494 '^' ^' 1^00. 



fo imported, may be warehoufed for exportation, but mufl not be con- 

 fumed in this kingdom. [^. 34] 



A bounty, fimilar to that already granted on the importation of wheat, 

 &c. (by c. 29) was now- granted on the importation of oats, to be con- 

 tinued till i" Ocftober 1800. [r. 35] 



May 16"" — The ad, 39 Geo. Ill, c. 59, was repealed fo far as it con- 

 cerns faltpetre ; and the duties on that article are henceforth to be paid 

 as before that act was palfed. [c. 38] 



The parliament enaded, that bills, falling due on Good Friday, (hould 

 be paid on the preceding day, [c. 42J 



May 30'" — The following ads were continued for limited times, viz. 



The ad for granting a bounty on the exportation of linens, continued 

 till 24"' June 1801. 



The ads for making, and for further encouraging the manufadure 

 of, Britifli fail-cloth, and for fecuring the duties on foreign fail-cloth, 

 continued till 29'" September 1804. 



The ad for granting bounties on the Newfoundland fiflieries, continu- 

 ed till 1'' January 1802. 



The ad for the encouragement of the Greenland fiOiery continued 

 till 25'" December 1801. [c. 45] 



May 30"" — The operation of a temporary ad, pafled in the year 1795, 

 for the eafy and expeditious recovery of fmall debts in Scotland, having 

 been found beneficial, the parliament now rendered it perpetual, under 

 the following regulations. Two juftices may determine caufes for fums 

 not exceeding ^^^5 fterling on hearing the allegations of the parties and 

 the evidence of their witnefles, no perfon pradifing the law being per- 

 mitted to plead. A table of the fees prefcribed by the court mud: be 

 hung up in every place where a court is held. The magiflrates of 

 Edinburgh, who were empowered by a charter in the year 1636 to de- 

 termine caufes within their own jurifdidion not exceeding ten marks 

 Scottifli money (ii/ii flerling), are now empowered to decide on all 

 fuch caufes not exceeding /:40 Scottifli, or £3:6: S llerling *. [c. 46] 



May 30'" — The duties on coffee and fugar exported, granted by the 

 ad 39 Geo. Ill, c. 63, were repealed ; and the parliament ordered that 

 thofe, which had fallen due after the 13" of Odober 1799, fliould not 

 be paid. The commiffioners of the cuiloms are direded to take bonds 

 for the duties upon Britifh-plantation fugar, which muft be lodged 

 in warehoufes, approved by the commiffioners, till the duties are 

 paid, with intereft at five per cent reckoned from the date of the bond. 



The drawbacks on fugar exported, which had been withheld by the 



ads 36 and 39 Geo. Ill, were now allowed on all fugars fhipped between 

 5'" May and 10'" November 1800; and alfo the duty on Eafl-India 

 fugar exported from the warehoufes was now difcontinued. In cafe of 

 the average price of mufcovado fugar being under 75/ for fix weeks pre- 



4 * A fiim probably not more than equivalent to ten marks in 1636. 



