A. D. 171 8. Anno quinto Georgii Regis. C. 18. 207 c for Exportation into Parts beyond the Seas; which feveral Ladings of Fifli, or Part thereof, were loft
- and utterly fpoiled, and rendred unfit for any Market: And whereas fome Doubt hath arifen about the
' making out the Debentures for the Drawbacks or Bounties for the Fifli that was fo fpoiled, as aforefaid :' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the proper Officers, at the feveral Ports where the faid feveral Ships were refpedively loaden, do upon due Proof by the Oaths of the refpedive Proprietors of the faid Fifli, or their refpedive Agents, That fuch Fifli was really loft, or have been deftroyed in the Prefencc of one or more of the faid Officers, after the fame had been loaden and entred out for Exportation, without Intention of being relanded in Great Britain (which Oath the principal Officer at fuch Port is hereby impowered to adminifter) make out Debentures for the Drawbacks and Bounties for the laid Fifli fo loft or deftroyed, as aforefaid, in the fame Manner as is directed to be done by the feveral Ails of Par- liament now in Force for Filh really exported into Parts beyond the Seas; any Ad or Acts to the con- trary notwithstanding. X. And be it further enacted by the Authoiity aforefaid, That if any red Herrings or Sprats- fliall, du-Re<l Herrings or ring the Time of drying or curing-, be burnt or confumed by Fire, by which Means fuch red Herrings or Sprats ronrumed Sprats fhall be rendred unfit for Ufe, in fuch Cafe the Number or Quantity of red Herrings or Sprats fo b * Fia !° be burnt, confumed, or rendred unfit for Ufe, fha'J be computed by the Proprietor of the faid Herrings or taken M ,, lf . th 7 Sprats, in conjunction with the Salt-officer of the faid Port or Place, according to the belt of their Skill porteJ!* ' " and Judgment ; which Computation fo made, and added to the Account to be given in of the Quantity of Herrings or Sprats exported or fhipped for Exportation, fliall be accepted and taken at the Salt-office in the fame Manner as if all the faid Herrings had been really exported. ' XI. And whereas by an Aft made in the third Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty King George, 3 Ge°- «■ c - 4>
- intituled, An Ail for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, for the Service of the Tear one
1 thoufand feven hundred and Jeventeen ; and to authorize Allowances to be mack to certain Receivers ; and to ' obviate a Doubt concerning Goods imported from the Iflands of Jerfey, Guernfey, Sark and Aklerney ; and to ' afcertain the Duties upon Shcep-Jkins and Lamb-fkins ; and to prevent Frauds in the Duties upon Starch ; and 1 for making forth Duplicates of Exchequer-bills, Lottery-tickets, and Orders, lofl and burnt, or deftroyed ; and 1 Jbr enlarging the Time for adj lifting Claims in feveral Lotteries ; and for preventing Frauds in the Duties on 1 Low Wines and Spirits carried Coqjiwife, It is enacted, That the Inhabitants of the Iflands of Jerfey, ' Guernfey, Sark and Alderney, fhall and may, with and under iuch Certificates and Oaths as are therein ' mentioned, import into any lawful Port of Great Britain, any Goods, Wares or Merchandizes of the
- Growth, Produce and Manufacture of the faid Iflands, or any of them, without paying any Cuftoms,
' Subfidies or Duties for or in refpsd thereof, except fuch Excife or other Duties as is now or fhall here- ' after, for the Time being, be due and payable for the like Goods of the Growth, Produce and Mann- ' facture of Great Britain: And whereas it is found by Experience, that the Indulgence and Bounty ' -given by the faid Act, has been an Occafion of tempting many evil-diipofed Perfons^to bring in great ' Quantities of French Salt from Guernfey, under a Pretence th;it the fame was of the Produce of that Ifland ' by Certificates, which are fince difcovered to be forged, to the great Prejudice of the Revenue, and the After May i,
- Diminution of the Trade of the Makers of Salt in Great Britain :' Be it enacted by the Authority afore- '7'9- ?*•« '™-
faid, That from and after the firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen, all Salt imported p ° !<ed tV " m f J er - from any of the faid Iflands fhall be liable to the fame Duties upon the Importation thereof as any other ufy^' w' *"- foreign Salt whatfoever. _ _ Duties as other foreigr.'saii/"^ ' XII. And whereas the Laws and Acts of Parliament in Scotland, referved in Force by the eio-hth Ar- Allowance for ' tide of Union, do, among other Things enad, That the Herring-barrel fhall contain ei^ht Gallons two Herrings cx- ' Pints, Scots Meaf-are, which amounts only to nine and twenty Gallons, three Pints, one Gill and an r °' ted fr0 - m Half, Englifb Wine-meafure ; in confequence whereof all the Herring-barrels made in Scotland fince the fT 1 '" 1 -^ '"- I? ' r " Union, as well as before, have been made according to the aforefaid Standard, and great Numbers of Caii-c before iuch Barrels remain now in Hand : And whereas Doubts have arifen in Scotland about the Payment of the ' M»)i i;ij. prefent Allowances upon white Herrings exported, unlefs they are put up and packed in Barrels, con- taining precifely thirty-two Gallons, Englijh Wine-meafure; and alio about the Payment of proportion- able Allowances for Half-barrels, howfoevcr convenient for Stowage the faid Half-barrels are :' Be k ' enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That the prefent Allowance of ten Shillings five Pence per Barrel of white Herrings fliall be paid for all Herrings exported from Scotland in Barrels of the Scots Gado-e before - mentioned, and proportionally for Half-barrels ; provided the faid Plerrings have been or fhall be exported ojj or before the firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen. ' XIII. And forafmuch as great Inconvenience would arife to the Owners of the faid Plerrin^-barrels. Tf!S PiopovtJoi f remaining now in Hand, fhould the Ufe thereof be difallowed, or no Premium be granted upon Her- °,' lhe s '-'°" - rings therein exported:' Be it therefore enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That the Premiums ©ranted I.-^'rV" chB by this Ad upon white Plerrings fhall and may be paid upon Herrings exported in the aforefaid Barrels in * 6 ' ' fuch Proportion as the Gauge of the faid Barrels bear to thirty-two Gallons Englijh Wine-meafure, pro- vided the (aid Barrels be filled with Herrings on or before the firft Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and tw. nty. ' XIV. And whereas divers Merchants have exported feveral Quantities of Salmon in Barrels or Boxes virion exported ' that werj neither agreeable to the Scotch or Englijh Laws, and the Officers of the Cuftoms having gauged - n '" liable ' the faid Barrels or Boxes, have given Debentures for the Allowance or Drawback in proportion ro forty- i> -" ::M - ' two Gallons, Englijh Wine-meafure, wherein no Circumftances of Fraud do appear :' Be it therefore enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Debentures fhall and may be paid and fattsiied iri ... iiuh
