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A. D. 1794. 



liable to three years hard labour upon the Thames or fome other navig- 

 able river. The permillion, granted by the a6t 24 Geo. Ill, c. 47, to 

 cutters, and other vefTels therein defcribed, of having two fmall carriage 

 guns, and a few mufkets, was refcinded. Every clinker-built cutter, lugger, 

 fhalop, wherry, fmack, or yawl, owned in whole, or in part, by Britifh 

 fubjedb, carrying a fhifting bowfprit, having a fliifting jib-flay, or a trav- 

 eler on the bowfprit, or carrying a flying jib, if found within the limits 

 of any of the ports, or within four leagues of the coafl, or within an 

 imaginary line drawn between the principal head-lands of almofl every 

 great inward bend of the coaft of England and the fouth coafl of Scot- 

 land, (for example, from the iouth point of Carnarvon-fliire to the north- 

 weft part of Pembroke-fhire) is made liable to forfeiture, together with 

 all her cargo, &c *. All veflels whatfoever, having onboard fpiritous 

 liquors in cafks of lefs than fixty gallons, over and above two gallons 

 for the ufe of each perfon onboard, or fix pounds of tea, or twenty 

 pounds of coffee, or one hundred pounds of tobacco or fnuff together 

 or feparately, or any goods liable to forfeit ure«ipon importation, and all 

 veflels not exceeding fixty tuns burthen, having onboard any wine in 

 caflcs, found at anchor, or hovering, within the forbidden limits, are 

 liable to feizure and forfeiture. Boats of a particular defcription, adapt- 

 ed for fmuggling, (excepting the boats of whaling vefTels, which muft be 

 laid up when at home) are not only feizable themfelves, but alfo the 

 veffels to which they belong. All cutters, luggers, &c. having onboard 

 any arms whatever, if found within the forbidden limits, are liable to 

 forfeiture, unlefs they are employed in fome of the departments of gov- 

 ernment, or in the fifliery, or are upon diftant voyages. — The lawagainft 

 fraudulently relanding tobacco, fliippedfor exportation, was alfo render- 

 ed more fevere, every perfon concerned infuch a tranfadtion being made 

 liable to pay triple the price of the tobacco, and the owner, agent, and 

 mafter, of the vefTel being further amerced in a fine of ;(^i 00 each. [c. 50] 



Slate and ftone, carried by coafting navigation from any part of Great 

 Britain, or the iflands of Guernfey, Jerfey, Alderney, Sark, or Mann, 

 to any part of Great Britain, are fubjeded to a duty of twenty per cent 

 on the value, payable at the port of delivery. But marble, lime-itone, 

 iron-flone, mill-flones, grindftones, all ftones formed into articles ufed 

 in hufbandry, and growan ftone for the manufacture of porcelain, are 

 exempted from the duty. [c. 51] 



June 11"' — For the encouragement of Britifh feamen it was enaded, 

 that, after the expiration of fix months from the conclufion of the pre- 

 fent war, no velfel, which is regiftered, or ought to be regiftered, as 

 Britifh fliali import or export any goods in any port of Great Britain, 

 Guernfey, Jerfey, Alderney, Sark, or Mann, unlefs the commander and 



* It may in many cafes afford confi.lerable emoluments to tlie lawyers to difpute on which fide of 

 tlse imaginary line a vefTel was at the time of feizure. 



