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 A. D. 1723. Anno decim® Georgii Regis. C. 10. 483 the Plantations belonging to the Crown of England, fifty-fix Shillings: For every hundred Weight of Cocoa Nuts imported, and containing as aforelaid, from any other Country or Place from whence they may by Law be imported, four Pounds and four Shillings of like lawful Englijh Money : For every Pound of Chocolate ready made and imported as aforcfaid, one Shilling : For every Pound of Cocoa Parte imported as aforefaid, two Shillings: For every Pound of Tea regularly imported as aforcfaid, from whence the fame might lawfully have been imported before the making of the laid Act of the fixth Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, one Shilling : P'or every Pound of Tea imported as aforefaid from Holland or any other Country, not the Place of its Growth or ufual Shipping, two Shillings and fix Pence; and fo proportionably for any greater or letter Quantity of any the Commodities imported as aforefaid reflectively : Which faid feveral Rates and Duties herein before particularly mentioned, wero by feveral Acts of Parliament continued and made payable to her faid Majefty, her Heirs and Succeflbrs, to the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fourteen. And whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the feventh Year of the Reign of her faid late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, 7 Annie, c. -. An Aft for enlarging the Capital Stock of the Bank of England, and for raifmg a further Supply to her Ma- jefty for the Service of the Year one thoufand f even hundred, and nine, all the faid feveral Rates and Duties upon Coffee, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate, Cocoa Pafte and Tea, herein before particularly mentioned, which fhould be imported or brought into Great Britain from and after the twenty-third Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fourteen, fhould be paid and payable to her faid Majefty^, her Heirs and Succeflbrs for ever, for the Purpofes in the faid laft mentioned Act expreffed, fubject neverthelefs to the Provifoor Condition of Redemption in the fame Aft contained relating thereto. And whereas by an M made in the tenth Year of the Reign of her faid late Majefty Queen Anne, amongft other IO Anna, c. 16. Things for laying additional Duties upon Hides and Skins, Vellum and Parchment, and new Duties on feft ' 33 " Starch, Coffee, Tea, Drugs, Gilt and Silver Wire, feveral new Rates and Duties upon all Coffee and Tea, which fhould be imported or brought into Great Britain, at any Time or Times within or during the Term of thirty-two Years, to be reckoned from the feventeenth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twelve, over and above all other Cuftoms, Subfidies and Duties impofed upon or payable for the fame ; that is to fay, For all Coffee imported as aforefaid, twelve Pence for every Pound Weight Averdupois, and proportionably for a greater or leffer Quantity : For all Kinds of Tea imported from any Place or Places within the Limits of the Charter granted to the Eajl-India Company, two Shil- lings for every fuch Pound Weight ; and for all Kinds of Tea imported from any other Place or Places, five Shillings for every fuch Pound Weight, and proportionably for greater or leffer Quantities of Tea. And whereas by an Act made in the third Year of your Majefty's Reign amongft other Things, 5 Geo. 1. c. 7; for redeeming the Duties and Revenues which were fettled to pay off Principal and Intereft on the Orders made forth on four Lottery-Acts paffed in the ninth and tenth Years of her faid late Majefty's Reign, the faid laft mentioned Rates and Duties upon Coffee and Tea are continued and made payable to your Majefty, your Heirs and Succeffors for ever, for the Purpofes in the fame Act prefcribed and directed, fubject to fuch Provifoes and Powers of Redemption, as are in and by the fame Act contained and prefcribed of and concerning the fame, as by the faid feveral Acts, Relation being had to them re- fpectively, more at large may appear. And whereas the Duties now fubfifting upon Coffee, Tea, Co- Reafons for re- coa Nuts, Chocolate and Cocoa Pafte are or may be very much leffened, not only by the clandeftine P eal ' n s the addi- Importation thereof from Parts beyond the Seas, butalfo by the fraudulent relanding of the fame after the ^^""i^Vtf fame have been exported from this Kingdom for foreign Parts, and the Duties thereupon drawn back, DuTie^fnftead 1 without paying any Duties for the fame, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of the feveral Acts thereof, relating to the faid Duties, and to the Ruin of the fair Traders in the faid Commodities :' For Remedy "whereof, and for the more effectual fecuring a Revenue to your Majefty, to arife by the faid Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate and Cocoa Pafte, We your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Com- mons of Great Britain in Parliament affembled, do moft humbly befeech your Majefty, that it may be en- acted ; And be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Au- thority of the fame, That from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and From the 24th twenty- four the feveral Duties upon Coffee and Tea granted (by the faid Act of Parliament made in the of June 1724, fixth Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty King William the Third, and by the faid Aft of Parli- ^ h =/: id { ™™' ament made in the third Year of the Reign of her faid late Majefty Queen Anne, and by the faid Act ofParlia- ties'to «afe "ic ,ment made in the tenth Year of the Reign of her faid late Majefty Queen Anne) for feveral Terms of « w, 3 . c/7. of Years in the faid refpedtive Acts mentioned, and which have been fince continued by feveral Acts of 3 & 4 Anna;, Parliament and made perpetual (fubject to Redemption by Parliament as aforefaid;) and the feveral Du- c - 4- ties upon Cocoa Nuts, granted (by the faid Act of the fixth Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty IoAnns ' c,l6 » King William, and by the faid Act of the third Year of the Reign of her faid late Majefty Queen Anne) 6 w - 3- c - 7- for feveral Terms of Years in the fame refpective Acts mentioned, and which have been fince continued by feveral Acts of Parliament and made perpetual (fubject to Redemption by Parliament as aforefaid) fhall ceafe, determine and be no longer paid or payable ; any Thing in the before mentioned Acts to the con- trary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty- fourth After 24 June Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four no Chocolate ready made or Cocoa Pafte fhal! 1724, no Choco- be imported or brought into Great Britain from any Part or Parts beyond the Seas, upon Pain of forfeit- late ready made ing all fuch Chocolate ready made and Cocoa Pafte, which fhall be fo brought in contrary to the true In- ° T o b ° c ™ ^f e e d tent and Meaning of this Act, together with double the Value thereof, and the Bags, Cafks, Boxes and on p a j n of being other Package wherein the faTne fhall be contained. forfeited. Qjq q 2 III. And