the Rate of Three Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Ten Pence Halfpenny British Currency, at an Exchange at Par, for every Ounce of Gold, as directed and provided by the said recited Act; any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

IV. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted, That the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, as often as any of their Notes shall be offered to them in Exchange for One Pound Notes, or for the legal Gold Coin of the Realm, the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland shall be required, and they are hereby required, to pay on Demand to the Bearer of the said Notes, the Amount of the Notes so offered as aforesaid, either in One Pound Notes of the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or in the legal Coin of the Realm, at the Option of the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland.

CAP. XXVIII.

An Act for abolishing the African Company, and transferring to and vesting in His Majesty all the Forts, Possessions and Property now belonging to or held by them.

[7th May 1821.]

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in One Pound Notes or in

Gold,

WHEREAS an Act passed in the Twenty third Year of the 23 G. 2. c.31.

Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, in

tituled An Act for extending and improving the Trade to Africa:

' And Whereas another Act passed in the Twenty fifth Year of 25 G. 2. c.40. 'the Reign of His said late Majesty King George the Second, 'intituled An Act for the Application of a Sum of Money • therein mentioned, granted to His Majesty for making Compensation and Satisfaction to the Royal African Company of England, for their Charter, Land, Forts, Castles, Slaves, Military Stores and all other Effects whatsoever; and to vest the Lands, Forts, Castles, Slaves, and Military Stores, and all other their Effects, in the Company of Merchants trading to Africa; and for other Purposes in the Act mentioned: And Whereas another Act passed in the Twenty third Year of the Reign of His late 23 G. 3. c. 65. Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for repealing

an Act made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for repealing the Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled " An Act for vesting the Fort of Senegal and its Dependencies in the Company of Mer'chants trading to Africa;" and to vest as well the said Forts and • its Dependencies, as well as all other the British Forts and Settle•ments upon the Coast of Africa, lying between the Port of Sallee and Cape Roque, together with all the Property, Estate and "Effects of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa, in or upon the said Forts, Settlements and their Dependencies, in His Majesty; and for securing, extending and improving the • Trade to Africa;' and for vesting James Fort in the River Gambia, and its Dependencies, and all other the British Forts and Set'tlements between the Port of Sallee and Cape Roque, in the Company of Merchants trading to Africa; and for securing and Regulating the Trade to Africa: And Whereas in pursuance 1 & 2 GEO. IV.

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of the said several recited Acts of Parliament, the whole of › passing this Act.‹ the Forts and Settlements upon the Gold Coast of Africa, held ' and occupied by His Majesty's subjects, have become vested in 'the Body Corporate of the Company of Merchants trading to · Africa, created by the said "first recited Act of the Twenty 'third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second, ' and have been governed and managed by Officers and Servants ' appointed by them; but the whole Expence of such Manage'ment has, for many Years past, been entirely defrayed by Sums granted by Parliament for the Support of the said Forts and Settlements, the said Company having, in their corporate Capacity, no Funds whatever out of which any Part of such Expences 'could be defrayed, and having no beneficial Interest in the said Forts or Settlements: And Whereas it is expedient that the Company of Merchants trading to Africa should relinquish the 'Government and Management of the said Forts and Possessions, and should surrender the same to His Majesty; and it is there"fore necessary that the said Company, created by the said re'cited Act of the Twenty third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, should cease and be wholly ⚫ abolished as a Body Corporate and Politic, and that all the said • Forts and Settlements, and all the Property and Effects of the 'said Company therein, should vest in His Majesty, and that His Majesty should be enabled to grant such reasonable Al'lowances as He may see fit, to such of the Officers and Servants ' of the said Company who may not be retained in the Government or Management of any of the said Forts, or otherwise employed in His Majesty's Service, as His Majesty should deem 'just and reasonable, and for charging the Allowances so granted upon the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Third Day of July One thousand eight hundred lished, and their and twenty one, the said Corporation of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa shall wholly cease and determine and be abolished, and the said Company of Merchants trading to Africa shall no longer be or be deemed to be a Body Politic or Corporate; and all Grants made to the said Company by or under or in pursuance of the said recited Acts of Parliament, or any or either of them, or in pursuance of any thing therein contained, shall and the same are hereby declared to be henceforth null and void; and the said Company shall be, and they are hereby divested of and from all Forts, Castles, Buildings, Possessions or Estate or Rights, which were given to the said Company by or under or in pursuance of the said recited Acts, or any or either of them, or which have been since purchased or otherwise acquired by the said Company in addition thereto, or which now are possessed or claimed or held by the said Company on the said Coast; and the said Forts, Castles, Buildings, Possessions, Estate and Rights, so acquired, possessed, enjoyed or claimed, or now held by the said Company, shall henceforth be, and the same :.. and

The African
Company abo-

Possessions

vested in His Majesty.

and every of them are and are hereby declared and enacted to be fully and absolutely vested in His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors for ever.

Officers, &c. of

Service, and

upon Consoli

II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for His His Majesty Majesty to grant such reasonable Allowances as His Majesty may may grant Aldeem just and fit, to such of the Officers and Servants of the lowances to said Company as may appear deserving of the same, and may Company not not be retained in the Government or Management of any of the continued in said Forts, Castles or Possessions of the said Company, or may Employment or not be otherwise employed in His Majesty's Service, and to charge otherwise in the same upon the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of His Majesty's Great Britain and Ireland; which Allowance, when so granted, shall commence from the Time of the respective Persons to whom charge same the same may respectively be granted ceasing to be employed in dated Fund: the Management of any of the said Forts, Castles or Possessions, or otherwise in His Majesty's Service, and shall be payable and paid quarterly after such Commencement respectively, at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster, out of the said Consolidated Fund, free and clear of and from all Taxes, Charges and other Deductions whatsoever; but that no such Allowance shall be considered as finally and conclusively granted until the same shall have been first submitted to Parliament: Provided always, that if any Officer or Servant of the said Company, to whom any such Allowance may in the first Instance be granted under the Provisions of this Act, should be afterwards appointed to any If afterwards Office or Employment in His Majesty's Service, of equal or greater appointed, Emolument, such Allowance shall, from the Date of such Ap- Allowance to pointment, altogether cease and determine; but if the said Office cease or be or Employment be of less Emolument, a Deduction shall in such case be made from such Allowance, equal to the Amount of the Salary and Emoluments of such Office or Employment. III. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty to order and direct that all or any of the Forts and Possessions hereinbefore mentioned, and also any Territories, Islands or Possessions on the Territories the West Coast of Africa, between the Twentieth Degree of belonging to North Latitude and the Twentieth Degree of South Latitude, His Majesty on which now do or at any Time hereafter shall or may belong to the West Coast His Majesty, shall be annexed to or made Dependencies on the of Africa herein Colony of Sierra Leone; and that from the Date of their being so nexed to Sierra annexed or made Dependencies on the said Colony, they shall Leone. be subject to all such Laws, Statutes and Ordinances as shall be in force in the said Colony, or shall at any Time thereafter be made, enacted or ordained by the Governor and Council of the said Colony, and shall not be disallowed by His Majesty, in the Act may be same Manner as if the said Forts, Possessions, Territories or altered, &c. this Islands had originally formed Part of the said Colony of Sierra Session. Leone.

IV. And be it further enacted, That this Act, or any of the Provisions thereof, may be altered, varied or repealed by any Act or Acts to be made in this Session of Parliament.

reduced.

The Possessions held by the African Company, and also

mentioned, an

The like Al. lowances of Duty on Starch made in G. B.

used as herein

mentioned,
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Starch måde in
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'CA P. XXIX.

An Act to remove Doubts on the Allowances of the Duty paid
on Irish Starch imported into Great Britain, payable on
such Starch consumed in preparing Manufactures of Flax
or Cotton in Great Britain, and for Regulating the Im-
"portation thereof.
[7th May 1821.]

HEREAS Doubts have arisen, whether the like Allow

W ances are payable of the Duty paid for or upon Irish

Starch imported into Great Britain, when employed and .con'sumed in Great Britain in preparing and finishing any Manufactures from Flax or Cotton for Sale, or in finishing new Linen in the Piece for Sale, as are by Law allowed and paid for and upon Starch made in Great Britain, and so used:" To obviate all such Doubts, be it enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assem-: bled, and by the Authority of the same, That the like Allowance and Allowances of the Duty paid for or upon Starch made in Great Britain, and used, employed, spent and consumed in Great Britain in preparing and finishing any Manufactures of Flax or: Cotton for Sale, (except such as shall be used in finishing new Linen in the Piece for Sale,) and for or upon such Starch, when. used, employed, spent and consumed in Great Britain in finishing new. Linen in the Piece for Sale respectively, is and are payable. and shall be allowed and paid for and upon every Pound Weight Avoirdupois of Starch made in Ireland, and imported into Great Britain; and for and upon which the Duties payable on the Importation thereof have been duly charged and paid, and which shall be used, employed, spent and consumed in Great Britain as aforesaid; subject and liable nevertheless to the like Provisions. made by Law for or in respect of such Allowance and Allowances payable on Starch made in Great Britain and so employed and. consumed as aforesaid.

II. And be it further enacted, That for the due and regular Importation into Great Britain of Starch made in Ireland, and port Starch from better Security of the Duties payable thereon, all Person and Ireland, speci- Persons intending to export any Starch made in Ireland to Great of Packages and Britain, shall, Six Hours at the least before he or they shall ship Weight, &c. the same, give to the proper Officer of the Customs of the Port or Place in Ireland, where the same shall be intended to be. shipped, a Notice thereof in Writing, specifying in such Notice the Number of Boxes or other external Packages, and also the Number of Pieces or Parcels, and Net Weight of the Starch contained in each such Boxes or other external Package respec-. tively, intended to be so shipped, with the respective Marks and Numbers of every such Box or other external Package, and the Tare thereof, (every such external Package having the Word Starch permanently marked on the Outside thereof in distinct. Letters of Two Inches in Length at the least, and containing at the least Two hundred and twenty four Pounds Net Avoirdupois of such Starch, and the Starch therein being in Pieces or Parcels,

Regulation for Packages, and tying up Starch

in Parcels.

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Officers to take an Account of such Starch, and of Marks,

and each Piece or Parcel enclosed in a separate Paper, tied with a String, the Ends of which shall cross each other. on... that Side of the Piece or Parcel where the Ends of the Paper are folded,) and also specifying in such Notice the Quay or Place where such Goods are lying, and from which they are intended to be shipped, and the Time when such Shipment is intended to take place, and the Name of the Ship or Vessel in which the same are intended to be shipped and exported, and of the Master. or Commander thereof, and of the particular Port or Place in Great Britain to which such Goods are intended to be exported and such Officer shall, upon the Receipt of such Notice and the Production of such Goods, take an Account of such Starch, and of the Marks and Numbers of each of such Boxes or other ternal Packages, and shall ascertain the Gross Weight of each &c. of Packages, of such Boxes or other external Packages of Starch, and compare the same with the Particulars expressed in such Notice as aforesaid; and the Shipper or Exporter of such Goods shall thereupon nail, screw or fasten down each of such Boxes or other Bond to be external Packages; and before shipping the same, give and enter given for the into Bond with sufficient Sureties, to be approved of by the proper due ExportCollector of the Customs in Ireland, in a Penalty calculated at the ation. Rate of Seven Pence British Currency for every Pound Weight Avoirdupois of the Starch mentioned in such Bond, with a Condition thereunder written, that such Starch (being therein described according to the several Particulars specified and contained in such Notice as aforesaid, if upon such Examination as aforesaid the Goods and Packages are found to agree with such Notice) and that every Part thereof shall be shipped and exported as aforesaid, and shall not be unshipped, unladed or laid on Land, or put on board any other Ship or Vessel in Great Britain (except in case of Shipwreck or other unavoidable Accident); which Bond the Collector of the Customs of the Port or Place in Ireland from which such Starch is intended to be exported, is hereby directed to take in His Majesty's Name, and to His Majesty's Use;

and shall without Fee or Reward, after the Boxes or other ex- Certificate of ternal Packages containing such Starch have been seen and in- Shipping, withspected on board of such Ship or Vessel as aforesaid, for the out Fee, to be Exportation thereof, deliver a Certificate of such Shipment, de- given by the scribing therein the Number of Boxes, or other external Packages, to the Master of proper Officer with the respective Marks and Numbers thereof, and the Number the Vessel. of Pieces or Parcels of Starch papered and tied up as aforesaid contained therein respectively, together with the Tare of each such Box or other external Package, and the Net Weight, of the Starch therein contained, and also the Date of such Shipment and Bond as aforesaid, with the Name of the Ship or Vessel, and of the Master or Commander thereof, and the Port or Place in Ireland at which shipped and from which exported, and the Port or Place in Great Britain to which the same is intended to be exported, according to the Particulars contained in such Bond as aforesaid, and shall thereupon deliver such Certificate to such Master or Commander, to accompany the Goods on the said Voyage, and shall transmit a Duplicate of such Certificate by the Post, at the Expence of the Shipper of such Goods, to the Inspector or Port Surveyor of Excise of the Port or Place in Great

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