RUSSIA & LEVANT DUES; DUTIES OF SCAVAGE, PACKAGE, & The Statutes brought down to the end of 59 Geo. 3. Fifth Edition. BY CHARLES POPE, CONTROLLING SURVEYOR OF THE WAREHOUSES, AND EDITOR OF THE CUSTOMS In the way that I shall now propound, the entire body and substance of the Law shall remain, only It is intolerable that the Proclamations and Orders in Council were not formed into a Book, and LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR THE COMPILER, BY BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, PATERNOSTER-ROW; ΤΟ THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES BATHURST, M. P. &c. &c. &c. CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LAncaster, oNE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRivy Council, and formerLY ONE OF THe membeRS IN PARLIAMENT FOR THE CITY OF BRISTOL. SIR, FROM the high respect which I, in common with the Inhabitants of Bristol, together with the Nation at large, entertain for your Character and Talents, I feel peculiarly gratified by the Permission to inscribe to you this Fifth Edition of THE PRACTICAL ABRIDGEMENT OF THE LAWS OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE. Few persons being so competent as yourself to judge of its execution, I shall be still further gratified, if it receive your approval. I have the honour to be, BRISTOL, August 16, 1819. SIR, Your very Faithful and Devoted Servant, CHARLES POPE. ADVERTISEMENT. THE Session of Parliament just closed has been marked by very important alterations in the Laws of Customs and Excise. Not only have the Duties of Customs been Consolidated, but the Collection of the Duties on Tobacco, Snuff, Coffee and Cocoa Nuts, Tea and Pepper, has been wholly transferred to the Excise.-Twenty-eight Acts have been passed since the date of the last Edition. The Book contains in the whole more than Eight Hundred Acts of Parliament, besides Treaties with Foreign Powers, Orders in Council, &c. all affecting the vital interests of persons in any wise connected with Foreign Trade. The Compiler, conformably to his promise, has, although at a very heavy expense, cancelled such parts of his Work as have been repealed or altered, and has substituted the whole of the new Laws, and other matters within his plan. The Regulations of our Foreign Trade must ever, from their nature, be subject to some fluctuations; but, from the passing of the Consolidation Act, and the continuance of the General Peace, it is trusted, that the subject of this Work has now obtained, in a considerable degree, that permanency so desirable both to the Purchaser and the Compiler. The Compiler having given to his Work daily attention for the last ten years, as far as his other avocations would permit, and having, he believes, neglected no opportunity to render it perfect and useful, confidently submits this Fifth Edition to public notice. CUSTOM HOUSE, BRISTOL, P. S. To prevent error in substituting the corrected pages for those removed, it has been found necessary to print the new matter with type of various sizes. Possessors of Copies dated September 1, 1818, may have such new matter separately, with which their Copies may be easily corrected. |