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No wine to be imported from places not belonging to Great Britain, unless there be a manifest. &c. as herein.
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II. And be it further enacted, That no wine of any sort shall be imported or brought into this kingdom, from any port or place whatever in foreign parts, not belonging to, or under the dominion of the crown of Great Britain, in any ship or vessel whatever, unless the master, or other person having or taking the charge or command of the ship or vessel in which such wine shall be laden, shall have on board, in like manner, a manifest or manifests, or content or contents in writing, made out and signed by such master, or other person, on or before the clearing or departure of every such ship or vessel, from every such port or place where such wine shall have been laden on board, containing the name of the several and respective ports or places where the wine mentioned in such manifest or manifests, or content or contents, shall have been so respectively laden or taken on board, the name and built of such ship or vessel, and the true admeasurement or tonnage thereof, together with the name and surname of the master, or other person having or taking the charge or command of such ship or vessel, and the port or place to which such ship or vessel truly belongs, and a just, true, correct, and particular account of the whole quantity of wine, distinguishing the quantity of each different kind, so taken on board as aforesaid, and of the several and respective marks upon the different packages respectively, and if known, the names of the persons to whom the wines are respectively consigned, and also, in words at length, the several and respective numbers of the packages, with a particular description thereof, whether leaguer, pipe, butt, puncheon, hogshead, barrel, or other cask or package, or by what name or description such other cask or package may be usually called or known.
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