The collection represents a sample of British Parliamentary acts regarding the British West Indies spanning the reigns of seven monarchs: Queen Anne, Kings George I, II, III and IV, William IV and Queen Victoria. The acts address a variety of subjects relating to the colonies of the West Indies, but deal mostly with trade regulations, including importation and exportation restrictions and duties.
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Submissions from 1786
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An Act to discontinue, for a limited Time, the Payment of the Duties upon Low Wines and Spirits for Home Consumption, and for granting and securing the due Payment of other Duties in lieu thereof...
Submissions from 1785
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An Act for allowing further Time for the Importation of Goods the Produce or Manufacture of the Island of Tobago, upon Payment of the British Plantation Duties.
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An Act for settling an Annuity of Nine thousand Pounds on his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, in lieu of the like Annuity payable out of the Duties of Four and One Half per Centum in Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands.
Submissions from 1783
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An Act for allowing the Importation of Goods from Europe in Neutral Ships into the Islands of Saint Christopher, Nevis, Montserrat, Dominica, Saint Vincent, Grenada, and the Grenadines...
Submissions from 1782
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An Act for allowing the Importation of Goods of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture, of the Islands of Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Montserrat, into any Ports of His Majesty's Dominions in Europe or America, upon Payment of the British Plantation Duties.
Submissions from 1777
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Submissions from 1774
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An Act for divesting out of the Crown the Plantation and Estate of Ulysses Fitzmaurice Esquire, deceased, and for vesting the same in Trustees, to be fold for Payment of his Debts, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
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An Act for further continuing so much of Two Acts, made in the Sixth and Thirteenth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, as relates to the opening and establishing certain free Ports in the Island of Jamaica.
Submissions from 1773
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An Act to continue and amend an Act, made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for opening and establishing certain Ports in the Islands of Jamaica and Dominica, for the more free Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Merchandises...
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An Act to encourage the Subjects of Foreign States to lend Money upon the Security of Freehold or Leasehold Estates in any of His Majesty's Colonies in the West Indies...
Submissions from 1766
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An Act for opening and establishing certain Ports in the Islands of Jamaica and Dominica, for the more free Importation and Exportatioin of certain Goods and Merchandizes...
Submissions from 1740
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An Act for granting to His Majesty the Sum of One million out of the Sinking Fund, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and forty; and for enabling His Majesty to raise the further Sum of Two hundred thousand pounds.
Submissions from 1712
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An Act for Explaining Several Clauses in an Act passed the last Session of Parliament, for the Relief of the Sufferers of the Islands of Nevis and Saint Christopher, by reason of the Invasion of the French there, in the Year One thousand seven hundred and five.
