420 
1 have it in command from their Lordships to transmit to yon 
a Copy of the said Report of the said Lords Commissioners of 
Excise, upon the subject matter of the said Petition, and 
particularly with relation to the article of Cider imported from 
Jersey into the ports of this kingdom; and I am to acquaint 
you, that, it appearing to the Lords of the Committee, that 
the subject matter of the said Petition being entirely matter 
of regulation, and therefore more proper to the determination 
of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury than of the 
Lords of Council, their Lordships have signified their opinion 
to the said Lords Commissioners, that directions should be 
given from the Treasury to the Commissioners of Excise, to 
adopt and carry into execution the several regulations with 
respect to the article of Cider imported from Jersey, which 
are mentioned in the said Report of the Lords Commissioners’ 
of the Treasury, extending the same to Cider made from 
tythe-fruit, in case the Commissioners of Excise shall have no 
objection to such extension. 
I am, Sir, 
Your most obedient humble servant, 
(Signed) Steph. Cottrell* 
Lieut, Bailfy, of Jersey, 
To the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council for tkr 
Affairs of Guernsey and Jtrse)\ 
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR LORDSHIPS, 
We, having taken into consideration the Order in Council* 
of the 8th June, 1796, referring to this Board a Petition of the 
States of the Island ot Jersey, together with the several papers 
thereunto subjoined, respecting the importation of goods, 
wares, and merchandises, of the growth, produce, and manu¬ 
facture, of the said Island, for our opinion, what it may be 
advisable to do therein, have taken the said Petition and 
papers into our consideration, having referred the same to the 
consideration ot the Commissioners of his Majesty’s Customs 
and Excise, and considered the opinions stated by them re¬ 
spectively thereupon. We find that the redress sought for, 
does not come under the cognizance of the former Board ; but 
it appears, by the Report of the Commissioners of Excise, that 
the inhabitants of the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Sarh, and 
Alderney, are permitted by the Act of 3d George I. cap. 4th. 
to import into this kingdom, goods of the growth of the said 
Islands, 
