Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1694 97. 351

   because the Priviledges of that Nation, Granted to them by Lib. H. D.

   this Act, are such, That, tht Kingdom must be the Magazine p. ‘4

   for all those Commodities, and the English Plantations, and

   the Traffick thereof lost to Us, and the Exportation of our

   own Manufactours Yearly Decreased. Besides these, and

   many other Obstructions that this Act will unavoidably bring

   to the Generall Trade of this Nation, Another clause in the sd

   Act, Whereby your Maty Promises to Interpose your Authority

   to have Restitution, Reparation and Satisfaction made for any

   Damage that may be Done to any of the Ships, Goods, Mer

   chandize, Persons or other Effects whatsoever belonging

   to the sd Company & that upon the publick Charge; does

   Seem to Engage Your Maty to Employ the Shipping and

   Strength at Sea of this Nation, to Support this New Company,

   to the Great Detriment even of this Kingdom All which great

   prejudices, Inconveniencies, and Mischiefs arising by the sd

   Act, We in all Duty and ffaithfullness lay before yor Majesty.

                               Matth: Johnson

                               Cleric:     Parliamentor

   His Mats most Gracious Answer

     to the Address of both Houses of Parliamt Presented to him

   by them Yesterday at Kensington.

     I have been ill Served in Scotland, but I hope Some Reme

   dies may be ifound to prevent the Inconveniencies which may

   Arise from this Act.

   Instructions Instructions to         Comandr of   First you

   to his Mats Collectors Shall take Care that no Goods or Commodities

   &ca whatsoever be Imported into or Exported out of the

   sd Colony of Maryland or any other of his Mats Colony's or

   Plantations in any Ships or Vessells whatsoever but in such

   as doe truly and without ifraud belong only to the people of

   Engl. Ireland, Wales or Berwick, or are of the built of and

   belonging to any of the sd Plantations as the Proprietors and

   Right ownrs thereof and whereof the Master and three fourths

   of the Marriners at least are English under the Penalty of the

   fforfieture and loss of Ship and Goods to be Recovered and

   disposed of in manner as by Law is provided

     2dly You Shall likewise take Care that noe Ship or Vessell Com

   ing from England Ireland Wales or Berwick Shall load any of the

   Enumerated Commodities (Vizt) Sugar, Tobo, Cotton, Wool,

   Indigo, Ginger, Fustick or other Dying Wood before Certifi

   cate be produced from the Officers of some Custom House of

   England, Wales, or Berwick that Bond hath been there given p. 15

   with one Surety to the Value of one Thousand pounds if the

   Ship be of less burthen then one hundred Tonns and of the

   Sume of two thousand pounds if the Ship shall be of greater