448 A. D. 1798. 



making fignals ; to have a board (luck up in a convenient part of his 

 veflel, containing that part of the a6l, 23 Geo. Ill, c. 66, for manning 

 the navy, &c. which makes captains of merchant vefTels under convoy 

 Hable to be articled in the high court of admiraky for difobeying fig- 

 nals or deferting convoy ; and, in cafe of being boarded by an enemy, 

 to deftroy all inftrudions relating to the convoy. 



In confideration of the additional protection to be now afforded to 

 the trade, which would admit of a diminution of the premium of in- 

 furance, a new fet of duties upon tunnage, and upon goods imported 

 and exported, were impofed, to continue during the war. 



AH vessels are to pay for every passage, outvyard or inward, to or 



from ' per tun. 



Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, Alderney, Mann, Greenland fishery ^O O 6 



Continent of Europe, Levant, Africa, America, Southern fishery . , O 1 O 



Cape of Good Hope O 2 6 



Any port within the limits of the East-India compan}' 3 O 



Bullion, imported qr exported ; frefh fifh, taken and imported in 

 Britilh vefTels ; turbots and lobfters, in any veflels ; grain of all kinds, 

 imported ; fugar, imported from the United ftates of America and ware- 

 houfed, and alfo fuch warehoufed fugar when exported ; cinnamon, 

 cloves, mace, and nutmegs ; furs and fkins from the Britifh colonies in 

 America ; Spanifh wool, imported •, all goods of the produce or man- 

 ufadure of Ireland, Guernfey, Jerfey, Alderney, Sark, or Mann, im- 

 ported diredly to Great Britain ; all goods whatever, exported to Ire- 

 land, or, by licence, to Mann ; all cotton yarn, and cotton goods of 

 Britifli manufacture, exported ; all craft, provifions, clothing, and other 

 articles neceffary for the Britifh fifliery, exported; and all goods import- 

 ed or exported by the Hudfon's-bay company, are exempted from the 

 new duties. Tobacco, coffee, cacao »uts, and rice warehoufed, are only 

 to pay the duties, if taken out for home confumption : and the im- 

 porters of fifli, oil, and other produce of the Newfoundland fifhery, 

 may give bond for the exportation of the fifli, oil, &c. or payment of 

 the duties, within a year. 



The following are the principal articles charged with duties on im- 

 portation. 



Foreign linens, to pay for every 120 ells from l/i^ to ^O 14 5 



Flax undressed per tun 1 1 o 



Hemp undressed per tun OI9 3 



Indigo of the British colonies per cwt 015 o 



of the United states of America ditto 010 o 



of any other country ditto 1 2 6 



Dye woods per tun from 7/3 to . . 2 8 o 



Cotton of Turkey or the United states of America per cwt O 6 6 



— — — of the British colonies ditto O 8 Q 



.- of any other country ditto 012 6 



