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■of £1 ,500,000, and permitted to keep on foot bonds to the amount of 

 ^^2 ,000,000 : and they were alfo empowered to iflue bonds to the extent 

 of ^{"1,000,000 more for the general purpofes of their trade, with the 

 confent of the commiflloners for the affairs of India, [c. 41] 



The veflels belonging to the inhabitants of the French Weft-India 

 colonies, now under the dominion of Great Britain, not having been 

 taken and condemned as prizes, and confequently not being entitled to 

 any of the privileges of Britifh veflels, they were now permitted to be 

 regiftered under certain regulations, thofe belonging to S'. Domingo at 

 Kingfton in Jamaica, and thofe belonging to the Windward iflands at 

 Rofeau in Dominica, to which ports refpectively they fhould be deemed 

 to belong. After being regiftered, they are allowed to carry to the Brit- 

 ifli dominions in Europe, America, and the Weft-Indies, to any friend- 

 ly foreign port in the Weft-Indies, to the United ftates of North Ame- 

 rica, to the Azores or Weftern iflands, Madeira, the Canary iflands, and 

 the coaft of Africa, and alfo to carry back from thofe countries, all fuch 

 goods, as any Britifli veiTel may lawfully carry. — On their arrival in 

 Great Britain, his Majefty may authorize them to be regiftered as prize 



veflels No French feamen, nor even paflengers, are permitted to be 



onboard fuch vefl^els without taking the oath of fidelity and allegiance 

 to his Majefty ; and all negro flaves onboard fuch veflels muft have cer- 

 tificates of their good character, and of the fafety of admitting them 

 into Britifli ports. 



The inhabitants of the French iflands, who have taken the oaths of 

 fidelity and allegiance, are permitted to a<5t as merchants and fadors, 

 ihough not naturalized. 



The liberty, granted by two acts 12 Geo. II, c. 30, and 15 Geo. Ill, 

 c. 2i3^ of carrying fugars directly to foreign ports in Britifli veflels, was 

 now refcinded, and the fugars produced in all the Weft-India iflands, 

 antiently or recently fubjedt to Great Britain, are required to be brought 

 to the ports of the Britifli dominions in Europe. [^. 42] 



The ad, 7 Geo. Ill, c. 43, which prohibited the ufe of French cam 

 brics and lawns, and reftricl;ed the importation of them for re-export- 

 ation to the port of London only, and alfo prohibited the importation 

 of all cambrics and lawns whatfoever from Ireland, while the import- 

 ation of French cambrics and lawns was permitted in that kingdom, 

 was repealed fo far as concerns the importation from Ireland. And 

 French cambrics and lawns were alfo allowed to be imported from the 

 Auftrian Netherlands till the i" of June 1795, in fuch packages, and 

 paying fuch duties, as were direded by the adt 27 Geo. Ill, c. 13 ; but 

 the importation muft be in Britifli veflels of not lefs than fixty tuns 

 burthen. The laws againft fmugglers were made more rigorous. Any 

 perfon, oppofing the oflicers of the navy or the revenue in the execution 

 of their duty relating to veffels within the prefcribed limits, was made 

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