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1796. 36 Geo. III. c. 21. Bounties granted (for the first time) on corn 

 imported at certain ports in British or neutral vessels, from 24th September, 

 1795, to 30th September, 1796, viz. : 



Wheat and flour from any port of Europe, south of Cape Finisterre, from 

 the Mediterranean or Africa : 



20s. on every quarter of wheat weighing not 



less than 440 Ibs., - 

 16s. on every quarter of wheat weighing not 8uch wheat and flour 



less than 424 Ibs. 



6s. on every cwt. of wheat-flour, 



Until the quantity of 



together amounts to 

 400,000 quarters. 



Wheat and flour from other parts of Europe (not British Dominions) : 

 15s. on every quarter of wheat weighing not > 



less than 440 Ibs., 

 12s. on every quarter of wheat weighing not 

 less than 424 Ibs., 



Until the quantity 

 amounts to 500,000 

 quarters. 



4s. 6d. on every cwt. of wheat-flour, - 



Wheat and flour from the British Colonies or the United States of America 

 20s. on every quarter of wheat weighing 



less than 440 Ibs., 

 16s. on every quarter of wheat weighing not 



less than 424 Ibs., - 

 6s. on every cwt. of wheat-flour, 



Until the quantity 

 amounts to 600,000 

 quarters. 



On wheat and flour exceeding the quantities to which the beforementioned 

 bounties are limited : 



10s. on every quarter of wheat weighing not less than 440 Ibs. 

 8s. on every quarter of wheat weighing not less than 424 Ibs. 

 3s. on every cwt. of wheat-flour. 



INDIAN CORN AND MFJAT., 



6s. for every quarter of corn, -\ Until the quantity together amounts 



Is. 6d. for every cwt. of meal, / to 500,000 quarters. 



3s. for every quarter of corn, - \ Exceeding the limited quantity of 



Is. for every cwt. of meal, -J 500,000 quarters. 



RYE. 



10s. for every quarter weighing not less than 400 Ibs. until the quantity 



amounts to 100,000 quarters. 

 6s. for every quarter exceeding the limited quantity of 100,000 quarters. 



N.B. On warehoused corn delivered out within three months, three-fifths 

 of the bounty granted on the importations from the Mediterranean, allowed. 

 (2J cwt. of wheat-flour deemed equal to one quarter of wheat, and 3 cwt. 

 of Indian meal to one quarter of Indian corn.) 



1804. 44 Geo. III. c. 109, from 15th November. The plan for ascertain- 

 ing the average prices, as laid down by the Act of 1791, was altered, and it 

 was now directed that importation and exportation should be regulated in 

 England by the aggregate average of the 12 maritime districts into which it 

 was divided, and in Scotland by the aggregate average of the four Scotch dis- 

 tricts. The averages were to be taken four times a year. In 1805, by 

 45 Geo. III. c. 86, the plan was again altered, and it was arranged that the 

 prices both in England and Scotland should be regulated by the average 

 prices of the 12 English maritime districts. 



