Bond to be

given for the due exportation of corn,

&c. to the places men

tioned in tahis Majefty's forces, &c.

ble C. or for

How fuch

bonds fhall be discharged.

Inhabitants of

thence to

wheat, &c.

XI. And be it further enacted, That fuch exporter of the seve ral forts of corn or other articles aforefaid, either to any of the places mentioned in the said table C, or for his Majefty's forces, forts, or garrifons, or for the use of British fhips trading on the coaft of Africa, or beans for the British forts, caftles, or factories in Africa, fhall, before the shipping thereof, declare the island or place for which the faid corn or other articles are refpectively intended to be exported, and he, together with the mafter or perfon having the charge or command of the fhip or veffel in which such corn or other articles are intended to be exported, fhall become bound to his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, in a bond, with one other fufficient furety (to be approved by the collector and comptroller of the cuftoms at the port of exportation) in treble the value thereof, with condition that the faid corn or other articles fo exported fhall be landed at the refpective iflands or places for which the same shall be so declared and entered for the feveral purposes aforefaid, and fhall not be landed or fold in any other parts whatsoever, the danger of the feas and enemies excepted; and fuch bond fhall be discharged upon producing fuch certificate as is herein-before required, with refpect to corn and other articles exported on bounty, within the times there fpecified, as the cafe may happen to be, or on proof made, to the fatisfaction of the commiffioners of the customs in England or Scotland, for the time being, refpectively, that fuch articles were taken by enemies, or perifhed in the feas: provided always, That in cafe fuch corn or other articles fhall be exported for the use of his Majefty's forces, forts, or garrifons, there fhall alfo be a certificate of the commiflary of provifions, or any person who fhall receive the fame into his charge or cuftody for the ufe of his Majesty's forces, testifying the quantity fo received by him.

XII. And be it further enacted, That it fhall and may be lawGuernsey, &c. ful for any perfon inhabiting the faid iflands of Guernsey, Jersey, or may transport Alderney, to fhip and lade at any of the said iflands, and to transport directly from directly from thence to Newfoundland, or to any other of the BriNewfound- tifh colonies or plantations in America, where the fishery is now land, &c. for or fhall hereafter be carried on, on board any fhip or veffel which the ufe of the may lawfully trade there, the whole or fo much of the wheat, fishery, the rye, barley, and meal, flour, malt, bifcuit, or pease, so allowed allowed to be to be imported into the faid iflands, as fhall be fit and neceffary imported into for the fishery in those parts, or for the ufe and fupport of the thofe iflands, mariners or other perfons employed on board the veffels, or on agreeable to fhore in carrying on the faid fifhery, in the fame manner, and under the fame limitations and reftrictions, to all intents, conftructions, and purposes, as are prefcribed in and by an act, made in the ninth year of the reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An act to permit the inhabitants of Jersey and Guernsey to export directly from thence to Newfoundland, or the British colonies in America, goods neceffary for the fishery, under certain restrictions, and to import from thence non-enumerated goods (except rum), and to land the jame in the faid iflands, as if the fame were particularly repeated and reenacted

9 Geo.3.c. 28.

enacted in the body of this present act; any law or ftatute to the contrary thereof in anywife notwithstanding.

under certain

XIII. Provided alfo, and be it further enacted, That nothing Corn, &c. may herein contained shall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to pro- be exported to hibit any fort of corn, or any of the other articles as aforefaid, Ireland, durfrom being exported from Great Britain to the kingdom of Ire- ing an embar go on the exland, during fuch time and so long as any general prohibition of portation or embargo on the exportation of fuch corn, or other articles as thereof from aforefaid, fhall be in force in that kingdom, the fame having been that kingdom, notified in the London Gazette; but that it fhall and may be law- regulations. ful, during the time that such prohibition or embargo fhall be in force in that kingdom, to export fuch corn, or other articles as aforefaid, from Great Britain to Ireland, fo as the exporter of any fuch corn, or other articles as aforefaid, from Great Britain, do, before the shipping thereof, declare upon oath, or affirmation, being one of the people called Quakers, before the collector or other chief officer of the cuftoms at the port from whence the exportation is about to take place (which oath or affirmation the faid collector or other chief officer is hereby impowered to adminifter), that all fuch corn, or other articles as aforesaid, is intended to be exported to Ireland, fpecifying therein the port to which the fame is intended to be exported, and also that he, together with the master or perfon having the charge or command of the ship or veffel in which fuch corn or other articles are intended to be exported, do become bound in a bond with one other sufficient furety, in treble the value of fuch corn, or other articles as aforefaid, to his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, with condition that he will carry the fame to fuch port or place in the kingdom of Ireland; and fuch bond fhall be discharged upon producing a certificate of the collector or other chief officer of the cuftoms of the port in Ireland for which the fame was entered to be exported, in the manner herein-before directed, with respect to corn and other articles exported on bounty.

XIV. And whereas it may be highly expedient, for the relief of his Majefty's fubjects in bis colonies and plantations, and other parts out of the realm, in cafes of war, hurricane, dearth or fudden distress, to impower his Majefty, with the advice of his privy council, to allow, in fuch cafes, the exportation of an additional limited quantity of corn, and of the other articles before mentioned; be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That it fhall be lawful for his Majefty, Incafes ofwar, by and with the advice of his privy council, during fuch time as &c. his Majefparliament fhall not be fitting, to allow, in addition to the quan- when the partities specified in table C, the exportation of any of the forts of liament is not corn, or of the other articles herein-before mentioned, in any fitting, may quantities not exceeding five thousand quarters of each of the fe- allow the quantities of veral forts of unground corn, and two thousand tons of each of corn,&c.herethe feveral forts of ground corn or bifcuit, in any one year, on in mentioned, the exporters, together with the mafters or perfons having the to be exportcharge or command of the ships or veffels in which fuch corn or ed, in addition to the quantiother articles are intended to be exported, giving bond, with one tiesfpecified in other fufficient furety, in manner herein-before laft directed, with table C.

respect

From Nov.15,

ties on wheat,

D;

respect to corn and other articles allowed to be exported in the quantities and proportions mentioned in the table marked C; and fuch bond fhall be difcharged by certificate in the manner hereinlast directed.

XV. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the said 1791, the du- fifteenth day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety&c. imported, one, upon the importation into Great Britain from foreign parts, to be regulated of wheat, wheat-meal or flour, rye, barley, beer or bigg, oats, according to oat-meal, peafe, beans, Indian corn and maize, the duties to be the prices fpe. cified in table paid thereon refpectively fhall be regulated and afcertained according to the prices of wheat, rye, barley, beer or bigg, pease, beans, oats, and oat-meal, in the manner fet forth and specified in the following table, marked D; and that no corn ground, except wheat-meal, wheat-flour, and oat-meal, nor any malt, shall be imported into Great Britain from parts beyond the feas, under to be import-' penalty of the forfeiture thereof, together with the fhip or veffel ed, on penalty in which the fame fhall be imported, with her guns, furniture, of forfeiture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel, and the fame shall and may be feized by any officer or officers of the customs.

and no corn ground, except wheatmeal, &c.

nor any malt,

&c.

TABLE

TABLE D.

SHEWING the Prices according to which High or Low Duties are to be paid on Importation.

Oat-meal.

able into Ire

ble E, the du

wheat, &c. to

When wheat, XVI. And be it further enacted, That whenever an act shall &c. is import- have passed in the parliament of Ireland permitting the importaland, at the tion, from Great Britain into Ireland, of wheat, wheat-meal or prices, and flour, rye, barley, beer or bigg, oats, oat-meal, pease, beans, and not above the Indian corn or maize, refpectively, at prices equal to the prices duties in ta- mentioned in the following table marked E, taken quarterly, acties on the im- cording to the prices of wheat, rye, peafe, beans, barley, beer or portationfrom bigg, and oats unground, and of oat-meal, at the time that the Ireland, Que- fame fhall be imported into that kingdom, and fubject to no highbec, &c. of er duties refpectively than those specified in the faid table marked be regulated E, the duties to be paid upon the importation into Great Britain according to from Ireland, and the province of Quebec, and the other British the prices in colonies or plantations in North America, and alfo from other foreign countries, of wheat, wheat-meal, or flour, rye, barley, beer or bigg, oats, oat-meal, peafe, beans, and Indian corn or maize, fhall, after the expiration of three calendar months, from the notification, by order of his Majefty in council, to be publifhed in the London Gazette, of fuch act having paffed in the parliament of Ireland, and during the continuance of fuch act, or of any other act there paffed to the fame purport and effect, be refpectively regulated and ascertained, according to the prices of wheat, rye, barley, beer or bigg, peafe, beans, oats, and oat-meal, in the manner fet forth and fpecified in the faid table marked E, inftead of the preceding table marked D.

table E.

TABL