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furement being determined by a proper officer. Neither can any other 

 article than fait be exported from Turk's iflands to any Britifh colony 

 in America or the Weft-Indies ; nor can any goods be exported from 

 them to Great Britain and Ireland, but fait and fuch articles as may be 

 imported from all countries free of duty. — Such articles, as are allowed 

 to be imported from the United ftates to the Britifh Weft-Indies, muft 

 not be imported from any foreign Weft-India ifland ; except in cafes of 

 diftrefs, when the governor and council of any ifland may permit the 

 importation of them in Britilh veflels for a limited time.— No goods 

 whatever are allowed to be imported from the United ftates into Nova 

 Scotia, New Brunfwick, Cape Breton, S'. John's, Newfoundland, and 

 their dependencies ; except in cafes of diftrefs, when the governor and 

 council of any of the provinces may allow timber and lumber, horfes, 

 cattle and other live ftock, bread, potatoes, and grain of all kinds, to be 

 imported in Britifti velTels for a limited time. No goods are allowed to 

 be carried by fea from the United ftates to the province of Quebec upon 



any account whatever.. But nothing in this aft is intended to repeal the 



ad of laft year refpecting the free ports of Kingfton, Savanna-la- mar, 

 &c. [c. 6.1 



March 20"" — Doubts having arifen, whether the Eaft-India company 

 were liable to bear the expenfe of troops fent to India, without being 

 requefted by them, the commiflioners for the affairs of India (generally 

 called the board of controul) were declared by parUament to be fully 

 Empowered to order the expenfe of raifing, tranfporting, and maintain- 

 ing, his Majefty's forces, not exceeding the number of 8,045 men in- 

 cluding officers, or of the European forces of the Eaft-India company, 

 not exceeding 12,000 men including officers, to be defrayed out of the 

 territorial revenues of India. The commiflioners are prohibited from 

 augmenting the falary of any perfon in India, or giving any gratuity, 

 unlefs fuch augmentation or gratuity be propofed by the dire(5lors, and 

 alfo fubmitted, together with the reafons for it, to both houfes of parlia- 

 ment. The diredors of the Eaft-India company are required to lay 

 before parliament an annual account of the revenues and expenditure 

 of each of their prefidencies and fettlements in India, together with a 

 ftatement of the debts due by them at each of them. [t-. 8.] 



May 8'* — The variety of reels ufed in the manufadure of ounce 

 threads having been produdive of many frauds, all manufacturers of 

 fuch threads were required to ufe uniform ftandard reels of 36 inches 

 in circumference : to put 30 threads, or rounds of the reel, in each 

 hank; and to make up their threads in hanks, ounces, quarter-pounds, 

 and pounds, avoirdupois weight, every ounce in the pound containing 

 the fame number of hanks, more or fewer according to the quality, [c. 1 7.J 



June ii"* — The times, prefcribed by the ad, 26 Geo. Ill, c. 50, fo^ 

 the departure and arrival oiffteeti veffels engaged in the Southern whale 



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