Section III Stat. 2 W. & M. Sess. 2. c. 9. §1. recited.

The Duties of the said Act to be levied from 24th Dec. 1695 to 25th March 1696.

And whereas in and by an Act made in the Second Yeare of the Reigne of His Majestie and the late Queene Mary of blessed Memory intituled An Act for the encourageing the distilling of Brandy and Spirits from Corne and for laying several Duties on Low Wines or Spirits of the First Extraction Itt was enacted that from and after the Foure and twentieth Day of December in the Yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred and ninety until the Five and twentieth Day of December in the Yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety five there should bee paid by way of Excise unto Their Majesties and their Successors for all Low Wines or Spirits of the First Extraction drawne by Distillers or other Makers of Spirits and Strong waters for Sale within this Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Towne of Berwick upon Tweed the several Rates and Duties therein mentioned Bee it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the several Duties granted by the Act last mentioned shall bee raised levied collected answered and paid to His Majesties Use for X1the carrying on the Warr against the French King from the foure and twentieth Day of December One thousand six hundred ninety five to the Five and twentieth Day of March One thousand six hundred ninety six and noe longer And that the said last mentioned Act and all the Powers Provisions and Penalties Articles and Clauses therein contained concerning the said Duties which were thereby granted shall continue and bee of full Force and Effect until the said Five and twentieth Day of March and shall bee applied practised and executed for the raiseing levying collecting answering and paying the said Duties hereby continued according to the Intent and Meaning of this present Act.