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come at a high Price to ignorant People, 
that it gave Rife to fophifiicating and coun- 
terfeiting, as well as Raining, dying, and 
colouring of Tea ; till an Adi of Parliament 
was made in 1731 againft thefe Frauds. 
However, in fpite of Law, Order, and Go- 
vernment, thefe Methods fo prevailed, that 
the Sale of Tea by the Eaji -India Company 
from 1,793,400 i&. in 1731, fell to 584, 100 
in 1735, till 1739 that they again imported 
1,974,600 tb. Thefe growing Inconveni- 
encies calling for Redrefs, in 1745 another 
Adi was made (repealing the former) where- 
by, befides the former Handing Subfidy or 
Cuftom of 13 /. j 8 s. 7 d. f of Importation 
Duty on every 100 L worth of Tea imported 
by the Eaji -India Company, inftead of the 
former 4 s. per Pound Weight of Inland 
Duty, paid by the Buyers at the Sale in the 
Eajl-India Houfe, they were to pay 1 s. per 
Pound Duty, and 25/. befdes for every 
100/. Sterling worth fold there. And fur- 
ther, to prevent running, the Eaji -India 
Company were impowered to import what 
Quantity of Tea they pleafed to fupply the 
Nation ; but all Drawbacks formerly al- 
lowed, for Encouragement of Exportation, 
were taken off,; for many Frauds had been 
com- 
