with any Country, where it shall appear that the Privi to British Vessels trading with such Country, &c. under the Authority of this Act, with any Country or Island in America or the West Indies, if it shall appear to His Majesty that the Privileges granted by this Act to Foreign Ships and Vessels are not allowed to British Ships and Vessels trading to and leges granted from any such Country or Island under the Provisions of this Act; by this Act to and in case such Order of His Majesty in Council shall be issued, Foreign Vessels then during the Time that such Order in Council shall be in force, are not allowed none of the Provisions of this Act, either as respects the Laws herein repealed, or to any other Provisions of this Act, shall apply or be taken to apply to any Country or State, the Trade with which, under the Provisions of this Act, shall be prohibited by any such Order of His Majesty in Council; and if any Goods whatever shall be imported from or shipped for the Purpose of being exported to any such Country or Island in America or the West Indies, in any Foreign Ship or Vessel, after Trade and Intercourse therewith shall have been prohibited by any such Order of His Majesty in Council, issued under the Authority of this Act, all such Goods, together with the Ship or Vessel in which the same shall have been imported, or in which the same shall have been shipped for the Purpose of being exported as aforesaid, shall be forfeited, with all her Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle and Apparel; and in every such Seizure made case the same shall and may be seized by any Officer of His Ma- in what case. jesty's Customs or Navy, authorized or empowered to make Seizures in cases of Forfeiture, and shall and may be prosecuted in manner as hereinafter directed. XVI. And be it further enacted, That if His Majesty shall deem it expedient to extend the Provisions of this Act to any Port or Ports not enumerated in the Schedule marked (A.), it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by Order in Council, to extend the Provisions of this Act to such Port or Ports; and from and after the Day mentioned in such Order in Council, all the Privileges and Advantages of this Act, and all the Provisions, Penalties and Forfeitures therein contained, shall extend and be deemed and construed to extend to any such Port or Ports respectively, as fully as if the same had been inserted and enumerated in the said Schedule at the Time of passing this Act. His Majesty Act to other those enume- No Articles, except such as (B.) to be are in Schedule XVII. And be it further enacted, That no Articles, except such as are enumerated in the Schedule marked (B.), shall be imported in any such British built Ship or Vessel, or in any such Foreign Ship or Vessel, or in any British built Ship or Vessel so sold as imported. aforesaid, from any Foreign Country or State, on the Continent of America, or Island in the West Indies, into any of the Ports enumerated in the Schedule marked (A.), or into any Port which may be added to the Schedule marked (A.), by virtue of any Order in Council as aforesaid, on any Pretence whatever, on pain of for- Penalty. feiting such Articles, together with the Ship or Vessel in which the same shall have been imported, and the Guns, Tackle, Apparel and Furniture of such Ship or Vessel; and in every such case the same shall and may be seized by any Officer or Officers of His Majesty's Customs or Navy, who are or shall be authorized and empowered to make Seizures in cases of Forfeiture, and shall and may be prosecuted in such manner as hereinafter directed. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That no Articles whatever No Articles to shall be imported or exported, either in a British built Ship or be imported or Vessel, exported, except from or to Ports mentioned in Schedule (A.) Proviso for Right of exporting in British Ships, Produce of Fisheries. How Penalties and Forfeitures recovered. Vessel, or in any such Foreign Ship or Vessel as aforesaid, from or to any Foreign Country on the Continent of North or South America, or from or to any Foreign Island in the West Indies, into or from any Port of any British Colony, Plantation or Island in America or the West Indies, not enumerated in the Schedule annexed to this Act marked (A.) on any Pretence whatever, on Forfeiture of such Articles, as also the Ship or Vessel in which the same shall be imported, with all her Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle and Apparel. XIX. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall affect or be construed to affect the Right which British Subjects or others may enjoy under any Law in force at the passing of this Act, of exporting in British Ships from Ports not enumerated in the said Schedule marked (A.) the Produce of the Fisheries carried on from any of His Majesty's said Colonies, Plantations or Islands. XX. And be it further enacted, That all Penalties and Forfeitures imposed by this Act shall and may be respectively prosecuted, sued for and recovered, and divided in Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man, or in any of His Majesty's Colonies or Islands in America, in the same Manner and Form, and by the same Rules and Regulations in all Respects, in so far as the same are applicable, as any other Penalties and Forfeitures imposed by any Act or Acts of Parliament made for the Security of the Revenue of the Customs, or for the Regulation or Improvement thereof, or for the Regulation of Trade or Navigation, and which were in force immediately before the passing of this Act, may be respectively prosecuted, sued for, recovered and divided in Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man, or in any of His Majesty's Colonies or Islands in America. SCHEDULES to which this Act refers. A SCHEDULE of Duties payable on Articles imported into His Majesty's Possessions in America and the West Indies, from other Places in America and the West Indies, the Duties following; (that is to say), Barrel of Wheat Flour, not weighing more than 196 lbs.net Weight For every 100 lbs. of Bread, made from Wheat or other Grain, imported in Bags or Packages For every Barrel of Flour, not weighing more than 196 lbs. made from Rye, Peas or Beans For every Bushel of Peas, Beans, Rye or Calavances Rice, for every 100 lbs. net Weight For every 1,000 Shingles, called Boston Chips, not more than 12 For every 1,000 Shingles, being more than 12 Inches in Length For every 1,000 White Oak Staves or Headings For every 1,000 Feet of White or Yellow Pine Lumber, of One Inch For every 1,000 Feet of Pitch Pine Lumber Other Kinds of Wood and Lumber, per 1,000 Feet For every 1,000 Wood Hoops Horses, for every 100%. of the Value thereof Neat Cattle, for every 100%. of the Value thereof All other Live Stock, for every 1001. of the Value thereof 2 6 CA P. XLV. Acts and Parts of Acts regulating Trade and Intercourse between the British Colonies and Europe repealed; viz. 51 G.3.c.97. 6 W An Act to regulate the Trade between His Majesty's Possessions in America and the West Indies, and other Parts of the World. [24th June 1822.] HEREAS it is expedient to allow greater Freedom of Trade and Intercourse between the Colonies, Plantations and Islands belonging to His Majesty in America and in the West Indies, and other Parts of the World; and to repeal certain Acts now in force relating to the Trade and Intercourse hitherto allowed to be carried on between His Majesty's Colonies, Plantations, Islands and Places in Europe South of Cape Finisterre, and to make further Provision for encouraging and extending the same:' 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 so much of an Act passed in the Twenty fifth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled An Act for the Encouragement of the Greenland and Eastland Trades, and for the better securing the Plantation Trade, as 25 C.2. c.7. §2. imposes a Duty upon the Exportation of Sugar, Tobacco, Cotton Wool, Indigo, Ginger, Logwood, Fustic, Dying Wood and Cocoa Nuts, from any of His Majesty's Plantations in America, Asia or Africa; also an Act passed in the Fifty first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to regulate the Trade between Places in Europe South of Cape Finisterre, and certain Ports in the British Colonies in North America; also an Act passed in the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to permit Sugar, Coffee and Cocoa, to be exported from His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations to any Port in Europe to the South of Cape Finisterre, and Corn to be imported from any such Port, and from the Coast of Africa into the said Colonies and Plantations, under Licences granted by the Collectors and Comptrollers of the Customs; also, so much of an Act passed in the Fifty fifth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to regulate the Trade between Malta and its Dependencies and His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America, and also between Malta and the United Kingdom, as relates to the Trade allowed to be carried on between the Island of Malta and the Dependencies thereof, and His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America; also, an Act passed in the Fifty seventh Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty intituled An Act to extend the Privileges of the Trade of Malta to the Port of Gibraltar; also another Act passed in the Fifty seventh Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to allow the Importation of Oranges and Lemons from the Azores and the Madeiras into the British Colonies in North America, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, save and except as to the Recovery of any Forfeiture or Penalty incurred on or before the passing of this Act: Provided nevertheless, that all Acts expressly repealed by any of the said Acts shall be deemed and taken to be and shall remain repealed. 52 G.3. c.98. 55 G.3. c.29. 57 G.S. c.4. 57 G.3. c.89. Repealed except so far as they repeal former Acts. Certain Articles II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful to export may be exported from any of His Majesty's said Colonies, Plantations and Islands, in any British built Ship or Vessel, owned and navigated accord- from the British ing to Law, any Articles, the Growth, Produce or Manufacture of Colonies direct, any such Colony, Plantation or Island, and any Articles which have to certain Ports of Europe in been legally imported into any such Colony, Plantation or Island, British Ships: direct to any Foreign Port in Europe, or in Africa, or to Gibraltar, the Island of Malla, or the Dependencies thereof, or the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney or Sark: any thing contained in an Act made in England, in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King Charles the Second, intituled An Act for the encouraging and increasing of Shipping and Navigation, or of any other Act or Acts in force in the United Kingdom, or in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, to the contrary notwithstanding. Presence of the blished. Exception. III. And be it further enacted, That before any such Articles To be entered shall be laden or put on Board any Ship or Vessel in the said and shipped in Colonies, Plantations or Islands, the Exporter shall make a re- Officers, and gular Entry thereof with the Collector and Comptroller of His at Ports only Majesty's Customs, on which Entry shall be indorsed the Marks where Custom and Numbers of the Packages, with the proper Denomination of Houses estathe Goods contained therein, and also the Place, Quay or Wharf where the Goods are intended to be laden; provided that no Goods shall be laden at any Place, Quay or Wharf which shall not be situate within the Limits of a Port where a Custom House is established, and at which Place, Quay or Wharf an Officer shall be appointed to attend the lading and shipping of such Goods, or at such Place or Places as shall be mentioned in a Sufferance or Warrant to be taken out from the Collector and Comptroller of the Customs for that purpose: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to alter the existing Regulations for lading and shipping the Produce of the Fisheries of the said Colonies, Plantations or Islands. Proviso for Regulations as to Fisheries. IV. And be it further enacted, That if upon Examination of any Goods not Goods allowed to be exported from any of the said Colonies, Plant- agreeing with ations or Islands, under the Authority of this Act, either before or Shipped without Entry or after the Shipment, it shall be found that the Weight or Quan- Penalty. tity thereof, or the Number of the Casks or Packages, shall be greater than shall have been endorsed upon the Entry, or if any Articles are laden and put on Board any Ship or Vessel, for the Purpose of being exported to any Part of Europe or in Africa as aforesaid, without Entry thereof being made with the proper Officer of the Customs, or shall be brought to any Place, Quay or Wharf, or put into any Hoy, Boat or other Vessel for the Purpose of being shipped on Board any such Ship or Vessel for Exportation to such Foreign Port of Europe or in Africa previous to such Entry being made, or if any Goods shall be put on Board or attempted to be put on Board any Ship or Vessel intending to proceed to any such Port of Europe or Africa in any manner contrary to the Directions of this Act, all such Goods in every such case shall be forfeited, together with the Hoy, Boat or other Vessel or Carriage whatever employed in shipping or attempting to ship such Goods, and also the Ship or Vessel in which the same shall be laden; and all such Goods, Vessels, Boats and Carriages may be seized by any Officer or Officers of the Customs, and the Owner thereof shall forfeit Double the Value of such Goods. 3 GEO. 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