Volume 1
The universal dictionary of trade and commerce : with large additions and improvements, adapting the same to the present state of British affairs in America, since the last treaty of peace made in the year 1763. With great variety of new remarks and illustrations incorporated throughout the whole: together with everything essential that is contained in Savary's dictionary: also, all the material laws of trade and navigation relating to these kingdoms, and the customs and usages to which all traders are subject / By Malachy Postlethwayt, esq.
- Jacques Savary des Brûlons
- Date:
- 1766
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The universal dictionary of trade and commerce : with large additions and improvements, adapting the same to the present state of British affairs in America, since the last treaty of peace made in the year 1763. With great variety of new remarks and illustrations incorporated throughout the whole: together with everything essential that is contained in Savary's dictionary: also, all the material laws of trade and navigation relating to these kingdoms, and the customs and usages to which all traders are subject / By Malachy Postlethwayt, esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![he {hipped in thefe ports in the names of double wrappers, as formerly hath been there allowed them. But, by the I ith and T2th Will III. cap. 20. all woollen manufadures are free. XV. The merchants of Exeter, and other weftern ports, fhall be allowed, free of fubfidy, one perpetuana in ten for a wrapper, and three Devon do2enS in twenty for wrappers, the fame to be fhipped out df the ports of Exeter, Plymouth, Dartmouth, Barnftaple, Lyme Regis, or the members thereof. But, by the n and 12 Will. III. cap. 2d. all woollen manufadures ate free. XVI. All merchants tranfporting any forts of woollen, whether new or old drapery, as alfo baiz and cottons, fhall be allowed one in ten fora wrapper, free of ctiftom and fubfidy. But, by II and 12 Will. III. cap. 20. all woollen manufadures are free. XVII. Every merchant fhall be allowed upon all goods and mer¬ chandizes appointed to pay to any the fubfidies of poundage, ac¬ cording to the rule of the Book of Rates, to be imported, five in the hundred of all the Paid fubfidies of poundage fo Appointed to be paid. XVIII. The officers who fit above in the Cuftom-Houfe of the port of London, fhall attend the fervice of their feveral places from nine to twelve of the clock in the forenoon; and one officer, or one able clerk, fhall attend with the book in the afternoon, during fuch time as the officers are appointed to wait at the water-fide, for the better deciding of all controverfies that may happen con¬ cerning merchants warrants : all other the officers of the out- ports fhall attend every day in the cuftom-houfe of every refpec- tive port, for difpatch of merchants and fhippers, between the hours of nine of the clock and twelve in the morning, and two and four of the clock in the afternoon. X!X. Every merchant making an entry of goods, either inwards or outwards, fhall be difpatched in fuch order as he cometh ; and if any officer, or his clerk, fhall, either by favour or rewards, put any merchant, or his fervant duly attending, by his turn, or other- tvife delay any perfon fo duly attending, and making his entries aforefaid, to draw any other rewards or gratuity from him, than is limited in the a£t of tonnage and poundage [fee Tonnage and Poundage] and the Book of Rates, paffed anno 12 Car. II, cap. 4. if the mafter-officer be found faulty herein, he fhall, upon complaint to the chief officer of the cuftom-houfe, be ftridly ad- monifhed of hiS duty ; but, if the clerk be found faulty therein, he fhall, upon complaint to the faid officers, be prefently dif- charged of his fervice, and not be permitted to fit any more in the Cuftom-Houfe. XX. The lord mayor, commonalty, and citizens of the city of London, their officers, or deputies for, and touching the offices of package, fcavage, baleage, or portage of any goods or mer¬ chandize of aliens, or their fons born within this kingdom, or unfreemen, imported or exported into or out of the city of Lon¬ don, or the liberties or ports thereof, unto or from the parts be¬ yond the feas, for, or concerning, the receiving or taking of any fees or rates heretofore ufually taken for, or in refped of the faid offices, or any of them, might and may receive and take the fame, any thing in the ad of tonnage and poundage, or the aforefaid Book of rates, or any former ad, to the contrary, not- withftanding XXL All antient duties heretofore lawfully taken by any city, or town corporate, their farmers, deputies, or officers, under the name of town-cuftom, or the like, for the maintenance of bridges, keys, harbours, wharfs, or the like, {hall and may be received and enjoyed as formerly, any thing in the faid ad, or any other ad or book, to the contrary, notwithftanding. XXII. T he under-fearcher, or other officers of Gravefend, having power to vifit and fearch any fhip outward-bound, {hall not, with¬ out juft and reafonable caufe, detain any fuch {hip, under colour of fearching the goods therein laden, above three tides after her arrival at Gravefend, under pain of lofs of their office, and ren¬ dering damage to the merchant or owner of the {hip. And the fearcher, or other officer of the cuftom-houfe in any of the out- ports, having power to fearch and vifit any {hip outward-bound, {hall not, without juft and reafonable caufe, detain any fuch {hip under colour of fearching the goods therein laden, above one tide after the faid {hip is fully laden and ready to fet fail, under pain of lofs of the office of fuch offender, and rendering damage to the merchant and owner of the {hip. XXIII. Note, The tall timber in balks, which {hall be of eight inches fquare, or upwards, that {hall be imported, or brought from any part beyond the feas into the realm of Great-Britain, fhall be rated according to the meafure of timber, the foot fquare three-pence for the value thereof, and according to that rule fhall pay for fubfidy twelve-pence in the pound according to all poundage; ancl all under eight inches fquare, and above five inches fquare, {hall pay for fublidy according to the rates mentioned in the Book of Rates aforefaid for middle balks, and Vol. i. all of five inches fquare, or under, fhall pay according to the rate of fmall balks. XXIV. For avoiding of all oppreffion by any of the officers of the cuftoms, in any port of this kingdom, in exacting unreaf liable fees from the merchant, by reafon of any entries, or otherwife touching the {hipping and unfhipping of any goods, wares, and merchandize: it is ordered, that no officer, clerk, or other be¬ longing to any cuftom-houfe whatfoever, fhall exad, require, or receive any other, or a greater fee, of any merchant, or other whatfoever, than fuch as are, or fhall be, eftablifhed by the com¬ mons in parliament affembled : if any officer, or other, fhall of¬ fend contrary to this order, he fhall forfeit his office and place, and be for ever after uncapable of any office in the cuftom- houfe. XXV. All fees appointed to be paid unto the cuftomer, comptroller, furveyor, or furveyor general in the port of London, for any cocket or certificate outwards, fhall be paid all together in one fum to that officer from whom the merchant is to have the cocket or certificate above, in the cuftom houfe; and after the merchant hath duly paid his cuftom and fubfidy, and other du¬ ties above, in the cuftom-houfe, as is appointed by the faid Book of Rates, he is to be mafterof, and keep his own cocket or cer¬ tificate, until he fhall {hip out his goods lo entered; when he is to deliver the fame to the head-fearcher, or his majefty’s un¬ der-fearcher in the port of London* or other ports, together with the mark and number of his goods. XX VL The officers of the cuftom-houfe for the time being fhall Allow and make good unto all perfons all fuch monies as are, or {hall be, due unto them for the half fubfidy; and alfo the Algier duty of foreign goods formerly exported, now due and unpaid. XXVII. The duties and fums of money appointed to be paid by tltfe ad of fubfidy of tonnage and poundage paffed this parliament, and by the Book of Rates therein mentioned, and no other, fhall be paid to his majefty’s officers, during the continuance of the faid ad upon goods imported or exported, any law, ftatute, or ufage to the contrary notwithftanding. Neverthelefs it is declared, that prizage of wines, the duty called butlerage, and the duty of twelve-pence upon every chalder of fea-coal exported from Newcaftle upon Tyne to any other port or ports of this realm, fhall be continued. Harbottle Grimstone, Baronet, Speaker of the Houfe of Commons. Rules, Orders, and Regulations, annexed to the ad¬ ditional Book of Rates, referred to in an ad paffed anno li Georgii primi, cap. 7. i. Any of the rates aforefaid, or any thing contained in this ad¬ ditional Book of Rates, is not to extend to alter the methods pre- feribed by law for afeertaining the values upon fuch unrated goods, wares, and merchandizes imported, as are of the growth, produd, or manufadure of the Eaft-Indies, China, or others the parts within the limits of the charters granted to the united company of merchants of England trading to the Eaft-Indies. II* To the charging any duty upon fuch forts of wood, plank, or timber, wrought, or unwrought, or any of the goods called lumber, which are to be imported duty free, by virtue of the ad made in the eighth year of his prefent majefty’s reign, on the conditions therein mentioned, during the continuance of the faid ad. HI. To charge any duty upon fuch drugs or other goods ufed in dyeing, which are to be imported duty free, by virtue of another made in the eighth year of his prefent majefty’s reign, on the con¬ ditions therein mentioned. IV. And whereas it may happen that feveral goods and merchan¬ dizes may be imported which are omitted to be rated in the Book of Rates, made in the twelfth year of the reign of king Charles II. or in the additional Book of Rates, or in fome particular ads ot parliament, in fuch cafe, the value and price of fuch goods and merchandizes for the old fubfidy (other than of thofe of India, Perfia, or China) {hall be afeertained by the oath or affirmation of merchants, in the prefence of the cuftomer, colledor, comp¬ troller, and furveyor, or any two of them; and the better to prevent frauds, and that all merchants may be upon an equal foot in trade, the colledor and comptroller, or other proper officers of the cuftoms, may open, view, and examine fuch goods and merchandizes, paying duty ad valorem, and compare the fame with the value and price thereof fo iworn to or affirmed; and if, upon fuch view and examination, it fhall appear that fuch goods or merchand.zes are not valued by fuch oath or affirmation ac¬ cording to the true value and price thereof, according to the true intent and meaning thereof; that then, and in fuch cafe, the importer and proprietor ftiall, on demand made in writing by the cuftomer or colledor and comptroller of the port where fuch ooods or merchandizes are entered, deliver, or caufe to ° U u—3 A he](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30459436_0001_0249.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
