A. D. 1797.- 423 



which are allowed on the exportation of fuch goods to the Britifh col- 

 onies in America ; and particularly the fame drawbacks fhall be al- 

 lowed upon foreign hemp and iron exported to the Britifli colonies in 

 America and to the United ftates, which are, or hereafter may be, al- 

 lowed on exportion to other foreign parts. — The liberty of trading 

 with the Britifli fettlements in the Eafl-Indies, granted by the thir- 

 teenth article of the treaty, is confirmed, notwithftanding the prohibi- 

 tion contained in the Navigation ad (12 Car. II, c. 18) and othci- fi- 



milar ads The Britifli government having, by the fifteenth article of 



the treaty, referved a right of impofing on American veflels a duty 

 equivalent to the difference of duties payable in the ports of the United 

 ftates on the importation of European and Afiatic goods in Britifli and 

 in American vefl^els, the following countervailing duties were enaded 

 to take place after the 5"" of January 1 798, viz. a duty of two fliil- 

 lings on every tun of the meafurement of vefil'ls belonging to the Unit- 

 ed fl:ates, an additional cuftom duty of 1/6 per hundredweight on to- 

 bacco, and an addition o^ ten per cent, computed on the duties, on all 

 other goods, but with a variety of circumftances for regulating the com- 

 parative duties of the various articles The American veflels are alfo 



required to have the commanders, and at leafl: three fourths of the 

 crews, fubjeds of the United fl:ates The fl:ipulations of the ninth ar- 

 ticle, refpeding the reciprocal right of property in lands, are confirm- 

 ed. Ic. 97] , 



The fubftance of this ad was heretofore contained in an order of the 

 king in council, which had been renewed from time to time. 



The following ads of parliament were continued for limited times, 

 viz. 



The ad for granting bounties on the fiflieries carried on at New- 

 foundland from Great Britain, Ireland, and the Britifli dominions in 

 Europe, continued till the i" of January 1799. 



So much of the ad ^t, Geo. Ill, c. 50, as relates to the port of S\ 

 John's in Antigua, continued till the 10'" of July i8or. 



Alfo two other ads relating to Maidfl;one geneva, and the duties up- 

 on glafs. [c. 99] 



July 19"" — An additional duty of three pence per pound was impofed 

 on pepper. An addition of five per cent, upon the amount of the du- 

 ties already payable, was impofed upon all goods imported or exported, 

 or carried coaftways, except tea, fugar, wine, tobacco, ordinary oil of 

 olives, and calicoes, [r. no] 



The fum of j^'646,250 was raifed by a lottery confifl:ing of 55,000 

 tickets, at ;{^ii : 15 : o each : and as only the fum of /!5oo,ooo was al- 

 lowed in prizes, there was a profit to the public of /^i 46,250. [c. 1 13] 



Though the navigation ad [12 Car. II, c. 18] referved the trade of 

 the Englifli fettlements in Afia, Africa, and America, to veilels belong- 



