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Person or Persons inhabiting in the said Islands of Jersey or Guern- 

 sey, to ship and lade in the said Islands, and to transport directly 

 from thence to Newfoundland, or to any other of the British Colonies 

 or Plantations in America, where the Fishery is now or shall here- 

 after be carried on, on board any Ship or Vessel which may lawfully 

 trade there, any Sort of Craft, Food, Victuals, Cloathing, or other 

 Goods, fit and necessary for the Fishery in those Parts, or for the 

 Use and Support of the Mariners or other Persons employed on 

 board the Vessels, or on Shore, in carrying on the said Fishery there ; 

 such Craft, Cloathing, or other goods being the Growth, Produce, 

 or Manufacture of Great Britain, or of the said Islands of Jersey or 

 Guernsey, and such Food or Victuals being of the Growth or Pro- 

 duce either of Great Britain, Ireland, or the said Islands of Jersey 

 or Guernsey; any thing in the said Acts, or any Law or Statute, to 

 the contrary notwithstanding. 



II. Provided always, and it is hereby further declared and enacted 

 by the Authority aforesaid, That the Master or other Person taking 

 Charge of such Ship or Vessel shall produce, to the proper Officer of 

 the Customs in the Colony or Plantation where he shall arrive, a Cer- 

 tificate, under the Hand and Seal of the Governor, Lieutenant or 

 Deputy Governor, or Commander in Chief for the Time being, that 

 Oath had been made by the Shipper of such Goods before the Magis- 

 trates of the Royal Courts in Jersey or Guernsey, respectively, or any 

 Three of them, that the Goods and Victuals so shipped on board such 

 Ship or Vessel are of such Growth, Product, or Manufacture, as 

 aforesaid; which Certificate shall also be attested by the Principal 

 Officer of the Customs in the said Island respectively, who shall cer- 

 tify, that the said Oath was taken in his Presence ; and on Failure of 

 producing such Certificate as herein before directed, such Craft, 

 Food, Victuals, Cloathing, or other Goods, found on board any Ship 

 or Vessel, and the Vessel importing the same, shall be liable to be 

 seized and forfeited in the same Manner as they would have been 

 subject and liable if this Act had not been made; any thing herein 

 before contained to the contrary notwithstanding. 



" III. And whereas by an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign 

 of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for repealing certain Duties 

 in the British Colonies and Plantations granted by several Acts of 

 Parliament; and also the Duties imposed by an Act made in the last 

 Session of Parliament upon certain East India (roods exported from 

 Great Britain, and for granting other Duties instead thereof; and for 

 encouraging, regulating, and securing several^ Branches of the Trade 

 of this Kingdom, and the British Dominions in America; it is 

 amongst other Things, enacted, that Bond and Security, in the Pen- 

 alties in the said recited Act mentioned, shall be given to the Col- 

 lector or other Principal Officer of the Customs at any Port or Place 

 in any of the British American Colonies or Plantations, with One 

 Surety besides the Master of every Ship or Vessel that shall lade or 

 take on board there any Non-enumerated Goods, with Condition that 

 such Goods shall not be landed at ahy Part of Europe to the North- 

 ward of Cape Finisterre, except in Great Britain; which Exception 

 was, by an Act made in the Seventh Year of His Majesty's Reign, 

 extended to Ireland: And whereas it is reasonable to extend the like 

 Exception to the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey:" Be it therefore 

 enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That any Non-enumerated Goods, 



