A. D. 1795. 347 



ihey are to fifii ; and the animals caught in -any part of the fea are al- 

 lowed to make part of the cargo. 



Foreigners, not exceeding forty in number, who had been previoufly 

 employed at leafi; three years in the occupation of fifhing for whales, 

 and were owners of vefTels, were permitted to come to Milford haven 

 in Pembroke-fl-iire, any time before the i" of January 1799, with their 

 families, and with their veilels, not exceeding twenty in number, built 

 before the 1'' of January 1795, and each of them manned by at leafl 

 twelve feamen or liihermen accuftomed to the flfliery. They were al- 

 lowed to import their goods, furniture, and flock, without paying any 

 duty ; and their oil, head-matter, whale-fins, and other produce of their 

 fifhery, on paying the duties payable by Britifh fifhermen, and giving 

 fecurity for their refidence at leaft three years in Great Britain. They 

 were alfo allowed, on taking the oaths of allegiance to his Majefly, to have 

 their veflels regiftered, when fitted out for whaling voyages, and were 

 thereupon entitled to the premiums granted to Britifli fifliermen, and, 

 in general to all the rights and privileges of natural-born fubjetls. [c. 92] 



The king having entered into a convention with the emperor ot 

 Germany, whereby he engaged to propofe to parliament to guarantee 

 the payment of the dividends on 2^4,600,000 raifed for him in this 

 country on the terms of the fubfcribers receiving £8^ : 6 : 8 in a three- 

 per-cent redeemable fund, and alfo a terminable annuity of £5 for 

 twenty-five years, for every ;^ioo paid in by them, payable in halt- 

 yearly dividends on the i" of May and the i" of NoTember, the parlia- 

 ment did accordingly guarantee, that the payments fliould be made at 

 the bank of England, and in failure of funds being duely provided by 

 the emperor, that the dividends fliould be fupplied from the confolidat- 

 ed fund, and ifilied at the bank on the 5'" of July and the 5'" of January, 

 being about two months afi:er they fall due. The bank was, of courfe. 

 authorized to undertake the management of this new flock, which is 

 known by the name of Imperial*, [c. 93] The capital of the debt 

 thus created amounted to £^,S^2^333 = 6 : 8 and an annual charge of 

 ^^230,000 payable till the 30'" of April 1819. 



The time allowed to the Eaft-India company for obtaining the draw- 

 back upon the exportation of china ware, imported before the 1" of 

 April 1795, v.-as enlarged to five years, [c. 98] 



Organzined filk of Italy was allowed to be imported by any perfon, 

 and in any vefTels belonging to friendly ftates, till twenty days after the 

 commencement of next feflion of parliament. But no Italian thrown 



* A fealed tin box was depofited at tiie bank of florins, which were tftimatcd at four millions 



by Mcineurs Boyd Benficld and compar.y, agents ilerling. 



for the emperor, 26'" September 1794, with a cer- The Imperial loan was taken by the fubfcribers 



tificate by a notaiy (whofe name is not mentioned to the £i8,ooo,coo lojn of this year in the pro- 



in the paper given in by the bank to parliament lo"" portion of ^25 : 1 1 : i4- for every ;f ICO of thei: 



November 1797), that it contained mortgages on I'libfcription to the ;^'l8,coo,ooo. 



the bank of Vienna to the amount of forty milliona 



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