Whereas by a late Act of Parliament entituled an Act for
encouraging & encreasing of shipping and navigation all
Forreign Trade is prohibited to any of his Ma^ties Plantacons
and all those of his Ma^ts subjects that saile unto any of them
are required to give security to return with their lading for
England, Ireland, Principality of Wales or Town of Berwick
upon Tweed as in the said Act is expressed w^th strict comand
unto the Gover^r of the said Plantacon to see the same per-
formed accordingly, w^th great penalties upon such Gov^rs as
connive or neglect putting the said Act in Execution who are
enjoyned alsoe to take Oath that the said Act be punctually
observed, yet being informed by Masters of ships and others
trading to Virginia, Mary Land and others his Ma^ts Plantacons
of many neglects or rather contempts of his Ma^ties commands for
the true observance of the said Act (w^ch soe highly concernes the
encrease of shipping and the regular Trade of his Ma^ties Plan-
tacons together with his Revenue that proceeds from thence)
through the daily practise and designes set on Foot by Trading
into Forreign parts from Virginia Mary land and other his
Ma^ties Plantacons both by land and sea as well unto the
Menades and other Plantacons of the Hollanders as into Spain
Venice and Holland occasioned through the neglect of those
Gov^rs in not taking a view of all forreign built ships w^ch come
into their Plantacons whether they have a certificate of their
being made free according to the Act as alsoe in not duely
taking Bond (before any ship be permitted to lade) that what
ever comodityes they shall take in at any of His Ma^ts Planta-
cons the same shall be carryed to some other of his Ma^ties Plan-
tations or into England Ireland, Wales or Town of Berwick
upon Tweed w^ch Bonds are to be returned twice every year
unto the Officers of the Custom House in London butt hitherto
it hath not been done of w^ch neglect and contempt his Ma^ty is
sensible and therefore doth require and comand you that for