A. D. 1 798. 445 



The adt, 26 Geo. Ill, c. 8r, for the encouragement of the Eritifli 

 fiflieries, was continued in force till the 1" of March 1799. [<r. 58] 



The a&, 14 Geo. Ill, c. 42, for prohibiting the importation of de^ 

 ficient filver coin, and for preventing the tender of fllver by tale in 

 payment beyond the fum of twenty-five pounds, was revived, and con- 

 ti;iued in force till the i" of June 1799. — The coinage of filver money 

 was fufpended till proper regulations fliould be framed, [c. 59] 



It was now enaded, that the drawbacks and bounties on the export- 

 ation of fugar fliould be allowed, when the average price (to be afcertain- 

 ed agreeable to the dire<^ions contained in the act 32 Geo, III, c, 43) 

 Ihould not exceed 67/6 per hundredweight, clear of the duty of cufi:oms. 



The permiffion to carry Britifli fpirits to the ifle of Mann was re- 

 pealed ; and no Britifli fpirits were permitted to be fliipped from any 



port of England for that ifland on penalty of forfeiture The com- 



mifiioners of the cufi:oms in England may grant temporary licences to 

 Briiifli veflels, not under fifty tuns burthen, to import foreign brandy 

 and geneva, not exceeding upon the whole 1 0,000 gallons of each in 

 any one year, into the port of Douglas, on paying a duty of three fhil- 

 iings per gallon. Such brandy and geneva muft be in cafks containing 

 at leafl one hundred gallons ; and they mufi not be ftronger than one 

 to nine over hydrometer proof. But they mufi upon no account be 

 carried coafl;ways in the ifland in any other than the original packages. 

 — The commiffioners of the cufloms in England are authorized to per- 

 mit 60,000 pounds of tobacco (inftead of 40,000 allowed by the act 

 29 Geo. Ill, c. 68) to be carried annually from any port of England, 

 where tobacco is allowed to be imported and warehoufed, to the port 

 of Douglas, in Britifli veflels of not lefs than fifty tuns, on payment of 

 fixpence per pound infiead of the former duty. — The fame commiflion- 

 ers may alfo licence a quantity of wine, not exceeding feventy tuns in 

 a year, to be carried from any port whatever to the port of Douglas, 

 in Britifli veflels not under fifty tuns burthen, and in caflis containing 

 not lefs than a hogfliead, on payment of an additional duty of eight 

 poimds per tun of 252 gallons. Wine muft not be carried coaftways 

 in the ifland in any other than the original packages, nor in vefl^els 

 fmaller than fifty tuns burthen ; nor can it be carried by land, except 

 in the original package or in bottles — The fame commiflloners may 

 hcence the carriage -of live flieep, not exceeding one hundred in a year, 

 from any port in Great Britain to the ports of Douglas and Ramfay in 

 Mann, under the fame reftridions which regulate the exportation of 

 wool to Gucrniey, &c. and fome additional regulations peculiar to 

 Mann. — The whole duty paid on Britilh hops is allowed to be drawn 

 back on exportation to Mann : and inftead of the former duty of two 

 and a halt per cent on the value, a duty of one penny farthing is now 

 impofed on every pound weight of hops landed in the ifland. 4 



