44-6 A. D. 1798. 



Cotton yarn and cotton cloth manufadnred in Mann may be import- 

 ed into Great Britain without paying any duty. No cotton yarn or 

 cotton cloth are allowed to be imported into Mann from any other 

 country than Great Britain — No bounty is allowed on the exportation 

 of any manufadlure of filk to Mann. 



But, as it may be expedient under certain fpecial circumftances to 

 permit, for a limited time, the exportation of a larger quantity of fome 

 of the above-mentioned articles than is limited by this acl, the com- 

 miflioners of the treafury are empowered to dired the commiflloners 

 of the cuftoms in England or Scotland to licence a certain further quantity 

 of particular articles to be carried to the ifland. \_c. Gq,'] 



' Whereas various bafe copper coins, made to the refemblance and 



* fimilitude of the foreign copper coins called tempes and fous-marqiies, 

 ' have been exported from this kingdom to the ifland of Martinique in 

 ' the Weft-Indies, under the denomination of wrought copper : and 

 ' whereas bafe coin, made to the fimilitude and refemblance of the 

 ' foreign gold and filver coins called johannejes and dollaj's, have been 

 ' circulated in his Majefty's iflands in the Weft-Indies, and in other his 



* Majefty's colonies in America, to the great injury of the inhabitants 



* of thefliid iflands and colonies,' all fuch counterfeit coins fhipped for 

 Martinique or any of the Britifh colonies in the Weft-Indies or America 

 fhall be feized and forfeited, either in this kingdom or in the place of 

 their arrival, befides a penalty of ;^2oo and double the value of the 

 coin. \c. 67] 



The Eaft-India company having lately imported a large quantity of 

 cinnamon, cloves, nutmegs, and mace, now lying in their warehoufes *, 

 and it being expedient that fome new provifion fliould be made refpedl- 

 ing fuch goods, it was enaded, that the duties on cinnamon, cloves, nut- 

 meo-s, and m.ace, now in the warehoufes, or hereafter to be imported 

 by the company, Ihould not be payable, till the goods are fold at the 

 company's public fales ; and that the duties, now payable on the im- 

 portation of fuch goods, fliall then be paid on all cinnamon, &c. fold for 

 home confumption ; but only two and a half per cent on the value on 

 all that is fold for exportation, and properly entered and fecured. \i:. 68] 



The goldfmiths, and others dealing in gold wares, were permitted to 

 ufe gold of the ftandard of eighteen carats of fine gold in every pound 

 Troye in the manufadure of any article made of gold, fuch gold being 

 ftamped with a crown and the figures 18, inftead of the lion which cer- 

 tifies the ftandard of twenty-two carats. The companies of goldfmiths 



• Aft-er the conqueft of the Dutch iflands the the year 1797 ; and the chairman of the Eaft-India 



fervantsof the Eall-India company made fuch large company in a general court (3011. January 1798) 



purchal'es of fplccs, that the company were rathor Hated the duties then owing to government for 



burthened with them. Befides large quantities of fpices to be above ;;r3oc,cOD. At the fpring fale 



cloves, nutmegs, ai.d mace, 1,238,968 pounds of -n 1-98 the company ibid 350,000 pounds of ciu- 



cinnamon were brought home in the later end of namon, 3 



