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 2 Geo, z, c, iS. 406 C. 56. Anno vicefimo quarto Georgii H. A. D. 1751. CiaLifei3Gco.2. jy. And it is hereby further enafted, That the faid Claufc in the faid recited Act, and every Thing in c. 26. §. II, ^^g |-^jj Claufe contained, fhall from and after the faid twenty-fourth Day of 'June be repealed. CmccrnimJuftictioftBs-Peiiccfesfarlker if> Gso, z. c. 14 & 27. 27 Ca. 2. c. 16 £f 20. i G«. 3. c. 13. CAP. LVI. An K&. for afcertaining the Admeafurement of "Wheat Meal, or other Corn or Grain ground, for which a Bounty is payable upon Exportation -, and for making Allowances to the Eajt- India Company for their Charge's and Expences in managing, paying and transferring their reduced Annuities. 1 W, 3. &. I. ' ^yli/ HERE AS by an A£t of Parliament made and pafieJ in the firft Year of the Reign of his late c, 12. ' Vy Majefty King ^F}7/mot the Third of glorious IVleinory, (intituled, An AB for the encouraging ihe ' Exportation of Corn) it is amongft other Things enacted, That when Malt or Barley, IVinchLjhr Meafure, ' fhould be at four and twenty Shillings per Qiiarter or under. Rye at two and thirty Shillings per Quarter ' Kingdom or Dominion oi [Vales, every Merchant or other Perfon who (hould put on Ship-board in '' Englifli Shipping, the Mailer and two I'hirds of his Adariners at leaft being his Majcfly's Subjech, any ' Sort of the Corn aforefaid, from any fuch Ports where the Rates fhall not then be higher than as aforefaid, ' -with the Intent to export the faid Corn to Parts beyond the Seas, every luch Merchant or Perfon fo ' fliipping off ajiy of the aforelaid Corn, and giving fuch Certificate and Bond a.s in the faid Acl is men- ' tioned, fhall have and receive from fuch Farmers, Commiffioners, Colleftors or other Perfons in any ' Port rclpedtivtly where the fame Corn fhall be fo fhipped, for every Quarter of Barley or Malt, ground or unground, two Shillings and fix Pence ; for every Quarter of Rye, ground or unground, three Shil- lings and fix Pence; for every Quarter of Wheat, ground or unground, five Shillings: And whereas by one other KSk. of Parliament made in the fecond Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, (intituled. An ASi to ajcertam the Cuflom payable for Corn and Grain i?nported ; for better afcertaining the Price and ^lantily of ' Corn and Grain for which a Bounty is payable upon Exportation ; for appropriating the Supplies granted in this ' Sejfion of Parliament ; and for giving further Time to Cirks and Apprentices to pay Duties omitted to be paid ' for their Indentures and Contraiis) it is amongft other Things enabled. That the Officers of the Cuftoms ' fhould be impowered to adme;-fure all Corn and Grain whereon there is an Allowance payable for the ' Exportation thereof, and for greater Expedition therein, that fuch Admeafurement fliould and might be ' by a Tub or Meafure, containing four JVincheJler Bufhels ; and that if fuch Corn or Grain intended to ' be exported, fhould be brought to be fliipped off in Sacks, that then the faid Officers are thereby im- ' powered and required to make choice of twoof thofe Sacks, outof any Number not exceeding twenty Sacks,- ' and fo in proportion for any greater Qiiantity, before the fame fhall be put on board for Exportau.n, ' and thereby compute the Quantity of Corn fo intended to be fliipped for Exportation, and according to ' fuch Computation, the Allowance or Bounty-money fhould be paid to the Exporter, for the whole ' Qiiantity proportionably, upon his producing a Certificate from the proper Officer or Officers of the ' Culloms, atteftijig the Qiiantity and Quality of the Corn or Grain fo fhipt for Exportation, with a Pro- ' vifb that nothing therein fhould extend to alter the then Praftice, with refpe£t to the Manner of ihipping ' Corn from the Port of Zo«(-/o» ; A.nd whereas the Method above prefcribed for the meafuring of Corn to ' be exported, does not particularly afcertain how Wheat Meal or other ground Corn or Grain, whereon ' there is a Bounty, fliall be meafured for Exportation : And whereas fome Doubts have arifen in fevenil of ' the Ports of this Kingdom, with regard to the Exportation of Corn ground and unground, as to the ' Manner of Computation ana Admeafurement on the Exportation thereof, and the Bounty to he allowed ' thereon :' And in order to reconcile all Difputes and Differences that may arife in relation thereto, and to make the Practice uniform in the feveral Ports of this Kingdom, We yourjV'IaJefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjedfs the Commons o Great Britain m Parliament aJlcmbled, do moft humbly befee;h your Ma- jefty that it may be enafled, and be it enaifed by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, b-/ and with the Ad- vice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflem- The fame Bounty bled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the firft Day o'i Augujl one thoufand feven to be allowed on hundred and fifty-one, the proper Officers of his Majefty's Cuftoms fti.iU, and they are hereby dircclcd and the Exportation impowcred to allow the feme Bounty aud no more, upon the Exportation of two htindred and twenty-four Wheat Meal Pounds Weight of Wheat Merd, or other grotmd Corn or Gr.dn whereon there is a Bounty, as is allowed and otiiei- ground upo" ^^'^'^ Exportation of four Bufhels of Wheat or other Corn or Grain unground, and fo in proportion for Corn, as on 4 any greater or lefler (^lantity ; ;'nd for greater Expedition therein, in cafe luch Wheat Meal or other ground Buftiels of Corn or Grain fliall be brought to be fhipt off in Sacks, the proper Officers may make choice of and weigh Wheat, &c. j^^q Sacks out of any Number not exceeding twenty Sacks ; and fo in proportion for any greater Qu.Tntity weigh zTlcks of Wheat Meal, or other ground Corn or Grain, belbre or after the fame ftiall be put on board for Expor- c-ix of io, to tation, and thereby compute the Weight of the Wh at Adeal, or other ground Corn or Grain fo fliipt or commute the intended to be fhipt for Exixirtation, by proportioning the fame accordingly ; and tire Boufity-money upon B^'^'^'^'" b ...fuch Wheat Meal, or other groimd Corn oi' Grain, fhall be paid to the t.xport^r for fo much and no more, the'Exiio'ricr.'"' *'Pon his producing a Certificate fiom the proper Officer or Officers of the Cuftoms, attefting the true Qiian- tity, Qiialiiy aud Weight thereof, according to the fiiid Computation only, and not ochervvile; any Law, Cancirr.'mgCent Cuflom or Ufage to the contrary notwithfhmding. fee farther z(, II. And ■ Gi-o, I. IT. Ij. 30 Gt-c. 2. f. I ST 7. 31 Cm, 2. c. 1 £f 25. 32 Ges. 2. c. 2 £f S,
 * or under, and Wheat at eight and forty Shillings ^f/- Quarter or under, in any Port or Ports in this