372 APPENDIX TO BEITISH COUNTER CASE. 



except Rum, laden as aforesaid in any British American Colony or 

 Plantation, may be landed in the said Islands of Jersey or Guernsey; 

 and that the said Act made in the Sixth Year of His present Majes- 

 ty's Reign, and all the Regulations therein contained, so far as the 

 same relates to the Bond and Security for landing such Non-enumer- 

 ated Goods in Great Britain, shall extend, and be construed to extend, 

 to the said Islands of Jersey and Guernsey also, as fully and effec- 

 tually to all Intents and Purposes as if the said Islands had been ex- 

 cepted and named in the said Act; and that any Bond which may 

 have been or shall be entered into in pursuance of the said recited 

 Acts, or either of them, shall and may be cancelled and discharged 

 by the Certificate under the Hands and Seals of the Magistrates of 

 the Royal Courts of Jersey or Guernsey respectively, or any Three of 

 them, and the Principal Officer of the Customs in such Island respec- 

 tively, testifying the Landing such Goods there, in the same Manner 

 as if the said Goods had been landed in Great Britain or Ireland; 

 any thing in the said Acts to the contrary notwithstanding. 



No. .1776: Extract from British Statute, 16 George III, Cap. 47 



An Act for the further Encouragement of the Whale Fishery carried on from 

 Great Britain and Ireland, and the British Dominions in Europe; and for 

 regulating the Fes to be taken by the Officers of the Customs in the Island 

 of Newfoundland. 



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" III. And whereas by an Act of Parliament, made in the tenth year 

 of his Majesty's Reign, it is, amongst other Things, enacted, That. 



for and during the Time therein mentioned (which Act halh 

 224 been since continued, and is now in Force), the Officers of his 



Majesty's Customs, and Naval Officers in the British Colonies 

 or Plantations in America, shall be deemed to be intitled to, and 

 shall and may lawfully demand and receive, such Fees as they and 

 their Predecessors respectively were and had been generally and 

 usually accustomed to demand, take, and receive, before the twenty- 

 nintli Day of September one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, 

 and shall have the like Remedy for the same, according to the true 

 Intent and Meaning of an Act, made in the fifth Year of his said 

 Majesty's Reign, therein particularly recited and referred unto: 

 And whereas, the Officers of his Majesty's Customs now established 

 in the Island of Newfoundland not being able to discover and ascer- 

 tain what Fees were taken and received by their Predecessors, before 

 the said twenty-ninth Day of September one thousand seven hundred 

 and sixty-four, Doubts have arisen what Fees they are entitled to 

 demand and receive, in pursuance of the said in Part recited Act : " 

 For Remedy whereof, be it further enacted by the Authority afore- 

 said, That so long as the said recited Act shall be continued and 

 remain in Force, the Officers of- his Majesty's Customs in the said 



The provisions of this Act and the Act 10 George III, cap. 37 (above re- 

 ferred to), allowing officers of customs and naval officers to collect fees, were 

 made perpetual by 45 George III, cap. 68, sec. 5 (1805). They remained in 

 force until 1825. when by 6 George IV, cap. 105, they were repealed with many 

 other British Acts relating to customs. 



