Privy Council, have declared that such foreign country hath so fulfilled the said conditions, and is entitled to the said privileges. V. And be it enacted, that nothing contained in this Act, or any other Act passed in the present session of Parliament, shall extend to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the 4th year of the reign of His late Majesty King George IV, [c. 77,] intitutled "An Act to authorize His Majesty, under certain circumstances, to regulate the duties and drawbacks on goods imported or exported in foreign vessels, and to exempt certain foreign vessels from pilotage," nor to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act passed in the 5th year of the reign of His said late Majesty, [c. 50,] among other things, to amend the last-mentioned Act; and that all trade and intercourse between the British possessions and all foreign countries shall be subject to the powers granted to His said late Majesty by those Acts. VI. And be it enacted, that the several sorts of goods enumerated or described in the table following, denominated "A Table of Prohibitions and Restrictions," are hereby prohibited to be imported or brought, either by sea or by inland carriage or navigation into the British possessions in America or the Mauritius, or shall be so imported or brought only under the restrictions mentioned in such table, according as the several sorts of such goods are set forth therein (that is to say); A TABLE OF PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS. Gunpowder. Ammunition, Arms, or Utensils of War. [Prohibited to be imported, except from the United Kingdom, or from some other British possessions.] Coffee Kingdom) Molasses Rum .. Being the produce or manufacture of any British possession within the limits of the East India Company's charter (except and subject as hereinafter is provided), or, being of foreign produce or manufacture. [Prohibited to be imported into any of the British possessions on the continent of South America or in the West Indies (the Bahama and Bermuda Islands not included), or into the Mauritius, except to be warehoused for exportation only, and may also be prohibited to be imported into the Bahama or Bermuda Islands by Her Majesty's Order in Council.] Base or counterfeit coin. [Prohibited to be imported.] And if any goods shall be imported or brought into any of the British possessions in America or the Mauritius contrary to any of the prohibitions or restrictions mentioned in such table in respect of such goods, the same shall be forfeited; and if the ship or vessel in which such goods shall be imported be of less burden than 60 tons, such ship or vessel shall also be forfeited. VII. Provided always, and be it enacted, that it shall be lawful to import into any British possessions in the West Indies and South America, and into the Mauritius, any coffee the produce of any British posessions within the limits of the East India Company's charter, and also any sugar the produce of any British possession within the limits of the East India Company's charter, into which the importation of sugar the produce of any foreign country, or of any British possession into which foreign sugar may be legally imported, has been prohibited, and also any rum the produce of any British possession within the limits of the East India Company's charter, into which the importation of rum the produce of any foreign country, or of any British possession into which foreign sugar or rum may be legally imported, has been prohibited: provided nevertheless, that no such coffee, sugar, or rum shall be entered in any British possession in the West Indies or South America, or in the Island of Mauritius, as being the produce of any British possession within the limits of the East India Company's charter, from which the same may be so legally imported, unless the master of the ship importing the same shall have delivered to the collector or principal officer of the Customs at the port of importation such certificate of origin as hereinafter is mentioned, under the hand and seal of the proper officer at the place where the same shall have been taken on board; and such master shall also make and subscribe a declaration before the proper officer of the Customs that such certificate was received by him at the place where such coffee, sugar, or rum was taken on board, and that the coffee, sugar, or rum so imported is the same as is mentioned therein; and such certificate of origin shall, as regards coffee, certify that a declaration in writing had been made and signed before the officer giving such certificate, the contents of which he believed to be true, by the shipper of such coffee, that the same was really and bona fide the produce of some British possession; and such certificate of origin shall, as respects sugar, state the name of the district in which such sugar was produced, the quantity and quality thereof, the number and denomination of the packages containing the same, and the name of the ship in which they were laden, and of the master thereof, and the officer giving the same; the shipper of such sugar shall likewise certify that there had been produced a certificate under the hand and seal of the collector or assistant collector of the Land or Customs Revenue of the district within which such sugar was produced, that such sugar was the produce of such district, and that the importation into such district of foreign sugar or sugar the growth of any British possession into which foreign sugar can be legally imported, is prohibited; and such certificate of origin shall, as respects rum, state the name of the district in which such rum was produced, the quantity and strength thereof, the number and denomination of the packages containing the same, and the name of the ship in which they were laden, and of the master thereof, and shall also testify that there had been produced to the party giving such certificate, by the shipper of such rum, a certificate under the hand and seal of the collector or assistant collector of the Land or Customs Revenue of the district, within which such rum was produced, that the same was the production of such district. VIII. And be it enacted, that all coffee, sugar, molasses, and rum (although the same may be of British plantations) exported from any of the British possessions in America, into which the like goods of foreign production can be legally imported, shall upon subsequent importation from thence into any of the British possessions in America or the Mauritius into which such goods, being of foreign production, cannot be legally imported, or into the United Kingdom, be deemed to be of foreign production, and shall be liable on such importation respectively, to the same duties or the same forfeitures as articles of the like description, being of foreign production, would be liable to, unless the same shall have been warehoused, under the provisions of this Act, and exported from the warehouse direct to such other British possession, or to the United Kingdom, as the case may be. IX. And be it enacted, that any books wherein the copyright shall be subsisting, first composed or written or printed in the United Kingdom, and printed or reprinted in any other country, shall be and are hereby absolutely prohibited to be imported into the British possesssions abroad: provided always, that no such books shall be prohibited to be imported as aforesaid unless the proprietor of such copyright, or his agent, shall have given notice in writing to the Commissioners of Customs that such copyright subsists, and in such notice shall have stated when the copyright will expire; and the said Commissioners shall cause to be made, and to be publicly exposed at the several ports in the British posessions abroad, from time to time, printed lists of books respecting which such notice shall have been duly given, and all books imported contrary thereto shall be forfeited. X. And be it enacted. that if any aricles of foreign manufacture, and any packages of such articles bearing any names, brands, or marks of manufacturers resident in the United Kingdom, shall be imported into any of the British possessions abroad, the same shall be forfeited. XI. And be it enacted, that there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto Her Majesty the several duties of Customs, as the same are respectively set forth in figures in the Table of Duties hereinafter contained, upon goods, wares, and merchandize not being the growth, production, or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any of the British possessions in America, or of the Mauritius, or of any of the British possessions within the limits of the East India Company's charter, or the produce of any of the British fisheries imported or brought into any of the British possessions in America or the Mauritius, by sea or inland carriage or navigation. TABLE OF Duties. Wheat flour, the barrel of 196 lbs. Fish of foreign taking or curing, dried or salted, the cwt. 2 0 Refined sugar, the produce of and refined in foreign countries, 20 per cent. ad valorem. Tea, unless imported direct from China, or unless imported from the United Kingdom, or from any of the British possessions, per pound Spirits: Rum Other spirits and cordials per gallon .. 0 1 Oil, blubber, fins, and skins, the produce of fish and creatures living in the sea, of foreign fishing, 15 per cent. ad valorem. Articles not enumerated, except such as are comprised or referred to in the subjoined Table of Exemptions, 4 per cent. ad valorem. And if in any of the goods herein before charged with duty, except sugar, shall be imported through the United Kingdom, (having been warehoused therein, and being exported from the warehouse, or the duties thereon, if there paid, having been drawn back,) such goods shall only be charged with three-fourths of the duties herein before imposed. TABLE OF EXEMPTIONS. Coin, bullion, and diamonds Horses, mules, asses, neat cattle, and all other live stock Hay and straw Tallow and raw hides Salt Rice Corn and grain unground Biscuit or bread Meal or flour, except wheat flour Fresh fish Fruit and vegetables, fresh Wood and lumber Tortoiseshell Manures of all kinds Specimens illustrative of Natural Herrings taken and cured by the or from British Possessions And also such of the following articles, (namely,) Cotton wool Hemp, flax, and tow Drugs Gums and Resins Fisherman's clothing Flour Oakum Butter Pitch Cheese Tar Molasses Turpentine [ware bait Corkwood Leather and Leather as shall be imported for the use of the British fisheries in America into any place at or from whence any such fishery is carried on. XII. And be it enacted, that the Commissioners of Customs, or the principal officer of Customs at the place of importation, shall make and establish such regulations as may be necessary for the purpose of ascertaining that such articles as last aforesaid are bond fide intended to be applied for the use of such fisheries, or that such provisions and stores as aforesaid are bona fide imported or supplied for the use of Her Majesty's land and sea forces. |