herein men of Spirits so imported, and so in proportion for any greater or lesser Quantity; and upon the Importation of all Tobacco, a On Tobacco, Duty not exceeding Four Shillings for and upon each Pound and on all Weight so imported into the said Colony, and so in proportion Foreign Goods, for any greater or less Quantity; and upon the Importation of all the Duties Goods, Wares and Merchandizes, not being the Growth, Pro- tioned. duce or Manufacture of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, imported directly from some Port in the United Kingdom, a Duty not exceeding Fifteen Pounds upon every One hundred Pounds in value of the Goods, Wares and Merchandizes so imported, and so in proportion for any greater or less Value. III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor, or other Person administering the Government of New South Wales, by any Proclamation or Ŏrder or Orders to be by him for that Purpose issued, to discontinue or reduce any such Duties from time to time as Occasion may require, and also from time to time to revive any Duties so discontinued or reduced, and again to levy the same: Provided always, that it shall not be law- Proviso. ful for any Governor or other Person administering the Government of the said Colony, to order the levying or raising of any higher Rate of Duty than is authorized by this Act. Power to re duce and revive Duties; IV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Gover- And to make nor, or other Person for the time being administering the Govern- Regulations ment of the said Colony, to make such Rules and Regulations the Duties. for levying as to him may seem fit and proper, for the more effectual Collection and levying of all or any of the said Rates and Duties, and for that Purpose to impose such reasonable Fines and other Penalties as may be necessary for enforcing the due and punctual Payment thereof; and from time to time to alter or vary any such Rules and Regulations, or Fines or Penalties, or make any new or other Rules and Regulations, Fines and Penalties: Provided Copy of Regualways, that the said Governor shall transmit true Copies, duly lations transauthenticated, of all such Rules and Regulations, Fines and Pe- mitted to Senalties, and of all Alterations thereafter made therein, to One of cretary of State. His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for His Majesty's Approbation. V. And be it further enacted, That every Governor, or other Person administering the Government of the said Colony, who hath heretofore received or shall hereafter receive any Šum or Sums of Money arising from any Rates and Duties which have been or which may hereafter be raised and levied within the said Colony, or any of the Settlements or Dependencies thereof, shall account to His Majesty for the same, and for the due Application thereof, through the Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in such Manner, and at such Times, and under such Rules and Regulations as to the Examination and Audit of such Accounts, as the said Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, shall order and direct in that behalf. Application of Duties to be accounted for to Treasury. wards. VI. And Whereas an Act passed in the Fifty ninth Year of 59G.3. c.52. the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled Tab. (B.) InAn Act to repeal the several Duties of Customs payable in Great • Britain, and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof: And Whereas ' by For Ten Years no higher Duty than 1d. per lb. paid on Importation of Sheep or Lambs' Wool of New Duty of 59 G.3. c.114. on Extract from Bark and Teake Wood, not to be paid for Articles Produce of Colony. Value of Goods ascertained by 3° GEO. IV. A.D.1822. by the said Act a Duty of Customs of Three Pence the Pound is granted from the Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three until the Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty six; and from and after the Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, a Duty of Customs of Six Pence the Pound upon Sheep ' or Lambs' Wool, the Produce of and imported directly from any 'British Colony or Territory; and a Duty of Three Shillings the Hundred Weight upon solid Vegetable Extract from Oak Bark, or other Vegetable Substances, to be used for the Pur'pose of tanning Leather, and for no other Purpose whatsoever; and a Duty of One Pound Ten Shillings upon Teake Wood or other Wood fit for Ship building, Eight Inches square or upwards, the Load containing Fifty Cubic Feet: And Whereas it is expedient to suspend the Payment of such Duties as to such Articles, the Growth or Produce of New South Wales and Settlements and Dependencies thereof, for a limited Period;' Be it therefore enacted, That for the Period of Ten Years, from and after the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, no higher Duty of Customs than One Penny per Pound shall be charged or Payable or paid for or upon the Importation into the United Kingdom of any Sheep or Lambs' Wool, the Produce of New South Wales, or any of the Settlements or Dependencies thereof, and duly certified as such by the proper Officers of Customs, and imported directly from the said Colony; and during such Period of Ten Years the said Duty of Customs upon Extract from Bark shall not be charged or payable or paid, for or upon the Importation into the United Kingdom of any such solid Vegetable Extract from Bark or other Vegetable Substances, to be used for the Purpose of tanning Leather, and for no other Purpose whatsoever, the Produce of the Colony, duly certified as such by the proper Officer of Customs, and imported directly from the said Colony; and during the said Period of Ten Years, the said Due of Customs of One Pound Ten Shillings upon Teake Wood, or other Wood fit for Ship building, Eight Inches square or upwards, the Load containing Fifty Cubic Feet, shall not be charged upon the Importation into the United Kingdom of any Timber the Growth or Produce of the said Colony, duly certified as such by the proper Officers of Customs, and imported directly from the said Colony; any thing in the said recited Act or Acts of Parliament, relating to the said Duties, to the contrary notwithstanding. VII. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where by virtue of this Act the Duties imposed upon the Importation of Articles Declaration of into the said Colony of New South Wales and its Dependencies, Importer. are charged not according to the Weight, Gauge or Measure, but according to the Value thereof, such Value shall be ascertained by the Declaration of the Importer or Proprietor of such Articles, or his known Agent or Factor, in Manner and Form following, viz. Form of Declaration. A. B. do hereby declare, That the Articles mentioned in the several several Packages, and describing the several Marks and Num- The above Declaration signed the Day of A. B. in the • Day of • Presence of 'C. D. Naval Officer.' Oath of Importer and invoice may be required as to Value of Goods. Which Declaration shall be written on the Warrant of Entry of such Articles, and shall be subscribed with the Hand of the Importer or Proprietor thereof, or his known Agent or Factor, in the Presence of the Naval Officer or other principal Officer of the Customs at the Port of Importation: Provided that if upon View and Examination of such Articles by such Officer or Officers, it shall appear to him or them that the said Articles are not valued according to the true Price or Value thereof, and according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, then and in such case the Importer or Proprietor, or his known Agent or Factor, shall be required to declare on Oath, before the Naval Officer at the Port of Importation (which Oath he is hereby authorized and required to administer), what is the invoiced Price of such Articles, and that he verily believes such Invoice Price is the Current Value of the Articles at the Place from whence the said Articles were imported, and such Invoice Price, with the Addition of Ten Pounds per Centum thereon, shall be deemed and taken to be the Value of the Articles in the said Colony and its Dependencies, in lieu of the Value so declared by the Importer or Proprietor, or his known Agent or Factor, and upon which the Duties specified in this Act shall be charged and paid: Provided also, that if it shall appear If not satisfied, to the Naval Officer or other Chief Officer of the Customs, that Two Persons such Articles have been invoiced below the real and true Value may be apthereof, at the Place from whence the same were imported, or if the Invoice Price is not known, the Articles shall in such case be examined by Two competent Persons, to be nominated and appointed by the Governor or Commander in Chief of the said Colony, and such Persons shall declare on Oath before the Naval Officer or Chief Officer of the Customs, what is the true and real Value of such Articles in the said Colony, and the Value so declared on the Oath of such Persons shall be deemed to be the true and real Value of such Articles, and upon which the Duties specified in this Act shall be charged and paid. VIII. And be it further enacted, That if the Importer or Proprietor of such Articles shall refuse to pay the Duties hereby imposed thereon, it shall and may be lawful for the Naval Officer or other Chief Officer of the Customs where such Articles shall be imported, and he is hereby respectively required to take and secure the same, with the Casks or other Package thereof, and to cause the same to be publicly sold within the space of Twenty Days at the most after such Refusal made, and at such Time and Place as such Officer shall, by Four or more Days' Public Notice, appoint for that Purpose; which Articles shall be sold to the best Bidder, and the Money arising by the Sale thereof shall be applied, in the first Place, in Payment of the said Duties, together pointed to as certain the Value. If Duties not paid, Goods may be sold within Twenty Days after Re fusal. Spirits imported not to be of greater Strength than Seven per 56 G. 3. c.86. as continued by 58 G.3. c.96. and further continued by 1 G. 4. c. 105. Further continued. Pensions may be granted by with the Charges that shall have been occasioned by the said Sale, and the Overplus, if any, shall be paid to such Importer or Proprietor, or any other Person authorized to receive the same. IX. And it is hereby further enacted, That from and after the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, it shall not be lawful to import into any Port or Place in the Colony of New South Wales or its Dependencies, any Spirits that shall be of a greater Strength than Seven per Centum above Hydrometer Proof, the Strength of the said Spirits to be ascertained and determined by such Officer or Officers as the Governor or the Person administering the Government shall appoint. CAP. XCVII. An Act to continue for Two Years an Act of the Fifty sixth ." WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Fifty sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for establishing Regulations respecting Aliens arriving in and resident in this Kingdom, in certain Cases, for Two Years from the passing of this Act, and until the End of the Session of Parliament in which the said Two Years shall ex'pire, if Parliament shall be then sitting: And Whereas the said Act was, by another Act passed in the Fifty eighth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, further continued for the Term of Two Years, and until the End of the Session of Parliament in which that Term should expire, if Parliament should be then sitting; and was, by another Act passed in the First Year of His present Majesty's Reign, continued for the further Term of Two Years: And Whereas the said first recited Act had been 'found beneficial, and it is expedient to continue the same for a further Time:' Be it therefore 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 the said first recited Act shall be and the same is hereby further continued in force, from the Expiration thereof, for the Term of Two Years. CAP. XCVIII. An Act for enabling His Majesty to grant Pensions to the [30th July 1822.] WHEREAS it is expedient that His Majesty should be en abled to make some Provision for the Servants of Her late Majesty Queen Caroline;' Be it therefore 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 it shall be lawful for His Majesty to grant such Pensions or Allowances to the several Persons aforesaid, as His Ma jesty shall think fit, not exceeding in the Whole the Sum of Two His Majesty to thousand two hundred and eighty five Pounds Twelve Shillings the Servants of per Annum, and to charge the same upon the Consolidated Fund Her late Maof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and that jesty. Part of such Pensions or Allowances, to an Amount not exceeding Three hundred and ninety Pounds, shall commence from the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, and the remaining Part of such Pensions or Allowances shall commence from the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, and be paid and payable Quarterly at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster, out of the said Consolidated Fund, free and clear of and from all Taxes, Charges or other Deductions whatsoever. CA P. XCIX. An Act to continue, until the Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, the Duties of Customs payable on British Salt imported into Ireland; to repeal the Duties on Foreign Salt imported into Ireland; and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof. [30th July 1822.] § 1. HEREAS by the several Acts passed in the Parliament of 39& 40 G.3. the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, and in 'the Parliament of Ireland, in the Fortieth Year of His said late 40 G.3. c.38. Majesty's Reign, for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland, (I.) § 7. it was among other Things enacted and provided, That for the Period of Twenty Years from the Union, Salt, on Importation into Ireland from Great Britain, should pay Duties not exceeding those which were then paid on Importation into Ireland: And Whereas by an Act made in the Parliament of the United • Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Forty fifth Year 45 G.3. c.18. of the Reign of His said late of Majesty, for granting certain Rates and Duties, and allowing certain Drawbacks and Bounties upon Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported into and ex'ported from Ireland, it was amongst other Things enacted, That there should be raised, levied, collected and paid, upon the Im'portation into Ireland from Great Britain of Salt, being of the Growth, Produce or Manufacture of Great Britain, the several and respective Duties following; that is to say, for and upon every Bushel of White Salt, weighing Fifty six Pounds, the Sum of Two Shillings Irish Currency; and for and upon every Ton of Rock Salt, containing Forty Bushels, each Bushel weighing Sixty five Pounds, the Sum of Three Pounds Irish Currency: And Whereas by an Act made in the First Year of the Reign of 1G.4. c.45. His present Majesty, intituled An Act to continue certain Du- $4. ties on several Articles, the Manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland respectively, on their Importation into either Country from the other, it was among other Things declared and enacted, That the Duties payable on the Importation of such Salt into Ireland, under or by virtue of any Act or Acts in force immediately be'fore the passing of the said last recited Act, should be and ⚫ continue payable until further Provision should be made by Parliament with respect to such Duties: And Whereas it is 'expedient |