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 A. D. 1763. Anno quarto Georgii III. C. 15. 153 For every hundred Weight Avoirdupois of fuch foreign white or clayed Sugars, one Pound two On foreign white or Shillings, over and above all other Duties impofed by any former Act of Parliament. c,a >' ed Sugars, il. is. For every Pound Weight Avoirdupois of fuch foreign Indico, fix Pence. J^P" ^ t- ,, For every hundred Weight Avoirdupois of fuch foreign Coffee, which fhall be imported from any coffee 21.^196. gd. per Place, except Great Britain, two Pounds nineteen Shillings and nine Pence. c. Wt. For every Ton of Wine of the Growth of the Madeiras, or of any other Ifland or Place from Madeira Wines 7I. per whence fuch Wine may be lawfully imported, and which fhall be fo imported from fuch Iflands or T °n-_ Places, the Sum of feven Pounds. For every Ton of Portugal, Spaniftj, or any other Wine (except French Wine) imported from f ° rtu & aI and Spamlh /-*, t> •_, • a c i .m cu'ir Wines 10s. per Ton. Great Britain, the bum ot ten Shillings. v For every Pound Weight Avoirdupois of Wrought Silks, Bengals, and Stuffs, mixed with Silk or Wrought Silks, Bengals, Herba, of the Manufacture of Per/ia, China, or Eaji India, imported from Great Britain, two and Stuffs, mixt with Shillings. _ _ _ i llk or Herba > «• P er For every Piece of Callico painted, died, printed, or ftained in Perfia, China, or E aft India, i'n- calicoes 2s 6d per ported from Great Britain, two Shillings and fix Pence. Piece. For every Piece of foreign Linen Cloth, called Cambrick, imported from Great Britain, three cambrkks -s. per Piece. Shillings. For every Piece of French Lawn imported from Great Britain, three Shillings. French Lawns «. per Piece. And after thofe Rates for any greater orleffer Quantity of fuch Goods respectively. II. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforelaid, That from and afcer the faid Duties on Coffee and Pi- twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, there {hall alfo be raifed, mentoof the Growth of levied, collected, and paid, unto his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, for and upon all Coffee and ! lle Bntifh Colonies, Pimento of the Growth and Produce of any Britijh Colony or Plantation in America, which fhall be oTh^r'places^xcep" ° there laden on Board any Britijh Ship or Veffel, to be carried out from thence to any other Place Great Britain, viz. whatfoever, except Great Britain, the feveral Rates and Duties following ; that is to fay, For every hundred Weight Avoirdupois of fuch Britijh Coffee, feven Shillings. Coffee 7s. per C. Wt. For every Pound Weight Avoirdupois of fuch Britijh Pimento, one Halfpenny. Pimento 2q. per lb. And after thofe Rates for any greater or leffer Quantity of fuch Goods respectively. III. ' And whereas an Act was made in the fixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George AG. 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. ' the Second, intituled, An Ail for the better fecuring and encouraging the Trade of his Majefty s Sugar ' Colonies in America, which was to continue in force for five Years, to be computed from the ' twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-three, and to the End of the ' then next Seffion of Parliament ; and which, by feveral fubfequent Acts made in the eleventh, the ' nineteenth, the twenty-fixth, the twenty-ninth, and the thirty-firft Years of the Reign of his faid ' late Majefty, was, from Time to Time, continued ; and, by an Act made in the firft Year of the ' Reign of his prefent Majefty, was further continued until the end of this prefent Seffion of Parlia- ' ment ; and although the faid Act hath been found in fome degree ufeful, yet it is highly expedient ' that the fame fhould be altered, enforced, and made more effectual ; but, in confideration of the ' great Diftance of feveral of the faid Colonies and Plantations from this Kingdom, it will be proper ' further to continue the faid Act for a fhort Space, before any Alterations and Amendments fhall ' take effect, in order that all Perfons concerned may have due and proper Notice thereof;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Act made in the fixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An Alt for the better fecuring and encouraging the Trade of his Majefty s Sugar Colonies in America, fhall be, and the fame is hereby further continued further continued to 30 until the thirtieth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fixty- four. Sept. 1764. IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from the twenty-ninth Day of The faid Aft made per- Septembcr one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, the faid Act, fubject to fuch Alterations andP etual > fobjetttothe Al- Amendments as are herein after contained, fhall be, and the fame is hereby made perpetual. teratiops made herein. V. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in lieu and inftead of the Rate and Foreign Melaffes and Sy- Duty impofed by the faid Act upon Melaffes and Syrups, there fhall, from and after the faid twenty- "P s .™ c 01 1 ttd | nt0 the ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, be raifed, levied, collected, and J* J r q°^ l ° pay paid, unto his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, for and upon every Gallon of Melaffes or Syrups, bein| the Growth, Product, or Manufacture, of any Colony or Plantation in America, not under the Dominion of his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, which fhall be imported or brought into any Colony or Plantation in America, which now is, or hereafter may be,, under the Dominion of his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, the Sum of three Pence. VI. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Rates and Duties The Duties on the enu- hereby charged upon fuch foreign White or clayed Sugars, foreign Indico, foreign Coffee, Wines, merated Goods here wrought Silks, Bengals, and Stuff's, mixed with Silk or Herba, Callico, Cambricks, French Lawns, mentioned to be railed and foreign Melaffes or Syrups, imported into any Britijh American Colony or Plantation, fhall be^P^ 1 ^^ t ™ reci,ed raifed, levied, collected, and paid, in the fame Manner and Form, and by fuch Rules, Ways, and' Means, and under fuch Penalties and Forfeitures (not otherwife altered by this Act) as are men- tioned and expreffed in the faid Act of Parliament, made in the fixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, with refpect to the raifing, levying, collecting, and Payment of the Rates and Duties thereby granted ; and that the aforefaid Duties hereby charged upon Britijh Vol. IX. X Coffee