ON GOODS IMPORTED INTO GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. A LIST OF ARTICLES either absolutely prohibited to be imported, or which are subjected to Restrictions on Importation, or on being warehoused. For further particulars, and to ascertain whether the Article is absolutely, or only conditionally prohibited, and the penalty attached to the importation contrary to the prohibition, refer to the Article in Alphabetical course, in the Table of "Duties on Foreign Goods Imported." The Penalty on Persons offering Goods for sale, under pretence of being run or prohibited, is treble the value of the goods, or 1007.-6 Geo. IV. c. 108. § 48. AN ABSTRACT OF THE NAVIGATION ACT, 6 Geo. IV., c. 109. As amended by 7 Geo. IV., c. 5 and 48; 7 and 8 Geo. IV., c.56; and 9 Geo. IV., c. 76. Barilla*, Flax, EUROPE.-The following articles, being of the growth or production of any place in Europe, viz. Raisins, Wool*, may not be imported into the United Kingdom, to be used therein, except in British ships, or in ships of the country of which the goods are the produce, or in ships of the country from which the goods are imported. ASIA, AFRICA, or AMERICA.-Goods, the produce of Asia, Africa, or America, may not be imported from Europe into the United Kingdom, to be used therein, except the following; viz.: Goods, the produce of places in Asia or Africa, within the Straits of Gibraltar, or of the dominions of the Emperor of Morocco, imported from places in Europe, within the Straits of Gibraltar. Goods, the produce of places in the interior of Asia or * Added by 7 and 8 Geo. IV. c. 56. + No goods shall be deemed to be imported from any particular place, unless 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.-7 Geo. IV. c. 107, § 46. An exception to this rule exists, in articles the produce of the dominions of Portugal and the Brazils, which, under the Portuguese treaty of 1810, may be imported for home consumption in the United Kingdom, in Portuguese or British ships, either from Brazil or Portugal. GOODS, continued. Africa*, which shall be brought to any place in Europe within the Straits of Gibraltar, through places in Asia or Africa which are within those Straits.-(7 Geo. IV. c. 48.) Goods, the produce of places within the limits of the East India Company's charter, which (having been imported into Gibraltar or Malta in British ships) may be imported from Gibraltar or Malta. Goods taken by way of reprisal by British ships. Bullion, diamonds, pearls, rubies, emeralds, and other jewels, or precious stones. Nor shall such goods be imported into the United Kingdom to be used therein, in foreign ships, unless they be the ships of the country, in Asia, Africa, or America, of which the goods are the produce, and from which they are imported, except the following; viz. :— GOODS, the produce of the dominions of the Grand Seignior, in Asia or Africa, which may be imported from his dominions in Europe, in ships of his dominions. RAW SILK and MOHAIR YARN, the produce of Asia, which may be imported from the dominions of the Grand Seignior in the Levant seas, in ships of his dominions. BULLION. All manufactured goods shall be deemed to be the produce of the country of which they are the manufacture. No goods shall be imported into the United Kingdom from the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, except in British ships. No goods shall be exported from the United Kingdom to any British possession in Asia, Africa, or America, nor to the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, except in British ships. No goods shall be carried coastwise, from one part of the United Kingdom to another, except in British ships. No goods shall be carried from any of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, to any other of such islands; nor from one part of any such islands to another part of the same, except in British ships. No goods shall be carried from any British possession in Asia, Africa, or America, to any other of such possessions; nor from one part of any such possessions to another part of the same, except in British ships. No goods shall be imported into any British possession * That is to say, the several states or dominions bordering on the seas within those Straits. GOODS, continued. in Asia, Africa, or America, in any foreign ships, unless they be ships of the country of which the goods are the produce, and from which the goods are imported*. Goods of any sort, or the produce of any place, not otherwise prohibited than by the law of navigation hereinbefore contained, may be imported into the United Kingdom from any place in a British ship; and from any place not being a British possession in a fóreign ship of any country, and however navigated, to be warehoused for exportation only. Goods imported, exported, or carried coastwise contrary to the law of navigation hereinbefore contained, shall be forfeited, and the master of the ship shall forfeit 1007. SHIPS.-No ship shall be deemed to be a British ship unless duly registered, and navigated during the whole of every voyage, in every part of the world, by a master who is a British subject, and by a crew, whereof three-fourths at least are British seament, and if employed in the coasting trade of the United Kingdom, or in a voyage between the United Kingdom and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, or from one of the said islands to another of them, or from one part of either of them to another of the same, or employed in fishing on the coasts of the United Kingdom, or of any of the said islands, then the whole of the crew must be British seamen. Ships built in the British settlements at Honduras, and owned and navigated as British, shall be deemed to be such in all direct trade between the United Kingdom or the British possessions in America, and the said settlements. No vessel shall continue to enjoy the privileges of a British ship, if repairs in a foreign country shall exceed twenty * See colonial trade, page 176, for conditions on which alone this clause can become operative. † Natives of places within the limits of the East India Company's Charter, although born in territories under the government of his Majesty, or of the said Company, are not to be deemed or taken to be British seamen for the purposes abovementioned; but any ship or vessel duly registered, manned in part with Lascars or natives of India, which shall be commanded by a British master, and navigated by four British seamen, as part of the crew, for every 100 tons of her burthen, and in that proportion, shall be deemed to be navigated according to law; as also such ships as shall sail from ports in India with a less proportion of British seamen than required by law, provided the requisite number of British seamen cannot be procured, and the governor or lieutenant-governor shall certify the same, and license such vessel to sail on her voyage. Foreigners shall likewise be deemed to hold the qualification of British seamen for the purpose of navigating ships employed in the southern whale fishery, provided they shall have been employed as masters or seamen in such service under an act of the 35 Geo. III., and shall make proof thereof before the Collector and Comptroller of the Customs at the port from whence the ship in which such foreigner last served shall have cleared out.-4 Geo. IV. c. 80; and 7 Geo. IV. c. 48. 9 Geo. IV. c. 76, § 8. SHIPS, continued. shillings for every ton burthen, unless such repairs shall have been necessary to enable her to perform the voyage in which engaged, and to return to some port or place in His Majesty's dominions. The master, on his return to any port in His Majesty's dominions, shall report such repairs (on oath) to the Collector and Comptroller of the Customs, under penalty of twenty shillings for every ton of the burthen of such ship or vessel. No British ship or vessel which has or shall become prize to an enemy, or which has been or shall be sold to foreigners, shall again be entitled to the privileges of a British ship. No ship shall be admitted to be a ship of any particular country, unless she be of the build of, or prize to, such country; or have been forfeited and legally condemned under any law of such country, made for the prevention of the slave trade; or be British built (not having been a prize of war to any foreign country;) nor unless navigated by a master who is a subject of such country, and by a crew of whom three-fourths at least are subjects of such country; nor unless wholly owned by subjects of such country usually residing therein, or under the dominion thereof. The country of every ship shall be deemed to include all places under the same dominion as the place to which such ship belongs. Remission of RECIPROCITY OF DUTIES, &c. His Majesty may, by Order in Council, authorize the importation into, or exportation from, the United Kingdom, or from any other of His Majesty's dominions, of any goods which may legally be imported or exported in foreign vessels, upon payment of the like duties, and with the like drawbacks, bounties, &c., as are charged or granted upon such goods, when imported or exported in British ships or vessels,-upon proof being laid before It must be proved, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the Customs, that the vessel was seaworthy at the time of her departure from His Majesty's dominions, and that such repairs have not exceeded what were actually necessary. + All ships of whatever build, and in whatever way acquired, being duly owned and navigated as ships of Rio de la Plata and Columbia, shall be deemed to be ships of those countries respectively, in all places under British dominion, for the term of Seven years from the date of the respective treaties with the said republics. (See Reciprocity, in page 9, for the dates of such treaties.) And the like privileges shall be extended to other countries in America, (which may not yet be provided with national merchant shipping, built and acquired in manner directed by the law of navigation,) for any term not exceeding seven years, agreed to in that behalf in any treaty between his Majesty and any of such countries respectively.-7 Geo. IV. c.5. § 1. |