A. D. 1795. 345 



of infurance upon veflels for time are allowed to be made for more than 

 A year. [c. 6^] 



The government of Ireland having made loans in the years 1794 and 

 1795, with an option for the fubfcribers to receive their dividends, or 

 transfer their ftock, in London, and the bank of England having agreed 

 to undertake the management of the payments and transfers of fuch 

 part of them as was determined to be payable in London, the agreement 

 was fandioned by parliament, [c. 66] 



May 2 a"* — The duties payable for efteds brought into this kingdom 

 froni the United provinces, in virtue of the orders of the king in coun- 

 cil in January and the fubfequent a&: of parUament, were regulated as 

 follows, viz. for naval and military ftores, timber, iron, and other mat- 

 erials for manufactures, the lowed cuftom duly now payable on fuch 

 goods ; for tobacco, the duties payable upon tobacco imported direftlv 

 from Britifh America or the United ftates, with a farther cuftom 

 duty of iixpence per pound on all manuflictured tobacco, and fuch duties 

 on fnuff for home confumption as are paid on other fnuff legally import- 

 ed ; for fugar, coffee, and cacao nuts, the duties payable on foreign fu- 

 gar, &c; for wines and fpirits, the duties payable on other wines and 

 fpirits legally imported. The produce and manufactures of countries 

 within the limits of the Eaft-India company were direded to pay the 

 fame duties, and have the flime drawbacks with fimilar goods imported 

 by the Eafl-India company — Wearing apparel, watches, plate, trinkets, 

 pictures, prints, drawings, china ware, earthen ware, glafs, books, and 

 houfehold furniture (excepting new linen) being the property of perfons 

 intending to refide in this kingdom, are exempted from paying any du- 

 ties — Tobacco io imported mufi; not be re-exported in packages of lefs 

 than 450 pounds ; and fpirits not in cafks of lefs than ico gallons, nor 

 in veflels fmaller than too tuns. — Dutch veflels, whether remaining the 

 property of the original owners, or purchafed by Britifli fubjeds, and 

 alfo Dutch veflels detained in, or brought into, the ports of this kingdom, 

 may be regiftered on paying 57 per cent on their value, and may be 

 employed in the European trade only. — Goods and eflfeds, brought from 

 the United provinces for fecurity to this kingdom, may be delivered 

 out of the warehoufes, and thofe carried to Hamburgh, or any other 

 port of Germany or the Baltic fea, may be imported, any time before 

 the 2 2d of November 1795, on paying in either cafe the proper duties. 

 — The king may appoint commillioners to take charge of the Dutch 

 vefl^els and their cargoes, or other vefl^els having Dutch property on- 

 board, detained in, or brought into, the ports of this kingdom, and to 



fell thera, or do with them whatever is proper and lawful All produce 



or manufactures of the countries within the limits of the Eaft-India 

 company, whether imported into, or detained in, the ports of this king- 

 dom, mufl; be brought to London, and lodged in the Eafl:-India com- 



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