474 A. D. 1799. 



or broken, fugar, and fugar-candy, and 4/ from the bounty on refined 

 fugar exported. But the full drawback was allowed on fugars earned 

 to Ireland, [c. 6^] 



The additional bounty of 1/6 per hogfhead of 50 gallons, allowed 

 upon the exportation of pilchards by the ad 31 Geo. Ill, c. 45, and 

 fubfequent ads, was continued till 24"" June 1805. Barrels of 32 gal- 

 lons, and hogfheads containing lefs than 50 gallons, were alfo allowed 

 proportional bounties. The exporters were allowed to (hip them from 

 any place licenced by the commiffioners of excife, as well as from the 

 lawful quays. Many regulations refpeding fait are alfo contained in 

 the ad. [r. 65'] 



July I 2'" — The ad 14 Geo. Ill, c. 42, for prohibiting the importation 

 of deficient filver coin, and for preventing the tender of filver by tale 

 in payments beyond the fum of twenty-five pounds, was rendered per- 

 petual, [f. 75] 



The pofl-mafter-general and his deputies were authorized to fend let- 

 ters to foreign countries by any veflels whatever, and to charge half the 

 poftage payable on letters fent to the fame places by the pofi;-office 

 packets. A poftage of fourpence is henceforth charged upon every 

 fingle letter brought from any foreign country by a private vefTel, and 

 in proportion for double letters, &c. the commander of the veflel being 

 now allowed twopence for every letter, [c. 76] 



A duty of four fhilUngs per bulhel was impofed on fait made in Scot- 

 land, inftead of the former duty, and a further duty of fix ihillings was 

 laid on fait carried from Scotland to England, [c. 77J 



It being thought ' expedient to regulate the fliipping and carrying 

 ' of flaves in Britifli verfels from the coaft of Africa,' it was enaded, 

 that all vefiTels fitted out for the flave trade fliall be entered for that pur- 

 pofe at the port of clearing out. The fpace between decks (hall not be 

 lefs than five feet from the upper furface of the lower deck to the lower 

 furface of the upper deck throughout the whole length, and the whole 

 fhall be allotted for the reception of the flaves, without being lumber- 

 ed with merchandize or ftores Veflels having only one deck fliail have 



a falfe deck laid in the hold Every vefl^el before failing mull be mea- 



fured and examined by an officer of the cuftoms, who ftiall give the 

 commander a certificate, authorizing him to take in as many flaves as 

 there are fpaces of eight fuperficial feet upon his lower deck : and that 

 certificate muft be produced, before any flave be landed, to the col- 

 ledor of the cuftoms at the port of delivery in the Weft-Indies or 

 America, who is required to examine the veflel, and tranfmit an account 

 of the number of flaves onboard to the commiflioners of the cuftoms 

 in London. — Every flaving veflel muft have the words, ' allowed to carry 

 ' flaves,' and the number of flaves allowed, confpicuoufly painted upon 



her ftern No veflel fliall carry more than ten flaves for every free per- 



fon onboard: but if more than two fifths of the cargo be young flaves 

 meafunng not more than four feet four inches in height, every five fuch 



