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No Foreign
Casks, &c. to

be used for

ages, from the total Quantity of the same Importation, in computing the Amount of the Deficiency of such total Quantity.

XXXIII. AND be it further enacted, That no Foreign Casks, Bottles, Corks, Packages, or Materials whatever, repacking unless except any in which some Goods shall have been imported and warehoused, shall be used in the repacking of any Goods in the Warehouse, unless the full Duties shall have been first paid thereon. (1)

Duties have been paid, &c.

Permitting Goods to be taken out of

Warehouse to be cleaned.

Goods in Bulk delivered.

Fackages to be marked before Delivery.

Decrease and

ascertained and

allowed under

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XXXIV. AND be it further enacted, That if any Stuffs or Fabric of Silk, Linen, Cotton, Wool, or Mixture of them, or any of them, with any other Material which may not be taken out of the Warehouse for Home Use, shall have been warehoused for Exportation, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs to permit such Goods to be taken out to be cleaned, refreshed, dyed, stained, or calendered, — under Security by Bond, to their Satisfaction, that such Goods shall be returned to such Warehouse within the Time which they shall appoint.

XXV. AND be it further enacted,. That no Parcels of Goods so warehoused which were imported in Bulk shall be delivered, except in the whole Quantity of each Parcel, — or in a Quantity not less than One Ton Weight, unless by special Leave of the proper Officers of the Cus

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XXXVI. AND be it further enacted, That no Goods so warehoused shall be delivered, unless the same or the Packages containing the same shall have been marked in such distinguishing Manner as the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs shall deem necessary and practicable, and shall from Time to Time direct.

XXXVII. AND whereas some Sorts of Goods are liaIncrease may be blè in Time to decrease, and some to increase, and some to Fluctuation of Quantity, -by the Effect of the Regulations of Atmosphere or other natural Causes, and it may be necessary in some cases that the Duties should not be charged upon the Deficiency arising from such Causes; be it therefore enacted, THAT it shall be lawful for the said

the Treasury.

(1) See Repacking, Bottling, &c. § 30.

Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to make Regula-
tions for ascertaining the Amount of such Decrease or In-
crease of the Quantity of any particular Sorts of Goods,-
and to direct in what Proportion any Abatement of Duty
payable under this Act for Deficiencies (1) shall, upon the
- Exportation of any such Goods, be made, on account of
any such Decrease; PROVIDED always, that if such
Goods be lodged in Warehouses declared in the Order of
Appointment to be of special Security (2) no Duty shall
be charged for any Amount whatever of Deficiency of any
of such Goods on the Exportation thereof, except in
Cases where Suspicion shall arise that Part of such Goods
has been clandestinely conveyed away, nor shall any
such Goods (unless they be Wine or Spirits) be measured,
counted, weighed, or gauged for Exportation,
such Cases of Suspicion.

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XXXVIII. PROVIDED always, and be it further enacted, That for any Wine, Spirits, Coffee, Cocoa Nuts, or Pepper lodged in Warehouses, not being declared to be of special Security, the following Allowances for natural Waste-in proportion to the Time during which any such Goods shall have remained in the Warehouse shall be made upon the Exportation thereof, according as such Allowances are herein-after respectively set forth; that is to say,

Wine, upon every Cask; videlicet,

for any Time not exceeding One
Year

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for any Time exceeding One Year,
and not exceeding Two Years
for any Time exceeding Two Years
Spirits, upon every Hundred Gallons Hy-
drometer Proof; videlicet,

for any Time not exceeding Six
Months

for any Time exceeding Six Months,

One Gallon.

Two Gallons.
Three Gallons.

One Gallon.

and not exceeding Twelve Months Two Gallons.
for any Time exceeding Twelve
and not exceeding

Months,
Eighteen Months

for any Time exceeding Eighteen
Months, and not exceeding Two
Years

Three Gallons.

No Duty on Goods exported Deficiency of from Ware

houses declared of special

Security.

Allowances for natural Waste of Wine, Spirits, &c. in Warehouses not of special Security.

Four Gallons.

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In Cases of Embezzlement and Waste through Misconduct of Officers, Damages to be made good to the Proprietor.

On Entry out

due shipping and landing

shall be given.

Spirits, for any Time exceeding Two Years Five Gallons.
Coffee, Cocoa Nuts, Pepper, for every

100 lbs. and so in proportion for
any less Quantity

Two Pounds.

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XXXIX. AND be it further enacted, That in case it shall at any Time happen that any Embezzlement, Waste, Spoil, or Destruction shall be made of or in any Goods or Merchandize which shall be warehoused in Warehouses under the Authority of this Act, by or through any wilful Misconduct of any Officer or Officers of Customs or Excise, such Officer or Officers shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor, and shall upon Conviction suffer such Punishment as may be inflicted by Law in Cases of Misdemeanor; AND if such Officer shall be so prosecuted to Conviction by the Importer, Consignee, or Proprietor of the Goods or Merchandize so embezzled, wasted, spoiled, or destroyed, then and in such Case no Duty of Customs or Excise shall be payable for or in respect of such Goods or Merchandize so embezzled, wasted, spoiled, or destroyed, and no Forfeiture or Seizure shall take place of any Goods and Merchandize so warehoused in respect of any Deficiency caused by such Embezzlement, Waste, Spoil, or Destruction, —— AND the Damage occasioned by such Embezzlement, Waste, Spoil, or Destruction of such Goods or Merchandize shall be repaid and made good to such Importer, Consignee, or Proprietor by the Commissioners of Customs or Excise,under such Orders, Regulations, and Directions as shall be for that Purpose made and given by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three of them.

XL. AND whereas it is expedient to make Regulations wards Bond for for the exporting of such Goods to Parts beyond the Seas as have been imported into the United Kingdom from Parts beyond the Seas, and warehoused without Payment of any Duty on the Importation thereof, or notwithstanding that the same may be prohibited to be used in the United Kingdom; be it therefore enacted, THAT upon the Entry outwards of any Goods to be exported from the Warehouse to Parts beyond the Seas, and before Cocket be granted, the Person in whose Name the same be entered shall give Security by Bond in Double the Value of such Goods, with One sufficient Surety that such Goods shall be duly shipped and exported, and shall be landed at the Place for which they be entered out

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wards, or otherwise accounted for to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs.

to the Isle of

Man.

XLI. AND be it further enacted, That no Goods shall Restriction as be exported from the Warehouse to the Isle of Man, except such Goods as may be imported into the said Island with Licence (1) of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, and in virtue of any such Licence first obtained.

XLII. AND be it further enacted, That no Tobacco (2) shall be exported from the Warehouse to the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, without the Licence of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, NOR in greater Quantities in any one Year to the said Islands respectively than the Quantities herein-after mentioned; (that is to say,)

To Jersey, Forty thousand Pounds Weight;

To Guernsey, Thirty-five thousand Pounds Weight;
To Alderney, Five thousand Pounds Weight;
To Sark, One thousand Pounds Weight:

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Limiting the
Quantity of
exported to
Guernsey, &c.

Tobacco to be

And the said Commissioners are hereby authorized and Commissioners
required, upon Application made to them in Writing, to to grant
grant their
Licences from Time to Time under their
Hands (to be in force Thirty Days from the respective
Dates thereof, and no longer), to any of His Majesty's
Subjects, to export any of such several Quantities of
Tobacco to any of such Islands respectively.

or for Expor

Goods removed

from Warehouse for Shipment under

XLIII. AND be it further enacted, That all Goods taken from the Warehouse for Removal tation, shall be removed or shall be carried to be shipped under the Care or with the Authority or Per- Care of Cusmission of the proper Officer of the Customs,

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in such Manner, and by such Persons (3), and within such Spaces of Time, — and by such Roads or Ways as the proper Officer of the Customs shall authorize, permit, or direct; AND all such Goods not so removed

or carried shall be forfeited.

(1) See Act, Cap. 115. § 4.

(2) Tobacco not importable into these Islands except from United King..

dom, see Cap. 114. § 80.

(3) See also licensed Lightermen, Cap. 107. § 89.

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Ships to be not less than 70

Tons for exporting warehoused Goods.

Goods landed

in Docks liable

to Claims for Freight as before landing.

XLIV. AND be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Person to export any Goods so warehoused, nor to enter for Exportation to Parts beyond the Seas any Goods so warehoused, in any Ship which shall not be of the Burthen of— Seventy Tons or upwards.

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XLV. AND be it further enacted, That all Goods or Merchandize which shall be landed in Docks, and lodged in the Custody of the Proprietors of the said Docks, under the Provisions of this Act, not being Goods seized as forfeited to His Majesty, shall, when so landed, continue and be subject or liable to such and the same Claim for Freight in favour of the Master and Owner or Owners of the respective Ships or Vessels, or of any other Person or Persons interested in the Freight of the same, from or out of which such Goods or Merchandize shall be so landed, as such Goods, Wares, or Merchandize respectively were subject and liable to whilst the same were on board such Ships or Vessels, and before the landing thereof; AND the Directors and Proprietors of any such Docks at or in which any such Goods or Merchandize may be landed and lodged as aforesaid, or their Servants or Agents, or any of them, shall and may, and they are hereby authorized, empowered, and required, upon due Notice in that Behalf given to them by such Master or Masters, Owner or Owners, or other Persons as aforesaid, to detain and keep such Goods and Merchandize, not being seized as forfeited to His Majesty, in the Warehouses belonging to the said Docks as aforesaid, — until the respective Freights to which the same shall be subject and liable as aforesaid shall be duly paid or satisfied, together with the Rates and Charges to which the same shall have been subject and liable, or until a Deposit shall have been made by the Owner or Owners, or Consignee or Consignees of such Goods or Merchandize, equal in Amount to the Claim or Demands made by the Master, Owner or Owners of the respective Ships or Vessels, or other Persons as aforesaid, for or on account of Freight upon such Goods or Merchandize; which Deposit the said Directors or Proprietors of such Docks, or their Agents respectively, are hereby authorized and directed to receive and hold in Trust, until the Claim or Demand for Freight upon such Goods shall have been satisfied; upon Proof of which, and Demand made by the Person or Persons, their Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, by whom the

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