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,..D. 1725. Anno duodecimo Georg 1 1 Regis. C. 4. 573 CAP. IV. ,i Aft for continuing the Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry in that Part of Great Britain called England, and for granting to his Majefty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix ; and for the more effectual preventing Frauds and Abufes in the Shipping of Malt for Exportation to foreign Parts ; and for afcertaining the Price of Ale to be fold in Scot/and; and for making good the Deficiency on the Lottery- Tickets of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and twenty four-, and for making forth Duplicates of Exchequer-Bills, Lottery-Tickets and Orders, loft, burnt or otherwile de- flroyed. ' XVIII. /i ND whereas it hath been found by Experience, That the Drawbacks given by the feveral No Mjlt entrt* Afts of Parliament relating to the Duties on Malt out of the Duties by the laid Afts for Exportation ■ ' ranted, for and upon the Exportation of Malt from Great Britain to Parts beyond the Seas, do very °. nl> ' (r,lll . rc Such exceed the Duties charged upon the faidMaltat the Time of making thereof, by means whereof the DutKto'Mdt 'lakers of fuch Malt are encouraged to run out their Malt into Combe, and thereby in the making thereof „„ ianv Dn*- ' ' icreafe the fame, before it be dried, to more than double the Quantity which the fame individual Parcel L^ck allowed on • ' f Malt fo exported did contain by Gaging or Mcafure, when the fame was gaged and charged by the Exportation. 'Officers for the Duties chargeable thereon; and notwithftanding the Allowances and Abatements made Z" f° rmir . ' y the ("aid Aft out of every twenty Bufhels of Malt, at the Time that the Duties charged thereon are for ™ " r "f" s ta ' .iid, that is to fay, an Abatement or Allowance of four out of every twenty Bufhels of Malt which %Am.llat.u 'tall be charged by the Officer by a Gage taken in the Ciftern or in the Couch, and in cafe the Charge <■ *• iCto. i. - ' tall be made from a Gage which lhall be taken upon the Floor, then an Allowance or Abatement of the-/ 1 "' '• '• 2 - ' luties of ten Bufhels out of every twenty Bufhels which lhall be fo charged from fuch Floor Gage ; not- -"" 3 " ' ithftanding which Abatements and Allowances fo made out of the faid Duties as aforefaid, yet never- „ cd i. c. %. ' telefs the faid Exporters to demand and infill upon it, that they are to have a Drawback of fix Pence for ' /ery Bulhel of Malt fo by them exported as aforefaid, although the fame Malt fo exported, by their ' audulent Way of working the fame, is worth little more than the Drawback paid and allowed on the ' xportation thereof, to the great Difparagement of the Britijh Malt in foreign Parts, and the Diminution 1 : his Majefty's Duties upon Malt :' For Remedy whereof be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That fin and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix no Malt which u ch be entred and made for Exportation only, in the Manner by this Aft prefcribed and directed; 11 by Virtue of this Aft, be charged or chargeable, or fubjeft or liable to any of the Duties by this Aft c rged or impofed upon any Malt to be made in Great Britain ; and that no Drawback out of the Duties- olVIalt by this Aft granted, lhall be paid or allowed for any Malt whatfover, which from and after tl faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix lhall be made and ex- pred from any Part of Great Britain to Parts beyond the Seas. XIX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty-fourth Maimers to enter 1/ of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix all and every M, lfter and Maker of Alalt for Ex- a'lMalt intended ptation fhall from Time to Time, before he, fhe or they lhall begin to wet or fteep any Steeping of Corn Exjo.-ution. • (Grain to be made into Malt for Exportation, give or leave Notice in Writing with the refpeftive Of- |r or Officers for the faid Duties on Malt for the Divifion or Place where fuch Malt is to be and lhall b ru.de, of the relpeftive Quantities of Corn or Grain intended to be contained in each Steeping fo by h, her or them inended to be made into Malt for Exportation to Parts beyond the Seas ; which faid C n or Grain fo intended to be made into Malt for Exportation fhall from Time to Time be kept fepa- r; and apart, by the refpeftive Makers thereof, from all other Corn or Grain, either made or to be made ii • Malt for Home Confumption, on Pain of forfeiting the Sum of five Shillings for every Bulhel of Grain retained in any Steeping fo entred to be made for Exportation, which lhall be found mixed with any C n or Grain made or to be made into Malt for Home Confumption. . Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Maker or Makers of When Malt for at whatfoever lhall begin to wet or fteep any Corn or Grain to make into Malt for Exportation, above Exportation fhall t' Space of fix Days before all the Corn he, fhe or they may have working on their refpeftive Floors to be S ln t0 be wet > it e into Malt for Home Confumption, lhall be dried off; nor fhail the Perfcns aforefaid begin to wet oi:eep any Corn to make into Malt for Home Confumption, above the Space of fix Days before all the i'Cn or Grain he, fhe or they may have working on their refpective Floors to make into Malt for Expor- ts )n, be fully dried, and locked up in the Manner by this Aft directed and expreilcd, on Pain of for- fengfhe Sum of five Shillings for every Bulhel of Corn or Grain wetted or fteeped contrary to the Man- Ji' herein prefcribed and direfted. ,1. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That when the Malt fo intended for Exporta- Such Malt, when-' ti as aforefaid lhall be fully made and dried, and fit. for Exportation, the fame fhall from Time to Time, fullv dried ' *° b: it le Prefence of the refpective Officer or Officers for the faid Duties in the find Divifion or Place where the on'sh^Doard hi was made, be meafured and carried, by i.he refpective Makers or Proprietors thereof, direftly on Ship-j n Prefenceof t" d, if intended to be immediately exported, or elfe into one or more Room or Rooms, Storehoufe or an Officer, Si ehoufes, or other Place or Places to be provided by and at the Expence of the refpeftive Makers or P-prietors of the faid Malt fo made forjExportation, there to be kept feparate and apart from all other Malt,.