vol 1 [ 65 ] no 9 the North-carolina magazine » o r universal intelligencer from friday july 27 to friday august 3 764 an act for granting certain duties in the britifh colonits and plantations in america ces of defending protecting and securing the same ; we your majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects the commons of great-britain in parliament assembled being desirous to make fome provision in this present situation of parliament towards railing the said revenue in america have resolved to give anck grant unto your majesty the several rater and duties herein after mentioned ; and do most humbly beseech your majesty that it may be ena&ed and he it enacted by the king's most excellent majesty by and with the advice and confent of the lords spiritual and tem poral and commons in this prsfent parliament ajflhnbled and by the authority cj the fame that from and after the 29th d±y oi september 1764 there hall be ruifed levied coil died and paid unto his majefty his heirs and succcilors for and upon all white or clayed sugars of the produce or manufaclurc of any ' colony or plantation in america not undcf the dominion of hip majcfty hii heirs and succefibrs ; for and upon indigo and l>ihe of foreign produce or manuf drure ; tor ind upon all wines exctpt french wuicj •, for and upon all wrought 6iiks ben^ls aiui stuffs mixed with silk or htrrb of the manufac ture of pcrfia china ci eaft fndia and all c illico piinted dyed pribtcd'oi i ; ined there ; and for cinq upon alt foreign lilies cloth call ed cambrick and prench lawrrs wh h fhah be ii)>portcd r«r brought into sui colony or plantation in america u ich now is or here after may be under the dominion oi his ma jdiy his heirs and succcilors tl e feveril rates and duties foliowu g ; i>.at is tn fay fi>r every hundred wiight avoir upois oi fucri wnitc oi cfa^cd sugars one pound for continuing amending and making per petual an a 61 pa ted in the sixth year of the reign of his lite majeftv king george the second in.itulcd an i ft for the better fecuring and encouraging the trade of his jmaje/iy's sugar colonies in america ; for applying the produce of fuch duties and of the duties to arife by virtue of the aid a towards defraying the expences of defend ing protecting and fecuring the faid co lonies and plantations ; for explaining an act made in the twenty fifth year of the reign of king charles the second inti tuled an a 61 for the encouragement of the jreenland and eajuand trades and for the better jecuring the plantation trade ; and for altering and disallowing feverai draw backs on exports from this kingdom and snore effectually preventing the clandeitine conveyance of goods to and from the faid colonies and plantations and improving and fecuring the trade between the fame and great britain ■"•":• ;''* $®® h e r e a s it is expedient 9fr-i 0 ! hat t pr tk fl0 u m"!i r u ' i v 1 7 lations inould be ettabliihed tor ' js improving the revenue of this sf'yia *** % y kingdom and for extending v^v^v f1&9 an j fecuring the navigation and commerce between great britain anci your ivl.iji i\y's dominions in america which by the peace have heen fo happily eniaiged : and whereas it is juft and nectary that a revenue be raifed in your mjjtfty's faid do iiiinioai in america for defraying theexpen