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be contained in such Bill shall be written and arranged in such Form and Manner, and the Number of such Duplicates shall be such, as the Collector and Controller shall require; and thereupon Entry of Goods. the Collector and Controller shall cause a Cocket to be written Cocket. for such Goods, making it known that such Goods have been so Person enterentered; and every Cocket shall be signed by such Collector and Controller, and be delivered to the Person who shall have made such Entry, and such Person shall keep and be responsible for the proper Use of the same.

ing Goods responsible for

Cocket.

Goods for
Drawback or
Bounty;

Duty Goods;

Goods under

LX. And be it further enacted, That if any Drawback or Bounty be allowable upon the Exportation of any such Goods, or any Duty be payable thereon, or any Exemption from Duty claimed, or if any such Goods be exportable only according to some particular Rule or Regulation, or under some Restriction or Condition, or for some particular Purpose or Destination, such Goods shall be entered and cleared for Shipment by such Denominations or Descriptions as are used, mentioned or referred to in the granting of such Drawback or Bounty, or in the levying of such Ďuty, or granting such Exemption or in the directing, of such Rules, Regulations, Restrictions, Conditions, Purpose or Destination; and if the Goods in such Entry are charged to pay Duty according to the Value thereof, such Value shall be stated in the Entry, and shall be affirmed by the Declaration of the Exporter or his known Agent, to be made upon the Entry, and attested by his Signature; and if any Person shall make such Declaration Declaration, not being the Exporter of such Goods, nor his Agent duly authorized by him, such Person shall forfeit the Sum of One Penalty. hundred Pounds; and such Declaration shall be made in Manner and Form following, and shall be binding upon the Person making the same; (that is to say,)

Restriction;

ad valorem

Goods.

of Value.

I 4. B. do hereby declare, That I am the Exporter of the Form of Goods mentioned in this Entry, [or, that I am duly authorized Declaration. by him,] and I do enter the same at the Value of

Witness my Hand, the

Day of

· A.B.

valued detained.

entered.

LXI. And be it further enacted, That if upon Examination it Goods undershall appear to the Officers of the Customs that such Goods are not valued according to the true Value thereof, the same may be detained and (within Two Days) taken and disposed of for the Benefit of the Crown, in like Manner as is hereinbefore provided in respect of Goods imported; except that no Sum in Addition to the Amount of the Valuation, and the Duties paid, shall be paid to the Exporter or Proprietor of the Goods. LXII. And be it further enacted, That the Person intending Foreign Goods to enter outwards any Foreign Goods for Drawback, or any Foreign Goods which are to be exported from the Warehouse, or any Foreign Goods upon which the Duties inwards are required to have been paid before the same be exported, shall first deliver to the Collector or Controller of the Port where such Goods were imported or are warehoused, Two or more Manner of Bills, as the Case may require, of the Particulars of the Import- Entry. ation of such Goods, and of the Entry outwards intended to be made; and thereupon such Collector and Controller, finding such Certificate Bills to agree with the Entry inwards, shall write off such Goods inwards.

from

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Entry of Goods.

Particulars of
Certificate.

Coals Exported
Bond to Isle of

Man and Brit

ish Possessions.

Certificate.

Proviso.

Clearance of
Goods.

Packages endorsed on Cocket.

Particulars.

Goods not

cleared, forfeited.

Cocket

endorsed.

from the same, and shall issue a Certificate of such Entry for warehousing or Payment of Duties, as the Case may be, with such Particulars thereof as shall be necessary for the Computation of the Drawback allowable on such Goods, or for the due Delivery thereof from the Warehouse, and setting forth in such Certificate the Destination of the Goods, and the Person in whose Name they are to be entered for Exportation, and also the Ship in which they are to be exported, if they are to be exported from the Port where such Certificate is issued, but if from another Port, then only the Name of such other Port; and such Certificate, together with Two or more Bills of the same, as the Case may require, in which all Sums and Numbers may be expressed in Figures, being delivered to the Collector or Controller of the Port from which the Goods are to be exported, shall be the Entry outwards of such Goods; and such Collector and Controller shall thereupon cause a Cocket to be written and delivered for such Goods, in Manner hereinbefore directed.

LXIII. And be it further enacted, That no Cocket shall be granted for the Exportation of any Coals to the Isle of Man, or to any British Possession, until the Exporter thereof shall have given Security by Bond in a penal Sum of Forty Shillings the Chaldron, with Condition that the same shall be landed at the Place for which they shall be exported, or otherwise accounted for to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners of the Customs; and also with Condition to produce (within such Time as the said Commissioners shall require to be expressed in such Bond) a Certificate of the Landing of such Coals at such Place, under the Hand of the Collector or Controller, or other proper Officer at such Place: Provided always, that the Bond so to be given in respect of Coals shall not be liable to any Duty of Stamps.

LXIV. And be it further enacted, That before any Part of the Goods for which any Cocket shall have been granted shall be shipped, or waterborne to be shipped, the same shall be duly cleared for Shipment with the Searcher; and before any Goods be cleared for Shipment, the Particulars of the Goods for each Clearance shall be endorsed on such Cocket, together with the Number and Denomination or Description of the respective Packages containing the same; and in the Margin of each such Endorsement shall be delineated the respective Marks and Numbers of such Packages; and to each such Endorsement shall be subjoined, in Words at Length, an Account of the total Quantities of each Sort of Goods intended in such Endorsement, and the total Number of each Sort of Package in which such Goods are contained, distinguishing such Goods, if any, as are to be cleared for any Bounty, or Drawback of Excise or Customs, and also such Goods, if any, as are subject to any Duty on Exportation, or entitled to any Exemption from such Duty, and also such Goods, if any, as can only be exported by virtue of some particular Order or Authority, or under some particular Restriction or Condition, or for some particular Purpose or Destination; and all Goods shipped, or waterborne to be shipped, not being duly cleared as aforesaid, shall be forfeited.

LXV. And be it further enacted, That the Person clearing such Goods for Shipment shall, upon each Occasion, produce the Cocket

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Clearance of

Goods.

Cocket so endorsed to the Searcher, and shall also deliver a Shipping Bill or Copy of such Endorsement, referring by Names and Date to the Cocket upon which such Endorsement is made, and shall obtain the Order of the Searcher for the Shipment of such Goods; and the Particulars to be contained in such Endorse- Shipping Bill. ment, and in such Shipping Bill, shall be written and arranged Order for in such Form and Manner as the Collector and Controller shall Shipment. require.

shipped.

Coals brought coastwise may be exported without Payment of Coast Duty.

LXVI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for Coals, &c. for the Searcher and Coastwaiter in any Port to permit any Quantity Exportation of Coals or of Slates, duly entered and cleared for Exportation, may be tranto be shipped directly by Transhipment out of any coasting Ship in which the same shall have been brought coast wise into such Port, and without Payment of any Coast Duty thereon. LXVII. And be it further enacted, That if any Coals shall have been brought Coastwise from one Port of the United Kingdom to another, and the Master shall be minded to proceed with such Coals or any Part of them to Parts beyond the Seas, it shall be lawful for such Master to enter such Ship and such Coals outwards for the intended Voyage without first landing the Coals intended for Exportation, and without paying the Coast Duty thereon; provided the Officers of the Customs shall be satisfied that the Quantity of Coals left on board, added to any which may have been landed, does not exceed the Quantity set forth in the Transire for the same.

Export of
Free Goods.

Account of Value to be delivered to

the Searcher.

· LXVIII. And in order that correct Accounts may be taken ' of the Value of the Exports of Free Goods,' Be it further enacted, That upon the Clearance for Shipment of any Goods, the Produce or Manufacture of the United Kingdom, not liable to any Export Duty, an Account, containing an accurate Specification of the Quantity, Quality and Value of such Goods, together with a Declaration to the Truth of the same, signed by the Exporter, or his known Agent, shall be delivered to the Searcher by the Person clearing such Goods; and if such Declaration be false, the Signing false Person signing the same shall forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds; Declaration. and that it shall be lawful for the Searcher to call for the Invoice, Penalty. Bills of Parcels, and such other Documents relating to the Goods, as he may think necessary for ascertaining the true Value of the same: Provided always, that if such Exporter or Agent shall make and sign an Affidavit before the Collector or Controller, that the Value of the Goods cannot be ascertained in Time for the Shipment of the same, and such Affidavit shall be delivered to the Searcher at the Time of Clearance, a further Time of Three Months shall be allowed for the Delivery of such separate Shipping Bill, on Failure whereof such Exporter or Agent Penalty. shall forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds.

Goods for Excise Drawback.

Notice to
Officer.

LXIX. And be it further enacted, That no Drawback of Excise shall be allowed upon any Goods so cleared, unless the Person intending to claim such Drawback shall have given due Notice to the Officer of Excise, in Form and Manner required by any Law in force relating to the Excise, and shall have obtained and have produced to the Searcher at the Time of clearing such Goods a Excise Order proper Document under the Hand of the Officer of Excise, con- to Searcher. taining the necessary Description of the Goods for which such Drawback

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Goods.

Drawback is to be claimed; and if the Goods to be cleared and shipped under the Care of the Searcher shall, upon Examination, Clearance of be found to correspond in all Respects with the Particulars of the Goods contained in such Document, and such Goods shall be duly shipped and exported, the Searcher shall, if required, certify such Shipment upon such Document, and shall transmit the same to the Officer of Excise.

Shipment certified.

Officer of Ex

Examination.

LXX. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the cise may attend Officer of Excise to attend and assist at such Examination, and to mark or seal the Packages, and to keep joint Charge of the same, together with the Searcher, until the same shall have been finally delivered by him into the sole Charge of the Searcher, to be shipped and exported under his Care.

Goods for

Duty, Bounty

LXXI. And be it further enacted, That if any Goods, which are subject to any Duty or Restriction in respect of Exportation, &c. brought for or if any Goods, which are to be shipped for any Drawback or

or Drawback,

Shipment.
Forfeiture.

Searcher may

open Package;

if correct, must repack.

| Clearance of Ship.

Content to be delivered to Searcher.

Particulars.

Bounty, shall be brought to any Quay, Wharf or other Place, to be shipped for Exportation, and such Goods shall not agree with the Endorsement on the Cocket, or with the Shipping Bill, the same shall be forfeited; and if any Goods prohibited to be exported be found in any Package brought as aforesaid, such Package and every Thing contained therein shall be forfeited.

LXXII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Searcher to open all Packages, and fully to examine all Goods shipped or brought for Shipment at any Place in the United Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man; and if the Goods so examined shall be found to correspond in all Respects with the Cocket and Clearance purporting to be for the same, such Goods shall be repacked at the Charge of such Searcher, who may be allowed such Charge by the Commissioners of the Customs, if they shall see fit so to do.

LXXIII. And be it further enacted, That before any Ship shall be cleared outwards at any Port in the United Kingdom or in the Isle of Man, for Parts beyond the Seas, with any Goods shipped on board the same in such Port, the Master shall deliver a Content of such Ship to the Searcher, setting forth the Name and Tonnage of such Ship, and the Place or Places of her Destination, and the Name of the Master, and also an Account of the Goods shipped on board, and of the Packages containing such Goods, and of the Marks and Numbers upon such Packages, and a like Account of the Goods on board, if any, which had been reported inwards for Exportation in such Ship, so far as any of such Particulars can be known by him; and also, before the Clearance of such Ship, the Cockets, with the Endorsements and Clearances thereon for the Goods shipped, shall be finally delivered by the respective Shippers of such Goods to the Searcher, who shall file the same together, and shall attach with a Seal a Label to the File, showing the Number of Cockets contained in the File, and shall compare the Particulars of the Goods in the Cockets with the Particulars of the Goods in such Content, and shall attest the Correctness thereof Master to swear by his Signature on the Label and on the Content; and the Master of the Ship shall make Oath before the Collector or Controller to the Truth of such Content; and shall also answer upon Oath to the Collector or Controller such Questions con

Cockets to be delivered by Shippers to

Searcher to be filed.

to Content.

cerning

A

cerning the Ship, the Cargo and the intended Voyage, as shall be demanded of him; and thereupon the Collector or Controller shall clear such Ship for her intended Voyage, and shall notify such Clearance and the Date thereof upon the Content, and upon the Label to the File of Cockets, and upon the Victualling Bill, and also in the Book of Ships' Entries outwards, for the Information of all Parties interested; and shall transmit the Content, and the Cockets, and the Victualling Bill to the Searcher; and the Particulars to be contained in such Content shall be written and arranged in such Form and Manner as the Collector and Controller shall require.

LXXIV. And be it further enacted, That the File of Cockets and the Victualling Bill shall thereupon be delivered by the Searcher to the Master of such Ship, at such Station within the Port, and in such Manner as shall be appointed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs for that Purpose; and such File of Cockets and Victualling Bill so delivered shall be kept by the Master of such Ship, as the Authority for departing from the Port with the several Parcels and Packages of Goods and of Stores on board, so far as they shall agree with the Particulars in the Endorsements on such Čockets, or with such Victualling Bill.

LXXV. And be it further enacted, That if any Ship is to depart In Ballast. in Ballast from the United Kingdom, or from the Isle of Man, for Parts beyond the Seas, having no Goods on board except the Stores of such Ship borne upon the Victualling Bill, or any Goods reported inwards for Exportation in such Ship, the Master of such

fied on Victual

in Book.

Part of former

Ship shall, before her Departure, answer upon Oath to the Col- Master to anlector or Controller such Questions touching her Departure and swer on Oath. Destination as shall be demanded of him; and thereupon the Collector or Controller shall clear such Ship in Ballast, and shall Clearance notinotify such Clearance and the Date thereof on the Victualling Bill, and also in the Book of Ships' Entries outwards, for the Inform-ing Bill and ation of all Parties interested; and such Victualling Bill shall be kept by the Master of such Ship as the Clearance of the same. LXXVI. And be it further enacted, That if there be on board any Ship any Goods of the inward Cargo which were reported for Exportation in the same, the Master shall, before Clearance outwards of such Ship from any Port in the United Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man, deliver to the Searcher a Copy of the Report inwards of such Goods, certified by the Collector and Controller; and such Copy, being found to correspond with the Goods so remaining on board, shall be the Authority to the Searcher to pass such Ship with such Goods on board; and being signed by the Searcher, and filed with the Cockets, shall be the Clearance of the Ship for those Goods.

LXXVII. And be it further enacted, That if any Passengers are to depart in any Ship from the United Kingdom, or from the Isle of Man, for Parts beyond the Seas, it shall be lawful for the Master of such Ship to pass an Entry and to receive a Cocket in his Name for the necessary personal Baggage of all such Passengers, and duly to clear such Baggage for Shipment in their Behalf, stating in such Clearances the Particulars of the Packages, and the Names of the respective Passengers; and if such Ship is 6 GEO.IV.

ЗА

to

Cargo reported for Exportation.

Copy of Report

to be the

Clearance.

If any Passengers, Master may enter Baggage in his

Name.

Ship with Bag

gage only