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having taken the said application and the[249] several matters and things therein set forth
into our consideration, do think fit to comply with the request of the said petitioners. And
in pursuance of the powers given unto us by the said Act, we do hereby authorise, permit
and grant licence to the said Company to take out of their warehouses the said quantity of
tea, not exceeding in the whole six hundred thousand pounds weight, without the same
having been exposed to sale in this kingdom, and to export such teas discharged from the
payment of any customs or duties whatsoever, to any of the British colonies or
plantations in America. Nevertheless, you are therein to take especial care, that all and
every the rules, regulations & restrictions and orders directed by the said recited Act,
relating to the[250] exportation of such teas, or any ways concerning the same, be in all
and every respect fully obeyed and observed. And for so doing, this shall be as well to
you as to the said Company, and to all other officers & persons whatsoever herein
concerned, a sufficient warrant.
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LORD NORTH.
Given under our hands and seals at the Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, the 20 th day of
August, one thousand seven hundred and seventy three; in the thirteenth year of the reign
of our sovereign lord, George the Third, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, and so
forth.
North.
C. Townshend.
C.J. Fox.
To our very loving friends the Commissioners, for managing His Majesty's Revenues of
Customs and Excise, now and for the time being, and to all other officers and persons
herein concerned.