OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "THE BRITISH TARIFF" for 1848-9 was issued to-day, and contains, besides the usual revised Tables of Duties, much information connected with the Custom-house regulations and Commercial Waterside Practice."-Times, Oct. 4, 1848. "We beg to recommend to the public a little volume bearing the comprehensive title of THE BRITISH TARIFF,' which combines the most useful and important information that can be offered to any mercantile community. In a notice of this description it would be impossible to render the contents of this volume attractive to our readers. A copious Index proves that no branch of our fiscal laws or regulations has escaped the notice of the author; and this admirably useful work must become the manual of every counting-house in the United Kingdom."-Morning Chronicle, Oct. 5, 1848. "Mr. Edwin Beedell, of the Custom-house, has rendered an essential service to the mercantile community and the public in general, by the New Edition of his BRITISH TARIFF.' The possession of such a work as this, useful to all classes as it must be, would not be less useful to members of the legislature. It would be the saving to them of much time and trouble, for herein they would find, in a convenient form, a body of Customs' laws and practice for immediate reference, which otherwise could be obtained only by the laborious consultation of Parliamentary Records, Acts of Parliament, &c. &c."-Daily News. Oct. 5, 1848. "The 26th Annual Edition of this very useful book has just been published. It has been considerably extended beyond its former limits, and not the least important is the practical exposition of the regulations affecting the export branch of the Customs. The great number of editions it has already reached is the proof of its utility; every year sees it improved and made more worthy of the extensive patronage it receives."— Economist, Oct. 7, 1848. "We have, on more than one occasion, had to speak in terms of the highest commendation of Mr. Beedell's exceedingly useful, and to all engaged in mercantile affairs, invaluable little volumes. The one now before us is infinitely superior to any of its predecessors, and contains, in addition to the numerous articles which appeared in the previous volumes, abstracts of all the recent acts relating to the Customs and Shipping. The volume in fact is a perfect handbook, and is a necessary appendage to every counting-house and office."-Journal of Commerce, Oct. 7, 1848. "This useful work contains tables of the duties payable on goods imported into, and exported from, the United Kingdom, and into the Isle of Man, the island of Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, the district of Natal, South Africa, Adelaide, Hobart Town, Ceylon, New Zealand, St. Helena, the British Possessions. It also contains a large amount of other interesting matter, which must render it a great acquisition to mercantile men."-Observer, Sept. 26, 1847. "Bad as the times may be, no man engaged in trade can invest five shillings better than in the purchase of this most useful, accurate, and comprehensive work. We are not surprised to see that it has a most extensive list of mercantile patrons."Western Times, Sept. 18, 1847. The British Possessions Abroad; BOUNTIES AND DRAWBACKS OF THE CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE; THE COUNTERVAILING DUTIES; THE RUSSIA COMPANY'S DUES; THE WRECK AND SALVAGE ACT; THE PASSENGERS' ACT, 1849; THE NEW NAVIGATION ACT; THE BRITISH SPIRITS' WAREHOUSING ACT: ALSO ABSTRACTS OF THE Laws relating to the Entry, Landing, Warehousing and Clearance of Foreign Goods; A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TABLE OF SHIPS' STORES, Showing the Description and Quantity of Articles to be Shipped for any Duration of Voyage; WAREHOUSING PORTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, WITH THEIR SUBPORTS AND CREEKS, Together with the Names of the COLLECTORS, CONTROLLERS, and other PRINCIPAL OFFICERS stationed thereat, respectively; A LIST OF THE RECEIVERS OF DROITS OF ADMIRALTY; THE WATERSIDE PRACTICE OF THE CUSTOMS PRACTICALLY ILLUSTRATED, WITH ALL NECESSARY EXAMPLES AND FORMS: LIKEWISE Orders in Council, Treasury and Customs' Orders, and other Miscellaneous Matter, useful to Members of Parliament, Merchants, Ship Owners, Revenue Officers, Warehousekeepers, Gentlemen travelling Abroad, and Persons engaged in Foreign Trade. BY EDWIN BEEDELL, OF THE OFFICE OF EXAMINER AND PRINCIPAL CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS, CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON. LONDON: BAILY BROTHERS, 3, ROYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, NO CORNHILL. 23272. PREFACE. THE legislative changes of the past session of Parliament, although few in number as respects fiscal and commercial matters, are nevertheless most comprehensive and important in their nature. These changes have been effected by an Amended Customs' Act, which levies new rates of duty on certain articles; viz. :-Embroidery and Needlework, Articles of Green Glass, unenumerated Wines the Produce of a British Possession, and Kiln-dried Coffee. It also embraces new regulations for facilitating the public business, and enacts provisions for the greater security of the Revenue. By the Passengers' Act, 1849, which came into operation on the 1st of October last, and which was passed for the desirable purpose of regulating the build, fittings, equipment, and provisioning of Passenger Ships, the supply of medicines and medical aid to Emigrants, substantial service will have been rendered to the class of persons for whose benefit its provisions were enacted. But by far the most important of these changes is that contemplated by the Amended Navigation Act, which is to take effect from and after the 1st of January, 1850, when the whole of the restrictions imposed by the laws of Navigation will be swept away, 'and the comprehensive principle established of admitting into this country, or into any British Possession, goods of any sort, in a ship of any country, from any part of the world: all restrictions, however, that were heretofore deemed necessary for the safety of the state, or for the protection of revenue and mercantile interests, limiting the size of packages and the tonnage of vessels, and prohibiting the importation of foreign articles purporting to be British, remain intact, and will. be found detailed in the first two chapters of this work. Notwithstanding the extensiveness of the scope |