Persons autho rized to make Seizures under 5 G. 4. c. 113. to have the Benefit of this Act. Application of 5 G. 4. c. 113. The King may regulate the Trade of the Cape of Good Hope, &c. East India LXXI. AND be it further enacted, That all Persons authorized to make Seizures under an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Abolition of the Slave Trade, shall, in making and prosecuting any such Seizures, have the Benefit of all the Provisions granted to Persons authorized to make Seizures under this Act. (1) LXXII. AND be it further enacted, That all - Penalties and Forfeitures created by the said Act passed in the Fifth Year of His present Majesty, whether pecuniary or specific, shall (except in Cases specially provided for by the said Act,) go and belong to such Persons as are authorized by that Act to make Seizures, in such Shares, and shall and may be sued for and prosecuted, tried, recovered, distributed, and applied in such and the like Manner, and by the same Ways and Means, and subject to the same Rules and Directions, as any Penalties and Forfeitures incurred in Great Britain and in the British Possessions in America respectively now go and belong to, and may be sued, prosecuted, tried, recovered, and distributed respectively in Great Britain, or in the said Possessions, under and by virtue of this Act. LXXIII. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy Council, by any Order or Orders in Council to be issued from Time to Time, to give such Directions and make such Regulations touching the Trade and Commerce to and from any British Possessions on or near the Continent of Europe, or within the Mediterranean Sea, - or in Africa, or within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter (excepting the Possessions of the said Company),-as to His Majesty in Council shall appear most expedient and salutary; – AND if any Goods shall be imported or exported in any Manner contrary to any such Order of His Majesty in Council, the same shall be forfeited, together with the Ship importing or exporting the same. LXXIV. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be Company may lawful for the East India Company (2) to trade in and ex carry Goods from India to Colonies. (1) For Registry of Things condemned, see Cap. 110. § 5. and 29. (2) The Trade allowed by this Clause is contrary to the Charter, and not being a Trade allowed to the private Trader (see 4 Geo. 4. Cap. 80. § 2.), is not included in the Extension of the Company's Trade under the 3d Section of that Act. See East India Company-General Index. port from any Place within the Limits of their Charter, any Goods for the Purpose of being carried to some of His Majesty's Possessions in America, and so to carry and to import the same into any of such Possessions; — and also to carry return Cargoes from such Possessions to any Place within the Limits of their Charter, or to the United Kingdom; and that it shall be lawful for any of His Majesty's Subjects, with the Licence in Writing granted by or under the Authority of the said Company, to lade in and export from any of the Dominions of the Emperor of China any Goods, and to lade in and export from Place within the Limits of the said Company's Charter any Private Persons may trade to China or in Tea, having Licence from the Company, any but limited to the Supply of Tea, for the Purpose of being carried to some of His the Colonies. Majesty's Possessions in America, and also so to carry and to import the same into any of such Possessions. LXXV. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Person, being the Shipper of any Sugar, the Produce of some British Possession within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter, to be exported from any Place in such Possession, to go before the Collector or Controller, or other Chief Officer of the Customs at such Place, or if there be no such Officer of the Customs, to go before the principal Officer of such Place, or the Judge or Commercial Resident of the District, and make and sign an Affidavit before him, that such Sugar was really and bona fide the Produce of such British Possession, to the best of his Knowledge and Belief; and such Officer, Judge, or Resident is hereby authorized and required to administer such Affidavit, — and to grant a Certificate thereof (1), setting forth in such Certificate the Name of the Ship in which the Sugar is to be exported, and the Destination of the same. LXXVI. AND be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act, or in any other Act passed in this present Session of Parliament, shall extend to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act passed in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for regulating the Trade to be carried on with the British Possessions in India by the Ships of Nations in Amity with His Majesty (2); - nor to revoke, alter, or affect any Regulations formed under the Authority of that Act, (1) To be produced on Importation into United Kingdom, Cap. 107. § 36 (2) Local in India. certificate of East India Not to repeal or alter the Act 37 G. 3. c. 117. Ships built prior to 1st January 1816, deemed British Ships within certain Limits. Certificate of Certificate of and which were in force at the Time of the Commencement of this Act. LXXVII. AND be it further enacted, That all Ships built at any Place within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter, prior to the First of January One thousand eight hundred and sixteen, and which then were and have continued ever since to be solely the Property of His Majesty's Subjects, shall be deemed to be British Ships for all the Furposes of Trade within the said Limits, including the Cape of Good Hope; - any thing in this Act, or in any other Act (1) or Acts passed in this present Session of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding. LXXVIII. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Shipper of any - Wine, the Produce of the Cape of Good Hope, or of its Dependencies, which is to be exported from thence, to go before the Chief Officer of the Customs, and make and sign an Affidavit before him, that such Wine was really and bona fide the Produce of the Cape of Good Hope, or of its Dependencies; — and such Officer is hereby authorized and required to administer such Affidavit, and to grant a Certificate (2) thereof, setting forth in such Certificate the Name of the Ship in which the Wine is to be exported, and the Destination of the same. LXXIX. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Person who is about to export (3) from any of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, to the United Kindom, or to any of the British Possessions in America, any Goods of the Growth or Produce of any of those Islands, or any Goods manufactured from Materials which were the Growth or Produce thereof, or of the United Kingdom, to go before any Magistrate of the Island from which the Goods are to be exported, and make and sign before him an Affidavit that such Goods, describing the same, are of such Growth or Produce, or of such Manufacture, and such Magistrate shall administer and sign such Affidavit; AND thereupon the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Com (1) See Cap. 109. § 10. 12. (2) To be produced on Importation into United Kingdom, Cap. 107. § 37. (3) See Clearance from Guernsey, &c. Cap. 108. § 11. mander in Chief of the Island from which the Goods are to be exported, shall, upon the Delivery to him of such Affidavit, grant a Certificate (1) under his Hand of the Proof contained in such Affidavit, stating the Ship in which and the Port to which, in the United Kingdom or in any such Possession, the Goods are to be exported; and such Certificate shall be the proper Document to be produced at such Ports respectively, in proof that the Goods mentioned therein are of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of such Islands respectively. LXXX. AND be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful to import into any of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, any Tea, nor any Tobacco (2), except from the United Kingdom; and if any Tea or any Tobacco shall be brought into any of the said Islands, from any other Place than from the United Kingdom, — or not having been duly entered and cleared in the United Kingdom, to be exported to such Island, the same shall be forfeited. LXXXI. AND be it further enacted, That no Brandy, Geneva, or other Spirits (3), except Rum of the British Plantations, shall be imported into or exported any other Tea and Tobacco may not into Guernsey, be imported &c. except from United Kingdom. Guernsey, &c. Tonnage of Ships and Package of Goods; Tons and 40 Gallons. from the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, or Sark, or viz. Spirits, 100 either of them, or removed from any one to of the said Islands, - or Coastwise from any one Part to any other Part of either of the said Islands, shipped, in order to be so removed or carried, - or shall be or shall 450 lbs. be waterborne, for the Purpose of being so shipped — in any Ship, Vessel, or Boat of less Burthen than One hundred Tons, nor in any Cask or Package of less Size or Content than Forty Gallons; NOR any Tobacco or Tobacco, 100 Snuff, in any Ship, Vessel, or Boat of less Burthen than Tons and One hundred Tons, nor in any Cask or Package containing less than Four hundred and fifty Pounds Weight (save and except any such Spirits or loose Tobacco as shall be for the Use of the Seamen belonging to and on board any such Ship, Vessel, or Boat, not exceeding Two 17 (1) To be produced on Importation into the United Kingdom, Cap. 107. $ 38. (2) Tea is under the Excise. For Quantities of Tobacco, which may be sent from the Warehouse to the several Islands, by Licence of the Commissioners of the Customs, see Cap. 112. § 42. (3) See Vessels hovering within One League, with such Goods on board, Cap. 108. § 9. Gallons of the former, and Five Pounds Weight of the latter, for each Seaman; and also except such manufactured Tobacco or Snuff as shall have been duly exported as Wine, 60 Tons Merchandize from Great Britain, or Ireland), NOR and 20 Gallons, shall any Wine be imported into or exported from the said. Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, or either of them, or carried from any one of the said Islands to any other thereof, or Coastwise, from any one Part to any other Part of the said Islands, or be shipped, or waterborne for the Purpose of being shipped in any - Ship, Vessel, or Boat of less Burthen than Sixty Tons, or in any Cask containing less than Twenty Gallons, or any Package containing less than Three Dozen reputed Quart Bottles, or Six Dozen reputed Pint Bottles, on pain of Forfeiture of all such Foreign Brandy, Geneva, or other Spirits, Tobacco, Snuff, or Wine respectively, together with the Casks or Packages containing the same; -- and also every such Ship, Vessel, or Boat, together with all the Guns, Furniture, and Ammunition, Tackle and Apparel thereof. Not to extend to Vessels of Ten Tons sup plying Island of Sark, having Licence so to do. LXXXII. PROVIDED always, and be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to subject to Forfeiture or Seizure, under any of the Provisions of this Act, any Boat not. exceeding the Burthen of Ten Tons, for having on board at any one Time any Foreign Spirits of the Quantity of Ten Gallons or under, in Casks or Packages of less Size or Content than Forty Gallons; - or any Tobacco, Snuff, or Tea, not exceeding Fifty Pounds Weight of each, — for the Supply of the said Island of Sark, such Boat having a Licence from the proper Officer of Customs at either of the Islands of Guernsey or Jersey, and for the Purpose of being employed in carrying Commodities for the Supply of the said Island of Sark, which Licence such Officer of Customs is hereby required to grant, without taking any Fee or Reward for the same: VIDED always, that every such Boat having on board at any one Time any greater Quantity of Spirits than Ten Gallons, or any greater Quantity of Tobacco or Snuff than Fifty Pounds Weight of each of the said Articles, unless such greater Quantity of Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff shall be in Casks or Packages of the Size, Content, or Weight herein-before required (1), or having on board at any (1) See § 81. 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