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Rh XXVII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That neither the said Repeal of the said Duty contained in the said Act of the Ninth Year of King William the Third, nor any Thing in this Act contained, shall extend to release the Payment of the Duty or Allowance of Three Pounds per centum in respect of any-Articles of Silk, Hair, Cotton Wool, or any Mixture hereof, which being brought in to the Port of London by Private Merchants, Traders, or other Persons, may be deposited in the Warehouses of the said United Company, nor of the said Duty of Five Pounds per Centum, or the said Charge of Two Pounds per Centum on any Goods, Wares, or Merchan- dize which shall be brought Home and imported in any of the Ships of the said Company or in their Service from China; nor to affect any Covenants or Engagements now subsisting, or here- after to be made by or between the said Company, or on their Behalf, with the Masters or Com­- manders of the Company’s Ships, or with any other, of the Officers or Servants of the said Com­- pany, in whatever Employment or Capacity they may happen to be; but that all and every such Covenants and Agreements shall be and be held, deemed, and taken to be of the same Force and Effect as if the said Repeal had not been enacted, or this Act been made; the said Repeal or any other Matter or Thing to the contrary notwithstanding.

XXVIII. And, for more effectually securing to the East India Dock Company (the Rates and Duties granted and made payable to them by Two several Acts, one passed in the Forty-third Year of His present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the further Improvement of the Port of London, by making Docks and other Works at Blackwall, for the Accommodation of the East India Shipping in the said Port:" and the other, passed in the Forty-sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled "An Act for altering and enlarging the Powers of an Act made in the Forty-third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for the father Improvement of the Port of London, by making Docks and other Works at Blackwall, for the Accommodation of the East India Shipping in the said Port;" be it further enacted, That all the Rates and Duties by the said Acts granted and made payable to the East India Dock Company, for or in respect of any Goods, Wares, of Merchandize, shall be fully adjusted, settled, and paid to the said East India Dock Company, or their Collectors or Receivers, before such Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, shall be delivered to the Owner or Owners, or Consignee or Consignees thereof.

XXIX. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That in case any Goods, Wares, or Mer­- chandize, shall be cleared or discharged from any Ship or Vessel before the Rates and Duties payable to the said East India Dock Company in respect of the same shall have been fully dis­ charged, then-it shall be lawful for the said East India Dock Company to cause such Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, to be sent to and deposited in the Warehouses of the said United Com­- pany, and to be sold under the Order and Authority of the Court of Directors of the said Com­- pany, on the Account of the proper Owners thereof; and the Rates and Duties payable to the said East India Dock Company in respect of the same, and, the reasonable Expences of sending and depositing the same as aforesaid, shall be deducted and paid to the said East India Dock Com­- pany, their Receivers or Collectors, in such Manner as is directed by the said Act of the Forty-third Year of His present Majesty, with respect to the Rates or Duties thereby made payable; any Thing herein-before contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

XXX. And whereas by an Act passed in the Thirty-fifth Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled "An Act for allowing for a limited Time the Importation of Goods from India and China, and other Parts within the Limits of the exclusive Trade of the East India Company, in Ships not of British-built nor registered as such; and for the Exportation of Goods from Great Britain, by the same Ships, under certain Restrictions," it was enacted, that if during the Continuance of the then present War, and for Eighteen Months after the Conclusion thereof, any Ship freighted by the said United Company with the Approbation of ,the Said Board of Commissioners, with Home Investment of Goods from India or China or other Ports within the Limits of the said Com­- pany's Trade, should arrive in the Ports of Great Britain, should and might be lawful upon Representation made by or on Behalf of the said Company to His Majesty in Council, for His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy Council, to authorize the Importation and Entry of such Goods, subject to the like Duties and no other, as if they were imported in Biritish-built Ships, though such Goods should be brought in Ships which might not be British-built, nor have been registered as British-built Ships, nor navigated as required by the Laws then in Force; pro­- vided the said Ships should have been built within the Territories belonging to the said United Company, or in the Ports under the immediate Protection of the British Flag in the East Indies; and also to permit such Ships to export from Great Britain to the British Settlements in the East Indies, or to any of the Places within the Limits before mentioned, with the Licence and Consent of the said Company, any Goods, Wares or Merchandize whatsoever, Ordnance and Military