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power vested in Him by the said Act, and by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the date of this Order, all Vessels belonging to the Subjects of His Majesty the King of Hanover, and being of less burden than 60 tons, which shall enter in or clear out from any of the Ports of the United Kingdom, shall be, and they are hereby exempted from taking on board a Pilot to conduct them into or from any such Port, in all cases where British Vessels, being of less burthen than 60 tons, are not required by Law to take Pilots, any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

JAS. BULLER.

ORDER in COUNCIL

in COUNCIL respecting Tonnage Duties on Vessels of The United States, in the British Possessions in America and the West Indies*.

At the Court at Carlton House, the 21st of July, 1823,

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, by an Act, passed in the third Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act to regulate the Trade be"tween His Majesty's Possessions in America and the West "Indies, and other places in America and the West Indies," certain articles enumerated in the Schedule B, annexed to the said Act, are permitted to be imported into certain Ports in His Majesty's said Dominions; and whereas some of the said articles are subject, on importation into the said Ports, to the payment of certain duties, according to the rates set forth in Schedule C, annexed to the said Act; and whereas, by an Act, passed in the fourth Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act to authorise His Majesty, under certain cir"cumstances, to regulate the duties and drawbacks on goods "imported or exported in Foreign Vessels, and to exempt

London Gazette, 3d January, 1824.

"certain Foreign Vessels from Pilotage," His Majesty is authorised, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, or by His Majesty's Order or Orders in Council, to be published from time to time in the London Gazette, whenever it shall be deemed expedient, to levy and charge any additional duty, or duties of Customs, or to withhold the payment of any drawbacks, bounties, or allowances upon any goods, wares, or merchandise imported into or exported from the United Kingdom, or imported into or exported from any of His Majesty's Dominions, in vessels belonging to any Foreign Country in which higher duties shall have been levied, or smaller drawbacks, bounties, or allowances granted upon goods, wares, or merchandise, when imported into or exported from such Foreign country in British Vessels, than are levied or granted upon similar goods, wares, or merchandise when imported or exported in Vessels of such Country, provided always that such additional or countervailing duties so to be imposed, and drawbacks, bounties, or allowances so to be withheld as aforesaid, shall not be of greater amount than may be deemed fairly to countervail the difference of duty, drawback, bounty, or allowance paid or granted on goods, wares, or merchandise imported into or exported from such Foreign Country in British Vessels, more or less than the duties, drawbacks, bounties, or allowances there charged or granted upon similar goods, wares, or merchandise imported into or exported from such Foreign Country in Vessels of such Country; and whereas British Vessels entering the Ports of the United States, from the Ports of His Majesty's Possessions in America, or the West Indies, with cargoes consisting of articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the said Possessions, are charged with a duty of 1 dollar per ton for tonnage duties and light money, and a discriminating duty of 10 per cent. is charged on the cargoes of such Vessels, to which Vessels of the United States, and cargoes of the same description, entering the Ports of those States from the Ports of the said Dominions. are not subject; His Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Him by the said last recited Act, and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the date of this Order there shall be charged on all Vessels of The United States which shall enter any of the Ports of His Majesty's Possessions in America, or The

West Indies, with articles of the growth, production, or manufacture of the said States, a duty of 4s. 3d. sterling for each and every ton burthen of such Vessels, equal (as nearly as may be) to 94 cents of the money of The United States, and being the difference between the tonnage duty payable by Vessels of The United States and British Vessels entering any of the Ports of the said United States, from any Ports of His Majesty's Dominions in America or the West Indies above enumerated, and further an addition of 10 per cent. upon the duties set forth in Table C, above referred to, on any of the articles therein enumerated, which may be imported in any such Vessel of the said States; such duties to be levied, collected, and applied in the same manner, and to the same purposes, as the duties levied under the authority of the said Act of the third Year of His Majesty's Reign: and the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

JAS. BULLER.

ORDER IN COUNCIL prohibiting the Exportation of Gun-powder or Salt-petre, or Arms or Ammunition, to the Coast of Africa*.

At the Court at Carlton-House, the 10th of March, 1824.

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, the time limited by His Majesty's Order in Council, of the 19th of September last, for prohibiting the Exportation of Gun-powder or Salt-petre, or any sort of Arms or Ammunition, to any Port or Place on the Coast of Africa (except to any Ports or Places within the Straits of Gibral tar), will expire on the 19th of this instant March; and whereas, it is judged expedient that the said prohibition should be continued for some time longer, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, doth therefore hereby order, require, prohibit, and command, that no Person or Persons whatsoever (except the Master-General of the Ordnance for His Majesty's Service), do, at any time during the space of

* London Gazette, 13th March, 1824.

six months (to commence from the 19th of this instant), presume to transport any Gun-powder or Salt-petre, or any sort of Arms or Ammunition, to any Port or Place on the Coast of Africa (except to any Ports or Places within the Straits of Gibraltar), or ship or lade any Gun-powder or Salt-petre, or any sort of Arms or Ammunition, on board any Ship or Vessel, in order to transporting the same into any such Ports or Places on the Coast of Africa (except as above excepted), without leave or permission in that behalf, first obtained from His Majesty or His Privy Council, upon pain of incurring and suffering the respective forfeitures and penalties inflicted by an Act passed in the 29th year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second, intituled, "An Act to "empower His Majesty to prohibit the exportation of Gunpowder, or any sort of Arms or Ammunition, and also to empower His Majesty to restrain the carrying coastwise of "Salt-petre, Gun-powder, or any sort of Arms or Ammunition;" and also by an Act, passed in the 33rd year of his late Majesty's Reign, cap. 2, intituled "An Act to enable His "Majesty to restrain the exportation of Naval Stores, and "more effectually to prevent the exportation of Salt-petre, "Arms and Ammunition, when prohibited by Proclamation or Order in Council:"

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And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, the Master-General and the rest of the Principal Officers of the Ordnance, and His Majesty's Secretary at War, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.

JAS. BULLER.

ORDER in COUNCIL exempting certain Hamburgh Vessels from taking Pilots in British Ports*.

At the Court at Carlton-House, the 10th of March, 1824,

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, by an Act, passed in the fourth Year of His pre* London Gazette, 20th March, 1824.

sent Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act to authorize His "Majesty, under certain circumstances, to regulate the duties "and drawbacks on goods imported or exported in Foreign "Vessels, and to exempt certain Foreign Vessels from Pilotage," His Majesty is authorized, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, or by any Order or Orders in Council, in all cases in which British Vessels, of less burthen than 60 tons, are not required by Law to take Pilots, to exempt Foreign Vessels, being of less burthen than 60 tons, from taking on board a Pilot to conduct them into or from any of the Ports of the United Kingdom, any Law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding; His Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Him by the said Act, and by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the date of this Order, all Vessels belonging to the Inhabitants of Hamburgh, and being of less burthen than 60 tons, which shall enter in or clear out from any of the Ports of the United Kingdom, shall be, and they are hereby exempted from taking on board a pilot to conduct them into or from any such Port, in all cases where British Vessels, being of less burthen than 60 tons, are not required by Law to take Pilots, any Law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

And the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

JAS. BULLER.

ORDER in COUNCIL respecting Tonnage Duties on
French Vessels in British Ports*.

At the Court at Carlton-House, the 10th of March, 1824,

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, by an Act, passed in the present Session of Parliament, intituled "An Act to indemnify all Persons concerned "in advising, issuing, or acting under a certain Order in Council "for regulating the tonnage duties on certain Foreign Vessels,

* London Gazette, 20th March, 1824.

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