Navigation. Foreigners navigating Ships in Southern XXIII. AND whereas by an Act passed in the Thirtyfifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for further encouraging and regulating the Southern Whale Fisheries, certain Foreigners were Whale Fishery. permitted to be employed as Masters or Seamen in navigating Ships employed in such Fisheries: And whereas the said Act will from and after the Fifth Day of July next be repealed; and it is expedient to continue such Privilege to Persons who have been actually so employed; - BE it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Person who shall have been actually so employed under the Authority of the said Act, to go before the Collector and Controller of the Customs at the Port from whence the Ship in which he last so served shall have cleared out for the Voyage on which he was employed in the same, and make Proof of such Service to the Satisfaction of such Collector and Controller, and thereupon such Collector and Controller shall enrol the Name of such Person, and shall give to him a Certificate of such Proof, and such Person producing such Certificate shall at all Times thereafter be deemed to hold the Qualification of a British Seaman for the Purpose of navigating any Ship employed in the Southern Whale Fisheries; any thing in the Law of Navigation to the contrary notwithstanding. (1) Jurisdiction under Act 6 G. 4. c. 108. extended to Navigation Law. Register. 6 G. 4. c. 110. Ships built in Owners in United King XXIV. AND be it further enacted, That all Penalties and Forfeitures incurred under the said Act for the Encouragement of British Shipping and Navigation, shall be sued for, prosecuted, recovered, and disposed of, or shall be mitigated or restored, in like Manner as any Penalty or Forfeiture can be sued for, prosecuted, recovered, and disposed of, or may be mitigated or restored, under the before-mentioned Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, for the Prevention of Smuggling. XXV. AND whereas another Act was passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for the registering of British Vessels ;-and it is expedient to alter and amend the same in manner herein-after provided: AND whereas by the said Act it is provided, that if any Ship be built in Asia, Africa, or America, for Owners residing in the United (1) See 6 Geo. 4. Cap. 109. § 16. and that such Kingdom, a Certificate (1) therein mentioned shall be given any Register. dom to have Certificate to navigate for Two Years. of Sale in Book of intended Registry. XXVI. AND whereas by the said Act for registering Entry of Bill British Ships, Provision is made for the entering of Bill of Sale of any Ship or Vessel, or any Share thereof,in the Book of Registry at the Port where such Ship or Vessel is registered, or in the Book of intended Registry at any other Port at which she is about to be registered de novo (2); — BE it enacted, That such Entry in the Book of intended Registry shall not be made until all the Requisites of Law for the immediate Registry of the Ship or Vessel in such Book have been complied with; NOR shall such Entry be valid or certified on the Bill of Sale until the Registry de novo of the Ship or Vessels shall have been duly made, and the Certificate thereof granted. XXVII. AND whereas the Company of Merchants of Levant England trading to the Levant Seas has been dissolved; Company. BE it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Person who was a Member of the said Company at the Time of its Dissolution, and who was a Resident at any of the Factories (3) of the said Company, to continue to own any Share or Shares in any British registered Ship, of which at the Time of such Residence he was an Owner or Part Owner, although such Person shall continue to reside at any of the Places where such Factories had existed prior to the Dissolution of the said Company. XXVIII. AND whereas another Act was passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for granting Duties of Customs; and it is expedient to alter and amend (1) See 6 Geo. 4. Cap. 110. § 12.; and note this Extension. Duties. 6 G. 4. c. 111. Duties. Goods the Places. BE it the same in manner herein-after provided; therefore enacted, That whenever lower Duties are charged Produce of and upon the Importation of any of the Goods herein-after imported from mentioned as being -the Produce of particular Places, particular such Goods shall not be deemed to be the Produce of such Places unless they be also imported from such Places; that is to say, Almonds, Arrow Root or Powder, Bark, Cocus Wood, Copper, Fustic, Ginger, Granilla, Hemp, Hides, Honey, Indigo, Logwood, Marmalade, Cashew Nuts, Cocoa Nuts, Pimento, Rhubarb, Rosin, Sarsaparilla, Sponge, Succades, Sugar, Tamarinds, Tar, Tortoiseshell, and Turmeric. (1) Cambrics and other Linens not rated according to the Number of Threads. Ad valorem Duty outwards. Sweetened XXIX. AND whereas in the "Table of Duties of Customs Inwards," to the said Act for granting Duties of Customs annexed, certain rated Duties are imposed upon the several Sorts of Linen therein mentioned, some of which are to be ascertained according to the Number of Threads to the Inch of Warp of such Linen, and an Option is given to the Importer to pay a Duty of Forty Pounds for every One hundred Pounds of the Value of the Linen, instead of any of the rated Duties so imposed; BE it therefore enacted and declared, That from and after the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, such Option shall not be deemed to extend to Cambrics, or to any other Sort of Linen, the rated Duties of which are not to be ascertained according to the Number of Threads in the same. (2) XXX. AND whereas by the said Act a Duty of Ten Shillings for every One hundred Pounds of the Value of certain Goods is charged upon the Exportation thereof; BE it therefore enacted, That such Duty shall not be charged upon any Goods which are subject to any other Export Duty. (3) XXXI. AND whereas it is expedient to make further Provisions for charging suitable Duties on Rum which shall have been sweetened by the colouring Matter necessarily (1) See 6 Geo. 4. Cap. 111. Table of Duties Inwards; and in each Case after "Produce of," insert" and imported from." (2) See 6 Geo. 4. Cap. 111., Table; and note this Exception. Duties. mixed with the same; BE it therefore enacted, That Rum the Produce of the British Possessions in America shall not be liable to the Duty charged on sweetened Spirits, unless the actual Strength thereof shall exceed the Strength denoted by Sykes's Hydrometer by more than Ten Degrees per Centum; - and that in lieu of such Duty, there shall be charged upon every Degree per Centum (1) more than Three Degrees and not more than Ten Degrees by which the actual Strength of any such Rum shall exceed the Strength denoted by Sykes's Hydrometer, a Duty of Nine Shillings and Sixpence : PROVIDED always, that if the Importer of any such Rum cannot make a perfect Entry thereof for Payment of the proper Duty on the actual Strength of the same (2), it shall be lawful for such Importer to demand in Writing upon the Entry, that Trial be made of the actual Strength of such Rum, (he paying the Expence of such Trial), instead of entering such Rum for the Payment of Duty upon any stated Number of such excessive Degrees of Strength:- PROVIDED also, that all Trials of the actual Strength of Rum shall be made by some skilful Person appointed by the Commissioners of the Customs for such Purpose. XXXII. AND be it further enacted, That the East India East India Company shall be allowed to export Stores, Provisions, Company's (1) See 6 Geo. 4. Cap. 111. Table, Duties charged according to Strength. Every Degree of Strength above the Strength of Proof is equivalent to One per Centum increase of Measure. Thus, the Duty on 500 Gallons of Rum, denoted by the Hydrometer to be Twelve Degrees above the Strength of Proof, is charged in the following Manner : 500 Gallons Rum, at ...... 8s. 6d. 60 Gallons Overproof, at 8s. 6d. If the actual Strength of such Rum exceed the Strength denoted by the Hydrometer by Five Degrees, the additional Charge under this Act, for Two of those Degrees (allowing Three for colouring), will be made thus: 10 Gallons, excessive Strength, at 9s. 6d. - (2) See 6 Geo. 4. Cap. 107. § 18. Parties are bound, in all Cases, to enter their Goods, so that proper Duties can be computed according to the Tenor of the Entry. If, therefore, this Demand of Trial (which is analogous to à Sight Entry) be not made, and, upon Trial made by the Officers, it be found that the proper Strengths have not been stated, the Rum will not have been duly entered, and will be forfeited. with the Strength entered, no Trial of the But if the Officers be satisfied Stores. Duties. Duty on sent Coast wise. Duty on Coals brought Coastwise to any Port in Wales. 7° GEO. 4. Utensils of War, and Necessaries for maintaining their Garrisons and Settlements, free of all Duties; so as the Duties hereby remitted (1), if they had been to be paid, would not have exceeded or do not exceed, in any one Year, the Sum of Three hundred Pounds. XXXIII. AND whereas, in a Table to the said Act for granting Duties of Customs annexed, denominated “A Table of Duties Coastwise," a Duty of One Shilling the Chaldron is imposed upon certain Small Coals shipped to be sent Coastwise from the Ports of Newcastle or Sunderland to any Port in England or Wales, and such Coals are not subject to the Duty imposed in the said Table upon Coals brought Coastwise; BE it therefore enacted, That the said Duty of One Shilling shall also be imposed upon the like Sorts of Small Coals, when shipped to be so sent from the Ports of Liverpool, Bristol, Bridgewater, Gloucester, Chepstow, Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Llanelly, Cardigan, Aberystwith, Whitehaven, Lancaster, Preston, Beaumaris, Milford, or Stockton (2), -in like Manner (3) as when shipped to be sent from either of the said Ports of Newcastle or Sunderland; and such Coals shall also be free of Duty when brought to any Port in England or Wales, in like Manner as if so brought from either of the said Ports of Newcastle or Sunderland. XXXIV. AND be it further enacted, That in lieu and instead of any Duty on Coals, except Small Coals hereinbefore mentioned, brought Coastwise into any Port in Wales, payable under the said Act of the last Session of Parliament, for granting Duties of Customs according to a Table of Duties thereunto annexed, denominated " A Table of Duties Coastwise," there shall be paid upon all Coals, except Small Coals as aforesaid, whether usually sold by Weight or by Measure, when brought Coastwise from (1) The Military Stores of the Company are not subject to the Ad-valorem Duty: this Remission of Duty, therefore, applies to Necessaries which are not Military Stores, or which may be subject to any other Duty. The Section only renews 7 Geo. 1. St. 1. Cap. 21. § 13. (2) See 6 Geo. 4. Cap. 111. Table, Coastwise; and insert these Ports. (3) See 6 Geo. 4. Cap. 111. § 16 and 28. Also, 56 Geo. 3. Cap. 127 Appendix, page 429. for Regulations. |