Navigation Act 1660

XVII. The Duty payable upon Goods in French Ships, and on their taking in and setting on Shore Passengers.

How long to continue.

Provided alsoe and it is hereby Enacted That every Ship or Vessell belonging to any the Subjects of the French King which from and after the twentyeth day of October in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred [X1 &] sixty shall come into any Port Creeke Harbour or Roade of England Ireland Wales or Towne of Berwicke upon Tweede, and shall there [X2 laid] or unlade any goods or Commodityes, or take in or sett on shore any Passengers shall pay to the Collector of His Majesties Customes in such Port Creeke Harbour or Roade for every Tun of which the said Ship or Vessell is of burthen to be computed by such Officer of the Customes as shall be therunto appointed the summe of five shillings currant money of England, And that noe such Ship or Vessell be suffered to depart out of such Port Creeke Harbour or Roade untill the said Duty be fully paid, And that this Duty shall continue to be collected leavyed and paid for such time as a certaine Duty of Fifty Solls per Tun lately imposed by the French King or any part therof shall continue to be Collected upon the shiping of England lading in France and three moneths after and noe longer.

Editorial Information

X1 O. omits.

X2 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: lade O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]