654 ^' 20. Anno odtavo & nono Gulielmi III. A. D. 1697. be further contirmed from the eight and twentieth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and one until the faid firft Day of Aii^ajt, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and O her Aascon- fi>:, and no longer: And that the faid Aft made in the fecond Year of their faid Majefties Reign, con- tiniK:d. cerning Ecjl India Goods and other Things therein charged, and all Powers, Provifions, Penalties, Ar- ticles ami Claufes therein contained, fliall continue and be of full Force and EfFe£t, until the faid firft Day of Augujl one thoufand feven hundred and fix, and fhall be applied, practifed, and executed, for the raifing, levying, collefting, anfwering, and paying the faid refpedtive Duties hereby continued, according to the Tenor and Intent of this prcfent Aft, as fully to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the faid laft mentioned Aft, and all and every the Claufes, Matters, and Things, therein contained, had been again repeated and Exception. enafted particularly, exccjjfoniy as to fi|ch Part of the faid Afts concerning the faid Impofitions on Wines, Vinegar, Tobacco, Eaji InrVia Goods, ^nd other Merchandizes imported, touching which other Provifions or Alterations are made by any Aft or^ Afts of Parliament now in being, which other Provifions or Alte- rations are to be obferved, and to continue during the Continuance of this Aft, and the faid Aft, intituled, « ASl for contbwJHg fever al Duties granted by former ASl; upon TVine and Vinegar ^ and upon Tobacco, and aft India Goods and other Merchandi7.es imported, for carrying on the War againf rVance, and every Article, Claufe, Matter, and Thing, therein contained, for the raifing, levying, fecuring, anfv/ering, and paying the Impofitions and Duties on the Merchandizes and Commodities thereby charged, and which are by this Aft continued, fhall be of full Force and Efteft until "the faid firft Day oi Aitgujl one thoufand feven hun- dred and fix. Vin. And be it- further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the additional and other Rates, Duties, roiitions on ImpofitioHS, and Charges, upon the feveral Sorts of Goods and Merchandizes, granted by an Aft of Par- GooJ - . -. ,..-..,,..,.„ 7 &- s w. 3. Al c. 10. F Ail'.litlonal Im- tinued from the laft Day of Febrtiarv one thoufand fix hundred ninety- fix to the fiid firft Day o^ Angpfi, which Iball be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fix, and no longer; and that the (d'ul Aft laft- mentioned, atid all Powers, Provifions, Penalties, Articles, and Claufes, therein contained, as herein after is excepted and provided, as for and concerning the faid Rates, Duties, and Impofitions, fhall continue And be of full Force and Efteft until the faid firft Day o'i Av.gvf} one thoufand feven 'lundred and fix, and ftiall be applied, praSHfed, and extcuted, for the raifing, levying, collefting, anfwering, and paying the faid Duties hereby continued, according to the Tenor and Intent of this prefent Aft, as fuliy to a'l Intents and Purpofes as if the faid laft mciuioned Aft-, .and all and every the Claufes, Matters, and Thinp;s, therein contained, had been again repeated and enaft:ed in this Aft particularly. 4 & s W. & M. ' IX. And whereas by the faid Aft pafied in the fourth Year of their Majefties Reign, for granting the c. 5. ' faid additional Impofitions on Goods and Merchandizes, the Sum of twenty Shillings is impofed on every Lapis Calamina- « Tun of Lapis Calamiharis exported, which was found by Experience to hinder the Exportation thereof, ri3 exported, to c ^^^ utterly to ruin the Manufafture;' it is therefore hereby provided and enafted by the Authority afore- Tun'over'and'^'^ f^^' That for and during the Continuance of the faid additional Impofitions, the Sum of two Shillings above the Rate only fhall be paid for every Tun of Lapis Calaminaris, exported, over and above the Rates thereon charged in the Book of by the Book of Rates, to be collefted as in and' by the faid Aft is dirpfted and appointed ; any thing in l^^tss. this or the laft mentioned Aft contained to the contrary notwithftanding. Bar or hammer- ' X. And whereas the Scarcity and Dearnefs of Iron in this Kingdom have of lajte much difcouraged the ediron imported ' Manufaftures thereof, in which great Numbers of the Poor are employed ;' Be it therefore further pro- ch°a™edof"tht^ '^'^^'^ ^'""^ enafted by the Authority aforefaid, Thatitfliall and may be lawful to import into this Kingdom additional Du- iS:om Ireland, any Bar Iron unwrought, andiron flit or hammered into Rods (other than 5zw(///^ or other ties. foreign Iron) difcharged of the Impofitions and Duties laid upon the fame by this or the faid Aft for grant- ing the faid additional Impofitions ; any thing in this or the faid Aft contained to the contrary notwith- ftanding. Provifions con- XI. Provided alfo. That in all Cafes where any other Provifion or Alteration is made, by any Aft or tinned concern- ^Qj of Parliament now in being, in or about any other Matter or Thing contained in the faid Aft of ing thefe Impo- Pariia^-ient for the Impofitions laft mentioned, fuch other Provifionsor Alterations fhall be obferved during ' the Continuance of the Term hereby granted in the fame Impofitions ; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. XII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the feveral Rates and Duties granted 5 & SW. &ivr. to their faid Majefties, by an Aft rrade in the fifth snd fixth Years of tlieir Reign, intituled. An ASi for «■ 21. granting to their Ma je flies feveral Duties upon Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, for four Tears, totvards carfying Duties on Vel- g„ f/^g JVar agalnjl France, arid which were thereby to commence from and after the eight and twentieth ment and Pa- ^^Y '^^ fune one thoufand fix hundred ninety-four, fliall be, and are hereby continued after the Expira- ptr, continued tion of the faid Term of four Years, until the firft Day o^ Auguji, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord until 1706. one thoufand feven hundred and fix ; and that the faid Aft, and all Powers, Provifions, Articles, and • See the Note Claufes, thcreiii contained, fhall con'.inue and be of full Force and Effeft until the faid firft Day of , //i^- on5&6W. & ^j^ ^y^^ thoufand feven hundred and fix, and fliall he applied, praftifed, and executed, for the raifing, ' °' * ■ levying, collefting, anfv/ering, and paying the <ijiil Ditties hereby continued^- according to the Tenor and Intent of this prefent Aft, as fully to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the faid laft incntioned Aft, and all and every the Claufes, Matters, and Things, therein contained, had been again repeated and enafted in this Aft particularly. Provifo, XIII. Provided always, and it is hereby further enafted, That in all Cafes where any further or other Provifion, or any Altei-ation, is made by any other Aft or Afts of Paidiainent now in being, in relation to the faid Duties upon Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, fuch other Provifions or Alterations fh.all he ob- ferved
