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claims and demands, for expences incurred during the late war in Germany, as appear to be due by the reports of the faid commiffioners

3. On account, towards affifting his majefty to grant a reasonable fuccour in money to the landgrave of Heffe Caffel, pursuant to treaty

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That all perfons interested in, or intitled unto, fuch of the bills payable in course of the navy or victualling offices, or for tranfports, made out on or before the 31ft day of December, 1762, as have not been converted into annuities, after the rate of 41. per centum per annum, in purfuance of an act of the laft feffion of parliament, who fhall, on or before the first day of March next, carry the fame (after having had the intereft, due thereupon to the 25th day of March, 1763, inclusive, computed and marked upon the faid bills, at the navy or victualling office refpectively) to the treafurer of his majesty's navy, to be

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marked and certified, by him or his pay mafter, to the governor and company of the Bank of England, fhall be intitled unto, and have an annuity, transferable at the Bank of England, for the principal and intereft due on the faid bills, after the rate of 41. per centum per annum, commencing from the faid 25th day of March, 1763, in lieu of all other intereft, until redeemed by parliament, the faid annuities to be charged upon the finking fund, and the fums which fhall be iffued out of the finking fund, for payment of the faid annuities, to be, from time to time, replaced out of the next aids to be granted in parlia

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importation of wood and timber, and of the goods commonly called Jumber, therein particularly enumerated, from any of his majefty's plantations or colonies in America, free from all cuftoms and impofitions whatfoever, is near expiring, and fit to be continued.

MARCH 10.

1. That a duty of 21. 19s. 9d. fterling money, per hundred weight avoirdupois, be laid upon all foreign coffee, imported from any place (except from Great Britain) into the British colonies and plantations in America. 2. That a duty of fix-pence, fterling money, per pound weight, avoirdupois, be laid upon all foreign indico, imported into the faid coJonies and plantations. 3. That a duty of 71. fterling money, per ton, be laid upon all wine of the growth of the Madeiras, or of any other ifland or place, lawfully imported from the refpective place of the growth of fuch wine, into the faid colonies and plantations. 4. That a duty of 10s. fterling money, per ton, be laid upon all Portugal, Spanish, or any other wine (except French wine) imported from Great Britain into the faid colonies and plantations. 5. That a duty of 2s. fterling money, per pound weight, avoirdupois, be laid upon all wrought filks, Bengals, and ftuffs mixed with filk or herba, of the manufacture of Perfia, China, or EaftIndia, imported from Great Britain into the faid colonies and plantations. 6. That a duty of 2s. and fix-pence, fterling money, per piece, be laid upon all callicoes, painted, dyed, printed, or ftained, in Perfia, China, or Eaft

India, imported from Great Britain, into the faid colonies and plantations. 7. That a duty of 3s. fterling money, per piece, be laid upon all foreign linen cloth, called cambrick, and upon all French lawns imported from Great Britain, into the faid colonies and plantations. 8. That a duty of 7s. fterling money, per hundred weight avoirdupois, be laid upon all coffee, fhipped in any British colony or plantation in America, being the place of the growth thereof, in order to be exported or conveyed to any other place, except to Great Britain. 9. That a duty of one half-penny, fterling money, per pound weight avoirdupois, be laid upon all pimento fhipped in any British colony or plantation in America, being the place of the growth thereof, in order to be exported or conveyed to any other place except to Great Britain. 10. That an act, made in the 6th Geo. II. chap. 13, be continued until the 30th of September, 1764. 11. That the faid act be, with the amendments, made perpetual, from the 29th day of September, 1764. 12. That from and after the faid 29th day of September, 1764, in lieu of the duty granted by the faid act upon molaffes and fyrups, a duty of three pence, fterling money, per gallon, be laid upon all molaffes and fyrups of the growth, product, or manufacture, af any foreign American colony or plantation imported into the British colonies and plantations in America. 13. That the produce of all the faid duties, and alfo of the duties which fhall, from and after the faid 20th day of September, 1764, be raised by virtue of the faid

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act, made in the fixth year of the teign of his faid late majefty king George the fecond, be paid into the receipts of his majesty's exchequer, and there referved, to be from time to time difpofed of by parliament, towards defraying the neceffary expences of defending, protecting, and fecuring the British colonies and plantations in America. 14. That, towards further defraying the faid expences, it may be proper to charge certain ftamp duties in the faid colonies and plantations. 15. That there be not any drawback allowed of any part of the rate or duty commonly called the old fubfidy upon any foreign goods (except wines) of the growth production, or manufacture, of Europe, or the Faft-Indies, exported from this kingdom, to the British colonies and plantations in America. 16. That there be not any drawback allowed of any part of any rate or duty upon any white callicoes, or foreign linens, ex. ported from this kingdom, to the British colonies and plantations in America. 17. That the duties impofed in the British colonies and plantations in America, by an act made in the 25th year of the reign of king Charles the fecond, intituled, An act for the encouragement of the Greenland and Eastland trades, and for the better securing the plantation trade, be declared to be fterling money. 18. That the importation of rum and fpirits, of the produce or manufacture of any foreign American colony or plantation, into the British colonies and plantations in America, be prohibited. 19. That the annuities, granted anno 1761, for a

certain term of 99 years, from the 5th day of January, 1761, transferable at the Bank of England, be, from the 5th day of January, 1764, with the confent of the feveral proprietors, added to, and made a joint ftock with, the annuities which were granted anno 1762, for a certain term of 98 years, from the 5th day of January, 1762, transferable at the Bank of England; and that the charges and expences thereof be charged upon, and paid out of, the finking fund, in the fame and like manner as thofe of the said annuities granted anno 1762, âre paid and payable; and that fuch perfons as fhall not, on or before the 1ft day of June, 1764, fignify their diffent in books to be opened at the Bank of England for that purpose, fhall be deemed and, taken to affent thereto. 20. That the 3 per cent. annuities, granted anno 1761, in refpect of the fum of twelve millions borrowed towards the fupply of the year 1761, together with the charges and ex pences attending the fame, ba, with the like confent of the feveral proprietors thereof, charged upon, and made payable out of, the finking fund. 21. That all the monies that have arifen, fince the 5th day of January, 1764, or that shall and may hereafter arife, of the produce of the additional duty upon ftrong beer and ale, which was made a fund for payment of the 3 per cent. annuities, granted in refpect of the fum of twelve millions borrowed by virtue of an act 1 Geo. III. towards the supply of the year 1761, and alfo of the annuities for a certain term of 99 years, granted in re[M] 3

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MARCH 13. 1. That an additional duty of 11. 2s. fterling money, per hundred weight avoirdupois, be laid upon all white or clayed fugars, of the produce or manufacture of any foreign American colony or plantation, imported into any Britifh colony or plantation in America. 2. That the produce of the faid additional duty be paid into the receipt of his majefty's exchequer, and there referved to be, from time to time, difpofed of by parliament, towards defraying the neceffary expences of defending, protecting, and fecuring, the Britifh colonies and plantations in America. 3. That upon all wines (except French wines) exported as merchandize, from this kingdom, to the British colonies and plantations in America, a drawback be allowed of all the duties paid on the importation of fuch wines, except 31. 10s. per ton, part of the additional duty of 41. per ton, granted by an act made in the last feffion of parliament; and alfo except fuch part of the duties paid upon wines, imported by ftrangers or aliens, or in foreign fhips, as exceeds what would have been payable upon fuch wines, if the fame had been imported by Bri

tish fubjects, and in British fhips. 4. That no allowance be made for leakage, upon the importation of any wines into this kingdom, unlefs fuch wines be imported directly from the place of their growth, or from the ufual place of their firft fhipping, except only. Madeira wines, imported from any of the British colonies or plantations in America, or from the Eaft Indies. 5. That any perfon or perfons be permitted to import, in fhips belonging to his majefty's fubjects, whale fins taken from whales, caught, by any of his majefty's fubjects, in the gulf or river of St. Lawrence, or in any on the coafts of any of his majefty's colonies in America, without paying any custom, fubfidy, or duty, for the fame (other than and except the rate or duty commonly called the old fubfidy) for the term of feven years, from the 25th day of December, 1763.

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1. That the perfons interested in, or intitled unto, all or any of the bills payable in courfe of the navy or victualling offices, or for tranfports, made out on or before the 31ft of December, 1762, which, in purfuance of a refolution of this house of the 6th of February laft, have been delivered to the treafurer of his majefty's navy, in or der to be converted into annuities, as mentioned in the faid resolution, and who, instead of fuch annuities, fhall choose to receive the principal and intereft due on such bills to the time of the payment thereof, and fhall, in books to be opened for that purpose, at the office of the faid treafurer, exprefs their confent thereunto, on or be

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fore the thirty-first day of this prefent instant March, fhall be intitled to receive fuch principal and intereft in difcharge of the faid bills, out of the money granted to his majesty in this fefion of parliament, towards paying off and difcharging the debts of the navy, upon their delivering up the notes or receipts iffued for the fame, in like manner as if they had not delivered the faid bills to the treafurer of his majefty's navy, according to the refolution of this houfe of the 6th of February laft; and that fuch of the faid bills, for and in refpect whereof fuch confent fhall not be fo expreffed on or be fore the thirty-first day of this prefent inftant March, be converted into annuities as mentioned in the faid refolution, and confolidated with the annuities granted by an act of the laft feffion of parliament, to fatisfy certain navy, victualling, and tranfport bills, and ordnance debentures. 2. That the duties now payable upon beaver fkins imported into Great Britain, from his majefty's dominions in America, do ceafe, determine, and be no longer paid. 3. That, in lieu of the faid former duties, there be granted to his majefty a duty of one penny to be paid upon the importation of every beaver fkin into Great Britain, from his majefty's dominions in America. 4. That there be granted to his majesty a duty of 7d. upon each beaver fkin, or piece of fuch fkin, exported from Great Britain. 5. That there be granted to his majesty a duty of s. 6d. per pound, for all beaver wool exported from Great Britain. 6. That the faid duties be made applicable to the fame purposes, to

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which the former duties upon beaver fkins were applied. 7. That no drawback be allowed upon beaver fkins exported from Great Britain. MARCH 22.

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1. That there be raised by loans or exchequer bills, to be charged upon the firft aids to be granted in the next feffion, and fuch exchequer bills, if not discharged, with intereft thereupon, on or before the 5th of April, 1765, to be exchanged and received in payment, in fuch manner as exchequer bills have usually been exchanged, and received in payment, the fum of 800,0001. the fum of 34971. 9s. 9d. maining in the receipt of the exchequer, being the furplus of the feveral duties upon beer and ale, granted by an act of the firft of his majefty's reign, after satisfying all charges and encumbrances thereupon, to the 5th of January, 1764, be iffued and applied, towards making good the fupply granted in this feffion. 3. That fuch part of the fum of 150,0001. granted in the latt feffion for defraying the charge of the pay and cloathing of the militia, for one year, beginning the 25th of March, 1763, as fhall remain in the receipt of the exchequer, after the faid charge is fatisfied, be iffued and applied towards raifing the fupply granted in this feffion. 4. That the act of the 5th of Geo. II. chap. 28. is near expiring, and fit to be continued. 5. That the act of the 6th of Geo. II. chap. 33. is near expiring, and fit to be continued. 6. That the act of the 22d of Geo. II. chap. 45. is near expiring, and fit to be conti nued.

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