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Uncustomed Goods & for the more Effectual preventing of
Frauds relateing to the Customs wherein is a Clause which
requires a more Strict Examination for the future into the
goodness of Pitch and Tarr imported here from the Planta-
tions We send your Lord" the inclosed Printed Copys of the
said Act that you may Cause the same to be made known in
the Best manner within the Province of Maryland to the
psons concerned in the Manufacturing of Pitch and Tarr And
for their ffurther Information we Inclose to your Lordship A
Copy of the Certificate that will be given by the Officers of the
Customs Upon which premiums are to be Allowed pursuant
to the Act of Parliam^t. Your Lords^p will on this Occasion lett
those manufacturers of Pitch & Tarr Know that they ought to
Consider the Above menconed Clause as designed for their

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Encouragement and to Establish that Manufacture in such
maner as that it may be a Lasting benefitt to this Kingdom as
well as to the Plantations
We further Send your Lordship a Copy of an Account of
the Method practised in Muscovy in making Tarr which phaps
may be of use to the manufacturers of that Comodity in Mary-
land for the same Reason we likewise Send you Rules for
the Raising of hemp.
We are my Lord your Lordships most
Obed^t Humble Servants
Charles Cooke
P. Dominique
D. Pulteney
Martyn Bladen

These are to Certifie whom it may Concern that in pursu-
ance of an Act of Parliament passed in the 3^d year of the
Reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne Entituled An Act
for the Encouraging the Importation of Navall Stores from
her Majesty's Plantations in America which was Continued
by Another Act passed in the 12^th Year of the Reign of her late
Majesty And likewise of the Powers Contained in an Act
passed in the 5^th year of the Reign of his Present Majesty
Entituled An Act ag^t Clandestine runing of uncustomed goods
& for the more Effectuall Preventing of Frauds relateing to
the Customs We have viewed Barrells of Pitch Containing
Tonns which to the best of our Judgments we find to

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be Good & Merchantable not mixed with dirt or dross And
Barrels of Tarr containing Tonns which to the best
of our Judgment we find to be Clean good Merchantable well
Conditiond & Clean of Dross or water fit for makeing Cord-
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