purfuant to ver-General this Kingdom, pursuant to the Directions A&7 Geo.III. of the faid Act of the Seventh of his preto the Recei fent Majefty, as the fame shall severally of the Crown- become due, unto the Receiver-General Rents and Ca of the Crown-rents and Cafualties in Scotfualties in Scotland, to land, without Fee or Reward, to and by Faging Fifhe- the Order of the Commiffioners and Truries, &c. wards encou Methods pre 13 Geo. stees for encouraging and promoting Fishings, Manufactures, and Improvements in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, and other Perfons after named, in Manner as herein after mentioned. $.3. AND be it further enacted by the fcribed by Act Authority aforefaid, That the fame Plan or Method, Rules, and Regulations, whereby the Funds appropriated for the Improvement of Fisheries and Manufactures, by the faid Act of the Thirteenth of George the First, are ordered to be applied, laid out, and distributed, fhall take place and to be follow. be followed in the Application, laying out, ed in the Di- and Distribution of the Sum and Sums of stribution of Money iffued Money, which fhall be iffued under the under this Aa. Authority of this prefent Act, to and for the Encouragement of the raifing Hemp and Flax in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, under the Direction and Management of the faid Trustees and Commiffioners, in the fame Manner, and as effectually as if the feveral Claufes, Powers, Provisions, Rules, Regulations, Matters, and Things in the faid laft mentioned Act, Act, refpecting the Plan, Rules, and Regulations aforefaid, were repeated and applied in this prefent Act, to the Application, laying out, and Distribution of the faid Sum and Sums of Money allotted for the Encouragement of the raising and dreffing of Hemp and Flax in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. Recital of an N° XXVI. Anno decimo nono GEORGII III. Regis. Chap. 27. An ACT for further continuing and extending the Provifions of Two Acts made in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, and in the Tenth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, for 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; and for granting a Bounty on the Exportation of British checqued and striped Linens, and upon British and Irish Diapers, Huckabucks, Sheeting, and other Linen, of above a certain Breadth. $1. "WHEREAS, by an Act made in "the Twenty-ninth Year of "the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second (intituled, An Act for granting a Bounty upon certain Species of "British and Irish Linens exported, and ta Anno Regni decimo nono, &c. 249 "king off the Duties on the Importation of foreign raw Linen Yarns made of Flax), "it is enacted, That there fhall be given and paid, without any Fee, Reward, or Deduction whatsoever, a Bounty for every Yard of British and Irish Linens "made of Hemp or Flax, and of the "Breadth of Twenty-five Inches or more, "under the Value of Five Pence per Yard, "the Sum of One Halfpenny; and of the Value of Five Pence per Yard, and under the Value of Six Pence per Yard, "the Sum of One Penny; and of the Va"lue of Six Pence per Yard, and not exceeding the Value of Eighteen Pence per Yard, the Sum of One Penny Halfpenny, "which, from and after the Twenty-fourth 66 Day of June, in the Year One thousand "feven hundred and fifty-fix, and within "the Term of Fifteen Years, to commence "from the faid Twenty-fourth Day of June, or at any Time thereafter, be"fore the End of the then next Seffion of "Parliament, fhall be exported out of "Great Britain, to Africa, America, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, the Ifland of Minorca, or the Eaft Indies: And it was thereby further enacted, That from and "after the faid Twenty-fourth Day of June, no Subfidy, Custom, Rate, Duty, or other Impofition whatsoever, fhould be demanded, collected, received, or ta"ken I i and to Geo. III. cap. 38. "ken upon any raw or brown Linen "Yarn, made of Flax, and known by the "Names of Dutch Yarn, and French Yarn, and of Spruce or Mufcovia Yarn, or any other foreign raw or brown Linen "Yarns made of Flax, which fhall be imported into this Kingdom; but that all "fuch Linen Yarns fhall and may be im"ported Duty free, for the Space of Fif teen Years from the faid Twenty-fourth Day of June, or any Time thereafter "before the End of the then next Seffion "of Parliament; any former Law, Sta66 tute, or Act or Acts of Parliament to "the contrary notwithstanding: And "whereas, by another Act made in the "Tenth Year of the Reign of his prefent 66 Majefty, (intituled, An Act for continuing the Bounties on British and Irifh Linens exported; for further difcontinu"ing the Duties on the Importation of Fo reign Raw Linen Yarns made of Flax; "and for granting a Bounty on the Exporta"tion of British Checqued and Striped Li nens, and upon British and Irish Diapers, "Huckabucks, Sheeting, and other Linen of "above a certain Breadth), the said first "recited A&t of the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, was thereby con"tinued until the Twenty-fourth Day "of June, One thousand feven hundred "and |