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by the said Collector; And whereas Lists of all Certificates
granted in South Britain for the discharge of Bonds given in
the Plantations are every Quarter sent to the Collectors of the
districts where such Bonds are given, the said Naval Officer
or Officers is or are to take Care, that no Bond be discharged
or cancelled by him or them, without first Advising with the
Collector and Examining the said Lists, to see that the Certifi-
cate is not forged or Counterfeited; And Whereas the Prin-
cipal Officers of Our Customs in America are directed to ex-
amine from time to time, whether the Plantation Bonds be
duly and regularly discharged, the said Robert Eden is to
give directions that the said Officers be permitted to have
recourse to the said Bonds as well as the Book or Books in
which they are or ought to be Entered, and to Examine, as well
whether due Entry thereof be made, as whether they are
Regularly taken and Discharged, and where it shall appear
that Bonds are not regularly discharged, the said Robert Eden
is to Order that such Bonds be put in Suit.
8. He, the said Robert Eden, is to understand, that the
Payment of the Rates and Duties imposed by an Act intituled
An Act for the Encouragement of the Greenland and Eastland
Trades, and for the better securing the Plantation Trade,

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passed in the 25^th Year of the Reign of King Charles the
Second, on the several Plantation Commodities therein enum-
erated, doth not give Liberty to carry the said Goods to any
other Place, than to some of Our Plantations, or to Great
Britain only and that, notwithstanding the Payment of the
said Duties, Bond must be given to carry the said Goods to
some of the said Plantations or to Great Britain and to no
other Place.
9. He shall every three Months or oftener, or otherwise as
there shall be opportunity of Conveyance, transmit to the
Commissioners of Our Treasury, or Our High Treasurer for
the time, being, and to the Commissioners of Our Customs in
London, a List of all Ships and Vessels trading in the said
Province of Maryland according to the form or Specimen
hereunto annexed, together with a List of the Bonds taken
pursuant to the Act passed in the 22^d and 23^d years of King
Charles the Second's Reign intituled "An Act to prevent
planting Tobacco in England and for Regulating the Planta-
tion Trade " and he shall Cause Demand to be made of every
Master at his Clearing of an Invoice of the Contents and
Quality of his Lading &c. according to the form hereunto
also annexed and inclose a Copy thereof by some other Ship,
or for want of such Opportunity by the same Ship under
Cover Sealed and Directed to the Commissioners of Our
Treasury, or Our High Treasurer for the time being, and to
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