each Year, add together the total Quantities of each Sort of British Corn, and also the total Prices for which the same were sold, as shall appear from the Returns received by the said Receiver of Corn Returns in the Six last Weeks immediately preceding the said Fifteenth Day of February, Fifteenth Day of May, Fifteenth Day of August, and Fifteenth Day of November in each Year, and shall divide the said total Prices by the said total Quantities of each respective Sort of Corn, and the Sum produced thereby shall be deemed and taken to be the aggregate Average Price of each such Sort of Corn, in and for the Six Weeks immediately preceding the before-mentioned Periods respectively, by which the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, and Flour for Home Consumption, or the taking out the same from the Warehouse for Home Consumption, shall be governed and regulated in the United Kingdom. CORN. Certificate of aggregate Average Prices to be transmitted to Officers Sect. 26. AND be it further enacted, That the said Receiver of Corn Returns shall enter the said Accounts of the aggregate Average Prices of each Sort of British Corn in a Book, as soon as he shall have made up and computed the same in the Manner herein-before directed, and shall at the of Customs. same Time cause the same to be published in the London Gazette, and shall transmit a Certificate thereof to the Collector or other Chief Officer of the Customs, at each of the several Ports in Great Britain, and to the Commissioners of Customs in Ireland, who are hereby required forthwith to transmit Copies thereof to the Collectors or other Chief Officers of the Customs in the several Ports in Ireland; and the Importation of each Sort of Foreign Corn, Meal, and Flour for Home Consumption, in the United Kingdom, and the taking the same out of Ŵarehouse for the Purpose of being so consumed, shall be governed and regulated by the said aggregate Average Prices, until new Average Prices shall, under the Provisions of the said above recited Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of His said late Majesty, or under the Provisions of this Act, be made up and computed, and a Certificate thereof be received by such Collectors or other Chief Officers. Sect. 27. AND be it further enacted, That whenever the Ports of the United Kingdom shall be shut against the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour for Home Consumption, the Ports in the Isle of Man, [and in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark,] (1) shall in like Manner be shut against the Importation of such Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour for Home Consumption; and that whenever any such Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour shall be permitted to be imported into the Ports of the United Kingdom for Home Consumption, Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour, may in like Manner be imported (1) Repealed as to Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, see 3 G. 4. c. 60. $12, 13. CORN. Certificates of Average Prices to be transmit ted to Isle of Man, &c. No Corn, &c. shall be taken out of Warehouse until into. into the Ports of the Isle of Man [and of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark,] (1)-for Home Consumption. Sect. 28. AND in order that due Notice may be given of the opening or shutting of the Ports of the United Kingdom, for the Purposes above stated; be it further enacted, That the Receiver of Corn Returns in London shall, and he is hereby required within Seven Days after the Fifteenth Day of November, the Fifteenth Day of February, the Fifteenth Day of May, and the Fifteenth Day of August in each and every Year, transmit to the Collectors or Chief Officers of the Customs in the Ports of the said Islands (1) respectively, — a Certificate "of the Average Prices of British Corn, made up and computed in the Manner herein-before required; and such Collector or other Chief Officer shall cause the same to be put up in some conspicuous Place in the Custom House; and the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, and Flour into the Ports of the said Islands shall be governed and regulated by such Average Prices, until new Average Prices shall in like Manner be made up and transmitted to such Collectors or other Chief Officers, and be by them received. Sect. 41. AND whereas, &c.; be it therefore enacted, That no Corn, Meal, or Flour shall be permitted to be taken out of the Warehouse or Warehouses in which the same shall have Bond is entered been warehoused, (2) until the Proprietor or Proprietors, Occupier or Occupiers of such Warehouse or Warehouses shall enter into Bond, with Two sufficient Sureties, to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in the Sum of Two thousand Pounds, with Condition that no such Corn, Meal, or Flour shall be taken out of such Warehouse or Warehouses, otherwise than under the Regulations and Provisions now by Law in force. Proprietor or Bond. Sect. 42. AND be it further enacted, That the Proprietor or Proprietors, Occupier or Occupiers of any Warehouse or Warehouses, in which any Corn, Meal, or Flour, which shall hereafter be warehoused under the Regulations of the before recited Act, shall enter into Bond, with Two sufficient Sureties, to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in the Sum of Two thousand Pounds, with Condition that no such Corn, Meal, or Flour, shall be taken out of such Warehouse, otherwise than under the Regulations and Provisions now by Law in force: Provided always, that Bond as herein-before required shall not have been already entered into by the Proprietor or Proprietors, Occupier or Occupiers of such Warehouse or Warehouses. (1) Repealed as to Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, see 3 G. 4. c. 60. $ 12, 13. (2) That is, prior to the passing of this Act. Sect. 43. AND be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the proper Officer or Officers of the Customs to take a Sample, not exceeding Half a Peck, from the Bulk of each Importation of Corn which have been already warehoused, and also from the Bulk of each Importation which hereafter shall be made and warehoused, and to keep the same until such Corn shall be taken out of the Warehouse, either for Exportation or Home Consumption, and to compare such Sample with the Corn so to be taken out, and if the same shall be found to agree therewith in Quality, the same to be returned; but if it shall appear not to agree therewith, in consequence of any Exchange of the Corn imported and warehoused having taken place, then and in such Case, the Corn so intended to be taken out shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized by any Officer or Officers of the Customs. Sect. 44. AND be it further enacted, That if any Person or Persons shall obstruct or hinder any such Officer or Officers of the Customs in taking any such Sample or Samples, the Person or Persons offending therein shall for each and every such Offence severally forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds. Corn when taken out of Warehouses to be re-measured, Sect. 45. AND be it further enacted, That before any such Corn, Meal, or Flour shall be taken out of the Warehouse in which the same shall have been deposited, either for Home Consumption or Exportation, the said Corn shall be re-mea- &c. sured, and the said Meal or Flour re-weighed, in like Manner as when the same were imported at the Charge and Expence of the Proprietor or Proprietors, Occupier or Occupiers of such Warehouse or Warehouses, under the Inspection of and Certificate thereof delivered to the proper Officer of the Customs, in order to ascertain whether any of the Quantity originally imported and warehoused had or had not been removed or taken out of such Warehouse. 3o GEO. IV. Cap. 60. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Importation of WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend the Laws now in force for regulating the Im- 55 G. 3. c. 26. portation of Corn: And whereas it is expedient to alter and amend the said Act; be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That as soon as Foreign Wheat shall have been admitted for Home Consumption under the Provisions of the said Act, When Scale of Prices in re CORN. cited Act shall cease for Foreign Corn. Average Prices of British Corn for admitting Foreign Corn. Duties on When Scale of Prices of recited for British North American Average Prices of British Corn for admitting British North American Corn. the Scale of Prices at which the Home Consumption of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour is permitted by the said Act shall cease and determine. Sect. 2. AND be it further enacted, That thereafter Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour shall and may be permitted to be imported into the United Kingdom, and into the Isle of Man, for Home Consumption, under and subject to the Provisions and Regulations now in force, whenever the Average Prices of the several Sorts of British Corn, made up and published in the Manner now by Law required for regulating the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour for Home Consumption, shall respectively be at or above the Prices herein-after mentioned; that is to say, whenever Wheat shall be at or above the Price of Seventy Shillings per Quarter; whenever Rye, Pease, or Beans shall be at or above the Price of Forty-six Shillings per Quarter; whenever Barley, Bear, or Bigg shall be at or above the Price of Thirty-five Shillings per Quarter; whenever Oats shall be at or above the Price of Twenty-five Shillings per Quarter. Sect. 3. AND be it further enacted, That whenever Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour shall be admissible under the Provisions of the above-recited Act or of this Act, there shall be levied and paid, upon all such Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour, when admitted for Home Consumption, whether such Corn, Meal, or Flour shall have been imported and warehoused previous to its becoming so admissible for Home Consumption or otherwise, the several Duties specified and set forth in the Schedule marked (A.) annexed to this Act. Sect. 4. AND be it further enacted, That as soon as the Scale of Prices at which the Home Consumption of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour is permitted by the above-recited Act, shall cease and determine according to the Provisions of this Act, then the Scale of Prices at which Corn, Meal, or Flour, being the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, is now by Law admissible for Home Consumption, under the Provisions of the said Act, shall also cease and determine. Sect. 5. AND be it further enacted, That thereafter Corn, Meal, or Flour, of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, shall and may be permitted to be imported into the said United Kingdom, and into the Isle of Man, for Home Consumption, under and subject to the Provisions and Regulations now in force, whenever the Average Prices of the several Sorts of British Corn, made up and published in the Manner now by Law required for regulating the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour for Home Consumption, shall respectively be at or above the Prices herein-after mentioned; that is to say, whenever the Price of Wheat shall be at or above the Price of Fifty-nine Shillings per Quarter; whenever the Price of Rye, Pease, and Beans shall be at or above Thirty-nine Shillings per Quarter; whenever the Price of Barley, Bear, or Bigg shall be at or above Thirty Shillings per Quarter; whenever the Price of Oats shall be at or above Twenty Shillings per Quarter. Sect. 6. PROVIDED always, and be it further enacted, That whenever the Prices of British Corn respectively shall be below the Prices herein specified, Corn, or Meal or Flour made from any of the respective Sorts of Corn herein enumerated, the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, shall no longer be allowed to be imported into the United Kingdom for Home Consumption. Sect. 7. AND be it further enacted, That whenever Corn, Meal, or Flour, of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, shall be admissible for Home Consumption under the Provisions of the aboverecited Act or of this Act, there shall be levied and paid upon all such Corn, Meal, or Flour, when admitted for Home Consumption, whether such Corn, Meal, or Flour shall have been imported and warehoused previous to its becoming so admissible for Home Consumption, or otherwise, the several Duties specified and set forth in the Schedule marked (B.) annexed to this Act. Sect. 8. AND be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, any Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour that may have been in Warehouse on the Thirteenth Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and may continue in Warehouse at the passing of this Act, may respectively be taken out of Warehouse for Home Consumption, whenever the Average Prices of British Corn, made up and published in the Manner and at the Time or Times now by Law required for regulating the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour for Home Consumption, shall be as follows; (that is to say), whenever Wheat shall be at or above the Price of Seventy Shillings per Quarter; whenever Rye, Pease, or Beans shall be at or above the Price of Forty-six Shillings per Quarter; whenever Barley, Bear, or Bigg shall be at or above the Price of Thirty-five Shillings per Quarter; whenever Oats shall be at or above the Price of Twenty-five Shillings per Quarter; any thing in the aboverecited Act or in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding. CORN. When British American Corn shall no longer be imported. Duties on Bri tish American Corn. When Foreign Corn, warehoused before 13 May 1822, may be taken out for Home Consumption. Duties on warehoused Foreign Corn, taken out for Home Con Sect. 9. PROVIDED always, and be it further enacted, That no such Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour now in Warehouse, shall be taken out of Warehouse under the Provisions aforesaid, unless there be previously levied and paid, upon the said Corn, sumption. Meal, or Flour, the several Duties specified and set forth in the |