Africa, which shall be brought to any Place in Europe within the Straits of Gibraltar, through Places in Asia or Africa which are within those Straits, shall be deemed to be the Produce of such last mentioned Places within the Meaning of the said Act. Navigation. XXII. And Whereas by an Act passed in the Fourth Year of 4 G.4 c.80. the Reign of His present Majesty, for consolidating and amend- §§ 21, 22. ing the Laws then in force with respect to Trade from and to • Places within the Limits of the Charter of the East India Company, particular Provision is made with respect to the Number and Country of the Seamen by whom British Ships engaged in 'such Trade may in certain Cases be navigated;' Be it therefore enacted, That any British Ship navigated in the Manner permitted Lascars and by the said Act in any of the Cases therein mentioned shall be Foreigners deemed to be duly navigated as British Ships; any Thing in the navigating East India Ships. before mentioned Act for the Encouragement of British Shipping and Navigation to the contrary notwithstanding. Foreigners na vigating Ships in Southern Whale Fishery. 'XXIII. And Whereas by an Act passed in the Thirty fifth Year 35 G.3. c.92. of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled $7. • An Act for further encouraging and regulating the Southern Whale Fisheries, certain Foreigners were permitted to be employed as 'Masters or Seamen in navigating Ships employed in such • Fisheries: And Whereas the said Act will from and after the Fifth Day of July next be repealed; and it is expedient to con⚫tinue such Privilege to Persons who have been actually so employed; Be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Person who shall have been actually so employed under the Authority of the said Act, to go before the Collector and Controller of the Customs at the Port from whence the Ship in which he last so served shall have cleared out for the Voyage on which he was employed in the same, and make Proof of such Service to the Satisfaction of such Collector and Controller, and thereupon such Collector and Controller shall enrol the Name of such Person and shall give to him a Certificate of such Proof, and such Person producing such Certificate shall at all Times thereafter be deemed to hold the Qualification of a British Seamen for the Purpose of navigating any Ship employed in the Southern Whale Fisheries; any Thing in the Law of Navigation to the contrary notwithstanding. extended to Navigation XXIV. And be it further enacted, That all Penalties and Forfei- Jurisdiction tures incurred under the said Act for the Encouragement of British under Shipping and Navigation, shall be sued for, prosecuted, recovered 6 G.4. c.108. and disposed of, or shall be mitigated or restored, in like Manner as any Penalty or Forfeiture can be sued for, prosecuted, recovered and disposed of, or may be mitigated or restored, under the before mentioned Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, for the Prevention of Smuggling. • XXV. And Whereas another Act was passed in the last Session ' of Parliament, intituled An Act for the registering of British • Vessels; and it is expedient to alter and amend the same in • Manner hereinafter provided: And Whereas by the said Act it ' is provided, that if any Ship be built in Asia, Africa or America, for Owners residing in the United Kingdom, a Certificate therein ' mentioned shall be given for the Navigation of such Ship to the United Kingdom, whether by a direct or circuitous Voyage, ' and that such Certificate shall for such Voyage have all the Force L 2 Law. Register. 6 G.4. c.110. $ 12. Ships built in Colonies for Owners in U. K. to have navigate for Term herein and mentioned. Certificate to Register. Entry of Bill of Sale in Book of intended Registry. Levant Com. pany. Duties. 6 G.4. c. 111. Goods the Produce of and imported from particular Places herein mentioned. Inwards. 6 G.4. c.111. Proviso for Cambrics and other Linens not rated according to Number of ' and Virtue of a Certificate of Registry under that Act;' Be it therefore enacted, That such Certificate shall be in like Force for the Navigation of such Ship for any Voyages whatever during the Term of Two Years from the Date of such Certificate, if such Ship shall not sooner arrive at some Place in the United Kingdom, 6 • XXVI. And Whereas by the said Act for registering British Ships Provision is made for the entering of any Bill of Sale of any Ship or Vessel, or any Share thereof, in the Book of Registry at the Port where such Ship or Vessel is registered, or in the Book of intended Registry at any other Port at which she is about 'to be registered de novo;' Be it enacted, That such Entry in the Book of intended Registry shall not be made until all the Requisites of Law for the immediate Registry of the Ship or Vessel in such Book have been complied with; nor shall such Entry be valid or certified on the Bill of Sale until the Registry de novo of the Ship or Vessels shall have been duly made, and the Certificate thereof granted. • XXVII. And Whereas the Company of Merchants of England 'trading to the Levant Seas has been dissolved;' Be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Person who was a Member of the said Company at the Time of its Dissolution, and who was a Resident at any of the Factories of the said Company, to continue to own any Share or Shares in any British registered Ship, of which at the Time of such Residence he was an Owner or Part Owner, although such Person shall continue to reside at any of the Places where such Factories had existed prior to the Dissolution of the said Company. • XXVIII. And Whereas another Act was passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for granting Duties of Customs; and it is expedient to alter and amend the same in Manner hereinafter provided;' Be it therefore enacted, That whenever lower Duties are charged upon the Importation of any of the Goods hereinafter mentioned as being the Produce of particular Places, such Goods shall not be deemed to be the Produce of such Places unless they be also imported from such Places; that is to say, Almonds, Arrow Root or Powder, Bark, Cocus Wood, Copper, Fustic, Ginger, Granilla, Hemp, Hides, Honey, Indigo, Logwood, Marmalade, Cashew Nuts, Cocoa Nuts, Pimento, Rhubarb, Rosin, Sarsaparilla, Sponge, Succades, Sugar, Tamarinds, Tar, Tortoiseshell and Turmeric. • XXIX. And Whereas in the "Table of Duties of Customs Inwards," to the said Act for granting Duties of Customs annexed, certain rated Duties are imposed upon the several Sorts of Linen therein mentioned, some of which are to be ascertained according to the Number of Threads to the Inch of Warp of such Linen, and an Option is given to the Importer to pay a Duty of Forty Pounds for every One hundred Pounds of the Value of the Linen, instead of any of the rated Duties so imposed;' Be it therefore enacted and declared, That from and after the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, such Option shall not be deemed to extend to Cambrics, or to any other Sort of Linen, the rated Duties of which are not to be ascertained according to the Number of Threads in the same. • XXX. And • XXX. And Whereas by the said Act a Duty of Ten Shillings for every One hundred Pounds of the Value of certain Goods is charged upon the Exportation thereof;' Be it therefore enacted, That such Duty shall not be charged upon any Goods which are subject to any other Export Duty. Outwards. 6 G.4. c. 111. Ad valorem Duty outwards. XXXI. And Whereas it is expedient to make further Provisions for charging suitable Duties on Rum which shall have been sweetened by the colouring Matter necessarily mixed with the same;' Be it therefore enacted, That Rum the Produce of the Sweetened British Possessions in America shall not be liable to the Duty Rum, how charged on sweetened Spirits, unless the actual Strength thereof charged with shall exceed the Strength denoted by Sykes's Hydrometer by more Duty. than Ten Degrees per Centum; and that in lieu of such Duty, there shall be charged upon every Degree per Centum more than Three Degrees and not more than Ten Degrees by which the actual Strength of any such Rum shall exceed the Strength denoted by Sykes's Hydrometer, a Duty of Nine Shillings and Sixpence : Provided always, that if the Importer of any such Rum cannot make a perfect Entry thereof for Payment of the proper Duty on the actual Strength of the same, it shall be lawful for such Importer to demand in Writing upon the Entry, that Trial be made of the actual Strength of such Rum (he paying the Expence of such Trial), instead of entering such Rum for the Payment of Duty upon any stated Number of such excessive Degrees of Strength: Provided also, that all Trials of the actual Strength of Rum shall be made by some skilful Person appointed by the Commissioners of the Customs for such Purpose. XXXII. And be it further enacted, That the East India Com- East India pany shall be allowed to export Stores, Provisions, Utensils of Company's War and Necessaries for maintaining their Garrisons and Settle- Stores. ments, free of all Duties; so as the Duties hereby remitted, if they had been to be paid, would not have exceeded or do not exceed, in any One Year, the Sum of Three hundred Pounds. • XXXIII. And Whereas, in a Table to the said Act for granting Duties of Customs annexed, denominated " A Table of Duties • Coastwise," a Duty of One Shilling the Chaldron is imposed upon ⚫ certain Small Coals shipped to be sent Coastwise from the Ports of Newcastle or Sunderland to any Port in England or Wales, and such Coals are not subject to the Duty imposed in the said Table upon Coals brought Coastwise;' Be it therefore enacted, That the said Duty of One Shilling shall also be imposed upon the like Sorts of Small Coals, when shipped to be so sent from the Ports of Liverpool, Bristol, Bridgewater, Gloucester, Chepstow, Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Llanelly, Cardigan, Aberyswith, Whitehaven, Lancaster, Preston, Beaumaris, Milford or Stockton, in like Manner as when shipped to be sent from either of the said Ports of Newcastle or Sunderland; and such Coals shall also be free of Duty when brought to any Port in England or Wales, in like Manner as if so brought from either of the said Ports of Newcastle or Sunderland. XXXIV. And be it further enacted, That in lieu and instead of any Duty on Coals, except Small Coals hereinbefore mentioned, brought Coastwise into any Port in Wales, payable under the said Act of the last Session of Parliament, for granting Duties of CusL 3 toms Coastwise. 6 G. 4. c. 111. Duty on Alteration of Duty on Coals brought CoastPort in Wales, wise to any Coastwise. by 6 G.4. c.111. Table of New toms according to a Table of Duties thereunto annexed, denominated "A Table of Duties Coastwise," there shall be paid upon all Coals, except Small Coals as aforesaid, whether usually sold by Weight or by Measure, when brought Coastwise from any Port in the United Kingdom into any Port in Wales, a Duty of One Shilling and Eight Pence for every Ton Weight of such Coals; and such Duty shall be raised, levied, collected and paid unto His Majesty, in like Manner as if the same had been imposed by the said Act, and set forth in the said Table thereunto annexed. XXXV. And be it further enacted, That instead of the Duties and Drawbacks imposed and allowed by the said Act of the last Session of Parliament for granting Duties of Customs, and set forth in a Table thereunto annexed, denominated "Table of Duties of Customs Inwards," the several Duties and Drawbacks set forth in Figures in the Table hereinafter contained, and denominated "Table of New Duties," shall, in respect of such Goods as are mentioned therein, be raised, levied, collected and paid unto His Majesty, and be allowed in like Manner as if such Duties and Drawbacks had been imposed and allowed in and by the said Act, and had been set forth in the said Table thereunto annexed; that is to say, TABLE OF NEW DUTIES. Duty. direct from thence Annatto, or Rocou Flag Aloes, the Produce of the Cape of Good Hope, and imported Ashes; viz. Weed Ashes Bark; Peruvian or Jesuit's Bark the Produce of and imported from any British Posses- the ton 100 Capers, including the Pickle the lb. 0061 Camphor unrefined Cedar Wood, not being the Produce of and imported from any · British Possession Cloves, imported from any British Possession within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter the Produce of and imported from any British Possession the lb. 006 imported from any British Possession within the Limits of the lb. the Produce of and imported from any British Possession in America the Produce of and imported from Sierra Leone the lb. imported from any British Possession within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter imported from any other Place within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter the lb. Cotton; viz. Articles of Manufactures of Cotton, wholly or in Part made up, not otherwise charged with Duty, Ebony the lb. for every 100%. of the Value 20 0 the ton 10 0 the Produce of and imported from any British Pos Galls Hair or Goats' Wool; viz. Cow, Ox, Bull or Elk Hair Lignum Vitæ the ton the Produce of and imported from any British the ton Linen; viz. Articles of Manufactures of Linen, or of Linen mixed with Cotton or with Wool, wholly or in Part made up, not otherwise charged with Duty 30 0 0 0 2 6 Free. 200 0 10 0 for every 100%. of the Value 40 0 0 Mace imported from any British Possession within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter Mahogany of the Growth of Bermuda, or any of the Bahama of the Growth of the Island of Jamaica, and imported Marble Blocks 00 026 Nutmegs, imported from any British Possession within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter Oil Seed Cakes of all Sorts |