A. D. 1768. 477 



pontage, upon it, till the expenfe of building it flieuld be defrayed. 

 [8 Gfo. in, c. 16.] 



March 8 " — An ad was pafTed for paving, cleaning, and lighting, the 

 flreets of London. The regulations for fixing the names of the ftreets 

 on their corners were renewed (if not enforced), and regulations were 

 made for the flands of hackney coaches, watering the ftreets where ne- 

 ceflary, and for fcveral other matters of police. f8 Geo. Ill, c. 21.] 



The law, [4 Geo. Ill, c. 13] which prohibited the allowance of twelve 

 per cent for leakage of wines, landed in Guernfey and Jerfey previous 

 to their importation into Great Britain, was repealed, and the former 

 allowance for leakage granted under certain conditions. By the fame 

 adt the encouragement for the manufacture of Britifli fail-cloth was con- 

 tinued till 29'" September 1774. [8 Geo. Ill, c. 23.] 



The refule of lalt-works, called grey, or fcrow, fait, was permitted to 

 be ufed as manure on paying four pence duty for each bufhel weighing 

 56 pounds. — Policies of infurance to the amount of above j^x ,000 were 

 charged with two ftamps of five fliillings each. — Rum and fpirits, the 

 produce of the Britifh fugar colonies, exported as merchandize from. 

 Britain, were entitled, after 25''' March 1768, to draw back the cufiom, 

 and be exempted from the excife duties, though they fliould be under 

 the full proof. [8 Geo. Ill, c. 25.] 



The bounties and encouragements held out to the whale fifhery were 

 continued till 25 '' December 1770. [8 Geo. Ill, c. 27.] 



The commiflioncrs of excife entered into an agreement with the cor- 

 poration of London and the company of mercers tor the purchafe of 

 Grefham college, in order to erect on the area of it a convenieat build- 

 ing for accommodating the bufinefs of their office ; which agreement 

 was ratified by parliament. [8 Geo. Ill, c. 32. j 



Several ads for improving roads, and feveral for making navigable 

 canals, were palled in this fedion. Of the later the mod important was 

 the canal for uniting the rivers Forth and Clyde. [8 Geo. 111., c. 63.] 



The advantages of a navigable communication between the Forth and 

 the Clyde were perceived fo long ago as the reign of Charles II. That 

 prnice, who (perhaps by means of his relidence in the Netherlands) ap- 

 pears to have acquired a juft idea of the importance of inland naviga- 

 tion *, ])ropofed to have a canal executed on iuch a fcale, that tranf- 

 ports and liaall ihips of vvar might pais upon it from Tea to Tea. But 

 the expenfe, elbmuted at /^300,ooo, was beyond the ability of the age. 



• Chatlts II orUi.i\d furvcys of the (Iqitli of t'uiil furvfy, f. i, p/i. 17J, I "6.] In liis rcign alfo 



llic River riiaiiic.';, which wiis found to l>avc de- a bill was brought iiilo parliament for uiiliing the 



cicafcd foi.r fctt during his own icijjn, and alfo .>t' Tlia i.es and the Severn by a canal from Lcchlade 



thi- ciicri/achnients upon it. In his rtij^n an uCt on the former to the Avon, a navii;ahlc branch of 



was tiaffcd for iiopi'uvmg the navigation 01 the Ri- iho !.ncr. \_Pl.il!ip4't Uiji. of inland navi^ulion. 



vcr Medway, for the fake of cariying timber and /. ii6, ed. 1795.3 

 naval I'lOrts to the dutk.-)ard3. ^Camfiel/'j Ppli- 



