498 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



eight hundred and one; and for ap- 

 propriating tlie supplies granted in 

 this session of parliament. 



For taking an account of the po- 

 pulation of Great Britain, and of 

 the increase or diminution thereof. 



To prevent, until 6th November, 

 1801, and from thence to the end 

 of six weeks from the commence- 

 ment of the then next session of 

 parliament, the manufacturing of 

 any fine flour from wheat, or other 

 grain, and the making of any bread 

 solely from the fine flour of wheat ; 

 and to repeal an act, passed in the 

 thirty-sixth year of the reign of his 

 present majesty, for permitting ba- 

 kers to make and sell certain sorts 

 of bread, amd to make more effec- 

 tual provision for the same. 



To prohibit, until 1st October, 

 1801, and from thence to the end 

 of six weeks next after the com- 

 mencement of the then next session 

 of parliament, any person or per- 

 sons from selling any bread, which 

 shall not have been baked twenty- 

 four hours. 



To permit, until 1st October, 

 1801, the importation of Swedish 

 herrings into Great Britain. 



To remove doubts arising from 

 the construction of an act of this 

 session of parliament, intituled, 

 ," An actforgrantingbountieson the 

 importation of wheat, barley, rye, 

 oats, pease, beans, and Indian corn, 

 and of barley, rye, oat, and Indian 

 meal, and wheaten flour, and rice." 



To revive and continue, until the 

 expiration of six weeks after the 

 commencement of the next session 

 of parliament, and amend so much 

 of an act of the last session of par- 

 liament, as relates to the reducing 

 and better collecting the duties pay- 

 able on the importation of starch ; 

 and to continue, for the same time. 



several laws relating to the enabling 

 his majesty to permit goods to be 

 imported into this kingdom in neu- 

 tral ships ; to the authorising his 

 majesty to make regulations respect- 

 ing the trade to the Cape of Good 

 Hope ; and to the preventing of- 

 fences, in obstructing, destroying, 

 or damaging ships, and in obstruct- 

 ing seamen, and others, from pur- 

 suing their lawful occupations. 



For allowing, until 15th Octo- 

 ber, 1801, the use of salt, duty free, 

 in the preserving of fish in bulk, or 

 in barrels : for protecting persons, 

 engaged in such fisheries, from be- 

 ing impressed into his majesty's 

 service ; for discontinuing the 

 bounty payable on white herrings 

 exported; and for allowing abounty 

 on pilchards now cured, whether 

 exported or sold for home con- 

 sumption. 



To authorize his majesty to ap- 

 point commissioners, for the more 

 effectual examination of accounts of 

 public expenditure, for his majesty's 

 forces in the West Indies, during 

 the present war. 



For making the port of Amster- 

 dam in the island of Cura9ao, a free 

 port. 



For continuing, until six months 

 after the conclusion of a general 

 peace, three acts, made in the thirty- 

 third and thirty-eighth years of his 

 present majesty's reign, for estab- 

 lishingregulations respecting aliens 

 arriving in this kingdom, or resi- 

 dent therein, in certain cases. 



For allowing the importation of 

 undressed hemp, from any of the 

 countries that lie within the limits 

 of the exclusive trade of the East- 

 India company, free of duty. 



For continuing until 1st June, 

 1801, the several acts for regulating 

 the turnpike-roads in Great Bri- 



