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and prosecuted, or the Value of such Goods prosecuted for, by any 

 Admiral, Chief Commander, or commissioned Officer of his Majesty's 

 Fleet or Ships of War, or by any Officer of his Majesty's Customs, in 

 the Manner herein after directed. 



IV. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 

 That from and after the first day of September one thousand seven 

 hundred and seventy-five, and during the continuance of this Act, no 

 sort of wines, salt, or any goods or commodities whatsover (except 

 horses, victual, and linen cloth, the produce and manufacture of 

 Ireland, imported directly from thence), shall be imported into any 

 of the said colonies or provinces herein before respectively mentioned, 

 upon any pretence whatsoever, unless such goods shall be bona fide 

 and without fraud laden and shipped in Great Britain, and carried 

 directly from thence, upon forfeiture thereof, and of the ship or 

 vessel on board which such goods shall be laden ; and it shall be law- 

 ful for any admiral, chief commander, or commissioned officer, of 

 His Majesty's fleet, or ships of war, or any officer of His Majesty's 

 customs, to seize any ship or vessel arriving at any of the said prov- 

 inces or colonies before mentioned, or which shall be discovered 

 within two leagues of any shore thereof, having such goods on board, 

 and the goods laden thereon (except as before excepted), for which 

 the master, or other person taking charge of such ship or vessel, shall 

 not produce a cocket or clearance from the collector, or proper officer 

 of His Majesty's customs, certifying that the said goods were laden 

 on board the said ship or vessel, in some port of Great Britain; any 

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



V. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted by the 

 authority aforesaid, That this Act, or any thing herein contained, 

 shall not extend, or be construed to extend, to prohibit the exporta- 

 tion or carrying out from any of the provinces or colonies before men- 

 tioned, or the importation into the same, of any goods or commodities 

 whatsoever for the victualling or providing any of His Majesty's 

 ships of war, or other ships or vessels in His Majesty's service, or for 

 His Majesty's forces, forts, or garrisons, any thing herein contained 

 to the contrary notwithstanding. 



VI. And provided also, That nothing herein contained shall ex- 

 tend, or be construed to extend, to hinder or restrain the lawful im- 

 portation into any or either of the said provinces or colonies herein 

 before mentioned, from any of the British islands in the West Indies, 

 of any such goods or commodities, being the growth or produce there- 

 of, as may now by law be imported from thence into the said prov- 

 inces or colonies, or any or either of them. 



VII. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 

 That if any ship or vessel, being the property of the subjects of Great 

 Britain, not belonging to and fitted out from Great Britain or Ire- 

 land, or the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, Alderney, or Man, 

 shall be found, after the twentieth day of July one thousand seven 

 hundred and seventy-five, carrying on any fishery, of what nature or 

 kind soever, on the banks of Newfoundland, the coast of Labrador, 

 or within the River or Gulf of Saint Lawrence, or upon the coast of 

 Gape Breton, or Nova Scotia, or any other part of the coast of North 

 America, or having on board materials for carrying on any such 

 fishery, every such ship or vessel, with her guns, ammunition, tackle, 

 apparel, and furniture, together with the fish, if any shall be found 



