[1] The second Navigation Act of 1663, cited as 15 Chas. II, ch. 7,
printed in _Statutes of the Realm_, vol. 5, p. 449.
[2] Ordered published by the Council, November 24, 1675 (_Acts of Privy
Council_, i, 638).
[3] The above three acts are (1) "An Act for the Encourageing and
increasing of Shipping and Navigation," 12 Chas. II, ch. 18, of the
year 1660, printed in _Statutes of the Realm_, v, 246; (2) "An Act to
prevent the Planting of Tobacco in England, and for Regulating the
Plantation Trade," 22-23 Chas. II, ch. 26, of the year 1670, printed in
_Statutes of the Realm_, v, 747; and (3) "An Act for the incouragement
of the Greeneland and Eastland Trades, and for the better secureing
the Plantation Trade," 25 Chas. II, ch. 7, of the year 1672, printed
in _Statutes of the Realm_, v, 792. For a general description of
the Navigation Acts, see Channing, _History of the United States_,
ii, 27; Channing's "Navigation Laws" in _Amer. Antiquarian Society
Proceedings_, vi, 160; and Beer's "Commercial Policy of England toward
the American Colonies," in _Columbia University Studies_, ii, pt. 2.
The acts themselves are reprinted in MacDonald's _Select Charters_.
1676, April 1.
[Concerning Passes for Ships.]