360 A. D. 1795. 



were required to bring back a certificate, within fix months, of their be- 

 ing landed in Great Britain : and exporters of fuch articles to the foreign 

 dominions of Great Britain were in like manner required, under bonds 

 of triple value, to deliver certificates of their being landed agreeable to 

 the cuftom-houfe entry within the time prefcribed by law. [c. 5] 



The manufacflurers of flarch, hair powder, and blue, were prohibited 

 from ufing wheat, or any other article uied tor the food of man, on 

 penalty of ;^2oo and forfeiture of the goods. The duties on the im- 

 portation of ftarch, &c. were lowered ; and a great number of regula- 

 tions for preventing frauds were enacted. His Majefty was vefted by 

 this at\ with a power of fufpending the operation of it at pleafure. 

 [r. 6] 



December 19"'' — The fum of /^ 18,000,000 was raifed by a loan, the 

 fubfcribers to which received ^C^^o in the three-per-cent confolidated 

 fund, £2^ in the three-per-cent reduced fund, and a terminable annuity 

 of 6/6 for 64^ years, for every /^i 00 paid in by them. [f. 12] The 

 capital of the debt thus created amounted to ^^2 1,595,800 * in the con- 

 folidated, and ^{^4,500,000 in the reduced, fund, befides an annual 

 charge of;^58,500, payable till January i860. 



A great variety of additional duties of excife were impofed on tobac- 

 co and fnuff imported from different countries. — American tobacco, 

 not exceeding one half pound per week for each man, was allowed to be 

 fhipped from warehoufes, free from duty, for the ufe of the non-com- 

 millioned officers and private foldiers of the army, when in adual ferv- 

 ice upon the fea, [c. 13] 



December 24'" — The drawbacks and bounties, hitherto allowed upon 

 the exportation of fugar, were now reduced, 4/"per hundredweight be- 

 ing taken from each till 31" January 1796, and after that day 7/ per 

 hundredweight. But the full drawback and bounty were ftill allowed 

 on fugars carried to Ireland, [f. i 8] 



The allowance made by the revenue officers for the wafle on fait car- 

 ried coaflways was aboliflicd : and the times, allowed for paying the 

 duties on the feveral kinds of fait, were reduced to one third of what 

 they were before, [r. 19] 



The a6l ^^ Geo. Ill, c. 1 1 9, for prohibiting the ufe of wheat and other 

 grains in the diftillery was continued in force till the i'' of February 

 1797. The diftillers were alfo prohibited from ufing melafTes of the 

 manufacture of this kingdom, fugar, or potatoes, or any mixture of 

 them. [c. 20] 



It was found necefiliry to hold out greater encouragement for the im- 

 portation of corn and other articles of provifion than merely exempting 

 them from duty, as by the acT: paffed in the beginning of this feifion. 

 Therefor the following bounties M'ere granted on the wheat, wheat 



* This fum ought to have been;^ji,6oo,OCO : but was reduced by fome faiUires in the payment?. 



