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 A. D. i693' Anno qiunto Gu LI ELM r& Marine. C. 3. 535 ' be paid by the importer before landing, over and above all other Duties payable for the fame, fix Pence; ' and for every Gallon of Brandy, Si)irits, or ylrjua Vita: above Proof, commonly called Douhb Brandy, ' made in the firft Year of their Majefties Reign, intituled, jIh Aci for prohibiting all Trade and Commerce i v/. & M. fi; %m. th France, prohibited to be imported into England and Ireland, and the Dominions and Iflands therein '•<=. 34- ' pameJ from and after the four and twentieth Day of Auguji in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix ' hundred eighty-nine :' Fo-r Remedy whereof, and that the Revenue arifing by the faid Grants may be i for, the future anfwered to their Majefties, according to thi Purport of the faid ft; ft recited Afts, ' il. Be it enafted by the King's and Queen's moft Excellent Majefties, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this jirefent Parliament allembled, and ' ! by the Authority of the fame. That one Claufe in the faid Aft for prohibiting of all Trade and Comrnerce | with France, in thefe W.rds (that is to i^-j) ' And be it further cnaftcd. That no Sort of Brandyj^^r/tfChuf^- of i W, j ' ^;V(C, or other Spirits, or diftilled Waters, of any Kingdom, Country, or Place whatfoever, Ihuil,^ after ■S: M. ff. i. c. ; ' wherein the fame fhall be imported,' is, and ihall be by virtue of this Aft, from the firlt Day of this ' • prefent Seffion of Parliament, repealed ; any Thing in the faid Aft for prohibiting all Trade and Commerce " with France, or any other Law or Statute to the contrary notwithftanding, _ j III. Provided always, and be it enafted. That the Duties of two Shillings and four Shillings a Gallon diftom on i upon Single Brandy and Double Brandy refpeftively impofed by the faid firft recited Aft, above the Du- Brandy. ties of Excife and Cuftoms at any Time before the fecond Year of their Rdajefties Reign payable for the fame, was thereby intended, and fhall be conftrued to extend to fuch Duties as were then payable for the fame, by any Statute then in Force, and not otherwife ; and that no Sort of Brandy, Aqua Vita, or other ] Spirits, fhall be imported from France into this Kingdom, or any of the Dominions and Territories there- ) unto belonging, by virtue of this Aft, other than as the fame is provided and enafted to be imported by one -, -^r -- ■- Aft of this prefent Parliament, made in the faid fourth and fifth Year of their Majefties Reign, intituled, ^_ ^ ' •«!«;■ .. An A£l for continuing the Asis for prohibiting all Trade and Commerce with France, and for the Encouragement ' ' ' of Privateers^, ' IV. And whereas there was further granted to their Majefties, by the faid firft recited Aft, four Pence Cuftom npon j •for every Pound of Bacon imported within the Time limited by the faid Aft, which could not be an- ^"*"i™P°''^^'*' I ' the Importation of Foreign Cattle : Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Sum of four  Pence for every Pound of Bacon imported, granted to their Majefties by the faid Aft, fhall be paid and j anfwered to their Majefties from the firft Day of this prefent Seffion of Parliament, for and during the Con- ' tinuance of the faid Aft ; any Thing in the faid recited Afts of the eighteenth and twentieth of the laid ; King Charles the Second, or any other Law or Statute to the contrary notwithwithftanding, i CAP. III. ■ "I An Aft for the Importation of fine //^/f^K, Sidlian, zn^^ Naples Thro'fin SWk. EXP-; j ' V V the difcouraging the Importation of Thrown Sil'-, amongft other Things in the faid Aft contained, "■ 9- ^^P* ■ ' the bringing in of Thrown Silk of the Growth or Produftion of Italy, Sicily, or the Kingdom o( Naples,- ' ' is prohibited, unlefs imported ia fucli Ships and Veflels, and navigated in fuch Manner ,- as in and by an, ' couragement and increafing of the Shipping and -Navigation, is direfted or allowed, and brought from fome < ' of the Ports of thofe Countries or Places whereof the fame is of the Growth or Produftion, and which | ' fhall come direftly by Sea, and not otherwife : And whereas by the Aft of Navigation, Italian and Si- ' cilian Thrown Silk may be brought from any Port or Place of Europe, and that it hath been found by ' faid recited Aft (in regard of the great Difficulties and Hazard occafioned by the prefent War with ' France) is greatly prejudicial, and if longer continued will endanger the Lofs of the Silk Manufaftory -* of this Nation, &c., . ^^ i^ltaiian Silk may be iinfoitcdi Coatfe Silk, &c not to be imtiorted. Penalty, All Italian Silk moft bs brought to the Cullom-houfe, London. e:AE-
 * Majefties for every Gallon of Single Brandy, Sjiirits, or Aqu:i Vitic, imported from beyond the Seas, to
 * imported from beyond the Seas, to be paid by the Importer before landing, over and above all oihcr Du-
 * tics payable for the fame, one Shilling : Which Grant, contrary to the intention of the faid Commons,
 * ■ 'became inefteclual to their Majefties ; for that ail Importation of Brandy was, by one Aft of Parliament
 * the faid four^nd twentieth Day o's Aiigu/l, be imported into the Kingdoms of England, or /;-(?/i7W afore- 34- §-S. pmhi- |
 * (aid. Dominions or Iflands aforefaitl, under Pain of Forfeiture thereof, as alfo of the Ship or Veflel replied ^"'^^'
 * fwered to their Majefties, becaufe the Importation of Bacon is prohibited by one Aft of Parliament ^_ 5 . & M.
 * made in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of the late King Charles the Second, intituled. An ASi againjl i%c^r, 2. c. a.
 * importing Cattle from Ireland, and other Parts beyond the Seas, and Fijh taken by Foreigners : And by one
 * other Aft made in the twentieth Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, intituled. An additional Aii againfl^°^^^- *■ '■• 7»
 * "TTTHEREAS by an Aft made in the fecond Year of their Majefties Reign, intituled. An ASl for i.'^.&U.S.t^ ^
 * Aft made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An ASi for the £«- laCar.a, ci-S. :
 * Experience, that the Importation of Italian, Sicilian, and Naples Silk, by the Ways prefcribed by the ■