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[GEORGE III]. A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Forty-first Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third. London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1800. 2o. (Title browned, scattered other light browning.) Contemporary half-calf and marbled boards, morocco lettering-piece (even surface abrasion, lower joint just starting), perhaps bound by "Lucas" (instructions as to binding on title-page). Comprising 32 Public General Acts passed in the latter months of 1800, including: An Act for suspending...the Duties on Hops imported, and for charging other Duties in lieu thereof -- An Act for continuing and granting to His Majesty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry... -- An Act to authorize His Majesty, from Time to Time, to prohibit the Exportation of Provisions or Food -- An Act for shortening...the Time of keeping in Steep for malting, Barley damaged by Rain in the late Harvest -- An Act to prohibit...any Person or Persons from selling any Bread, which shall not have been baked Twenty-four Hours. Several acts relate to the production and trade of liquors or beer. 41 George III cap. 1-32.