A. D. 1777, 601 



and {hips from fire, and having reprefented that he could not in that 

 period be reimburfcd the charges he mufl neceflarily be at, parUament 

 indulged him with a prolongation of it for thirty-one years from the 

 date of pafllng the adt ; exempting, however, from his exclufive pri- 

 vilege the king's dock-yards, rope-houfes, &c. [17 Geo. Ill, c. 6.] 

 (3* March.) 



March 27'" — A permanent committee of the manufadurers of the 

 weft riding of Yorkfhire, Lancafliire, and Chertiire, was appointed to fit 

 at Halifax, to prevent frauds in combing wool, reeling yarn, &c. 

 [17 Geo. Ill, c. II.] 



The O.&. to prevent frauds in the meafurement of coals was continued 

 to the i" of June 1798, and thence, as ufual, to the end of the next 

 feffion of parliament. [17 Geo. Ill, c. 13.] 



An order of the houfe of commons enables me to lay before the 

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