THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE OFFICERS' GAUGING MANUAL. GAUGING AND Operations in Bond. PRICE TWO SHILLINGS. GAUGING AND OPERATIONS IN BOND: BEING Practical Instructions in Gauging; CONTAINING A TABLE TO FIND THE ULLAGE ; RE GAUGING BY THE WET INCHES AND VACUITY; CALCULATION OF VACUITY UNDER AN INCH; CALCULATION OF PROOF ON HEAD ROD; WAREHOUSING OF WINES AND SPIRITS, AND MODE OF MAKING UP LANDING OR RED BOOK; RACKING, BLENDING, VATTING, REDUCING, BOTTLING, FORTIFYING, FINING, SWEETENING, AND COLOURING; ALSO, EXAMPLES OF EACH OPERATION, AND MODE OF MAKING UP BOOK RULES FOR FINDING THE CONTRACTION OF BULK IN A REDUCING THE GENERAL ORDERS ON WET GOODS ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF CUSTOMS SINCE JANUARY, 1876; THE QUESTIONS GIVEN AT RECENT COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENTS OF EXAMINING OFFICER AND GAUGER; AND A LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF CUSTOMS AT THE PORTS AND CREEKS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM; JOHN OSBORNE MACDEANU CLERK AND EXAMINING OFFICER, H.M. CUSTOMS, ZANA. UMFRIES. ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL. 232. f. 216 PREFACE. THE first edition of this work was specially designed as a guide to Out-Door Officers in Her Majesty's Customs whose duties, on promotion to the rank of Examining Officer and Gauger, necessitated immediate practical instructions in Gauging and the attendant operations allowed to be performed in Bond. The present edition, embracing all the important regulations issued since first publication, has been carefully revised, and— by the extension of the Index to the General Orders, and by placing the Board's order or authority at the end of the paragraph to which it refers—will also form a handy book of reference to all engaged in the superintendence of the various operations. It is hoped that the List of Officers, the Departmental Examination Questions, and the Collectors' Grade or Class, will be looked upon by the Officers as a valuable Addenda to the work. DUMFRIES, 1st November, 1877. |