shall be paid into the Receipt of His
Majesty’s Exchequer, and shall be en-
tered separate and apart from all other Monies paid or payable to His
Ma-
jesty, His Heirs or Successors: and shall be there reserved, to be,
from
Time to Time, disposed of by Parliament, towards defraying the necessary
Expences of defending, protecting, and securing, the British
Colonies and
Plantations in America,
And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from
and after the Tenth Day of September, One Thousand seven Hundred and
sixty four, upon the Exportation of any Sort of Wine (except
French
Wines) from this Kingdom to any British Colony or Plantation in
America,
as Merchandize, the Exporter shall be paid, in
Lieu of all former Draw-
backs, a Drawbacks or Allowance of all the Duties paid upon the
Importa-
tion of such Wine, except the Sum of Three Pounds Ten Shillings
per
Ton, Part of the additional Duty of Four Pounds per Ton, granted
by an
Act made in the last Session of Parliament (intituled, An Act for
granting
to His Majesty several additional
duties upon wines imported into this King-
dom, and certain Duties upon all Cyder and Perry, and
for raising the Sum of
Three Millions five Hundred Thousand Pounds, by way of Annuities and
Lotte-
ries, to be charged on the said duties) and also except such Part
of the Du-
ties paid upon Wines imported by Strangers or Aliens, or in Foreign
Ships,
as exceeds what would have been payable upon such Wines, if the same
had been imported by British Subjects and in British
Ships; any Law,
Custom, or Usage, to the contrary notwithstanding; which Drawback or
Allowance shall be made in such Manner, and under such Rules,
Regula-
tions, Penalties, and Forfeitures, in all Respects, as any former
Drawback
or Allowance, payable out of the Duties of Customs upon the Exportation
of such Wine, was, could, or might be made, before the passing of this
Act.
Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted, That upon the
En-
try of any such Wine for Exportation to any British Colony
or Plantation
in America, and before any Debenture shall be made
out for allowing the
Drawback thereon, the Exporter shall give Bond, with sufficient Security,
to His Majesty, His Heirs and
Successors, to be approved of by the Col-
lector, or other principal Officer of the Customs at the Port of
Exportati-
on, in Treble the Amount of the Drawback payable for the Goods,
that
the same, and every Part thereof, shall (the Dangers of the Seas and
Ene-
mies excepted) be really and truly exported to, and landed in, some
British Colony or Plantation in
America, and that the same shall not be
exported
or carried to any other Place or Country whatsoever, nor relanded in any
Part of Great Britain,
Ireland, or the Islands of
Guernsey, Jersey,
Alderney,
Sark, or Man or either
of them: and such Bonds shall not be delivered
up nor discharged, until a Certificate shall be produced, under the Hands
and Seals of the Collector or other principal Officer of the Customs at the
Port or Place where such Goods shall be landed, testifying the Landing
thereof: And the Condition of such Bond shall be, to produce such
Certi-
ficate in Eighteen Months from the Date of the Bonds (the Dangers
of
the Seas and Enemies excepted.)
And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from
and after the First Day of May, One Thousand seven Hundred and
sixty
four, no Part of the Rate or Duty, commonly called The Old
Subsidy, shall
be repaid or drawn back for any Foreign Goods of the Growth,
Pro-
duction, or Manufacture, of Europe, or the
East Indies, which shall be ex-
ported from this Kingdom to any British Colony or Plantation in
America
(Wines, White Callicoes, and Muslins, only
excepted;) any Law, Custom,
or Usage, to the contrary notwithstanding.