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APPENDIX III.— CORN LAWS 



Duties on Importation. 



Whenever the prices of middling British corn at the port of importation 

 were at or above the following sums, the undermentioned rates were to be 

 paid : 



Prices. Duty. 



Wlieat (and buck-wheat), - 48s. - 6d. per qr. on wheat 



2d. per cwt. on fiovu*. 

 Rye, pease, and beans, - - 32s. - 3d. per qr. 



Barley, beer or bigg, - - 24s. - 2d. per qr. 



Oats, 163. - 2d. per qr. 



WTien the prices were imder those sums, the former scale of duties became 

 chargeable ; in which case, corn and flour were allowed to be warehoused at 

 the principal ports, paying, on delivery for home constunption, such duty as 

 might be due at that time. 



Export. 



The export to foreign parts of corn or meal, flour, malt, and bread and 

 biscuit made therefrom, was prohibited when British com was at or above 

 the following sums, per quarter, at the port of exportation : wheat, 44s. ; 

 rye, pease, and beans, 28s. ; barley, beer or bigg, 22s. ; oats, I4s. 



Bounties on British Corn, Ground or Unground, Exported in 

 British Ships. 



When the prices of middling com were vmder the following sums at the 

 port from which exported, viz. : 



44s. A boimty allowed of 5s. per quarter 

 on wheat, and malt made there- 

 from. 

 28s. A bounty allowed of 3s. per quarter 



on rye. 

 22s. A bounty allowed of 2s. 6d. per 

 quarter on barley, beer or bigg, 

 and on malt made therefrom. 

 14s. A bounty allowed of 2s. per quarter 

 on oats, and 2s. 6d. per quarter 

 on oatmeal, at the rate 276 

 lbs. to the quarter. 

 1791. 31 Geo. III. c. 30, from 15th November. — In order to ascertain the 

 average home price of com, the Act directed that the maritime counties of 

 England should be divided into twelve districts, and that the prices, ascertained 

 separately for these districts, should regulate the duties and boimties in each. 

 The export of wheat was prohibited, when wheat was at or above 46s. per 

 quarter. The export of other com or meal was prohibited at proportionate 

 prices. The duties on imported wheat were as follows : 



Wheat, - 



Rye, 



Barley, beer or bigg, 



Oats, 



From Ireland, or British Colonies or 

 Plantations in North America. 



Under 48s. per qr.. 



At or above 48s. but under 52s. 



At or above 52s., - 



From other parts. 



Under 50s., - - - . 



At or above 50s. but under 54s., 

 At or above 64s., - 



.?. d. 

 24 3 



2 6 



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The importation of other species of grain was regulated by proportionate 

 duties at proportionate prices. 



