A. D. 1696. Anno feptimo & oclavo Gulielmi III. C. 20. ^^07 Charges, already impofed and payable upon and for the r^n:ie in the Book of Rates of Merchandize, by ' Aft of Parliament citablifhed, and the Diredion therein contained or othervvilc, the further Rates and l)atics following (that is to fay) III. For every Tun of French Wine imported from and after the twenty-eigh'.h Day of February one Trench Wine thoufnnd fix hundred ninety-fix, for the Term of one and twenty Years, and from thence to the Lnd of '""l"""- ."r ?■"/ the next Seflion of Parliament, and no longer, five and twenty Pounds above the Duties already charged 3(,^Jy/i.°!'„'^"? thereupon, without any Deduction, and fo proportionably for a greater or leller Qiiantiiy. R;l't™ fir Ti IV. For every Tun of French Brandy of fingle Proof imported after the twenty-eighth Day of February Years. one thoufand fix hundred ninety-fix, for the Term of one and twenty Years, and^ from thence to the hind Frandy of fii^j^lc of the next Seffion of Parliament, and nc longer, thirty Pounds : And for every Tun of French Brandy of I'fof 30 1. pt-r double Proof imported, as afbrefaid, fixty Pounds, over and above the Duties already charged thereupon,'^""- 'double without any Deduclion, and fo proportionably for a greater or lefler Qisantity. '^^"^ ^° F"' ■ Frtnch GoO(l9 conilcmned as Prize exemptcil K> 8 & 9 W. 3. c, 34,, §. 5. Repealed as to rating fevcirrl Goods, ad valoreir, 1 1 Ceo. i. c. 7. Dmies on French ■•-M% and Goods, &c. made ferfetuai by i Geo. 1. flat. z. c, iz. §. 3. V. For every Tun of French Vinegar imported after the faid twenty-eighth Day of February one thou- Vinegar 15 1. ftnd fix hundred ninety-ux, for t'le Term of one and twenty Years, and from thence to the End of the l"= "I"""- next Seffion of Parliament, and no loiigar, -fifteen Pounds, over and above the Daties already charged {heq-eupon, without any Deduflion, and io proportionably for any greater or lefTer Quantity. VI. For all other Goods of the Grov/th, Product, or ManufatSture of France, imported after the faid All other French twenty-eighth Day of Februai-y one thoufand fi>f hundred ninety-fix, for the Term of one and twenty Goods 25 1. per Years, anTi from thtence to the.End of the next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer, five and twenty '^'^'"• ^"^ "'°" Pounds per Ce;itu77i ad vakrem, over arid abiDve the Duties already charged thereupon, without any Deduc- '^^" , and fo proportionably for a greater or kffer Quantity. tion, VII the refp! Rates . . , ^ . , , , . . , „ _. the relpcclive Times before mentioned, in the fame Manner and Form, and by fuch Rules, Means, and c. 17. §, i, z, Wa'^'^, and under fuch Penalties and For.feitures as are mentioned and expreffed in one AQ: of Parliament, and Wine Lees made in the twelfth Year of the P.eign of King Charles the Second, intituled, J Suhfidy granted to //j^ ^. '" P^y ^^ King of Tp.y.vagc and Founddge, and other Sums of Money, payable upon Merchandize exported and «/'»'"'^^^? Rates' Penalties and the Rules, Direclions, and Orders, thereunto annexed, or any other Laws now in Force relating &c. to be as in * to the Collection of His Majefly's Cuftoms ; which faid A&i and Afts, and every Article, Rule, and 12 Car. z. c. 4. Claufe, therein contained, fliall ftand and be in Force for the purpofes aforefaid, during the Continuance '"radePartoftiie oFthisAcT:. ■ . Aggregate F.nd, ' VIII. And whereas a very ufeful and profitable Inventjon or Myftery hath been lately found out for ^ ^°' '" '^' ^^'
- the better and more fpeedy making and knitting of Worfled and Silk Stockings, Waiftcoats, Gloves,
' and other v/earing Necefiaries, whereby great Quantities are wrought ofF in a little Time, His Maje- ' fty's Dominions abundantly fupplied, and great Quantities exported into foreign Nations, to the Increafe ' of His Majefty's Cuftoms, and the Improvement of Trade and Commerce : And whereas feveral of the ' Frames or Engines for the making and knitting of fuch Stockings and other wearing Necefiaries have
- been of late exported out of this Kingdom, whereby the faid Commodities have been made in Foreign
- Parts, which were heretofore made in this Kingdom only, to the great Difcouragement of the Woollen
"' Trade in general, and the great Detriment of the faid Myltery, and the Impoverifhment of many Families, ' v/ho have been thereby maintained :' For the Prevention of which Inconveniencies for the future. Be it enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the firfl: Day of May one thoufand fix hundred Penalty on ex- ninety-fix, no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever fhall load or put on board any Ship or Vefiil any fuch Frame Farting Stocking or Frames, or any Part or Parcel thereof, in order to be exported beyond the Seas ; upon Pain that the ^""^'^^ <"■ ^"- Perfon or Perfons offending herein ihall not only forfeit and lofe fuch Frame and Frames, Parts or Parcels ^""^ of Frames, which fhall be fo loaden and put on board, in order to be exported beyond the Seas, as afore- faid, but alfo the Sum of forty Pounds of lawful Money of England, for fuch Frame, or Part or Parcel thereof; the one Moiety thereof to His Majefly, His Heirs and Succefibrs, the other Moiety thereof to the One Moiety to Perfon or Perfons who fliall inform and fue for the fame, to be recovered by Aftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, the King, tire or Information, in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record, v/herein no Effoin, Proteftion or Wager of"'*'" "^ ' Law, (hall be allowed, or mere than one Imparlance. Profecutor. IX. And for the more elFectual preventing the Exportation of fuch Frames, be it further enafled by the MafterandWar- Authority aforefaid, That all and every Perfon and Perfons whatfoever, v-fhich from and after the faid firft dens of the Com- City London, or to their lawful Deputy or Deputies for the time being, fome or one of them, to whom and what felling or re- Place the fame were fo fold, difpofed, or renioved, to the end that an Account may be taken by the faid movingcf Stoc- Mafler and Wardens, or their Deputy or Deputies, thereof, upon Pain that every Perfon and Perfons of- '^'"'^ •^"'"" - fending herein fliall forfeit and pay, for every fuch Offence, to the Ufes aforefaid, the Sum of five Pounds' of like Money, to be recovered as aforefaid. CAP.
