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fisheries carried on there, and it is therefore proper to endeavor to 

 diminish the consumption thereof; be it enacted by the authority 

 aforesaid. That from and after the first day of January, one thousand, 

 seven hundred and seventy-six, there shall be paid in to his Majesty, 

 liis heirs and successors, for every gallon of rum, or other spirits, which 

 shall be brought or imported into the island of Newfoundland from 

 any British colony or plantation on the continent of America, the sum 

 of one shilling sterling money of Great Britain, and the same shall be 

 collected, recovered and paid, to the amount of the value of which 

 such nominal sum bears in Great Britain, and may be received and 

 taken according to the proportion and value of five shillings and six 

 pence the ounce in silver; and the said duty hereby granted shall be 

 raised, levied, collected, paid and recovered, in the same manner and 

 form, and by such rules, ways and means, and under such penalties 

 and forfeitures, except in such cases where any alteration is made by 

 this act, as any other duties payable to his Majesty upon goods 

 imported into any British colony or plantation in America are raised, 

 levied, collected, paid and recovered, by any act or acts of parliament, 

 as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if the several 

 clauses, powers, directions, penalties and forfeitures relating thereto 

 were particularly repeated and again enacted in the body of this 

 present act ; and that all the monies that shall arise by the said duty 

 (except the necessary charges of raising, collecting, levying, recover- 

 ing, answering, paying and accounting for the same) shall be paid into 

 the receipt of his Majesty's exchequer, and applied and appropriated 

 to the same uses and purposes as the duties arising by that part of the 

 customs, commonly called The Old Subsidy, payable in Great Britain, 

 are applied and appropriated. 



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XXXIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 

 That from and after the first day of January, one thousand seven 

 hundred and seventy-six, the penalties and forfeitures inflicted by 

 any act of parliament relating to the trade or revenues of the Brit- 

 ish colonies or plantations in America, which shall be incurred in 

 the said island of Newfoundland, shall be sued for, prosecuted, and 

 recovered, in the court of vice admiralty having jurisdiction in the 

 said island, and in no other; and if any person or persons shall 

 think him or themselves aggrieved by any judgment, sentence, or 

 determination of any court of vice admiralty, or other court having 

 jurisdiction in Newfoundland, upon any suit or prosecution com- 

 menced there for any penalty or forfeiture inflicted by any act of 

 parliament relating to the trade or revenues of the British colonies 

 or plantations in America, it shall and may be lawful for such party 

 to appeal from such judgment, sentence or determination, in the 

 first instance, to the proper court of admiralty in Great Britain, or 

 to his Majesty in council; and that no appeal shall in such case lie 

 or be brought in any other court or jurisdiction whatsoever, any 

 law, custom, or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding. 



XXXV. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority afore- 

 said, That from and after the first day of January, one thousand 

 seven hundred and seventy-six, the customs and other duties which 

 now are or hereafter may be due and payable upon any goods or 

 merchandise brought or imported into, or exported or carried from, 



