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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS, 



Passed in the Fifth Session of the Ffth Parliament of the United Kingdom 

 of Great Britain and Ireland.— 57 GEO. III. A. D. IHI?. 



An act to continue and extend 

 the provisions of an act of the 49th 

 of his present Mnjesty, for regula- 

 ting the trade and commerce to 

 and from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 until the 5th of July \8W; and 

 also for regulating the trade of the 

 Island of Mauritius. 



An act for raising the sum of 

 "24 millions, by exchequer bills, 

 for the service of the year 1817- 



An act to empower his Majesty 

 to secure and tletain such per- 

 sons as his Majesty shall suspect 

 are conspiring against his person 

 and government. 



An act to extend the privileges 

 of the trade of Malta to the port 

 of Gibraltar. 



An act for continuing to his Ma- 

 jesty certain duties on malt, sugar, 

 tobacco, and snuff, in Great Bri- 

 tain; and on pensions, offices, and 

 personal estates in England ; and 

 for receiving the contiibutions of 

 persons receiving pensions, and 

 holding offices ; for the service of 

 the year 1817. 



An act to make perpetual certain 

 parts of an act of the SGtfi of his 

 present Majesty, for the safety and 

 preservation of his Majesty's person 

 and government against treason- 

 able and seditious practices and 

 attempts ; and for the safety and 

 preservation of the person of His 



Royal Highness the Prince Re- 

 gent against treasonable practices 

 and attempts. 



An act to revive and make per- 

 petual two acts of tlie 37th of his 

 present Majesty, the one in the par- 

 liament of Great Britain, an<l the 

 other in the parliament of hvland, 

 for the better prevei.tion and pu- 

 nishmentofattcm|.ts to reduce per- 

 sons serving in his Majesty's forces 

 by sea and land from their (lu;y and 

 allegiance to his Majesty, or to 

 incite them to mutiny or tiisohe- 

 dience. 



An act to continue, until the 5th 

 of April, 1S20, an act of the 52d 

 of his present Majesty, to regulate 

 the separation of damaged from 

 sound coffee, and to permit dealers 

 to send out any quantity of coffee 

 not exceeding eight pounds weight 

 without permit. 



An act for vesting all estates 

 and property occupied for the bar- 

 rack seivice in the controller of 

 the bairack department ; and for 

 granting certain powers to the 

 said controller. 



An act to regulate the vessels 

 carrying passengers from the 

 united kingdom to certain of his 

 Majesty's colonies in North Ame- 

 rica. 



An act to facilitate the pro- 

 gress of business in the court of 



King's 



