by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto his majesty, his heirs and successors, upon all goods, wares, and merchandise, enumerated or described in the tables (A) (B) and (C) annexed to this act, exported from Great Britain, the several duties of customs, as the same are respectively described and set forth in figures in the said tables.

II. And be it further enacted, That the duties granted and imposed by this act, and made payable according to the weight, tale, gauge, measure, or value of any goods, wares, or merchandise charged with such duties, shall be charged and payable upon any greater or less weight, number, quantity, or value thereof than the weight, number, quantity, or value particularly inserted, described and set forth in the tables hereunto annexed, marked (A) (B) and (C) in proportion to the actual weight, number, quantity, or value of such goods, wares, or merchandise.

III. And be it further enacted, That where any goods, wares and merchandise, which are allowed to be, or which shall have been warehoused, or otherwise secured, at the time of the importation thereof, without payment of the duties due thereon, shall be taken out or entered inwards for home consumption, and the duties of customs and excise then due thereon shall have been paid, and the same shall afterwards be entered for exportation, then and in every such case the duties of customs by this act imposed shall be paid on the exportation of the said goods, wares, and merchandise, notwithstanding the payment of any drawbacks to which the exporter thereof may in such case, under any law or laws then in force, be entitled.

.. IV. And whereas by an order in council dated the twenty-fifth of November, one thousand eight hundred and seven, it was ordered and declared, that information of a certain other order in council of the eleventh of November, one thousand eight hundred and seven,, should be taken and held to have been received in the places hereinafter mentioned, at the periods respectively assigned to them, name

ly, ports and places within the Baltic, on the twenty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven; other ports and places to the northward of Amsterdam, on the eleventh of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven; from Amsterdam to Ushant, on the fourth of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven; from Ushant to Cape Finisterre, on the eighth of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven; from Cape Finisterre to Gibraltar inclusive, on the thirteenth of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven; Madeira, the thirteenth of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven; ports and places within the straits of Gibraltar to Sicily and Malta, and the west coasts of Italy inclusive, on the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight; all other ports and places in the Mediterranean beyond Sicily and Malta, on the twentieth of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight; ports and places beyond the Dardanelles, on the first of February, one thousand eight hundred and eight; any part of the north and western coast of Africa or the islands adjacent, except Madeira, on the eleventh of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight; the United States and British possessions in North America and the West Indies, on the twentieth of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight; Cape of Good Hope, and the east coast of South America, on the first of March, one thousand eight hundred and eight; India, on the first of May, one thousand eight hundred and eight; China and the coast of South America, on the first of June, one thousand eight hundred and eight; be it therefore enacted, that nothing in this act contained shall extend to prevent any vessel which shall have sailed from any such port or place before the period above specified as aforesaid, and which shall have been brought into or shall have come into any port in Great Britain under any warning given in pursuance of any of the said orders in council, from proceeding on her voyage to any port or place whatever, without entering or landing any part of her cargo in Great Britain (except cotton wool, or yarn, or Jesuits bark) and

without the payment of any duty granted by this act upon any part of the cargo (except cotton wool, or yarn, or Je suits bark ;) provided always, that if the port or place to which such vessel shall proceed, shall belong to a country in amity with his majesty, and from which the British flag is not excluded, such vessel shall in that case be permitted to proceed without being compelled to land any part of her cargo, or to pay any duty imposed by this act in respect of the same.

V. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained, shall extend to charge with any of the duties granted by this act, any goods, wares or merchandise (except cotton wool or yarn, and Jesuits bark) imported into Great Britain in any vessel, under any license, bearing date before the eleventh day of November last, or in any vessel which shall have been cleared out from the port or place from which such goods, wares or merchandise, were imported before the period in this act specified, as to such port or place as the period at which the said orders in council shall be taken and held to have been received, in any cases in which the said goods, wares or merchandise shall, upon their importation, have been or shall be warehoused for exportation only.

VI. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall extend to charge with any of the duties granted by this act, any goods, wares or merchandise on the exportation from Great Britain (except cotton wool or yarn, and Jesuits bark) which shall have been or shall be imported into Great Britain prior to the 1st day of June, 1808, from any free port in any of his majesty's plantations in the West Indies, or any other port or place, under any license from the governour of any of his majesty's plantations duly authorized for that purpose, bearing date prior to the 21st day of January last, in case such goods, wares or merchandise shall, on their importation into Great Britain, have been or shall be warehoused for exportation only.

VII. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That no

goods, wares or merchandise described in the said tables (A) and (B) of the growth and produce of St. Domingo, which shall have been or shall be imported into Great Britain by license in return for goods exported to the said island, bearing date prior to the fifth of February one thousand eight hundred and eight, and which shall have been or shall be warehoused for exportation, shall be liable, on the exportation thereof, to any of the duties of customs granted by this act; and all such goods, wares and merchan dise, the growth and produce of St. Domingo, which shall have been or shall be imported into Great Britain under any license bearing date subsequently to the said fifth day of February, shall, upon the exportation thereof from Great Britain, be chargeable with, and subject and liable to one half part only of the duties of customs granted by this act upon goods, wares and merchandise of the like description, upon their exportation from Great Britain.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That all goods, wares or merchandise, which have been or may be condemned as prize, shall, on the exportation thereof from Great Britain, be charged with and subject and liable to the duties by this act imposed on the exportation of the like goods, wares or merchandise respectively, any law, custom or usage to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that nothing in this act contained shall extend to charge with any of the duties granted by this act, any goods, wares or merchandise (except cotton wool or yarn, or Jesuits bark) which shall have been or shall be brought into any port in Great Britain for adjudication before the passing of this act, whether the same shall have been or shall be subsequently restored or condemned as prize.

IX. And be it further enacted, That the duties of customs described and set forth in figures in the said tables hereunto annexed, marked (A) (B) and (C) on the several goods, wares and merchandise specified therein, shall be paid to the proper officer authorized to receive the duties of customs on goods, wares and merchandise imported into Great Britain, and may and shall respectively be managed,

ascertained, raised, levied, collected, answered, paid, and recovered, except where any alteration is expressly made by this act, in such and the like manner, and by the same means, ways, or methods, as former duties of customs upon goods, wares, or merchandise, in general, and also by any such special means, ways, or methods respectively, as former duties of customs upon goods, wares or merchandise of the same sorts or kinds were or might be managed, ascertained, raised, levied, collected, answered, paid, and recovered; and the goods, wares or merchandise whereon duties of customs are by this act charged, as the same are respectively inserted, described, and set forth in the said tables, upon exportation thereof from Great Britain, shall be, and the same are hereby made subject and liable to all and every the conditions, regulations, securities, rules, restrictions, seizures, and forfeitures, to which goods, wares, or merchandise in general, and also all and every the special conditions, rules, regulations, restrictions, seizures, sales, and forfeitures respectively, to which the like goods, wares or merchandise were subject and liable by any act or acts of parliament, in force on and immediately before the passing of this act, respecting the revenue of customs, except where any alteration is expressly made by this act; and all pains, penalties, fines, and forfeitures, of whatever nature or kind the same may be, as well pains of death as others, for any offence whatever committed against or in breach of any act or acts of parliament in force on or immediately before the passing of this act, made for securing the revenue of customs, or for the regulation or improvement thereof, and the several clauses, powers, provisos, and directions contained in any such act or acts, shall (unless where expressly altered by this act) extend to and be respectively applied, practised, and put in execution, in respect of the several duties of customs hereby charged, in as full and ample a manner, to all intents and purposes whatever, as if all and every the said acts, clauses, provisos, powers, directions, fines, pains, penalties, or forfeitures, were particularly repeated and re-enacted in the body of this act, and made part thereof.