A, D. 1792. 2^^ 



April 5'" — The parliament granted the fum of ^'400,000 from the 

 fupplies of the year 1792 to the commiflioners for the reduftion of the 

 national debt, to be applied by them agreeable to the diredions con- 

 tained in the ad: 26 Geo. Ill, c. 31. [32 Geo. Ill, c. 12.] 



April 30'" — The ads for encouraging and regulating the Greenland 

 fifhery [26 Geo. Ill, c. 41 ; 29 Geo. Ill, c. 53] were continued in force till 

 the 25'" of December 1798, with the following alterations. The bounty 

 was reduced to 25/'per tun, to continue at that rate from 25'" Decem- 

 ber 1792 to 25"" December 1795 ; and thenceforth till the expiration of 

 this ad to 2o/"per tun. A limited number of harpooners, line-manag- 

 ers, boat-fteerers, and feamen, belonging to veffels employed in the 

 whale fifhery, are exempted from being impreffed in the intervals of 

 their voyages. The owners of whaling veflels are required to lay up 

 their whale-boats when at home, they being of a conftrudion fitted for" 

 the purpofes of fmuggUng. \ji. 22.] 



The governor and company of the bank of Scotland were empower- 

 ed to increafe their capital (lock from ;^30o,ooo to ;(^6oo,ooo. [c. 25.] 

 In the preceding year (1791) the fhares of the flock of this bank, ori- 

 ginally X^83 : 6 : 8, fold at £\ 80. 



There was raifed this year by a lottery the fum of ;^8i 2,500, where- 

 of there remained a clear profit of;^3i2,500 after paying the prizes, 

 [f. 28.] 



May 8"' — The following ads of parliament were continued for limit- 

 ed times, viz. 



The ad permitting the importation of tallow, hog's lard, and greafe. 

 free from duty, continued till 25"" March 1794. 



The ad permitting the free importation of raw hides from Ireland and 

 the Britifh colonies in America, continued till i'' June 1796. 



The ad prohibiting the exportation of tools and utenfils ufed in the 

 iron and fleel manufadures, and the fedudion of artificers, continued 

 till the end of the next feflion of parliament. 



The ad for regulating pilots conduding veflels up the River Thames, 

 continued till 25"' March 1806. 



The ad eftablifhing Clark's hydrometer as the legal flandard of the 

 flrength of fpirits, continued till the end of the next feflion of parlia- 

 ment. 



The ad allowing the importation of feal, fkins cured with foreign fait, . 

 free from duty, continued till 14'" June 1798. {c. '^(i.'\ 



The freedom of importation into the ports of Kingfton, Savanna-la- 

 mar, Montego bay, and S'. Lucea, in Jamaica, S'. George in Grenada, 

 and NafTau in New Providence, under certain regulations and reflric- 

 tions, agreeable to the ads 27 Geo. Ill, c. 27, and 30 Geo. Ill, c. 29, 

 was made perpetual. [<:. 37.] 



June — The univerfal ufe of tea having brought fiigar to be confider- 

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