222 A. D. I79I. 



the company, without previoufly communicating them to the refpedive 

 governors and councils. The fame powers were to devolve on his fuc- 

 cefTor, revokable, however, by the court of direftors with the approba- 

 tion of the board of controul. [c. 40.] 



The king in council having iflued an order authorizing the import- 

 ation of 1,000 tuns of faltpetre from any country, on fecurity being 

 given by the importer to pay fuch duty as parliament fhould determine, 

 and to difpofe of it in the manner prefcribed, all perfons ading under 

 that order were indemnified by ad of parliament : and the duty payable 

 on the faltpetre imported by them was fixed at 7/9 per hundredweight. 

 As the manufadurers alleged, that the quantity of faltpetre in the king- 

 dom was ftill infufticient, the king in council was authorized to permit 

 1 ,000 tuns more to be imported from any country before the 24'" of 

 June 1792 at the fame duty of 7/9. As feveral manufadurers required 

 a more ample fupply of faltpetre, the duties on it were lowered to ^d 

 per hundredweight after the i" of September 1791, excepting fuch as 

 fliould be imported by virtue of the orders of the king in council. For 

 the fame reafon the Eaft-Tndia company were required to put up at their 

 iales every half year 5,000 bags more than the quantity of that article 

 fold by them on the average of their four laft fales, at the price of 31/ 

 per hundredweight in time of peace, and 40/" in time of war, and alfo 

 to deliver annually 500 tuns of faltpetre into the king's ftores at the 

 average of their upfet price for the year : and on failure of either of 

 thefeVequifitions, the king in council may authorize the importation of 

 the necelTary quantity from any country at the low duty of 3//. — The 

 bounty allowed on the exportation of gun-powder by ad 4 Geo. Ill, c. 

 29, and the drawback allowed on faltpetre ufed in making oil of vitriol, 

 were now withdrawn, [f. 42.] 



The following ads of parliament were continued for limited times, 



viz. 



The ad for granting bounties on the exportation of certain fpecies of 

 Britilh and Irifh linens, and permitting the importation of yarn, con- 

 tinued till 24'" June 1792. 



The ad for importing fait from Europe into Quebec, continued till 

 24'" June 1795. 



The ad for allowing a bounty on the exportation of Britifli-made 

 cordage, continued for the term of four years. 



The ads for encouraging and regulating the fifhery in the Greenland 

 feas and Davis's ftraits, continued till 25'" December 1792 — The har- 

 pooneers, line-managers, and boat-fteerers, belonging to the Greenland 

 and Davis's-llraits veflels were exempted from being imprefl^d, while 

 fnling in coafting veffels during the intervals between their whaling 

 voyages ; as were alio feamen for the current feafon after being regular- 

 ly Ihipped. 



