ACTS AFFECTING SALES OF CORN, 1660-74 443 



for other grain. The import rates, from poundage, were as follows, subject 

 to an allowance of 5 per cent, for discount : 



Wheat and buck-wheat, when not exceeding 44s. 9. d. 



at the port of importation, - per quarter 2 



Ditto, exceeding 44s., n Q 4 



Rye, beans, barley, and malt, when not exceed- 

 ing 36s., ,,14 



Ditto, exceeding 36s., 03 



Oats and pease, ...... tt 02 



per last of 

 Meal of wheat or rye, 12 barrels 3 



1663. 15 Car. II. c. 7. Corn was allowed to be exported when the prices 

 did not exceed the following sums per quarter at the places of shipment : 

 Wheat, 48s. ; rye, pease, and beans, 32s. ; barley, buck- wheat, and malt, 

 28s. ; oats, 13s. 4d. The import duties were increased to the sums under- 

 mentioned, on corn, when not exceeding the same prices at the port of 

 importation : 



s. d. 



Wheat, when not exceeding 48s. per quarter, - -64 

 Rye, pease, and beans, when not exceeding 32s. per quarter, 4 

 Barley and malt, when not exceeding 28s. per quarter, - 2 8 

 Oats, when not exceeding 13s. 4d. per quarter, - - 1 4 



Buck-wheat, when not exceeding 28s. per quarter, - 2 



1670. 22 Car. II. c. 13. Intituled "An Act for the Improvement of 

 Tillage," corn might be exported, although the prices exceeded the sums 

 fixed by 15 Car. II. c. 7, paying poundage as before, viz. Is. per quarter on 

 wheat, 4d. on oats, and 6d. on other grain. Rates of duty on importation 

 were imposed, in lieu of poundage, on corn when under certain prices at the 

 port of importation, as follows : 



a. d. 



On wheat, when not exceeding 63s. 4d. per quarter, - - 16 

 Ditto, exceeding 53s. 4d., and not above 80s. per quarter, - 8 

 Rye, pease, and beans, when not exceeding 40s. per quarter, 16 

 Barley, malt, and buck-wheat, when not exceeding 32s. per 



quarter, - 16 



Oats, when not exceeding 16s. per quarter, - -54 



Wheat-flour as Wheat. 



When exceeding those prices, poundage as before was chargeable, viz. 4d. 

 on wheat, 3d. on rye, beans, barley, and malt, 2Jd. on oats and pease. 



1689. 1 William and Mary, c. 12. Bounties were granted on the exporta- 

 tion of the following articles, ground or unground : 



*. d. 



Wheat, 5s. per quarter, when the price was at or under - 48 



Rye, 3s. 6d. per quarter, when the price was at or under - 32 

 Barley and malt, 2s. 6d. per quarter, when barley was at or 



under 24 



1707. 5 Anne, c. 29. Bounties were allowed on the export of the 

 following : 



Beer or bigg, 2s. 6d. per quarter, when the price was at or 8. d. 



under 24 



Malt made of wheat, 5s. per quarter, - - - - - 48 

 Oatmeal, 2s. 6d. per quarter, when oats were - - - 15 



1774. 13 Geo. III. c. 43, from 1st January. 



