Section II Tunnage and Keelage to be paid by Master of Ship putting into the Port by Distress of Weather.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That for every Ship Hoy Bark or Vessell which during the Term aforesaid shall by Stress of Weather be drove into the said Harbour X1of Minehead or shall otherwise come into the same for Security and Preservation (the said Port or Harbour not being their discharging Port) there shall be paid by the Master or other Person taking Charge and Care of the said Ship Hoy Bark or other Vessell the Duties of Tunnage & Keelage following (that is to say) for every Ship or Vessell using the Coasting Trade of this Kingdom of the Burthen of Thirty Tons and not amounting to Fifty Tons One Shilling And for every Ship or Vessell using the Coasting Trade of the Burthen of Fifty Tons & upwards the Sum of Two Shillings And for every Ship or Vessell of the Burthen of Thirty Tons and not amounting to Fifty trading to or from Ireland France Spain or other Parts of Europe or to or from any of His Majesties Plantations in America the Sume of Two Shillings and Six Pence And for every Ship or Vessell of Fifty Tons & upwards trading to and from the said Parts or Places the Sum of Five Shillings And for every Ship or Vessell of the Burthen of Thirty Tons and not amounting to Fifty Tons and trading to or from any Place in Asia Africa or America (other then His Majesties Plantations) aforesaid the Summe of Five Shillings And for every Ship or Vessell of Fifty Tons & upwards trading to or from Asia Africa or America (other then the said Plantations) the Summe of Ten Shillings And the Master or other Person taking Charge of the said Ship or Vessell and paying the said Duties of Keelage shall have Allowance for the same of the Marchants according to the Rates of the Goods in the said Ship or Vessell by Way of Average