Section III Foreign Ships already in English Hands 18. per Ton above other Duties.

Duty applied as the 58. Duty.

And whereas there are now in England belonging or pretended to belong to English Owners many Forreigne-built Shipps and Vessells which doe transport Coals and other Goods from Port to Port in England as aforesaid paying noe more Duty than English Shipps pay Bee it further enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That all such Forreigne Shipps (which are not free) for every Voyage shall pay after the Feast of St. Michaell in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred eighty and nine at the Rate of Twelve pence per Tun over and above all Dutyes now paid or that shall hereafter be payable by English-built Shipps to be disposed of unto the Chest of Chatham and the Trinity-House of Deptford-Strond by Moyeties as aforesaid and for the uses before-mentioned which said last mentioned Duty of Twelve pence per Tun alsoe shall be collected and recieved in manner aforesaid at their respective Ports of delivery of their respective Ladeing before the delivery thereof