yo6 A. D. 1699. 



made to prevent the exportation of wool out of the kingdoms of Ireland 

 and England into foreign parts ; and for the encouragement of the 

 Englifli woollen manufadures. Whereby, I) No wool, nor manufac- 

 tures of wool, were to be exported from Ireland to any part of the world, 

 but to England, and only to the ports of Biddeford, Barnflaple, Mine- 

 head, Bridgewater, Briflol, Milfordhaven, Chefler, and Liverpool ; and 

 only from the Irifli ports of Dublin, Waterford, Youghall, Kingfale, 

 Cork, and Drogheda, under forfeiture of fhips and cargoes, and alio of 

 L500 penalty. The like penalties were alfo inflidled on thofe who fhould 

 carry wool or woollen manufadures * of the Englifli plantations in Ame- 

 rica, by land or water, to any place out of the king's dominions. [10, 

 II Gu/. Ill, c. 10.] 



Dr. Gemelli, who returned this year from his fix years travels round 

 the globe, treating of the Portuguefe conquefl;s in Eafl India, obferves, 

 that the remains of thofe conquefts are fo very inconfiderable as fcarce- 

 ly to defray their own expenfe. At Goa, they have that fmall ifland, 

 with three or four other inconfiderable ones near it. On the north 

 coaft, the fortrefi^es of Daman, Bazaim, and Chaul. In the kingdom of 

 Guzarat, they have Diu. Near China, the iflands of Timor, Solor, and 

 the colony of Macao, fubject to China. In Africa, they have Angola, 

 Sena, Sofala, Mozambique, and Mombaza; many in number, but of no 

 great value. 



The admiflion to the freedom of the Englifli Ruflia company was 

 made more eafy by an ad [10, 11 Gul. Ill, c. 6] which direded,that af- 

 ter lady-day 1699 every fubjecl defiring admiflion into that fellowfliip 

 fliould pay no more than L5 for the llime. The commiflioners of the 

 cuftoms were alfo required to lay before both houfes of parliament an- 

 nual accounts of all naval fiores, imported from Ruflia into England. 

 Though no reafon is afligned for this order, it is more than probable, 

 that the legiflature had in their thoughts the encouragement of the im- 

 portation of naval fiores from our American plantations. 



By another ftatute, [fame ftffion, c. 25] feveral regulations were made 

 concerning the Newfoundland trade and fiftiery : fuch as, its being made 

 perfedly free for all fubjeds alike to trade thither, and to fifli on its 

 banks : that the firfl fifliing fliip arriving at any of the harbours or 

 creeks of Newfoundland fliall be deemed admiral there for that feafon : 

 the fecond fliip fo arriving fliall be vice-admiral ; and the third fliall 

 be rear-admiral. Thofe three admirals fliall have power to decide con- 

 troverfies concerning places or ftations in harbours, ftages, cook-rooms, 

 &.C. there. Moreover, every bye-boat-keeper there fliall carry with him 

 two frefli men in every fix, viz. one that hath made but one voyage, 

 and one that never was at fea before. And every inhabitant fliall em- 



* This is the fnfl. mention in the ftatute book of woollen manufaflures in the American colonies. A, 



