COASTWISE. Particulars in Notice; within 24 Hours of Ar 3 & 4 W. IV. shall not be laden or unladen except at such Times and Places, and in such Manner, and by such Persons, and under the Care of such Officers, as is and are herein-after directed; and all Goods laden to be so carried, or brought to be so unladen, contrary hereto, shall be forfeited. CIX. And be it further enacted, That in such Notice shall be stated the Name and Tonnage of the Ship, and the Name of the Port to which she belongs, and the Name of the Master, and the Name of the Port to which she is bound or from which she has arrived, and the Name or Description of the Wharf or Place at which her Lading is to be taken in or discharged, as the Case may be; and such Notice shall be signed by the Master, Owner, Wharfinger, or Agent of such Ship, and shall be entered in a Book to be kept by the Collector, for the Information of all Parties interested; and every such Notice for the unlading of any Ship or rival for unlad Vessel shall be delivered within Twenty-four Hours after the Arrival of such Ship or Vessel, under a Penalty of Twenty Pounds, to be paid by the Master of such Ship or Vessel; and in every such Notice for the lading of any Ship or Vessel shall be stated the last Voyage on which such Ship or Vessel shall have arrived at such Port; and if such Voyage shall have been from Parts beyond the Seas there shall be produced with such Notice a Certificate from the proper Officer of the Discharge of all Goods, if any, brought in such Ship, and of the due Clearance of such Ship or Vessel Inwards of such Voyage. ing; for lading, to state last Voyage and Clearance. From and to Ireland with certain Goods. After Notice given of lading Goods on board Coasting Ships, Collector may grant a general Sufferance. CX. And be it further enacted, That upon the Arrival of any Coasting Ship at any Port in Great Britain from Ireland, or at any Port in Ireland from Great Britain, the Master of such Ship shall within Twenty-four Hours after such Arrival attend and deliver such Notice, signed by him, to the Collector or Controller; and if such Ship shall have on board any Goods subject on Arrival to any Duty of Excise, or any Goods which had been imported from Parts beyond the Seas, the Particulars of such Goods, with the Marks and Numbers of the Packages containing the same, shall be set forth in such Notice; and if there shall be no such Goods on board, then it shall be declared in such Notice that no such Goods are on board; and the Master shall also answer any Questions relating to the Voyage as shall be demanded of him by the Collector or Controller; and every Master who shall fail in due Time to deliver such Notice, and truly to answer such Questions, shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds. CXI. And be it further enacted, That when due Notice shall have been given to the Collector or Controller at the Port of lading of the Intention to lade Goods on board any Coasting Ship, such Collector or Controller shall grant a general Sufferance for the lading of Goods (without specifying the same) on board such Ship, at the Wharf or Place which shall be expressed in such Sufferance; and such Sufferance shall be a sufficient Authority for the lading of any Sort of Goods, except such, if any, as shall be expressly excepted therein Provided always, that before any Sufferance be granted for any Goods prohibited to be exported, or subject to any Export Duty other than any ad valorem Duty, the Master or Owner of any such Ship, or the Shipper of such Goods, shall give Bond, with One sufficient Surety, in Treble the Value of the Goods, that COASTWISE. Coasting Vessel to keep a Cargo Book. that the same shall be landed at the Port for which such Sufferance is required, or shall be otherwise accounted for to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs. CXII. And be it further enacted, That the Master of every Master of Coasting Ship shall keep or cause to be kept a Cargo Book of the same, stating the Name of the Ship and of the Master and of the Port to which she belongs, and of the Port to which bound on each Voyage; and in which Book shall be entered, at the Port of lading, an Account of all Goods taken on board such Ship, stating the Descriptions of the Packages, and the Quantities and Descriptions of the Goods therein, and the Quantities and Descriptions of any Goods stowed loose, and the Names of the respective Shippers and Consignees, as far as any of such Particulars shall be known to him; and in which Book, at the Port of Discharge, shall be noted the respective Days upon which any of such Goods be delivered out of such Ship, and also the respective Times of Departure from the Port of lading, and of Arrival at any Port of unlading; and such Master shall produce such Book for the Inspection of the Coastwaiter or other proper Officer so often as the same shall be demanded, and who shall be at liberty to make any Note or Remark therein; and if such Master shall fail correctly to keep such Book, or to produce the same, or if at any Time there be found on board such Ship any Goods not entered in the Cargo Book as laden, or any Goods noted as delivered, or if at any Time it be found that any Goods entered as laden, or any Goods not noted as delivered, be not on board, the Master of such Ship shall forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds; and if, upon Examination at the Port of lading, any Package entered in the Cargo Book as containing any Foreign Goods shall be found not to contain such Goods, such Package, with its Contents, shall be forfeited; and if at the Port of Discharge any Package shall be found to contain any Foreign Goods which are not entered in such Book, such Goods shall be forfeited. Penalty for false Entries in such Book. Duty, to be delivered to CXIII. And be it further enacted, That before any Coasting Accounts of Ship shall depart from the Port of lading, an Account, together Foreign Goods, with a Duplicate of the same, all fairly written, and signed by subject to Coast the Master, shall be delivered to the Collector or Controller; and Duty or Export in such Account shall be set forth such Particulars as are required to be entered in the Cargo Book of all Foreign Goods, and of all Goods subject to Export Duty (other than any ad valorem Duty), and of all Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, or Malt, laden on board, and generally, whether any other British Goods or no other British Goods be laden on board, as the Case may be, or whether such Ship be wholly laden with British Goods not being of any of the Descriptions before mentioned, as the Case may be; and the Collector or Controller shall select and retain one of such Accounts, and shall return the other, dated and signed by him, and noting the Clearance of the Ship thereon; and such Account shall be the Clearance of the Ship for the Voyage, and the Transire for the Goods expressed therein; and if any such Account be false, or shall not correspond with the Cargo Book, the Master shall forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds. CXIV. And be it further enacted, That before any Goods be Transire to be unladen from any Coasting Ship at the Port of Discharge, the delivered to G g 3 Master, Collector before Goods be unladen. Goods subject to Duty on Arrival. Collector in certain Cases may grant gene 3 & 4 W. IV. Master, Owner, Wharfinger, or Agent of such Ship shall deliver the Transire to the Collector or Controller of such Port, who shall thereupon grant an Order for the unlading of such Ship at the Wharf or Place specified in such Order: Provided always, that if any of the Goods on board such Ship be subject to any Duty of Customs or Excise payable on Arrival Coastwise at such Port, the Master, Owner, Wharfinger, or Agent of such Ship, or the Consignee of such Goods, shall also deliver to the Collector or Controller a Bill of the Entry of the Particulars of such Goods, expressed in Words at Length, together with a Copy thereof in which all Sums and Numbers may be expressed in Figures, and shall pay down all Duties of Customs, or produce a Permit in respect of all Duties of Excise, which shall be due and payable on any of such Goods, as the Case may be; and thereupon the Collector and Controller shall grant an Order for the landing of such Goods in the Presence or by the Authority of the Coastwaiter. CXV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Collector and Controller, in the Cases herein-after ral Transire for mentioned, to grant for any Coasting Ship a general Transire, to Coasting continue in force for any Time not exceeding One Year from the Vessels. Date thereof, for the lading of any Goods (except such Goods, if any, as shall be expressly excepted therein), and for the Clearance of the Ship in which the Goods shall be laden, and for the unlading of the Goods at the Place of Discharge; (that is to say,) Coast-waiter, or Searcher may any Coasting For any Ship regularly trading between Places in the River Severn For any Ship regularly trading between Places in the River Humber: For any Ship regularly trading between Places in the Firth of For any Ship regularly trading between Places to be named in the Provided always, that such Transire shall be written in the Cargo CXVI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful in any Landing-waiter, Case, and at all legal Times, for the Coast-waiter, and also for the Landing-waiter, and for the Searcher, and for any other proper Officer of the Customs, to go on board any Coasting Ship in any Port or Place in the United Kingdom or in the Isle of Man, or at any Period of her Voyage, and strictly to search such Ship, and to examine all Goods on board, and all Goods being laden or unladen, and to demand all Documents which ought to be on board such Ship. Times and landing and CXVII. And be it further enacted, That no Goods shall be unshipped from any Ship arriving Coastwise in the United Kingdom or or in the Isle of Man, and also that no Goods shall be shipped, or waterborne to be shipped, in the United Kingdom or in the Isle of Man, to be carried Coastwise, but only on Days not being Sundays or Holidays, and in the Daytime, (that is to say,) from the First Day of September until the last Day of March betwixt Sun-rising and Sun-setting, and from the last Day of March until the First Day of September between the Hours of Seven of the Clock in the Morning and Four of the Clock in the Afternoon; nor shall any such Goods be so unshipped, shipped, or waterborne unless in the Presence or with the Authority of the proper Officer of the Customs, nor unless at Places which shall be appointed or approved by the proper Officer of the Customs. COASTWISE. restrained. CXVIII. And be it further enacted, That whenever any Goods Goods prowhich may be prohibited to be exported by Proclamation or by hibited or Order in Council under the Authority of this Act shall be so prohibited, it shall be lawful in such Proclamation or Order in Council to prohibit or restrict the carrying of such Goods Coastwise; and if any such Goods shall be carried Coastwise, or shall be shipped or waterborne to be carried Coastwise, contrary to any such Prohibition or Restriction, the same shall be forfeited. IN GENERAL. Terms used in CXIX. And in order to avoid the frequent Use of numerous CONSTRUCTION Terms and Expressions in this Act, and in other Acts relating to the Customs, and to prevent any Misconstruction of the Terms and Expressions used therein; be it further enacted, That when- Acts. ever the several Terms or Expressions following shall occur in this Act, or in any other Act relating to the Customs or to Trade and Navigation, the same shall be construed respectively in the Manner herein-after directed; (that is to say,) that the Term "Ship" shall Ship. be construed to mean Ship or Vessel generally, unless such Term shall be used to distinguish a Ship from Sloops, Brigantines, and other Classes of Vessels; that the Term "Master" of any Ship shall Master. be construed to mean the Person having or taking the Charge or Command of such Ship; that the Term "Owners" and the Term Owner or "Owner" of any Ship shall be construed alike to mean One Owners. Owner, if there be only One, and any or all the Owners, if there be more than One; that the Term "Mate" of any Ship shall be Mate. construed to mean the Person next in Command of such Ship to the Master thereof; that the Term "Seaman" shall be construed Seaman. to mean alike Seaman, Mariner, Sailor, or Landsman, being one of the Crew of any Ship; that the Term "British Possession" shall British Possesbe construed to mean Colony, Plantation, Island, Territory, or Settlement belonging to His Majesty; that the Term " His Majesty" His Majesty. shall be construed to mean His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors; that the Term "East India Company" shall be construed to mean East India the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Company. Indies; that the Term "Limits of the East India Company's Char- Charter. ter" shall be construed to mean all Places and Seas Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope to the Straits of Magellan; that the Terms Collector and "Collector and Controller" shall be construed to mean the Collector Controller. and Controller of the Customs of the Port intended in the Sentence; that whenever mention is made of any public Officer, the Officer. Officer mentioned shall be deemed to be such Officer for the Time being; that the Term "Warehouse" shall be construed to mean Warehouse. any Place, whether House, Shed, Yard, Timber Pond, or other sion. IN GENERAL. CONSTRUCTION Place in which Goods entered to be warehoused upon Importation may be lodged, kept, and secured without Payment of Duty, or although prohibited to be used in the United Kingdom; that the Term King's Warehouse" shall be construed to mean any Place provided by the Crown for lodging Goods therein for Security of the Customs. King's Warehouse. Malta in GENERAL 66 CXX. And be it further enacted, That the Island of Malta and its Dependencies shall be deemed to be in Europe. CXXI. And be it further enacted, That all Duties, Bounties, REGULATIONS. and Drawbacks of Customs shall be paid and received in every Weights, Mea- Part of the United Kingdom and of the Isle of Man in British sures, Currency, Currency, and according to Imperial Weights and Measures; and Management, that in all Cases where such Duties, Bounties, and Drawbacks are imposed and allowed according to any specific Quantity or any specific Value, the same shall be deemed to apply in the same Proportion to any greater or less Quantity or Value; and all such Duties, Bounties, and Drawbacks shall be under the Management of the Commissioners of the Customs. Collector to take Bonds in respect of Goods Customs. CXXII. And be it further enacted, That all Bonds relating to the Customs required to be given in respect of Goods or Ships shall relating to the be taken by the Collector and Controller for the Use of His Majesty; and after the Expiration of Three Years from the Date thereof, or from the Time, if any, limited therein for the Performance of the Condition thereof, every such Bond upon which no Prosecution or Suit shall have been commenced shall be void, and may be cancelled and destroyed. Mode of ascer of Foreign Spirits. 546 CXXIII. And whereas it is expedient that the Mode of ascertaining Strength <taining the Strengths and Quantities of Foreign Spirits imported into the United Kingdom should at all Times be exactly similar to the Mode in practice for ascertaining the Strengths and Quantities of Spirits made within the United Kingdom; be it therefore enacted, That the same Instruments, and the same Tables and Scales of Graduation, and the same Rules and Methods, as the Officers of the Excise shall by any Law in force for the Time being be directed to use, adopt, and employ in trying and ascertaining the Strengths and Quantities of Spirits made within the United Kingdom, for the Purpose of computing and collecting the Duties of Excise payable thereon, shall be used, adopted, and employed by the Officers of the Customs in trying and ascertaining the Strengths and Quantities of Spirits imported into the United Kingdom, for the Purpose of computing and collecting the Duties of Customs payable thereon. Officers of Cus- Time of an and of an Ex- CXXIV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Officers of the Customs to take such Samples of any Goods as shall be necessary for ascertaining the Amount of any Duties payable on the same; and all such Samples shall be disposed of and accounted for in such Manner as the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs shall direct. CXXV. And be it further enacted, That if upon the first levying or repealing of any Duty, or upon the first granting or repealing of any Drawback or Bounty, or upon the first permitting or prohibiting of any Importation or Exportation, whether Inwards, Outwards, or Coastwise, in the United Kingdom or in the Isle of Man, it shall become necessary to determine the precise Time at |
