THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND BRITISH

POSSESSIONS ABROAD.

Prohibited Goods not to be shipped from the Channel Isles to the United Kingdom.—If in the Channel Islands any goods, the importation of which into the United Kingdom is prohibited, or any goods in any packages, or in any manner in which the same cannot be legally imported into the United Kingdom, shall be shipped or brought to be shipped on board any ship clearing for the United Kingdom, such goods shall be forfeited; and any person knowingly concerned therein, shall forfeit £100, or treble the value of the goods. -18 & 19 Vict., cap. 96, s. 20.

Reward to Officers for seizures in the Channel Islands.— Where any seizures of tobacco or spirits shall be made in the Channel Islands, or within one league of the coast thereof, by any officer of Customs, or person employed for the prevention of smuggling; it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Customs to allow to such officer or person, such reward beyond the sum directed by the 184th section of the "Customs Consolidation Act, 1853," as the said Commissioners may deem advisable, not exceeding the sum of £5.-S. 21.

Spirits from and to the Channel Islands, in ships of less than 50 tons, and casks of 20 gallons, forfeited-Exceptions. -No spirits (except rum of the British plantations) shall be imported into, or exported from, the Channel Islands, or be removed from one to another of the said islands, or be carried coastwise, or be shipped in any ship of less burden than 50 tons, nor in any cask of less contents than 20 gallons; and all spirits imported or exported, &c., contrary thereto, shall be forfeited, together with the ship. But nothing herein contained shall extend to spirits imported in any such ship in glass bottles as part of the cargo, nor to spirits for the use of the seamen and passengers, and not more than is necessary for that purpose; nor to any warehoused goods exported from the United Kingdom in ships of not less than 40 tons, being regular traders to those islands; nor to any boat of less than 10 tons, for having on board foreign spirits of the quantity of 10 gallons or under; such boat having a license for carrying

goods for the Island of Sark; but if any such boat shall have on board at any one time a greater quantity of spirits than 10 gallons, unless in casks or packages of the size and contents of 20 gallons at the least, such spirits and boat shall be forfeited.-S. 19.

Tobacco may be imported into Channel Islands in packages of the same weight as into the United Kingdom.-No tobacco, cigars, or snuff shall be imported into the Channel Islands, or be carried from one to another of the said islands, or from one to another part thereof, unless in ships of not less than 50 tons burden, except from the United Kingdom, in ships of not less than 40 tons, regularly trading from thence to those islands, nor unless in packages of the same weight as may be imported into the United Kingdom.-S. 18.

Goods from the Channel Islands.-Any goods the growth of the Channel Islands; and any goods manufactured therein, from materials the growth thereof, or from materials not subject to duty in the United Kingdom, or from materials upon which the duty had been paid in the United Kingdom, and upon which no drawback has subsequently been granted, may be imported without payment of duty; and such goods shall not be deemed to be included in any charge of duties imposed by any act on the importation of goods generally from parts beyond the seas, but shall be charged with any proportion of such duties as shall fairly countervail any duties of excise payable on like goods the produce or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or payable upon any of the materials from which such goods are manufactured; and all goods manufactured in the said islands, from any other materials, shall be taken to be foreign.-S. 82.

Ships not to sail from Channel Islands without ClearanceForfeiture. No ship or boat belonging wholly or in part to her Majesty's subjects shall sail from the Channel Islands without a clearance, whether in ballast or having a cargo; and if with cargo, the master shall give bond in double the value thereof for its due landing at the port for which such ship or boat clears; and every such ship or boat not having such clearance, or which, having a clearance for her cargo, shall be found light, or to have discharged any part thereof before arrival at her destination, shall be forfeited. -S. 205.

MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS, &c., &c.

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED AND BROUGHT DOWN TO
20TH SEPTEMBER, 1862.

ACCOUNTS.-All public moneys are to be brought to account on the day they are received.-G. O., Nos. 15 and 26, 1850.

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All goods in packages, except tobacco, wines, and spirits, are to be recorded short on the debit side of the Warehousekeeper's register, and the details of delivery marked off in the landing-books. G. O., No. 55, 1849, and No. 8, 1850. AGENTS (Customs) Licences, revoked by Treasury minute, 14th March, 1861.

See

BARLEY, importations of, to be strictly examined, as malt

is made in Germany for the English market, which might, if proper care be not observed, be passed as barley.-G. O., No. 104, 1857.

BILL OF STORE.-The Lords of the Treasury have signified their approval of the following amendments of the regulations now in force under the 65th section of "The Customs Consolidation Act, 1853," in regard to the re-admission of British Goods which have been exported from this country, viz. :

That the limit of time within which goods may be returned and admitted as British, be abolished in all cases except where a bill of store is required, and that the declaration of continued proprietorship be in all cases dispensed with. That returned British goods of the same description as foreign goods on which duty is chargeable upon importation, or which were entitled to drawback on exportation, be deemed to be foreign, unless a bill of store be obtained in accordance with the other provisions of the above section, corn, grain, meal, flour, and hops, being in all cases deemed to be foreign. That returned British goods bearing marks or

BILL OF STORE, continued:

brands of British manufacturers be deemed to be foreign goods with British marks or brands, and as such liable to forfeiture, unless declaration be made by the persons whose marks or brands they bear, that the goods are of British manufacture, or unless a bill of store be obtained.

That returned British goods not bearing marks or brands, not entitled to drawback on exportation, and not of a description which, if foreign, would be chargeable with duty, be admitted upon their being entered as British goods, with the usual declaration to the truth of the particulars contained in the entry, as required on all import entries.-G. O., No. 79, 1861. "for returned British Goods on which Inland Revenue Drawback has been received.—On the entry, the officers are to grant a Certificate to enable the parties to obtain an Inland Revenue Certificate of the repayment of such drawback.-B. M., 29th Dec., 1829, and 18th July, 1834.

BOOKS and FORMS, revised list of—G. O., No. 23, 1861. BULLION, or COIN.-Regulations on importation and exportation.-G. O., Nos. 100 and 108, 1857.

CANE JUICE to be charged with duty according to the weight ascertained at the time of delivery.-G. O., No. 41, 1861.

CORN.-Barrels and bags of flour-one in ten to be weighed, and average taken.-G. O., No. 68, 1849.

In bags imported from a B. P. five (or more bags, if differing in size) out of every hundred are to be measured on board by the city meter, to form an average from which the whole may be computed by the meter, and taken account of by the out-door officers, the bags not measured being examined by the proper officers.-B. M., 7th Dec., 1849. DUES, differential, of every kind, abolished by the 10th clause of the 24 and 25 Vict., cap. 47.

ENTRIES.-Post-Parties are not to be called upon to make Post Entries in cases where the duty short paid is under one shilling.-G. O., 9th May, 1838.

ENTRIES, continued:

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Duty paid, to supersede a bonding entry, may be passed prior to the final discharge of the vessel.B. M., 20th May, 1853.

EXTRACT of medicated preparation of sarsaparilla containing spirits, to pay duty as Spirits sweetened or mixed."-B. O., No. 91, 22nd Aug., 1862.

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GOODS FREE.-When imported from a country in which tobacco is unrestricted, or can be cheaply purchased, to be subject to stricter examination. Not less than one package out of five of every mark, instead of one in five out of each entry, as was heretofore the practice, to be examined by the examining officers, whose examinations are to be checked by the surveyors as often as possible.-G. O., No. 70, 1861. as well as corn, timber, and wood goods, whether to be landed or delivered overside, may be taken out of the importing vessel from 6 o'clock A.M. to 6 o'clock P.M. from the 1st March to the 31st Oct., and from 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. during the remainder of the year. In any case of discharge before or after the above hours, the merchant is to be called upon to deposit an amount sufficient to defray the expense of the extra attendance of the officers required.— G. O., No. 10, 1862.

Bonded, in addition to the import marks, are to be
marked with a rotation number and the
year; the
former corresponding with the controller of accounts'
list of ships.-G. O., No. 10, 1853.

Removed under bond without re-weighing or examina-
tion, being declared for home use only, to be so
entered at the port of arrival, and may be again
removed, provided the goods be re-examined, and
duties paid on deficiencies.-G. O., No. 16, 1854.

to be produced on arrival, and entered for duty or for re-warehousing, the officers taking care that a proper examination be made, so as to protect the revenue from substitution or other improper interference.-G. O., No. 20, 1851, and 46, 1858.

from one port to another for immediate exportation. -See G. O. No. 50, 1857.

Imported for exportation and removed to another