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 494- C. 10. Anno decimo Georgii Regis. A. D. 1723. fubjected and liable unto; and the remaining Moiety of the Monies arifing by the faid Inland Duties by this Aft charged and impofed upon all Coffee and Tea as aforefaid, fhall be appropriated, iffued and ap- plied, and the fame is hereby appropriated to the fame Ufes, Intents and Purpofes, as the Duties upon 3 Geo. i.e. 7. Coffee and Tea, continued and made perpetual by the faid Act of the third Year of the Reign of his pre- fent Majefly King George, were and flood appropriated and applicable before the making of this pre- fent Act; and fhall alfo be fubject and liable to the fame Redemption by Parliament, as the faid Duties upon Coffee and Tea, continued and made perpetual by that Act, were by the faid laft mentioned Act fubjected and liable unto. ' XLVII. And whereas by Law the feveral Subfidies and additional Irrmoft, payable upon Tea im- ' ported from any Place within the Limits of the Eaft India Company's Charter, are to be computed ' according to the grofs Price at which fuch Tea is publickly fold by Auction or Inch of Candle, after the ' Deduction of the Cuftoms, and other Duties payable thereon to his Majefly at Importation, and other ' Deductions;' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Tea imported or to be imported as The old Subfidy aforefaid, fhall from and after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and on imported Tea twenty -four, pay the old Subfidy of twelve Pence in the Pound, granted by an Act of Parliament made to be according j n the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majefly King Charles the Second, according to the reduced Value redUCCd Value thereof, after the Deductions before mentioned, and the feyeral other Subfidies and additional Im- port upon Tea are to be paid on the Importation thereof, according to fuch reduced Value proportiona- lly; any Thing herein contained to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. ' XLVIII. And whereas the feveral Subfidies and additional Impoft upon Coffee and Cocoa Nuts im- ' ported, are by Law charged according to the Value at which fuch Coffee and Cocoa Nuts are fworn ' by the Importers, which by Experience has been found to be very unequal, fome Perfons valuing the ' fame at far lower Prices than others, to the Detriment of the Revenue, and the Difcouragement of fair ' Traders :' For Remedy. thereof for the future, Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four, all Coffee im- Im ported Coffee ported fhall be rated at feven Pounds for every hundred Weight, containing one hundred and twelve rated a c 7I- per p ounf ] S) and all Cocoa Nuts imported fhall be rated at fifty Shillings for every hundred Weight, con- CocorWutsTt ' ta ' n i n S one hundred and twelve Pounds; and the Subfidy of twelve Pence in the Pound, by the faid Act 50s. per hun- of the twelfth Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefly King Charles the Second, fhall be paid ac- dred Weight. cording to fuch refpective Rates of feven Pounds and fifty Shillings, and the further Subfidy, the one third and two third Subfidies, and additional Impoft, fhall be paid according to fuch Rates reflectively, and not according to the Value fworn; any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. The former Cu- ' XLIX. And whereas over and above the Inland Duties by this Act charged upon Coffee and Tea im- ftoms (till re- ' ported, and upon Chocolate made in this Kingdom, the feveral Duties hereafter mentioned are by Law mainingon Cof- ' ftill payable at the Cuftomhoufe upon and for Coffee, Tea and Cocoa Nuts imported, that is to fay, era Nuts ' the ol< ^ Subfidy, the new Subfidy, the one third and the two third Subfidies, and the additional Import;' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid feveral Subfidies and additional Impoft, fhall be to be ftill paid, paid or fecured, and fhall be raifed, levied and collected, in fuch Manner and Form, and by fuch Ways &c. according to and Means, and under fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, with fuch Difcounts, Allowances and Drawbacks the formerAas. as are mentioned and expreffed in the feveral Acts of Parliament, which granted or continued the faid re- spective Subfidies and additional Impoft; and all Powers, Penalties, Provifions, Articles and Claufes therein contained, fhall continue and be of full Force and Effect, and fhall be applied, practifed and ex- ecuted, for the raifing, levying, collecting, fecuring, anfwering and paying the faid refpective Duties, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purpofes, as the fame might and ought to have been in cafe this Act had never been made; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. -Not to give to L. Provided neverthelefs, and it is hereby further enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That any new Powers nothing in this Act contained fhall give or grant, or extend, or be conftrued to give or grant any Power, to import Tea. Authority or Licence to any Perfon or Perfons whatsoever, to import any Tea into any of his Majefty's Dominions, but fuch only as could by Law import the fame, and in fuch Manner as the fame could be lawfully imported before the making of this Act; any Thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. _ N. LI. Provided alfo, and be it enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That in all Cafes where fuliv^rnporied"" '' fa&ft appear to the Satisfaction of the Commiflioners of his Majefty's Cuftoms, or any three or more before icj Sept. of them ( who are hereby in powered and required to examine the Matter upon Oath) that any Cocoa 172.3, may be Nuts have been lawfully imported into this Kingdom before the twenty-ninth Day of September one thou- exported before fand feven hundred and twenty-three, and that the Duties then payable by Law upon the Importation 25 June 1725. thereof have been paid, or fecured to be paid, it fhall and may be lawful for the Owners or Importers thereof, to export the fame at any Time or Times before the twenty- fourth Day of "June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-five (Security againft fraudulently relanding the fame being firft given, as is uftial in Cafes of Exportation;) and upon fuch Exportation fuch and the fame Drawbacks, Allowances . and Advantages fliall be had and allowed to fuch Importers or Proprietors reflectively, as if the fame had p ., . ., been exported within the refpective Time or Times allowed by Law for the Exportation thereof: Pro- Cocoa Nuts be vided fuch Cocoa Nuts, fhall on or before the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred broujju.imofuch and twenty-four, be brought into fome or one of the Warehoufes to be appointed pufuant to this Act, or Warehouse, &c. the Key or Keys of the Warehoufe or Warehoufes, where the fame are or fhall be then kept, be on or before the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four, delivered to fome 1 or