PROHIBITIONS and RESTRICTIONS, continued. with Lace, Fringe, Cord, Embroidery, Tambour Work, or Buttons, made in the Gold or Silver Lace Manufactory, or set upon Silk, or made into Bullion, Spangles, or Pearl, or any other Materials made in the Gold or Silver Lace Manufactory, or which shall imitate, or be meant to imitate, such Lace, Fringe, Cord, Embroidery, Tambour Work, or Buttons: nor shall any person export any Copper, Brass, or other Metal, which shall be silvered or drawn into Wire, or flatted into Plate, or made into Bullion, Spangles, or Pearl, or any other Materials used in the Gold or Silver Lace Manufactory, or in imitation of such Lace, Fringe, Cord, Embroidery, Tambour Work, or Buttons, or of any of the Materials used in making the same, and which shall hold more or bear a greater proportion than three pennyweights of fine Silver to the pound avoirdupois of such Copper, Brass, or other Metal. Any Metal inferior to Silver, whether gilt, silvered, stained, or coloured, or otherwise, which shall be worked up or mixed with Gold or Silver, in any Manufacture of Lace, Fringe, Cord, Embroidery, Tambour Work, or Buttons. TOOLS and UTENSILS, viz. :-any Machine, Engine, Tool, Press, Paper, Utensil, or Instrument used in or proper for the preparing, working, pressing, or finishing of the Woollen, Cotton, Linen, or Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom, or any other Goods, wherein Wool, Cotton, Linen, or Silk, is used, or any part of such Machines, Engines, Tools, Presses, Paper, Utensils, or Instruments, or any Model or Plan thereof, or any part thereof; except Wool Cards, or Stock Cards, not worth above 4s. per pair, and Spinners' Cards, not worth above 1s. 6d. per pair, used in Woollen Manufactures. Blocks, Plates, Engines, Tools, or Utensils, commonly used in or proper for the preparing, working up, or finishing of the Calico, Cotton, Muslin, or Linen Printing Manufactures, or any part of such Blocks, Plates, Engines, Tools, or Utensils. Rollers, either plain, groved, or of any other form or denomination, of Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, or Steel, for the rolling of Iron, or any sort of Metals, and Frames, Beds, Pillars, Screws, Pinions, and each and PROHIBITIONS and RESTRICTIONS, continued. every Implement, Tool, or Utensil_thereunto belonging; Rollers, Slitters, Frames, Beds, Pillars, and Screws for Slitting Mills; Presses of all sorts, in Iron and Steel, or other Metals, which are used with a Screw ex. 1 in. in diameter, or any parts of these several Articles, or any Model of the before-mentioned Utensils, or any part thereof; all sorts of Utensils, Engines, or Machines used in the casting or boring of Cannon, or any sort of Artillery, or any parts thereof, or any Models of Tools, Utensils, Engines, or Machines used in such casting or boring, or any parts thereof; Hand Stamps, Dog-Head Stamps, Pulley Stamps, Hammers, and Anvils for Stamps, Presses of all sorts, called cutting-out Presses, Beds or Punches to be used therewith, either in parts or pieces, or fitted together; scoring or shading Engines; Presses for Horn Buttons, Dies for Horn Buttons; rolled Metal, with Silver thereon; parts of Buttons not fitted up into Buttons, or in an unfinished state; Engines for chasing, Stocks for casting Buckles, Buttons, or Rings; Die-sinking Tools of all sorts; Engines for making Buttonshanks; Laps of all sorts; Tools for pinching of Glass, Engines for covering of Whips; Bars of Metal, covered with Gold or Silver, and burnishing Stones, commonly called Blood Stones, either in the rough state or finished for use; Wire Moulds for making Paper; Wheels of Metal, Stone, or Wood, for cutting, roughing, smoothing, polishing, or engraving Glass; Purcellas, Pincers, Shears, and Pipes used in blowing Glass; Potters' Wheels and Lathes for plain, round, and Engine turning; Tools used by Saddlers, Harness Makers, and Bridle Makers, viz.— Candle Strainers, Side Strainers, Point Strainers, Creasing Irons, Screw Creasers, Wheel Irons, Seat Irons, Pricking Irons, Bolstering Irons, Clams, and Head Knives. Frames for making Wearing Apparel. A List of Goods which may be prohibited to be exported, by Proclamation or Order in Council. ARMS*, Ammunition, and Gunpowder. Fowling pieces and gun stocks are to be considered as within the meaning of this prohibition. Min. Com. Cus., 2 March, 1809. But notwithstanding, as PROHIBITIONS and RESTRICTIONS, continued. MILITARY and NAVAL STORES, and any articles (except copper,) which his Majesty shall judge capable of being converted into, or made useful in, increasing the quantity of Military or Naval stores. PROVISIONS, or any sort of victual which may be used as food by man. And if any goods shall be exported, or be waterborne to be exported from the United Kingdom, contrary to any of the prohibitions or restrictions before mentioned, the same shall be forfeited.-6 Geo. IV. c. 107, § 99. 6 Geo. IV. c. 108, § 33. HOLIDAYS. No day shall be kept by the Customs, except Christmas Day and Good Friday, in every year; and any days appointed by his Majesty's proclamation for the purpose of a general fast or thanksgiving; and also the anniversaries of the birth-day of his Majesty, and of his successors.—6 Geo. IV. c. 106, § 13. PRELIMINARY REMARKS TO THE SCHEDULE OF DUTIES ON" FOREIGN GOODS IMPORTED." The prohibitions and restrictions which are imposed by the laws in force, are all, as far as relate to particular goods imported into Great Britain and Ireland, fully stated Prohibitions in the following tables, under the head of each article; but as there are various prohibitions applicable to the entire produce of certain countries, reference must be made to the Act of Nayigation in page 3, where all these general restraints and indulgences are brought together. and Restrictions. For the duty on goods not particularly described or charged with duty in alphabetical course, either specially by name, or under the general head to which they may belong, Goods not specifically rated. as Bark, Berries, Essence, Extract, Gum, Skins, Wood, Wool, &c. see the two last articles in the Table of Duties on Foreign Goods Imported. The whole of the duties, drawbacks, &c., in the following a matter of grace, passengers will be allowed when embarking for the continent, to take with them such fire arms as may be necessary for their self-protection or amusement, provided there be no reason to suppose, either from the quantity of arms in the possession of any individual, or from other circumstances, that such arms are intended for other purposes, than for amusement or self-defence. PRELIMINARY REMARKS, continued. c. 111, ex Duties, &c., by what act levied. Hope. of Mauritius The Cape of Good Hope, and the territories and dependencies thereof, shall be deemed to be within the limits of the East India Company's Charter for Cape of Good the purposes of the Act 6 Geo. IV. c. 111, for granting duties of Customs. And the Island shall be deemed for the like purposes to be one of his Majesty's Sugar Colonies, and placed upon the same footing, in all respects, as his Majesty's islands in the West Indies. And the Island of Malta is to be deemed to be in Europe. 6 Geo. IV. c. 111, § 12. Island of Mauritius. Island of Malta. Goods the produce of places within the limits of the East India Com pany's Charter, may be import All goods the produce of places within the limits of the East India Company's Charter*, having been imported into Malta or Gibraltar in British ships, shall, upon subsequent importation into the United Kingdom direct from thence, be liable to the same duties as if imported direct from some place within the limits of the said Charter. 6 Geo. IV. c. 111, § 13. Goods condemned as droits of Admiralty, are liable to the payment of duties, provided they do not come under the denomination of goods derelict, jetsam, flotsam, or lagan.-Min. Com. Cus. 21 Dec. 1803. ed from Malta and Gibraltar. Droits of Admiralty liable to duties. necessary in each Remains of stores and live stock of ves sels. A separate application to the board is not case, for the admission to entry for private use of the remains of stores and live stock of vessels arriving in this country, provided the proper officers take care to limit the indulgence to the quantities ordinarily brought as remains of stores; and in all other cases to require the parties to make their applications to the board. -Min. Com. Cus. 3 May, 1825. * According to the preceding clause, articles the produce of the Cape of Good Hope will be included in this privilege. Abbreviations used in the Work. For B. P. read-British Possessions. T. O. or Treas. Order-Treasury Order. C. O. or Min. Com. Cus.-Commissioners' Order, or ex. exceeding. ft. feet. in. inches. On the importation, and before the delivery, of any goods of similar descriptions to such British manufactured articles as are subject to an inland duty of Excise, the Commissioners of the Customs may direct such mark or stamp to be put thereon as they may deem fit and proper for the security of the revenue; -penalty on forging such stamps 2007.-10 Geo. IV. c. 43, § 6. ELLIS'S LAWS OF THE CUSTOMS, 1 vol. 8vo. (1826), Price ll. 18. Or with Supplementary Numbers to the Year 1829, inclusive, 17. 10s. A POCKET EDITION OF THE BRITISH TARIFF, Shewing the Duties Payable on Foreign Goods imported into Great Britain and And, A COASTING VESSEL'S CARGO BOOK, (Required to be kept by the Masters of all Coasting Vessels, pursuant to the Act 6, Geo. 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