi^^-Q*^ «•;—»• „r CI-,.- CKC>->.. r,^\n-

cified in the said Article, shall only be effected by those
British or Spanish Vessels which may form Part of the

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Two Royal Navies, and by those only of such Vessels
which are provided with the special Instructions annexed
to the said Treaty.

Tenth Article—No British or Spanish Cruizer
s|iail detain any Slave Ship not having Slaves actually on
board; and that in order to render lawful the Detention
ot the Ship, whether British or Spanish, the Slaves found
on board such Vessel must have been brought on board
the Vessel for the express Purpose of the Traffic, and
those on board of Spanish Ships must have been taken
trom that Part of the Coast of Africa where the Slave
Trade is prohibited, conformably to the Tenor of the
said Treaty.

Eleventh Article.— That all Ships of War of the
1 wo Nations which shall hereafter be destined to prevent
the illicit Traffic in Slaves, shall be furnished with a
Copy of the Instructions annexed to the said Treaty
and considered as an integral Part thereof, with a Pro-
viso nevertheless in the said Treaty, that His Majesty
and His Catholic Majesty, with mutual Consent, may
alter the Instructions in whole or in part, accordino- to
Circumstances. '^

Twelfth Article.— In order to bring to Adjudica-
tion, with the least Delay and Inconvenience, the Vessels
which may be detained for having been engaged in an
Illicit Traffic of Slaves, there shall be established, within
a Space of a Year at furthest from the Exchange of the
Ratifications of the said Treaty,:Two mixed Commissions,
formed of an equal Number of Persons of the Two Na-
tions, named for that Purpose by the respective Sovereigns;
and that these Commissions shall reside, one in a Pos-
session belonging to His Majesty, the other within the
Terntories of His Catholic Majesty; one of which Com-
missions is stipulated by the said Treaty to be always
held upon the Coast of Africa, and the other in one of
the Colonial Possessions of His Catholic Majesty ; and
It was by the said Treaty provided, that the said Com-
mifisions shall judge the Causes submitted to them with-
out Appeal, and according to the Regulations and
Instructions annexed to the said Treaty, which said In-
structions \vere by the said Treaty made an integral Part
thereof. °

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INSTRUCTIONS

ANNEXED TO THE TREATY.

First Article. — Every British or Spanish Ship of
War shall, in conformity with Article Nine of the Treaty,
have a Right to visit the Merchant Ships of either
of the Two Nations actually engapfed or suspected to be
engaged in the Slave Trade ; and if any Slaves shall be
found on board, according to the Tenor of the Tenth
Article of the Treaty ; and as to what regards the Spanish
Vessels, if there shall be Ground to suspect that the said
Slaves have been embarked on a Part of the Coast of
Africa where the Traffic is no longer permitted, con-
formably to the said Treaty ; and in such Cases alone,
the Commander of the said Ship of War may detain
such Merchant Ship or Vessel, and shall, as soon as pos-
sible, bring the same for Judgment before such of the
Two mixed Commissions appointed by the Twelfth Ar-
ticle of the said Treaty which shall be the nearest, or
which the Commander of the capturing Ship shall, upon
his own Responsibility, think he can soonest reach from
the Spot where the Slave Ship shall have been detained ;
and it was provided, that Ships, en board of which no
Slaves shall be found mtended for the Purposes of Traffic,
shall uot be detained on any Account or Pretence what-
soever; and that Negro Servants or Sailors found on
board any such Vessels shall not in any Case be deemed
a sufficient Cause for Detention.

Second Article. — No Spanish Merchantman or Slave
Ship shall, on any Pretence whatever, be detained, which
shall be found any where near the Land, or on the High
Seas South of the Equator, during the Period for which
the Traffic is to remain lawful, according to the said
Treaty, unless after a Chace that shall have commenced
North of the Equator.

Third Article. — That Spanish Vessels, furnished
with a regular Passport, having Slaves on board, shipped
at those Parts of the Coast of Africa where the Trade is
permitted to Spanish Subjects, and which simll after-
wtirds be found North of the Equator, shall not be de-
tained by any British or Spanish Ship of War, if such
Snanisn Vcsst^i can Recount for their i.'i^iirse. eithex* in
conformity with the Practice of the Spani sL. Navigation,
by steering some Degrees to the North wr.rtl n "search of

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fair Winds, or for other legitimate Causes, sucl. as the
Dangers of the Sea, duly proved : Provided always, that
with regard to all Slave Ships detained to the North of the
Equator, after the Expiration of the Term allowed, the
i^root ot the Legality of the Voyage is required to be fur-
nished by the Vessel so detained; uii the other Hand,
with respect to Slave Ships detained to the South of the
Equator, in conformity with the Stipulations of the pre-
ceding Article, the Proof of the Illegality of the Vovaffe
is required to be exhibited by the Captor; and it was m
hke Manner stipulated, tli i the ^limber of Slaves found
on board a Slave Ship by the Cruizers, even if the Num-
ber should not agree with that < >ntained in the Passport,
shall not be sufficient Reason to justify the Detention of
such Ship, but that the Ca tain and the Proprietor shall
in such Case be denounced in the Spanish Tribunals, in

order to their being punished according to the Laws of
the Country.

Fourth Article.— Every Spanish Vessel intended
to be employed in the legal Traffic of Slaves, in con-
formity With the Principles laid down in the said Treaty,
shall be commanded by a native Spaniard, and Two-thirds
at least of the Crew shall likewise be Spaniards; and it
was provided that the Spanish or Foreign Construction of
the Ship or Vessel shall in no wise affect the national
Character of the Ship or Vessel, and that the Negro
bailors shall always be reckoned as Spaniards, provided
they belong as Slaves to Subjects of the Crown of Spain,
or that they have been enfranchised in the Dominions of
His Catholic Majesty.

Fifth Article.— That whenever a Ship of War shall
meet a Merchantman liable to be searched, it shall be
done m the most mild Manner, and with every Attention
which IS due between allied and friendly Nations; and in
no Case shall the Search be made by an Officer holding a
Rank interior to that of Lieutenant in the Navy of Great
Britain, or of Ensign of a Ship of tho Line in the Spanish
Navy. ^

Sixth Article — The Ships of War which may de-
tain any Slave Ship, in pursuance of the Principles laid
down in the said Instructions, shall leave on board all the
Cargo of Negroes untouched, as well as the Captain, and

the Captain commanding the Ship of War detaining any
^iich Slave Ship shall draw up in W"riting an authentic

Decla-

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Declaration, which shall exhibit the State in which he
found the detained Ship, and the Changes which may
have taken place in such Ship, and shall also deliver
to the Captain of the Slave Ship a signed Certificate of
the Papers seized on board the Vessel, as well as of the
Number of Slaves found on board at the Moment of De-
tention; and it is also provided, that the Negroes on
board of any such Ship shall not be disembarked until
after the Vessel detained shall arrive at the Place where
the Legality of the Capture is to be tried by One of the
Two mixed Commissions, in order that in the Event of
the Vessel not being adjudged a legal Prize, the Loss of
the Proprietors may be more easily repaired ; with Pro-
viso, however, that if urgent Motives, deduced from the
Length of the Voyage, the State of Health of the Ne-
groes, or other Causes, require that they shall be disem-
barked entirely or in part before the Vessel can arrive at
the Place of Residence of One of the said Commissions,
the Commander of the capturing Ship may take on him-
self the Responsibility of such Disembarkation, provided
that the Necessity thereof shall be stated in a Certificate
in proper Form.

Seventh Article. — No Conveyance of Slaves from
one Part in the Spanish Possessions to another shall take
place, except in Ships provided with Passports from the
Spanish Government on the Spot for that Purpose.

REGULATIONS

FOR

THE MIXED COMMISSIONS

WHICH ARE TO RESIDE O THE COAST Of AFRICA, ANP
IN A COLONIAL POSSESSION OF HIS CATHOLIC MAJESTY,
ANNEXED TO THE TREATY.

First Article. — The mixed Commissions to be esta-
blished by the said Treaty upon the Coast of Africa, and
in a Colonial Possession of His Catholic Majesty, shall
decide upon the Legality of the Detention of such Slave
Vessels as the Ships of War of both Nations shall detain
in pursuance of the said Treaty, for carrying on an illicit
Conunerce in Slaves, and shall judge without Appeal,
according to the Letter and Spirit of the said Treaty ;
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and that the said Commissions shall give Sentence as sum-'
marily as possible, and decide (as far as they shall find it
practicable) within the Space of Twenty Day^ to be dated
from the Day upon which every detained Vessel shall
have been brought into the Port where they shall reside ;
first, upon the Legality of the Capture ; and secondly, in
the Case in which the captured Vessel shall have been
liberated, as to the Indemnification to be paid for the
Capture and Detention: And it is by the said Regulations
provided, that no final Sentence shall be delayed, on ac-
count of the Absence of Witnesses, or for want of the
Proofs, beyond the Period of Two Months, except upon
Application of any of the Parties interested, when, upon
their giving satiJactory Security to charge themselves
with the Expence and Risks of the Delay, the Commis-
sioners may, at their Discretiou, grant an additional De-
lay, not exceeding Four Months.

Second Article. — The said mixed Commissions,
which are to reside on the Coast of Africa, and in the
Colonial Possessions of His Catholic Majesty, shall be
composed in the following Manner ; that is to say, that
His Majesty and His Cathohc Majesty shall each of them
name a Commissary Judge and a Commissioner of Arbi-
tration, who shall be authorized to hear and decide, with-
out Appeal, all Cases of Capture of Slave Vessels which,
in pursuance of the Stipulation of the said Treaty, may be
laid before them ; and it was also provided, that all the
essential Parts of the Proceedings carried on before the
said mixed Commissions, shall be written down in the legal
Language of the Country in which the Commission may
reside ; and it was also thereby provided, that the Com-
missary Judges and the Commissioners of Arbitration
shall make Oath in Presence of the principal Magistrate
of the Place in which the Commission may reside, to judge
fairly and faithfully, to have no Preference either for the
Claimants or the Captors, and to act in all their Decisions
in pursuance of the Stipulations of the Treaty; and it was
also thereby provided, that there shall be attached to
each Commission a Secretary or Registrar appointed by
the Sovereign of the Country in which the Commission
may reside, who shall register all its Acts, and who, pre-
vious to his taking Charge of his Office, shall make Oath
in Presence of at least One of the Commissary Judges, to
conduct himself with Respect for their Authority, and to

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act with Fidelity in all the Affairs which may belong to
his Charge.

Thiud AiiTicLE.— The Form of the Process shall be
as follows; t'li. l: lu 'y, the Commissary Judges of the
Two Nation), shal!, m the first Place, proceed to the
Examination of the 1 apers of the Vessels, and receive the
Depositions on Oath of the Captain, and of Two or Three
at least of the principal Individuals on board of the de-
tained Vessel, as well as the Declaration on Oath of the
Captor, should it appear necessary in order to be able tg
judge and pronounce if tli. said Vessel has been justly de-
tained or not, according to the Stipulations of the Treaty,
in order that, according to their Judgment, the Vessel
may be condemned or liberated ; and in the Event of the
Two Commissary Judges not agreeing upon the Sentence,
whether as to the Legality of the Detention, or the In-
demnification to be allowed, or upon any other Question
which might result from the Stipulations of the Treaty,
they shall draw by Lot the Name of One of theTwoCom'
missioners of Arbitration, who, after havuig considered the
Documents of the Process, shall consult with the Com-
missary Judges upon the Case in question, and the final
Sentence shall be pronounced conformably to the Opinion
of the Majority of the Commissary Judges and of the
Commissioner of Arbitration so chosen.

Fourth Auticle. — As often as the Cargo of Slaves
found on board of a Spanish Slave Ship shall have em-
barked from any Point whatever of the Coast of Africa
where the Slave Trade continues to be lawful, such Slave
Ship shall not be detained on Pretext that the above-
mentioned Slaves have been brought originally by Land
from any other Part whatever of the Continent.

Fifth Article.— That in the authenticated Decla-
ration which the Captor shall make before the Commis-
sion, as. well as in the Certificate of the Papers seized
which shall be delivered to the Captain of the captured
Vessel at the Time of the Detention, the Captor shall
state and declare his Name, and the Name of his Vessel,
as well as the Latitude and Longitude of the Place
where the Detention shall have taken place^, and the
Number of the Slaves found living on board the Slave
Ship at the Time of the Detention.

Sixth Article. — As soon as any Sentence shall have
been passed, the detained Vessel, if liberated, and what mav

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remain of the Cargo, shall be restored to the Pro.
pneto^ ,ho shdl, W the same Com J^ssion! cSm
a Vaiuation o\ the Damages which they may have a

1 , ®^®"\t' the Government to which the Cantor

Tcl^'t^'ff """" ^^^P«"^'^l^ ^- such DamJ^X

vh.cl the said Governments respectively bind themsefves

;> delray, with n the Term of a Year from the Date of

he Sentence; it being understood that all such Indem.

nfications shall be at the Expence of the Government

ot which the Captor shall be a Subject. ^°^^^"'"^"'

Seventh Article.-Iu case of the Condemnation of

oeclared law ul Prize, as well as her Cargo, of whatever
Description it may be, with the Exception ^f the S kves
who may be on board as Objects of Commerce • and the
said Vesse , as well as her Cargo, shall be s'ld by public
tt Sla" Th '" ^r ^«~nts; a'nd^as to

a Cprt 1% % I.'" '^'"'' *^'^"^ the mixed Commission
over to thiV ^'"'-^"^'P^^t'""^ ^nd shall be delivered
over to the Government on whose Territory the Com-
mission which shall have so judged them shLlbe es'a-
hlished, to be employed as Servants or free Labourers,
Lo7sp?r ^.^^'^^;[=.— Every Claim for Compensation of
Losses, occasioned by any Ship's being inspected and
e ained, as carrying on an illicit Trade in Slaves, but
not afterwards condemned as lawful Prize by the mixed
Commissions, shall be also heard and judged by the said
Commissions, in the Form provided by the Third Arti-

Whn '^'""l i,^'^"^^''T'' ^"^ ^" «" Cases wherein
■fw«r to H r^ ^' '° ^7'"^' '^' Commission shall
anard to the Claimant or Claimants, or his or their law-

ul A torney or Attornies, for his or their Use, a just and
complete Indemnification for all Costs of Suit, and for all
Losses and Damages which the Claimant or Claimant*
may have actually sustained by such Capture and De-

eiition ; that is to say in case of total Loss, the Claimant
01 Claimants shall be indemnified, first, for the Ship, her
lackle. Apparel, and Stores; secondly, for all Freight
<lue and payable ; thirdly, for the Value of the Cargo of
Merchandizp if nn.r. f,...-*ui.. r_ .. .i m *

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340

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for all Charges and Expences payable upon the Sale of
such Cargoes, including Commission of Sale ; and fifthly,
for all other regular Charges in such Cases of total Loss :
and in all other Cases not of total Loss, the Claimant or
Claimants shall be indemnified, first, for all special Da-
mages and Expences occasioned to the Ship by the De-
tention, and for the Loss of Freight, when due or pay-
able; secondly, a Demurrage, when due, according to
the Schedule annexed to the said Eighth Article ; third-
ly, a daily Allowance for Subsistence of Slaves, of One
Shilling or Four Reals and Half de Vor, for each Per-
son, without Distinction of Age or Sex, for so many Days
as it shall appear to the Commission that the Voyage has
been or may be delayed by reason of such Detention ; as
likewise, fourthly, tor any Deterioration of Cargo or
Slaves; fifthly, for any Diminution in the Value of the
Cargo of Slaves, proceeding from an increased Mortality
beyond the average Amount of the Voyage, or from Sick-
ness occasioned by Detention, this Value to be ascer-
tained by their computed Price at the Place of Desti-
nation, as in the above Case of total Loss ; sixthly, an
Allowance of Five per Centum on the Amount of the
Capital employed in the Purchase and Maintenance of
Cargo, for the Period of Delay occasioned by the De-
tention ; and, seventhly, for all Premium of Insurance on
additional Risks; and the Claimant or Claimants shall
likewise be entitled to Interest, at the Rate of Five pet
Centum per Anniun, on the Sum awarded, until paid by
the Government to which the capturing Ship belongs :
the whole Amount of such Indemnifications being calcu-
lated in the Money of the Country to which the captured
Ship belongs, and to be liquidated at the Exchange
current at the Time of Award, excepting the Sum for
the Subsistence of Slaves, which shall be paid at par, as
above stipulated ; and to avoid as much as possible every
Species of Fraud in the Execution of the said Treaty, it
was agreed, that if it should be proved to the Conviction
of the Commissary Judges of the Two Nations, and with-
out having Recourse to the Decision of a Commissioner
of Arbitration, that the Captor has been led into Error
by a voluntary and a reprehensible Fault on the Part of
tihe Captain of the detained Ship, in that case only the
detained Ship shall not have the Right of receiving,
during the Days of her Detention, the Demurrage stipu-
lated by the said Eighth Article. And to the snid Eighth

Article

S^UHS {Treaty with Spain).

Article a Schedule of Demurrage or daily Allowance
was annexed, us follows ; that is to sav, for a Vessel of
100 Tons to 120 inclusive ife .

► per Diem,

341

121 ditto

- 150

ditt(<

151 ditto ■

■ 170

ditto

171 ditto .

■ 200

ditto

201 ditto ■

• 220

di'to

221 ditto ■

. 250

ditto

251 ditto -

270

ditto

270 ditto -

■ 800

ditto

- 15.

and so in proportion.

Ninth Article. — When tlte Proprietor of a Ship
suspected of carrying on an illicit Trade in Slaves, re-
leased in consequence of a Sentence of One of the
mixed Commissions (or in the Case as above mentioned
of total Loss), shall claim Indenmification for the Loss
of Slaves which he may have suffered, he shall in no case
be entitled to claim for more than the Number of
Slaves which his Vessel, by the Spanish Laws, was
authorized to carry, which Number shall always be
stated in his Passport.

Tenth Article. — Neither the Judges nor the Arbi-
trators, nor the Secretary of the mixed Commissions,
shall be permitted to demand or receive, from any of
the Parties concerned in the Sentences which they shall
pronounce, any Emolument, under any Pretext what-
soever, for the Performance of the Duties which are
imposed upon them by the said Regulations.

Eleventh Article. — If any Parties interested sliall
imagine they have Cause to complain of any evident In-
justice on the Part of the mixed Commissions, they may
represent it to their respective Governments, who re-
serve to themselves the Right of mutual Correspondence,
for the Purpose of removing, when they think fit, the
Individuals who may compose these Commissions.

Twelfth Article. — In case of a Vessel being im-
properly detained under Pretence of the Stipulations of
the Treaty, and the Captor not being able to justify him-
self, either by the Tenor of the said Treaty, or of the
Instructions annexed to it, the Government to which the
detained Vessel may belong shall be entitled to demand
Reparation ; and in such Case the Government to which
the Captor may belong binds itself to cause Inquiry to be
made into the Subject of the Complaint, and to inflict
upon the Captor, if he be found to have deserved it, a

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Punishment proportioned to the Transgrciision which may
have been committed.

Thirtkenth Article. — In the Event of the Death
of One or more of the Commissary Judges, or the Com-
missioners of Arbitration, com})osing the above-mentioned
mixed Commissions, their Posts shall be supplied ad in-
terim in the following Maiuier ; that is, on the Part of
the British Goverament, the Vacancies shall be filled suc-
cessively in the Commission, which shall sit within the
Possessions of His Majesty, by the Governor or Lieute-
nant Governor resident in that Colony, by the principal
Magistrate of the same, and by the Secretary ; and in
that which shall sit within the Possessions of His Catholic
Mtyesty, it was agreed, that in case of the Death of the
British Judge or Arbitrator there, the remaining Indivi-
duals of the said C ommission shall proceed equally to the
Judgment of such Slave Ships as may be brought before
them, and to the Execution of their Sentence ; and in
such Case alone the Parties interested shall have the
Right of appealing from the Sentence, if they think fit,
to the Commission resident upon the Coast of Africa;
and the Government to which the Captor shall belong
shall be bound fully to make good the Compensp.iou
which shall be due to them in case the Appeal bt de-
cided in favour of the Claimants, but the Vessel and
Cargo shall remain during such Appeal in the Place of
Residence of the first Commission before which they shall
have been carried : And it was thereby agreed, that on
the Part of Spain the Vacancies shall be sujjplied, in the
Possession of His Catholic Majesty, by such Persons of
Irust as the Principal Autho)ity of the Country shall
appoint ; and upon the Coast of Africa, in case of die
Death of any Spanish Judge or Arbitrator, the Com-
mission shall proceed to Judgment in the same Manner as
above specified for the Commission resident in the Pos-
session of His Catholic Majesty, in the Event of the
British Judge or Arbitrator ; an Apjieal being in this
Case likewise allowed to the Commission resident in the
Possession of His Catholic Majesty, and in general all
the Provisions of the former Case being to be applied :
And It was further agreed by the said Article, that all
Vacancies which may arise in the above-mentioned Com-
missions, from Death or any other Cause, should be
supplied as soon as possible ; and in case that the Vacancy
«i ....J. ^,, ,n^ K^imniBii v^uHiiuiSeionera in ine liriusn I'os-

sessions,

:('••

S)labe0 (Treaty ivith Spain).

^ssions, or of the British Commissioners in the Spanish
Possession, be not supplied at the End of the Term of
beven Months for America, and of Twelve for Africa,
the Vessels which shall be brought to the said Possessions
respectively shall cease lo have the Right of Appeal above
stipulated. ^^

For carrying into Execution the Provisions of the said
ireaty, be it enacted, That any Officers commanding
any Ship of War of His Majesty, duly authorized and
provided with Instructions according to the Provisions of
the said Convention, may visit and search all Vessels
which shall be suspected, upon reasonable Grounds, of
having Slaves on board acquired by an illicit Traffic,
and to detain and bring to Adjudication all Vessels and
Cargoes therein, made subject to Detention and Condem-
nation, according to the Provisions of the said Treaty,
and the Regulations and Instructions aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3.
C.36. § 1.

All Vessels belonging wholly or in part to His Ma-
jesty's Subjects, suspected upon reasonable Grounds of
having Slaves on board acquired by an illicit Traffic,
■shall be, according to the Ninth Article of the Treaty,
subject to the Visitation and Search of British or Spanish
Vessels of War, duly authorized for that Purpose, accord-
ing to the Provisions of the Treaty ; and all Vessels be-
longing wholly or in part to His Majesty's Subjects,
which shall have Slaves on board acquired by an illicit
Traffic, contrary to the Provisions of the Ninth and
Tenth Articles of the Treaty, and all Boats, Apparel,
Furniture, and Slaves belonging to such Vessels, and
all Cargoes therein, shall be subject to the Search and
Detention of British or Spanish Vessels of War duly au-
thorized for that Purpose, acamling to the Stipulations
of the Treaty, and to Forfeiture according to the Treaty,
and the Regulations and Instructions thereunto annexed,
and be subject to the Adjudication of and to Condemna-
tion or other Judgment by the Commissary Judges and
Commissioners to be appointed according to the Provi-
sions of the Treaty, Instructions, and Regulations
aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 2.

His Majesty, by any Warrant under His Royal Sign
Manual, countersigned by One of the Principal Secretn-
ries of State, may appoint Commissary Judges and Com-
missioucrs of Arbitration, and liom Time Time to sup-
ply any Vacancies which may arise in such Offices, and
grant Salaries, not exceeding such annual Sums as the

Z 4 Lords

Ships of War
duly autliorized
may seize all
suspected
Vessels.

British Vessels
suspected of
having Slaves on
bnard, subject to
Stizuie hy
Sp.ini.^h or British
Vessels, and to
Adjudication by
the CummisGion-
ers under the
Treaty.

HisMrjcsty may
appoint Com-
miss.iry Judges
and Con. mission i
ers of Arbitra-
tion.

344

Secretary and
Reyislrai to be
appointed lo the
Commission es-
tablished in His
Majesty's Do-
minions.

Vacancies in the
Commission sit-
ting in some
Possession of
His Maj^Bty, to
be filled up until
some other Per-
son shall be
appointed by
His Majesty.

Commissary
Judges and Com-
missioners of
Arbitration to
take the follow-
ing Oath,

^latie0 {Treaty ivith Spahi),

Lords of the Treasury of Great Britain and Ireland shall
direct; and such Commissary Judges and Commissioners
may examme and decide all Cases of Detention, Cap-
tures, and Seizures of Vessels and their Cargoes, detained
seized, taken, or captured under the said Treaty or In-
structions and Regulations, as are made subject to their
Jurisdiction, and proceed therein, and do all Acts, Mat-
ters, and Things appertaining thereto, agreeably to the
Provisions of the said Treaty, and the Instructions and
Regulations annexed thereto, as effectually as if special
Powers and Authorities for that Puipose were specifically
given in this Act. 58 Geo. 3. c 36. § 3.

His Majesty, by any Warrant under His Royal Sign
Manual, countersigned by One of His Principal Secre-
taries of State, may appoint a Secretary or Registrar to
the Commission which shall be established in His Ma-
jesty's Dominions, and supply any Vacancy which may
thereafter occur, and grant such Salaries as the said
Lords Commissioners shall direct; end such Secretary
or Registrar may perform all such Acts, Matters, and
Things as may be necessary for the tlue Dis,charge of the
Duties of Jiis Office, according to the Provisions of the
Treaty, Instructions, and Regulations. 58Ge3. 3. c.36. §4..
The Governor or Lieutenant Governor, or principal
Magistrate of the Colony or Settlement in which the
Commission shall sit, within the Possessions of His Bri-
Umnic Majesty, may fill up every Vacancy which shall
arise in such Commission, either of Commissary Judge,
Commissioner, or any Officer thereof appointed by His
Majesty, according to the Thirteenth Article of the
Regulations annexed to the Treaty, ad interim, until such
Vacancy shall be thereafter filled by some Person ap-
pointed by His Majesty. SSGeo. 3. c. 36. § 5.

Every Commissary Judge and Commissioner of Arbi-
tration appointed by His Majesty, shall, before he enters
upon the Execution of his Office, take an Oath, in the
Presence of the principal Magistrate then residino- and
acting in the Colony, Settlement, or Place, whether
belonging to His Britannic or His most Catholic Ma-
jesty, in which the Commission shall be appointed to
resiiie, in the Form follo,ving ; thnt is to say,

' T A. B. do s(»lemn]y swear, That I will, according
' ^ to the best of my Skill and Knowledge, act
' m the Execution of my Office, as
'• faithfully, imparLially, fairjy, anci without Preference
' or Favour, either for Claimants or Captors,or any

' other

* oth<
' Jud
'^ acct
' Inst

* Maj

* ont

* eigh
And evi
Majesty
and Inst
on the E
British (
following

* Exe(

* mys(
' missi

* ofth
' act \
' to n
' eithe
' Pers
58 Ge
The g

any such
to and ta
or be bro
Purpose
before tli
Commissi
in the Ca
shall act v
Treaty, Ii
said Com
tion, in 1
whom th(
in relatio
CognizaiK
producing
in questio
Orders, a
Authoriti(
58 Geo. «
Every j
(alse Evid

S)latoe0 (Treaty with Spain).

' other Persons ; and that I will, to the best of my
' Judgment and Power, act in pursuance of and
' according to the Stipulations, Regulations, and

* Instructions contained in the Treaty between His

* Majesty and His Catholic Majesty signed at Madrid

* on the Twenty-third Day of September One thousand

* eight hundred and seventeen. So help me GOD.'
And every Secretary or Registrar appointed by His
Majesty under the Provisions of the Treaty, Regulations
and Instructions, and of this Act, shall, before he enters
on the Duties of his said Office, take an Oath before the
British Commissary Judge as aforesaid, in the Form
following ; that is to say,

' 1 A. B. do solemnly swear. That I will, according
' ^ to the best of my Skill and Knowledge, act in the

* Execution of my Office; and that I will conduct

* myself with respect to the Authority of the Com-
' missary Judges and Commissioners of Arbitration

* of the Commission to which I am attached ; and will
' act V ith Fidelity in all the Affairs which may belong
' to my Charge, and wiriiout Preference or Favour,
' either for Claimants or Captors, or any other
' Persons. So help me God.'
58 Geo. 3. c. S6. § 6.

The said Commissary Judges or either of them, or
any such Secretary or Registrar, may administer Oaths
to and take the Depositions of all Peisons who may come
or be brought before them to be examined, or tor the
Purpose of deposing, in the Course of any J^roceedina
before the said Commissary Judges, or before the said
Commissary Judges and the Commissioner of Arbitration,
in the Cases in which such Connnissioners of Arbirraiion
^hall act with the said Commissary Judges under the said
Treaty, Instructions or Regulations, or this Act ; and the
said Commissary Judges and Conmiissioneis of Arbitra-
tion, in the Cases aJbresa.' i, - -y summon all Persons
whom they may deem it necessary or proper to examine
in relation to any Suit, Matter, or Thing under their
Cognizance, and seix' for and issue Precepts for the
producing of such ^* ij-is as may relate to the Matters
in question before them, and enforce all such Summonses,
Orders, and Precepts by the like Means, Powers, and
Authorities as any Court of Vice Admiralty may do.
58 Geo. 3. c. 3G. § 7.

Every Person who shall wilfull}' and corruptly give
lalse Evidence in any Examination, Deposition, or Affi-

345

Secretary or
Registrar to take
the following
Oath.

Commissars
Judges and
Secretary or
Registrar may
administer Ontlu
and summon
Witnesses.

duvit

Persons giving
false Evideii'-"!

guilty (

^er

jury.

346

Suit pciidiiit',
belorc, or ,(udg-
mtiu by any such
Commission, to
be a Bar, and
pleadable as such
to .-"..ly Action
brought for any
thing done under
the Treaty.

Comi'ensation
for the Losses
sustained from
the Abolition of
the Traffic in
Slaves.

'i.risaiciionut
Prize Courts of
Appeal, or of

&l(itt& {Treaty with Spain).

davit in any Proceeding before the said Commissary
Judges or Commissioners aforesaid, shall be deemed
guilty of Perjury, and being thereof convicted, shall be
liable to all the Punishments, Pains, and Penalties to
which Persons convicted of wilful and corrupt Perjury
are liable ; and every such Person may be tried either in
the Place where the Offence was committed, or in any
Colony or Settlement of Hk Majesty near thereto, in
which there is a Court of competent Jurisdiction to try
any such Oflence, or in His Majesty's Court of King's
Bench in England; and in any Prosecution for such
Offences in His Majesty's said Court of King's Bench,
the Venue may be laid in the County of Middlesex.
58 Greo. 3. c. 36. § 8.

The Pendency of any Suit or Proceeding, instituted
before the said Commissioners, for the Condemnation or
Restitution of any Ship or Cargo, or Slaves, seized or de-
tained by virtue of the Treaty, Instructions, or Regula-
tions, or the final Adjudication, Condemnation, or Judg-
ment or Determination thereupon, may be pleaded in
Bar, or given in Evidence under the General Issue, and
shall be a good and complete Bar in any Action, Suit, or
Proceeding instituted for the Recovery of any such Ship,
Vessel, or Cargo, or of any Damage or Injury sustained
thereby, or by the Persons on board, in consequence of
any Capture, Seizure, or Detention, or Thing done under
the Authority of the Provisions, Treaty, Instructions, or
Regulations. 58 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 9.

The Sum of Four hundred thousand Pounds, stipu-
lated to be paid, and accepted as a full Compensation for
all Losses sustained by the Subjects of His Catholic Ma-
jesty, on account of Vessels captured previously to the
Exchange of the Ratifications of the said Treaty, and for
the Losses which are a necessary Consequence of the
Abolition of the said Traffic in Slaves, shall be con-
sidered and taken to be a full Compensation for all such
Losses ; and the said Stipulation may be pleaded in Bar,
or given in Evidence upon the General Issue, and ad-
judged in every Court whatever to be a good and complete
Bar in every Action, Suit, or Proceeding brought or in-
stituted for Restitution, or any other Matter or Thing in
relation to any such Capture, or for any Damage or In-
jury sustained in relation thereto, or for any such Losses
as aforesaid. 58 Geo, 3. c. 36. § 10.

Provided, that the Lords Commissioners of Appeal in
Prize Causes, and the High Court of Admiralty, in all

Cases

fr^

*iabeB (Treaty tvith Spain).

Cases and Questions arising out of the said Captures
depending before therz,, or that may be brought before
Uiem on Appeal from any Vice Admiralty Coui t, accord-
ing to .their respective Jurisdictions, mayproceed therein,
and hear and determine aU Questions respecting any
Kight or Interest in or o die same, to which His Ma-
jesty, or the Captors o; oei/ors of such Vessels or Cargoes,
may claim to ntitled, by reason of the Capture or

Seizure thereot . d enforce their Judgments and Orders
therem by the usual Process of the said Courts.
58 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 11.

Provided also,:that in all such Cases, in which the Captors
Seizors shall not establish any Right or Interest on their
behait, by reason of the Capture thereof, and tlie Laws
relatmg thereto, the said Courts respectively may order
and adjudge the Vessels and Cargoes, or the Proceeds
thereof, unto or to which the Captors shall not establish
^?^r_?'^i' P'* Interest, to be deUvered or paid, to the Use
ot His Majesty, to such Persons as the Commissioners of
Wis Majesty's Treasury shall appoint to receive the same,
and enforce the Delivery or tlie Payment thereof by the
usual Process of the said Courts respectively. 58 Geo. 3
c. 36. § 12. f J o vjcw. o.

Nothing in this Act shall extend in any wise to suspend,
affect, or repeal any of the Clauses, Penalties, Forfeifures,
or Punishments contained in any Act for the Suppression
or I revert^on of the Slave Trade; but all such Acts shall
remain tull Force and Virtue. 58 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 13.

it any Action or Suit shall be commenced, eithpr in
threat Britain or elsewliere. against any Person for any
thmg done m pursuance of the said Treaty, Instructions,
or Kegulations, or of this Act, the Defendant in such
Action or Suit may plead the General Issue, and mve
this Act and the special Matter in Evidence, at any Trial
to oe had thereupon, and that the same was done by
the Authority of the said Treaty, Instructions or Reffu-
ations, or of this Act; and if it shall appear so to have
been done, the Jury shall find for the Defendant ; and if
the Plaintiff shall be nonsuited, or discontinue his Action
after the Defendant shall have appeared, or if Judgment

p. L^T'^ "P*"" '^"y Verdict or Demurrer against the
llaintiff, the Defendant shall recover Treble Costs, and
have the like Remedy for the same as in other Caf.cs bv
i-aw. 58 Geo. 3. c. 36. § 14,

347

Admiralty, in
Cases brougiit
before them, not
altered.

Captors not
est:.blisl ing tiicir
RiglUs, Proceeds
to go to the Use
ol His, Majesty.

This Ai} not to
alter or affect
any of the Penal-
ties or Provisions
in any Act for
Suppression of
the Slave Trade.
General Issue
may be pleaded
and 'I'reble Cost;:
allowed.

f/M

348

^ldb00 (^irealy with Portugal).

TREATY WITH PORTUGAL,

FOK PREVENTING TRAFFIC IN SLAVES,

Signed at London, 28th July 1817.

Whereas by the First Article of the additional
Convention to a Treaty of the 22d January 1815,
made between His Majesty and His most Faithful
Majesty the King of Portugal, for the Purpose of pre-
venting illicit Traffic in Slaves, and signed at London on
the 28th Day of July 1817, it was declared to be the Ob-
ject of the said Convention, to prevent the respective Sub-
jects of His Majesty and His most Faithful Majesty from
carrying on an illicit Slave Trade ; and it was also thereby
declared, that every Traffic in Slaves carried on under
the following Circumstances should be considered as
illicit ; First, either by British Ships and under the Bri-
tish Flag, or for the Account of British Subjects by any
Vessel or under any Flag whatsoever ; Second, by Por-
tuguese Vessels in any of the Harbours or Roads of the
Coast of Africa which are prohibited by the First Arti-
cle of the Treaty of the Twenty-second of January One
thousand eight hundred and fifteen ; Third, under the
Portuguese or British Flag for the Account of the Sub-
jects of any other Government ; Fourth, by Portuguese
Vessels bound for any Port not in the Dominions of His
most Faithful Majesty.

Second ARTicxE.-^The Territories inwhich the Traffic
in Slaves continues to be permitted under the Treaty of
the Twenty-second of January One thousand eight hun-
dred and fifteen, to the Subjects of His most Faithful
Majesty, are the following; First, the Territories pos-
sessed by the Crown of Portugal upon the Coast of Africa
to the South of the Equator, that is to say, upon the
Eastern Coast of Africa, the Territory laying between
Cape Delgado and the Bay of Lourenco Marques, and
upon the Western Coast, all that which is situated from
the Eighth to the Eighteenth Degree of South Latitude ;
Second, those Territories on the Coast of Africa to the
South of the Equator, over which His most Faithful
Majesty has declared that he has retained His Rights,
namely, the Territories of Molembo and Cabinda upon
the Western Coast of jVfrica,_from the Fifth Degree
Twelve Minutes to the Eighth Uegiee Soulh Latitude.

Third

&lBl\itS (Treaty with Portugnt).

Third Article. — His most Faithful Majesty en-
gaged, within the Space of Two Months after the Ex-
change of the Ratifications of the said Convention, to
promulgate in his Capital, and in the other Parts
of His Dominions, as soon as possible, a Law which
should prescribe the Punishment of any of His Subjects
who may in future participate in an illicit Traffic of
Slaves, and at the same Time to renew the Prohibition
which already exists, to import Slaves into the Brazils
under any Flag other than that of Portugal ; and His
most Faithful Majesty also engaged to assimilate, as
much as possible, the Legislation of Portugal, in this
respect, to that of Great Britain.

Fourth Article. — Every Portuguese Vessel which
should be destined for the Slave Trade on any Point of
the African Coast where the Traffic in Slaves should
still continue to be lawful, must be provided with a Royal
Passport, conformable to the Model annexed to the said
Convention, and which Model formed an integral Part
of the same ; and that every such Passport must be writ-
ten in the Portuguese Language, with an authentic
Translation in English annexed thereto, and must be
signed, for all those Vessels sailing from the Port of Rio
Janeiro, by the Minister of Marine, and for all other
Vessels which may be intended for the said Traffic, and
which may sail from any other Ports of the Brazils, or
from any other of the Dominions of His most Faithful
Majesty, not in Europe, the Passports must be signed
by the Governor in Chief of the Captaincy to which
the Port belongs ; and as to those Viessels which may
proceed from the Ports of Portugal, must be signed by
the Secretary of the Government for the Marine De-
partment.

Fifth Article. — The Ships of War of the respective
Royal Navies of His Majesty and His most Faithful Ma-
jesty, which shall be provided with special Instructions
for that Purpose, as herein-after provided, may visit such
Merchant Vessels of the Two Nations as may be sus-
pected, upon reasonable Grounds, of having Slaves on
board acquired by an illicit Traffic ; and in the Event only
of their actually finding Slaves on board may tietain and
bring away such Vessels, in order that they may be brought
to Trial before the IVibunais established for that Purpose,
jis ^";ec«ucu in tiiG saiu i^uavciiUoii ; proviueu tnat tne
Commanders of th^- Ships of War of the Two R6yal Na-
nes, who shall be employed on this Service, shall adhere

strictly

349

350

i%lab02) (Treaty ivith Portugal).

strictly to the exact Tenor of the Instructions which they
shall have received for that Purfwse ; and that as the said
Article is entirely reciprocal, the Two High Contracting
Parties engaged in the said Article mntually to make
good any Losses which their respective Subjects may
incur unjustly, by the arbitrary and illegal Detention of
their Vessels, and that this Indemnity shall invariably be
borne by the Government whose Cruizer shall been guilty,
of the arbitrary Detention ; provided that the Visit and
Detention of Slave Ships specified in the said Article,
shall only be effected by those British or Portuguese
Vessels which may form Part of the Two Royal Navies,
and by those only of such X^essels which are provided
with the special Instructions annexed to the said Con-
vention.

Sixth Article. — No British or Portuguese Cruizer
shall detain any Slave Ship not having Shives actually
on board ; and in order to render lawful the Detention
of any Ship, whether British or Portuguese, the Slaves
found on board such Vessel must have been brought
there for the express Purpose of the Traffic, and those
on board Portuguese Ships must have been taken from
that Part of the Coast of Africa where the Slave Trade
was prohibited by the Treaty of the Twenty- second of
January One thousand eight hundred and fifteen.

Seventh Article. — All Ships of War of the Two
Nations which shall hereafter be destined to prevent the
illicit Traffic in Slaves, shall be furnished by their own
Government with a Copy of the Instructions annexed to
the said Convention, and which shall be considered as
an integral Part thereof, and that such Instructions shall
be written in Portuguese and English, and signed for
the Vessels of each of the Two Powers, by the Minister
of their respective Marine, with a Reservation of the
Faculty of altering the said Instructions, in whole or in
})art, according to Circumstances ; it being however well
understood, that the said Alterations cannot take place but
by common Agreement, and by the Consent of the Two
High contracting Parties.

Eighth Article. — In order to bring to Adjudication
with the least Delay and Inconvenience, the Vessels
which may be detained for having been engaged in an
illicit Traffic in Slaves, there shall be established, within,
the Space of a Year at furthest from the Exchnjiffe of
the Ratifications of tbe said Ccaiveation, Two mixed
Commissions, formed of an equal Number of Indiv iduals
13 of

of the T\

respective

reside, on

other wit

jesty; an(

the Exchi

should d(

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the Two

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provided

shall alwa

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judge the

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as an int

Ninth

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explained,

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thousand (

at which

Eighth Ar

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before nier

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consist of a

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the same I

the said Co

an integral

uiissioners

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if possible:

tion agreed,

the British

larger Num

existiiig Lai

jioii awurdi

Vossjel; and

S>la\yt^ (Treaty with Portugal),

of the Two Nations, named for the Purpose by Uieir
respective Sovereigns; and that those Commissions shall
reside, one in a Possession belonging to His Majesty, the
other witlnn the Territories of His most Faithful Ma-
jesty ; and that the Two Governments, ai the Period of
the Exchange of the Ratifications of the said Convention,
should declare, each for its own Dominions, in what
Places the Commissions shall respectively reside, each of
tiie 1 wo High Contracting Parties reserving to itself the
Kight of changing at its Pleasure the Place of Resi-
aence ot the Commission held within its own Dominions •
provided however, that one of the Two Commissions
shall always be held upon the Coast of Africa, and the
other in the Brazils ; and that these Commissions shall
judge the Causes submitted to them, without Appeal, and
aecordmg to the Regulations and Instructions annexed
to the said Convention, of which they shall be considered
as an integral Part.

Ninth Article.— His Britannic Majesty, in con-
formity with the Stipulations of the Treaty of the Twenty-
second of January One thousand eight hundred and
htteen, engaged to grant, in the Manner herein-after
explained, sufficient Indemnification to all the Pronrie-
r'v I ^^':*"S"^f Vessels and Cargoes captured by
British Cruizers, between the First Day of June One
thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and the Perio-^
at which the Two Commissions pointed out in the
^Lighth Article of the said Convention shall assemble at

pfithM^M •'''? ^rf ' '""^P Majesty and His most
Paithlul Majesty did agree, that aU Claims of the Nature
before mentioned shall be received and liquidated by a
mixed Commission to be held at London, and which sliaU
consist of an equal Number of the Individuals of the Two
Nations, named by their respective Sovereigns, and upon
he same Principles stipulated by the Eighth Article of
the said Convention, and by the other Acts which form
an integral Part of the same ; and that the afbresaid Com-
laissioners shall commence their Functions Six Months
atter the Ratification of the said Convention, or sooner
It possible: And whereas it was also by the said Conven-
ion agreed, that the Proprietors of Vessels captured by
he British Cruizers cannot claim Compensation for a
larger Number of Slaves than that which according to the
existing Laws of Portugal they were permitted to tr«nfi-
pon accurdinor to the Hate of Tonnage of the captured
vo.s«ei: and that every Portuguese Vessel captured with

Slaves

351

352

^IdtltjS (^Treaty with Portugal).

Slaves on board for the Traffic, which shall be proved t®
have been embarked within the Territories of the Coast of
Africa situated to the North of Cape Palmas, and not be-
longing to the Crown of Portugal, as well as all Portu-
guese Vessels captured with Slaves on board for the
Traffic, Six Months after the Exchange of the Ratifica-
tions of the Treaty of the Twenty-second of January
One thousand eight hu.idred and fifteen, and on which it
can be proved that the aforesaid Slaves were embarketl in
the Roadsteads of the Coast of Africa, situated to the
North of the Equator, shall not be entitled to claim any
Indemnification.

Tenth Article.— His Majesty engaged to pay, with-
in the Space of a Year at furthest from the Decision of
each Case, to the Individual having a just Claim to the
same, the Sums which shall be granted to them by the
Commissioners described in the preceding Articles of the
said Convention.

Eleventh Article. — His Majesty engaged to pay
the Three hundred thousand Pounds Sterling of Indem-
nification, stipulated by the Convention of the Twenty-
first of January One thousand eight hundred and fifteen,
in favour of the Proprietors of Portuguese Vessels cap-
tured by British Cruizers up to the Period of the First of
June One thousand eight hundred and fourteen, in the
Manner following ; viz. the First Payment of One hun-
dretl and fifty thousand Pounds Sterling, Six Months
after the Exchange of the Ratifications of the Convention
recited by this Act, and that the remaining One hundred
and fifty thousand Pounds Sterling, as well as the In-
terest at Five per Centum due upon the total Sum, from
the Day of the Exchange of the Ratifications of the
Convention of the Twenty-first of January One thousand
eight hundred and fifteen, should be paid Nine Months
after the Exchange of the Ratifications of the Convention
recited by this Act ; and that the Interest due shall be
payable up to the Day of the last Payment ; and that
all the aforesaid Payments shall be made in London, to
the Minister of His most Fa* Jiful Majesty at the Court
of His Majesty, or to the Persons whom His most Faithful
Majesty shall think proper to authorize for that Purpose.
Twelfth Article. — Certain Acts or Instruments
annexed to the said Convention shall form an integral
Part thereof, and which were as follows; that is to say.

Merchant

Ship?=

as
First, a Form of Pjissuort for the

Portui^uese

Ships d(
Instruct
tined to
Reaulat
hold tlie
and in '.

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tor, alon^

i^Idb^d (Trcaly with Portugal).

Ships destined for the lawful Traffic in Slaves; Secondly^
Instructions for the Ships of War of both Nations de»>
tined to prevent the illicit Traffic in Slaves; Thirdly,
Reaulatioiis for the mixed Commissions which are to
hold their Sittings on the Coast of Africa, at the Brails,
and in London.

INSTRUCTIONS.

First Article.— Every British or Portuguese Skip of
War shall have n Right to visit the Merchant Ships of
either of the Two Powers actually engaged or suspected to
be engaged in the Slave Trade ; and should any Slaves be
foundon board, according to the Tenor of the Sixth Article
of the aforesaid Additional Convention ; and as to what re-
gards the Portuguese Vessels, should there be Ground to
suspect that the said Slaves have been embarked on a, Part
of the Coast of Africa where tht Traffic in Slaves can no
longer be legally carried on in consequence of the Stipu-
lations in force between the Two High Contracting
Powers ; in these Cases alone the Commander of the said
Ship of War may detain them, and having detained
them, he is to bring them as soon as possible for
Judgment before that of the Two mixed Commissions
appointed by the Eighth Article of the Convention which
slwU be nearest, or which the Commander of the cap-
turing Ship shall, upon his own Responsibility, think he
can soonest reach frona the Spot where the Slave Ship
shall have been detained; and that Ships on board of
which no Slaves shall be found intended for the Pur-
poses ©f Traffic, shall not be detained on any Account or
Pretence whatever ; and that Negro Servants or Sailors
that may be found on board the said Vessels cannot in
any Case be deemed a sufficient Cause for Detention.

Skcond Article. — No Merchantman or Slave Ship
can on any Account or Pretence whatever be visited or
detained, whilst in the Port or Roadstead belonging to
eith^ of the Two High Contracting Powers, or within
Cannon Shot of the Batteries on Shore ; but in case sus-
picious Vessels should be found so circumstanced, pro-
per Representations may be addressed to the Authorities
of the Country, requesting them to take effectual Mesk-
sures for preventing such Abuses,

Third Article. — In consequence of the immense
Extent of the Shores <rf' Africa to the North of the Equa-
tor, along which this Commerce continues prohibited,

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and the Facility thereby afforded for illicit Traffic, on
Points where either the total Absence or at least the Dis-
tance of lawful Authorities bar ready Access to those
Authorities ; in order to prevent it, and for the more
readily attaining the salutary End that His Majesty and
His most Faithful Majesty did actually grant to each
other the Power, without prejudice to the Rights of So-
vereignty, to visit and detain, as if on the High Seas,
any Vessel having Slaves on board, even within Cannon
Shot of tlie Shore of their respective Territories on the
Continent of Africa to the North of the Equator, in
case of their being no local Authorities to whom Re-
course might be had, as has been stated in the preceding
Article; and that in such case, Vessels so visited may be
brought before the mixed Commissioners in the Form
prescribed in the First Article of the said Instructions.

Fourth Article.-— No Portugue?'; Merchantman or
Slave Ship shall, on any Pretence whatever, be detained^
which shall be found any where near the Land or on the
High Seas South of the Equator, unless after a Chace
that shall have commenced North of the Equator.

•Fifth Article. — Portuguese Vessels furnished with
a regular Passport, having Slaves on board shipped at
those Parts of the Coast of Africa where the Trade is
permitted to Portuguese Subjects, and which shall after-
wards be found North of the Equator, shall not be de-
tained by the Ships of War of the Two Nations, though
furnished with the present Instructions, provided the
same can account for their Course, either in conformity
with the Practice of the Portuguese Navigation, by
steering some Degrees to the Northward in search of
fair Winds, or for other legitimate Causes, such as the
Dangers of the Sea, duly proved; or lastly, in the
Case of their Passports proving that they were bound
for a Portuguese Port not within the Continent of
Africa: Provided always, that with regard to all Slave
Ships detained to the North of the Equator, the Proof
of the Legality of the Voyage is to be furnished by
the Vessel so detained; on the other Hand, with re-
spect to Slave Ships detained to the South of the
Equator, in conformity with the Stipulations of the pre-
ceding Article, the Proof of the Illegality of the Voyage
is to be exhibited by the Captor : It is in like Manner
stipulated, that the Number of Slavae found on board
a Slave Ship by the Cruizers, even should the Number

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not agree with that contained in their Passport, shaU not
be a sufficient Reason to justify the Detention of the
fc>hip; but the Captain and the Proprietors shall be de-
nounced in the Portuguese Tribunals in the Brazils, in
Ae Coint"" ^^"'^ punished according to the Laws of
^ Sixth Article.— Every Portuguese Vessel intendtni

fnrrrf. ^"^fuT^ xl" *^^ ^""^^ Traffic in Slaves, in con-
lorinity with the Principles laid down in the said Con-
vention, shall be commanded by a Native Portuguese,
and Two Thirds at least of the Crew shall likewise be
Portuguese; provided always, that its Portuguese or
J^oreign Construction shall in no wise affect its Nation-
alty, and that the Negi-o Sailors shall always be reckoned

of thl'c^T'^' ?T^'^''^ '}'^^ ¥°"? ^' S^^^«« t° Subjects
}w !a ? r ^ P°'-^"gal' or that 5iey have been enfran-
chised m the Dominions of His most Faithful Majesty.

Seventh Article.— Whenever a Ship of War shall
meet a Merchant Vessel liable to be searched, it shall L
done in the most mild Manner, and with every Atten-
tion which IS due between Allied and Friendly Nations;
and in no Case shall the Search be made by an Office^
holding a Rank mferior to that of Lieutenant in the Navy,
detai'n^r ARTICLE . -The Ships of War which may
detain Slave Ships, m pursuance of the Principles laid
down m Uie said Instructions, shall leave on boaiS all the
Cargo of Negroes untouched, as well as the Captain,

that th^r '! ^.^n°n'^" ^'^^ "^ '^' Slave Shipf and
that the Captain shall draw up in Writing an authentic
Declaration, which shall exhibit the StatI in which he
found the detamed Ship, and the Changes which may
have l^ken place in it; and that he shall deliver to thi
Captain of the Slave Ship a signed Certificate of the
Papers seized on board the said Vessel, as well as of the
Number of Slaves found on board at the Moment of De-
ention : and that the Negroes shall not be disembarked

. .u o, ^f"'*"^' "^^'""^ ^°"t*"» them shall be arrived
at the Place where the Legality of the Capture i« to t)e
taed by one of the Two mixed Commissions, in order
that m the Event of their not being adjudged legal Prize
the Los, ^ the Proprietors may bl mLisily^pfirla !
but that if urgent Motives, deduced from the LeLth of
the Voyage, the State of Health of the Negrols, or

other Causes, require that they shall be disembarke<l
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PlaCfe of the Residence of One of the «ftid Gommimions,
the Cctfnmander of tlie c«ipturing Ship may take on him-
self the R«sponsihiHty of such Disembarkation, piovidetl
that the Nfecessity be istated in a Certifi«ite in proper

Form.

Ninth Article. — No Conveyance of Slaves from
«n€ Port of the Braaals to another, or from the Continent
cfr Islands of Africa to the Possessions of Portugal out
of America, shall take place as Objects of Commerce,
wccept in Ships provided with Passports from tlie Portu-
guese Government ad hoc.

REGULATIONS

FOR

rnt MIXED COMMISSIONS,

TO BE EbTABLISHEn BY THE SAID CONVENTIOK UPON THE
COAST OF AFRICA AND IN THE BRAZIL8.

iPiRST ARTiCLt. — The said Commissions are appointed
to decide upon the Legality of the Detention of such Slave
Vessels as the Cruizers ot both Nations shall detain, in
pursuance of the smd Convention for Carrying on an illicit
Commerce in Slaves ; and that the above-mentiolned Com-
missions shall judge, without Appeal, according to the
Letter and Spirit of the Treaty of the Twenty-second of
January One thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of
the said Additional Convention to the said Treaty, signed
at London on the Twenty-eighth Day oT July One thou-
sand eight hundred and seventeen, and recited in this
Act : That the Commissions shall give Sentence as sum-
marily as possible, and they are required to decide (as
far as they shall find it practicable) within the Space of
Twenty Days, to be dated from that On which every de-
tained Vessel shall have been bvought into the Port
where they shall reside ; first, upon the Legality of the
Capture ; secondly, in the Case in which the captured
Vessel shall have been liberated, as to the Indemnifica-
tion which she is to receive : And it is hereby provided,
that in all Cases the final Sentence, shall not be delayed
on account of the Absence of Witnesses, or fcr Want of
other Proofs, beyond the Period of Two Months, except
upon the Application of any of the Parties interested,
when, upon their giving satisfactory Security to charge
thenjselves with the Expence and Risks of the D'^lay, the
Commissioners may, at their Dibcretion, grant an addi-
tional Delay, not exceeding Four Months.

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Second Article. — Each of tlw above-wentioiUMA
mixed Commiwions, which are to reside on tJbie CoasO vf
AtVica and in the Brazils, shall be composed iu the fol-
lowing Manner: The Two High Ccnti'acting Parties. shall
eadi of then^ name a Commissary Judge and a Comnis-
sioner of Arbitration, who shall be authofized to hear
and to decide, without Appeal, all Cases of Captiu-e oi'
Slav» Vessels which, in pursuance of the Slipulation of
the Additional Convention of this Date, may be laifilk be*
fore them ; and that all the essential Parts of the Pro-
ceedings carried on before these mixed Commissions,
shall be written down in the Language of the Counjtiy in
which tl>e Commission may reside; and the Cooimisflacy
Judges, and the Commissioners of Arbitration iihall
make Oath, in Presence of the Principal Magistrate of
the Place in which the Commission may retadu, to judge
fairly and faithfully, to have no Pre&reiice wther for tke
Claimants or the Captors, and to act \xx all their Deci-
sions in pur&uance of the Stipulaiiona of tho 'Ereaty o^'tbe
Twenty-second of January One thousand eight hiu;! "d
and fifteen, and of the additional Convention to the said
Treaty recited in this Act j and that there shall bo at-
tached to each Commission a Secretary or Registrar ap?*
pointed by the Soveieign of the Country iji wiiick the
Commissions may reside, who shall register all its Acts,
and who, previous to taking Charge of his Post .shall
make Oiith, in Presence uf at least One of tlie Comjpis^
sary Judges, to conduct himself with Respect for tiheir
Authority, and to act with Fidelity iu all the Aflfaixs
which may belong to his Charge.

Third Article. — The Form of the Process aliall be
as follows : The Commissary Judges of the Two Nations
shall in the Fij*8t Plsice puoeeed to the Examination oiF djye
Papers of the Vessel, and to I'eceive the Depositions on
Oath of the Captain ami Two or Three at least of the
principal Individuals on board of the detained Vessel^ as
well as the Declaration on Oath of the Captor, should
it aj)pear necessary, in order to be able to judge and to
pronounce if the said Vessel has been justly detained or
not, according to the Stipulatious of the said AdditionaJ.
Convention recited in this Act, and in order that accord'-
ing to this Judgment it may be condemned or liberated ;
and in the Event of the Two Commissary Judges not
agreeing on the Sentence they ought to pronounoe,
whrther as to the Legality of the Dcteatioa, or tlie In-
u€iuniu€utiOa tO uC ailowcu^ Of Qm iuiy Ota^ QucstiQIl

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which might result from the Stipulations, of the said Con-
vention, they shall draw by Lot the Name of One of the
Two Commissioners of Arbitration, who, after having
considered the Documents of the Process, shall consult
with the above-mentioned Commissary Judges on tlie
Case in question ; and the final Sentence shall be pro-
nounced conformably in the Opinion of the Majority of
the above-mentioned Commissaiy Judges, and of the
above-mentioned Commissioner of Arbitration.

Fourth Article. — As often as the Cargo of Slaves
found on board of a Portuguese Slave Ship shall have
been embarked on any Point whatever of the Coast of
Africa where the Slave Trade continues lawful to the
Subjects of the Crown of Portugal, such Slave Ship shall
hot be detained on Pretext that the above-mentioned
Slaves shall have been brought originally by Land from
any other Part whatever of the Continent.

Fifth Article. — In the authenticated Declaration
which the Captors shall make before the Commission, as
well as in the Certificate of the Papers seized, which shall
be delivered to the Captain of the captured Vessel at the
Time of the Detention, the above-mentioned Captor
^hall be bound to declare his Name, the Name of his
Vessel, as well as the Latitude and Longitude of the
Place where the Detention shall have taken place, and
the Number of Slaves found living on board of the Slave
Ship at the Time of the Detention.

Sixth Article.^ — As soon as Sentence shall have been
passed, the detained Vessel, if liberated, and what re-
mains of the Cargo, shall be restored to the Proprietors,
who may before the same Commission claim a Valuatic
of the Damages which they may have a Right to demand ,
the Captor himself, and in his Default his Government,
shall remain responsible for the above-mentioned Da-
mages; and that the Two High Contracting Powers did
bind themselves to defray, within the Term of a Year
from the Date of the Sentence, the Indemnifications
which may be granted by the above-named Commission,
it being understood that these Indemnifications shall be
at the Expence of the Power of which the Captor shall
be a Subject.

Seventh Article. — In case of the Condemnation of
a Vessel for an unlawful Voyage, she shall be declared
lawfiil Prize, as well as her Cargo, of whatever Descrip-
tion it may be, with the Exception of the Slaves who
may be on board as Objects of Commerce : and the said..

Vessel,

^Ul)^tS (Treaty with Portugal).

Vessel, 8& well as her Cargo, shall be sold by Public
Sale, for the Profit of the Two Governments ; and as tq
the Slaves, they shall receive from the mixed Commis-
sion a Certificate of Emancipation, and shall be delivered
over to the Government on whose Territory the Commis-
sion which shall have so judged them shall be established,
to be employed as Servants or Free Labourers, with
Guarantee by each of the Two Governments respectiyelv,
the Liberty of such Portion of these Individuals as shall
be respectively consigned to it.

^ Eighth Article — Every Claim for Compensation of
Losses occasioned to Ships suspected of carrying on an
illicit Trade m Slaves, not condemned as lawful Prize by
the mixed (Commissions, shall be also heard and judged
by the above-named Commissions, in the Form provided
by the Third Article of the said Regulations herein-before
recited; and in all Cases wherein Restitution shall be so
decreed, tfie Commission shall award to the Claimant or
Cxaimants, or his or their lawfiil Attorney or Attornies/
tor his or their Use, a just and complete Indemnification,
hrst, for all Costs of Suit, and for all Losses and Damages
which the Claimant or Claimants may have actudiv sus-
tained by such Capture and Detention ; that is to say, in
die Case of total Loss, the Claimant or Claimants shall
be indemnified, first, for the Ship, her Tackle, AppareL
and Stores; secondly, for all Freight due and payable;
thirdly, ior the Value of the Cargo of Merchandize, if
any; fourthly, for the Slaves on board at the Time of
Detention, according to the computed Value of such
Slaves at the Place of Destination, deductmg therefrom
the usual fair average Mortality for the unexpired Period
of the regular Voyage, deducting also for all Charge*
and Expences payable upon the Sale of such Cargoes,
including Commission of Sale when payable at such Port-
and fifthly, tor all other regular Charges in such Cases of
total Loss ; and in all other Cases not of total Los^, the
Claimant or Claimants shall be indemnified, first, for
all special Damages and Expences occasioned to the Ship
by the Detention, and for Loss of Freight when due or
payable; secondly, a Demurrage, when due, according
to the Scheaule annexed; thirdly, a daily Allowance for
the Subsistence of Slaves of One Shilling or One hundred
and eighty Reis for each Person, without Distinction of
Age or Sex, for so many Days as it shall appear to the
Commission that the Voyage has been or inav be de-
iayr^tl by reason of such Detention; as likewise, fourthly,

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for any Deterioration of Cargo or Slaves ; fifthly, for apy
Diminution in the Value of the Cargo of Slaves proceed-
ing from an increased Mortality neyond the average
Amount of the Voyage, or from Sickness occasioned ny
Detention, this Value to be ascertained by their computed
Price at the Place of Destination, as in the above Case of
total Loss ; sixthly, an Allowance of Five per Centum on
the Amount of Capital employed in the Purchase and
Maintenance of Cargo for the Period of Delay occasioned
by the Detention ; and seventhly, for all Premium of In-
surance on additional Risks ; the Claimant or Claimants
shall likewise be entitled to Interest at the Rate of Five
er Centum per Annum on the Sum awarded, untH paid
ly the Government to which th"* capturing Ship belongs ;
the whole Amount of such Indemnifications being calcu-
lated in the Money of the Country to which the captured
Ship belongs, and to be liquidated at Exchange Current
at the Time of Award, excepting the Sum for the Sub-
»8tence of Slaves, which shall be paid at par, as above
stipulated : The Two High Contracting Parties wishing to
4void, as much as possible, every Species of FraucI in the
Execution of the Additional Convention of this Date, have
^reed, that if it should be proved, in a Manner evident
to the Conviction of the Judges of the Two Nations, and
without having Recourse to the Decision of a Commis-
sioner of Arbitration, that the Captor has been led into
Error by a voluntary and reprehensible Fault on the Part
of the Captain of the detained iSliip, in that Case only the
detained Ship shall not have the Right of receiving, dur-
ing the Days of her Detention, the Demurrage stipulated
by the present Article :

Schedule of Demurr^e or Daily Allowance for a Vessel of

100 Tons to 120 inclusive - £5'

121 ditto to 150 - ditto - - 6

ISI ditto to 170 - ditto - - 8

171 ditto to 200 - ditto - - 10

200 ditto to 220 - ditto - - 11

221 ditto to 250 - ditto - - 12

S51 ditto to 270 - ditto - - 14-

271 ditto to 300 - ditto - - 15,
and so in proportion.

Ninth Article. — When the Proprietors of a !S»ip
suspected of carrying on an illicit Trade in Slaves, re-
leased in consequence of a Sentence of One of the mixed
ViummlBoiOns fOf iii tflc Caoc aS uuvrv tn€;nti&ncQ oi tot^i

Loss),

per Diem;

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Loss), shall claim Indemnification for the Loss of Slaves
which he may have suffered, he shall in no Case be entitled
to claim for more than the Number of Slaves which hi«
Vessel was by the Portuguese Laws authorized to carry,
which Number shall always be declared in his Passport.

Tenth Article. — The mixed^'Commission established
in London by the Article Ninth of the said Convention
herein-before recited, shall hear and deterrfline all Claims
for Portuguese Ships and Cargoes captured, by British
Cruizers, on account of the unlawful Trading in Slaves
since the First of June One thousand eight hundred and
fourteen, till the Period when the Convention is to be in
complete Execution, awarding to them, conformably to
the Ninth Article of the said Convention, a just and
complete Compensation, upon the Basis laid down in the
preceding Article, either for total Loss, or for Losses and
Damages sustained by the Owners and Proprietors ofths
said Ships and Cargoes ; and it was also provided, that
the said Commission established in London shall be com-
posed and proceed exactly upon the same Basis deter-
Sined in the Articles of One, Two, and Three of tlie
egulations herein-before recited for the Commissions
established on the Coast of Africa and the Braails.

Eleventh Article. — It shall not be permitted to any
of the Commissary Judges, nor to the Arbitrators, nor
to the Secretary of any oif the mixed Commissions, to
demand or receive from any one of the Parties concerned
in the Sentences which they shall pronounce, any Emolu-
ment, under any Pretext whatsoever, for the Perforni-
ance of the Duties which are imposed upon them by the
Regulations annexed to the Convention as aforesaid.

Ninth Article. — When the Parties interested shall
imagine they have Cause to complain of any evident In-
justice on the Part of the mixed Commissions, they may
represent it to their respective Governments, who reserve
to themselves the Right of mutual Correspondence, for
removing when they think fit, the Individuals who may
compose these Commissions.

Thikteenth Article. — In the Case of a Vessel de-
tained unjustly under the Pretejice of the Stipulationa of
the Additional Convention of this Date, and in which the
Captor should neither be authorized by the Tenor of the
above mentioned Convention, nor of the Instructions an-
nexed to it, the Government to which the detained Vessel
may belong, shall be entitled to demand Reparation, and

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in such Case the Government lo which the Captor niav
belong, binds itself to cause the Subject of Complaint to
be fully examined, and to inflict upon the Captor, if he
be found to have deserved it, a Punishment proportioned
to the Transgression which may have been committed.

Fourteenth AktiCIe. — In the Event of the Death
of One or more of the Commissioners, Judges, and Arbi-
trators composing the above-mentioned mixed Commis-
sions, their Posts shall be supplied ad interim in the fol-
lowing Manner: On the Part of the British Government,
the Vacancies shall be filled successively, in the Commis-
sion which shall sit within the Possessions of His Britannic
Majesty, by the Governor or Lieutenant Governor resi-
dent in that Colony, by the principal Magistrate of the
Place, and by .the Secretary ; and in the Brazils, by the
British Consul and Vice Consul resident in the City in
vhich the mixed Commission may be established ; on the
Part of Portugal, the Vacancies shall be supplied in the
Brazils by such Persons as the Captain General of the
Province shall name for that Purpose : And considering
the Difficulty which the Portuguese Government would
feel in naming fit Persons to fill the Posts which migbf
become vacant in the Commission established in the
British Possessions, it is agreed, that incase of the death
of the Portuguese Commissioners, Judge, or Arbitrators,
in those Possessions, the remaining Individuals of the
above-mentioned Commission shall be equally authorized
to proceed to the Judgment of such Slave Ships as may
be brought before them, and to the Execution of their
Sentence ; in this Case alone, however, the Parties inte-
rested shall have the Right of appealing from the Sen-
tence, if they think fit, to the Commission resident in the
Brazils ; and the Government to which the Captor shall
belong shall be bound fully to defray the Indemnification
which shall be due to them, if the Appeal be judged in
favour of the Claimants ; it being well understood that the
Ship and Cargo shall remain during this Appeal in the
Place of Residence of the First Commission before whom
she may have been conducted : And it was in the said
Regulation agreed to supply, as soon as possible, every
Vacancy that may arise in the above-mentioned Com-
missions from Death or any other Contingency ; and in
case that the Vacancy of each of the Portuguese Com-
missioners residing in the British Possessions oe not sup-
plied at the End of Six Months, the Vessels which are

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tuken there to be jud^^V after the ExpirHtion of that
Time, shall no longer haw^ the Right of Appeal herein-
before stipulated : And it waii also further provided and
declared and agreed, ia a separate Articles, that us soon as
the total Abolition of the Slave Trade for the iSubjecta
of the Crown of Portugal shall have taken place, the Two
High Contracting Parties, by common Consent, will
adapt to that State of Circumstances the Stipulations of
the said Addi4ional Convention of the 28th July herein-
before recited ; but in default of such Alterations, that
the said Additi<mal Convention shall remain in force until
the Expiration of Fifteen Years from the Day on which
the general Abolition of the Slave Trade shall so take
place on the Part of the Portuguese Government ; and
that the said separate Article shall have the same Force
and Validity as if it were inserted Word for Word in
the 9aid Additional Convention hca-ein-before mentioned
as aforesaid.

And whereas it is expedient and necessary that
effectual Provision should be made for carrying into
Execution the Provisions of the said Treaty ; be it there-
fore enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Officers
commanding any Ship of War of His Majesty, duly
atrthorized and provided with Instructions aecordin<» to
the Provisions of the said Convention, to visit and detain
all Vessels which shall be suspected, upon reasonable
Grounds, of having Slaves on board acquired by an illicit
Traffic, according to the Articles of the said Convention,
and to detain and bring to Adjudication ajl VesselB and
Cargoes thereby made subject to Detention and Con-
demnation, according to the Provisions of the said
Conventiou, and the Instructions and Regulations
aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3. c. 85. § 1.

All Vessels, belonging wholly or in part to His Ma-
jesty's Subjects, suspected upon reasonable Grounds of
having Slaves on board acquired by an illicit Traffic,
shall be, according to the said Treaty, Convention, and
Regulations aforesaid, subject to the Visitation of British
or Portuguese Vessels of War, duly authorized for that
Purpose, according to the Provisions before recited; and
all yessels belonging wholly or in part to His Majesty's
Subjects, which shall have Slaves on board acquired by
an illicit Traffic, contrary to the Treaty, Convention,
and Regulations, and all Boats, Apparel, Furniture, and
Slaves belonging to such Vessels, and all Cargoes

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duly auchorucH
may seize all
suspected
Vessels.

British Vessels
suspected of
having Slaves on
board, subject to
Seizure by Portu-
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Adjudication by
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Commijisary
Judges and Com<
misiioners of
Arbitration.

Secretary and
Registrar to be
appointed to the
Commission es-
tablished in His
Majesty's Do-
ttiinions.

SUd\^tS (Treaty with FwiUgef).

therein, shall bo subject to the Visit and Detention of
British or Portuguese Vessels of War duly authorized
for that Purpose, according to the Stipulations of the said
Convention, and to Forfeiture according to the said
Convention, and the Regulations and Instructions there-
unto annexed, and far that Puipose shall be subject to
the Adjudication of, and to Condemnation or other
Judgment by the Commissary Judges and Commissioners
to be appointed according to the Provisioaa cf the Can-
vention, Instructions, and Regulations aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3
c. 85. § 2.

His Majesty, by any Warrant under His Royal Sign
Manual, countersigned by One of the Principal Secre-
taries of State, may appoint Commissary Judges and
Conmiissioners of Arbitration, and from Time to l^e
supply any Vacancies i^hich may arise in such Offices,
by appointing other Persons; and grant Salaries, not
exceeding such annual Sums as the Lords of the Ti-ca-
sury of Great Britain and Ireland shall direct ; and
such Commissary Judges and Commissioners may «x-t
amine and decide all Cases of Detention, Captures,
and Seizures of Vessels and their Cargoes, detained,
seized, taken, or captured under the said Treaty or Con-r
vention, or Instructions and Regulations, as are. made
subject to their Jurisdiction, and to proceed therein, and
do all Acts, Matters, and Things appertaining thereto,
agreeably to the Provisions of the said Treaty and Con-
vention, and the Instructions nd Regulations annexed
thereto, as effectually as if special Powers and Authorities
were specifically given in relation thereto ia this Act.
58 Geo. 3. c. 85. § 3.

His Majesty, by any Warrant under His Roy«l Sign
Manual, countersigned by One of His Majesty's Princir.
pal Secretaries of State, may appoint a Seeretaiy or
Registrar to the Commis&ion which shall be estabhshetl
in His Majesty'.'. Dominions, and supply any Vacancy
which may thereafter occur, and grant such Salaries
as the said Lords Commissioners shall direct ; and such
Secretary or Registrar may perform all the Duties of
such Office, as described in the Convention, Instructions,
and Regulations aforesaid, and execute aH such Acit,
Matters, and Things as may be necessary for the due
Biaeharge of the Duties of his Office, according to ike
Provisions of the Convention, Instructions, and Regular
tiona aforesaid. 58 Ge©. S, e. 95. ji.

The

dldtof (Treaty tvUh Portugal).

365

The

The Govemdr or T^ieutenant Governor or Principol Vacancie!« in the
Magistrate of the Colony or Settlement in which the Commisiiori to
Commissioti shall sit, within the PossessionB of His ll^me"oie?Pe"r!'
Britannic Majesty, may fill up every Vacancy which shall ion shall be ap.
arise in such Commission, either ^Commissary Judge, p^'"."'' ^^ "'"
Commissioner, or any Officer thereof, appointed by His '^**'^'
Majesty, according to the Regulations annexed to the
said Convehtiort, ad interim, until such Vacancy shall be
thereafter filled by some Person appointed by His
Majesty. 68 Geo. 8. c. 85. § 5.

Every Commissai^y Judge and Coiiimisaioner of Arbi- Commistary
tmtion, appointed by His Majesty, shall, before he ^"£',^'1,7'
enters upoh the Execution of his Office, take an Oath, Arbitration**,
in the Presence of the Principal Magistrate then residing Secretary and
and acting in the Colony, Settlement, or Place in which K^";?"*"

k/^ •• 1111 ■ I'l.-i-r^ Oaths lor due

tne Commission shall be appomted to reside, in the Form Execution of
following; that is to say. of^ce-

* T A. B. do solemnly swear. That I will, according to

* '^ the best of my Skill and Knowledge, act in the Exe-

< cation of my Office as taithfuUy, impartially,

< fairly, and without Preference or Favour, either for

* Claimants or Captors, or any other Persons ; and that
« I will, to the best of my Judgment and Pow«r, act in

* pursuance cf and according to the Stipulations, Re-

* gulations, and Instructions contained in the C<mven-

* tion between His Majesty and His most Faithful

* Majeirty, signed at London on the Twenty-eighth Day

* of September One thousand eight hundred and seven-

* teen. So help me GOD.'
And every Secretary or Registrar appointed by His
Majesty under the Provisions of the Treaty, Regulations
and Instructions, and of this Act, shall, before he enters
on the Duties of his said Office, take the like Oath before
the British Commissary Judge as aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3.
c. 85. § 6.

The said Commissary Judges, or either of them, br Commissary
any such Secretary or Registrar, may administer Oaths to Judges and
and take the Depositions of all Persons who may come or anTtiTe'h^SMre-
be blrottght before them to be examined, or for the Pur- tary and Regis-
pose ol deposing, in the Course of any Proceeding befote "'f'. "°"^''**r
the said Commissary Judges, or before the said Commis- and summon
sary Judges and the Commissioners of Arbitration, in the witnesses.
Cases in which such Commissioner of Arbitration shall
act with the said Commissary Judges, under the said Con-
vention, Instructions or Regulations, or this Act ; and the

>7Ui.vt

36(>

Persons giving
false Evidence
guilty of
Perjury.

Suits pending
btfore, or Judg-
ment by any
suchCommission,
to be a Bar, and
pleadable a& such
to any Aftion
brought for any
Thing done
under the Tfeaty.

Jurisdiction of
Prize Courts of
Appeal, or of
Admiralty, in
Crsei brought
before them,
not altered.

^Idt)e0 (Treaty with Portugal).

said Commissary Judges, or the said Commissary Judge,'.
and Commissioners of Arbitration, in the Cases 'ifcresaid.
may summon all Persons whom they may deeku it neces-
sary or proper to examine, in relation to any Suit,
Matter, or Thing under their Cognizance, and send fov
and issue Precepts for the producing of such Papers as
may relate to the Matters in question before them, and
enforce all such Summonses, Orders, and Precepts Jb^
such and the like Means, Powers, and Authorities as any
Court of Vice Admiralty may do. 58 Geo. 3. c. 85. § 7.

Every Person who shall wilfully and corruptly give
false Evidence, in any Examination, Deposition, or Affi-
davit in any Proceeding before the said Commissary
Judges or Commissioners aforesaid, shall be deemed guiltv
of Peijury, and being thereof convicted, shall be liabk
to all the P mishments. Pains, and Penalties to whicli
Persons convicted of wilful and corrupt Peijury are
hable ; and every such Person may be tried, either in the
Place where the Offence was committed, or in any
Colony or Settlement of His Majesty near thereto, in
which there is a Court of competent Jurisdiction to try
any such Offence, or in His Majesty's Court of King's
Bench in England; and in any Prosecution for sucli
Offence in His Majesty's said Court of King's Bench, the
Venue may be laid in the County of Middlesex.
58 Geo. 3. c. 85. §8.

The Pendency of any Suit or Proceeding instituted
b«fore the said Commissioners for the Condemnation or
Restitution of any Ship or Cargo or Slaves seized or de-
tained by virtue of the said Convention, Instructions, or
Regulations, or the final Adjudication, Condemnation, or
Juc^ment or Determination thereupon, may be pleaded
in Bar, or given in Evidence under the General Issue,
and shall be a good and complete Bar in any Action, Suit,
or Proceeding instituted for the Recovery of any such
Ship, Vessel, or Cargo, or of any Damage or for an}
Injury sustained thereby, or by the Persons on board,
in consequence of any Capture, Seizure, or Detention, or
Thing done under the Authority of the said Conven-
tion, Instructions or Regulations. 58 Geo. 3. c. 85. $ 9.

Provided, that the Lords Commissioners of Appeal
in Prize Causes, and the High Court of Admiralty, in
all Cases and Questions arising out of the Captures
depending before them, or that may be brought
before them on Appeal from any Vice Admiralty Court,

according

Issue,

S)Ia\)efi» (Treaty tvith Portugal^

according to their respective Jurisdictions, may proceetl
!.,!'!; -'k? ^T"" ^""^ d.et^rmine all Questions respecting
aiw Right or Interest m or to the same, to ;.hich Hi!
Majesty, or the Captors or Seizors of such Vessels
or Cargoes, may claim to be entitled, by reason of the
Capture or Seizure thereof and the Laws relating thereto,
and enforce their Judgments and Orders therein bv the
usual Process of the said Com ts. 58 Geo. 3. c. 85.^ lo!

r^nT Q*?'°' *u^5/" *" such Cases in which the
Captors or Seizors shall not estabUsh any Right or Inter-
est on their Behalf; by reason of the Capture thereof
and the Laws relating thereto, the said Courts respect-
ively may order and adjudge the Vessels and Cargoes, or
the Proceeds thereof, into or to or which the Captors

o7nnfH r .^ 'tt*"^ f'&' .^/ ^"*"^^^^' *° be delivered
^If A r ^'^-^ °^ ^' r^^J"'^' *° «"ch Persons as
the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury shall
appoint to receive the same, and enforce the Delivery or
the Payment thereof by the usual Process used and esta-
blished by Law m Cases of Prize. 58 Geo. 3. c. 85. 6 1 1
Nothing in this Act shall extend to, suspend, affect or
repeal any of the Clauses, Penalties, Forfeitures, or
Punishments contained in any Act for the Suppression
or Prevention of the Slave Trade; but all such Acts
shalJ remain m full Force and Virtue. 58 Geo. 3.
c. 85. § 12.

If ai^ Action or Suit shall be commenced, cither in
threat Britain or elsewhere, or against any Person, for any
rhmg done in pursuance of the said Treaty, Instructioi
or Regulations, or of this Act, the Defendant or De-
tendants m such Action or Suit may plead the General
Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evi-
dence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the
TZZT "' ^^y ^^^^^"thority of the said Convention,
Inst uctions or Regulations, or of thi» Act; and ifi[
shall appear so to have been done, the Jury shall find for
the Defendant ; and if the Plaintiff shall b^ nonsuited, or
discontinue h.s Action after the Defendant shall have^p-
peared, or if Judgment shdl be given upon any Verdict
or Demurrer against the Plaintiff, the Defendant shall
recover Treble Costs, and have the like Remedy for the
«aine as in other Cases by Law. 58 Geo. S. c. 85. § 13

367

Captors nor
establishing their
Righls, Proceeds
to go to the Use
of His Mnjesty.

This Act not to
alter or affect
»ny of the Penal-
ties, &c. in any
Act for Suppreu-
sion of the Slave
Trade.

General Issne
may be pleaded
and Treble Corts
allowed.

368

Not to be landed
on the Isle of
Man;

^^itit&.

nor in Guernsey
or Jeney.

Affidavit to be
made by the
Shipper or his
Agent, or Factor
of the Colony
where produced.

1 . No Rum or other Spirits shall be laden on board any
Ship in any British Colony or Plantation in America,
but on Condition that the same shall not be carried to or
landed in the Isle of Man, under the like Securities,
Penalties, and Forfeitures as prescribed in 12 Car. 2.
c. 18. and 25 Gar. 2. C 7. — 5 Geo. 3. c 3&. ^5.
9 Geo. 3. c. 28. *

See AstfEs, Pot and Pearl.

2. No Rum the Production of any British Colony or
Plantation itk America, shall be landed in Guernsey or
Jei-sey. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28.

See Goods, Non-enumerated.

3. Every Person loading any Spirits, as of the Product
or Manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation, shall,
before the clearing out of the Ship, deliver to the Collec-
tor or other principal Officer of the Customs at the load-
ing Port, an Affidavit signed and sworn to before some
Justice of the Peace in the said British Colonies or Plant-
ations, cither by the Shipper or his known Agent or
Factor, expressing in Words at Length the Quality of
the Goods, with the Number and Denomination ot the
Packages, and describing the Name of the Plantation
and Colony where the same were produced ; which Affi-
davit shall be attested, under the Hand of the said Justice
of the Peace, to have been sworn to in his Presence, whc
is required to do the same without Fee or Reward ; and
the Collector or other principal Officer of the Customs to
%yham such Affidavit shaU be delivered, shall thereupon
finmta Certificate under his Hand and Seal ofOfficr
(Wh( ut Fee or Reward) of his having received such
Affidavit; which Certificate shall express the Quality oi
the Goods, with the Number and Denomination of the
Packages. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15, § 20.

* JBto 56 Geo.S. c. 91. Subjects of the King of the Nether -
iands, being Dutch Proprritors in Demeram, Herbicc, or Lsse-
quiho m Guiana, may export from ti^nce to the Neiherlmids the
Produce of their EHcten, in Duteh Ships, subject to the samt
Mefiulatims and Restrictions for the due landing sfsuch Produce
in the Netherlands, as are provided by any Act now m force Jm
tha landing of the like Articles in Great Britain, so far as appli-
cable ; and iio Persons entitled to trade between the satd Colonier^
and the Dominions of the King of the Netfierlmds,areathwed
to export the Produce of the said Estates to any Part of tne
United Kingdom, or to any other of His Majesty s Dominions in
Europe. See '• Guiana." ^j^^

Wip

S>pt't(tS.

*. Tlie Collector or other principal Officer of the
Customs, to whom such Affidavit shall be delivered, shall
(without Fee or Reward) within Thirty Days after the
Sailing of the Ship, transmit One exact Copy of the
Affidavit to the Secretary's Office for the Colony or
Plantation where the Spirits were shipped; and shall also,
within the like Space of Thirty Days, transmit another
exact Copy, to the Justices and Vestry of the Parishes
and Precincts where the Spirits were produced, on For-
feiture of jf 50 for every Omission or Neglect. 1 8 Geo. 3 .
c. 58. § 1.

5. In case any Justice of the Peace shall subscribe his
Name to any Paper or Parchment, purporting to be an
Affidavit for the Purpose directed by 4 Geo. 3. c. 15.,
unless the Person purporting to make such Affidavit shall
actually appear before him, and be sworn to the Truth
of the Affidavit, every such Justice shall forfeit for every
Offence £50. 18 Geo. 3. c. 58. § 2.

6. If there shall not be any Justices of the Peace at
such Colony or Plantation, before whom such Affidavit
cart be made, the Planter or Grower shall make the same
before the Collector and Comptroller or other Chief
Officer of the Customs, or any IVo of them, at the Port
or Place from whence the Spirits may be intended to be
shipped ; and in the Certificate which the Collector and
Comptroller and Naval Officer, or any Two of them, are
required to deliver to the Shipper, they shall also certify
that there are not any Justices of the Peace resident at
or within such Colony or Plantation. 47 Geo. 3.
c. 48. § 2.

7. Rum, the Produce of any British Island, brought
into any of the Free Ports in Britisli-built Ships, owned,
navigated, and registered according to Law, may be ex-
ported from thence to any of the Colonies or Plantations
m America belonging to or under the Dominion of- any
Foreign European Sovereign or State, in any Foreign
Ship owned and navigated by any Persons inhabiting
any such Colony, Plantation, or Country. 45 Geo. 3.
C.57. §8.

5^^ Free Ports. ^ ;'•'

8. Rum, the Produce of any of His Majesty's Sugar
Colonies or Plantations in America, may be shipped and
ex'iorted direct to IS^rIIh. or thp Dpnendf noi'^s ♦^•"••fof. j>"
to Gibraltar, in such Ships, and under such Licences,

B b . Entries,

369

Copies thereof
to be transmitted
to the Secretary's
Office, and to the
Justices ani
Vestry.

Penalty on Jus-
tices subscribing
to ASidavits if
the Persons do
not appear before
them.

If there are no
Justices, the
Affidavit to be
made before the
Chief Officer.

Rum may be
exported from
the Free Ports in
Foreign Ships.

May be exported
from Malta or
Gil)raltar.

m
m

370

S»pittt«.

Brandy may be
exported from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

Rum may be
exported from
Bermuda to the
United States.

Spirits not to be
imported from
Foreign Colonies,

Duty payable
upon Spirits
imported into
Quebec.

Entries, Securities, Regulations, Penalties, and For-
feitures, as are herein particularly mentioned. 55 Geo, 3,
c. 29. § 1. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta.

9. Brandy may be exported from Malta or any of the
Dependencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any ot
His Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America,
or to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British-
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.

See Gibraltar.

Malta.

10. Rum, the Produce of any British Plantation in the
West Indies, legally imported into Bermuda in any
British Ship, may be exported from Saint George or
Hamilton to any of the Territories of the United States,
in the Description of Ships and under the Regulations
provided in the Acts 52 Geo. 3. c. 79. and 53 Geo. 3.
c. SO — 57 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 1. ,

See Bermuda.

1 1. No Spirits of the Produce or Manufacture of any
of the Colonies or Plantations in America, not in the
Possession or under the Dominion of His Majesty, shall
be hnported into any of the Colonies or Plantations in
America in the Possession or under the Dominion of
His Majesty, upon Forfeiture of such Spirits, and the
Ship. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 18.

12. There shall be paid to His Majesty, upon all
Spirits hereafter mentioned, which shall be imported into
Quebec, above all other Duties payable in the said
Province, the Duties following ; that is to say^

For every Gallon of Brandy or other Spirits of the
Manufacture of Great Britain, Three -pence:

For every Gallon of Rum or other Spirits which shall
be imported from any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies
in the West Indies, Sixpence :

For every Gallon of Rum or other Spirits which shall
be imported from any other of His Majesty's CoJbnies or
Dominions in America, Nine-pence :

For every Gallon of Foreign Brandy or other Spirits of
Foreiffn Mauufactui'e imDorted from Great Britaiiii One
Shilling:

For

^mits.

371

For every Gallon of Rum or Spirits of the Produce or
Manufacture of any of the Colonies or Plantations iu
America, not in the Possession or under the Dominion
of His Majesty, imported from any other Place except
Great Britain, One Shilling. 14 Geo. 3. c. 88. § 1.

13. The said Duties shall be deemed Sterling Money
of Great Britain, and be paid to the Amount of the Value
which such nominal Sums bear in Great Britain, and
may be received and taken according to the Proportion
and Value of Five Shillings and Sixpence the Ounce in
Silver ; and the Duties shall be raised and recovered in
the same Manner, and by such Rules, Ways, and Means,
and under such Penalties and Forfeitures (except where any
Alteration is made by this Act), as any other Duties pay-
abb to His Majesty upon Goods imported into any
British Colony or Plantation in America may be raised
and recovered ; and the Monies that shall arise by the
said Duties (except the necessary Charges of raising, re-
covering, and accounting for the same) shall be paid by
the Collector of the Customs into the Hands of His Ma-
jesty's Receiver General in the said Province, and shall
be applied in the first Place towards defraying the Ex-
pences of the Administration of Justice, and of the Sup-
port of the Civil Government in the said Province; and
the Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three of
them, shall by any Warrant under their Hands cause
such Money to be applied out of the Produce of the Du-
ties towards defraying the said Expences, and the Residue
shall be reserved in the Hands of the Receiver General
for the future Disposition of Parliament, l-t Geo. 3.
c. 88. § 2.

14. If any Spirits chargeable with Duties by this Act
shall be brought into Quebec by Land Carriage, the same
shall pass and be carried through the Port of Saint John's
near the River Sorrel ; or if by any Inland Navigation
ether than upon the River Saint Lawrence, the same shall
pass and be carried upon the said River Sorrel by the
said Port, and there entered, and the Duties pa'd to such
Officer of His Majesty's Customs as shall be there
appointed; and if any such Spirits, coming by Land Car-
riage or Inland Navigation, shall pass by or beyond the
said Place without Entry and Payment of the Duties, or
siian ue orougnt into any rail ot the Province by or
through any other Place, such Spirits shall be forfeited,
and the Persons assisting in the Removal, or to whose

B b 2 Hands

Collection and

Appropristior,,

Brought into
Quebec by In-
land Navigation
or Laud Carriage
must pass
through certnin
Places, wliere
Duties are to be
paid.

372

^pitita.

His Majesty's
Subjects may
bring Spirits into
sny Parts of the
Province.

Ships which
hne landed
Lumber in the
Sugar Colonies
may load Spirits
at Quebec
Duty-fi-ae ;

or Ships which
inteud to load a
Cargo of Lum-
liei for the said
Colonies in their
next clearing out,
may land Spirits
Duty-free.

Hands the same shall come, knowing that they were re»
moved contrary to this Act, shall forfeit Treble the Value,
with the Cattle and Carriages made use of in the Removal,
and shall be seized by any Officer of the Customs.
UGeo.S. c. 88. § 3.

15. His Majesty's Subjects may freely bring, by Land
Carriage or Inland Navigation, into any Parts of the
Province of Quebec not heretofore comprehended within
the Limits thereof by His Majesty's Proclamation of
7th October 1763, any Quantity of Spirits, notwithstand-
ing 14 Geo. 3. c. 88. — 15 Geo. 3. c.40. § 1.

16. In Cases where Spirits of the British Sugar Colo-
nies in the West Indies shall be legally imported into
Quebec from the said Colonies, in any Ship which in her
last preceding Voyage shall have carried to and landed
in any of the si id Colonies a Cargo of Lumber and Pro-
visions, Horses or Neat Cattle, from the said Province, it
shall be lawful to land any Quantity of such Spirits (not
exceeding in Value the Cargo of Lumber or Provisions,
Horses or Neat Cattle), without Payment of the Duty of
6d. per Gallon. 28 Geo. 3. c. 39. § 1.

17. In Cases where Spirits, the Produce or Manufac-
ture of any of the said Colonies, shall be legally imported
into Quebec from any of the said Sugar Colonies, in any
Ship which, in her next clearing out from the said Pro-
vince after such Importation, shall inten<! to load with
Lumber or Provisions, Horses or Neat Cattle, and carry
to and land the same in some of the said Colonies, it shall
be lawful to land any Quantity of such Spirits (not ex-
ceeding in Value the Cargo of Lumber or Provisions,
Horses or Neat Cattle), without Payment of the Duty of
6d. per Gallon ; provided the Owner of such Ship, or in
case of his not residing in the Province, the Master, with
one or more sufficient Sureties residing within the said
Province, shall, before such Spirits be admitted to an
Entry, give Bond to His Majesty, His Heirs and Suc-
cessors, to be taken by Two principal Officers of the
Customs, in £500, with Condition that the Ship shall, in
her next clearing out from the Province, be laden with a
Cargo of Lumber or Provisions, Horses or Neat Cattle,
equal in Value to the Spirits admitted to Entry without
I*ayment of the Duty ; and that the Lumber or Provi-
sions, Horses or Neat Cattle, shall be carried to and
landed in sonic of the said Colonies in the West Indies,
28 Geo. 3. c. 39. § 2.

18. The

Spirits,

373

^anufac-
imported
!S, in any
said Pro-
load with
ind carry
s, it shall

(not ex-
rovisions,
; Duty of
bip, or in
ster, with

the said
ed to an
and Suc-
rs of the
p shall, in
en with a
lat Cattle,
y without
or Provi-
d to and
St Indies,

18. The Lumber (except White Oak Staves), Provi-
sions, Horses, and Cattle, exported under the Condition
of the said Act, shall be the Growth or Produce of Que*
bee, and no other. SO Geo. 3. c. 8. § ^.

19. The Value of the Spirits, and the Value- of the
Cargo of Lumber or Provisions, Horse& or Neat Cattle^
shall be estimated according to the Valuations contained
in the following Schedule : But His Majesty, with the
Advice of His Privy Council, by Order to be issued
and published, may alter the Valuations and Articles
contained in the Schedule, whenever it shall appear
necessary, upon any Representation made by the Go-
vernor and Council of the Pi'ovince. 53 Geo. 3. c. 37«
§ 1, 2.

SCHEDULE.

Sterling.
^ S. d.

2 per Barrel of 1 cwt. 3 qrs.

1 17 6 Ditto.

1 per Cwt.

The Art'icleA
(except Stave*) :
must be the
Growth of
Quebec.

The Value of
the Spirits and
Lumber to be
estimated by the
following
Schedule.

Floiir, Ist Sort
Ditto, 2d Sort
Biscuit
Wheat
Peas
Oats -
Barley

Flax Seed -
Potatoes -
Indian Com
Salted Beef
Ditto

Salted Pork -
Ditto
Butter
Soap

Mould Candles
Dipped Ditto
Salmon
Ditto

Herrings and All-
wives -
Shad Fish

nrw CnA T^ifih

— 5

— 4

— 2

— 3
~ 5

— 1

— 4
4 10 —

6 15 —

4 10 — ■

^per Bushel.

8
6

per Tierce,
per Barrel,
per Tierce.
_ _ . per Barrel.
10 per lb.

- — — 7 per lb.

^ ^jperlb.

per Barrel.
^ per Tierce*

[ 1 per BarreL

- 1 5 —

Bb3

2
— 11

2 10 —

3 15 —

per Ditto.
r»er Cwts

Seal,

18. The

3T4

Seal, Porpoise, ">
and Cod Oil j
Canadian Porter -
Ditto Burton Ale -
Ditto Mild Ditto -
Onions

Essence of Spruce -
Oak Timber }

Squared - j

Ditto Plank, 3 to |
4 Inches thick j
Ditto, 1^ to 2 )
Inches thick - j
Puncheon Staves"!
3i Feet long, 4
Inches broad, }►
and 1 Inch -
thick - - -
Puncheon Head-
ing, 2^ Feet
long, 5 to 6 ^
Inches broad, ^
and 1 Inch
thick - - -J
Pine Timber |
Squared - j

Pine Boards, 12
Feet long and
upwards, and
1 Inch thick
Ditto, 10 Feet
long and 1
Inch thick
Ditto, Ditto, 2 1
Inches thick j
Wooden Hoops,

12 Feet lopg
Ditto, 14 Ditto
Ditto, 10 Ditto
Ditto, 7 Ditto
Shingles -

}

Spirits.

Sterling.
^ s. d.

7 per Hlid. of 63 Galls.

15 — > per Ditto.

3
3
1 per Thousand.

— 1 3 per lb.

— 1 — per Cubic Foot.

5 per Superficial FooL

3 per Ditto.

per 1 200 Pieces.

10 per 1000.

4 per Cubic Foot.

2 J K I per Thousand Supcr-

. 1 ficial Feet.

2 5 — per Hundred Boards.

3 7 6 Ditto.

UUS..11'

TJ,

LCKS

J per Thousand Hoops.

5 10 — Ditto.

4 Ditto.

2 10 — Ditto.

— 15 — per Thousand. , ,

— 12 — each.

Bar

S»pirtt0,

375

Sterling,

£ s. d-
- 1 10 — per Cwt.
15 —

■111]

— 2 eJ

per Head.

;| ;•-:

-., ■'.} I '■
( « ; ^ ♦ '

i .1*.

Bar Iron

Horses

Horned Cattle

Sheep

Turkeys

Windward and ^

Leeward Island > — 19 per Gallon.

Rum - J
Jamaica Ditto 2 — Ditto.

20. The Produce or Manufacture of any of His Ma-
jesty's Sugar Colonies in the West Indies, legally im-
ported into Bermuda, may be imported into Lower
Canada, and landed and admitted to an Entry upon
Payment of the same Duty as if the same had been
imported directly from any of His Majesty's Sugar
Colonies in the West Indies; and under the Conditions
and Regulations of 28 Geo. 3. c. 39. without Payment of
Duty, in the same Manner as if such Spirits had been
imported directly from any of the Sugar Colonies.
49Geo. 3. c. 16. $ 1.

21. The Produce or Manufacture of any of His
Majesty's Sugar Colonies in the West Indies, legally
imported into Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape Breton,
Prince Edward's Island, and Newfoundland in North
America, from the said Sugar Colonies or from Bermuda,
may be exported from any or either of the said Provinces
or Islands to Lower Canada, and admitted to an Entry
upon the Payment of the same Duty as if imported
directly from any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies.
51 Geo. 3. C.48. § 1. ^

22. Every Person loading on board any Ship in Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape Breton, Prince Edward's
Island, or Newfoundland, any Spirits as of the Product
or Manufacture of any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies,
in order to be exported from thence to LoWer'Canada,
shall before the clearing out of the Ship deliver to the
Collector or other principal Officer of the Customs at the
loading Port, his Affidavit or that of his Agent or Factor,
signed and sworn to before some Justice of the Peace
in the Province or Island where the same shall be ship-
ped, expressing in w^oids at Length tiie Number and
Content or Contents of the Casks

Bb4

ickage

May be exported
from Bermuda to
Lower Canada
upon the same
Duty and Con-
ditions as if im-
ported from
Sugar Colonies;

also from the
North American
Colonies to
Lower Canada.

Regulation upon
the Shipping of
Spirits at the
North American
Colonies to be
exported to
Lower Canada.

con-

376

Oath to be made
u[)on the Ship's
Arrival, as to the
Identity of the
Spirits.

May be exported
from Bermuda
into North
American Colo-
nies on the same
Duty as from
Sugar Colonies ;

and without
Payment of

Conditions.

Spirits.

containing the Spirits, also from what Colony or Plant-
ation the same were imported, by whom, and the Time
when such Importation took place, which Affidavit shaU
be attested by the Hand of the said Justice of the Peace
to have been sworn to in his Presence, who is required
to do the same without Fee or Reward ; and the Collector
or other principul Officer of the Customs to whom such
Affidavit shall be delivered, shall thereupon grant to the

o ^^"^ r fL^^'"" ^^'^ " Certificate, under his Hand and
beal of Office, (without Fee or Reward) of his having
received such Affidavit pursuant to the Directions of
this Act, and that it thereby appeared that such Spirits
were legally imported into the said Province or Island,
as of the Produce or Manufacture of His Majesty's
Sugar Colonies ; and such Certificate shall express die
Number and Content or Contents of the Casks or other
Package containing the Spirits so shipped. 51 Geo. 3.
c. 48. § 2.

23. Upon the Arrival of such Ship at the Port of
Discharge in Lower Canada, the Master shall, at the
lime of making the Report of his Cargo, deliver the
said Certificate to the Collector or other principal Officer
of the Customs of such Port, and make Oath before him
(which Oath he is required to administer), that the Spirits
so reported are the same that are mentioned in the
Certificate ; and if any Spirits shall be imported or

uu^ <^n board any Ship for which no such Certificate
shall be produced, or which shall not agree therewith,
the same shall be deemed to be Foreign Spirits, and
subject to the same Duties, Restrictions, Regula-
tions, Penalties, and Forfeitures, as Spirits of any
Foreign Colony or Plantation are subject to by Law.
51 Geo. 3. C.48. §3.

24. The Produce or Manufacture of any of His Ma-
jesty's Sugar Colonies in the West Indies, legally and
directly imported into Bermuda from the said Sugar Co-
lonies, may be exported from Bermuda into Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick, Cape Breton, Prince Edward's
Island, and Newfoundland, and landed and admitted to
an Entry, upon Payment of the same Duty as if imported
directly from any of the said Sugar Colonies in the West
Indies. 51 Geo. 3. c.62. §1.

25. Exported as before mentioned from Bermuda,

, , ,,.,,,.,„.,,,,„, a,s.2.\s. iicoLl 1V.LJUU3 iJl so «JCU. J,

c. 39. be imported into the said Provinces and Islands,

9 without

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377

without Pajrment of Duty, in the same Manner as if
imported directly from any of the said Sugar Colonies.
51 Geo. 3. c. 62. $ 2.

26. Every Person loading on board any Ship in Ber-
muda any Spirits as of the Produce or Manufacture of
His Majesty's Sugar Colonies, legally imported into that
Island, shall before the clearing out of the Ship deliver
to the Collector or other principal Officer of the Customs
at the loading Port, his Affidavit, or that of his Agent
or Factor, signed and sworn to before some Justice of
the Peace in Bermuda, expressing in Words at Length
the Number and Content or Contents of the Cask or
other Packages containing the Spirits, from what Colony
or Plantation the same were imported, by whom, and the
Time when such Importation took place (which Affidavit
shall be attested by the Hand of the said Justice of the
Peace to have been sworn to in his Presence, who is re-
quired to do the same without Fee or Reward) ; and the
Collector or other principal Officer of the Customs to
whom such Affidavit shall be delivered, shall thereupon
grant to the Master of the Ship in which the same shall
be laden a Certificate under his Hand and Seal of Office
(without Fee or Reward) of his having received such
Affidavit pursuant to this Act, and that it thereby appeared
such Spirits were legally imported into the Island, as of
the Produce or Manufacture of His Majesty's Sugar
Colonies; and such Certificate shall also express the
Number and Content or Contents of the Cask or other
Packages containing the Spirits so shipped. 51 Geo. 3.
c. 62. § 3.

27. Upon the Arrival of any Ship at the Port of her
Discharge in any of the said 'Provinces or Islands, the
Master shall at the Time of making the Report of his
Cargo deliver the said Certificate to the Collector or
other principal Officer of the Customs of such Port, and
make Oath before him, (which he is required to admi-
nister), that the Spirits so reported are the same that are
mentioned in the Certificate; and if any Spirits shall be
imported or found on board, for which no Certificate
shall be produced, or which shall not agree therewith,
the same shall be deemed Foreign Spirits, and be subject
to the same Duties, Restrictions, Regulations, Penalties,
and Forfeitures, as Spirits of the Produce or Manufacture
or any Foreign Colony oi- Plantation would be subject to
by I<aw. 51 Geo. 3. c. 62. § 4.

28. There

Regulations upnii
the shipping of
Spirits at Ber-
muda, to be ex-
ported to the
North America!)
Colonies.

Oath to be tniat-
upon the Ship'i
Arrival, as to tJic
Identity of ti^e
Spirits.

378

Duty u|>on Rum
imported into
Newfoundland
from British
Colonics in the
West Indiei.

Duty on the

Importation from
Colonies in
Guiana.

Importation
allowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

28. There slmll be paid upon every Gulloii of Rum or
other Spirits imported into Newfbundland from any Bri-
tish Colony or Plantation' iti the West Indies, a r3nty of
Sixpence ; and upon every Gallon of Rum or other Spi-
rits imported into the Island from miy of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations on the Continent of America,
or from Great Britain or Ireland, a Duty of One Shilling
and Sixpence Sterling Money of Great Britain ; and the
same shall be collected to the Amount of the Value which
such nominal Sum bears in Great Britain, and may be
received and taken according to the Proj)ortion and
Value of 5s. 6d. the Ounce in Silver ; and the said Duty
shall be raised, levied, collected, paid, and recovered iii
the same Maimer, and by such Rules, Ways, and Means,
and under such Penalties and Forfeitures, as any other
Duties payable to His Majesty upon Goods imported into
any British Colony or Plantation in America are raised,
levied, collected, paid, and recovered by any Act of
Parliament, as fully as if the said Rules, &c. were again
enacted in this Act, and all the Monies that shall arise by
the said Duties (excef)t the necessary Charges of raising,
collecting, levying, recovering, answering, paying, and
accounting for the same), shall be paid into the Ex-
chequer and applied to the same Uses as other Duties of
Customs. 52 Geo. 3. c. 106. §1. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 20.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

29. There shall be paid upon every •Gallon of lluni
imported into Newfoundland from Berbice, Demerara,
and Essequibo, in the Province of Guiana, a Duty of
Sixpence and no more ; such Duty to be sued for, reco-
vered, and applied in the like Manner and under the like
Penalties and Forfeitures as are provided by 52 Geo. 3.
c. 106. with respect to Rum imported from any British
Colony or Plantation in the West Indies. 56 Geo. ^.
c. 91. $2.

^ponste anij mom, t)f5. fl|9aita
S>tone for JIBuflUins,

May be exported from Malta or any of the Dependen-
cies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His Ma-
jesty's Suffar Colonies or Plantations in America, or to
Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colo-
nies or Plantations in North America, in British-built

14 Ships,

Sponges, fttone, (jt.

;»79

. . L

Shi

Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according to
Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.

See Gibraltar.
Malta.

>»

'■

i^ufferante. see " Biiis of sight

1 . No Sugar of the Production or Manufacture of the
Briti.sli Plantations in America shall be shipped or con-
veyed from any of the said Plantations to any Place, un-
less to some other Plantation belonging to His Majesty,
or to Great Britain or Ireland, there to be laid on Shore,
under the Forfeiture of the Goods, or the full Value
thereof, and the Ship. 12 Car. 2. c. 18. § 18. 20 Geo. 3.
e. 10. § 3. 39& 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

2. For every Ship which shall sail from Great Britaiu
or Ireland for any British Plantation in America, Bond
shall be given with one Surety to the Chief Officers of the
Customs of the Port from whence the said Ship shall sail
to the Value of .sfilOOO if the Ship be of less Burthen than
100 Tons, and of ^'2000 if of greater Burthen, condi-
tioned that in case the said Ship shall load any Sugar, or
any enumerated Article (for the whole of which See
" Goods") at any of the said British Plantations, that the
same shall be brought to some other British Plantation,
or to Great Britain or Ireland, and be there unloaded,
(the Danger of the Seas only excepted); and for every
Ship coming from any other Port or Place to any of the
aforesaid Plantations which are permitted to trade there,
the Governor shall before the Ship be permitted to load
any Sugar (or any enumerated Article), take Bond in like
mr^nner to the Value aforesaid, that such Ship shall carry
ali the said Goods to some other of His Majesty's British
Plantations or to Great Britain or Ireland. 12 Car. 2.
c. 18. § 19. 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. § 11. 20Geo.3.
C. 10. §1.3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

8. The Master, before he departs from any British
Plantation where he receives his Lading, shall take a
Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the Collector, or
othei-^Principal Officer of the Customs there, that Bond
hath been giveii pursuant to iije Directions aforesaid ;
and the Master shall k^ep such Certificate tUl the Voyage

Not to be cx-

IKJited, unleiH to
some other
Urifish Flanta*
tion, or to Great
Hritain or
Ireland,

Bond to t)c given
not to laud

cUewherK.

Certificates to be
taken by the
Masters of Ship*
loading in the
Colonics.

M. I

Btl

380

*usar.

Forfeiture if
shipped before
Bond given, or if
taken to other
Places ;

hut not to ex-
tend to the Pro-
duce of Estates
of Dutch Pro-
prietors in
Guiana.

Governors or
Officers suspect-
ing Certificate to
be false, not to
cancel Bonds ;
and Penalty on
falsifying
Certificates.

is completed, and shall then deliver the same to the Col-^
lector or other Chief Officer of the Customs at the Place
where he shall discharge his Lading in Great Britain or
Ireland; or j, ly British American Colony, on Forfeiture
of j^' 100. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §24. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1.3.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

4. If any Ship shall take on board any Sugar (or other
enumerated Article) before Bond is given to the Gover-
nor, that the Ship shall carry the same to some other
British Plantation, or to Great Britain or Ireland, or
before Certificate produced from the Officer of some
Custom-house of Great Britain or Ireland, that such
Bond has been there duly given ; or if any Ship shall,
contrary to the Tenor of such Bond, carry any of the
enumerated Articles to any Port or Place other than to
some Plantation belonging to His Majesty, or to Great
Britain or Ireland, and there lay the same on Shore,
every such Ship shall be forfeited, and also the Lading.
12Car.2. c. 18.§19. 22& 23 Car.2. c.26. §11. 4Geo.3.
c. 15. § 27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. §1.3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3.
C.67. Art. 6.

5. But the said Acts p.re not to prevent the Subjects
of the King of the Netherlands, being Dutch Proprietors
in Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo in the Province of
Guiana, from exporting from the said Colonies to the
Netherlands the Produce of their Estates onboard Dutch
Ships ; and no Person who by virtue of this Act may be
entitled to trade between the said Colonies and the Domi-
nions of the King of the Netherlands, shall export the
said Produce to any Part of the United Kingdom, or any
of His Majesty's Dominions in Europe. 56 Geo. 3.
c. 91. §4.8.

See Guiana.

6. In cases where the Governor or Officers in any of
the Plantations shall have reasonable Ground of Suspi-
cion that the Certificate of having given Security in
Great Britain or Ireland is false, they shall require suffi-
cient Security for the Discharge of the Plantation Lading
in Great Britain or Ireland ; and where there shall be
cause to suspect, that the Certificate of having discharged
the Lading in Great Britain or Ireland is false or counter-
feit, the Governor or Officer shall not cancel the Secu-
rity given in the Plantation until_ they shall be informed
from the Commissioners of the Customs in Ureat Dritaifl
or Irelaad, as the Case may be, that the Matter of the

said

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381

^akl Certificate is true; and if any Person shall countor-
leit, rase, or falsify any Certificate for any Ship or Goods,
or knowingly or wilfully make use thereof, such Person
shall forfeit ^500, and the Certificate shall be of no
Effect. 7&8 W.3. c.22. § 10. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27.
20Geo.3. c. 10. §1.3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

7. If any Officer of the Customs in Great Britain or
Ireland shall give any Warrant for, or suffer any Sugar
(or any enumerated Article) to be carried into any other
Country or Place until first put on Siiore in some Port in
Great Britain or Ireland, every Officer for such Offence
shall forfeit his Place, and the Value of the Goods.
IS Car. 2. c. 7. § 9. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27- 20 Geo. 3.
c. 10. § 1. 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 8. c. 67. Art. 6.

8. The Governors or their Commanders in Chief of the
said Plantations are, Once a Year at least, to return to
the Officers of the Customs in London, or to such other
Person as His Majesty shall appoint to receive the same,
a List of all Ships as shall have laden any Sugar (or any
enumerated Article) in such Plantation, as also a List of
all Bonds taken by them; and in case any Ship be-
longing to any of His Majesty's Plantations shall be found
to have unloaded in any Port of Europe other than Great
Britain or Ireland, such Ship shall be forfeited and her
Lading. 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. § 12. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15.
§ 27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. §1.3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3.
C. 67. Art, 6.

9. In all Bonds to be taken in the Plantations the
Persons therein named shall be of known Residence and
Ability there, for the Value mentioned in the Bond, the
Condition of which shall be, within Eighteen Months
after the Date thereof (the Danger of the Seas excepted),
to produce a Certificate of having landed and discharged
the Goods therein mentioned in One of His Majesty's
Plantations, or in Great Britain or Ireland ; otherwise
such Bond, or Copies thereof, being att??.c; d under the
Hand and Seal of the Governor or Commander in Chief
to whom such Bond was given, shall be in force and allowed
of in any Court in Great Britain, Ireland, or the Planta-
tions, as if the Original was produced in Court by the
Prosecutor. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 13. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15.

ii. ^0 vicu. 3. c. iO. y J. D. ay o£ 40 Ueu. 3.

c. 67. Art. 6.

10. In all Bonds which shall be entered into in Great
Britain or Ireland in pursuance of any Act whereby the

Goods

Penalty on
Officers suffering
Goods to be
carried to other
Places,

Governors or
their Command-
ers in Chief to
trnnsniit Lists of
Bonds yearly to
the Customs.

Condition of the
Bond, and who
are to be the
Obligors, when
taken in the
Plantations.

When taken in
Great Britain or
rrtlnnj.

38*2

^uSdi%

Bonds void if not
prosecuted within
Three Years of
tlie Date, or if
Judgment not
obtained within
Two Years after
Prosecution.

Proof on Oath
to be made
before the Load-
ing, of the
Plantation where
the same was ^
produced.'

Goods therein enumerated are to be brought to Great
Britain or Ireland, such Bond shall be with Condition
that 'vithin Eighteen Months from the Date thereof (the
Danger of the Seas excepted) a Certificate shall be iro-
duced from the Collector and Comptroller of the Port
where such Goods shall be delivered, that they have been
there landed and discharged, otherwise such Bonds shall
be forfeited. 15 Geo. 3. c.31. §6. 4* Geo. 3. c. 15,
§ 27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. , 1.3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3.
c. 67. Art. 6.

11. In case there shall be no Prosecution for some
Breach or Non-performance of the Condition of the Bond
within Three Years after the Date thereof, or if upon
Prosecution for some Breach or Non-performance of the
Condition, Judgment be not obtained witliin Two Years
after Prosecution commenced, then such Bond (in default
of such Prosecution to be commenced and Judgment to
be obtained within the Times limited) shall be void ; and
all Bonds so void shall be delivered uj) by the Officers to
be cancelled, without Fee or Reward. 8 Ann. c. 13. § 23.
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27.

12. Every Person loading any Sugars or Paneles as
of the Product or Manufacture of any British Colony or
Plantation, shall, before clearing out of the Ship, deliver
to the Ct)llector or other principal Officer of the Customs
at the h)ading Port, an Affidavit signed and sworn to be-
fore some Justice of the I*eace in the said British Ct)lo-
nies or Plantations, either by the Grower, Maker, or
Shipper, or his known Agent or Factor, expressing in
Words at Length the Quality of the Goods so shipped,
with the Number ami Denomination of the Packages,
and describing the Name of the Plantation and the
Name of the Colony wliere the same grew or were pro-
duced and manufactured ; which Affidavit shall be at-
tested under the Hand of the said Justice of die Peace to
have been sworn to in his Presence (who is required to do
the same without P'ee or Reward) : and the Collector or
other principal Officer of the Customs, to whom such
Affidavit shall be delivered, shall thercu})on grant to the
Master a Certificate under his Hand and Seal of Office
(without Fee or Reward) of his having received such
Affidavit ; which Certificate shall express the Quality of
the Goods shipped, with the Number and Denomination

♦ Geo. 3. c. 1.'3. §20.

13. The

■ fe,-

c. 58.

navigate
17.

of the Packages

11 Hi !'/

%IIS^V*

383

^ 1 3. The CollectOi- or other principal Officer of the A Copy of the
Customs, to whom such Affidavit shall be deUvered, shall ^*'''''''' '" ^^
(without Fee or Reward) withiu Thirty Days after the ISm Ws
Sailing ot the 8hip transmit One Copy of the Affidavit Office, and to
to the Secretary's Office for the Colony or Plantation vest"'''"" ""''
where the Sugar or Paneles referred to in the said Affi- ^"'^'
davit were shipped, and shall also within 30 Days trans-
mit another Copy to the Justices and Vestry of the
Parish or Precinct where the said Sugar or Paneles
grew or were produced and manufactured, under the
Penalty of £50 for every Omission and Neglect.
18 Geo. 3. c. 58. § 1.

14. In case any Justice of the Peace of the said Colo- Pennity on Jus-
nies or Plantations shall subscribe his Name to any Paper ''<^<=* subscribing
or Parchment Writing, purporting to be an Affidavit ^'^''''^"^^^here

tlie Party does
not appear.

f 1

for the Purpose directed by 4- Geo. 3. c. 15. unless the
Person purporting to make such Affidavit shall actually
appear before him, and be sworn upon the Holy Evan-
gelists to the Truth of the said Affidavit, then such Jus-
tice shall forfeit for every Offence £50. 18 Geo. 3.
c. 58. §2.

15. If there shall not be any Justices of the Peace at if no Justices,
such Colony or Plantation before whom such Affidavit f'^ Affidavit may
can be made, the Planter or Grower shall make the same the atf officer
before the Collector and Comptroller, or other Chief "*' '•"= Customs.
Officer of the Customs, or any Two of them, at the Port
from whence any such Sugar oi- Paneles may be in-
tended to be shipped ; and in the Certificate which the
Collector and Comptroller and Naval Officer, or any
Two of them, are required to deliver to the Shipper,
they shall also certify that there are not any Justices of
the Peace resident at or within such Colony or Plantation.
47 Geo. 3. c. 48. § 2.

16. May be exported from the West India Islands to May be ex
any of the Territories belonging to the United States, by J'""<=V°'''^
British Subjects and in British-built Ships, owned and Sllbr"
navigated according to Law. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 3.

17. The P'-oduce of any British Colony in the West May be exported
Indies, imported into Bermuda in any British Ship, may ''^°'" Bermuda
be exported from Saint George or Hamilton in Bermuda, state's ZToLu
to any Part of the Territories of the United States of ships.
America, in any Foreign Ship, belonging to any Coun-
try in Amity with His Majesty, above "the Burthen of

Sixty Tons. 52 Geo. 3. c. 79. § 1. 53 Geo. 3. c. 50.

18. Where,

jg|j

L i

384

If Bond required
(in Exportation
to a British
Colon/, similar
Bond to be given
on Exportation
•0 United States.

S)agat.

May be ex-
ported from
J3ugar Colonies
to Ports in Eu-
rope South of
Cape Finisterre.

Upon Licence
and Bond, and
certain R.egula-
tions being com.
plied with.

18. Where, on Exportation of any Goods to any
British Colony or Plantation in America, a Bond i<
required for the due landing such Goods*, a similar Bond
shall be required on the Exportation thereof to the
United States, and such Bond shall be discharged upon
Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the British
Consul or Vice Consul ; or in case there shall not be
any such Consul or Vice Consul, then under the Hand
and Seal of any Officer who may be appointed by the
United States for the Purpose of granting such Certifi-
cate; and if there shall not be any Officev appointed,
then such Bond shall be discharged upon a Certificate
under the Hand and Seal of any Magistrate of the
United States, certifying that there is no such Officer
at the Port or Place where such Goods shall be landed,
and that Oath hath been made before such Magistrate,
by the Master of the Vessel, that the Goods were there
duly landed. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 4.

19. British Subjects may ship in any of His Majesty's
Sugar Colonies or Plantations, any Sugar the Growth
and Produce of any such Colony or Plantation, and
may export the same direct to any Port in Europe to
the Southward of Cape Finisterre; and import into the
said Colonies or Plantations Corn or Grain direct from
any such Ports in Europe, or from any Place on the
Coast of Africa to the Northward of the Thirtieth Degree
of North Latitude, in such Ships and under such Licences,
Securities, Regulations, Penalties and Forfeitures, as are
herein-after limited. 52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 1.

20. No Sugar shall be so laden in any of the said
Colonies or Plantations except in British-built Ships,
owned, navigated, and registered according to Law, nor
unless a Licence shall have been first taken out for that
Purpose under the Hands and Seals of the Collector and
Comptroller of the Port at which such Sugar is intended
to be shipped, subject to the Regulations herein-after
mentioned, (that is to say), Notice shall be given m
Writing by the Master, or by One or more Owners o!
the Ship, to the Collector and Comptroller of the Port,
of their Intention, that such Ship, when laden, shal
proceed direct to some Port in Europe to the Southward
of Cape Finisterre, and export from t hence or from

* A Bond is so required on ihe Exportaiion of Sugar /ron.

one British Colom to unttlier.

some

'I,

some

S^ugar*

385

some Place on the Coast of Africa to the Northward of
the Thirtieth Degree of North Latitude, Corn or Grain
to be parried directly to the Colony or Plantation from
which such Ship shall have sailed; and the Exportc"
shall then make Oath before the Collector and Comp-
troller of the Port, that it is their full Intention and
Resolution to load Sugar for Exportation direct to some
Port in Europe to the Southward of Cape Finisterre
and to no other Place ; and the Master or Owners of the
Ship, together with the Exporter, shall thereupon enter

Vtue ^; V V^'^^"- f V'' ^^>«^y' ■' " Treblett
Value of the Goods, with the Condition that in case a

Licence shall be granted, such Ship shall proceed direct
to some legal Port of Destination, specifying the same
and that no Goods except Sugar shall be tak?n on board
unless lor necessary Use during the Voyage, and that,
before the Expiration of Two Years from fhe Date of such
i^icence, the same shall be delivered up to the Col.
lector or Comptroller of the Customs of the Port where
the Sugar was shipped, together with a Certificate, signed
and sealed by the Consul, or Two known British Mer-
chants of good Credit, at the Port where such Suoar
was hmded certifying the Landing thereof, with The
Number of Casks and other Packages so landed, and the
Mark Number, and Contents of each, with the Name of
the Ship and Master, and that he or they verily believed
no other Goods than Sugar have been there landed.
52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 2.

21. In case any licensed Ship shall take on board in
any of the said Sugar Colonies or Plantations, or in her
Voyage from thence, any Sugar being the Produce of any
l^oreign Colony or Plantation, sucli Sui^ar shall be for-
feited with Double the Value thereof, and the Master
and Shipper thereof shall forfeit Double the Value : to be
recovered in any Court of Vice Admiralty in America, or in
any Court of Record there, at the Election of the Prose-

n^^'-^S"! ^^'Z"^ ^^'^ *" ^'' ^'''' ^^'^ Use of His Majesty,
One Third to the Governor of the Colony, and thethS
Une 1 hird to the Prosecutor. 52 Geo. 3. c. 98. 6 3

22. Before any Sugar shnll be laden for any Port in
Europe to the Southward of Cape Finisterre, the Ex-
porter shall make an Entry thereof in Writiuo- with the
Collector and ComDtroller of Cust^n^c .«x«)iv"ir.'r t^-
Name of-^the Ship, and tlie Master, and wlire she" liZ
and the Place, Quay, or Wharf where the Gootls are to

Of a Foreign
Colony t.iken
on board in the
Sugar Colonies
or on the Voynge
from thence.

Regulations to
be observed
before 'ading
Su(;ar or Ports
ill Euruiit; South
of Cape Finis-
terre,

iiis
i'm

S^ugat.

be laden or first waterborne, which shall be within such
Port only where a Custom House is established ; and an
Officer shall be appointed to attend the shipping at such
Places as shall be mentioned in a Sufferance from the
Collector and Comptroller; and t.e Exporter shall thereon
take out from the Collector and Comptroller a Cocket or
Warrant, whereon shall be endorsed by the Exporter
Hie Marks, Numbers, and Contents, or Denominations
of such Sugar, and deliver the Cocket or Warrant so en-
dorsed to the Officer appointed for the examining and
shipping thereof, and shall ship the same in the Presence
of such Officers, or at such Places as shall be mentioned
in the Sufferance or Warrant, and such Officers shall
examine the same before put on board ; and if before or
after the shipping, the Number of Casks or Packages shall
be greater than endorsed, or if there shall be found
any other Sugar than shall be so endorsed, or any other
Goods than Sugar shall be discovered on board, or
brought to be shipped or put into any Vessel for that
Purpose before Entry, or taking out such Cocket or
Warrant, endorsing and deliveriuig of the same, and not
being shipped in the Manner aforesaid, but shall be put
on board or attempted to be put on board contrary to this
Act, such Sugar shall be forfeited, with the Vessel or
Carriage employed, as also the Ship on which such
Goods shall be lader., and the Owner shall forfeit Double
the Value, to be recovered in the Court of Vice Admi-
ralty, or in any other Court of Record in any of His Ma-
jesty's Plnntations in America, at the Flection of the
Prosecutor; One Third to the Use of His Majesty, One
Third to the Governor, and the other One Third to the
Prosecutor; and before such Ship shall depart, the Master
shall receive the Licence from the Collector or Comp-
troller, witli a Ct'itificate endorsed thereon or affixed
thereto, under their Han<is sind Seals of Office, who are
to niake Tao Copltt; of each Licence, Endorsements, or
Certificates, for which no more shall be taken than the
legal and urn istomed Fees; and the Master shall, befbre
he receives the Licence, attest the Copies which are to be
left with the Collectov and Comptroller, who are to trans-
mit One of the Copies of the Endorsements or Cer'ificates
to the Comr.iisi^ioncr"^; of the Customs in England, and re-
cord in a Book ihe Notice in Writing of the Owner of
the Ship, the Affidavit of tlie Shipper, the Licence
s;r anted, and the Clearance ; but in case any Goods not

allowed

^
%

sillov/ed by tliis Act shall be found on board, or carried
by any such Ship to any Foreign Parts, then the Liberty
granted by such Licence shall become void, and the
Master and all others concerned shall be liable to the
same Penalties and Forleitures as they would have been
liable to in case this Act had not been made. S'l Geo. 3.
c. 98. § 4..

23. Upon such Licence being returned to the Collector
and Comptroller of the Customs of the Port where the
Sugar was shipped, and an Account of the Loading being
endorsed thereon or aimexed thereto ; and upon such
Certificate of the Consul, or Two known British Mer-
chants of good Credit being produced, and the other Mat-
ters required being duly complied with, within Two Years
iVom the Dateof such Licence, the Bond shall be discharged
and delivered up, otherwise shall be forfeited, and be pro-
secuted as before directeJ. 52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 5.

24. Upon the Master or Owner of such Ship conform-
ing to the Conditions of the Licv>nce and Bond, and ob-
taining a Certificate from the Consul, or Two known
British Merchants as aforesaid, such Ship may load in the
Port of DoHvery, or at any Port or Place on the Coast
of Africa to the Northward "of the Latitude of 30 Dcrrees
North, any Corn or Grain the Produce of Europe or
Africa, for Expoitasion direct to the said Colonies or
Plantations, and there land the same. 52 Geo. 3.
c. 98. § 6.

25. Penalties and Forfeitures incurred by this Act
(except where it is otherwise provided) shall bo prose-
cuted in aay of His Majesty's C»)urts of Record at West-
minster, or Dublin, or the Courl; of Exchecjuer in Scot-
land; one Moiety whereof to His Majesty, and the other
to the Prosecutor. 52 Ceo. 3. c. 98. § 7.

26. If any Person shall be sued for any thing done
in pursuance of this Act, he may plead the General
Issue, ami give this Act and the Soecial Matter in Evi-
dence; and if the Plainiift or Prosecutor shall become
nonsuit, or forbear the Prosecution, or discontinue the
Action, or if a Verdct shall pass aguinst hirn, the De-
fendant shall have Treljle Costs, and the like Remedy
for recovering the same as in Caoes where Costs are by
Law given to Defendants. 52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 8.

27. If any Person shall grant a false Corllficatc, or
countei'feit, erase, or alter any Licence, Oath, or Certi-
ficate, which shall be made pursuant to this Act, or shall

3HT

How Bond may
be discharged.

Vessels export-'
itij; Sugar may
lo id Corn or
Gin'n of Europe
at Ports in
Africa.

How Penalties
<ii)d Forfcitiirev
to be recovered.

G'.nK-ral Issue
may he plcad^i
and Treble
Costs allo-ved.

Granting fake
Certificates or
coiuiterfeiting
Document"!.

C^c2

knov/-

386

^usax.

May be ex-
ported to Malta
or Gibraltar.

The Produce of
the tstates of
Dutch Proprie-
tors in Guiana,
may be exported
to tiie Ncther-
laniis.

Duty upon the
Importation of
Foreien .Suiar.

Collection nnd
Appropriation.

knowingly publish or make use thereof, such Person
shall forfeit J: 500 ; to be recovered and disposed of in
the Manner before directed, and the Licence, Oath, or
Certificate so falsified, counterfeited, erased, or altered,
shall be of no Effect, 52 Geo. 3. c 98. § 9.

28. The Produce of any of His Majesty's Sugar
Colonies or Plantations in America, may be shipped
and exported direct to Malta or the Dependencies
thereof, or to Gibraltar, in such Vessels, and under such
Licences, Entries, Securities, Regulations, Penalties, and
Forfeitures, as are mentioned in these Acts. 55 Geo. 3.
c.29. §1. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.

See Gibraltar.
Malta.

29. Any Subject of the King of the Netherlands, being
Dutch Proprietors in Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo
in the Province of Guiana, may export from the said
Colonics to the Netherlands the Produce of their Estates
in Dutch Ships, subject to the same Rules, Regulations,
and Restrictions for the due landing of any such Produce
in the Netherlands, as are provided by any Act for the
landing of the like Articles in Great Britain, so far as
the same are applicable ; but it shall not be lawful for
any Person.^ who by virtue of this Act may be entitled
to trade between the said Colonies and the Dominions
of the King of the Netherlands, to export the Pro-
duce of the said Estates to any Part of the United
Kingdom, or to any other of His Majesty's Dominions
in Europe. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

30. There shall be paid to His Majesty, upon Sugar
the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any Colony or
Plantation in America not under the Dominion of His
Majesty, which shall be imported into any Colony or
Plantation in America under the Dominion of His
Majesty, the Duties following ; that is to say.

For all Sugars and Fancies of such Foicign Growth,
&c. a Duty after the Rate of 5s. for every Cwt. Avoir-
dupois :

For Wliite or Clryed Sugar of such Foreign Growth,
&c. a Duty after the Rate of ^1.25. for every Cwt,
Avoirdupois. 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. § 1. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 1.

31. The Duties shall be deemed Sterling Money of
Great Britain, and shall be collected, recovered, and paiil
to the Arnoutit of the Value which such nominal Sums
bear in Great Britaiiij and shall be received according

^ugar.

389

io the Proportion and Value of 5s. 6d. the Ounce in
Silver, and (except the necessary Charges of collecting,
recovering, paying, and accounting for the same) shall
be paid into the Exchequer, and be entered separate
from other Monies, and be there reserved to be dis-
posed of by Parliament towards defraying the necessary
Expences of protecting and securing the British Colonies
and Plantations in America. 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. § 1.
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 11.

32. Upon the Importation of such Sugar into any of
the said Colonies or Plantations, an Entry shall be made
with the Collector or other proper Officer of the Customs,
in the Port where the same shall be imported, and the
Duties shall be paid in ready Money before the landing.
6 Geo. 2. c. 13. § 2. 4- Geo. 3. c. 15. § 1.

33. In case the Sugar shall be landed before due
Entry be made, and before the Duties shall be duly paid,
or without a Warrant for the landing and delivering the
same first signed by the proper Officer of the Customs,
such Sugar or the Value of the same shall be forfeited,
and may be seized by the Governor or Commander in
Chief of the Colony or Plantation where landed, or any
Person by him authorized in that behalf, or by W^arrant
of any Justice of the Peace or other Magistrate (which
Warrant such Justice or Magistrate is required to give
upon Request), or by any Custom-house, Imposty or
Excise Officer, or any Person acco.npanying, aiding,
and assisting him ; One Third of such Penalty and For-
feiture to His Majesty, to be applied for the Support of
the Governor of the Colony or Plantation where the
same shall be received ; One Itiird to the Go'ernor or
Commander in Chief; and the other Third to the In-
formant or Prosecutor. 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. § 3. 4 Geo. 3..

c. 15. § I.

34. If any Person shall hinder or resist any Custom-
house Officer or any of his Assistants in the due Execu-
tion of his Duty in seizing any such Sugar, he shall
forfeit ,^50, and be liable to be prosecuted for the same
by Indictment or otherwise, and being thereof found
guilty shall be imprisoned for Three Months without
Bail or Mainprize; and if any Officer of tlio Customs
or his Assistant shall be sued or prosecuted for any thing
:lDne in the Execution of his Duty, he may plead the
General Issue, and give tliis Act and the Special Matter
in Evidence, and the Judges shall allow thereof; and

To be entered
and Duty paid in
ready Money.

Landed before
Entry, may be
seized by the
Governor, &c.

Resistii.g Offi-
cers.

Oflficers sued
may plead Gene-
r<il Issues, and
Treble Costa
allowed.

Cc3

any

390

P'-nalty on
Masters takinj;
ill Sugiir (.ontraiy
to this Act.

Proof to lie
upon the
Claimer.

>'3Duty to he
paid if Sugar
vjrelicused for
r.Kpoitation.

If not exported,
or the Duty paid,
the Sugar may
be uulu.

any Officer of the Customs in any of His Majesty's Plant-
ations or Colonics in America, who shall knowinalv
connive at the fraudulent Importation or Landing of any
Sugar contrary to this Act, or il' such Officer shall seize
the same, and shall by Frau.l or Collusion desist from or
delay the Prosecution thereof to Condenmation, he shall
torleit .^ .50, and be incapnble of holdinij any Office
under His Majesty. 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. § 3. 4 Geo. 3.

^ti ^* ""'P'?/ His Majesty's Subjects, being Master of
any Slnp, sliall take in or suffer to be taken in at Sea, or
in any Creek or Harbour or other Place, any Surjar in
order to be brought on Shore and landed in any of Hi.
Majesty's Plantations in America contrary to this Act
such Master ..hall forfeit .^'lOO. C Geo. 2. c. 13. § 7, H
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 1. ^ ' •

36. Upon all Suits and Prosecutions for the bringing
on Shore and landing of any Sugar in any of His Mu"
jestys Coloniec or Plantations in America contrary to
these Acts, the Onus Probandi that the same were the
Produce or Manufacture of His Majesty's Colonies
or i lantations there, or were duly entered knd had paid
the Outies thereon before the Landing, shall lie on the
Claimer thereof. 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. 6 8. 4 Geo 3
c. 15. § 1.

^^•\ ^''nP"*^ '^^^^ ^'^ P**'^ *o^' any Foreign Sugar
which shal be imported into any British Colony or Plant-
atiorion the Continent of America, if the Sugar upon
landing is mimediately deposited and secured Tn Ware-
houses at the sole Expence of the Importer, with the
Privity and Approbation and under the Care anil In-
'?^*^?^V^ the Collector and Comptroller or other prin-
cipal Officer of the Customs, and Guch Sugar shall be
secured under the separate Locks of such Officers and
t!ie ProjM-ietor, and within 12 Calendar Months fi-om the
landing and warehousing shall be shipped for Exporta-
tion directly to Great Britain or Ireland, or to some
Part ol Europe to the Southward of Cape Finisterre,
under the like Securities, Regulations and Kestrictioiis,
Penalties and Forfeitures, as British Sugars niav be so
earned and exported from any British Colony or Planta-
tion in America. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 16.

38. If the Importer of any Sugar warehoused shall
not pay the Duties nor export the Goods within 12
vuluiuar ivionths, the GoUector or Comptroller or other

principal

priiici{)al Officer of the Customs f.hall cause tlie aame to
be publicly sold to the best Advantajre, and the Money
arising by such Sale shall be in the First Place applied
in Discharge of the Duties, next llie Charges attending
the Sale, and the Surplus (if any) shall be paid to the
Importer who landed and warehoused such Goods, or to
such other Person as shall be duly authorized to receive
the same. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 17.

39. The Produce of .any Foreign Colony or Planta-
tion, may be imported into Nassau in New Providence,
Pitts Town in Portland Harbour in Crooked Island, and
into such Ports in the Bahama Islands, or into the prin-
cipal Port in Bermuda, or into such Ports in the Caicos,
as have been or may hereafter be ap})roved by His Ma-
jesty in Council, in such F'oreign Ships, and subject to
such Rules, Regulations, and llestrictions, as are pre-
scribed in this Act with respect to other Goods herein
enumerated ; and such Sugar may be so imported and
again exported without Payment of any Duty of Cus-
toms*. 45 Geo. 3. c 57. § 4, 5.

See Frke Ports.

40. His Majesty with the Advice of the Privy Council
may permit the Importation into Road Harbour in
Tortola, and the Export from thence into this Kingdom,
of Sugar, in the same Manner, and on the same Duties
and Drawbacks, and subject to the same Ruhs, &c. as
in 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. respecting Importation and Export-
ation of Sugar from Nassau, and further subject to
such Rules, &c. as shall be directed by His Majesty.
46 Geo. 3. c. 72. § 1.

See FuEE Ports.

41. His Majesty with the Advice of the Privy Council
rnay permit the Importation into Road Harbour, and
Exportation from thence without Payment of any Duty
of Customs, of all Sugar, subject to such Rules, &c. as
shall be directed by His Majpsty ; and all Sugar imported
into Great Britain and Ireland from Tortola (other than
the Produce of the British Virgin Islands, and exported

39 J

Of Foreign Colo-
nies, mny b» im-
ported into th»
Fru" Pom.

His Majesty
may permit tlie
1 iiportatioii into
aii.l lixpovtation
fr jm Road
H;irbour m
Foreign Ships ;

md without P*y-
mcnt of Duty

* By 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. any Foreign Vessel described in
45 Geo. 3. c. 57. may come in Ballast, or import into any Port
of the Bahama Islands " where there is o Custom-house," the
Articles allowed by the said Act to he. so imported; and also to
export the Articles allowed by the said Jet to be so exported con
formably witti the Re^uUiiions uj iht said /fc(, oce *' Fre<

■ibty
Ports."

ree

Cc4

under

isses.

May he iin-
poited into the
Free Ports in
Ft)reign Ships ;

''' Sugar.

under such Certificate as shall be directed by His Ma-
jesty, and which shall not be given in any one Year tor
any greater Quantity than 5,880,000lb8.) shall be deemed
to be foreign Sugars. 46 Geo. 3. c. 72. § 2.
See Free Ports.

dprup. See " Mole

1. The Production or Manufacture of any of the Cn.
onies or Plantations in America, or of any Country on
he Continent of America, belonging to or mu:er the
Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State
may be imported from any of the said CountHes into the
I'rce Ports, in any Foreign Vessel whatever, being
owned and navigated by Persons inhabiting any of the
said Colonies, Plantations, or Countries. 45 Geof 3. c 57
49 Geo. 3 c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74 '
o^^l'REE Ports.
2. The Production or Manufacture of any of the Colo-
nies or Plantations in America, or Coumdes on the
Continent of America, belonging to or under the Domi-
nion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State, having
been imported into the Free Ports, may be exported

^1^,'^-f'S,-^^-'^'^^ respect to Goods therein enume-
rated -45 Geo 3. c.57. 49 Geo. 3. c.34. 52 Geo. 3. c.99.
57 Geo. 3. c. 94. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.
iiee Free Ports.

ITar* See " Pitch, Tar, and Turpentine."

STobacco.

Not to be ox- 1 . The Production of the British Plantations in Ame-

=^th:f^''° nca,shal not be shipped or conveyed from i; olX
British Pianta- ^airt Plantations to any Place, unless to some other Plant-
ation belonging to His Majesty, or to Great Britain or
I'iTt , l^f 'Y- ?; '- 18. § 18, 19. 22 & 23 Car. 2.
c.26.§ll. 7&8W.3.C.22. §13. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. « 27.

Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 4. 8.

For

and exported
from thence to
thq United
Kingdom,

tion, or Great
Britain or
Ireland.

ICobacco*

393

For tl>e other Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeiture*
to secure the Landing in tlie PlantationK, or in
Great Britain or IrcUmd,

iV/'SuoAn, No 1. to 11.

Surety to br^ng the same to Great Britain or Ireland ;
and the said Duty shall be paid at such Phiccs and to
such Officers as shall be ap})ointed to collect and receive
the same, before the lading thereof. 25 Car. 2. c. 7. § 2.

3. The Duty shall be deemed Sterling Money of Great
Britain, and shall be collected, recovered, and paid, to
the Amount of the Value which such nominal Sums bear
in Great Britain, and shall be received and taken accord-
ing to the Proportion and Value of Five Shilliras and
Sixpence the Oiuice in Silver, and (the necessary Charges
of raising and paying the same excepted) shall be paid
into the Exchequer. I Geo. 1. st. 1. c. 12. § 4. 4 Geo. 3
c. 15. §41.

4. The Business shall be managed and the Duty levied
by the Commissioners of the Customs in England, by and
under the Authority of the Commissioners of the Trea-
sury. 25 Car. 2. c. 7. § 3.

5. In case any Person liable to pay the Duty shall not
have Money wherewith to pay the same, the Officers shall
accept instead of the Money sucha Proportion of the Com-
modity to be shipped as shall amount to the Value thereof
according to the Current Rate of the Commodity in such
Plantation. 25 Car. 2. c. 7. §4.

6. Notwithstanding the Payment of the Duty, no To-
bacco shall be shipped until the Security required by
1 2 Car. 2. c. 1 8. and 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. has been ffiven
to carry the same to Great Britain or Ireland, or some
of His Majesty's Plantations, on Forfeiture of the Vessel
and Goods. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 8.

7. All Laws, Bye-Laws, Usages, or Customs in force
or practice in any of the said Plantations in anywise re-
pugnant to the before-mentioned Acts, so far as they
relate to the said Plantations, or which are anyways re-
pugnant to this Act, or to any other Law hereafter to be
made m this Kingdom, so far as such Laws shall relate
to and mention the said Plantations, are Ulegal, null,
and void. 7& 8 W. 3, c. 22. § Q. ^

8. If

Dtity p.iy;.hle
whf n Bond imt
given to land in
Great Britain or
Ireland,

■Jo be ilcemtd
Sterling VIoncy.

To be levied by
tl.c Commission-
ers.

Officers may
accept a Proprr-
tion of the
Commodity.

Bond to be given
although Duty
pjid.

Laws and Cus-
toms in the
Plantations re-
pugnant to the
Laws of Great
Britain, null
and void.

., ^

394

pL'i.a'.i;, otiPrr.
s.uns conccviied
ir. til'-" I.o.idiiig
without Payment
of Duty, cr Ic-
whose Haii'is
the Goods fjhjll
cnme.

Of the Ur.iieel
titateiTT.ay '..e
imported into
West India
Islands and
Guiana in Bri-
toh Ships ■

-.lid .ato Ler-
rr,i;da in Foreign
Ships.

Not to be >in-
lX)ited from
Coiotii'js under
Foreign Et;ro-
peaii States.

Xobacc0.

8. It ihc (jioods sliall be laden on board any yinp be-
lore the Duties tire paid, every Person assisting or other-
wise concerned in the loadinL', to whose Hands the same

shall knowinfyJv come alter the

Excert ir. Cans
of Emergeiity,
for the Supply of
the Inhabitants,
Lv Aiuhority of
tl'.i Governor.

loadin£(,

shall forfeit

Treble the Vaine, to be computed according to the best
Price the Commodity bears at the Place whei the Of-
fence is committed ; and all Boats made use of in the
loading shall be forfeited, and seized and prosecuted by
any Officer of the Customs, 'i Geo. 3. c. 15. § 37.

9. The Produ( ion of any of the Territories of the
United States may be imported from any of the said
Territories into any of His Majesty's West India Islands,
(in which Description the Bahama Islands and the Ber-
muda '6r Somers Islands are included), or into Demerara,
Berbice, or Essequibo in the Province of Guiana ; but
such Tobacco shall not be so imported except by British
Subjects, and in Briiish-built Ships, owned and navi-
gated according to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and the
Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 1, 2. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1.

10. The Growth of the said Territories may be im-
ported from thence into Saint George or Hamilton in the
Island of Bermuda in any Foreion Ship belonging to
any Country in Amity witli His Majesty, and exported
from the said Ports to any of His Majesty's T lands or
Dominions in the West Indies, in British-bun L Ships
owned and navigated according to Law. 52 Geo. S.
C.79. § 2, 3. 53 Geo. 3- c 50. § 1.

11. No Tobacco shall be imported into His Majesty's
■West India Islands (including the Bahama and Bermuda
or Somers Islands), or into Demerara, Berbice^ or
Essequibo, from any Island in ih.e West Indies, or Co-
lony or Plantation on the Continent of Sou) h America,
under the Dominion of Jtriy Foreign European Sove-
reign or State, on Forfeiture thereof and the Ship.
28 Geo. 3. C.6. § 10. .S! Geo. 3. c. 38. §1. 56 Geo. 3.
C.91. § 1.

12. In case oF public Emergency or Distress, the
CJovernors, Lieutenar/t Governors, or Commanders in
Chief of any of the Islands in the West Indies under the
Dominion of His Majesty, or the Governors, kc. of the
said Colonies of Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo in the
Province of (Juiana, with the Advice and Consent of their
respective Councils, may authorize the Importation of
Tobacco, for a limited Time, from any Island in the West

10 Indies

Xobacco.

3.95

the

Supply of the
Inliabitanfi, nc
t>) he exported,
and Oath to be
tiikoi) before
shipping Tobacco
that it was noi s:
imported.

1 luiies or Colony or Plantation on the Continent of South
America belonging to or under the Dominion of any Fo-
reign European Sovereign or State, for the Supply of
the Inhabitants of the said Islands and Colonies ; ' but
such Tobacco shall not be so imj)orted except by British
Subjects, and in British-built Ships owned and navigated
according to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and the Ship,
28 Geo. 3. c. 6. §11. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38. §2. 56 Geo. 3.
<:. 91. § 1.

13. In case any Tobacco which shall have been im- i"'l orte.i for tl o
ported from any Island in the West Indies or Colony on
the Continent of South America under the Dominion of
any Foreign European Sovereign or State into any of
His Majesty's West Indi;i Islands, Demerara, Berbice,
or Essequibo, for the Supply of the Inhabitants, shall be
exported from any of the said Islands or Colonies, or put
on board any Vessel or Boat, or brought to any Quay
v/ith intent to be exported, the same shall be forfeited, as
also the Vessel or Boat in which laden; and before
shipping any Tobacco, whether in its manufactured or
anmanufuctured State, that may lawfully be e :ported,
the Exporter shall make Oath before the Collector of
the Customs, that no Rirt thereof had been so imported
under such .Authority as atbresaid from any Island in the
West Indies, or Colony on the Continent of South
America, under the Dominion of any Foreign European
Sovereign or State. 29 Geo 3. c. 56 §1,2. 31 Geo. 3.
c. 33. § 3, 4. 56 Geo. 3. e. 91 § 1.

14. If any Person shall be convicted of taking a false
Oath touching iuiy of the Facts required to be testified
on Oath, such rersori shall be deemeU goiky of Perjury,
and be liable to the Pains and Penalties to v.'hich Peisons
are liable for wilful and corru{)t I'erjur,, and may be
prosecuted in any Court of Record in In-eat Britain, or
in any of His Majesty's Courts of Judicature in the West
Indies. 29 Geo 3. c. 56. § 3. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38. §5.

15 Any Tobacco being the Growth or Production of
any Island in the West Indies or of any Country on the
Continent of America belonging to or under the Domi-
nion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State, may
be importK'd fron. any of the said Islands or Countries
into the Free Ports, in any Foreign Ship, owned and
navig..!..^.: hy P.-.-sonb inhabiting any of the Coiunies
or Plantations in America or Countries on the Continent
of America belonging to or under the Dominion of any

Foreign

False Oaths
deemed Perjurxi,

M,iy be im-
ported into the
1-1 ce Ports in
lorcijn Vessels,
and exported f
tiie United
Kingdom,

'Hi

396

XobatCD,

Importatiim
allowed from
Portugufsa
Colonies.

By whom Goods
and Vessels may
be scizsd.

May be im-
ported into Ports
to be approved of
by His Majesty
in Nova Scotia
or New Bruns-
wick in Foreign
Ships ;

under such
Regulations as
His Majesty
^may think neccs-
sarj'.

Limitation of tlie
Act.

Foreign European Sovereign or State, and exported iroivi
thence to any Part of the United Kingdom, under the
Restrictions, &c. provided in 12 Car. 2. c. 18., 22 & 23
Car. 2. c. 26., and 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. with respect to the
Goods therein enumerated. 45 Geo. 3. ~c. 57. §2.
See Free Ports.

16. During the Continuance of the Treaty with Por-
tugal, any Person may import into any of the said West
India Islands (including the Bahama antl Bermuda or
Somers Islands) or Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo,
any Tobacco being the Growtli of some of the Territories
or Dominions of the Crown of Portugal in South Ame-
rica, provided the same is imported into the said Islands
or Colonies direct from the said Territories or Domi-
nions, in British-built Ships, owned, navigated, and re-
gistered according to Law. 51 Geo. 3. c. 47. §5.
56 Geo. 3. c. 91.

17. The Goods iuid Vessels forfeited by these Acts
may be seize<' by the Commanders of any of His Majesty's
Ships or < .ssels of War, or by tiny Commissioned,
Warrant, or Petty Officer, specially authorised by them,
or by any Officer of the Customs. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6.
29 Geo. 3. c. 56. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91.

18. Any British-built Vessel, owned and navigated
according to Law, or any Vessel belonging to the Subjects
of any Sovereign or State in Amity with Hiw Majesty,
may import Tobacco into such Ports as shall be specially
appointed for that Purpose by His Majesty, within the
Province ")f Nova Scotia or New Brunswick; provided
that the said Tobacco shall not be imported in Foreign
Vessels, unless of the Growth or Produce of the Coim-
try to which the Vessel importing the same shall belong ;
and any such Tobacco may be re-exported, either to the
United Kingdom or any other of His Majesty's Posses-
sions, hi any British-built Vessel, owned and navigated
according to Law. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 1, 2, 3.

19. His Majesty, with the Advice of His Privy Coun-
cil, may make such Rules and Regulations for the Im-
portation and Exportation of such Tobacco at the said
Ports, v.ith sucli Penalties and Forfeitures for the Breach
thereof, as shall seem fit and necessary to His Mnjesty,
by and with the Advice aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3. c.l9. § 6.

^0= This Act shall continue in force din-ing the Space
of Three Years from and after the passing of the same *,

ifer

8fk Mwj 1818.

V".

Xobatco.

and until Six Weeks after the Commencement of the
then next Session of Parliament. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 7.

21. May be imported into any of His Majesty's Colo-
nies or Plantations in the West Indies, or on the Con-
tinent of South America, for the Supply of the Inhabitants,
in Britisli-built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered
according to Law, from any Colony or Possession in the
West Indies, or on the Continent 'of South America,
under the Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign
or State. 58 Geo. 3. c. 27- §1.

22. If any Tobacco of the Growth or Production of
tlie United States of America, which shall, in the fair and
lawful way of Barter or Traffic between tlie People of the
said United States and between any of the People of His
Majesty's Islands in the West Indies, be imported from
any Part of the said United States into any of the said
Islands by British Subjects and, in British-built Ships,
owned and navigated according to Law, it shall be lawful
to export from any of the said Islands the same To-
bacco, and to import it directly from thence into Great
Britain or Ireland, in British-built Ships registered and
navigated according to Law. 29 Geo. 3. c. 68. ^15.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

23. The Name of the Ship in which such Tobacco
shall be imported from any Part of the said United
States into any of the said Islands in the West Indies, and
also the Name of the Master, shall be particularly speci-
fied in the Manifest or Content in Writing accompanyino-
such Tobacco. 29 Geo. 3. c. 68. § 16.

24. When any Ship shall have taken on board To-
bacco at any Port within His Majesty's Colonies, Plan-
tations, Islands, or Territories in America, in order to
convey the same from thence into Great Britain, the
Collector and Comptroller of the Customs at such Port,
(if there shall be such Collector and Comptroller there
resident, and i dehudt thereof 1 wo other Chief Officers
of the Customs at such Port), shall, on the clearing of
every such Ship by the proper Officer of the Customs,
deliver to the Master a Manifest or Content in Writing
under their Hands and Seals of Office, which Manifest or
Content shall contain the Name of the Port or Place
where such Tobacco shall have been so taken on board,
tae Name and Buill of the Ship, and the true Admea-
surement or Tonnage thereof according to tlie Register,
together with the Christian and Surname of the Master,

and

397

Importation
allowed for Sup-
ply of Inhabitants
from Colonies
under European
Sovereigns.

Imported from
the United St-ites
by way of Barter
or Traffic, may
be expojted to
the United
Kingdom.

Name of the
Ship and Master
to h". specified in
the Doct'ment.

Shipped for
Great Britain
a Manifest to be
delivered to tlie
Master by the
Officer of the
Customs.

398

and the Port to which such Ship truly belongs, and a
true Account of all the Tobacco so laden on board, with
the Number of Hogsheads, Casks, Chests, and Casei;
containing the same, and the Weight of the Tobacco
contained in each such Hogshead, &c. together with
the Marks and Numbers set thereon, with the Tare c4
each such Hogshead, &c. and such Weight of the To-
bacco and Tare shall also be marked on each sucli
Hogshead. 29 Geo. 3. c. 68. § 17.

Scarborough
a iree Port,

Xobago.

Certain Articles allowed to be imported into and ex-
ported from the Port of Scarborougli in Foreign Ships,
45 Geo. 3. c. 57.

See Free Ports.

the

rom I hi.'
Mail ;

IsIp .if

XoDlg anu 3lniplement0,

1. Any of His Majesty's Subjects residing in the Isle
■or tiic Fishery of Man may lade there and transport directly to any
viny be imported p^^^ ^f Aiuerica where the Fishery is carried on, on

board any Ship which may lawfully trade or fish there,
any Hooks, Lines, Netting, or other Tools or Imple-
ments necessary for and used in the Fishery by the Crews
of such Ships carrying out the same, and the Ci aft be-
longing to and employed by such Ships; such Hooks, &c.
being the Mnnutacture of Great Britain, Ireland, or the
Isle of Man. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31 § 5.

2. The Master of such Ship shall produce to the
proper Officer «f the Customs in the Colony or Planta-
tion where he shall arrive, a Certificate under the Hand
and Seal of t:he Collector or other principal Officer of the
Customs in the Port where he shall have fitted out, that
Oath hath been riuide before him by the Shipper of such
Hooks, 6lc. that the same are of the Manufacture of
Great Britain or Ireland, or of the Isle of Man, and that
the Articles (specitying the Quantities and Particulars of
each Sort) are to be used in the Fishery by the Crew of
the Phip carrying out the same, and by the Craft belong-
ing to and to be employed by such Ship in the said

i=nt;iy, iiiivi iuT iiu utut;i X uipuftv: \Vi;iiL;jocvcJ" ; wiiicii

Oath and Certificate such Collector cr other Officer is
required to administer and grant (without Fee or Re-
ward) ;

upon .1 Certifi-
cate being pro-
c'viced from the
OSicers there, ns
to the Manutai--
tiire.

Xoois am implements, |c-

wird) ; and on Failure of producing such Certificate, or
if any such Hooks, &c. are used or dispased of ior any
other Purpose, the same and the Ship shall be seized and
forfeited in the same Manner as if this Act had not been
made. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. ^6.

399

r.nd c:;ported
from fkence to
the United

SToitotsc ^Dcu.

1. The Production of any of the Colonies or Planta- ^layi^eim-oned
tions in America, or of any Country on the Continent of ports"in 7in\gn
America, belonging to or under the Dominion of any V"s;eis ;
Foreign European Sovereign or State, may be imported

from thence into the Free Ports, in any Foreign Vessel,
being owned and navigated by Persons inliabiting anv of
the said Colonies, Plantations, or Countries. 4-5 Geo. 3.
c.57. 49 Geo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57Geo.3.c.74.
See Frek Ports.

2. The Production of any of the Colonies or Planta-
tions in America, or Countries on the Continent of
America, belonging to or under the Dominion of anv
Foreign European Sovereign or State, having been im-
ported into the Free Ports, may be exported from the
!;aid Ports to any Part of the United Kingdom under the
Rules, &c. of 12 Car. 2. c. 18., 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26.,
and 20 Geo. 3, c.l8. with respect to Goods therein enume-
rated. — 45 Geo. 3. c.57. 49 Geo, 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3.
c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.

See Free Ports.

Xortola.

The Port of Road Harbour, One of the Free Ports Road Harbour a
for the Importation and Exportation of certain Articles ^'^'^'^ P""^-
in Foreign Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57-
See Free Ports.

XrintSati,

1. The Port of San Josef, One of the Free Ports for San Josef a Fretr
the Importation and Exportation of certain Articles in ^°"*
Foreign Ships. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
See Free Ports.

.-^^' ^^ % Sv-^^

iS,fA.r «

" Bahamas and

Bermuda."

400

May be im-
ported from the
United States in
Foreign Ships.

JUegetaWes,

The Produce of the United States of America, may
be imported from the said States into certain Ports in
Bermuda, enumerated in the Acts 52 Geo. 3. c. 79. and
5S Geo. 3. c. 50. in Ships of the Description therein
stated, and under the like Regulations, Penalties, and
Forfeitures. 57 Geo. 3. c. 28.
Sec United States.

Impouation
allowed from
Malta or Gib-
rnltar.

JUermflion,

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depen-
dencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, to any of His Ma-
jesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in North America, in British-
built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered accoi'ding
to Law. 55 Geo. 3. e. 29. §5.9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4.
See Gibraltar.
Malta,

No Goods to be
imported from
the United Siates
except Tobacco,
&c. by British
Subjects and in
British Ships.

except aiio
Household Fur-
niture, &c. by
Persons intend-
ing to settle in
the Colonies.

1. No Goods shall be imported from any of the Ter-
ritories belonging to the United States into His Majesty's
West India Islands (in which the Bahama and Bermuda
or Somers Islands are included), or into the Colonies of
Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo in the Province of
Guiana, on Forfeiture thereof and the Ship, except To-
bacco, Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Hemp, Flax, Masts,
Yards, Bowsprits, Staves, Heading Boards, Timber,
JShingies, and Lumber of any Sort, Horses, Neat Cattle,
Sheep, Hogy, Poultry, Live Stock of any Sort, Bread,
Biscuit, Flour, Peas, Beans, Potatoes, Wheat, Rice,
Oats, Barley, and Grain of any Sort, such Commodities
being the Growth or Production of the Territories of the
said States; but the said Articles shall not be so im-
ported, except by Bi'itish Subjects and in British-built
Ships, owned and navigated according to Law, on For-
feiture thereof and the Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 1, 2.
56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1.

2. Except also Household Furniture, Utensils of Hus-
bandry, and Clothing, by Subjects of the said States who
shall come from thence, together with tlieir Families, to
the Bahama or Bermuda Islands, or to the Province of

6 Quebec,

:a, or

UniteD States.

Quebec, Nova Scotia, or any of the Territories belonging
to His Majesty in North America, for the Purpose of re-
siding and settling there, having iirst obtametl a Licence
for that Purpose from the Governor, or in his Absence
the Lieutenant Governor, of the said Islands, Provinces,
or Territories respectively; provided such Household
Furniture, &c. are imported in British Ships owned by
His Majesty's Subjects, and navigated according to Law,
and shall not in the whole exceed the Value of £50 for.
every White Person that shall belong to the Family, and
40s. for every Negro brought by such White Person.
30 Geo, 3. c,27. § 1.
See Settlers.

3. Any of the said Articles (enumerated in No. 1.) the
Growth or Production of the LFnited States, may be im-
ported from thence into Saint Geoi'ge or Hamilton in
Bermuda, in any Foreign Ship belonging to any
Country in Amity with His Majesty, and exported (torn
the said Ports to any of His Majesty's Islands or Domi-
nions in the West Indies, in British-built Ships, owned
and navigated according to Law. 52 Geo. 3. c. 79. §2, 3.
53 Geo. 3. c. 50. § I.

4. In addition to the Articles enumerated in the Acts
52 Geo. 3. c. 79. and 53 Geo. 3. c. 50., it shall be lawful
to import from the United States into tlie Ports men-
tioned in the said Acts, and in Ships of the Description
therein stated, and under the like Regulations, Penalties,
and Forfeitures, Fruit and Vegetables being the Produce
of the said States ; and in addition to the Articles per-
mitted to be exported by the said Acts, to export from
Bermuda to the said States, in such Vessels and under
such Regulations as aforesaid, Rum and Molasses, the
Produce of any British Colony in the West Indies, which
shall have been legally imported into Bermuda in any
British Ship. 57 Geo. 3. c. 28. §1.

5. Any Person may export from the West India
Islands to any Place within the Territories belonging to
the United States, any Goods not by Law prohibited to
be exported from the said Islands to any Foreign Country
or Place in Europe, and also Sugar, Molasses, Coffee,
Cocoa Nuts, Ginger, and Pimento ; and all Cocoa Nuts
or Ginger which shall be exported, shall be liable to the
>>ame Duties to which the same are now liable if exported
to any British Colony or Plantation in America ; and the
isaid Duties shall be raised, recovered, and applied in the

D d same

401

Articles enume-
rated in No. I.
may be imported
into Bermuda in
Foreign Ships ^
:iiid exported in
British ;

also the Importa-
tion of Fruit and
Vegetables in the
like Ships, and
Exportation of
Rum and Mo-
lasses in British.

Articles allowed
to be exported
from the West
India Islands to
the United Statc.i
in British Ships.

f I

I'.'l

402

\^ lifcic on T.f.-'
poriation of
Goods to a
British Colony, a
Bond is required,
the like Bond
."hall be given on
Ejqjortation to
the United
States.

.jugar, Ac. niiiy
be exported from
Bermuda to the
said States in
foreign Ships.

Foreign Ships
may come to the
Turks Islands to
be there Uden
vi'ah Salt.

same Manner as the Duties on Cocoa Nuts or Ginger ex-
ported to any British Colony or Plantation in America ;
provided that no Sugar, Molasses, Coffee, Cocoa Nuts,
Ginger, or Pimento, nor any other Commodities (except
Salt from Turks Islands, being Part of the Bahama Islands)
.shall be so exported other than by British Subjects, and
in British-built Vessels, owned and navigated according
to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and the Vessel. 28 Geo. 3.
c. 6. § 3.

See CooDS, enumerated and non-enumerated.

6. Where on Exportation of any Goods to any British
Colony or Plantation in America, a Bond is required for
the due Landing such Goods, and a Certificate is required
to discharge such Bond, (see "Sugar," and other enu-
merated Articles, and « Goods, non-enumerated,") a
similar Bond shall be required on Exportation of such
Goods to the United States; and such Bond shall be
discharged upon Certificate under the Hand and Seal ot
the British Consul or Vice Consul ; or in case there shall
not be any such Consul or Vice Consul, then under the
Hand and Seal of any Officer who may be appointed by
the United States for the Purpose of granting such Cer-
tificate; and if there shall not be any Officer appointed .
then such Bond shall be discharged upon a Certificatf
under the Hand and Seal of any Magistrate of the
United States, certifying that there is no such Officer at
the Port or Place where such Goods shall have been
landed, and that Oath hath been made before such Ma-
gistrate by the Master of the Vessel, that the Goods werf
duly landed. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 4.

7. Any Sugar, Coffee, Rum, and Molasses, the Pro-
duce of any British Colony in the West Indies, imported
into Bermuda in any British Ship, maybe exported fron
the Port of Saint George or from the Port of Hamilton
in the said Island, to any Part of tlie Territories of the
United States, in any Foreign Vessel belonging to any
Country in Amity with His Majesty, above the Burtheiy
of 60 Tons. 52 Geo. 3. c. 79. § 1- 53 Geo. 3. c. 50.
57 Geo. 8. c. 28.

8 . Any Ship laelonging to the Inhabitants of the United
States, coming in Ballast and not otherwise, may enter
the Ports of the Islands called " Turks Islands" for the
Purpose of being there laden with Salt, provided the
Master shall, immediately after the Arriy.al of such Shi»!
in any Port of the said Islands, make a true Entry of hi>

Ship,

^S'

^mtth mans.

403

SWp upon Oath before the Collector or other Principal
SitLw 2n^ P-t declaring of what Count^shTi
built, how manned, who was the Master during the Vov-
age, and who are the Owners thereof, and thf Purn^
for which he enters the said Port, ino dTthatsuch S^

oZr^7IS- 1 ^''''^ «"^ Examination of reprS
Officers of ftis Majesty's Customs; and such MasterXll

^n^^ersraiird^^'^^^^^AQ"-^^^^^^^

Xr Prinlnl ?fr"d«d of him by such Collector or

TolIt'Dufv'If^ fA^°' 'h'rj^'' «^ H^^ Majesty, a To„„.ge Duty

npn^oT V ^ ^'' t^^ ^"^^ °^ Two Shillings and Six- '» >>« paW. ^
pence Sterling payable in Dollars at the Rate of F ve
Shilhngsand Sixpence per Ounce, for every To„ eir^
then of every such Ship; and the Tonnage shall be
ascertained by Admeasurement made by such Officer t

of His' mSv^C 'T ^'^^ ^^^T ^^ ^^' C^mSSne"
or fn p -^ ^ Customs m England for the Time beine

"uch Cn" "' T' "f *^r'7*"' 1^ Officer shalladmeS
•such Ship according to the following Method ; viz.

^ZV T^ i- "^ °^^' '^^ Stern of the Ship, and

* aZ^'^'P'^'^T' ^^'^^^» «"^h Line and ^he
^ Mark'^^r °^ '^^ Stern Post at the Load Water
« Phn^k **!^"."^e««"re from the Top of the said

1: lumb Lme in a parallel Direction with the Water

^ T'or/w^f^'^r'f ^°^"* immediately over the
Load Water Mark, at the Fore part of the main

* abr;n"'f'''''".^ ^^°" ^"^^ Measurement t1^^
above Distance, the Remainder will be the Ship'*

; extreme Length; from which is to be dXcted

* of W J" f ^"^ u ^""^^y ^°°t «^ t^e Load Draught

c 5 .f S^ Ship's Breadth for the Rake for-
ward, the Remainder shall be esteemed the iust

- Br A"l'^fu^''\'°^."^*^« Tonnage ; and^tt
Breadth shall be taken from Outside & Outside of
the Plank m the broadest Part of the Vessel, either
above or below the Main Wales, exclusive of aU
Manner of Sheathing or Doubling that may be

Z^^t T" ^P^^ "^ '^' Veslel; then Ll!
t^ply the Length of the Keel for Tonna^re bv th.

. ' ViITaH, '" ?^^."'..^"^ *^*t P^-oduct by"Half the
Breadth, and dividing by 94, the Quotient shall
be deemed the true Contents of the Tonnage.'

J. c

(i. §7.

10. Tl

404

Receipt and
Appro[)riaiion.

Wl...t Anides
allowed to be
exported from
the Turks
Iblaiidi.

American Ships
may enter cer
tain Ports in the
Bahamas to he
there laden with
Salt.

No Goods to be
imported from
thence into Nova
Scotia, &c. ex-
cept Pitch, Tar,
and furpentiiie.

Wlnitth ^tdte0*

1 0. The Amount of the Tonnage Duty so ascertained
shiill be paid into the Hands of the Collector of His Ma-
jesty's Customs at the Port or Place wherein he shall he
appointed to reside, in any of the said Islands, before
any Salt shall be loaden ; and such Duty shall be under
the Management of the Commissioners of His Majesty's
Customs, and be collected and recovered in the like Man-
ner, and by the like Rules, and under such Penalties and
Forfeitures, as any other Duties now payable to His Ma-
jesty on Goods imported into any of the Islands, Colo-
nies, or Territories under the Dominion of His Majesty
in America, or the West Indies, are or may be collected,
paid, and recovered by any Act now in force; and such
Duty shall be subject to the Payment of the Salaries of
the Officers, and other incidental Charges of the Port,
and the Residue paid to the Receiver General of the
Customs in England, to be by him paid into the Ex-
chequer under the Head of Consolidated Customs.
28 Geo. 3. c. 6. §8.

1 1 . No Goods shall be exported fiom Turks Islands
to any of His Majesty's Dominions in America or the
West Indies, or Ittid on board any Ship in the said
Islands for that Purpose, except Salt; and no Goods
shall be exported from the said Islands to Great Britain
or Ireland, or laid on board any Ship in the said Islands
for that Purpose, except Salt, and also except such Goods
as may now or hereafter be by Law imported into Great
Britain from all other Countries free of Duties ; under the
Forfeiture of such Goods, and of the Ship on board of
which the same shall be so exported or laid on board.
28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 9.

12. Until 25th March 1819, any Ship belonging to
the United States, coming in Ballast and not otherwise,
may enter the Port of Nassau in New Providence, the
Ports of Exuma and Crooked Island in the Bahama
Islands, for the Purpose of being there laden with Salt,
subject to the Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions of
the 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. respecting Vessels coming for the
same Pui'pose to Turks Islands. 57 Geo. 3. c. 42. § 1-

1 3. No Goods shall be imported from any of the
Territories of the United States into Nova Scotia or
New Brunswick, Cape Breton, St. John's, or Newfound-

Governments, on Forfeiture thereof, and of the Ship,
except Pitch, Tar, and Turpentine, the Production of
the said Territories, and which may be imported from

thence

^nim .States.

405

Except also
Sr.iiuliiig, Sec, ill
cise of Emer-

thencc into Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, by British
Subjects, in British built Ships, owned and navigated
according to Law. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. §12. 33 Geo. 3.
u. 50. § 14.

14. In case of public Emergency or Distress, the Go-
vernor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Ghief ^ ^^^^ j,^ j.
of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, Cape Breton or Saint gf^^cy.byA'mho
John's, with the Advice and Consent of their respective '"y of '^e
Councils, may authorize the Importation of Scantling, ^"^"""' '
Planks, Staves, Heading Boards, Shingles, Hoops,
Squared Timber, Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs,
Poultry, Live Stock, Bread, Biscuit, Flour, Peas, Beans,
Potatoes, Wheat, Rice, Oats, Barley, or Grain of any
Sort, for a limited Time, from any of the Territories of
the United States, for the Supply of the Inhabitants of
the said Provinces and Islands ; but such Scantling, &c.
shall not be so imported except by British Subjects and
in British-built Ships, owned and navigated according to
Law, on Forfeiture thereof and the Ship. 28 Geo. 3.
c. 6. §13.

15. His Majesty in Council, by Order to be issued and Bread, &c.
and published, or by Warrant under His Sign Manual, j"t^Newround
may empower the Governor of Newfoundland to authorize, supply of tL
in case of Necessity, the Importation of Bread, Flour, inhabitants and
Indian Corn, and Live Stock, from any of the Territories ^'''^"'^^"^
belonging to the United States, for the Supply of tlie
Inhabitants and Fishermen for the then ensuing Sea-
son only; provided that such Bread, &c. shall not be so
imported, except in conformity to such Rules, Regulations,
and Restrictions as shall be specified in such Order or
Warrant, and except by British Subjects, in British-built
Ships, owned and navigated according to Law, on For-
feiture thereof and the Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 13.

16. Any of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors, or Tn« Articles
Commanders in Chief of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, 5""™"*"'' '"
or Cape Breton or Saint John's, with the Advice and imported from
Consent of their respective Councils, may authorize the the United States
Importation of the Articles enumerated in 28 Geo.'S. c. 6. J°J^^e."f«'-"-
(Tobacco, &c. see No. 1.), for a limited Time, from any
of the Territories of the United States, for the Purpose
of being re-exported to any other of His Majesty's Colo-
nies or Plantations. 48 Geo. 3. c. 125. § 1 .

17- No Goods shall be imported frorri ths Tjjiifr^ No Goods to bs
States by Sea or Coastwise into Quebec, or the Countries "PP^^^!^ '"^'^"^

T^ J ,, thence mto

Dd3

Quebec j

4()H

except Bread,
&c. for the
Supply of the
Persons carrying
on the Fiahety:

also Neat Cattle,
&c. for the
Supply of the
Inhabitants.

Not to be
brought from
theucc into
Canada, except
tlie Produce of
the States.

By whom Goods
and Vessels may
be stized.

or Islands within the Government thereof, or up the River
Saint Lawrence from the Sea, on Forfeiture thereof and
the Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 14.

18. His Maje.'»ty in Council, by Order to be issued and
published, may authorize, in case of Necessity, the im-
porting of Bread, Flour, Indian Corn, and Live Stock,
as well into Quebec as into all the Countries bordering
on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and into the Islands within
the said Gulf, and also to the Coast of Labrador, for the
then ensuing Season only, from any of the Territories be-
longing to the United Sates, for the Supply of the Per-
sons cn)ployed in carrying on the Fisheries; but such
Articles shall not be so imported, except in conformity
to such Regulations and Restrictions as shall be specified
in such Order, and by British Subjects in British built
Ships, owned and navigated according to Law, on For-
feiture thereof and the Ship. 29 Geo. 3. c. 16. § 1.

19. In case of public Emergency and Distress, the
Governor of Quebec, or Lieutenant Governor, or Com-
mander in Chief, with the Con-ent of the Council of the
Province, may authorize the Importation by Sea or
Coastwise into Quebec, or into the Countries or the
Islands within the Government thereof, or up the River
Saint Lawrence from the Sea, of Neat Cattle, Sheep,
Hogs, Poultry, or Live Stock of any Sort, JBread, Bis-
cuit, Flour, Peas, Beans, Potatoes, Wheat, Rice, Oats,
Barley, or any Sort of Grain, or Flour made thereof; for
a limited Time, from the United States, for the Supply
of the Inhabitants of the said Province and Countries ;
but the said Articles shall not be so imported except by
British Subjects, and in British-built Ships, owned and
navigated according to Law, on Forfeiture thereof and
the Ship. SOGeo. 3. c. 8 §1.

20. No Goods, except of the Produce or Manufacture
of the Territories of the United States, shall be brought
from the said Territories by Inland Navigation or Land
Carriage into the Provinces of Lower or Upper Canada,
on Forfeiture of the Goods or the Value thereof; with
the Vessel or Carriage in which the same shall be brought,
t» be recovered and distributed in like manner as h
directed'in any Act in the Case of Offences being com-
mitted against the Laws of Customs in K!s Majesty's
Plantations in AmeriQa. 52 Geo. 8. c. 55. § 1.

21 . The UooUs and Vessels forfeited by the ^e Acts may
be seized by the Conmianders of any of His Majesty's

Ships

Ships or Vessels of War, or by any CommiHsioned Wai^
rant, or Petty Officer specially authorize<l by them, or
by aiiy Officers oF His Majesty's CustoniB. 28 Goo. '2.
C.6. 29G0O.2. c. 16. 29 Geo.2. c.Sfi. 30Geo.8. c.8.
31 Geo. 3. c. 38. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91.

?!liten0tl0 of ^ufShanbxV'

See " Settlers."

JKHages of fteamen, see « seamen.*

The Production of the British Pluntatiijis in America, Koi to be cx,)ori-
shall not be shipped or conveyed from any of tJii; said t'l.imicKNto
Plantations to any Place, unless to some other Plantation *T'""'"'^'="«-
bclonging to His Majesty, or to Great Britain or Ireland, S!"l"'ci '"' '
there to be laid on Shore. 12 Car. 2. c. 18. §18, 19. Ireland.
22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. § 1 1. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 13.
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. $ 27. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. §. 6. 20 Geo. 3.
c. 10. § 3. 39 & to Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 56 Geo. S.
c. 91. §4. 8.

For the Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures, to
secure the Landing in the Plantations, or in Great
Britain or Ireland,

See Sugar, No. 1. to 11.

miittQtonts,

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depend- imputation
encies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His Ma- ''''"'*^*^'' *^'^'"
jesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or to S"ti7
Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colo-
nies or Plantations in North America, in British-built
Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according to Law,
55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 67 Geo. 3. c. 4.

Winu

1. Of the Madeiras, or of the Western Islands or M'y be im-
Azores, may be there laden for Exportation direc* to the T"^'^ ^"'"'^ ''^^

British Colonip« in A mi^rJpn IKPorO r •^ «^ Madeiras or

/> T«L r. '"i "rTVr -•- ,-ar, ^, c. ,. xjv. Western IsLiiidi.

„ ^A he Produce of Europe South of Cape Finisterre,
-^ ' J • -- • ce of Europe South of

Dd 4-

Cape

408

Vessels from the
British Colonies
in North Ame-
rica, arriving
with the Produce
thereof at Places
in Europe South
of Cape Finis-
terre, may import
from thence
Wine the Pro-
duce of Europe.

What Duties
liable to.

On Exportation
from Nova
Scotia or New
Brunswick, Oath
to be made that
the Cargo is the
Produce of the
Provinces, or
of the British
Fisheries, and
Certificate tiiere-
ofto be produced.

C-.'^'taiu Articles
may be exported
fiJiii Canada
wiiiiout such

Cape Finistetre for Exportation dii*ect to any of the Ports
herein aaer mentioned ; that is to say, Saint John's in
New Brunswick, Saint John's in Newfoundland, Quebec
in Canada, Sydney in Cape Breton, Halifax and Shel-
burn in Nova Scotia, and Charlotte Town in Prince
Edward's Island, on board any British Ship, owned,
navigated, and registered according to Law, which shall
have arrived at any such Port or Place of Europe with
Articles the Growth or Produce of the said Colonies, or
with Fish taken and cured by His Majesty's Subjects car-
rying on the Fisheries from any of the said Colonies, or
fi'om any Part of the United Kingdom, or with Wheat,
Flour, Peas, Beans, Oats, Barley, Indian Corn, Rye,
White Oak Staves and Heading, dressed or undressed.
Hoops, Pine Plank or Boards, from the Province of
Canada, whether such Goods are the Produce of Canada,
or brought into the Province by Land or Inland Navi-
gation. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 2.

3. Upon the Importation of such Wine into any of the
said Ports, the same shall be snjyect to the Payment of the
like Duties, as if imported into the said Ports of Great
Britain, end no other Duties. (See No. 10.) — 51 Geo. 3.
c. 97. § 3.

4, The Person exporting any Cargo from Nova otia
or New Brunswick, for any Port of Europe South of
Cape Finisterre, shall make Oath at the Port of Ship,
ment before the Chief Officer of the Customs, or the
Naval Officer in Command, that the Cargo so shipped is
the Growth and Produce of the said Provinces, or the
Produce of the British Fisheries in North America, taken
and cured by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on the
Fishery from the said Colonies; and such Officer of the
Customs or Naval Officer shall certify such Oath under
his Hand, which Certificate shall be produced by the
Master on his Arrival at the Port in Eu /C to which
such Cargo shall be consigned, or to whi such Vessel
shall go for the Delivery of the Cargo ; ana the Master
shall make Oath before the British Consul there resident,
or if there shall be no British Consul, then before Two
known British Merchants, that the Certificate produced
was the Certificate of the Officer whose Name it bears,
and was duly signed by him. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 4.

K I net Vjaivani^c A'vr\r-h..f ivk^w .^v^^t TUTL^^

Beans, Oats, Barley, Indian Corn, Rye, White
Staves and Headim?, dressed or undj

XCUB,

img,

edj Hoops,
Pine

SQItne.

Pine Plank and Boards, from Canada, shall not be 1-6-
quired to make Oath that the Articles are the Produce
of Canada; and the Master on his Arrival at such Port
of Europe shall only be required to produce a Certificate
from the Chief Officer of the Customs or the Naval
Officer in Command at Quebec, that the Articles were
the Growth olt Canada, or brought into Canada con-
formably to the Regulations estabhshed by Law in the
said Province (if any) by Land or Inland Navigation,
from Countries bordering thereon ; and which Certificate
such Officer of the Customs or Naval Officer shall grant,
upon satisfactory Proof being made upon Oath or other,
wise ; and the Authenticity of such Certificate shall be
sworn to as aforesaid, by the Master of such Ship, at the
Port of Delivery in Europe. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 5.

6. Before the Shipment of any Pickled Fish or Dry
Fish, for Exportation from Canada to any Port of
Europe within the Limits aforesaid, the Person a whose
Possession the same has contmued from the Time of
its being landed from the Fishing Vessel employed in the
taking it, until the same shall be shipped for Exportation,
shall make Oath before the Chief Officer of the Customs
or the Naval Officer in Command at Quebec, that the
same was the Produce of the British American Fisheries,
taken and cured by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on
the said Fisheries from some of the said Colonies or
Plantations ; and on such Oath being taken, the Officer
of the Customs or Naval Officer shall grant Certificate
thereof, signed with his Hand, which Certificate the
Master shall be required to produce at the Port of De-
livery in Europe, and shall make Oath of the Authenticity
of such Certificate. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 6.

7. Any Ship or Goods subject to Forfeiture under this
Act may be seized by any Officer of the Customs in- the
said Colonies, or by the Commander of any of His Ma-
jesty's Ships of War, and the same may be prosecuted,
recovered, and divided in the same Manner, and by the
jarne Rules and Regulations (as far as the same are appli-
cable), as any other Forfeiture imposed by any Act made
for the Security of the Revenue, or for the Regulation
or Improvement thereof, or for the Regulation of Trade
or Navigation, may be prosecuted, &c. in the British
Colonies, si Geo. 3. c. 97. § 7.

8. May be exported from Malta or any of the Depen-
dencies thereof; or from Gibraltar, direct

409

Oath, on pro-
ducini; a Certifi-
cate of the reguk
lar Importation
by L'lnd or
Inland Naviga-
tion.

Oath to be made
before shipping
Pickled or Dry
Fish from
Canada, that it
is the Produce
of the British
Fisheries.

By whom Ship
and Goods may
be seized and
prosecuted.

any or riii
Majesty'

Importation
allowed from
Malu or

410

Gibralt«r, on
the same Duties
as from Madeira.

tiud from the
Netherlands, if
intended as Sup-
plies for the
I^ates of Dutch
Proprietors in
Guiana.

Duties upon
Importation.

In what manner
to be paid.

mint.

Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or
to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Co-
lonies or Plantations in North America, in British-built
Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according to Law;
and upoii the Importation thereof into such Colonies
shall be subject to the Payment of such Duties, and no
other, as are payable on Madeira Wine when imported
into any of the said Colonies or Plantations from Madeira.
(See No. 10.)—5S Geo. S. c. 29. § S. 9. 57 Geo. 8.
c. 4<.

See Gibraltar.
Malta.

9. Intended as a Medicine and necessary Article of
Supply for the Estates of Dutch Proprietors in Demerara,
Berbice, or Essequibo in the Province of Guiana, not
exceeding what may be necessary for the Purposes of
such Supply, may be imported into the said Colonies
frtmi the Netherlands, on board Du'xh Ships, and shall
be liable to the Duty of 10s. per Ton, and no more.
56 Geo. 3. c. 91. §3,4. ,

S^e Guiana.

10. There shall be i)aid unto His Majesty upon all
W'nes (except French) imported into any Colony or
Plantation in America, under the Dominion of His
Majesty, the Duties following ; that is to say,

For every Ton of Wine of the Growth of the Madeiras,
or of any other Island or Place from whcaice such Wine
may be lawfully imported, and which shall be so imported
from such Island or Place, the Sum of jfi?.

For every Ton of Portugal, Spanish, or any other
Wine (except French Wine), imported from Great
Britain or Ireland, the Sum of 10s. and aftei- those
Rates for any greater or less Quantity. 4 Geo. 3.
c. 15. $1. 39 &40 Geo. 8. c. 67. Art. 6.

11. The Duties shall be paid in the same Manner and
Form, and by such Ways and Means, and under sucji
Penalties and Forfeitures, (mot otherwise altered by this
Act) as are mentioned in 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. (see " Sugar")
wi<^ respect to the Duties thereby granted; and all
Powers, Penalties, Provisions, and Clauses therein con-
tained (except xvhere any Alteration is made by this
Act) shall be practised and put in Execution for' the
.cvying anvi answering tuc Duties hereby granted.
4 Geo, 3. c. 15. §7.

12. If

411

If' not paid the
Wine may be
sold.

If not worth the
Duty and
Charges, the
Wine may be
destroyed.

Appropriation of
the Duties,

mint

12. If the Importer shall refuse to pay the Duties,
the Collector or other proper Officer of the Customs shall
secure the Wine, to be publicly sold within Twenty Days
after such Refusal, and at such Time and Place as such
Officer shall by Four Days public Notice appoint; and
the Money arising by the Sale shall be applied, first in
Payment of the Duties, with the Charges occasioned
by the Sale, and the Overplus, if any, shall be paid to
the Importer or other Person authorized to receive the
same. 4 Geo. 3. c. IS. ^ 7. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 3.

13. If the Money offered for such Wine shall not be
sufficient to discharge the Duty and Charges, then the
Collector or other proper Officer shall cause the Wine
to be spilt or otherwise destroyed, and shall return the
Casks, or other Package' wherein the same was contained,
to such Importer. 4. Geo. 3. c. 15. § 8. 56 Geo. 3.
e. 91. § 3.

14. The Monies arising by the said Duties (except the
necessary Charges of raising, recovwing, and accounting
for the same) shall be paid into the Exchequer separate
and apart from all other Monies, and shall be there re-
served to be disposed of by Parliament, towards defray-
ing the necessary Expences of protecting and securing
the British Colonies and Plantations in America.
4 Geo. 3. c. IS. § 10. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 3.

15. All Sums granted by these Acts shall be deemed
to be Sterling Money of Great Britain, and shall be paid
to the Amount of the Value which such nominal Sums
bear in Great Britain, and may be received according to
the Proportion and Value of Five Shillings and Sixpence
the Ounce in Silver. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 41. 56 Geo. 3,
c.9l.§3.

1. Every Person examined as a Witness on any In- To deiivci ihcir
quiry directed by the Commissioners of the Customs in Testimony ou
England, or any Four of them, to be made in America ^atlioniu-
or the West Indies, relative to His Majesty's Revenue of TyZ Com"mt
Customs ©r other Duties there, or to the Conduct of the sioners of the
Officers employed in the Collection thereof, by or before ^"''°'"'-
say Collccior and Comptroiier of the Cusloius, or hy qr
before such other Persons as shall be appointed by the
Commissioners or any Four of them, shall deliver his

Testimony

To be deemed
Sterling Money.

412

False Oaths
deemed Perjury,

Not to be ex-
ported, unless to
some other
Plantation, or to
Great Britain or
Ireland.

Bon * to be given
that I^umber
shall not be-
landed in any
Part of Europe
except Great
Britain or Ire-
land.

Testimony on Oath, to be administered by the said Offlcei*
or Persons so appointed before whom he shall be exa-
mined. 49 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 1.

2. Any Person who shall be convicted of making a
false Oath touching any of the Facts required by this Act
to be testified on Oath, or of giving false Evidence on
his, her, or their Examination on Oath, by or before any
Collector and Comptroller of the Customs of any Port
in the West Indies or America, or such other Person ap
pointed as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of Peijury,
and liable to the Pains and Penalties to which Persons
are liable for wilful and corrupt Perjury. 49 Geo. 3.
C.46. §2.

1 . No Masts, Yards, or Bowsprits, of the Production
or Manufacture of the British Plantations in America,
shall be shipped or conveyed from any of the said Plant-
ations to any Place, unless to some other Plantation be-
longing to His Majesty, or to Great Britain or Ireland,
there to be laid on Shore. 12 Car. 2. c. 18. § 18, 19.
22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. § 11. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 13.
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §27. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. $ 6. 20 Geo. 3.
c. 10. § 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 56 Geo. 3.
c.91. §4. 8.

For the other Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures,
to secure the landing in the Plantations, or in
Great Britain or Ireland,

&e Sugar, No. 1. to U.
2. No Wood commonly called " Lumber," that is to
say. Deals of several Sorts, Timber Balks of several Sizes,
Barrel Boards, Clap Boards, Pipe Boards, or Pipe Bolt,
White Boards for Shoe Makers, Boom and Cant Spars,
Bow Staves, Capravens, Clap Bolt, Ebony Wood,
Headings for Pipes, Hogsheads and Barrels, Hoops for
Coopers, Oars, Pipe and Hogshead Staves, Barrel Staves,
Firkin Staves, Trunnels, Speckled Wood, Sweet Wood,
Small Spars, Oak Plank, and Wainscots, of the Pro-
duction or Manufacture of any of the British Colonies or
Plantations in America, shall be there laden until Bond
be given with One Surety, besides the Master of the
Ship, to the Collector or other »^rinci"al Officer of the
Customs at the loading Port, in a Penalty of Double the
Value of the Goods, with Condition that the same shall

1 2 not

»■

not be landed in any Part of Europe except Great Britain
or Ireland; which Bond shall be discharged in the Man-
ner hereafter mentioned ; that is to say, for such Goods as
shall be entered for or landed in Great Britain or Ire-
land, the Condition of the Bond shall be, to bring a Cer-
tificate in discharge thereof within Eighteen Months from
the Date of the Bond, and within Six Months for such
Goods as shall be entered for or landed in any of the
British Colonies or Plantations in America; which Cer-
tificate shall be under the Hands and Seals of the Col-
lector or other Principal Officer of the Customs resident
at the Port where such Goods shall be landed, testifying
the landing thereof; and for such Goods as shall be
entered for or landed at any other Place in America,
Africa, or Asia, to bring the like Certificate within Twelve
Months, under the Common Seal of the Chief Magis-
trate, or under the Hands and Seals of Two known British
Merchants residing there; or such Bond may be dis-
charged by Proof upon Oath, made by credible Persons,
that the Goods were taken by Enemies or perished in the
Seas. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 28. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 3.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

3. Any of the said Lumber may be exported to the
Madeiras, or the Western Isles called the Azores, or to
any Part of Europe to the Southward of Cape Finisterre,
upon Bond being given in the Penalty directed by
4 Geo. 3. c. 15. with Condition that the Goods shall be
there landed accordingly, and not in any other Part of
Europe, except Great Britain or Ireland, and that a
Certificate testifying the landing shall be produced within
Eighteen Months to the Collector or other Principal
Officer where Bond shall have been gi\ n, under the
Common Seal of the Chief Magistrate, or under the
Hand and Seal of the British Consul, or the Hands and
Seals of Two known British Merchants where such
Goods shall be lande(' ; and upon producing such Certi-
ficate, or Proof upon Oath by Two credible Persons that
the Gt)ods were taken by Enemies, or perished in the
Seas, the Bond shall be discharged. 5 Geo. 3. c.45. §22.
20Geo. 3. c. 10.§3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

4. Any Fustic or Dying Wood of the Growth of any
of the British Colonies or Plantations, may be exported
direct io Malta, or the Dependencies thereof^ or to
' Gibraltar,

413

May be landed
at the Madeiras
or Western Isles,
or any Part of
Europe South of
Cape Finisterre.

Dying Wood
may be exported
to VTalra or
Gibraltar.

414

■»

Duty payable on
Logwood if Bond
not given to land
in Great Britain

or I/eland.

To be deemed
Sterling Money.

To be levied by
the Commission-

ers.

Officers may ac-
cepts Proportion
of tbe Commo-
dity.

Bond to be given
although Duty
paid.

See GlBRALTAB.

Malta.
5. If any Ship shall take on board any Logwood:
Fusfc, or other Dying Wood, and Bond sLlK

Z^IT fj'^^W^^^^ (the Dangers cf the Seas ex-
cepted), there shaU be paid to His Majesty the D,^«
hereafter mentioned ; that is to say, ^ ^

For Logwood the Cwt. containing ll2lbs. £5*. \

mg 112 lbs. Sixpence.

ConL^.^ ''''"y'^^'''^ P^^^, ^^ such Places, and to such
Collectors and Officers a. shaU be appointed to receive
the same, before the Lading thereof. 45Car.2. c.^Z.

Ort.^l^"''''/^?^.^ deemed Sterling Money of
Great Britain, and shaJl be collected and paid to the
Amount of the V^lue which such nomin^u^ fbe^r in
Great Britain, and shall be received according to the

Ounce in Silver, and (the necessary Charges of raisimr
c^fnt^TfL' Vr '^'^P^^^ shall be pailinto the R^

TLl 7,I:tr'' ' ^- ^- ^' ^- - ^^- § *•

vJl'K^^t^^f'"^''^^^^ ber^anaged and the Duty le-
^n^ ^3;^^^ Commissioners of the Customs in I .gLd,

sury!^ TsC:^\'!V'^%^, Commissioners of the W-

nnf ■ J" ""Z^ ''"^ Person liable to pay the Duty shall
no^ have Money to pay the same, the Officers shall ac-

Sr' ?'^.''^'"'t^^"**^' ^"^^ « Proportion of the
Commodity to be shipped as shall amount to theValue
thereof according to the current Rate of the Commodity
m such Plantation. 25 Car. 2. c. 7. S 4 ^

9. Notwithstanding the Payment 'of the Duty, no
Logwood shall be shipped until the Security requirS by
12 Car. 2. c. 18. and 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. has been

«»der //le Djrec<eo« of the Commissioners of Public Record butit

given

^ «;

grven to carry the ««rtie to Great Britain or Ireland, of
^e of H., MaW. PlantadanB, on Eorfeiturc of the

nr L^.."^ • '^'^^ Bye-laws, Usages or Customs, in force
or practice m any of the said PlSntations, in any wise re
pugnant to the before-mentioned Acts, so fax astCrekte
to he said Plantations, or which are an v ways repu^«^?

^L^X"^' -S ™ ^ '"** Law shaU relate to and

7 & 8 W ;. T 22 §T""' "' '"'^'' "'"' "^' '"^•

11. If the Goods shall be loaden before the Duties are

£hoi ^yj''^ /«"«» assisting or otherwise concerned, or to

whose Hands the same shaU knowingly come after the

Loachilg, shall for every Offence forfeif kbT the Value

hi r/^ J? ^""^^ computed according to the best Price
the Commodity bears at the Place where the Offence is
committed, and all the Boats made use ofshaU be for!

4 Geo. 3 0. ?n s"?'"^ ^^ ""^ ^®''' ""^ '^^ ^"''°™'-
TT ^^" TiY'l* Logwood, Fustic, or other Wood for Dyers'
Use, Mahogany, and Woods for Cabinet Ware, the
Growth of any of the Colonies or Plantations in America!
oi of any Country on the Continent of America belong-
ing to or under the Dominion of any Foreign European

Sovereign or State, may be exported from 4of the F^
Ports to any Part of the United Kingdom, u Jder the R^
gulations. Restrictions, Securities, Penalties, and Fo^
feitures provided in 12 Car. 2. c. 18. 22 & 23 Car. 2,
c. 26., and 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. with respect to the Goods
therem enumerated. 45 Geo, 3. c. 57.
See Free Ports.

ornf ; ^t ^^^^^^^ ^I^""^^ hereafter mentioned may be
exported from Canada m a British^^built Ship, owJed!
navigated, and registered according to Law, to any Port
of Europe South of Cape FinisteS-e, without any Oath
b«ng required at the Port of Shipment of their*^ being
the Growth or Produce of the Province, or any Ce,^
ficate being required of the Country from whence they
came i that is to say. White Oak Staves and Heading
?!t Sir "^^r^«d, Hoops, Pine Plank and Board?
and the Master of any British-built Ship laden with any'
ot thejaid Articles, shaU only be reouir^ to t,r«d.-. /.
oucii Fort oi Eumn^ within the Lir

415

Laws and Cus-
toms in the
Plantations
repugnant to the
I-aws of Great
Britain, null and
void.

Penalty on Per-
sons concerned in
the Loading
without Payment
of Duty, or to
whose Hands the
Goods shall
come.

Logwood, &c.
"lay be exported
from the Free
Ports to the
United
Kingdom.

Lumber may be
exported from
Canada to Ports
of Europe South
of Cape Finis-
terre without
Oath that they
are the Produce
of the Province.

Europf

aforesaid, a Certi-
ficate

416

Masts, &c. may
be importpd into
West India
Islands and
Guiana from the
United Sutes in
British Ships ;

and into Ber-
inuda in Forei,^
Ships,

Not to be im-
ported from
Colonies under
Foreign Eu-
ropean States.

Eicept in case
of Distress, by
Authority tJ the

ficate from the Chief Officer of the Customs, or the Naval
Officer in Command at Quebec, that the Articles were
the Growth of Canada, or brought into Canada conform-
ably to the Regulations established by Law in the Pro-
vince (if any) by Land or Inland Navigation, from
Countries bordering thereon, and which Certificate such
Officer of the Customs or Naval Officer is required to
grant, upon satisfactory Proof being made, upon Oath or
otherwise ; and the Authenticity of such Certificate shall
be sworn to by the Master of such Vessel, at the Port of
Delivery in Europe. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 5.

See Canada. ' ' •

14. Masts, Yards, Bowsprits, Staves, Heading Boards,
Timber, Shingles, and Lumber of any Sort, the Pro-
duction of any of the Territories of the United States,
may be imported from any of the said Terrililries into
any of His Majesty's West India Islands (in which De-
scription the Bahama Islands or the Bermuda or Somers
Islands are included), or into Demerara, Berbice, or
Essequibo in the Province of Guiana ; but not to be so
imported except by British Subjects, and in British-built
Ships, owned and navigated according to Law, on For-
feiture thereof and the Ship, 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 1.
56Geo. 3. c. 91. § 1.

15. Any of the said Articles, being the Production of
the said Territories, may be imported from thence into
St. George or Hamilton in Bermuda, in any Foreign Ship
belonging to any Kingdom or State in Amity with His
Majesty, and exported from the said Ports to any of
His Majesty's Islands or Dominions in the "West Indies,
in British-built Ships, owned and navigated according
to Law. 52 Geo. 3. c.79. § 2, 3. 53 Geo. 3. c. 50. § 1.

16. No Masts, Yards, Bowsprits, Staves, Heading
Boards, Timber, Shingles, or Lumber of any Sort, shall
be imported into His Majesty's West India Islands (in-
cluding the Bahama and the Bermuda or Somer* Islands),
or into Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo, from any
Island in the West Indies, or Colony or PlSntation
on the Continent of South America, under the Domi-
nion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State, on
Forfeiture thereof and the Ship. 28 Geo. 2. c. 6. §10.
31 Geo. 3. c. 38. § 1. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. ^1.

17. In case of public Emergency or Distress, any of
iViij Licutcnaiit Govej^iors, or

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lilt; vjruvci

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moofK

41?

in Chief of any of the Islands in the West Indies under Oovernor,for
theDommion of His Majesty, or the Governors, &c *•>« Supply of the
of Denierara, Berbice, or Essequibo, with the Advice and ^"*'''''"'""-
Consent of their respective Councils, may authorize the
Importation of any of the said Articles, for alimited Time,
from any Island in the West Indies, or Colony or Planta-
tion on the Continent of South America, belonging to
any Foreign. European Sovereign or State, for the Sup-
ply of the Inhabitants ; but such Articles shall not be so
imported, except by British Subjects, in British-built
Vessels, owned and navigated according to Law, on For-
feiture thereof and the Ship. 28 Geo. 3. c.6. §11
31 Geo. 3. c. 38. § 2. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91.

18. Any Person may import, in British-built Ships, Bully Tree, &c.
owned, navigated, and registered according to Law, into T^ p ™P«««'I,
the Islands under the Dominion of His Majesty in the Ri!:'^.^^
West Indies, irom any Colony or Plantation on the
Continent of .South America under the Dominion of any
Foreign European Sovereign or State, or from Porto
Rico m the West Indies, the following Species of Tim-
ber, viz. Bully Tree, Purple Heart, Green Heart, Black
Heart, Mastic, Wallabaw, Yellow Saunders, Locusts,
or Bastard Mahogany, being the Growth or Production
of any of the said Colonies or Plantations. 33 Geo. 3.
c. 50. § 13.

19. During the Continuance of the Treaty with Por- Masts, &c. m.-,y
tugal, any Person may import into any of the West ^uJ^T^^'"'''
India Islands (including the Bahama and the Bermuda clnier'"'''
or Somers Islands), or Colonies of Demerara, Berbice,
or Essequibo, any Masts, Yards, Bowsprits, Staves'
Heading Boards, Timber, Shingles, and Lumber of any
^rt, being the Production of some of the Territories or
Dominions belonging to the Crown of Portugal in South
America; such Article being imported into the said
Islands or Colonies directly from the said Territories
or Dominions, in British-built Ships, owned and navi-
gated according to Law. 51 Geo. 3. c. 47. S 5.
56 Geo. 3. C.91. §5.

20. No Masts, Yards, Bowsprits, Staves, Heading Sicfn':
Boards, Timber, Shingles, or Lumber of any Sort, which '

shall have been imported from any Island in the West

,."jl\/'^.?^"'"^y "" i^^ Continent of South America,
nn-^i tuc Dominion ofiiiiy l^bieign Luropean Sovereign •--m"'i'=",
or State, into any of His Majesty's West India Islands, '"■^""^^tobemada
or Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo, for the Supply of t^^-^'^rZ'l

E e the Supplies.

J not to
be exported, and
Ijcfor" shipping
ti' ■•';:.• Articles
th tiiMy lawfully
\>^ exported.

418

False Oatlis
deemed Perjury,

Scantling, Sec.
may be imported
from the United
States into Nova
Scctia, &c. for
th.e Sujiply of tliu
hihabitants in
case of Distress ;

er for Re-ex-
portation to
other Colonies.

Hrantling, &Ci
niiiy i)e imported
iu Foieign Sliifs

the Inhabitants, (see No. 17.) shall be exported from tiny
pf the said Islands or Colonies, or put on board any Ves-
sel or Boat, or brought to any Quay with Intent to be so
exported, on Forfeiture thereof, and of the Ship or Boat
in which laden ; and before the shipping of any Masts,
&c. whether manufactured or unmanufactured, that may
lawiully be exported, the Exporter shall make Oath
before the Collector of the Customs, that no Part thereof
had been so imported, under such Authority as aforesaid,
from any Island in the West Indies or Colony on the
Continent of South America under the Dominion of any
Foreign l^uropean Sovereign or State 29 Geo. 3. c.56.
$1,2. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38. §3,4. 56 Geo.3. c 91. § 1.

21. If any Person shall be convicted of taking a false
Oath touching any of the Facts required to be testified
upon Oath, such Person shall be deemed guilty of Per-
jury, and be liable to the Pains and Penalties to which
Persons are liable for wilful and corrupt Perjury, and may
be prosecuted in any Court of Record in Great Britain,
or in any of His Majesty's Courts of Judicature in the
West Indies. 29Geo.3. c.56. § 3. 31 Geo.3. c. 38. § 5.

22. In case of public Emergency or Distress, the Go-
vernors, Lieutenant Governors, or Commanders in Chief
of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape Breton, and Saint
John, with the Advice and Consent of their respective
Councils, may authorize the Importation of Scantling,
Planks, Staves, Heading Boards, Shingles, Hoops, and
squared I'imber, for a limited Time, from any of the
Territories of the United States, for the Supply ^of the
Inhabitants of the said Provinces and Islands ; but such
Articles shall not be so imported except by British Sub-
jects and in British-built Ships, owned and navigated
according to Law,, on Forfeiture thereof and the Ship.
28 Geo.3. c. 6. § 13.

23. Any of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors, or
Commanders in Chief of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
Cape Breton, or Saint John's, with the Advice of their
respective Councils, may authorize the Importation of
the said Articles, for a limited Time, from any of the
Territories of the United States, for the Purpose of Re-
exportation to any other of His Majesty's Colonies or
Plantations. 48 Geo. 3. c. 125. § 1.

24. Any Rritish-built Vessel- owned and naviirated ac-
cording to Law, or any Vessel belonging to the Subjects
of any Sovereign or State in Amity with His Majesty,

9 may

SZHOOfi* 419

may import into such Ports as shall be specially appointed into Poitt to be
for that Purpose by His Majesty, within the Province of woved of by
Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, the Followin^r Articles; SilasSor"
videlicet, Scantling, Planks, Staves, Headuig-boards, New Bruuswkk.
Shingles, and Hooks; provided that none of the said -'

Articles shall be imported in Foreign Vessels, unless of
the Growth or Produce of the Country to which the
Vessel importing the same shall beltiig; antl any of the
mid Articles may be re exported, either to the United
Kingdom, or any other of His Majesty's Possessions, in
any British built Vessel, owned and natigated according
to Law. .58 Geo. 3. c. 19. §1,2, 3.

25. His Majesty, with the Advice of His Privy Conn- Subject to such
cil, may make such Rules and Regulations for the Im- ^"''^^ " "'»
portation and Exportatioji of the said Goods at the said tStir''"'*
Ports, with such Penajties and Forfeitures for the Breach
thereof, as shall seem fit and necessary to His Majesty,
by and with the Advice aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 6.

c^u ^H^r ^*=^^''^'^ continue in force during the Space Limitation of rtie
ot llirec Years from and after the passing of the same*, A«.
and until Six Weeks^ after the Commencement of the
then next Session of Parliament. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 7.

27. The Goods and Ships forfeited by these Acts may By whom Goods
be seized by the Commanders of Ships of War, or any and ships may b«
Commissioned, Warrant, or Petty Officer specially autho- '""''*

rized by them, or by any Officer of the Customs.
28 Geo. 3. c. 6. 29 Geo. 3. c. 56. 31 Geo. 3. c. 38.
56 Geo. 3. c. 91.

28. Logwood, Fustic, or Wood for Dyers' Use, Logwood, &c.
Hard Wood or Mill Timber, Logwood, Maho«ranv, or ""'y ^^ imiKjrted
Wood for Cabinet Ware, being the Growth Sr Pro- 'Cffn^i^ign
ducUon of any of the Colonies or Plantations in America, ships.

or of any Country on the Contine^nt of America, be-
longing to or under the Dominion of any Foreign
European Sovereign or State, may be imported from
thence into the Free Ports in any Foreign Ships, being
owned and navigated by Persons inhabiting any of the
said Colonies, Plantations, or Countries. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.
See Fuee Ports.
29. For the Conditions upon which Ships landing Lmnber landed
Lumber at any of the British Sugar Colonics in thi '''^^^"sar
West Imhes, are allowed to import Spirits without Pay- ''

mcnt of Duty into certain Colonics in North Amei
^Se^ Spirits
53 Geo. 3.

Geo. 3. c. 39. § 1, 2. 30 Geo. 3. c. 8. § 2.

57. § 1

* Sth Matj 1818.
E e 2

30. Mill

42(y

Importation of
Mill Timber
and Box Wood
allowed from
Malta or
Gibraltar.

Of the British
Plantations not
to be exported
to any Place
whatever ;

esccpt VVool to
the United King-
dom.

Penalty upon
Officers taking
Entries or sign-
ing Documents
for the Exporta-
tion.

SO. Mill Timber or Box Wood may be exported -from
Malta or any of the Dependencies thereof; or from
Gibraltar, direct to any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonic*
or Plantations in America, or to Newfoundland, Bermu"
dt^ or any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in
North America, in British-built Ships, owned, navigated,
and registered according to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9.
57 Geo. 3. c. 4.. § I. — Al^e Gibraltar. Malta.

1. No Wool, Woolfells, Shortlings, Mortlings,
Wool Flocks, Worsted, Buy, or Woollen Yarn, Cloth,.
Serge, Bays, Kerseys, Says, Frizes, Druggets, Cloth-
Serges, Shalloons, or any other Drapery, Stuffs, or
Woollen Manufactures, made or mixed with Wool or
Wool Flocks of the Manufacture of any of the British
Plantations in America, shall be loaden on board any
Ship within any of the said Plantations, nor upon any
Horse, Cart, or other Carriage, to the Intent to be
exported or conveyed to any other of the Plantations,
or to any other Place whatever, on Forfeiture thereof,
and .£500 by the Offender ; and every Shij), Vessel, or
Boat, wherein any of the said Commodities shall be
shipped, shall be forfeited; and the Master and Mariners
thereof, or any Persons knowing such Offence and
assisting therein, shall forfeit d4iO; and all Governors
and Commanders in Chief oF the Plantations, and OflB-
cers of the Customs, or other Branches of Revenue there,
shall take effectual Care that the Act be duly put in
Execution. 10 & 11 W. 3. c. 10. § 1, 2.

2. But until 25th March 1819, it shall be lawful to
export from any Place within the British Plantations in
America to the United Kingdom, any Wool, the Pro-
duct of any of the said Plantations. 46 Geo. 3. c. 17. §3.
49 Geo. 3. c. 18. § 1.

3. If any Officer employed in the Management of the
Revenue of Customs shall take or suffer to be taken any
Entiy outward, or sign any Cocket, Warrant, or Suffer-
ance for the shipping and exporting any such Goods as
aforesaid, into any Kingdom, State, or Dominion whatso-
ever, (except as aforesaid), or shall wittingly or willingly
permit, contrive, or suffer the same to be done, contrary
to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, such Officer
sooirendmg in tne signmg sucii uocKet, VV arrant, or C)Ui-
ferance, or passing such Entry, or anywise connivinir
thereat, shall for every such Offence forfeit his Office and
£500. 10 & 11 W. 3. c. 10. § 11.

4. If

4. If any Action shall be commenced against any Per-
son for what he shall do in pursuance of this Act, such
Person may file a common Bail, or enter into a common
Appearance, and plead the general Issue, and give this
Act and the special Matter in Evidence; and if the Pro-
secutor shall become nonsuit, or suffer Discontinuance, or
If a Verdict pass against him, or if, upon Demurrer, Judg-
ment pass against him, the Defendant shall recover treble
Cosf5 and Damages. 10 & 1 1 W. 3. c. 10. Us.

5. Wool the Growth of any of the Colonies or Plan-
tations in America, or of any Country on the Continent
ot America, belonging to or under the Dominion of any
Foreign European Sovereign or State, may be imported
from any of the ^aid Countries into the Free Ports "in any
foreign Ship owned and navigated by Persons inha-
biting any of the said Colonies, Plantations, or Countries.
45 Geo. 3. c. 57. 49 Geo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3 c OQ
57 Geo. 3. c. 7^.-See Free Ports.

6. Wool theGrowth ofanyofthe Colonies or Plantations
n America, or Countries on the Continent of America be-
longing to or under the Dominion of any Foreign Euro-
pean Sovereign or State, having been imported into the
b ree^ Ports, may be exported from any of the said Ports to
any 1 art of the United Kingdom, under the Rules, &c. of
12Car.2. c.l8 22& 23Car. 2.C.26. and 20 Geo. 3. c. 10.
with respect to Goods therein enumerated. 45 Geo. 3 c 57
49 Geo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 7^.
See Free Ports.

1.1 he Superior or Supreme Court of Justice having

mriln? V-; "V T^- ^^^'^^ ^^*«"y ^^ Plantation!
"^^l^^^^yiT^^^^'^^^^nceto empower the Officers
of His Majesty s Customs to enter any House, Ware-
home, Shop, Cellar, or other Place in the said Colonies
or Plantations, to search for and seize prohibited or un-
custometl Goods. 7 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 10.

2. Persons against whom any Action 'shall be com-

rrf Zu^'l '*''"^. r*^""^ ^" pursuance of this Act,
may plead the General Issue, an'd give this Act and the
special Matter in Evidence; and if it shall appear so to

«nTT.rpt"':iu" J"^y .^»>^" find for the Defendant;
and if^theJPlaintifFbe nonsmted, or discontinue his Action

Tu T ^."^'"°«"*^ ^^^"" "ave appeared, or if Judgment

thp PI • .fr?^"^^''/"/ ^^'^'''' «^ Demurrer alainst
the Plaintiff, the Defendant shall be entitled to Treble
Costs. 7 Geo. 3. c.46. §11.

421

Actions against
Otficen.

Wool may be im.
ported into the
Free Porti in
Foreign Ves»el«i

aid exported
from thence to
the United
Kingdom.

May lie granted
by the Supreme
Court of Justice.

Oeneral Issue
may be pleaded,
and Treble ';osts
allowed.

( 422 )

APPENDIX.

Ship TT is hereby agreed between the Master, Seamen, and
-■- Mariners of the Ship now bound for

the Port of and the

Master or Commander of the said Ship, That in Con-
sideration of the Monthly or other Wages against each
respective Seaman or Mariner's Name hereunto set, they
severally shall and will perform the above-mentioned
Voyage ; and the said Master doth hereby agree with
and hire the said Seamen and Mariners for the said
Voyage at such Monthly Wages, to be paid pursuant to
the Laws of Great Britain ; and they the said Seamen and
Mariners do hereby promise and oblige themselves to do
their Duty, and obey the lawful Commands of their
Officers on board the said Ship, or Boats thereunto be-
longing, as become good and faithful Seamen and Ma-
riners ; and at all Places where the said Ship shall put
in or anchor during the said Ship's Voyage, to do their
best Endeavours for the Preservation of the said Ship
and Cargo, and,' not to neglect or refuse doing their
Duty by Day or Night; nor shall go out of the said
Ship on board any other Vessel, or be on Shore under
any Pretence whatsoever, till he Voyage is ended and
the Ship discharged of her Cargo, without Leave
first obtained of the Master, Captain, or Commanding
Officer on board; and in default tliereof they fiooly
agree to be liable to the Penalties mentioned in the
Act of Parliament, made in the Second Year of the Reign
of King George the Second, intituled An Act for the bet-
ter Regulation and Government of Seamen in the Mer-
chants Service ; and the Act made in the Thirty-seventh
Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act for
preventmg the Desertion of Seamen from British Merchant
Ships trading to His Majesty's Colonics and Plantations
m the West Indies : And it is fiji'ther sTPed bv the Par-
ties to these Presents^ That Twenty- four Hours Absence
6 without

APPENDIX.

without Leave shall be deemed a total Desertion, and
render such Seamen and Mariners liable to the Forfe tare,
and Penalties contained in the Act above recited: that
Shan thtr^' ''"'"' '^°""^"'^' "'"^h the said Maste
mpn of i "^'T^T '°,^''"" ^°" *he effectual Govern-
V.V.n? n^-'^/ u^'''^^ suppressing Immorality and
IZt o^ltp^' strictly complied with, undc'r the
Penalty of the Person or Persons disobeying forfeit-

evfrv 'th" '^'u\ "'"'^ ^^^^^^ ^'^ «^^^' togefher wTth
every Thng belonging to him or them on board the

" Seamt'' ^"'p'' " 'TY' '^'■''^' That no Officer
oi feeaman, or Person belonging to the said Shin

shall demand or be entitled to hisVages or any S

thereof, untd the Arrival of the s.M Ship at the

above-mentioned Port of Discharge, and her Carl T

hvered, not less than Twenty Dayl in case the SeTant

not employed in the Delivery : And it is hereby further

^reed between the Master and Officers of the said Ship'

that whatever Apparel, Furniture, and Stores, each of

them may receive into their Charge, belonging to the

case any Thmg shall be lost or damaged through their

.^cLor" %^»^"ffif"^y' it shall fe made gfod by
such Officer or Seaman by whose Means it may happen to
the Master and Owner of the said Ship: AnJwEas it
.s customary for the Officers and Seamen on The Sh p'.
Return Home in the River, and during the Time their
Cargoes are delivering, to go on Shore each St to
leep greatly to the Prejudiced such Ship and Freighter^
be It further agreed by the said Parties, tharS;
Officer nor Seaman shall, on any Pretence whatsoever be
entitled to such Indulgence, but shall do thetDulybv
Day m Discharge of the Cargo, and keep sucli Watch

L^t'r '^'' ^^''''' "^ Co^-Kler of^the Lid slip
.hall tinnk necessary, in order for the Preservation of ?he
above: And whereas it often happens that Part of the
Cargo IS embezzled after being delivered into Lighters and
as such Losses are made good by the Owners off he S ip
Offi... '<'''''" agreed By these Presents, that whatem"
Officer or Seaman the Master shall think proper to appoin
.hall take Charge of the Cargo in the Lighters, and 1

Char geUrsr "^'^^t' ?""^^^ ^"^ '^^^^ "^ ^^^
tTfF ^ V^ ' Husband, or his Representative, or

see the same safely weighed at the King's Beam and Tn
conseouennp nf th^iv f ...,p p: j.ij... ... 9.J^^^^ '_^"° i"

^ ...ic * .aeihv, sucn v^mcer or fcieaman

shall

423

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424

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APPENDIX.

;^ shiifl be entitled to Two Shillings and Sixpence each
Lighter, exclusive of their Monthly Pay; and sliould it
so hapjien that Lighter.^ are detained a considerable
Time at the Quay before they can be unloaded, such
Officer and Seaman so appointed shall in that Case be
be entitled to Two Shillings and Sixpence for eveiy
Twenty-tour Hours, exclusive of their said Monthly
Pay ; that each Seaman and Mariner who shall well and
truly perform the above-mentioned Voyage (provided al-
ways that there be no Plunderage, Embezzlement, or
other unlawful Acts committed on the said Vessel's Cargo
or Stores) shall be entitled to their W^ages or Hire that
may become due to him, pursuant to this Agrcenient ;
that for the due Performance of each and every the
above-mentioned Articles and Agreements, and Acknow-
ledgement of their being voluntary and without Compul-
sion, or any other clandestine Means being used, the said
Parties having hereto subscribed their Names, the Day
and Month set opposite to their respective Names.

■"■■?5"./.<?.

Place

mid

Tinme of

Entry.

Men's
Names.

Quality.

WitU' ss
to each
Man's
Signing.

P:y in the
River.

Wages per
Month, or by
the Run for
the Voyage.

Whole

Wages.

Whc.'e.

Half.

THE END.

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