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the said tonnage duty shall have been the first duly paid to the 

 proper officer of the Customs appointed to receive the same; and in 

 case such duty shall not be paia within thirty days from the report 

 of any ship or vessel arriving from foreign parts, it shall and may 

 be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in Eng- 

 land for the time being, or any four or more of them, or for the 

 Commissioners of His Majesty s Customs in Scotland for the time 

 being, or any three or more 01 them, if they shall think fit, to cause 

 such ship or vessel, and her masts, tackle, apparel, and furniture to 

 be detained, and afterwards sold publicly to the best bidder, and 

 the produce thereof to be applied first to the Charges that shall 

 arise by such detention and sale, next to the tonnage duty imposed 

 by this Act, and the overplus to be paid to the Proprietors of such 

 ship or vessel, or other person duly authorised by such Proprietor to 

 receive the same; and that it shall not be lawful for the collector 

 or other officer of the Customs at any port in Great Britain, to per- 

 mit any ship or vessel to be entered outwards for foreign parts, or 

 any Cacquet or entry to pass for any goods, wares, or merchandise 

 to be shipped on board any such ship or vessel, unless the tonnage 

 duty hereby imposed on such ship or vessel shall have been first duly 

 paid. 



XXI. Provided always, That nothing in this Act shall extend, 

 or be construed to extend, to charge the tonnage duty hereby imposed 

 on any British built ship or vessel, or any ship or vessel owned by 

 British subjects, which is not required to be registered by any Act 

 or Acts of Parliament in force on or immediately before the passing 

 of this Act, or on any ship or vessel whatever, which shall enter out- 

 wards or inwards in ballast only- 



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Tables to which this Act refers. 

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TABLE D. A table of tonnage duties payable on ships and vessels entering out- 

 wards or inwards (except in Ballast), in any Port of Great Britain, to or 

 from Foreign parts. 



TONNAGE DtJTT. Duty. 



9. d. 



For every ton burthen of every ship or vessel entering outwards or In- 

 wards (except in ballast), to or from the Islands of Guernsey, 

 Jersey, 8ark, Alderney, and Man, the Greenland Seas, and the 

 Southern Whale Fishery 006 



For every ton burthen of every ship or vessel entering outwards or in- 

 wards (except in ballast), to or from any port or place within the 

 Straits of Gibraltar 010 



For every ton burthen of every ship or vessel entering outwards or in- 

 wards (except in baltaet), to or from any Port or place in Russia, 

 or within the Baltic Sea 010 



For every ton burthen of every ship or vessel entering outwards or in- 

 wards (except in ballast), to or from any other Port or place in 

 Europe 010 



For every ton burthen of every ship or vessel entering outwards or in- 

 wards (except in ballast), to or from any Port or place within the 

 limits of the Charters granted to the United Company of Merchants 

 of England trading to the East Indies 030 



For every ton bui f hen of every ship or vessel entering outwards or in- 

 wards (except in ballast), to or from the Cape of Good ffope 026 



For every ton burthen of every ship or vessel entering outwards or in 

 wards (except in Ballast), to or from any port or place in Afrirn. 

 not otherwise enumerated or described 010 



