title them to

XIX. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted by the The fishing authority aforefaid, That no perfon fhall be intitled to the boun- boats to be ties herein before mentioned, unless the boat, for which fuch and the mafregistered; bounty is claimed, fhall, before the proceeds upon the fishery ters thereof to in each season, be registered at the custom houfe at the port of give bond, in Douglas; and the mafter of fuch boat fhall give bond to his Ma- order to injefty, his heirs and fucceffors, with one or more fufficient fure- the bounties. ty, to be approved of by his Majefty's receiver general, or his deputy, in the penal fum of one hundred pounds, that fuch boat fhall not export, from the faid Isle of Man, any goods prohibited to be exported from thence; or import, into the faid ifle, any goods prohibited to be imported there; or export or import there, as aforefaid, any cuftomable goods, for which the duties due and payable to his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, have not been duly answered and paid; and fhall not be otherwife employed or used in any illicit trade, whereby his Majesty, his heirs and fucceffors, fhall or may be defrauded: which bonds The bonds fhall continue in force for three years from the dates thereof; to be in force and, in cafe no fraud fhall appear within that time, it fhall and for 3 years. may be lawful for his Majefty's faid receiver general to cancel the

2 fame.

XX. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority afore- Regifter's faid, That it fhall and may be lawful for the officer regiftering fees. any fhip, veffel, or boat, and taking any bond in pursuance of #this act, to demand and receive from the mafter or owner of such fhip, veffel, or boat, one fhilling for every register, and from the perfon giving fuch bond, one fhilling for every bond, and

no more.

linen boun

XXI. And be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That be- Claims with 'fore any perfon shall be intitled to the refpective bounties, grant- refpect to the ed by this act for the encouragement of the linen manufacture, ties how to be each perfon claiming fuch bounty fhall respectively make oath afcertained. before his Majefty's receiver general of the island, or his deputy, of the number of yards of linen cloth wove or exported by the faid perfon fo claiming, and also of the quantity of linen yarn spun by the person claiming the bounty for spinning, agreeable to the terms before fpecified.

XXII. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority a- Where goods forefaid, That from and after the faid fifth day of July, one thall be un'thoufand feven hundred and fixty feven, if any goods, wares, or landed before hipped or merchandizes, liable to the payment of duties in the Isle of Man duty paid; by this or any other act of parliament, fhall be unthipped or landed from any fhip or veffel inward bound, before the refpective duties due thereon are paid, agreeable to law; or if any pro- or prohibited hibited goods whatsoever shall be imported into, or exported goods be imout of, the faid Isle of Man; every perfon who fhall be affifting ported, or or otherwife concerned, either in the unthipping or landing in- the parties exported; wards, or in fhipping or loading outwards, fuch goods, or to concerned whofe hands the fame fhall knowingly come after the unfhip- forfeit treble ping, landing, or relanding the fame, fhall, for each and every the value, offence, forfeit treble the value of fuch goods, to be estimated

and

with the

goods, boats,

cattle, and carriages.

and computed according to the best price that each commodity then bears at the town and port of Douglas in the faid ifland; and the faid goods, and all the boats, horfes, cattle, and carriages whatsoever, made ufe of in the landing, loading, removing, carriage, or conveyance thereof, shall also be forfeited and loft; and fhall and may be feized by any officer or officers of the customs, and fued for and profecuted as herein after mentioned.

Sums payable XXIII. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority ain pursuance forefaid, That all fums of money which thall be paid, incurred, of this act, to or recovered, in pursuance of this act, fhall be deemed, and are be sterling hereby declared to be, fterling money of Great Britain; and Great Britain. fhall be paid, collected, and recovered, to the amount of the value which fuch nominal fums bear in Great Britain.

money of

Forfeitures XXIV. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority a and penalties forefaid, That all forfeitures and penalties inflicted by this act, to be fued for as well fpecifick as pecuniary, and all fuits or informations andrecovered, which fhall be brought or commenced for the recovery thereof, fhall be fued for, profecuted, tried, heard, and determined, and and applied as the faid penalties and forfeitures diftributed and difpofed of, in act 5 Geo. 3. fuch manner and form, and by fuch rules, regulations, and redirects. ftrictions, as are prescribed and directed in and by an act made in the fifth year of the reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An act for the more effectual preventing the mischiefs arifing to the revenue and commerce of Great Britain and Ireland, from the illicit and clandeftine trade to and from the Isle of Man, with respect to the forfeitures and penalties therein mentioned.

Recital of

claufe in an

nct of this feffion,

XXV. And whereas by an act paffed in this prefent feffion of parliament, intituled, An act to prohibit, for a limited time, the exportation of corn, grain, meal, malt, flour, bread, bifcuit, and ftarch; and alfo the extraction of low wines and spirits from wheat and wheat flour; it is, amongst other things, enacted, That the faid att fhall not extend to two thousand five hundred quarters of wheat, barley, oats, meal, and flour, transported from the ports of Southampton or Exeter only, unto the Isle of Man, for the use of the inhabitants of the faid ifland, under certain restrictions in the faid act mentioned: and whereas the ports of Southampton and Exeter, being remote from the Isle of Man, the navigation is too expensive and inconvenient to carry the faid goods from thence; by which means the good purposes intended by the faid alt has been in a great measure, The quantity if not entirely, ineffectual; be it therefore enacted by the aulimited by the thority aforesaid, That, from and after the paffing of this act, recited act, of it fhall and may be lawful for any of his Majefty's fubjects, at ley, &c. for any time or times during the continuance of the faid recited act, the ufe of the to transport wheat, barley, oats, meal, and flour, from the ports inhabitants, of Whitehaven and Liverpool only, inftead of the ports of Southto be tranf- ampton and Exeter, under the like restrictions, fecurities, and liported from Whitehaven mitations, as are mentioned in the faid recited act; fo as the whole quantity of wheat, barley, oats, meal, and flour, which pool, instead shall be shipped at both the faid ports of Whitehaven and Liverof SouthamptonandExeter, pool, together with the quantity of wheat, barley, oats, meal,

wheat, bar

and Liver

and

and flour (if any) which shall have been fhipped at the faid ports of Southampton and Exeter, for the Isle of Man, as aforesaid, shall not exceed two thousand five hundred quarters; one moiety of the quantity fo to be shipped under the authority of this act, fhall be shipped at the port of Whitehaven, and the other moiety thereof at the faid port of Liverpool; any thing in the faid recited act to the contrary notwithstanding.

CAP. XLVI. ·

An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the exportation, from this kingdom, of coffee and cocoa nuts of the produce of the faid colonies or plantations; for discontinuing the drawbacks payable on china earthen ware exported to America; and for more effectually preventing the clandeftine running of goods in the faid colonies and plantations.

WHERE a

HEREAS it is expedient that a revenue should be raised, Preamble, in your Majefty's dominions in America, for making a more is certain and adequate provifion for defraying the charge of the adminiftration of justice, and the fupport of civil government, in fuch provinces where it shall be found necessary; and towards further defraying the expences of defending, protecting, and fecuring, the faid dominions; we, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal fubjects, the commons of Great Britain, in parliament affembled, have therefore reSolved to give and grant unto your Majefty the feveral rates and duties herein after mentioned; and do moft humbly befeech your Majefty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's moft excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That From and affrom and after the twentieth day of November, one thousand fe- ter 20 Nov. ven hundred and fixty feven, there fhall be raifed, levied, col- 1767, the dulected, and paid, unto his Majefty, his heirs, and fucceffors, for ties following and upon the refpective goods herein after mentioned, which place, upon fhall be imported from Great Britain into any colony or planta- the refpective tion in America which now is, or hereafter may be, under the goods heredominion of his Majefty, his heirs, or fucceffors, the feveral tioned imrates and duties following; that is to fay,

are to take

in after men

ported from

Great Britain into the British colonies and plantations in America; viz.

For every hundred weight avoirdupois of crown, plate, flint, Upon glafs, and white glafs, four fhillings and eight pence.

For every hundred weight avoirdupois of green glafs, one

fhilling and two pence.

For every hundred weight avoirdupois of red lead, two fhil- Red lead, lings.

For every hundred weight avoirdupois of white lead, two White lead, fhillings.

For

Painters co

lours,

Teas,

and paper:

For every hundred weight avoirdupois of painters colours, t fhillings.

For every pound weight avoirdupois of tea, three pence. For every ream of paper, ufually called or known by the nam of Atlas Fine, twelve shillings.

For every ream of paper called Atlas Ordinary, fix fhillings. For every ream of paper called Baftard, or Double Copy, on fhilling and fix pence.

For every fingle ream of blue paper for sugar bakers, ta pence halfpenny.

For every ream of paper called Blue Royal, one fhilling a fix pence.

For every bundle of brown paper containing forty quires, made in Great Britain, fix pence.

For every ream of paper called Brown Cap, not made in Gr Britain, nine pence.

For every ream of paper called Brown Large Cap, made Great Britain, four pence halfpenny.

For every ream of paper called Small Ordinary Brown, mai in Great Britain, three pence.

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For every bundle, containing forty quires, of paper Whited Brown, made in Great Britain, four pence halfpenny. For every ream of cartridge paper, one fhilling and one pe halfpenny.

For every ream of paper called Chancery Double, one fhilling and fix pence.

For every ream of paper called Genoa Crown Fine, one fhil and one penny halfpenny.

For every ream of paper called Genoa Crown Second, niz

pence.

For every ream of paper called German Crown, nine pence.
For every ream of paper called Fine Printing Crown, Dist

pence.

For every ream of paper called Second Ordinary Printing Cr fix pence three farthings.

For every ream of paper called Crown Fine, made in Gr Britain, nine pence.

For every ream of paper called Crown Second, made in Gr Britain, fix pence three farthings.

For every ream of paper called Demy Fine, not made in Gr Britain, three fhillings.

For every ream of paper called Demy Second, not made is Great Britain, one fhilling and four pence halfpenny.

For every ream of paper called Demy Fine, made in Gr Britain, one fhilling and one penny halfpenny.

For every ream of paper called Demy Second, made in Gr Britain, nine pence.

For every ream of paper called Demy Printing, one fhillic and three pence.

For every ream of paper called Genea Demy Fine, one fhilling and fix pence.

For every ream of paper called Genoa Demy Second, one fhilling and one penny halfpenny.

For every ream of paper called German Demy, one shilling and one penny halfpenny.

For every ream of paper called Elephant Fine, fix fhillings. For every ream of paper called Elephant Ordinary, two fhillings and five pence farthing.

For every ream of paper called Genoa Fools Cap Fine, one fhilling and one penny halfpenny.

For every ream of paper called Genoa Fools Cap Second, nine pence.

For every ream of paper called German Fools Cap, nine pence. For every ream of paper called Fine Printing Fools Cap, nine pence.

For every ream of paper called Second Ordinary Printing Fools Cap, fix pence three farthings.

For every ream of any other paper called Fools Cap Fine, not made in Great Britain, one fhilling and ten pence halfpenny. For every ream of any other paper called Fools Cap Fine Second, not made in Great Britain, one fhilling and fix pence.

For every ream of paper called Fools Cap Fine, made in Great Britain, nine pence.

For every ream of paper called Fools Cap Second, made in Great Britain, fix pence three farthings.

For every ream of paper called Imperial Fine, twelve fhillings. For every ream of paper called Second Writing Imperial, eight fhillings and three pence.

For every ream of paper called German Lombard, nine pence. For every ream of paper called Medium Fine, four fhillings and fix pence.

For every ream of paper called Genoa Medium, one fhilling and ten pence halfpenny.

For every ream of paper called Second Writing Medium, three fhillings.

For every ream of painted paper, not made in Great Britain, fix fhillings.

For every ream of paper called Fine Large Poft, one fhilling and ten pence halfpenny.

For every ream of paper called Small Poft, one shilling and one penny halfpenny.

For every ream of paper called Fine Genoa Pot, fix pence three farthings.

For every ream of paper called Second Genoa Pot, fix pence three farthings.

For every ream of other paper called Superfine Pot, not made in Great Britain, one fhilling and fix pence.

For every ream of other paper called Second Fine Pot, not made in Great Britain, one fhilling and one penny halfpenny. For every ream of paper called Ordinary Pot, not made in Great Britain, fix pence three farthings.

For every ream of paper called Fine Pot, made in Great Brizain, nine pence,

For