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Certificate required in respect of such Sugar if imported from British Posses

sions abroad.

Her Majesty,

by Order in Council, may declare the Sugars of Countries with which Her Majesty has Treaties of Reciprocity as

to Duties to be admissible at

288. and 23s. 4d. per Cwt. respectively.

ration in Writing had been made and signed before such Consul, Vice Consul, Consular Agent, or other Officer, by the Shipper of such Sugar, that the same was really and bonâ fide the Growth of the Country in which the same was so taken on board, and shall also certify that such Consul, Vice Consul, Consular Agent, or other Officer had examined the Contents of such Declaration, and believed the same to be true.

V. And be it enacted, That in case such Sugar shall be imported from any British Possession abroad the Master of the Vessel importing the same shall deliver to the Collector or Comptroller at the Port of Importation, firstly, a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the principal Officer of Customs at the Place where the same was taken on board, certifying that a Declaration in Writing had been made and signed before such principal Officer by the Shipper of such Sugar, that the same was really and bona fide the Growth of China, Java, or Manilla, or of some other of the Countries named in such Order in Council as herein-before is mentioned, and had been imported thence into such British Possession abroad as aforesaid, and also certifying that such principal Officer of Customs had examined the Contents of such Declaration, and believed the same to be true; secondly, a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the British Consul, Vice Consul, Consular Agent, or other Officer appointed in that Behalf by Her Majesty, (if any such there be,) at the Place whence such Sugar shall have been imported into such British Possession abroad, certifying that a Declaration in Writing had been made and signed before such Consul, Vice Consul, Consular Agent, or other Officer, by the Shipper of such Sugar from such Place, that the same was really and bonâ fide the Produce of the Country from whence the same shall have been so imported into such British Possession abroad, and also certifying that such Consul, Vice Consul, Consular Agent, or other Officer had examined the Contents of such Declaration, and believed the same to be true: Provided always, that in case such Sugar shall be imported into the United Kingdom from any British Possession abroad, being Part of the Territories of the East India Company, the Certificate and Declaration hereby required to be given and received by the principal Officer of Customs may be respectively given and received by any Officer appointed for that Purpose by the respective Governments of such Territories.

VI. And be it enacted, That with regard to Sugar the Growth of any Foreign Country between which Country and Her Majesty there is now subsisting any Treaty or Convention binding Her Majesty to grant to such Country, either conditionally or unconditionally, the Privileges of the most favoured Nation, or to permit, either conditionally or unconditionally, the Produce of such Country to be imported into the United Kingdom at the same Duties as are imposed upon the like Produce of any other Country, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, and She is hereby empowered, from Time to Time, by any Order or Orders in Council, to declare that from and after a Day to be named in such Order, Brown, Muscovado, or Clayed Sugar (not being refined) the Growth of such Country, in case such Treaty shall continue to subsist, shall, if imported from such Country, or from any British Possession abroad, having

been

been imported into such British Possession from such Country, be admitted to Entry for Consumption in the United Kingdom at the aforesaid respective Rates of Duty of One Pound Eight Shillings and One Pound Three Shillings and Four-pence per Hundred Weight respectively, in like Manner as Sugars the Growth and Produce of China, Java, or Manilla; and from and after the Day so to be named in such Order the Sugars therein mentioned shall, if so imported as aforesaid, be so admitted accordingly, subject, nevertheless, to the Production of the like Certificates and the making of the like Declaration as are herein-before required with respect to Sugars the Growth of China, Java, or Manilla.

VIL. And be it enacted, That in case the Privileges granted by As to such any Treaty to any Foreign Country, in respect of which any Order Treaty being in Council shall be issued under the Enactment lastly herein-before conditional. contained, shall have been granted conditionally, such Order shall expressly declare that such Foreign Country hath duly fulfilled the said Conditions, and is entitled to the said Privilege.

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VIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That if at any Time Importation of satisfactory Proof shall have been laid before Her Majesty in Sugar and MoCouncil that as respects any British Possession within the Limits lasses may be of the East India Company's Charter the Importation of Foreign lower Duty Sugar has been prohibited, it shall and may be lawful for Her from British Majesty, and She is hereby empowered, from Time to Time, by Possessions any Order or Orders in Council, to declare that Sugar and within the ComMolasses the Growth or Produce of any such British Possession pany's Charter may be imported from thence into the United Kingdom, and entered at the lower Rates of Duty herein-before imposed on Sugar and Molasses the Growth or Produce of British Possessions within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter in which the Importation of Foreign Sugar is prohibited; and from and after the Publication of such Order, whilst the same shall continue in force, the Sugars and Molasses therein mentioned may be so imported and entered accordingly.

IX. Provided always, and be it enacted, That any Sugars or Molasses the Produce of any British Possession within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter in which the Importation of Foreign Sugar is or shall be prohibited, which shall be entered for Home Use at the lower Rates of Duty herein-before imposed on Sugar and Molasses the Produce of such Possessions, shall be entered in the same and the like Manner and under the same or the like Conditions in and under which Sugar the Growth of the Presidency of Bengal might be entered for Home Use under the Provisions of an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for granting to His Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, at the lower Rate of Duty therein mentioned.

in which Foreign Sugar is prohibited.

Such Sugar and Molasses to be entered at the lower Rates of Duty, upon the Conditions on which Bengal Sugar was admissible under 6&7 W. 4. c.26.

X. And be it enacted, That the respective Bounties now pay- Bounties on able on the Exportation of certain Descriptions of Refined Sugar certain Descripfrom the United Kingdom, by an Act passed in the Session of tions of Refined Sugar. Parliament holden in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to grant certain Boun- 3&4W. 4. c.58.

ties and Allowances of Customs, and also by an Act passed in th Session of Parliament holden in the First and Second Years o

1 & 2 Vict. c. 33. the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eigh hundred and thirty-nine, certain Duties on Sugar imported int the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and by the said Act passed in the 7 & 8 Vict. c. 28. Session of Parliament holden in the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, shall, from and after the Fourteenth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, cease and determine; and that in lieu thereof there shall be paid and allowed the following Bounties; (that is to say,)

Collection of
Duties.

3&4 W.4. c. 56.

3&4W.4. c. 58.

Commissioners of Customs to

provide standard Samples of

White Clayed, &c. Sugar.

Orders in

Upon Double Refined Sugar, or Sugar equal in £ S. d.
Quality to Double Refined, for every Hundred
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Upon other Refined Sugar, in Loaf, complete and whole, or Lumps duly refined, having been perfectly clarified, and thoroughly dried in the Stove, and being of an uniform Whiteness throughout, or such Sugar, pounded, crashed, or broken, for every Hundred Weight Upon Bastard or Refined Sugar, broken in Pieces, or being ground or powdered Sugar, pounded or crashed or broken, for every Hundred Weight 0 14 O XI. And be it enacted, That the several Duties, Bounties, and Allowances by this Act imposed and allowed shall be under the Management of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs, and shall be ascertained, raised, levied, collected, paid, recovered, allowed, and applied, or appropriated under the Provisions of an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for granting Duties of Customs, and of another Act passed in the same Year, intituled An Act to grant certain Bounties and Allowances of Customs, and of any other Act or Acts in force relating to the Customs.

XII. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Customs shall forthwith provide Samples of White Clayed Sugar, and of Sugar rendered by any Process equal in Quality to White Clayed Sugar, with reference to Colour, Grain, and saccharine Matter, which Samples shall be deemed to be standard Samples, for the Purpose of comparing therewith such White Clayed Sugar, or Sugar rendered by any Process equal in Quality to White Clayed Sugar, as from and after the Fourteenth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty-five may be entered for Home Consumption; and such standard Samples shall from Time to Time be renewed whenever the said Commissioners may deem it expedient; and no Sugar shall, as regards the Payment of Duty, be deemed or taken to be White Clayed Sugar, or Sugar rendered by any Process equal in Quality to White Clayed, unless it shall, with reference to Colour, Grain, and saccharine Matter, equal the standard Samples so respectively provided by the said Commissioners.

XIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for Her Council may be Majesty, by an Order in Council, from Time to Time to revoke or

revoked.

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alter any Order in Council previously made under the Authority of this Act.

XIV. And be it enacted, That every Order in Council to be Orders in made under the Authority of this Act shall, as soon as may be Council to be after the making thereof by Her Majesty in Council, be published published. in the London Gazette.

XV. And be it enacted, That a Copy of every Order of Her Copies of Order Majesty in Council made under the Authority of this Act shall in Council to be be laid before both Houses of Parliament within Six Weeks after laid before Parliament. issuing the same, if Parliament be then sitting, and if not then within Six Weeks after the Commencement of the then next

Session of Parliament.

XVI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of amended, &c. Parliament.

CA P. VI.

An Act to repeal the Duties and Laws of Excise on Glass.
[24th April 1845.]
WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign

of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled Ăn 6 G. 4. c. 81. 'Act to repeal several Duties payable on Excise Licences in Great 'Britain and Ireland, and to impose other Duties in lieu thereof; ' and to amend the Laws for granting Excise Licences, a certain • Duty of Excise is imposed for and upon every Excise Licence to be taken out by every Glass Maker for each and every Glasshouse: And whereas by another Act passed in the First and 'Second Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An 1&2 Viet. c.44. 'Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting and securing the Duties of Excise on Glass, it is provided that upon all 'Glass made in the United Kingdom there shall be charged and ' paid the several Duties, and there shall be allowed and paid the several Drawbacks, specified in the Schedule to the last-mentioned

• Act annexed, and made Part thereof: And whereas by another 'Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of Her

' said Majesty, intituled An Act to impose upon Broad or Spread 3 & 4 Vict. c. 22. Glass the same Duties of Excise that are payable upon German ‹ Sheet Glass, it is provided that upon all Broad or Spread Glass 'there shall be charged and paid the same Amount of Duty, and there shall be allowed and paid the same Drawbacks, as on • German Sheet Glass, under the Provisions of the said recited Act of the First and Second Years of Her said Majesty: And 'whereas by another Act passed in the Seventh and Eighth Years

of the Reign of Her said Majesty, intituled An Act to repeal 7&8 Vict. c. 25. the Duty of Excise on Vinegar, and to make the Duties and Drawbacks now payable on Flint Glass the same as on Bottle ⚫ Glass, the Duties and Drawbacks granted and allowed by the 'said recited Act of the First and Second Years of Her said Majesty upon Flint Glass are repealed, and other Duties and 'Drawbacks granted and allowed in lieu thereof: And whereas 'it is expedient that the said several Duties and Drawbacks should cease: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,

After 5th April 1845, the Du

ties and Drawbacks on Glass

to cease, save as

and as to Arrears and Pe

nalties.

Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, all Duties of Excise now payable upon or for or in respect of any Glass Maker or Glass-house, or any Glass made in the United herein excepted, Kingdom, and all Drawbacks on the Exportation of such Glass from the United Kingdom, shall cease, and be no longer charged, raised, levied, collected, allowed, or paid, and that the several Acts, Clauses, Provisions, and Regulations for charging, raising, levying, collecting, allowing, and paying the said several Duties and Drawbacks shall not from and after the said Fifth Day of April be enforced or executed; save and except for the Purpose of recovering any Duties incurred or charged on or before the said Fifth Day of April, or any Arrears thereof, the same not being Duties charged on Glass which has been warehoused on the Manufacture thereof free of Duty on or after the Fifteenth Day of February One thousand eight hundred and forty-five; and save and except for or in respect of any Drawback payable under the said recited Acts or any of them for Glass exported at any Time previous to the Fifteenth Day of June One thousand eight hundred and fortyfive, which Glass has been packed for Exportation under the usual Regulations on or before the said Fifth Day of April; and save and except for the Purpose of recovering any Fine, Penalty, or Forfeiture for the Breach of any of the said Acts, Clauses, Provisions, or Regulations committed previous to the said Fifth Day of April; but that all such Duties and Arrears (not being as aforesaid), and all such Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures, may be recovered, levied, enforced, and applied, and all such Drawbacks allowed and paid, in the same Manner, and by the same Powers and Authorities, as if this Act had not been passed.

The Treasury may grant an Allowance in respect of the

Duties on the Stock in hand of Manufacturers of and Dealers in

Crown or Plate

Glass or Manufacturers of Bottle Glass,

of which an

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II. And whereas for the Purpose of making certain Allowances to Manufacturers of and Dealers in Plate Glass, Crown or German Sheet Glass, and to Manufacturers of Bottle Glass, 'made and manufactured in the United Kingdom, for and in respect of their Stock in hand of such Glass respectively, on which the respective Duties thereon have been paid or secured to be paid, such Glass has been permitted to be packed as the like Goods when intended for Exportation to Foreign Parts, and warehoused under the Charge of the Officers of Excise, or other'wise deposited with and taken account of by the Officers of 'Excise;' be it enacted, That upon all Crown and German Sheet Glass, and upon all common Bottles, Vessels, and Utensils of common Bottle Metal, which have been so warehoused, deposited, or been taken by taken account of as aforesaid, and which on or before the Twelfth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-five are, on Re-examination, found conformable to such previous Account thereof as aforesaid, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland may, for and in respect of the Duties thereon respectively paid, allow to the Manufacturers or Dealers to whom such Glass respectively belongs a Sum of Money equivalent to the Drawback to which such Glass respectively would have been entitled if the same respectively had been exported to Foreign Parts previous to the Sixth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-five,

Account has

the Officers of Excise.

deducting

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