The new act provided that, before vessels left a colonial port, bonds should be given that the enumerated commodities would be carried only to England.

If bonds were not given and the commodities were taken to another colonial port, plantation duties were collected according to a prescribed schedule.
These acts were not rigorously enforced until after the passage of the administrative act of 1696 and the establishment of admiralty courts.
Even then it does not appear that they bore heavily on the colonies, or occasioned serious protest.

The trade acts of 1764 and 1765 are described in "The Eve of the Revolution" .-- EDITOR.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE The literature of the Colonial South is like the leaves of Vallombrosa for multitude.

Here may be indicated some volumes useful in any general survey.
VIRGINIA Hakluyt's "Principal Voyages." 12 vols.

(Hakluyt Society.