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Rh IV. And whereas it is expedient that as far as practicable the Identity of the Packages in which the Coffee is imported shall be preserved, be it therefore enacted, That upon the Separation of any Coffee imported either in Casks or Bags, the undamaged Parts shall in the first place be put into the Packages in which the, same were imported, beginning with the lowest Number and following in regular numerical Order; and that it shall and may be lawful for the Importer or Importers, or Proprietor or Proprietors, to enter and pay the Duties for and in respect of such undamaged Coffee for Home Consumption, and to remove the same from and out of this Warehouse, notwithstanding the Quantity of such undamaged Coffee maybe less in Quantity than One hundred Pounds weight, any Thing contained ln any former Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

V. And be it further enacted, That where such Separation of the undamaged from the damages Coffee shall have been made as aforesaid, a correct Account shall be taken by the proper Officer or Officers of the undamaged. Coffee remaining in the otiginal Packages, and of the Quantities of damaged Coffee packed into Casks as aforesaid; and upon Application in Writing to the said Officer or Officers,a Copy of such Recount shall be delivered forth with by him or then to the Importer or Proprietor thereof with the Mark, Number, and Weight of each Package, distinguishing such Parts as are undamaged from those which have been set apart for Exportation.

VI. And whereas by an Act made in the Tenth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, among other. Things " for repealing certain Duties therein mentioned payable upon Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate, and-Cocoa Paste imported and for granting certain Inland Duties in lieu thereof, and for better ascertaining the Duties payable upon Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa Nuts imported," it was among other Things enacted, that no Coffee exceeding, the Quantity of Six Pounds Weight should be removed or carried, from any part of this Kingdom by Land or by Water without a Permit or Certificate as is therein mentioned, upon Pain of forfeiting the Coffee which should be, found carrying from one Place to another without such Permit or Certificate, together with the Canisters, Bags, Jars, Tubs, Boxes, Casks, and other Vessels or Packages whatsoever containing the same: And whereas it is expedient to exempt from the said Forfeiture all such Coffee-not exceeding the Weight of Eight Pounds, and the Canisters, Bags, Jars, Tubs, Boxes, Casks, and other Vessels or Packages whatsoever containing the same; be it therefore enacted, That from and after the, passing of this Act, no Coffee of the Quantity of Eight Pounds Weight or under, nor any Canisters, Bags, Jars, Tubs, Boxes, Casks, or other Vessels or Packages whatsoever containing the same, shall be subject or liable to Forfeiture for being found carrying or carried from one Place to another without such Permit or Certificate; any Thing in this said Act or in any other Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding.

VII. And be it further enacted. That the several Rules, Regulations, Restrictions; Provisions, Powers, Clauses, Matters, and Things enacted by the Laws and Customs of Excise in Force on and immediately before the passing of this Act, in relation to Coffee imported and warehoused, not being expressly repealed, revoked, altered, or controuled by this present Act, or repugnant to the Provisions herein contained, shall remain and continue in as full Force and Effect as if this Act had not been made.

VIII. And whereas it is expedient that the Importers and Proprietors of Coffee now lodged in the different Docks and Warehouses of this Kingdom, or which may be imported previously to the passing of this Act, should he permitted to avail themselves of the several Clauses, Provisions, and Regulations herein-before contained and provided, be it therefore enacted. That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Importers or Proprietors of any Coffee, which shall at the Time of passing this Act be in any Warehouse in which Coffee may by the Laws now in Force be lodged or secured before Payment of the Duties, or which shall be imported previous to the Commencement of this Act, to signify, by himself or themselves, or his or their Agent or Agents in Writing to the Com­missioners of His Majesty's Customs and Excise, the Wish or Desire of such Importers or Proprie­tors to take in respect of any such Coffee the Benefit of the several Clauses, Provisions, and Regu­lations herein-before contained and provided, as to Coffee to be imported after the Commencement of this Act, and all such Importers or Proprietors of any such Coffee, or his, her, or their Agent of Agents, shall in every such Case be entitled to have the damaged Part of any such Coffee separated from the undamaged Part thereof, in the same Manner and subject to the same Regulations and Provisions in all Respects as are herein-before contained or provided with Respect to Coffee to be imported after the Commencement of this Act.

IX. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall continue and be in Force from the passing thereof until the End of Two Years and no longer. 52 GEORGII