# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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Question Whether
the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney
and Man, are to be esteemed part of the
Dominions of Great Britain and Ireland,
so as to subject the Masters and Seamen
navigating Ships belonging to His Majesty's
Subjects there to the said Duty of sixpence
p^r Mensem? The clause empowering the
Receiver to appoint Deputies seeming
not to extend to those Islands. ~~~

[margin:] 10 Ann. c 17.

Answer. I think the
Islands mentioned in this Query are included
within the general words of the Dominions
belonging to Great Britain, and that
the