442 A. D. 1798. 



It was thought ' expedient under the prefent clrcumftances, and for 

 * a limited time,' to relax the reftridions of the Navigation a6l fo far as 

 to permit the importation of Portuguefe fait in the vefTels of any friend- 

 ly nation whatever, during the continuance of the war, on the fame 

 terms as if it were imported in Portuguefe veffels. [c. 25] 



April 5'" — The fufpenfion of the bounty on the exportation of Britifli- 

 made fail-cloth or canvafs to Ireland was prolonged till 25"^' March 1799. 



In order to guard againfl infedion from veiFels coming from countries 

 fubjecl to the plague, the commander of every fuch veffel is required, 

 on meeting any other vefTels, or coming within four leagues of the 

 coafl of Great Britain, Ireland, Guernfey, Jerfey, Alderney, Sark, or 

 Mann, to hoift a large yellow-flag in the day-time, or a lignal lantern 

 in the night-time, at his mafl-head, which mull be continued till his 

 veflel is regularly difcharged from quarantine : and all pilots are ftridly 

 prohibited from conduding fuch veiTels to any other places than thofe 

 appointed for the performance of quarantine. The ads refpeding 

 quarantine are alfo declared to extend to all cafes of difeafe declared in- 

 fedious by the king in council. 



All offences againfl: any order of the king in council, publifhed in the 

 London gazette for laying embargoes on veifels, or for prohibiting or 

 regulating the exportation of goods, may be tried in any court in Great 

 Britain, Ireland, or any of the above-mentioned iflands. 



All packages containing unframed plate glafs, crown glafs, or fheet 

 glafs, muft contain at leaft five hundredweight, and be marked with the 

 word gla/s in Roman letters of four inches long ; and the commanders 

 of vefl^els importing glafs muft very particularly exprefs in their mani- 

 fefls every package of glafs, on penalty of forfeiture of the glafs and a 

 further fine of;,rioo. But plates of glafs meafuring fixty inches or 

 more are exempted from the reftridions of this ad. 



The commiffioners of the cuftoms are authorized to permit the re- 

 moval of coffee and cacao, which have been warehoufed for export- 

 ation, from one port to another in England for the more convenient 

 exportation of them. 



The commiflloners of the cuftoms in England and Scotland are 

 authorized to return the duties paid on goods, which have been loft or 

 deftroyed by unavoidable accident, before they could be landed. 



Veffels of any defcriptlon, having licences from the admiralty for any 

 particular trade or employment, and found engaged in a different trade 

 or employment, are liable to be felzed and fold. 



Officers of the navy are permitted to remove their fea-ftock of liquors 

 from one fhip to another without payment of any duty. [c. ^^"j 



ed, in common with the goldfmiths, with the lib- ftandard, fuch as is ufed by the foreign watch- 

 erty of making watch-cafes of gold of an inferior makers. (See below aft 38 Geo. Ill, c. 69.) 



