Section XLI. The four last preceding Sections shall not extend to any Go

XLI. The four last preceding Sections shall not extend to any Go- A C ~ not applicable to vernment Magazine or store, or building for the making Government Powder, &c. or deposit of Gun-powder 0.r Gun-cotton under the aud thority or for the use of the Government, or to any Gun-powder or Guncotton for the use of Her ~ t q j e s t ~ ' s or the East India Company's Troops, or otherwise for the service of Government, or to any of Her Majesty's Vessels of War, or the Vessels ofb the lndian Navy, or `of` the East India Company's Marine, or to any other Vessel within the River Hooghlj. laden with Gun-powder for importvation or expollalion. XLII.[Commanders of merchant vessels entering the River Hoogh- ] ly shall, on or hefore the arrival of their vessels off As to Vessels arriving in River with Powder on Moyapore, depo~it in the Magazine at that place Board. all Gun-powder intended for the $hip's use from on boalid their respective vessels, exceeding the quantity of fifty poundsj which quantity they shall be permitted to retain in their vessels for the purpose of firing salutes or signals in case of distress, and the Gunpowder so deposited shall'be again delivered on board 011 the return of the respective vessels from Calcutta in pro~ecution of the outward voyage; and Commmdcrs of mczrohant vcsacls in the River Hooghly having on board their vessels Gun-powder or Gun-ootton for importation (not being Gun-powder belonging to the Government) exceeding the quantity of fifty lpounda, ~ha11 also deposit the aurnn, on or hefom the arrival of thoir vessols off Moyapore, in the Magaeine of that place, under charge of an Officer belonging to the Customs at that place, or such other person as the Governor of Bengal may appoint, and the proprietors or - u' i ACT No. XIXI. OF 1852. , or consignees of such Gun-powder or Gun-cotton, or their agents, whenever they shall desire to remove the same from the Magazine, shall make application to the Collector of Sen Customs for authority to do so, which application, when it be intended that such Gun-powder or Gun-cotton shall be lodged in any place, or be laden in any boat or other conveyance within the limits of the said Town, shall be accompanied by a written order of permission, signed by a Justice `d` the Peace, to that effect, ancl when it be intended that such Gun-powder or Gun-cotton shall be exported.bp sea, the Commanders of vessels, or the proprietors or their agents, by whom it shall have been deposited in* the Magazine, shall make application to the Collector of Sea Customs for permission so to export it ; and-the Collector of Sea Customs shall comply with such applications aforesaid, e~cept where the exportation of ammunition shall require, under provisions of Act XVIII. of 1841, a licence from `a;` public Officer other than the Collector of Sea Customs, in which case the Collector of Sea Customs shall not comply with the application unless it be accompanied by the Iicence of such public OEicer ; and on or before the removal of all Gun-powder or Gun-cotton from the Magazine, the Collector of Sea Custolns shall and he is hereby authorized to levy a fee, the rate of which shall not exceed two annas per pound, for all Gun-powder or Gun-cotton that has been lodged therein, which fee shall be taken to cover all charges for the safe custody of the Gun-powder or Guncotton during the period it has remained. or shall remain in the Magazine ; provided also, that the Governor of Bengal shall be at liberty to authorize such arrangement to be made, by letting or otherwise contracting for the custody of the Magazine, and for the collection and appropriation of the fees which may be charged for Gun-powder or Guncotton stored therein, as he may think proper, subject however to all the restrictions and rules imposecl by this Section in respect to the removal from the Magazine of Gun-powder therein stored. XLIIP. For ACT No. XIII. OF 1852.