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Show Corn ! l fnsUnd. Tho corn laws of Kngland wero a so- rlca of1 legislative enactments which wero passed from H3G to 1812 to regulate regu-late tho home mid foreign grnl trade uf England Until tho repeal of tho orn laws tho grain trade, both export and Import, was tho subject of elaborate elabo-rate and varying Irgltlatlon, which, consisted In levying protective or prohibitory pro-hibitory duties, or In Imposing restricts restric-ts conditions, or In grautlng govern--mrnt bounties for tho encouragement ot exportation After a prolonged agitation agi-tation for tho repeal of tho corn laws by tho Anti-Corn Ijiw league, parliament. parlia-ment. In ISIS, under tho ministry ot Sir Itobert Peel, passed an act for a large Immediate reduction ot the duty on lmportod grain and providing for a merely nominal duty after 18(9, which was subsequently entirely removed. |