tioned, or which shall not be returned, or found remaining at the end of every fishing feafon in the cellars or warehouses, as in the faid act Geo. 1. c. 4. mentioned; and by another act made in the eighth year of the reign of his faid late Majefty, (intituled, An act for taking off the duty upon all falt ufed in the curing red herrings, and laying a proportionable duty upon all red herrings confumed at home only; and for ascertaining the customs and excife payable for the fugar houfes in Scotland; and for making an allowance for falt loft in any harbour or river of this realm; and for the better securing the duties on falt delivered in Scotland) a penalty of ten fhillings per bushel is laid upon all perfons who shall have received into their Jole cuftody any quantity of foreign or British falt, duty free, for curing of fish for foreign markets, that shall not deliver to the proper officers yearly, within three months after the expiration of each refpective year, fuch accounts of the falt received as aforesaid, and of the fish cured therewith and exported, as the faid act of the fifth of his faid late Majefty directs, together with fuch certificate as aforefaid, verifying the faid account: and by another act made in the eighth 8 Geo. 2. c.12. year of the reign of his prefent Majefly, (intituled, An act for granting and continuing the duties upon falt, and upon red and white herrings, for the further term of four years; and for giving further time for the payment of duties omitted to be paid for the indentures and contracts of clerks and apprentices) after reciting the faid two feveral acts of the fifth and eighth years of the reign of his faid late Majefty, it is amongst other things enacted, That after the twenty fourth day of June one thousand feven hundred and thirty five, no foreign falt fhall be delivered over from fuch joint cuftody into fuch fole cuftody as aforesaid, for curing fish for exportation, except fuch proprietor, or his agent, do give fecurity as in the faid att directed, to account for fuch foreign falt in the terms of, and according to the true intent and meaning of the faid acts of the fifth and eighth years of the reign of his faid late Majefty, or to answer the feveral penalties in the faid acts directed to be recovered from the proprietors offending against the faid acts, or either of them: and whereas the fociety of the free British fishery have used great quantities of foreign falt in the curing of white herrings, great part which hath been exported, or fent to, and fold at foreign markets; and the faid fociety, as proprietors of fuch falt, or their agents, have, from time to time, on delivering over fuch falt from fuch joint cuftody as aforefaid, into the fole cuftody of fuch agents, given fuch fecurity as by the faid act of the eighth year of his prefent Majefty is directed, touching the accounting for fuch foreign falt; but in regard that a confiderable part of such fish bath been shipped off immediately from fea, from on board the respective veffels employed in taking and curing the fame, without being first brought into port, in order to fecure a better fale at foreign markets, before the arrival of the like commodities from other nations, the faid fociety, or their agents, have not been able fully to comply with the directions of the faid acts, touching the accounting for fuch part of the faid falt, as hath been employed in the curing of fuch part of the faid fish, as hath been fo fent away to foreign markets immediately from fea, there being no provifion in the pre

Sent

fent laws how, and in what manner, and by whom, the shipping of fuch fish immediately from fea for foreign markets shall be verified, whereby the faid fociety, or their agents, who have given fuch fecurity as aforefaid, are or will become liable to be fued on their feveral fecurities afore jaid, for the feveral penalties inflicted by the Jaid acts of the fifth and eighth years of his faid late Majefty; and the faid fociety will, in the further profecution of the faid fishery, be expofed to the fame difficulty unless fome remedy be provided in respect thereof: be it therefore enacted and declared, and it is hereby enacted and declared by the authority aforefaid, That the quantity of fuch The quantity white herrings as have already been fent, or which hereafter of white herfhall be fent, by the faid fociety, or their agents, to foreign mar- foreign marrings fent to kets immediately from fea, without being first brought into port, kets, without fhall be ascertained and made appear by the oath of the fociety's being firft fuperintendant of the faid fishery, to be made before one or more brought into of his Majesty's juftices of the peace, or an officer for the duties certained by on falt, who are hereby impowered and required to adminifter the oath of the fame; and a certificate or certificates under the hands of the the fociety's fecretary and accomptant of the said society, purporting, that it fuperintend appears by letters or accounts from the correfpondents or agents certificate of of the faid fociety, to whom fuch fish mentioned in fuch affida- their fecretary vit were configned, that fuch fish have come to the hands of and accomp fuch correspondents or agents, or otherwise that fuch fish have tant. been loft at fea.

port, to be af

ant, and the

ted.

VI. And it is hereby further enacted and declared by the au- Such affidavit thority aforesaid, That such affidavit and certificates shall be ad- and certificate mitted and taken to all intents and purposes, as evidence to ve- to be admit rify the quantity of fuch fish fo already fent, or hereafter to be fent away immediately from fea as aforefaid; any thing in the faid recited acts, or either of them, contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding.

vous at Kirk

VII. And whereas the place appointed by the faid act for the rendezvous of the veffels employed in the faid fisheries, on the first day of September has been in many cafes very inconvenient; be it there- Veffels which fore enacted by the authority aforefaid, That all veffels built and fhall rendezfitted out in the manner required by the faid act, which shall wall, intitled rendezvous at Kirkwall in the Orkney islands on or before the to the boun twelfth day of September, and fhall continue to be employed in ties. fishing among the fhoals of herrings, as they move, to the eleventh day of January, unless the loading of fuch veffels be fooner compleated, fhall (in cafe all the other regulations and conditions prescribed by the faid act be observed and performed with refpect to fuch veffels) be intitled to the bounties granted by the faid act, in the fame manner as if fuch veffels had rendezvoused at Campbell Town, in like manner, and at the time required by the said act.

VIII. Provided always, That no fishing veffel employed in No veffel oblithe white herring fishery, fhall be obliged to carry to the latter ged to carry fishing more than one fleet of nets; any thing in the faid act to the contrary in any wife notwithstanding.

to the latter fifhing more than one fleet of nets.

САР. Х.

An act for enlarging the time and continuing the duties granted by feveral acts of parliament for repairs of the piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington, in the county of York; and for making the faid acts more effectual.

8 & 9 W. 3. With and ninth years of the reign of his late majesty King WHEREAS by an act of parliament made and passed in the

c. 29.

*Ged. 1. c. 49.

eighth

William the Third, intituled, An act for the repair of the piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington, in the east riding of the county of York, it was amongst other things, enacted, That from and after the first day of May one thousand fix hundred and ninety feven, and before and until the first day of May one thousand feven hundred and four, the duties therein mentioned fhould be paid for the rebuilding, repairing and amending the said piers; to wit, one farthing for every chaldron of coals, that during the faid term should be laden on board any ship, hoy, bark or other vessel, at or in the port of Newcastle upon Tine, or at Sunderland, Blythe, Seaton-Sluice, Culler-Coats, or any other port, harbour, colliery, or place that was or was reputed to be a member of the port of Newcastle; and to be paid to fuch perfons and in fuch manner as by the faid act is directed; and by another act made and paffed in the firft year of the reign of his late majefty King George the First, referring to the faid former act, all the duties thereby granted and made payable, and every clause, matter and thing therein contained were revived and enacted, and directed to be continued and paid for fourteen years, from the twenty fourth day of June one thousand feven hundred and fixteen, until the twenty fourth day of June one thousand feven hundred and thirty: and whereas by one other act made in the fifth year of the reign of his 5 Geo. 1. c. 10. faid late majefly King George the First, intituled, An act for enlarging the time granted by two acts of parliament for repairs of the piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington; and for making the faid acts more effectual; it is thereby (amongst other things) enafted, That the faid act paffed in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of his faid late majefly King William the Third, with all the powers thereby given, for charging, raising, levying, collecting and difpofing of any fum or fums of money, for or towards repairing or rebuilding the Jaid piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington, fhould from and after the twenty fourth day of June one thousand feven hundred and thirty, continue and be in full force, for and during the term of twenty five years; and that from and after the twenty fourth day of June one thousand seven hundred and nineteen, for the term of thirty fix years, the feveral additional rates and duties therein mentioned, (over and befides the duty and duties granted and continued as aforefaid, or payable before the paffing of the fame act) should be raiJed, levied, collected and paid, for repairing and lengthening the faid piers as and in manner therein expreffed: and whereas by another act made and passed in the feventh year of the reign of his faid late maGeo.1. c. 16. jefly King George the First, intituled, An act for the better preferving and keeping in repair the piers of the town and port of

Whitby in the county of York; and for explaining and making more effectual the several acts passed for lengthening and repairing the piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington, in the faid county; it is amongst other things enacled, That the collector and collectors, or any of them, appointed for the collecting and receiving of the faid duties by the faid act of the fifth year of the reign of his faid late majefly King George the First, impofed and made payable at the said part of Bridlington, alias Burlington, were thereby impowered to go on board any hip or vessel within the faid port of Bridlington, alias Burlington; and take account of, and demand and receive the faid duties, and for nonpayment to diftrain for the fame in manner therein mentioned; and that the trustees appointed for putting in execution the faid recited acts, or any five or more of them, are thereby impowered to appoint fuch perfon as they shall think fit, with fuch annual falary out of the faid duty as they shall think fit, not exceeding ten pounds a year, for the better governing and managing the port or harbour of Bridlington, otherwife Burlington, in fuch manner as in the faid act is mentioned and directed: and whereas, although the money arifing from the duties granted by virtue of the faid recited acts, and also other confiderable fums of money, raised by a tax upon the lands within the manor of Bridlington aforefaid, have from time to time been laid out and applied in the repairing, rebuilding and enlarging the faid piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington aforesaid, yet the fame has not been fufficient to support, maintain and keep the fame in good order and repair; and by means of feveral violent forms, the fame is become in a decaying and ruinous condition, and in imminent danger of being loft and deftroyed, and there is now a confiderable debt due and owing upon the credit of the faid acts; and as the terms for which the faid duties were granted by the former acts, will expire on the twenty fourth day of June one thousand feven hundred and fifty five, and it is impoffible that the faid piers can be effectually repaired and maintained, unless the faid duties be continued for a further term of years by authority of parliament: to the end therefore that the faid' piers, and the port and harbour of Bridlington aforesaid, which has been of great fervice to navigation, and of great use and benefit to the publick, may be maintained, fupported and preferved: may it please your Majesty, that it may be enacted, &c.

The acts 8 & 9 W. 3. c. 29. and 5 & 7 Geo. 1. continued for 35 years, from 24 June 1755, &c. New trustees to be elected in the room of such as shall die, or refute to act. Trustees impowered to set up a crane on the key of the harbour, and to remove any foil, &c. to make the paffage to the harbour commodious. Veffels belonging to Great Yarmouth excepted from the duties.

CAP. XI.

An alt for permitting the exportation of wool, and woollen or bay yarn, from any port in Ireland to any port in Great Britain.

W HEREAS the permitting of wool, and woollen or bay yarn,

to be exported only from certain ports in Ireland to certain ports in England, is not of fo great and extenfive advantage to the

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trade

trade of this kingdom, as it would be if all the ports in Great Britain and Ireland were opened for that purpose; be it therefore enacted by the King's moft excellent Majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal and commons in this present parliament affembled, and by the authoWool, and rity of the fame, That from and after the fifth day of June in woollen or bay the year of our Lord one thousand feven hundred and fiftyexported from three, it shall and may be lawful for any person or persons to any port in export from any port in Ireland, any wool, or woollen or bay Ireland into yarn, wool-fells, fhortlings, mortlings, wool-flocks and worfted any port of Great Britain; yarn, to any port in Great Britain; any act or acts of parliament to the contrary notwithstanding.

yarn, may be

under the re

II. Provided always, and be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That all fuch exportations and importations of wool, and woollen or bay yarn, wool-fells, fhortlings, mortlings, woolflocks and worsted yarn, from any port in Ireland into any port in Great Britain, fhall be made under the fame reftrictions and ftrictions en- regulations, and in the fame manner in all refpects, as wool or acted. woollen yarn is now by law permitted to be exported from Dublin, Waterford, Youghall, Kinfale, Cork, Drogheda, New Rofs, Newry, Wexford, Wicklow, Sligoe, Limerick, Gallway and Dundalk, and imported into the feveral ports of Biddeford, BarnStaple, Minhead, Bridgewater, Bristol, Milford Haven, Chefter, Liverpoole, Lancaster and Great Yarmouth, or any of them.

CA P. XII.

An act to prevent wines imported into any of the out-ports of this kingdom, being afterwards brought into the port of London, or parts adjacent, without paying the London duty.

WHEREAS the duties payable by law on wines imported

from foreign parts into any of the out-ports of this kingdom, are less than the duties payable on wine imported into the port of London: and whereas fuch wines as are landed in any of the outports, for which duties are paid there, and which are afterwards brought to the port of London by certificate, are by law liable to the payment of fo much more fubfidy as is fhort of the duty due in the port of London: and whereas great quantities of wine bave of late been brought into London and places thereunto adjacent, by land carriage, without payment of the difference of the faid respective duties; and in many cafes wine is fo brought into London without payment of any duties, to the great prejudice of the publick revenue, and the detriment of the fair merchants of this kingdom; be it enacted by the King's most excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal and commons in this prefent parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That from and after the twenty-ninth day of September one ceeding 10 thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, no wine of any fort exgallons, im-ceeding the quantity of ten gallons, which at any time fhall ported into have been imported from foreign parts into any out-port of this kingdom,

No wine ex

the out-ports,