[Drop-head title:] An Act to continue several laws relating to the allowance upon the exportation of British-made gunpowder; to the giving further encouragement for the importation of naval stores from the British colonies in America; to the further encouraging the manufacture of British sail cloth, and to the duties payable on foreign sail cloth; to the granting a liberty to carry sugars of the growth, produce, or manufacture of any of His Majesty’s sugar colonies, directly into foreign parts, in ships built in Great Britain, and navigated according to law; to the free importation of cattle from Ireland; and to the regulating the fees of officers of the customs, and naval officers in America. This item is unavailable.
Published by Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, London, 1772
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[2], 1127-1131pp, [1]. Disbound. Scattered spotting. A rare survival of a Georgian act (both continuing and amending earlier legislation) primarily relating to the importation of goods to Britain from American colonies, notably sugar. ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles (Lincoln's Inn), and a further six copies in North America (Brown, Huntington, Minnesota, North Carolina, Society of the Cincinnati, and Virginia). ESTC N57304. Size: Folio.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- [Drop-head title:] An Act to continue several laws relating to the allowance upon the exportation of British-made gunpowder; to the giving further encouragement for the importation of naval stores from the British colonies in America; to the further encouraging the manufacture of British sail cloth, and to the duties payable on foreign sail cloth; to the granting a liberty to carry sugars of the growth, produce, or manufacture of any of His Majesty’s sugar colonies, directly into foreign parts, in ships built in Great Britain, and navigated according to law; to the free importation of cattle from Ireland; and to the regulating the fees of officers of the customs, and naval officers in America
- Author
- [ACTS - GEORGE III]
- Publisher
- Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, London
- Publication year
- 1772