employed for the carriage of letters and packets under the several regulations and restrictions prescribed and directed by either of the said recited Acts.

No. CXL.

3 Geo. IV.

c. 43.

16: 18 C. 2. c. 2. § 2.: 10 & 11 W. 3. c. 24. § 13 &

XXIV. Provided also and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to allow the importation of fresh herrings fresh cod or haddock coal fish gull fish or grill fish or of Not to allow any ling herring cod or pilchard fresh or salted dried or bloated or of any Importation of salmon eel or congers or of any sort of fish taken or caught by or bought Fish contrary of or received from any foreigner or foreigners or out of any stranger or to Stats. strangers bottom in any other manner than such importation is permitted 15 Car. 2. c. 7. or restrained under and by virtue of the regulations contained in an Act made in the fifteenth year of the reign of King Charles the Second, intituled An Act for the Encouragement of Trade; and in an Act made in the eighteenth year of the reign of King Charles the Second, intituled An Act against importing Cattle from Ireland and other parts beyond the Seas, and Fish taken by Foreigners; and in an Act made in the tenth and eleventh years of the reign of King William the Third, intituled An Act for making Billingsgate a free Market for the Sale of Fish; and in an Act made in the first year of the reign of King George the First, intituled An Act for the better preventing fresh Fish taken by Foreigners being imported into this Kingdom, and for the Preservation of the Fry of Fish, and for the giving Leave to import Lobsters and Turbots in Foreign Bottoms, and for the better Preservation of Salmon within several Rivers in that Part of this Kingdom called England, or in any other Act or Acts relating to the importation of fish into any part of the United Kingdom.

14: 1 G. 1.

st. 2. c. 18.

1 & 2.

XXV. Provided also and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act con- Not to affect tained shall extend or be construed to extend to repeal or alter so much Importation of of the said last recited Act of the first year of the reign of King George Lobsters and the First, whereby it is enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for any Turbots under person whatsoever, as well foreigners as British, freely to import bring in 1 G. 1. st. 2. and sell in any ship or vessel whatsoever any quantity of lobsters or c. 18. § 10. turbots whether they be of foreign or British catching.

&c.

XXVI. Provided also and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act con- Not to affect tained shall extend or be construed to extend to repeal or alter any of the Orders of provisions contained in an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of Council under his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to permit the 9 G. 3. c. 39. free Importation of certain Raw Hides and Skins from Ireland and the s. 10. for preBritish Plantations in America, for a limited Time; and for taking off the venting ImDuties upon Seal Skins tunned or taxed in this Kingdom, and for granting Portation of infected Hides, another Duty in lieu thereof; for indemnifying all Persons with respect to advising or executing any of his Majesty's Orders in Council, prohibiting the Importation of Raw Hides, Horns, and Hoofs of infected Cattle, and to authorise the Prohibition of the Importation of such Hides, Horns, and Hoofs for the future; by which his Majesty is authorised from time to time by proclamation or order in council to prohibit generally or from any particular country the importation of any hides or skins horns or hoofs or any other part of any cattle or beast for such time or times and under such regulations as his Majesty shall judge most expedient and effectual to prevent any contagious distemper from being brought into the Kingdom.

XXVII. Provided also and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act con- Not to affect tained shall extend or be construed to extend to repeal or alter an Act Importation of made in the forty-seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King Naval Stores by George the Third, intituled An Act to authorise his Majesty to permit the Licence under Importation of Naval Stores from any place in Ships belonging to States in 47 G. 3. st. 2. Amity with his Majesty, and navigated in any Manner whatever; nor to prevent the importation of naval stores under any licence granted in pursuance of the said recited Act.

c. 27.

XXVIII. Provided also and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act Not to affect contained shall extend or be construed to extend to repeal or alter any of Importation of the provisions contained in an Act passed in the thirty-second year of the Quercitron or reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, for allowing the im- Black Oak Bark portation of quercitron or black oak bark when the price of oak bark shall under 32 G. 3.

c. 49. § 1.

No. CXI.

be under the prices mentioned in an Act of the twelfth year of his said 3 Geo. IV. Majesty reign, for encouraging the manufacture of leather.

c. 43.

Not to affect

Duties payable to the Turkey Company or

XXIX. Provided also and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to alter repeal or in any way affect the payment of any duties payable by law to the several companies of merchants of England, commonly called or known by the name of the Levant Company or the Turkey Company and the Russia Company; but that all such duties shall continue and remain payable in like manner as before the passing of this Act.

the Russia Company.

Not to affect XXX. Provided also and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act conDuties of Pack- tained shall extend or be construed to extend to repeal or in anywise alter age, &c. to the the duties of package scavage bailage or portage or any other duties payCorporation of able to the mayor and commonalty of the citizens of the city of London, London, &c. or to the lord mayor of the said city for the time being, or to any other city or town corporate in the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any other special privilege or exemption to which any person or persons or body or bodies politic or corporate within the said United Kingdom is or are now entitled by law, but the same shall continue as heretofore.

XXXI. And be it further enacted, That all goods and merchandize which shall be imported pursuant to this Act and the importers of such goods and merchandize shall be subject and liable to the payment of all such duties of customs and excise and also to all such conditions rules regulations penalties and forfeitures as relate to the securing the payment of the said duties, and as relate to the due and regular entry landing warehousing securing and delivery of such goods and merchandize, and as relate to the burthen of the ships or vessels in which and the ports into which such goods and merchandize shall be imported and the packages in which the same shall be contained; and all such goods and merchandize and the importers thereof shall in all other respects not especially provided for by this Act be subject and liable to all such rules regulations penalties and forfeitures as any such goods and merchandize or the importers thereof are subject or liable to under or by virtue of any Act or Acts in force on or immediately before the passing of this Act, or as shall be in force with respect to any such goods or merchandize or the importers thereof at the time of the importation thereof; any thing in this Act contained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.

XXXII. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures imposed by this Act or which shall or may be incurred for any offence against this Act shall and may be sued for recovered levied or mitigated by such ways means or methods as any fine penalty or forfeiture against the said several Acts of the twelfth year of the reign of King Charles the Second and of the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King George the Third, for the encouraging and increasing of shipping and navigation may be sued for recovered levied or mitigated under the said recited Acts respectively, or as any fine penalty or forfeiture may be sued for recovered levied or mitigated by any law or laws relating to the importation of goods or merchandize into Great Britain and Ireland respectively, or by action of debt bill plaint or information in any of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster or Dublin or in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland respectively; and that one moiety of every such penalty or forfeiture shall be to his Majesty his heirs and successors and the other moiety to him or them who shall inform discover or sue for the same.

XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be amended altered or repealed by any Act or Acts to be made in this present Session of Parliament.

[ No. CXII. ] 3 George IV. c. 44.-An Act to regulate the Trade between his Majesty's Possessions in America

No. CXII.

3 Geo. IV. c. 44.

3 Geo. IV.

viz.

c. 44.

29 G. 3. c. 16.

and the West Indies and other Places in America and the West Indies.-[24th June 1822.] WHEREAS divers Acts of Parliament have been from time to time passed for regulating the importation and exportation of certain articles into and from certain territories islands and ports under the dominion of his Majesty in America and the West Indies; and it is expedient that the said several Acts should be repealed, and other provisions Acts regulating made in lieu thereof: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most excel- the Importation lent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Exportaand Temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and tion of certain by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Articles into Act, an Act passed in the Twenty-eighth year of the reign of his late and from cerMajesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for regulating the tain Colonies in Trade between the Subjects of his Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America and North America, and in the West India Islands, and the Countries belong- the West Ining to the United States of America, and between his Majesty's said Sub- dies herein rejects and the Foreign Islands in the West Indies; also, an Act passed in cited repealed; the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to allow the Importation of Rum and other 28 G. 3. c. 6. Spirits from his Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in the West Indies, into 28 G. 3. c. 39. the Province of Quebec, without Payment of Duty, under certain Conditions and Restrictions; also, an Act passed in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act to enable his Majesty to authorize, in case of Necessity, the Importation of Bread, Flour, Indian Corn, and Live Stock, from any of the Territories belonging to the United States of America, into the Province of Quebec, and all the Countries bordering on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and the Islands within the said Gulf, and to the Coast of Labrador;' also, another Act passed in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, 29 G. 3. c. 56. intituled An Act for explaining and amending an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled "An Act to regulate the Trade between "the Subjects of his Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in North Ame"rica, and in the West India Islands, and the Countries belonging to the "United States of America, and between his Majesty's said Subjects and "the Foreign Islands in the West Indies;" also, an Act passed in the Thirtieth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act 30 G. 3. c. 8. to amend Two Acts made in the Twenty-eighth year of the Reign of his present Majesty, the one intituled "An Act for regulating the Trade "between the Subjects of his Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in "North America, and in the West India Islands, and the Countries be"longing to the United States of America, and between his Majesty's said "Subjects and the Foreign Islands in the West Iudics ;" and the other intituled "An Act to allow the Importation of Rum or other Spirits "from his Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in the West Indies, into the "Province of Quebec, without Payment of Duty, under certain Con"ditions and Restrictions;" also, an Act passed in the Thirty-first Year 31 G. 3. c. 38. of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act to amend an Act made in the Twenty-eighth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, for regulating the Trade between the Subjects of his Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in North America, and in the West India Islands, and the Countries belonging to the United States of America, and between his Majesty's said Subjects and the Foreign Islands in the West Indies; and also, an Act made in the Twenty-seventh Year of his present Majesty's Reign, for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods Wares, and Merchandize in the Ports of Kingston, Savannah la Mar, Montego Bay, and Santa Lucia, in the Island of Jamaica, in the Port of Saint George in the Island of Grenada, in the Port of Rosea in the Island of Dominica, and in the Port of Nassau in the Island of New Providence, one of the Bahama Islands, under certain Regulations and Restrictions;' also, an Act passed in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of his said late 33 G. 3. c. 50. Majesty, intituled An Act to amend an Act passed in the Twentyseventh Year of his present Majesty's Reign, for allowing the Importation

c. 44.

No. CXII. and Exportation of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, in Foreign Ships, into and from certain Ports and Places in the West Indies; and 3 Geo. IV. for amending so much of an Act made in the Thirty-second Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, as relates to permitting the Importation of Sugar in the Bahama and Bermuda Islands, in Foreign Ships; and so much of Two Acts made in the Twenty-eighth and Thirty-first Years of his present Majesty's Reign, as prohibits the Importation of Timber into any Island under the Dominion of his Majesty in the West Indies, from any Foreign Colony or Plantation in the West Indies or South America; and so much of the said Act made in the Twenty-eighth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, as prohibits the Importation of Pitch, Tar, and Turpentine into Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, from any Country belonging to 44 G. 3. c. 101, the United States of America;' also, an Act passed in the Forty-fourth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act for permitting, until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and seven, the Exportation of Salt from the Port of Nassau in the Island of New Providence, the Port of Exuma and the Port of Crooked Island in the Bahama Islands, in Ships belonging to the Inhabitants of the United States of America, and coming in Ballast; also, an Act passed in the 45 G. 3. c. 57. Forty-fifth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act to consolidate and extend the several Laws now in force, for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Merchandize into and 46 G. 3. c. 72. from certain Ports in the West Indies;' also, an Act passed in the Fortysixth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act for enabling his Majesty to permit the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Commodities into and from the Port of Road Harbour in 48 G. 3.c. 125. the Island of Tortola;' also, an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act to permit the Importation of Rice, Flour, and Grain from any Foreign Colonies on the Continent of America, into certain Ports in the West Indies, and to allow certain Articles to be imported from the United States of America into the British Provinces in North America, for the Purpose of Exportation to 49 G. 3. c. 22. the British Islands in the West Indies;' also, an Act passed in the Fortyninth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Commodities into and from the Port of Falmouth, in the Island of Jamaica ;' 52 G. 3. c. 79. also, an Act passed in the Fifty-second Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act to allow British Plantation Sugar and Coffee, imported into Bermuda in British Ships, to be exported to the Territories of the United States of America in Foreign Ships or Vessels, and to permit Articles, the Production of the said United States, to be imported into the said Island in Foreign Ships or Vessels;' also, another 52 G. 3. c. 99. Act passed in the said Fifty-second Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act for allowing certain Articles to be imported into the Bahama Islands, and exported therefrom in Foreign Vessels, and for encouraging the Exportation of Salt from the said Islands; also, an 53 G. 3. c. 37. Act passed in the Fifty-third Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act to amend an Act of the Twenty-eighth Year of his present Majesty, for allowing the Importation of Rum or other Spirits from his Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in the West Indies into the Province of Quebec, without Payment of Duty;' also, another Act passed in the Fifty-third Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act for further allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Articles at the Island of Bermuda; also, an Act passed in the Fiftyfourth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act to revive and make perpetual certain Acts for consolidating and extending the several Laws in force, for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Articles into and from certain Ports in the West Indies;' also, 57 G. 3. c. 28. an Act passed in the Fifty-seventh year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act to extend the Powers of Two Acts, for allowing British Plantation Sugar and Coffee, and other Articles, imported into Bermuda in British Ships, to be exported to America in Foreign Vessels, and to permit Articles, the Produce of America, to be imported into the said Island

53 G. 3. c. 50.

54 G. 3. c. 48.

in Foreign Ships, to certain other Articles; also, another Act passed in No. CXII. the said Fifty-seventh Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled

58 G. 3. c. 19.

An Act to extend several Acts for allowing the Importation and Ex- 3 Geo. IV. portation of certain Goods and Merchandize to Porta Maria in the Island c. 44. of Jamaica, and to the Port of Bridge Town in the Island of Barbadoes ;' also, an Act passed in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Reign of his said late 57 G. 3. c. 74. Majesty, intituled An Act to allow, for Three Years, and until Six Weeks after the Commencement of the then next Session of Parliament, the Importation, into Ports specially appointed by his Majesty, within the Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, of the Articles therein enumerated, and the Re-exportation thereof from such Ports; also, an Act passed in the said Fifty-eighth Year of the Reign of his said late 58 G. 3. c. 27. Majesty, intituled An Act to permit the Importation of certain Articles into his Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in the West Indies, or on the Continent of South America, and also certain Articles into certain Ports

in the West Indies; also, an Act passed in the Fifty-ninth Year of the 59 G. 3. c. 18. Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An Act to make perpetual an Act of the Forty-fourth Year of his present Majesty, for permitting the Exportation of Salt from the Port of Nassau in the Island of New Providence, the Port of Eruma, and the Port of Crooked Island, in the Bahama Islands, in American Ships coming in Ballast;' also, an Act passed in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled An 59 G. 3. c. 55. Act to extend the Provisions of Three Acts of the Fifty-second, Fiftythird, and Fifty-seventh Years of his present Majesty, for allowing British Plantation Sugar and Coffee, and other Articles, imported into Bermuda in British Ships, to be exported to America in Foreign Vessels, and to permit Articles the Produce of America, to be imported into Bermuda in Foreign Ships, to certain other Articles;' also, an Act passed in the First 1 G. 4. c. 12. Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled An Act to extend several Acts for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Merchandizes to Morant Bay in the Island of Jamaica;' also,

another Act passed in the First Year of his present Majesty's Reign, 1 G. 4. c. 32. intituled An Act to permit the Importation of Coffee from any Foreign

Colony or Plantation in America, into the Port of Bridge Town in Bar

badoes; also, an Act passed in the First and Second Year of the Reign 1 & 2 G. 4. of his present Majesty, intituled An Act to make perpetual an Act of c. 7. the Fifty-eighth Year of his late Majesty, to allow the Importation, into certain Ports in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, of certain enumerated Articles, and the Re-exportation thereof from such Ports;' shall be and the same are hereby repealed.

II. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act Act not to discontained shall extend or be deemed or construed to extend to release or charge any discharge any seizure of goods wares or merchandize, or of any ship or Seizure, Forvessel, or to release or discharge any forfeiture or penalty incurred on or feiture, or Pebefore the passing of this Act, but that the same may be prosecuted nalty already sued for recovered and divided in such and the like manner as any such made or inseizure forfeiture or penalty might have been prosecuted sued for recovered and divided if this Act had not been made.

curred.

III. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Articles enuAct it shall be lawful to import into any of the ports enumerated in the merated in Schedule annexed to this Act marked (A.) from any foreign country on Schedule (B.) the continent of North or South America or from any foreign island in may be importthe West Indies, whether such country or island as aforesaid shall be ed from any under the dominion of any foreign European Sovereign or State or other- Foreign Counwise, the articles enunterated in the Schedule annexed to this Act marked try in North or (B.) either in British-built ships or vessels owned and navigated accord- South America ing to law, or in any ship or vessel bona fide the built of and owned by or the West Indies, whether the inhabitants of any country or place belonging to or under the do- under the minion of the Sovereign or State of which the said articles are the Dominionofany growth produce or manufacture, such ship or vessel being navigated with European Sovea master and three-fourths of the mariners at least belonging to such reign or otherwise, into the Ports mentioned in Schedule (A.) either in British Vessels, or Vessels owned by the Inhabitants of such Country, &c.