14 -A. D. 1783. 



the Weft-Indies were feized, fortified, and garrifoned, by French forces 

 detached from S'. Domingo (February.) 



March 14'" — The following ads of parliament were continued for 

 limited times, viz. 



The ad for regulating the fees of cuftom-houfe officers in America, 

 continued till i" Auguft 1786. 



The ad for allowing the exportation of wheat, &c. in limited quan- 

 tities to the fugar colonies, S'. Helena, and the other fettlements of the 

 Eaft-India company, and of bifcuit and peas to Newfoundland, Nova 

 Scotia, &c. continued till i'^ May 1784. 



The ad for allowing the exportation of tobacco-pipe clay to the fugar 

 colonies in the Weft-Indies, continued till 24'" June 1787. 



The ad for eftabliftiing reduced duties on the importation of the fe- 

 veral fpecies of afties ufed in manufadures, continued till 31" May 1786. 

 [23 Geo. Ill, c. 6.] 



Rice, paddy, Indian corn, and the meal of it, were permitted to be 

 imported free of duty, till 30'J' September 1783. [23 Geo. Ill, c. 9.] 



The permiflion to import talian organzined filk was prolonged till 

 25''' March 1784. [23 Geo. III., c. 10.] 



Some hew regulations were enaded refpeding the carriage of tobacco, 

 in order to prevent fmuggling. For the fame reafon currants were not 

 allowed to be imported in packages of lefs than five hundredweight ; 

 nor wine to be imported in calks fmaller than hoglheads, the indulg- 

 ence of admitting it, when for private ufe, having been found liable to 

 be abufed. The full duty was allowed to be drawn back upon all cho- 

 colate nuts exported. [23 Geo. Ill, c. 11.] 



Neutral vefTels, cleared out from foreign ports in Europe for the 

 iflands of S'. Chriftophers, Nevis, Montferrat, Dominica, S'. Vincent, 

 Grenada, and the Grenadines, before the i" of April 1783, were allow- 

 ed to land their cargoes in thofe iflands ; and alfo to import the pro- 

 duce of thofe iflands, and of Tobago and S'. Lucia for a limited time 

 upon payment of the Britifli plantation duties. The goods imported 

 from the iflands, when poflxifl^ed by the B'rench, were alfo allowed to be 

 taken out of the warehoufes on paying Britifh plantation duties. [23 

 Geo. Ill, c. 14.] 



March 21 = — The ad [12 Geo. Ill, c. 72] for rendering the payment 

 of creditors in Scotland more equal being in fome refpeds infufficient, 

 feveral new regulations were made for putting all the creditors on an 

 equal footing, and preventing unjuft preferences and accumulation of 

 expenfe, and for operating a more fpeedy diftribution of the eftates of 

 bankrupts. The fedion of that ad relating to bills and promifl^biy 

 notes being found of great benefit in Scotland, that part of the ad was 

 made perpetual. [23 Geo. III^ c. 18.] ^ 



