454 REGULATION-Inwards-SALVAGE comptroller, that such fish was actually caught, taken, and cured wholly by his Majesty's subjects. § 42. Certificate of blubber, train oil, &c. British colonial taking.-Before any blubber, train oil, spermaceti oil, head matter, or whale fins, shall be entered as being the produce of fish or creatures living in the sea taken and caught wholly by his Majesty's subjects usually residing in some part of his Majesty's dominions, and imported from some British possession, the master of the ship importing the same shall deliver to the collector or comptroller a certificate under the hand of the proper officer of such British possession where such goods were taken on board, (or if no such officer be residing there, then a certificate under the hands of two principal inhabitants at the place of shipment,)—notifying that oath had been made before him or them by the shipper of such goods, that the same were the produce of fish or creatures living in the sea taken wholly by British subjects usually residing in some part of his Majesty's dominions;-and such master shall also make oath before the collector or comptroller, that such certificate was received by him at the place where such goods were taken on board, and that the goods so imported are the same as mentioned therein;-and the importer of such goods shall also make oath before the collector or comptroller at the time of entry, that to the best of his knowledge and belief the same were the produce of fish or creatures living in the sea taken wholly by British subjects usually residing in some part of his Majesty's dominions. § 43. Before entry of blubber, &c. of British fishing, master and importer to make oath of the same.-Before any blubber, train oil, spermaceti oil, head matter, or whale fins, shall be entered as being the produce of fish or creatures living in the sea taken and caught wholly by the crews of ships fitted out in the United Kingdom, or in one of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man,-the master of the ship importing such goods shall make oath, and the importer of such goods (to the best of his knowledge and belief) shall make oath—that the same are the produce of fish or creatures living in the sea taken and caught wholly by the crew of such ship, or by the crew of some other ship (naming the ship) fitted out in the United Kingdom, or in one of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, (stating which). § 44. Blubber from Greenland may be boiled, and entered as oil.—It shall be lawful upon the return of any ship from the Greenland Seas or Davis's Straits to the United Kingdom, with any blubber, being the produce of whales or other creatures living in the sea, for the importers thereof to cause the same to be boiled into oil at the port of importation, under the care and inspection of the proper officers of the customs;— and the oil so produced shall be admitted to entry, and the duties be paid thereon as if imported in that state. § 45. Importation direct.-No goods shall be deemed to be imported from any particular place, unless they be imported direct from such place, and shall have been there laden on board the importing ship, either as the first shipment of such goods, or after the same shall have been actually landed at such place. § 46. Salvor may sell goods sufficient to defray salvage.-It shall be lawful for the owner or salvor of any property liable to the payment of duty saved from sea, and in respect of which any sum shall have been awarded under any law at the time in force, or in respect of which any sum shall have been paid or agreed to be paid by the owner thereof or his agent, to the salvors to defray the salvage of the same, to sell so much of the property so saved as will be sufficient to defray the salvage so awarded, or such other sum so paid or agreed to be paid ;—and that upon the production of an award made in execution of any such law to the commissioners of his Majesty's customs, or upon proof to the satisfaction of the said commissioners that such sum of money has been paid, or has been agreed to be paid, the said commissioners are hereby empowered and required to allow the sale of such property aforesaid, free from the payment of all duties, to the amount of such sum so awarded, paid, or agreed to be paid, or to the amount of such other sum as to the said commissioners shall seem just and reasonable :-Provided always, that if such owner or salvor shall be dissatisfied with any determination of the said commissioners as to the amount of such property to be sold duty free, it shall be lawful for such owner or salvor to refer any such determination of the said commissioners to the judgment and revision of the high court of admiralty,—and in that case such sale shall be suspended until the decision of such court shall have been had thereon. § 47. Foreign goods derelict,* &c. to be subject to same duties as on importation. All foreign goods, derelict, jetsam, flotsam, and wreck, brought or coming into the United Kingdom, or into the Isle of Man, shall at all times be subject to the same duties as goods of the like kind imported into the United Kingdom respectively are subject to ;—and if any person shall have possession of any such goods, either on land or within any port in the United Kingdom, and shall not give notice thereof to the proper officer of the customs within twenty-four hours after such possession, or shall not on demand pay the duties due thereon, or deliver the same into the custody of the proper officer of the customs, such person shall forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds;-and if any person shall remove or alter in quantity or quality any such liquors or tobacco, or shall open or alter any package containing any such liquors or tobacco, or shall cause any such act to be done, or assist therein, before such liquors or tobacco shall be deposited in a warehouse, in the custody of the officers of the customs, every such person shall forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds ;—and in default of the payment of the duties on such liquors or tobacco within eighteen months from the time when the same were so deposited, the same may be sold in like manner, and for the like purposes, as goods imported may in such default be sold :-Provided always, that any lord of the manor having by law just claims to such liquors or tobacco, or if there be no such lord of the manor, then the person having possession of the same shall be at liberty to retain the same in his own custody,-giving bond, with two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the proper officer of the customs, in treble the value of such goods, for the payment of the duties thereon at the end of one year and one day, or to deliver such goods to the proper officer of the customs in the same state and condition as the same were in at the time of taking possession thereof. § 48. Goods under excise permit regulations.—And whereas it may be expedient to subject some sorts of goods imported into the United Kingdom to certain internal regulations and restraints, after the full duties of customs have been paid thereon, and to place such regulations and restraints under the management of the commissioners of excise ;-be it therefore enacted, that no goods which are subject to any regulations of excise shall be taken or delivered out of the charge of the officers of customs, (although the same may have been duly entered with them, *See 2 and 3 Wm. IV. c. 84. § 10. post. and the fu full duties due thereon may have been paid.) until such goods shall also have been duly entered with the officers of excise,—and permit granted by them for delivery of the same,-nor unless such permit shall correspond in all particulars with the warrant of the officers of the customs :*-Provided always, that such entry shall not be received by the officers of the excise, nor such permit granted by them,-until a certificate shall have been produced to them of the particulars of the goods, and of the warrant for the same, under the hand of the officers of the customs who shall have the charge of the goods :-Provided also, that if upon any occasion it shall appear necessary, it shall be lawful for the proper officers of excise to attend the delivery of such goods by the officers of the customs, and to require that such goods shall be delivered only in their presence ;-and it shall be lawful for such officers of excise to count, measure, gauge, or weigh any such goods, and fully to examine the same, and to proceed in all respects relating to such goods in such manner as they shall be authorized or required by any act for the time being in force relating to the excise. § 49. Times and places for landing goods.-No goods whatever-(except diamonds, bullion, fresh fish, British taken, and imported in British ships, and turbots and lobsters,)-shall be unshipped from any ship arriving from parts beyond the seas, or landed or put on shore, but only on days not being Sundays or holidays, and in the daytime, that is to say, from the first day of September until the last day of March between sun-rising and sun-setting,—and from the last day of Murch to the first day of September between the hours of seven of the clock in the morning and four of the clock in the afternoon;-nor shall any goods, except as aforesaid, be so unstripped or landed, unless in the presence or with the authority of the proper officer of the customs;-and such goods, except as aforesaid, shall be landed at one of the legal quays appointed by his Majesty for the landing of goods,—or at some wharf, quay, or place appointed by the commissioners of the customs for the landing of goods by sufferance;-and that no goods, except as aforesaid, after having been unshipped, shall be transhipped, or after having been put into any boat or craft to be landed, shall be removed into any other boat or craft previously to their being duly landed, without the permission or authority of the proper officer of the customs. § 50. Goods to be unshipped, &c. at the expence of importer.-The unshipping, carrying, and landing of all goods, and the bringing of the same to the proper place after landing, for examination or for weighing, and the putting of the same into the scales, and the taking of the same out of and from the scales after weighing, shall be performed by or at the expence of the importer. § 51. Restrictions absolute or modified as to goods imported. And whereas it is expedient for the due encouragement of trade and manufactures, and for the security of the revenue, to prohibit or restrict the importation of certain goods ;-be it therefore enacted, that the several sorts of goods enumerated or described in the Table following, denominated "A Table of Prohibitions and Restrictions inwards," shall either be absolutely prohibited to be imported into the United Kingdom,--or shall be imported only under the restrictions mentioned in such Table, --according as the several sorts of such goods are respectively set forth therein; that is to say, * Permit not required for coffee or cocoa, 9 Geo. IV. c. 44. § 5. A TABLE OF PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS A LIST of GOODS absolutely PROHIBITED to be IMPORTED. ARMS, AMMUNITION, and UTENSILS of WAR, by way of merchandise, except by licence from his Majesty, for furnishing his Majesty's public stores only. ВЕЕР. but so much of the above act as prohibits the importation of Beef or Pork salted, (not being Beef or Pork commonly called Corned Beef or Pork,) and Beef from the Isle of Man, being the produce of that island, repealed. [7 and 8 Geo. IV. c. 56. § 3.] Books; viz. first composed or written or printed in the United Kingdom, and printed or reprinted in any other country, imported for sale,—except books not reprinted in the United Kingdom within twenty years;-or being parts of collections,the greater parts of which had been composed or written abroad. CARDS. FOREIGN PLAYING CARDS, unless the name and place of residence of the foreign maker of such cards be printed or marked in distinct and legible characters on one card of every pack of such cards, and on every wrapper thereof and Cards, or any wrapper, jew, label, or other paper, matter, or thing, inclosing, annexed to, or deposited with any one or more of such cards, printed or marked in any way with the name of any maker of cards duly licensed within the United Kingdom. [9 Geo. IV. c. 18. § 33.] CATTLE, great. except from the Isle of Man, being the produce of that island. [7 and 8 CLOCKS and WATCHES, impressed with any mark or stamp appearing to be or to represent any legal British assay mark or stamp,-or purporting by any mark or appearance to be of the manufacture of the United Kingdom,-or not having the name and place of abode of some foreign maker abroad visible on the frame and also on the face,-or not being in a complete state with all the parts properly fixed in the case. [9 Geo. IV. c. 76. § 4.] COIN ;* viz. False money, or counterfeit sterling. Silver, of the realm, or any money purporting to be such, not being of the established standard in weight or fineness. FISH of foreign taking or curing, or in foreign vessels;-except turbots and lobsters, stockfish, live eels, anchovies, sturgeon, botargo, and caviare. GOODS PROHIBITED to be imported into the United Kingdom from foreign countries, shall not be imported from Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, though made in those islands, if the materials of which they be made be the produce of any foreign country. [9 Geo. IV. c. 76. § 5.] GUNPOWDER; except by licence from his Majesty,-such licence to be granted for the furnishing his Majesty's stores only. LAMB. except from the Isle of Man, being the produce of that island. MUTTON. PORK. SHEEP. except from the Isle of Man, being the produce of that island. except from the Isle of Man, being the produce of that island. except from the Isle of Man, being the produce of that island. SNUFF-WORK. SPIRITS from the Isle of Man. SWINE, except from the Isle of Man, being the produce of that island. TOBACCO-STALKS stripped from the leaf, whether manufactured or not. flour. TOBACCO, the growth of Ireland, (manufactured or unmanufactured, mixed or unmixed,) into Great Britain as merchandise. [2 Wm. IV. c. 20.] For the penalty, see page 496. LIST of GOODS Subject to certain RESTRICTIONS On Importation. CHINA; Goods from, unless by the East India company, and into the port of LONDON. CHINA WARE, or PORCELAIN,-being the produce of places within the limits of the East India company's charter, except into the ports of London, Plymouth, Bristol, Liverpool, Hull, Newcastle, Leith, Greenock, Dublin, Cork, and Belfast. [7 Geo. IV. c. 48. § 6.] CORN GROUND for home use (except wheat meal, wheat flour, and oatmeal). [9 Geo. IV. c. 60. § 5.] EAST INDIA, Goods of places within the limits of the East India company's charter ;— unless into such ports as shall be approved of by the lords of the treasury, and declared by order in council to be fit and proper for such importation. GLOVES, in packages, each containing 100 dozen pairs at least,—and in ships of 70 tons and upwards. [7 Geo. IV. c. 48. § 7.] HIDES, SKINS, HORNS, or HooFs, or any other part of cattle or beast, his Majesty may, by order in council, prohibit, in order to prevent any contagious distemper. Parts of articles, viz. any distinct or separate part of any article not accompanied by the other part, or all the other parts of such article, so as to be complete and perfect, if such article be subject to duty according to the value thereof. SILK, manufactures of, unless in ships of 70 tons except by licence from the commissioners of the customs for vessels belonging to DOVER (direct from Calais) of 60 tons; and if of the manufacture of EUROPE into the port of LONDON-OF into the port of DUBLIN from Bordeaux-or into the port of DOVER direct from Calais. [10 Geo. IV. c. 23. § 2 and 3.] SPIRITS,-not being perfumed or medicinal spirits; viz. all spirits unless in ships of 70 tons or upwards. RUM of and from the British plantations, unless in casks containing not less than 20 gallons, or in cases containing not less than three dozen reputed quart bottles; but this is not to extend to spirits in square rigged vessels, provided the spirits are contained in glass bottles. [10 Geo. III. c. 43. § 5.] ALL OTHER SPIRITS, unless in casks containing not less than 40 gallons,-or in cases containing not less than three dozen reputed quart bottles. TEA; unless from the place of its growth,—and by the East India company,-and into the port of LONDON. TOBACCO and SNUFF; viz. unless in a ship of the burthen of 120 tons or upwards. and unless in hogsheads, casks, chests, or cases, each of which shall contain, of neat tobacco or snuff, at least-100lbs. weight if from the East Indies, or 450 lbs. weight if from any other place;-and not packed in bags or packages within any such hogshead, cask, chest, or case, nor separated, nor divided in any manner whatever ;-except Tobacco of the dominions of the Turkish empire, which may be packed in inward bags or packages, or separated or divided in any manner within the outward package,-provided such outward package be a hogshead, cask, chest, or case, and contain 450 lbs. net at least. And except Tobacco made up in rolls, being the produce of and imported from the state of Columbia, and in packages containing at least 320 pounds weight of such rolls. [7 Geo. IV. c. 48. § 6.] and unless the particular weight of tobacco or snuff in each hogshead, cask, chest, or case, with the tare of the same, be marked thereon. and unless into the ports of London, Liverpool, Bristol, Lancaster, Cowes, Falmouth, Whitehaven, Hull, Port Glasgow, Greenock, Leith, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Plymouth, Belfast, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Londonderry, Newry, Sligo, Waterford, and Wexford * but any ship wholly laden with tobacco may come into the port of Cowes or Falmouth to wait for orders, and there remain fourteen days, provided due report of such ship be made by the master with the collector or comptroller of such port. [9 Geo. SEGARS. So much of the 6 Geo. IV. c. 107. as prohibits the importation of And all goods from the ISLE OF MAN, except such as be of the growth, produce, or manufacture thereof. But see article, Goods Prohibited, in the list of absolute prohibitions. But see 2 and 3 Wm. IV. c. 84. post. |