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cover the said Premium; it is therefore Our Will and Pleasure,
that, if there now are or hereafter shall be any Plantations of
Indico, within Our said Province of Maryland, the said Robert
Eden, do take particular care, that the said Provisions be
truly and punctually complied with and do likewise from time
to time transmit to Us by one of Our Principal Secretaries of
State an Account of all such Plantations of Indico, with the
Names of the Planters, and the Quantity of Indico they make,
as also the Quantity of such Indico exported from said Prov-

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ince distinguishing the time when exported, and the Port
where Shipped, the Names of the Vessels and the Ports to
which bound; and if there be any Foreign Indico imported
into the said Province, it is Our further Will and Pleasure that
the said Robert Eden do in like manner transmit an Account
of such foreign Indico imported distinguishing the Quantity,
the time when and the place from whence imported, together
with an Account of such Foreign Indico exported distinguish-
ing the time when exported, and the Port where Shipped, the
Names of the Vessels, and the Ports to which bound.
29. And whereas his Majesty King George the First was
informed that a clandestine trade had been carried on as
well by British as foreign Ships from Madagascar and other
parts beyond the Cape of Bona Esperanza, within the Limits
of trade granted to the United East India Company, directly
to Our Plantations in America to the Great detriment of these
Realms and in Breach of the several Laws in force, relating to
Trade and Navigation, Our Will and Pleasure is that the
said Robert Eden, or in his Absence the Commander in Chief
of Our said Province for the time being do duly and Strictly
observe and cause to be observed the several good Laws and
Statutes now in force for the regulating of Trade and Naviga-
tion, particularly the several Acts of Parliament already
mentioned in these Instructions: and in order to the better

Execution of the Laws and Statutes above mentioned upon the
first Notice of the arrival of any Ship or Ships within the
Limits of any part of or belonging to Our said Province of
Maryland which have or are suspected to have on board any
Negroes Goods or Commodities of the Growth produce or
manufacture of the East Indies, Madagascar, or any other
parts or places beyond the Cape of Bona Esperanza, within
the Limits of Trade granted to the United East India Com-
pany, pursuant to the Act of the Ninth and Tenth of King
William, he the said Robert Eden, shall immediately cause
the Officers of Our Customs in his Government (and any
other Officers or Persons in aid of them) to go on board

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