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 A. D. 1 7 2 1. Anno o&avo G e oh g i i Regis. C. i 8. 385 ' XIX. And whereas by an Act made in the fixth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, 6 Geo, i. c. n. c An Aft for preventing of Frauds and Abufes on damaged Wines, and for lengthening the Time for the Draw- ' Wines fhall find the fame, or any Part thereof fo damaged, corrupt or unmerchantable, that he fhall rc- ' fufe to pay or fecure the Duties of fuch Wines, and fhall thereupon ftave, fpill or otherwife deftroy the ' fame, as by the faid Act he is allowed to do, in the Manner therein mentioned, fuch Merchant or other ' Perfon, /hall as a Compenfation for the Freight and other Charges, have the Sum of four Pounds for ' Wines which pay Duties as fuch, and of the Growth of France, fo /laved, fpilt, or otherwife de- ' ftroyed, and the Sum of eight Pounds per Tun, for every Tun of Wine of the Growth of Spain, Por- ' thereby directed ; which feveral and refpedtive Allowances were made with regard to the Diftances of ' the Places from whence the faid feveral Sorts of Wine arc ufually imported : And whereas fince the ' making of the faid Act, great Quantities of mean and corrupt Wines have been imported from the Ifle ' of Man, the Freight whereof was inconfiderable, and ftaved for the Benefit of the above-mentioned Al- ' lowances for Freight and Charges, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of the faid Act, which fraudulent Practice may not only, from the Encouragement before-mentioned, be continued from the After 25 March Growth of fuch Wine, or the ufual Port or Place of its fir ft /hipping ; any Thing in the faid Act to the from the Place contrary notwithstanding. of its Growth. XX. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe any Ship or VefTel Allowances fot having Wines on board, /hall by Strefs of Weather, or any other Accident be ftranded, then and in fuch Wine in Ships Cafe, the Wines on board the faid Ship or VefTel which ihall befaved, may be put on board any other branded. Ship, VefTel or Boat, and be carried to any of the lawful Ports or Places for landing of Goods in this Conc ^nmgWmet Kingdom, and be intitled to the fame Allowances for fuch of them as fhall be ftaved, fpilt or deftroyed, ** Geo z e S as if they came in the Ship or Veffel in which they were firft loaded ; any Thing in this or any other Acty, 20. ' 1 Geo. 2! to the contrary notwithftanding. c, 17. 10 Geo. 2. e. 19. 17 Geo. 2, c. 40. iS Geo. 2. c. 9, 26 Geo, z. c. 12. 30 Geo. 2. c. 19. 32 Geo. 2. c, 19. ' XXI. And whereas by an Act pafTed in the fixth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Ail for ,6Geo. i. c. 21. 4 Houfe- Money, it is enacted, That every Licence taken out for the Importation of Nutmegsj Cloves, V melT°&°. to^e ' Mace or Cinnamon, in the Manner therein directed, fhall be delivered to the Merchant demanding the delivered to the it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe the Mafter, Purfer, or other Perfon taking ' mp ° r ° ' Charge of any Ship, importing any of the faid Spices from any Place or Places beyond the Seas, other than directly from the Eaft -Indies, /hall not deliver up fuch Licence to the Collector and Comptroller of the Port into which the faid Spices fhall be imported, at the Time of his or their entring the faid Ship, regularly indorfed, as in and by the faid Art is directed, and alfo annex fuch Licence to the Entry or Report of the Ship ; and in cafe each Cask of Nutmegs, Cloves or Mace fo imported, fhall not contain Penalty in cafe neat three hundred Pound Weight, and each Bale of Cinnamon neat feventy Pound Weight, as by the ° f Deficiency m •faid Act is directed ; then and in any of the faid Cafes, fuch Nutmegs, Cloves, Mace or Cinnamon fhall c^f'^". be forfeited, and deemed to be imported without a Licence, granted or to be granted by Virtue of the faid Act, or any former Law, and fuch Spice fhall and may be profecuted, as alfo the Ship importing the fame, by any Act or Acts of Parliament now in Force relating to the Cuftoms, as if fuch Spice had ■been imported without Licence; any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary notwithftanding. ' XXII. And whereas by the Acts made in the twelfth and twenty-fifth Years of the Reign of his late izCar. 2. c. 18. ' Majefty King Charles the Second, the former intituled, An Ail for the encouraging and increafing of (ea - l8> ■* Eaftland Trade, and for the better fecuring the Plantation-Trade ; and by one other Act made in the third 3&4 Ann - c - S* ' and fourth Years of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Ail for granting to her e ' I2 ° ' enumerated, of the Growth, Production or Manufacture, of any of the Britijh Plantations in A?nerica, 1 Afia or Africa, are for the Reafons therein mentioned, reftrained tb be imported into this Kingdom, or ' Trade, and the ldlening the Correfpondence and Relation between this Kingdom and the aforefaid ' ' ' the Produce of Britiih Plantations] fubjefted to fuch Regulations as other Commodities, &c Vex,. V. D d d from
 * backs on the Exportation of Wines, it is enacted, That in cafe any Merchant or other Perfon importing
 * every Tun of Wine, containing two hundred and fifty-two Gallons, of the Grov/th of Germany, or
 * tugal, or elfewhere, and fo in Proportion for a greater or lefler Quantity, to be paid in the Manner
 * preventing Frauds and Abufes in the Publick Revenues of Excife, Cuftoms, Stamp-Duties, Poft-Office, and Uciinc . e {0 fJ, m ~
 * fame, to be produced and delivered up by the Matter, Purfer, or other Perfon taking Charge of the Colleftor of the
 * Ship, to the Collector and Comptroller of the Port at the Time of entring the Ship, which Act is Port ' where tha
 * evaded for want of Penalty to inforce the fame, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning thereof;' Be ^ plce ^ Jrf
 * Shipping end Navigation; and the latter intituled, An Acl for the Encouragement of the Greenland and 2 5 Car ' z - c - 7-
 * Majefty a further Subfidy on Wines and Merchandizes imported, certain Commodities therein refpectively
 * to fome other of the -faid Plantations, under the Securities and Penalties in the faid two firft recited
 * Acts, or either of them, particularly mentioned; fince the making of which Laws, Copper Ore (which
 * is not in any of the faid Acts particularly enumerated) is produced in the faid Plantations, and carried
 * to foreign Markets in Europe, without being firft brought into this Kingdom, to the Prejudice of the
 * Plantations;' For Prevention whereof for the future, Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That c °PPf r 9 rs.