f -5,1.2 C. 5. Anno quarto Gulielmi & Mari^. A. D. I69^2^ Vcais, by7Geo.repaid, or the Security vacated, as to what {hall be fo exported, except all Brandy, for which the 3. ftat.i. c. ai.aforefaid Duty fliall not be repaid. Rebate to Ex- ^^^- Provided neverthelefs, That the feveral Duties charged by this Adl upon all Amber Beads, Amber porter of Amber rough, Coral Beads, and poliftied Coral, and all Cowries, fhall be repaid to the Merchant exporting Beads, &c. the fame within three Years after ths Importation thereof; any thing in this Adt contained to the ■ contrary in any wife notwithftanding. ■^'^v'^n'i™'""' .^^^I' And for preventing the Frauds frequently ufed in importing of ftrong Water, Spirits, Jqua ■ "^o Oration™' V'^'^i or Brandy, in fmall Quantities, whereby the fame is more eafily conveyed away without Payment iotreitu.l. * of the Duties thereof ; Be it enacted, that from and after the five and twentieth Day of March one thoufand > ( ■fix hundred ninety-three, no Brandy, fmgle or double, {hall be imported from Parts beyond the Seas, in 1 any Veffel or Caflc which fhall not contain fixty Gallons at the leafl: ; upon P:;in of forfeiting the faid J Brandy, or the Value thereof, fo to be imported as aforefaid, whereof one half flial! be to t.:eir Ma-' ' Jellies, and the other half to fuch Perfons as {hall inform or fue for the fame ; to be recovered of the ' Importer or Proprietor thereof by Acftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of their Ma- jeflies Courts of Record at TVeJl?ninJhr, wherein no Eflbin, Wager of Law, or Protection {hall be al- 1 lowed, nor any more than one Imparlance. . 15utie5 to be IX. And be it further enafted. That all and every the Officer and Officers, who fhall be concerned! { paid into the in levying the Duties arifing by this Act, do keep a feparate and diftincSt Account thereof, and pay' Excheqijcf j-]-|g f^nie in Specie into their Majefties Exchequer weekly; and upon Negledt and Refufal of the fame i ■"■ cveiy Officer oftcnding fhall be forejudged from, and fhall forfeit his Place or Office. 'i ■z W. & M. (T. 2. ' X. And whereas by ths faid A£t, intituled, jn ASi for granting to their Majejfies. certain Impofttions'en ■ 'i <• 4- ' <?// Eaft India Goods and Mirchandize, and til on all wrought Silks, and upon feveral other Goods_ and Mer- I The Sum of q I, ' chandi%e, to he imported after the five and twentieth Day of December one thoifand fix hundred and ninety. period, upon ' the Sum of ten Pounds is impofed on every hundred Pounds Value of. Grocery Ware and Drugs, ' Raifins, and ii. ' wherein the feveral Sorts of Raifms, mentioned in the faid Book of Rates, are included, and likewife ) JOS. upon Cur. < (),g Sum of five Pounds for every hundred Pounds Value of Currans, which is found by Experience - New'ouHes ' '^ lefTcn the Importation thereof:' Wherefore for Remedy thereof, and the Encouragement of Mer- . laid by8 AnnjCj chan'.s to import the faid Goody, Be it enafled. That from and after the five and twentieth' Day of ' c. 7., j^/i7r(:/:» one thoufand fix hundred ninety and three, and thenceforth, during the Continuance of the faidl A£t, the Sum of five Pounds only fhall be paid for every hundred Pounds Value of Raiilns of any Sort..t6.i i "be imported after the faid Time, over and above the Rates thereon charged in the faid Book of Rates : And i ■- fifty Shillings, and no more, for every hundred Pounds Value of Currans imported after. the faid Time,' ■ and thenceforth during the Continuance of the laft mentioned A£l, over and above the Rates charged 1 ' thereon in the faid Book of Rates (the faid Aft, or any thing therein contained to the contrary notwich- 1 i {landing) the fame to be collected as in and by the faid Aft is direfted and appointed. I The Length ' XI. And whereas by the faid Book of Rates a Value is impofed on every Piece of Calico, withoiit and Breadth of ' Mention of the Length whereof fuch Piece fhould confifl ;' Be it further enafted, That no Piece of C jica Caheo fettled, imported from and after the frrfl Day of ^I/oty/^ one thoufand fix hundred ninety-two, during the Conti^ nuance of the faid laft recited Aft, of the Breadth of one Yard and a Quarter, or under, fnall exceed In Length ten Yards ; and no Piece of Calico imported after the faid Time, during the Continuance of the faid Aft, above that Breadth, fliall exceed fix Yards.; and if any Piece of Calico fhall exceed thofe Lengths, the fame fhall be rated according to the refpeftive Length often Yards, and fix Yards, for each Piece,^and pay for the fame in that Proportion for a greater or lefler Quantity,- according to the Sum rated upon each Piece of Calico in the faid Book of Rates ; and that the Suifidy, as well as the additional Duties upon Calicoes by the faid laft recited Aft appointed, fhall be collefted and paid according to that Admeafure- ' i ment of each Piece of Calico fo imported from and after the faid Time, and not otherwife; iuiy thing in the faid Book of Rates or. in the faid Aft to the contrary notwithftanding. Mcafurcof XII. And for the better afcertaining, explaining, and fettling the Meafures of £■(?/? Country Linen, Be Eaft Country jf- enaftcd. That all 'Liusn -oi Prujfta, Polonia, oy any Part of the £<?/? Country .(except iJzi^^aj above Lmen fettled, the Breadth of three Qiiarters and half Qi^iarter of a Yard, fliall pay as broad GVr/«(7/7y Linen, during the Continuance of the faid laft recited Aft ; and all whited Hinderlands from -the fame Countries, under that Breadth, fhall pay during the faid Time, as narrow £(7/? Country Linen.' 1 W. & M. fl". •' XIII. And whereas by one Aft made in the firft Year of their Majefties Reign, intituled. An ASi for the -r' <»■' ^' /I. d ' ^^^^S^'^S ^"^ colletJing the Duties upon Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate, at the Cufioin Houf, it is enafted. That from 1 to^il 16 s. per * ^"d after the five and twentieth Day oi December one thoufand fix hundred eighty-nine, five Pounds and 'I 100 lb. Cocoa ' twelve Shillings fliall be paid for every hundred Weight of Coffee imported into any Parts within this ; "' TJuts to 6 d. per ' Kingdom, Dominion of /^^Wt?/, or Town of Berwick xpMT-iUeed, accounting one hundred and twelve' )' ""' iT'^^'^rh ' Bounds to .the hundred Weight, over and befides what v>^as then paid or payabls for the fame, at thet; .'.: coTate* iT renlb" ' Cuflom Houfe.; and for every hundred Weight of Cocoa Nuts imported, and containing as afdrefaiH> i '4 See the Note on ' eight Pounds and eight Shilhngs, over and befides what was thL'n paid for the fame, at the Cuflom Houfp; e. t< I W. &M. (r.2. ' and for every Pound Weight of Tea imported five Shillings ; and for every Pound V/eight of Chocolate'. c. 6. 10 Geo. I,' ready made five Shillings, over and befides what was then charged on Tea or Chocolate refpeftively, atdiei c. 10. 18 Geo. { Cuftom Houfe; which Duties are fo exceffive, that few of the faid Goods or Merchandizes have been ' " ' ' entred at the Cuflom Houfe fince the making of the faid Aft, or any Duty anfwered to their Majefties ' for the fame :' Wherefore for reducing the faid Duties to a more reafonable Rate and Impofirion, for the Encouragement and Advancement of Trade, and the greater Importation of the faid refpeftive Goods and Merchandizesj Be; it enafted, Thatfiom and after the faid fi^c and and twentieth Day of March one thoufand 4
