Articles allowed to be exported or Gibraltar. But Commodities may be imported into the British Colonies, &c. First Day of January 1816; provided that the Master of every such Ship shall produce to the proper Officer of His Majesty's Customs in the said Colonies, satisfactory Proof of the said Vessels being owned by a Subject of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands; and his said Majesty the King of the Netherlands may at any Time before the Expiration of the Five Years, if he should think proper, order that such Trade shall be carried on only in such Ships as are Dutch-built, and whereof the Master and Three Fourths of the Crew are the Subjects of His said Majesty : Provided_also, that after the Expiration of the Five Years, no such Trade shall be carried on except in Vessels Dutch-built, and whereof the Master and Three Fourths of the Crew are Subjects of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 6. 25. All such Importations shall be subject to the same Duties as are payable by His Majesty's Subjects on Importations of the like Articles into the said Colonies. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 7. 26. Sugar, Coffee, Cocoa, Rum, Melasses, Pimento, direct to Malta Indigo, Ginger, Dying Wood, being the Produce of any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations, or any Articles which may now or may hereafter be by Law imported into the said Colonies or Plantations, may be exported from thence direct to Malta or the Dependencies thereof, or to Gibraltar; and any Articles, the Production .or Manufacture of Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in North America, and any Articles which may have been lawfully imported into Newfoundland, &c. may be exported from thence direct to Malta or the Dependencies thereof, or to Gibraltar, under the Rules and Regulations of these Acts. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. f 1. 8. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. Vessels of the United States may be there See GIBRALTAR. MALTA. Eruma. Until 25th March 1819, any Ship belonging to the United States, coming in Ballast and not otherwise, may laden with Salt. enter the Port of Exuma for the Purpose of being there laden with Salt, and for no other Purpose whatever, subject to the Rules, Provisions, Regulations, and Restrictions of 28 Geo. 3. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. respecting Ships coming for the same Purpose to Turk's Island. 57 Geo. 3. c. 42. § 1. See BAHAMA AND BERMUDAS. Falmouth. One of the Free Ports in the Island of Jamaica, for A Free Port. the Importation and Exportation of certain Articles in Foreign Ships.. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 1. See FREE PORTS. Fees. 1. The Officers of the Customs in any British Colony or Plantation in America appointed by Deputation or Commission from the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in England, may receive such Fees as they and their Predecessors have been generally and usually accustomed to receive before 29th September 1764, provided such Fees are not contrary to the Direction of any Act made in Great Britain; and in every Port in any British Island in the West Indies, where no Fees have been received, such Officers shall be entitled to the same Fees as have been generally and usually received by the like Officers, in the nearest Port in the Island, before the 29th September 1764; and if no Fees have been received by any Officer in any Port in the Island, such Officer shall be entitled to such Fees as have been generally and usually received by the like Officers in the Island of Barbadoes before the said Day; and in every Port or Place on the Continent of America, within His Majesty's Dominions, where no Fees have been received by any Officer of the Customs, such Officer shall be entitled to the same Fees as have been generally and usually received by the like Officers, in the nearest Port, on or before the said Day; and if no Fees have been received by any Officer in such Port, such Officers shall be entitled to such Fees as have been generally and usually received by the like Officers, in the nearest Port within any British Colony or Plantation, on or before the said Day; and if no Fees have been generally and usually received by any Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs for any Port or Place within any Colony or Plantation, or if the Fees received by such Comptroller before the said Day have not been equal to One Third Part of the Fees received H by Taking greater Fees than allowed. Upon each Report of Fishing Vessels at Newfoundland. Officers in New- For Certificates upon shipping Coffee. by the Collector of His Majesty's Customs within the same Port or Place, in every such Case such Comptroller may receive for his Fees, for any Entry, or other Business done by him in the Execution of his Employment, a Sum equal to One Third Part of the Fees generally and usually received by such Collector for the like Business; and every such Officer shall have and be entitled to the same Remedy for Recovery of such Fees as has been heretofore allowed to any Collector or other Officer; and if any Collector, Comptroller, or other Officer of the Customs in America, shall require or receive any other or greater Fees than herein allowed to be taken, he shall for the First Offence forfeit £50, and for the Second Offence forfeit his Place, and be for ever incapable of executing any Office or Employment in the Customs. 5 Geo. 3. c. 45. § 28. 10 Geo. 3. c. 37. § 1. 2. A Fee not exceeding Two Shillings and Sixpence may be taken by Officers of the Customs at Newfoundland for each Report of the Master of every Vessel-fitted and cleared out from Great Britain as Fishing Ships, upon his first Arrival there, and at his clearing out from thence, and no other Fee shall be taken or demanded by any Officer of the Customs there relative to the said Fishery. 12 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 7. 3. So long as 10 Geo. 3. c. 37. shall remain in force*, the Officers of His Majesty's Customs in Newfoundland shall be entitled to receive such Fees for all Business done by them in the Execution of their Duty, as were legally demanded and taken by the like Officers of the Customs at the Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia on or before 1st January 1768, provided the said Fees are not contrary to the Directions of any Act made in Great Britain; and the said Officers shall have the like Remedy for the same, and be liable to the same Forfeitures and Disabilities for receiving any greater or other Fees than are allowed to be taken, as are inflicted in such Cases by 5 Geo. 3. c. 45. and 10 Geo. 3. c. Geo. 3. c. 47. § 3. 45 Geo. 3. c. 68. § 5. 4. For every Certificate granted upon the shipping of Coffee and Cocoa Nuts in pursuance of these Acts, the Collector and Comptroller and Naval Officer shall re * This Act was made perpetual by 45 Geo. 3. c. 68. § 5. ceive as a Fee or Reward the Sum of Five Shillings, and no more. 5 Geo. 2. c. 24. § 3. 23 Geo. 3. c. 79. §7. See COFFEE AND COCOA NUTS. 5. The Fees now payable upon the Registry or Transfer of Property in any Vessel shall continue to be paid as heretofore, except upon the First Registry, in pursuance of this Act, of any Ship built and registered before 1st May 1786. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. § 37. See REGISTRY OF BRITISH SHIPS. On the Delivery of Lists of the Crew and Wages due to such as have died, and for inspecting 6. The Collectors and Comptrollers in the British Colonies and Plantations may receive Two Shillings and Sixpence of the Masters of British Ships upon delivering the List of the Crew on board such Ships at the Time of Arrival in the said Colonies or Plantations, and also of the same. the Wages due to such as may have died during the Voyage, and may receive One Shilling from any Person inspecting such List. 37 Geo. 3. c. 73. § 5. 7. No Fees shall be demanded or received by any Of ficer in the Free Ports, for any Entry, Cocket, Clearance, or Passport for any Foreign Vessel, or for any Goods imported into or exported from the said Islands in any such Foreign Vessels, under the like Pains and Penalties as are inflicted upon Officers receiving greater Fees than are allowed by any Act now in force. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. 49 Geo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74. See FREE PORTS. Figs, of His May be exported from Malta, or any of the Dependencies thereof, or from Gibraltar, direct to any Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, 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. Fisheries. 1. Salt for the Fisheries of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, may be laden in any Part of Europe on board any British-built Vessel owned, navigated, and H 2 registered Not to be paid for Vessels or Free Port Acts. Goods under the Also Goods fit and necessary for the Fishery from Guernsey or Jersey ; upon the Conditions herein mentioned. Herrings may be imported from the Isle of Man; also Tools and Implements from the said Isle ; registered according to Law. 15 Car. 2. c. 7. § 6. 2 Geo. 3. c. 24. § 7. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 31. 4 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 1. 48 Geo. 3. c. 22. §1. 2. Any Person inhabiting in Jersey or Guernsey may lade in the said Islands, and transport directly from thence of the British Colonies in America where the to any Fishery is carried on, on board any Ship which may lawfully trade there, any Sort of Craft, Food, Victuals, Clothing, or other Goods fit and necessary for the Fishery in those Parts, or for the Use and Support of the Mariners or other Persons employed on board the Ships, or on Shore, in carrying on the said Fishery there; provided such Craft, Clothing, or other Goods, are the Produce or Manufacture of Great Britain, or of Jersey or Guernsey, and such Food or Victuals are the Growth or Produce either of Great Britain, Ireland, or the said Islands. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 1. 3. Provided also, that the Master of the Ship produce to the proper Officer of the Customs in the Colony where he shall arrive, a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the Governor, Deputy Governor, or Commander in Chief, that Oath had been made by the Shipper of such Goods, before the Magistrates of the Royal Court in Jersey or Guernsey, or any Three of them, that the Goods and Victuals so shipped are of such Product or Manufacture, which Certificate shall also be attested by the principal Officer of the Customs in the said Island, who shall certify that the said Oath was taken in his Presence; and on Failure of producing the Certificate, such Food, &c. found on board any Ship, and the Ship importing the same, shall be seized and forfeited, in the same Manner as if this Act had not been made. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 2. 4. Any of His Majesty's Subjects residing in the Isle of Man may export from thence to any of the British Colonies or Plantations in America, in British-built Ships owned, navigated, and registered according to Law, Herrings caught and cured by them, in the same Manner as Victuals may be imported into the said Colonies or Plantations from Ireland. 12 Geo. 3. c. 58. § 4. 5. Any of His Majesty's Subjects residing in the Isle of Man may ship and lade there, and transport directly from thence to any Part of America where the Fishery is now or shall hereafter be carried on, on board any Ship which may lawfully trade or fish there, any Provisions, Hooks, ΙΟ Lines, |