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<HEAD>PROCLAMATION, Recalling former Acts or Proclamations, declaring For|raign Victual free of Duty, and ordaining all Victuall to be Imported to pay Duty as before the Saids for|mer Acts and Proclamation.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_WILLIAM</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith,</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To Our Lovits,  <GAP DESC="blank">  Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially con|&s;titute, Greeting;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much, as by Our Proclamation of the Date, the Sixth day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety &s;ix years, The exacting of any Cu&s;tom, Exci&s;e, or other Impo&s;ition &s;aid upon Victual Import|ed into this Kingdom by Sea or Land, from any other Countrey, by any Act of Parliament, or Book of Rates, was di&s;charged: And &s;icklike, by an Act of the Lords of Our Privy Council, dated the 29 day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety &s;ix years, all Victual Imported into this Kingdom from Abroad, was declared to be free of all Cu&s;tom and Exci&s;e, or other Publick Duties what&s;omever: And &s;eing the fore&s;aid Proclamation and Act of Coun|cil were pa&s;t and Publi&s;hed, for encouraging &s;uch who &s;hould Import Victual, for relief of the Poor, under the then &s;carcity and dearth, which now are com|petently provided again&s;t, by the plenty of Victual already Imported, and the old Victual yet in the Countrey not con&s;umed or &s;pent: And there being like|wi&s;e the Pro&s;pect of a very good Harve&s;t, and plentiful Cropt approaching. Therefore We, with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, have di&s;|charged the fore&s;aid Proclamation, and Act of Council, and declare the &s;ame to be of no furder force; and hereby ordain the Collectors, and others im|ployed in Uplifting and Collecting Our Cu&s;toms, to Levy and Collect the Cu|&s;tom, Exci&s;e, and other Duties Impo&s;ed upon Victual Imported from any Forraign Countrey: by Sea or Land, by what&s;omever Law, or Act of Parlia|ment, and appoint them to be Comptable to Us therefore, conform to the Laws made thereanent, as they were lyable to do before the &s;aid Proclamation, or Act. <HI>Our Will is herefore,</HI> and We Charge you &s;traitly, and Command, that incontinent the&s;e Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and to the remanent Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Head Burghs of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom, and there in Our Name and Authority make intimation hereof, that none pretend ignorance. And ordains the&s;e pre|&s;ents to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given under Our Signet at</HI> Edinburgh, <DATE><HI>the Twenty one day of</HI> July, <HI>and of Our Reign the ninth Year, 1697.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<HI>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii</HI>
<SIGNED>GILB. ELIOT <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to the King's mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, 1697</P>
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