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A.D. 1968 the said Duties upon Stone Bottles, Earthen Bottles, and other Stone and Earthen Wares, and the said Duties upon Tobacco Pipes are vexatious and troublesome, and very chargeable in the levying and collecting-of the same: Be it therefore enacted, &c.

[By 10 & 11 W. 3. cap. 18. all Glass Duties are determined, for which Reason Sect. I, VI, VII, VIII. in this Act relating thereto are omitted;]

II. And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the tenth Day of July one thousand six hundred ninety-eight, there shall be answered and paid to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, for and during the Term of eight Years from thence next ensuing, for and upon all Whale Fins and Soctch Linens herein after mentioned, as shall be imported or brought into the Kingdom of England., Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed (over and above all Impositions, Duties and Charges already imposed and payable upon and for the same, by the Book of Rates or otherwise) the further Rates and Duties following ; that is to say,

III. For all Whale Fins that are or shall be taken, caught and imported in and by any Ships or Vessels whatsoever, of or belonging to the Company established for the Greenland Trade, the Sum of three Pence for every Pound Weight thereof; and after that Rate for a greater or lesser Quantity : And for all Whale Fins which are or shall be taken, caught, or imported by Foreigners, or by any Ships or Vessels not belonging to the said Company, the Sum of six Pence for every Pound Weight thereof; and after that Rate for a greater or lesser Quantity ; to be paid by the Importer or Importers of the same.

IV. For all Linen of the Manufafcture of Scotland commonly called by the Name of Twill, which shall be imported or brought in as aforesaid, the Sum of ten Shillings for every Hundred, containing one hundred and twenty Ells; and for all Linen of the Manufacture of Scotland, commonly called by the Name of Tickling, which shall be imported or brought in as aforesaid, the Sum of six Shillings and eight Pence for every Hundred, containing one hundred and twenty Ells ; and after those Rates for any greater or lesser Quantities; to be paid also by the Importer or Importers of the same.

V. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That for the additional Duties hereby imposed ,upon the aforementioned Goods, the Importer, giving Security at the Custom-house, shall have Time, not exceeding twelve Months, for the Payment of the same, from the Importation, to be paid by four equal quarterly Payments ; or in case such Importer shall pay ready Money, he shall have after the Rate of ten Pounds per Centum of the said Duty for a Year abated to him ; and if the Goods and Merchandizes aforementioned, imported as aforesaid, for which the Duties hereby granted shall be paid or secured at the Importation thereof, be again exported by any Merchant English within twelve Months, or by Strangers within nine Months after the Importation, then the aforesaid Duty shall be wholly repaid, or the Security vacated as to what shall be so exported.

IX. And it is hereby further enacted. That upon the Importation of any Whale Fins, Scotch Linen or Entry to be Tickings hereby charged as aforesaid, an Entry or Entries thereof shall be made in the Custom-house where such Goods shall be imported ; and in case any such Goods shall be landed or put on Shore, out of any Ship or Vessel, before due Entry be made as aforesaid, and the Duties hereby imposed thereupon shall be paid or secured, or without a Warrant for the landing or delivering the same first signed by the Commissioners, Collectors, or other proper Officer or Officers of the Cusroms respectively, then all such imported Goods as shall be fo landed or put on Shore, or taken out of any Ship or Vessel, contrary to the true Meaning hereof, or the Value of the same, shall be forfeited and lost, and shall and may be recovered of the Importer or Proprietor thereof to wit) one Moiety of the said Forfeitures to the Use of the King, and the other Moiety to the Use of such Person or Persons as will seize the said Goods, or sue for the same or the Value thereof, by Action, Bill, Suit, or Information as aforesaid.

X. And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That the said Duties hereby granted and payable for Whale Fins, and such Scotch Linen as aforesaid, shall be from time to time under the Management and Government of the Commissioners of the Customs for the time being, who shall cause the same to be raised, levied, collected, and paid to the Hands of the Receiver or Receivers General of the Revenue of the Customs for the time being : And such Receiver or Receivers General shall from time to time bring the Produce thereof (the necessary Charges of raising and answering the same only excepted) into the Receipt of the Exchequer : And that the Officers of the said Receipt of Exchequer for the time being, to whom it shall appertain, shall from time to time issue, pay and apply, as well the said Duties upon Whale Fins and such Scotch Linens as aforesaid, arising by this Act, as also such Part of the said Duties upon Glass and Glass Wares, as is not taken away by this Act, to and for the Payment and Satisfaction of such Principal and Interest Monies, whereunto the whole Duties upon Glass and Earthen Wares and Tobacco Pipes, by any Act or Acts of Parliament now in Force, ought to have been applied, if this present Act had never been made ; and that in such Order and Form, and under the like Penalties an4 Forfeitures, as by any such Act or Acts now in Force are or were provided or prescribed for the issuing, paying and applying of the said whole Duties upon Glass and Earthen Wares, and Tobacco Pipes ; any thing in this Act, or any former Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding.}}