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 1873
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An Act to enable Her Majesty by Order in Council to annex the Turks and Caicos Islands to the Colony of Jamaica.
Submissions from 1869
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An Act to provide for the better Liquidation of certain Loans raised under the guarantee of Her Majesty for the service of the colony of Jamaica.
Submissions from 1868
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An Act to relieve the Consolidated Fund from the Charge of the Salaries of future Bishops, Archdeacons, Ministers, and other Persons in the West Indies.
Submissions from 1867
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An Act to authorize an Alteration in the Mode of Repayment of a Loan made by the West India Relief Commissioners to the Island of Dominica.
Submissions from 1866
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An Act to make Provision for the Government of Jamaica.
Submissions from 1864
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An Act to amend "The West Indian Incumbered Estates Acts."
Submissions from 1863
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An Act to establish the Validity of Acts performed in Her Majesty's Possessions abroad by certain Clergymen ordained in Foreign Parts, and to extend the Powers of Colonial Legislatures with respect to such Clergymen.
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An Act for the Government of the Cayman Islands.
Submissions from 1862
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An Act for the Settlement of a Loan due from the Island of Jamaica to the Imperial Government.
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An Act to amend "The West Indian Incumbered Estates Acts, 1854 and 1858."
Submissions from 1859
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An Act to enable Her Majesty to confirm an Act passed by the Legislature of Antigua, intituled An Act to extend the Operation of the Laws of Antigua to the Island of Barbuda.
Submissions from 1858
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An Act to amend "The West Indian Incumbered Estates Act, 1854."
Submissions from 1856
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An Act to authorize the West India Relief Commissioners to grant further Time for the Repayment of Monies advanced by them in certain Cases.
Submissions from 1855
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An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the Treasury to make Arrangements concerning a certain Loan advanced by way of Relief to the Island of Tobago.
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An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the Treasury to make Arrangements concerning certain Loans advanced by way of Relief to the Islands of Antigua, Nevis, and Montserrat.
Submissions from 1854
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An Act to facilitate the Sale and Transfer of Incumbered Estates in West Indies.
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An Act to guarantee the Liquidation of a Loan or Loans for the Service of the Colony of Jamaica.
Submissions from 1852
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An Act to amend an Act for guaranteeing the Interest on such Loans, not exceeding Five hundred thousand Pounds, as may be raised by the British Colonies on the Continent of South America, in the West Indies, and the Mauritius, for certain Purposes.
Submissions from 1845
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An Act to facilitate the Recovery of Loans made by the West India Relief Commissioners.
Submissions from 1844
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An Act for giving additional Powers to the Commissioners for the Relief of certain of Her Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in the West Indies.
Submissions from 1843
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An Act for raising the Sum of Eleven millions one hundred and thirty-two thousand one hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-three; and for amending an Act for granting Relief to certain Islands in the West Indies.
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An Act for granting Relief to the Islands of Antigua, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Dominica, and Montserrat.
Submissions from 1842
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An Act to provide for the Increase of the Number of Bishoprics and Archdeaconries in the West Indies, and to amend the several Acts relating thereto.
Submissions from 1840
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An Act to amend Two Acts of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for the Relief of certain of Her Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in the West Indies.
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An Act to extend to the British Colonies in the West Indies an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Year of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for regulating the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels.
Submissions from 1839
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An Act to provide for the Enactment of certain Laws in the Island of Jamaica.
Submissions from 1838
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An Act to repeal the Four-and-a-Half per Centum Duties.
Submissions from 1836
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An Act to indemnify the Governors and others of the Islands of Antigua, Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Montserrat for having permitted the Importation of certain Articles Duty-free.
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An Act to make Provision for the better Administration of Justice in certain of His Majesty's West India Colonies.
Submissions from 1835
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An Act for granting Relief to the Island of Dominica; and to amend an Act of the Second and Third Years of His present Majesty, for enabling His Majesty to direct the Issue of Exchequer Bills to a limited Amount for the Purposes therein mentioned.
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An Act to allow, until the Twenty-eighth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, the Importation of certain Articles, Duty-free, into the Island of Dominica, and to indemnify the Governor and others for having permitted the Importation of such Articles Duty-free.
Submissions from 1832
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An Act for enabling His Majesty to direct the Issue of Exchequer Bills to a limited Amount, for the Purposes and in the Manner therein mentioned; and for giving Relief to Trinidad, British Guiana, and St. Lucie.
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An Act to allow the Importation of Lumber, and of Fish and Provisions, Duty-free, into the Islands of Barbadoes, Saint Vincent, and Saint Lucia; and to indemnify the Governors and others of those Islands for having permitted the Importation of those Articles Duty-free.
Submissions from 1827
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An Act for granting to His Majesty Rates of Postage on the Conveyance of Letters and Packets to and from Saint Domingo and Cuba.
Submissions from 1826
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An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for making Provision for the Salaries of certain Bishops, and other Ecclesiastical Dignitaries and Ministers...
Submissions from 1825
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An Act for further regulating the Trade of His Majesty's Possessions in America and the West Indies, and for the warehousing of Goods therein.
Submissions from 1820
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An Act for further continuing, until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, so much of an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of His late Majesty...
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An Act for granting the Privileges of British Ships to Vessels built at Malta, Gibraltar, and Heligoland, and certain of those Privileges to Vessels built in the British Settlements at Honduras.
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An Act to extend several Acts for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Merchandize to Morant Bay, in the Island of Jamaica.
Submissions from 1819
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An Act to extend the Provisions of Three Acts of the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-seventh Years of His present Majesty...
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An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fifty-seventh Year of His present Majesty, for the more effectual Punishment of Murders, Manslaughters, Rapes, Robberies, and Burglaries...
Submissions from 1818
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An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Forty-third Year of His present Majesty, as requires the Attendance of Magistrates on board Vessels carrying Passengers from the United Kingdom to His Majesty's Plantations, or to Foreign Parts.
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An Act to permit the Importation of certain Articles into His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in the West Indies, or on the Continent of South America; and also certain Articles into certain Ports in the West Indies.
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An Act to indemnify all Persons who have been concerned in advising, issuing, or carrying into Execution any Order or Orders for permitting the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Commodities in Foreign Bottoms into and out of certain of His Majesty's West India Islands.
Submissions from 1817
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An Act to extend Several Acts for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Merchandize to Porta Maria in the Island of Jamaica, and to the Port of Bridge Town in the Island of Barbadoes
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An Act to revive and continue, until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and nineteen, an Act made in the Forty-fourth Year of His present Majesty...
Submissions from 1815
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An Act to amend Several Acts respecting the Exportation and Importation of Sugar into and from Ireland; and further to regulate the Importation into Ireland of Sugar, Coffee, and other Articles, from certain Islands in the West Indies.
Submissions from 1814
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An Act to continue, until the Expiration of Six Months after the Conclusion of the present Hostilities, an Act of the Forty-Sixth Year of His present Majesty...
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An Act to repeal the Schedule annexed to an Act of the Forty-Seventh Year of His present Majesty, by which the Drawbacks and Bounties on Sugars exported from Ireland are to be ascertained...
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An Act for permitting a Trade between The United Provinces and certain Colonies now in His Majesty's Possession.
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An Act to repeal the Schedule annexed to an Act of the Forty-fifth Year of His present Majesty, by which the Drawbacks and Bounties on Sugar exported are to be ascertained...
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An Act to revive and make perpetual certain Acts for consolidating and extending the several Laws in force for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Articles into and from certain Ports in the West Indies.
Submissions from 1813
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An Act to permit the Entry for Home Consumption of Sugar the Produce or Manufacture of Martinique, Mariegalante, Guadaloupe, Saint Eustatia, Saint Martin, and Saba, at a lower Rate of Duty than is payable upon Sugar not of the British Plantations.
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An Act for further allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Articles at the Island of Bermuda.
Submissions from 1812
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An Act for indemnifying such Persons as have advised or acted under an Order in Council for allowing the Importation of certain Articles into the West Indies, and for permitting such Importation until the Thirtieth Day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirteen.
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An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for prohibiting the Intercourse between the Islands of Jamaica and Saint Domingo
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An Act for allowing certain Articles to be imported into the Bahama Islands, and exported therefrom in Foreign Vessels; and for encouraging the Exportation of Salt from the said Islands.
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An Act for increasing the Duty on Rum and other Spirits imported into Newfoundland from the British Colonies and Plantations on the Continent of America, and charging a Duty on Spirits imported into Newfoundland from His Majesty's Colonies in the West Indies.
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An Act to permit the Exportation of Wares, Goods, and Merchandize from any of His Majesty's Islands in the West Indies to any other of the said Islands, and to and from any of the British Colonies on the Continent of America, and the said Islands and Colonies
Submissions from 1810
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An Act for altering the Mode of collecting the Duty on Insurances against Loss by Fire, upon Property in His Majesty's Islands and Possessions in the West Indies, and elsewhere beyond the Seas...
Submissions from 1808
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An Act for amending and continuing so amended, until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and twelve, an Act of the Forty-fifth Year of His present majesty...
Submissions from 1807
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An Act to exempt Sales of West India Produce, by the West India Dock Company, for Payment of Duties and Charges, from the Auction Duty.
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An Act to make the Port of Amsterdam, in the Island of Curacoa, a free Port.
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An Act to repeal so much of certain Acts as relates to the Regulations or Conditions under which Coffee, Cocoa Nuts, Sugar, and Rice, (not being the Produce of the East Indies), are allowed to be secured in Warehouses...
Submissions from 1806
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An Act for more effectually carrying into Execution the Purposes of an Act made in the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Year of His present Majesty, to give further Time for the Payment, on the Conditions therein mentioned...
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An Act for more effectually carrying into Execution the Purposes of an Act made in the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Year of His present Majesty, to give further Time for the Payment, on the Conditions therein mentioned...
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An Act for authorizing His Majesty in Council to allow, during the present War, and for Six Months after the Ratification of a Definitive Treaty of Peace, the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Commodities in Neutral Ships...
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An Act for enabling His Majesty to permit the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Commodities into, and from, the Port of Road Harbour, in the Island of Tortola.
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An Act to provide for the more effectual Examination of Accounts of the Expenditure of the Publick Money in the West Indies, and for the better Discovery of Frauds and Abuses therein.
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An Act for indemnifying all Persons who have been concerned in advising, issuing, or carrying into Execution any Order or Orders for permitting the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Commodities in Foreign Bottoms...
Submissions from 1805
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An Act for increasing the Drawback on Linens exported from Great Britain to the West Indies.
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An Act to consolidate and extend the several Laws now in force, for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Merchandize into and from certain Ports in the West Indies.
Submissions from 1803
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An Act to rectify a Mistake in an Act made in the present Session of Parliament...
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An Act for enlarging the Period for the Payment of Part of certain Sums of Money advanced by way of Loan to several Persons connected with and trading to the Islands of Grenada and Saint Vincent.
Submissions from 1802
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An Act for enabling His Majesty to permit the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Commodities into and from the Port of Road Harbour in the Island of Tortola...
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An Act for extending the Time for the Payment of certain Sums of Money advanced by way of Loan to several Persons connected with and trading to the Islands of Grenada and Saint Vincent.
Submissions from 1800
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An Act for indemnifying Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and Persons acting as such, in the West India Islands, who have permitted the Importation and Exportation of Goods and Commodities in Foreign Bottoms.
Submissions from 1799
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An Act for allowing further Time for the Payment of Instalments on certain Sums of Money advanced by way of Loan to several Persons connected with and trading to the Islands of Grenada and Saint Vincent.
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An Act for indemnifying Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and Persons acting as such, in the West India Islands, who have permitted the Importation and Exportation of Goods and Commodities in Foreign Bottoms.
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An Act for allowing further Time for the Payment of Instalments to become due on certain Sums advanced by way of Loan, to certain Persons connected with and trading to the Islands of Grenada and Saint Vincents.
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An Act to continue, until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and amend an Act, passed in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, Chapter two, videlicet, on the Thirtieth Day of November One thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven...
Submissions from 1798
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An Act for indemnifying Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and Persons acting as such, in the West India Islands, who have permitted the Importation and Exportation of Goods and Commodities in Foreign Bottoms.
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An Act to amend an Act, passed in the Twenty-seventh Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize...
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An Act to continue several Laws relating to the granting a Bounty on certain Species of British and Irish Linens exported, and taking off the Duties on the Importation of Foreign raw Linen Yarns made of Flax...
Submissions from 1797
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An Act for making the Port of San Tosef, in the Island of Trinidad, a Free Port.
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An Act for preventing the Desertion of Seamen from British Merchant Ships trading to His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in the West Indies.
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An Act for indemnifying Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and Persons acting as such, in the West India Islands, who have permitted the Importation and Exportation of Goods and Commodities in Foreign Bottoms.
Submissions from 1796
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An Act for allowing further Time for the Payment of Instalments to become due on certain Sums advanced by way of Loan, pursuant to an Act of the Thirty-fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty...
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An Act for making the Port of Scarborough, in the Island of Tobago, a Free Port, under certain Regulations and Restrictions
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An Act for indemnifying Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and Persons acting as such, in the West India Islands, who have permitted the Importation and Exportation of Goods and Commodities in Foreign Bottoms.
Submissions from 1795
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An Act to indemnify Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and Persons acting as such, in the West India Islands, who have permitted the Importation and Exportation of Goods and Commodities in Foreign Bottoms.
Submissions from 1794
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An Act for supplying such of the French Islands, as may be in His Majesty's Possession, with the Several Sorts of Corn, Meal, Flour, and Biscuit, necessary for the Maintenance of the Inhabitants of the said Islands.
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An Act for indemnifying Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and Persons acting as such, in the West India Islands, who have permitted the Importation and Exportation of Goods and Commodities in Foreign Bottoms.
Submissions from 1793
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An Act to amend an Act, passed in the Twenty-Seventh Year of His present Majesty's Reign, for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, in Foreign Ships, into and from certain Ports and Places in the West Indies...
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An Act to continue several Laws, relating to the landing Rum or Spirits of the British Sugar Plantations before Payment of the Duties of Excise; to the giving further Encouragement to the Importation of Naval Stores from the British Colonies in America...
Submissions from 1792
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An Act for making perpetual an Act made in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, in the Ports of Kingston, Savannah la Mar...
Submissions from 1790
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An Act for amending an Act, passed in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, in the Ports of Kingston, Savannah la Mar...
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An Act for permitting the Importation of Cashew Gum from His Majesty's West India Islands, upon Payment of the like Duty as is paid upon the Importation of Gum Arabic, or Gum Senega.
Submissions from 1789
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An Act for explaining and amending an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for regulating the Trade between the Subjects of His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in North America, and in the West India Islands...
Submissions from 1787
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An Act for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, in the Ports of Kingston, Savannah la Mar, Montego Bay and Santa Lucea in the Island of Jamaica...
