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Difputes having arifen between the EngUfli and French fifliermen at 

 Newfoundland, and both governments bemg defirous to avoid a na- 

 tional quarrel, the French ambaflador prefented to the Britifh govern- 

 ment fome propofitions relatint:; to the concurrent fifhery on a part of 

 the coaft of Newfoundland, Itipulated by the treaty of peace. The 

 king thereupon fent additional inftrudions to Commodore Pallifer, the 

 governor of that ifland, directing him to obferve the llricteft impar- 

 tiality between the fubjeds of the two nations with refpect to their 

 fhares of the grounds for drying their fifh, and to prevent any injury ta 

 the perfons or properties of the French fifhermen (March 30th). 



April 5th — For the encouragement of the manufadure of hats, the 

 law, allowing beaver to draw back the duty when exported, was repealed ; 

 and moreover, a duty of 7^ was laid on every beaver fkin or piece of 

 beaver fkin, and of i/b on every pound of beaver wool exported, the 

 beaver Ikins paying when imported, a duty of only one penny each. 

 [4 Geo. Ill, c. 9.] 



The laws for encouraging the manufacture of Britifh fail-cloth and 

 gun-powder, and for encouraging the importation of timber, and the 

 articles of wood commonly called lumber, being nearly expired, were 

 all continued in force till the end of the firfi: fefllon of parliament after 

 29th September 1771. [4 Geo. Ill, c. 11.] 



The laws for regulating pilots for the River Thames — for allowing 

 rum or fpirits, the produce of the Brltifli plantations, to be landed and 

 warehoufed before the excifc duties are paid — that againft forcibly re- 

 fifting the revenue officers — and that allowing fugars of the Britifh co- 

 lonies to be carried diredly to foreign parts in fhips built in Great Bri- 

 tain, and navigated according to law, were all prolonged ; that for the 

 pilots to the end of the next feffion after 25tli March 1778, and the 

 others to the fame term with thole in the preceding aft. By the fame 

 act of parliament thoi'e foinid guilty of damaging banks, flood-gates, 

 or other works belonging to rivers and flreams made navigable, were 

 ordered to be tranfported for feven years. [4 Geo. II f, c. 12.] 



In an adt for taking two millions out of the fmking fund, the allow- 

 ance of twelve per cent for leakage of wines was relcinded from all 

 wines imported from anv other place than th.at of their growth, the 

 merchants of Jerley and Guernfey iiaving made a practice of filling up 

 their wines in thofe iflands, and then receiving the allowance for leak- 

 age as well as others. [4 Geo. III., c. 13.] 



The following is the preanible of an aift for granting duties in the 

 colonics. 



' Whereas it is expedient, that new duties and regulations fliould be 

 ' cflablilked for improving the revenue of this kingdom, and for ex- 

 ' tending and fecuring the navigation and commerce between Great 

 ' Britain and your Majelty's dominions in America, which by the peace 



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