A. D. 1731. 689 



encouragement for introducing in Britain the manufacture of fo valuable 

 an article, without which, it is afTerted, that not a fingle hat can be 

 dyed. Therefor, in confcquence of the manufadure being now fully 

 eftablifhed at home, parliament laid a duty of 3^'-^ per pound on com- 

 mon verdigris, and i ,-'- (hilling on the chryftallized, to be paid on import- 

 ation, without allowing any drawback on re-exportation. [21 Cn. II f, 

 c. 32.J 



June 1 9'" — In compliance with the application of leveral manufac- 

 turers, the exportation of all machines, tools, and utenfils, ufed in the 

 woollen, cotton, or filk, manufactures, or of any models or plans of fuch 

 machines, &c. was moft flriclly prohibited: and the cuftom-houfe of- 

 ficers allowing fuch to be fliipped, and alfo the commanders of velTels tak- 

 ing them onboard, were fubjeded to heavy penalties. [2 1 Geo. Ill, c. 37.] 



The owners of veflels being liable to lole them for acts of fmuggling 

 committed by the commanders or feamcn, it was enacted, that everv 

 mafter or commander of a veiTel, concealing uncuflomed goods onboard 

 his veffel, fhall forfeit to the owners all his wages and triple the value of 

 the goods fo concealed : and mates and feamen fhall alfo forfeit their 

 wages, and ten fliillings for every gallon of fpirits concealed by them 

 over the quantity allowed by law. [21 Geo. Ill, c. 39.] 



July 5"' The rewards offered for any improvement in the method 



of afcertaining the longitude, or other improvements ufeful to naviga- 

 tion, were further continued by parliament. [21 Geo. Ill, c. 52.] 



This year the Levant, or Turkey, company received an aid of/?8,ooo 

 inflead of the cuftomary ^{'5,000, from the public. And, in compliance 

 with the petitions of the planters and merchants concerned in the iflands 

 of Jamaica and Barbados, and alfo of the lord mayor and corporation of 

 the city of London, parliament granted j^8o,oco for the relief of the 

 fufferers by the dreadful hurricane of Lift October in Barbados, and 

 /'40,ooo for thole in Jamaica, wlio had fulYered by the fame calamity : 

 and they ordered, that both fums ihould be paid free of any deductions 

 of taxes or icc^. [21 Geo. Ill, c. 57.] 



As the charter of the bank of England was to expire in the year 

 1785, that company made a propofal to lend the public two millions for 

 three years at an intereft of three per cent, one million to be paid on 

 the 15'" of November next, and the other on the 15"' of February 1782, 

 on condition of obtaining a renewal of their privilege ot excluhvc bank- 

 ing and other advantages, to be continued to them till the 1" of Augull 

 1812, and a notice of twelve months after that time ; upon which no- 

 tice, and the payment of the UKiney advanced to the public being com- 

 pleted, the bank may be dillblved. Thcfe conditions were approved 

 of, and ratified by parlianient. [21 Gfo. Ill, c. 60.] 



July 18'" Orehillia weed .and cobalt were permitted to be imported 



free of duty in Britifli, Irifli, or neutral, veflels during the war. And 



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