368 APPENDIX TO BRITISH COUNTER CASE. 



No. 7. 1767: Extract from British Statute 7 George 111, Cap. 46. 



An Act for granting certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in 

 America ; for allowing a Drawback of the Duties of Customs upon the 

 Exportation, from this Kingdom, of Coffee and Cocoa Nuts of the Produce 

 of the said Colonies or Plantations ; for discontinuing the Drawbacks payable 

 on China Earthen Ware exported to America ; and for more effectually pre- 

 venting the clandestine Running of Goods in the said Colonies anci Plantations. 



IX. And, for the more effectual preventing the clandestine Run- 

 ning of Goods in the British Dominions in America, be it further 

 enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the said 

 twentieth Day of November, one thousand seven hundred and sixty- 

 seven, the Master or other Person having or taking the Charge or 

 Command of every Ship or Vessel arriving in any British Colony 

 or Plantation in America shall, before he proceeds with his Vessel 

 to the Place of unlading, come directly to the Custom-house for the 

 Port or District where he arrives, and make a just and true Entry, 

 upon Oath, before the Collector and Comptroller, or other principal 

 Officer of the Customs there, of the Burthen, Contents, and Lading, 

 of such Ship or Vessel, with the particular Marks, Numbers, Quali- 

 ties, and Contents of every Parcel of Goods therein laden, to the best 

 of his Knowledge ; also where and in what Port she took in her lad- 

 ing; of what Country built; how manned; who was Master during 

 the Voyage, and who are Owners thereof ; and whether any, and what 

 Goods, during the Course of such Voyage, had or had not been dis- 

 charged out of such Ship or Vessel, and where : And the Master or 

 other Person having or taking the Charge or Command of ever) 7 

 Ship or Vessel, going out from any British Colony or Plantation in 

 America, before he shall take in, or suffer to be taken into or laden 

 on board any such Ship or Vessel, any Goods, Wares, or Merchan- 

 dizes, to be exported, shall, in like Manner, enter and report Out- 

 wards such Ship or Vessel, with her Name and Burthen, of what 

 Country built, and how manned, with the Names of the Master and 

 Owners thereof, and to what Port or Place he intends to pass or 

 sail: And before he shall depart with such Ship or Vessel out of 

 any such Colony or Plantation, he shall also bring and deliver unto 

 the Collector and Comptroller, or other Principal Officer of the Cus- 

 toms at the Port or Place where he shall lade, a Content in Writing, 

 under his Hand, of the Name of every Merchant, or other Person who 

 shall have laden, or put on board any such Ship or Vessel, any Goods 

 or Merchandize, together with the Marks and Numbers of such 

 Goods or Merchandize : And such Master or Person having or taking 

 the Charge or Command of every such Ship or Vessel, either coming 

 into, or going out of, any British Colony or Plantation as aforesaid, 

 whether such Ship or Vessel shall be laden or in Ballast, or otherwise, 

 shall likewise publickly, in the open Custom-house, to the best of his 

 Knowledge, answer upon Oath to such Questions as shall be de- 

 manded of him by the Collector and Comptroller, or other 

 222 Principal Officer of the Customs for such Port or Place, con- 

 cerning such Ship or Vessel, and the Destination of her Voy- 

 age, or concerning any Goods or Merchandize that shall or may be 

 laden on board her, upon Forfeiture of one hundred Pounds Sterling 

 Money of Great Britain, for each and every Default or Neglect ; to 



