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A.D.I 705. Anno quarto An NiE Reginffl. C. 6. 189 have for that End and Purpofe, cheerfully and unaiiimoufly given and granted, and do by this Aft give and grant unto your Majefty the Subfidy of Tannage and Poundage upon Wines, Goods, and Mer- Tunoage and chandizes, and the feveral Duties upon Coal, (^ulm, and Cynders, and upon Beer, Ale, Cyder, and Poundage, upoa other Liquois hereafter in this A£i: mentioned, for fuch feveral and refpeftive Terms, and to commence Wmes, &c. at or from fuch refpedtive Days and Times, and to be paid and payable in fuch Manner and Form, as 8""'^* in this AiSb are afterwards exprefTed : (That is to fay) Whereas by an A6t made and pafled in the ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King William the Third, of glorious Memory, (intituled An ASi for granting to his Majefty a further Subfidy ofTunnage and Poundage, towards ralftng the yearly 9 & loW. 3. Sum offcven hundred thoifand Pounds, for the Service of his Majejiy's Houjhold, and other Ufes therein men- '^- ^3- tloned, during his Majejiy's Life) it was enaftcd, That over and above the Subfidies, Impofitions, and ' New Subfidy,' other Duties therein mentioned, there fhould be raffed and paid to his Majefty, one other Subfidy called Tunnage, for and upon all Wines which from and after the laft Day of fanuary in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred ninety and nine, at any Time and Times, during his Majefty's Life, fhould be imported or brought into the Kingdom oi England, Dominion of Wales, or Town oi Berwick upon Tweed; and one further Subfidy called Poundage of all Manner of Goods and Merchandizes im- ported or brought into this Realm, or any his Majefty's Dominions to the fame belonging, at any Time or Times after the faid laft Day of j'/7na(7ry one thoufand fix hundred ninety-nine, during his Majefty's Life, byway of Merchandize (except fuch Goods and Merchandizes as are therein excepted) and with fuch Abatements, Regulations, Diredlions for making Repayments or Allowances upon Ex- portation, and fubjeiSt to fuch Rules and other Matters and Things touching the faid feveral Subfidies, as in the laft-mentioned A£l are exprefi"ed; which faid further Subfidies of Tunnage and Poundage, and other Duties upon Wines, Goods, and Merchandizes, granted by the Aft above recited, are to be raifed and paid to her Majefty, during her Life, by virtue of another Aft of Parliament made and paiTed in the firft Year of her Reign, (intituled, Jn ASi for the letter Support of her Majefty's Houjhold, and the 1 Annffi,ftat. 1. Honour and Dignity of the Crown :) And whereas by an Aft made and pafled in the fecond Year of her *• Majefty's Reign, (intituled, An Ail for granting to her Majefty an additional Subfidy of Tunnage and Pound- i&aAnnsjC.g, age for three Years, and for laying a further Duty uponYrtnch Tf^ines condemned as lawful Prize, and for ajcertainlng the Values of unrated Goods Imported from?^i? Eaft Indies) It was enafted. That there fhould '"^"f *hiid 5uV- be raifed, levied, collefted, paid and fatisfied unto her Majefty one other Subfidy called Tunnage, for ^' and upon all Wines which from and after the eighth Day of Mvch in the Year of our Lord one thou- fand feven hundred and three, at any Time or Times within or during the Space of three Years from thence next and immediately enfuing, fhould be imported or brought into the Kingdom of jfw^/ffw^s?. Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed; (that is to fay) one third Part of fuch or the like feveral and refpeftive Duties as by the two Afts laft recited or mentioned, or either of them, were impofed or payable for or upon any Kind of Wine or Wines refpeftively : And one other Subfidy called Poundage of all Manner of Goods and Merchandizes to be imported or brought into this Realm, or any her Majefty's Dominions to the fame belonging, at any Time or Times after the faid eighth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and three, during the faid Term of three Years, by way of Merchandize; (that is to fay) one third Part of fuch or the like feveral and refpeftive Duties as by the faid two Afts laft before recited or mentioned, or cither of them, are impofed or payable for or upon th; fame Goods and Merchandizes refpeftively, (except fuch Goods and other Merchandizes as by the faid two Afts laft-mentioned, or either of them, are exempted from Payment of the Subfidies thereby granted) as in and by the faid feveral Afts (Relation being thereunto refpeftively had) may more fully appear :' Now we your Majefty's faid dutiful and loyal Subjefts the Commons in Parliament af- fembled, for the Ends and Purpofes aforefaid, do moft humbly befeech your Majefty, that it may be enafted; and be it enafted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majeily, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That over and above the Subfidies of Tunnage and Poundage above-mentioned, Tunnage, &c, and over and above all other Subfidies, additional Duties, Impofitions, and Payments whatfoever, by * ^?'l^' """"" any Aft or Afts of Parliament, or otherwife howfoever already due or payable, or which ought ta be paid ^;^)^°^a^ for to her Majefty, her Heirs or Succeffors, for or upon any Wines, Goods, and Merchandizes whatfoever 08 Years, imported or to be imported, there fnall be continued, and be raifed, levied, collefted, paid, and fatisfied For the Applica- Unto her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, for and upon all Wines v^hich from and after the eighth Day tionof4ooool. of >;I/(7rc^ which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fix, at any Time or P^ '^""' "*' '^* Times, within or during the Term of ninety and eight Years from thence next and immediately enfuing, adrinrftom"thi3 and fully to be compleat and ended, fhall be imported or brought into the Kingdom of England, Domi- Aft, fee 6 Ann. nion of JVales, and Town of Benvlck upon Tweed, the faTse or the like Subfidy of Tonnage, as by the c. 5. f. 1, 2. faid Aft of the fecond Year of her Majefty's Reign v/as charged or impofed, for or upon any kind of xhis Duty made Wine or Wines whatfoever; (that is to fay) one third Part of fuch or the like feveral and refpeftive Du- perpetual by 1 ties, as by the faid Aft of the ninth ear of his faid late Majefty's Reign, were granted to him during Geo. j. flat. 2. his Life, and by the faid Aft of the firft Year of her Majefty's Reign, are continued to her during her «• la. f. 8. •Majefty's Life, for or upon any kind of Win? or Wines refpeftively, and for and upon all manner of (j'^-) °"^ '^'"^ Goods and Merchandizes, which from and after the faid eighth Day of Alarch,^ which fball be in the .^'^Q-yy-, ,, Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fix, at any Time or Times v^ithin or during the faid c, jj. Term of ninety and eight Years, fhall be imported or brought into this Realm, or any her Majefty's Dominions, to the fame belonging, by way of Merchandize, there fhall be continued, raifed, levied, Collefted, paid, and fatisfied to her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeflbrs,. the fame or the like Subfidy of Pouudage, as by the faid Act of the fecond Year of her Majefty's Reign was laid or impofed, for or upon any