444 ^' ^* 1766. 



of home manufadure to 6/perhog{head, to be paid by the retailers, and 

 16/B per hogshead to be paid by fadlors, to whom cyder or perry is con- 

 figned for fule. [6 Ceo. Ill, c. 14.] As the duties on thefe liquors, were 

 no longer payable in the firfl inftance by the makers and confumers, the 

 imwelcome vifits of the revenue officers in private houfes became unne- 

 ceflary, and the moll; obnoxious circumflances in the former mode of 

 collecting the duties were now removed, to the great fatisfuclion of the 

 inhabitants of the cvder counties. 



The importation of foreign-made gloves and mitts was totally prohi- 

 bited. [6 Geo. III,c. 19.] 



In tlie year 1764 Commodore Byron failed to take pofTeflion of Falk- 

 land's illands near the fouthcrn extremity of America, which had been 

 Ib-ongly recommended by Lord Anfon, as a flation for promoting hof- 

 tile and predatory expeditions againft the Spanifh fettlements in South- 

 America. Thence he proceeded on a circumnavigation of the globe, 

 in the courfe of which he difcovered feveral iflands in the Pacific ocean, 

 iome of which appear to have been feen by former navigators, and 

 which we were more fully niadc acquainted with by the vifits of Cook, 

 and other fucceeding navigators. He arrived in England 9th May 1766. 



Soon after Commodore Byron's return, Captam Wallis and Captain 

 Carteret were difpatched on a fimilar voyage round the globe. They 

 made fome additions to our geographical knowlege by giving the pofi- 

 tion of many iflands, hitherto unknown, or mifplaced. Having been 

 feparated at the entrance of the Pacific ocCvin, Wallis returned to Eng- 

 land in May 1768, and Carteret in March 1769. 



About this time the bank of Venice reduced the interefl: of their 

 funds to four per cent, at the fame time oflfering payment of their prin- 

 cipal to thofe who were unwilling to accept that rate of interefl. 



May 14''' — To prevent unfair preferences in dilpatching the coal fhips 

 at Newcaflle and Sunderland, the agents or venders of coals in thofe 

 towns were by law obliged to load all fliips in rotation, on payment be- 

 ing tendered to them, either in ca(h, or bank poit-bills payable in feven 

 days after fight. [6 Geo. Ill, c. 22.] 



An ad was pafled for further regulating the manufacture of woollen 

 cloths in the weftriding of York-fhire, and preferving their credit in fo- 

 reign parts. [6 Geo III^ c. 23.] 



And another for paving, lighting, and otherways improving, the 

 burgh of Southwark. [6 Geo. Ill, c. 24.] 



Alfo another to oblige apprentices to ferve out their time, and to com- 

 pell artificers and workmen to fulfill the contrads entered into with their 

 employers for the time agreed upon. [6 Geo. Ill, c. 25.] 



Three ads were pafled for improving the ftreets of London, regulat- 

 ing buildings, &c. [6 Geo. Ill, cc. 26, 27, 37.] 



The importation and lale of foreign-made filks and velvets was total- 

 ly prohibited ; excepting thofe imported from India, and filk crapes and 



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