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1112 Port of Exportation are of the value mentioned in this Act; be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal; and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That, from and after the Fifth Day of April, One thousand. eight hundred: and thirteen, the Bounty which is by Law payable upon the Exportation from Great BritanBritain [sic] of Articles manufactured from Raw or Thrown Silk, shall be allowed and paid on the like Description of Articles manufactuedmanufactured [sic] either in Silk, the Whole or in Part from Silk called or known by the Denomination of Refuse Silk, or Waste Silk; and-such Bounty shall be paid and allowed in the same Manner, and subject to the same Conditions, Rules, Regulations, Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures as are directed and provided, by the Laws.in Force with respect to any other Bounty on Manufactures of Silk exported from Great Britain, so say as the same are applicable and are not hereby altered: Provided always, that no Bounty shall be paid. or allowed on any Manufactures of Silk whatever, unless the Value of the Goods at the Port of Exportation is at least Four Times the Amount of the Bounty claimed thereon.

53 GEORGII I. Cap. XXXIII. An Act for granting certain additional Duties of Customs imported into, and exported from, Great Britain.[15th April 1813.]

Most Gracious Sovereign, e Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary Supplies to defray the Expences of the just and necessary War in which your Majesty is engaged, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give, and grant to your Majesty the several new and additional Duties herein-after mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and-Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act there shall be-raised, levied, collected, and paid unto His Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors, in ready Money, (except as herein-after is provided,) without any. Discount whatever, upon Goods, Wares, or Merchandize imported or-brought into Great Britain from Parts beyond the Seas, and upon Goods, Wares, or Merchandize exported from Great Britain, the several new. and additional Duties of Customs as the same are respectively inserted, described, and set forth in Figures in the Tables hereunto annexed, marked (A.} and (B.)

II. And be it.further enacted, That the several and respective new and additional Duties of Customs by this. Act granted, on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, shall be charged and payable on all Goods, Wares, and Mechandize, (other than and except such as shall have been or shall be imported by the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies), which shall not have been entered, and on which the Duties of Customs due and payable thereon on or before the passing of this Act shall not have been paid or secured by Bond, notwithstanding such Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, may have been imported into Great Britain on or before the passing of this Act.

III. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the new and additional Duties of Customs granted by this Act on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, (other than and except such as shall have been imported by the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies), shall be charged on all Goods, Wares, and Merchandize imported into Great Britain, which shall have been warehoused and shall remain at the passing of this Act in Warehouses under His Majesty's Locks, in pursuance or by the Authority of any Act or Acts of Parliament, or other special Authority in Force, on or immediately before the passing of this Act, although such Goods, Wares, or Merchandize may have been imported before the passing of this Act: provided always, that such Duties shall not be payable on any such Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, unless and until any such Goods, Wares, or Merchandize shall be taken out of any such Warehouse for the Purpose of being used or Consumed in Great Britain. IV.