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Ships of War, shall be subject to the Provisions of this Act made for the warehousing of Tobacco generally as far as the same are applicable, and are not expressly altered by any of the Provisions herein particularly made.

OUTWARDS.

Debenture

Goods.

XCVI. And be it further enacted, That no greater Quantity of What Quansuch Tobacco shall be allowed to any Ship of War than Two tity of Tobacco Pounds by the Lunar Month for each of the Crew of such Ship, allowed. nor shall any greater Quantity be shipped at any one Time than sufficient to serve the Crew of such Ship for Six Months after such Rate of Allowance; and the Collector and Controller of the Port at or from which any such Tobacco shall be supplied to any such Ship, or landed from any such Ship, or transferred from one such Ship to another, shall transmit a particular Account thereof to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, in order that a general Account may be kept of all the Quantities supplied to and consumed on board each of such Ships, under the Allowances before granted.

XCVII. And be it further enacted, That no Goods shall be put off from any Wharf, Quay or other Place, or shall be waterborne in order to be exported, but only on Days not being Sundays or Holidays, and in the Daytime, that is to say, from the First Day of September until the last Day of March betwixt Sunrising and Sunsetting, and from the last Day of March until the First Day of September between the Hours of Seven of the Clock in the Morning and Four of the Clock in the Afternoon; nor shall any such Goods be then put off or waterborne for Exportation, unless in the Presence or with the Authority of the proper Officer of the Customs, nor except from a legal Quay appointed by His Majesty, or at some Wharf, Quay or Place appointed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs for the shipping of such Goods by Suf

ferance.

Times and Places for shipping Goods.

XCVIII. And be it further enacted, That if any Goods liable to Exporting proForfeiture for being shipped for Exportation shall be shipped and hibited Goods. exported without Discovery by the Officers of the Customs, the Penalty. Person or Persons who shall have caused such Goods to be exported shall forfeit Double the Value of such Goods.

OUTWARDS. PROHIBITIONS.

Restrictions absolute or

XCIX. And be it further enacted, That the several Sorts of
Goods enumerated or described in the Table following, (deno-
minated "A Table of Prohibitions and Restrictions Outwards,")
shall be either absolutely prohibited to be exported from the United
Kingdom, or shall be exported only under the Restrictions men- modified.
tioned in such Table, according as the several Sorts of such Goods
are respectively set forth therein; (that is to say,)

A TABLE OF PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
OUTWARDS.

CLOCKS and Watches; viz.

any outward or inward Box, Case or Dial Plate, of any Metal, without the Movement in or with every such Box, Case or Dial Plate, made up fit for use, with the Clock or Watchmaker's Name engraven thereon.

Lace, viz.

any Metal inferior to Silver, which shall be spun, mixed,
wrought or set upon Silk, or which shall be gilt, or drawn

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into Wire, or flatted into Plate, and spun or woven, or wrought into or upon, or mixed with Lace, Fringe, Cord, Embroidery, Tambour Work or Buttons, made in the Gold or Silver Lace Manufactory, or set upon Silk, or made into Bullion Spangles, or Pearl, or any other Materials made in the Gold or Silver Lace Manufactory, or which shall imitate or be meant to imitate such Lace, Fringe, Cord, Embroidery, Tambour Work or Buttons; nor shall any Person export any Copper, Brass or other Metal which shall be silvered, or drawn into Wire, or flatted into Plate, or made into Bullion Spangles, or Pearl, or any other Materials used in the Gold or Silver Lace Manufactory, or in Imitation of such Lace, Fringe, Cord, Embroidery, Tambour Work or Buttons, or of any of the Materials used in making the same, and which shall hold more or bear a greater Proportion than Three Pennyweights of fine. Silver to the Pound Avoirdupois of such Copper, Brass or other Metal.

any Metal inferior to Silver, whether gilt, silvered, stained or coloured, or otherwise, which shall be worked up or mixed with Gold or Silver, in any Manufacture of Lace, Fringe, Cord, Embroidery, Tambour Work or Buttons.

Tools and Utensils; viz.

any Machine, Engine, Tool, Press, Paper, Utensil or Instrument used in or proper for the preparing, working, pressing or finishing of the Woollen, Cotton, Linen or Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom, or any other Goods wherein Wool, Cotton, Linen or Silk is used, or any Part of such Machines, Engines, Tools, Presses, Paper, Utensils or Instruments, or any Model or Plan thereof, or any Part thereof; except Wool Cards, or Stock Cards, not Worth above Four Shillings per Pair; and Spinners' Cards, not worth above One Shilling and Sixpence per Pair, used in the Woollen Manufactures. Blocks, Plates, Engines, Tools or Utensils, commonly used in or proper for the preparing, working up or finishing of the Calico, Cotton, Muslin or Linen Printing Manufactures, or any Part of such Blocks, Plates, Engines, Tools or Utensils. Rollers, either plain, groved or of any other Form or Denomination, of Cast Iron, Wrought Iron or Steel, for the rolling of Iron or any Sort of Metals, and Frames, Beds, Pillars, Screws, Pinions and each and every Implement, Tool or Utensil thereunto belonging; Rollers, Slitters, Frames, Beds, Pillars and Screws for Slitting Mills; Presses of all Sorts in Iron and Steel, or other Metals, which are used with a Screw exceeding One Inch and a Half in Diameter, or any Parts of these several Articles, or any Model of the before mentioned Utensils, or any Part thereof; all Sorts of Utensils, Engines or Machines used in the casting or boring of Cannon or any Sort of Artillery, or any Parts thereof, or any Models of Tools, Utensils, Engines or Machines used in such casting or boring, or any Parts thereof; Hand Stamps, Doghead Stamps, Pulley Stamps, Hammers and Anvils for Stamps; Presses of all Sorts, called Cutting out Presses; Beds or Punches to be used therewith, either in Parts or Pieces, or fitted together; scoring or shading Engines; Presses for Horn Buttons; Dies

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for Horn Buttons; rolled Metal, with Silver thereon; Parts of Buttons not fitted up into Buttons, or in an unfinished State; Engines for chasing, Stocks for casting Buckles, Buttons and Rings; Die sinking Tools of all Sorts; Engines for making Button Shanks; Laps of all Sorts; Tools for Pinching of Glass; Engines for covering of Whips; Bars of Metal, covered with Gold or Silver, and burnishing Stones, commonly called Blood Stones, either in the rough State or finished for Use: Wire Moulds for making Paper; Wheels of Metal, Stone or Wood, for cutting, roughing, smoothing, polishing or engraving Glass; Purcellas, Pincers, Sheers and Pipes used in blowing Glass; Potters' Wheels and Lathes for plain, round and Engine turning; Tools used by Saddlers, Harness Makers and Bridle Makers, viz. Candle Strainers, Side Strainers, Point Strainers, Creasing Irons, Screw Creasures, Wheel Irons, Seat Irons, Pricking Irons, Bolstering Irons, Clams and Head Knives.

Frames for Making Wearing Apparel.

A LIST of GOODS which may be PROHIBITED to be Exported by Proclamation or Order in Council.

ARMS, Ammunition and Gunpowder.

Ashes, Pot and Pearl.

Military Stores and Naval Stores, and any Articles (except Copper) which his Majesty shall judge capable of being converted into, or made useful in increasing the Quantity of Military or Naval Stores.

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Provisions, or any Sort of Victual which may be used as Food by
Man.

And if any Goods shall be exported, or be waterborne to be ex-
ported, from the United Kingdom, contrary to any Prohibitions
or Restrictions mentioned in such Table in respect of such Goods,
the same shall be forfeited.

OUTWARDS

PROHIBITIONS.

Goods unduly exported, &c. forfeited.

COASTWISE.

General Regulation.

'C. And Whereas it is necessary to make Regulations for the Coasting Trade of the United Kingdom, and of the Isle of Man, and that the Officers of the Customs should have Cognizance of all Ships carrying any Goods coastwise, from one Part of the • United Kingdom, or of the Isle of Man, to another of the same, and of all Goods so carried, in order that such Trade may be • confined to British Ships, and that all Duties levied coast wise may be duly collected, and that the Laws for regulating the Importation and Exportation of Goods from and to Parts beyond the Seas may not be evaded;' Be it therefore enacted, That all Trade by Sea Trade by Sea from any one Part of the United Kingdom to any other Part thereof, or from one Part of the Isle of Man to another thereof, shall be deemed to be a Coasting Trade, and all Ships while employed therein shall be deemed to be Coasting Ships; and that no Part of the United Kingdom, however situated with regard to any other Part thereof, shali be deemed in Law, with Reference to each other, to be Parts beyond the Seas, in any Matter relating to the Trade or Navigation, or Revenue of this Realm.

CI. And Whereas some Parts of the Coast of the United Kingdom may be so situated with regard to other neighbouring Parts

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Treasury to regulate what deemed Trading by Sea.

Coasting Ship confined to

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Voyage.

Penalty on Master.

Before Goods

be laden or unladen, Notice

of Intention, or of Arrival, to be given, and proper Documents to issue.

Particulars in Notice for unlading;

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thereof, that Doubts may arise in some Cases, whether the Passage between them by Water shall be deemed to be a Passage by Sea, within the Meaning of this Act; and that in other Cases, although such Passage be by Sea, it may be unnecessary for the Purposes of this Act, or of any Act relating to the Customs, to subject Ships passing between such Places to the Restraints of Coast Regulations; Be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to determine and direct in what Cases the Trade by Water from any Place on the Coast of the United Kingdom to another of the same, shall or shall not be deemed a Trade by Sea within the Meaning of this Act or of any Act relating to the Customs.

CII. And be it further enacted, That no Goods shall be carried in any Coasting Ship, except such as shall be laden to be so carried at some Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or at some Port or Place in the Isle of Man respectively; and that no Goods shall be laden on board any Ship to be carried coastwise, until all Goods brought in such Ship from Parts beyond the Seas shall have been unladen; and that if any Goods shall be taken into or put out of any Coasting Ship at Sea or over the Sea; or if any Coasting Ship shall touch at any Place over the Sea, or deviate from her Voyage, unless forced by unavoidable Circumstances; or if the Master of any Coasting Ship, which shall have touched at any Place over the Sea, shall not declare the same in Writing under his Hand to the Collector or Controller at the Port in the United Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man, where such Ship shall afterwards first arrive; the Master of such Ship shall forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds.

CIII. And be it further enacted, That no Goods shall be laden on board any Ship in any Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man, to be carried coastwise, nor having been brought coastwise, shall be unladen in any such Port or Place from any Ship, until due Notice in Writing, signed by the Master, shall have been given to the Collector or Controller, by the Master, Owner, Wharfinger or Agent of such Ship, of the Intention to lade Goods on board the same to be so carried, or of the Arrival of such Ship with Goods so brought, as the Case may be; nor until proper Documents shall have been granted, as hereinafter, directed, for the lading or for the unlading of such Goods ; and such Goods shall not be laden or unladen, except at such Times and Places, and in such Manner, and by such Persons, and under the Care of such Officers, as is and are hereinafter directed; and all Goods laden to be so carried, or brought to be so unladen, contrary hereto, shall be for- . feited.

CIV. And be it further enacted, That in such Notice shall be stated the Name and Tonnage of the Ship, and the Name of the Port to which she belongs, and the Name of the Master, and the Name of the Port to which she is bound or from which she has arrived, and the Name or Description of the Wharf or Place at which her Lading is to be taken in or discharged, as the Case may be; and such Notice shall be signed by the Master, Owner, Wharfinger or Agent of such Ship, and shall be entered in a Book to be kept by the Collector for the Information of all Parties interested; and every such Notice for the unlading of any Ship or

Vessel,

COASTWISE.

to state.

Vessel shall be delivered within Twenty four Hours after the
Arrival of such Ship or Vessel, under a Penalty of Twenty Pounds,
to be paid by the Master of such Ship or Vessel; and in every Penalty.
such Notice for the lading of any Ship or Vessel shall be stated

the last Voyage on which such Ship or Vessel shall have arrived Certificate of
at such Port; and if such Voyage shall have been from Parts be- Clearance.
yond the Seas, there shall be produced with such Notice, a Cer-
tificate from the proper Officer of the Discharge of all Goods, if
any, brought in such Ship, and of the due Clearance of such
Ship or Vessel inwards of such Voyage.

ĈV. And be it further enacted, That upon the Arrival of any Coasting Ship at any Port in Great Britain from Ireland, or at any Port in Ireland from Great Britain, the Master of such Ship shall, within Twenty four Hours after such Arrival, attend and deliver such Notice, signed by him, to the Collector or Controller; and if such Ship shall have on board any Goods subject on Arrival to any Duty of Excise, or any Goods which had been imported from Parts beyond the Seas, the Particulars of such Goods with the Marks and Numbers of the Packages containing the s me shall be set forth in such Notice; and if there shall be no such Goods on board, then it shall be declared in such Notice that no

Regulations as to Notice on and at Ireland

Arrivals from

with certain

Goods.

such Goods are on board; and the Master shall also answer on Questions to be Oath any Questions relating to the Voyage, as shall be demanded answered on of him by the Collector or Controller; and every Master who shall Oath. fail in due Time to deliver such Notice and truly to answer such Questions, shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds.

Penalty.

on board Coast

CVI. And be it further enacted, That when due Notice shall After Notice of have been given to the Collector or Controller at the Port of lading Goods Lading, of the Intention to lade Goods on board any Coasting ing Ships, ColShip, such Collector or Controller shall grant a general Sufferance lector may grant for the lading of Goods (without specifying the same) on board a general Sufsuch Ship, at the Wharf or Place which shall be expressed in ferance. such Sufferance; and such Sufferance shall be a sufficient Authority for the Lading of any Sort of Goods, except such, if any, as shall be expressly accepted therein: Provided always, that before any Sufferance be granted for any Goods prohibited to be exported, or subject to any Export Duty, other than any ad valorem Duty, the Master or Owner of any such Ship, or the Shipper of such Goods, shall give Bond, with One sufficient Surety, in Treble Bond. the Value of the Goods, that the same shall be landed at the Port for which such Sufferance is required, or shall be otherwise accounted for to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs.

ČVII. And be it further enacted, That the Master of every Coasting Ship shall keep or cause to be kept a Cargo Book of the same, stating the Name of the Ship, and of the Master, and of the Port to which she belongs, and of the Port to which bound on each Voyage, and in which Book shall be entered, at the Port of Lading, an Account of all Goods taken on board such Ship, stating the Descriptions of the Packages, and the Quantities and Descriptions of the Goods therein, and the Quantities and Descriptions of any Goods stowed loose, and the Names of the respective Shippers and Consignees, as far as any of such Particulars shall be known to him; and in which Book at the Port of Dis

charge

Master of
Coasting Vessel
to keep a
Cargo Book,

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