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Page 111
... Duty on Spirits and Wines , Goods of all kinds , except of British manufacture , brought from any part of the World , are to pay a similar Duty . The monies arising from this Fund to be appropriated to the Orphan Establishment of this ...
... Duty on Spirits and Wines , Goods of all kinds , except of British manufacture , brought from any part of the World , are to pay a similar Duty . The monies arising from this Fund to be appropriated to the Orphan Establishment of this ...
Page 291
... Duty , was laid on Wools the growth of this His Majesty's Colony , until the Fifth of January 1823 to the Fifth of January 1826 a Duty of Three pence per lb , and after that period , a Duty of Six pence per lb , being the same as ...
... Duty , was laid on Wools the growth of this His Majesty's Colony , until the Fifth of January 1823 to the Fifth of January 1826 a Duty of Three pence per lb , and after that period , a Duty of Six pence per lb , being the same as ...
Page 485
... duties of the troops are most harassing ; there is no relief of sentries ; they are posted all day with their loaded firelocks , and constantly on the qui vive . At night this hard duty in some degree ceases ; the irons of the convicts ...
... duties of the troops are most harassing ; there is no relief of sentries ; they are posted all day with their loaded firelocks , and constantly on the qui vive . At night this hard duty in some degree ceases ; the irons of the convicts ...
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