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Suspected to be false, Bond not

to be cancelled.

Penalty for counterfeiting or using.

To be taken by

Masters of Ships of having given Bond, and to be delivered up at

charge.

vigated, and registered according to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5. 9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1.

See GIBRALTAR.
MALTA.

Certificates.

1. Where the Governor or Officer of the Customs shall have reasonable ground of Suspicion that any Certificate from the Officers of the Customs in Great Britain or Ireland, of Bond having been given for carrying enumerated Goods to some other British Plantation, or to Great Britain or Ireland, is false, such Governor or Officers shall require sufficient Security for the Discharge of the Plantation Lading in Great Britain or Ireland; and where there shall be Cause to suspect that the Certificate of having discharged the Lading in Great Britain or Ireland is false or counterfeit, the Governor or Officers shall not cancel the Security given in the Plantation, until informed from the Commissioners of the Customs that the Matter of the said Certificate is true; and any Person who shall counterfeit, rase, or falsify any Certificate for any Ship or Goods, or shall knowingly make use thereof, shall forfeit £500, and the Certificate shall be of no effect. 12 Car. 2. c. 18. §19. 7 & 8 W.3. c.22. §10. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

2. Before the Master of any Ship departs from any British Colony or Plantation where he receives his Lading, he shall take a Certificate under the Hands and Seals of the Collector or other Principal Officer of the Customs there the Port of Dis (to be granted without Fee or Reward), that Bond hath been given pursuant to the Directions of this or any other Act, as the Case shall require; and the Master shall keep such Certificate in his Custody till the Voyage is completed, and then deliver the same to the Collector or other Chief Officer of the Customs at the Port where he shall discharge his Lading in Great Britain or Ireland, or any British American Colony or Plantation, on Forfeiture of £100. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 24. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 3. If any British Ship, laden in any British Colony or Plantation with any Goods the Produce or Manufacture thereof, shall be discovered by any Officer of the Customs within Two Leagues of the Shore of any such Colony or Plantation, and the Master shall not produce a Certificate that Bond has been given, pursuant to the Directions

If Masters do

not produce such Certificates, the Ship forfeited.

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shall arrive in Great Britain, Ireland, or any British Co-
lony or Plantation, the Ship shall be forfeited. 4 Géo. 3.
c. 15. § 25.39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

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Planters can make Affidavits.

4. Where, by any Act relative to the Trade of the To be produced British Colonies and Plantations in America or the West from the Officers Indies, an Affidavit shall be required to be made by the which there are Planter or Grower of any Article intended to be shipped not any Justices for Exportation to Great Britain or Ireland, to prove before whom the that such Article is the Produce of such Colony or Plantation, and there shall not be any Justices of the Peace before whom such Affidavit can be made, the Planter or Grower may make the same before the Collector and Comptroller or other Chief Officer of the Customs, or any Two of them, at the Port or Place from whence such Articles may be intended to be shipped; and in the Certificate which the Collector and Comptroller and Naval Officer, or any Two of them, are required to deliver to the Shipper, they shall also certify that there are not any Justices of the Peace resident at or within such Colony or Plantation; and upon the Importation of such Articles into Great Britain or Ireland, the same shall be admitted to Entry at such Duties as are charged upon Articles when accompanied with the Certificate now required by Law, subject to the Regulations, Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures to which such Articles are liable on Importation. 47 Geo. 3. c. 48. § 2.

Cheese (PARMASAN).

Cinnabar.

Gibraltar.

May be exported from Malta or any of the Depend- Importation encies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any of His allowed from Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or Malta or to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in North America, in Britishbuilt Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according to Law. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. § 5.9. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. § 1. See GIBRALTAR.

MALTA.

Cloth,

The Manufacture of the British Plantations in America, prohibited to be exported.

See WOOL AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTures.

Clothing. See "Settlers."

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May be im

ported into the Free Ports in

1. The Production of any of the Colonies or Plantations in America, or of any Country on the Continent of Foreign Vessels, America, belonging to or under the Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State, may be imported from any of the said Countries into the Free Ports in any Foreign Vessel, being owned and navigated by Persons inhabiting any of the said Colonies, Plantations, or Countries. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. 49 Geo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74.

and exported to the United Kiingdom.

Must be brought to Great Britain

or Ireland, or some British Plantation.

Bond to be given not to land elsewhere.

See FREE PORTS.

2. The Production of any of the Colonies or Plantations in America, or Countries on the Continent of America, belonging to or under the Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State, imported into the Free Ports, may be exported from thence to any Part of the United Kingdom, under the Rules, &c. of 12 Car. 2. c. 18. 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. and 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. with respect to Goods therein enumerated. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57.

See FREE PORTS.

Coffee and Cocoa Ruts.

1. No Coffee or Cocoa Nuts of the Production of the British Plantations in America shall be shipped or conveyed from any of the said Plantations to any Place, unless to some other Plantation belonging to His Majesty, or to Great Britain or Ireland, there to be laid on shore, under the Forfeiture of the Goods, or the full Value thereof, and the Ship. 12 Car. 2. c. 18. §18. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

2. For every Ship which shall sail from Great Britain or Ireland for any British Plantation in America, Bond shall be given with One Surety to the Chief Officers of the Customs of the Port from whence the said Ship shall sail, to the Value of £1000 if the Ship be of less Burthen than 100 Tons, and of £2000 if of greater Burthen, conditioned that in case the said Ship shall load any Coffee or Cocoa Nuts, or any enumerated Article, (for the whole of which see "Goods,") at any of the said British Plantations, that the same shall be brought to some other British Plantation, or to Great Britain or Ireland, and be there unloaded, the Danger of the Seas only excepted; and for every Ship coming from any other Port or Place to any of the aforesaid Plantations, which are permitted

to

to trade there, the Governor shall, before the Ship be permitted to load Coffee or Cocoa Nuts, or any enumerated Article, take Bond in like manner to the Value aforesaid, that such Ship shall carry all the said Goods to some other of His Majesty's British Plantations, or to Great Britain or Ireland. 12 Car. 2. c. 18. § 19. 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. § 11. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1.3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 3. The Master, before he departs from any British Plantation where he receives his Lading, shall take a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the Collector or other Principal Officer of the Customs there, that Bond hath been given pursuant to the Directions aforesaid; and the Master shall keep such Certificate till the Voyage is completed, and shall then deliver the same to the Collector or other Chief Officer of the Customs at the Place where he shall discharge his Lading in Great Britain or Ireland, or any British American Colony, on Forfeiture of £100. 4 Geo 3. c. 15. § 24. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10.

§ 1. 3. 33 Geo. 3. c. 63. § 2. 39 & 40 G. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

Certificates to

be taken by the Masters of Ships which lade in the Colonies.

4. If any Ship shall take on board any Coffee or Cocoa Forfeiture if Nuts, or other enumerated Article, before Bond is given Bond given, or shipped before to the Governor that the Ship shall carry the said if carried to Articles to some other British Plantation, or to Great other Places; Britain or Ireland, or before Certificate produced from the Officer of some Custom-house of Great Britain or Ireland that such Bond has been there duly given; or if any Ship shall, contrary to the Tenor of such Bond, carry any of the enumerated Articles to any Port or Place other than to some Plantation belonging to His Majesty, or to Great Britain or Ireland, and there lay the same on Shore; every such Ship shall be forfeited, and also the Lading. 12 Car. 2. c. 18. § 19. 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. § 11. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1. 3. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27.

5. But the said Acts are not to prevent the Subjects but not to extend of the King of the Netherlands, being Dutch Proprietors to the Produce in Demerara, Berbice, or Essequibo, in the Province of Dutch ProprieGuiana, from exporting from the said Colonies to the tors in Guiana. Netherlands the Produce of their Estates on board Dutch Ships; and no Person who by virtue of this Act may be entitled to trade between the said Colonies and the Dominions of the King of the Netherlands, shall export the said Produce to any Part of the United King

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dom,

Governors or

ing Certificates to be false, not

to cancel Bonds;

and Penalty on falsifying Certificates.

dom, or any of His Majesty's Dominions in Europe. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 4. 8.

See GUIANA.

6. In Cases where the Governor or Officers in any Officers suspect- of the Plantations shall have reasonable ground of Suspicion that the Certificate of having given Security in Great Britain or Ireland is false, they shall require sufficient Security for the Discharge of the Plantation Lading in Great Britain or Ireland; and where there shall be Cause to suspect that the Certificate of having discharged the Lading in Great Britain or Ireland is false or counterfeit, the Governor or Officers shall not cancel the Security given in the Plantations, until they shall be informed from the Commissioners of the Customs in Great Britain or Ireland, as the Case may be, that the Matter of the said Certificate is true; and if any Person shall counterfeit, rase, or falsify any Certificate for any Ship or Goods, or knowingly or wilfully make use thereof, such Person shall forfeit £500, and the Certificate shall be of no Effect. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. §10. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. § 1. 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c: 67. Art. 6.

Penalty on Officers suffering Goods to be carried to other Places.

Governors or

20 Geo. 3.

c. 10. § 1. 3.

7. If any Officer of the Customs in Great Britain or Ireland shall give any Warrant for or suffer any Coffee or Cocoa Nuts, or any enumerated Article, to be carried into any other Country or Place, until they have been first put on shore in some Port in Great Britain or Ireland, every Officer for such Offence shall forfeit his Place, and the Value of the Goods. 15 Car. 2. c. 7. $9. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 8. The Governors or their Commanders in Chief of their Command- the said Plantations are Once a Year at least to return to the Officers of the Customs in London, or to such other of Bouds yearly Person as His Majesty shall appoint to receive the same, a List of such Ships as shall have laden any Coffee or Cocoa Nuts, or any enumerated Article, in such Plantations, as also a List of all Bonds taken by them; and in case any Ship belonging to any of His Majesty's Plantations shall be found to have unloaded in any Port of Europe other than Great Britain or Ireland, such Ship I shall be forfeited, and her Lading. 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. § 12. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 27. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. $1. 3. 39 & 40 Geo 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

ers in Chief to transmit Lists

to the Customs.

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