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Rules for the port of London: or, the water-side practice. Wherein is shewn, the method to compute the customs by the Book of Rates. Likewise the Manner of making Entries, paying Custom, Free, or by Certificate. Penalties in several Acts of Parliament, relating to Imports and Exports. The Tares and Draughts allowed by the King to the Merchants. With the Fees due to the Officers. And many other things, necessary in customhouse dispatches. Composed from the most Authentick Pieces. By Richard Hayes, Accomptant and Writing-Master, for the use of his Scholars.
Hayes, Richard, accomptant and writing-master.Date: 1722- Books
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Between Walter Grossett, who prosecutes as well for the King as himself, plaintiff, and - - - plaintiff in error. And Thomas Ogilvie, of Dundee, merchant, defendant, and - - - defendant in error. Upon a writ of error returnable in Parliament upon a judgment in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland. The case of the defendent in error.
Ogilvie, Thomas.Date: 1753]- Books
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Vectigalium systema: or, a complete view of that part of the revenue of Great Britain, commonly called Customs. Wherein I. The several branches of that revenue are distinctly treated of, and Explain'd by Examples. II. The Manner and Method of Computing both in the Customhouses, and at the Waterside, are Demonstrated; With Rules, Directions, and Variety of Tables, for the more certain and expeditious Operations. III. The Rates of all Merchandizes Inwards, and the Net Duties to be Paid or Secured at Importation, or Drawnback on Exportation in Time, on all Goods whatsoever, both Rated and Unrated, are exactly and carefully Calculated, with References respectively for Working and Proving them; And likewise the Rates and Duties payable Outwards and Coastwise. IV. The laws relative to the customs, navigation, and trade, are abstracted under proper heads in Alphabetical Order; With Lists of Goods Prohibited to be Imported or Exported, and of the Legal Ports, Members, and Creks in Great Britain, a Table of Fees, and several other useful Tables. The Whole Digested in a Plain and Easie Method for the Benefit of the Officers of the Customs, and of all concern'd in Trade. By William Edgar, Inspector General of the ports in North-Britain.
Edgar, William, inspector general of the ports in North-Britain.Date: MDCCXIV. [1714]- Books
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A collection of the laws of the customs now in force, to prevent frauds and abuses in the revenue, and the illegal importation and exportation of prohibited and uncustomed goods: Being an abridgement of several acts of Parliament from the II Edw. III. to the 12 Car. II. and the clauses at large from the several acts passed since the 12 Car. II. with notes connecting those which relate to each other: wherein are continued the powers given by the laws now in force to justices of the peace, for the more effectual executing the laws of the customs: together with a list of the several head and member ports and creeks thereto belonging, in England and Wales; and the names, descriptions and dimensions of the lawful kesy, wharfs, &c. in each port and creek, where goods and merchandize, carried to or brought from foreign parts, or wooll or woollen goods coastways, can be shipped or landed: as also forms of warrants, to be gained by justices of the peace, in several cases where they are empowered to act for the security of His Majesty's Customs: to which are added, the opinions and resolutionsof council, in particular doubtful cases, for the information of the justices; and an alphabetical index to the whole.
Great Britain.Date: M.DCC.XLII. [1742]- Books
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The act of tonnage & poundage, and rates of merchandize, with ... all other duties relating to Her Majesties customs, ... Together with an alphabetical index to the whole.
England and Wales.Date: 1706- Books
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Vectigalium systema: or, a complete view of that part of the revenue of Great Britain, commonly called Customs. Wherein I. The several branches of that revenue are distinctly treated of, and Explain'd by Examples. II. The Manner and Method of Computing both in the Customhouses, and at the Waterside, are Demonstrated; With Rules, Directions, and Variety of Tables, for the more certain and expeditious Operations. III. The Rates of all Merchandizes Inwards, and the Net Duties to be Paid or Secured at Importation, or Drawnback on Exportation in Time, on all Goods whatsoever, both Rated and Unrated, are exactly and carefully Calculated, with References respectively for Working and Proving them; And likewise the Rates and Duties payable Outwards and Coastwise. IV. The laws relative to the customs, navigation, and trade, are abstracted under proper heads in Alphabetical Order; With Lists of Goods Prohibited to be Imported or Exported, and of the Legal Ports, Members, and Creeks in Great Britain, a Table of Fees, and several other useful Tables. The Whole Digested in a Plain and Easie Method for the Benefit of the Officers of the Customs, and of all concern'd in Trade. By William Edgar, Inspector General of the Ports in North Britain.
Edgar, William, inspector general of the ports in North-Britain.Date: [1714]- Books
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Instructions given by the commissioners of His Majesty's excise, unto [blank] Waterman at the port of [blank] ...
Great Britain. Commissioners of Excise.Date: 1725?]- Books
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Information for the commissioners of His Majesty's excise, chargers in behalf of the Crown. Against some of the creditors of the Earl of Northesk.
Great Britain. Commissioners of Excise.Date: 1723]- Books
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An enquiry into the causes of the prohibition of commerce with France, during the present war: And whether, upon a Recapitulation, they will appear considerable enough to carry it against a free Importation, either immediately from thence, or from some neighbouring Country, which being in Amity with us, and maintaining an open Correspondence thither, are capable of supplying Us. With an Account of the fraudulent Methods usually taken to cheat her Majesty of her Customs. And Proposals for preventing the same.
R. F.Date: [1708]- Books
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The picture gallery. Containing near two hundred paintings by the most distinguished ladies in Great Britain. Among which are the following Capital Pieces, The Widow Brady, - by Dowager Lady A-r. The Libertine reclaimed, - by the D-ss of C-d. The Highland Laddie, - by Lady S-h B-y. The Rake's Progress, - by Lady C-s. Baucis, - by P-ss A-a. Cymon and Iphigene, - by Duchess of D-re. The Careless Husband, - by Ditto. Lady Brute, - by Lady F-l-. The Dust Cart, - by Ditto. Jobson and Nell, - by Duchess of G-r. Old Margaret, - by Mrs. Gr-h-m, late Mrs. Mac-y. The Sweepstakes, - by Dowager D-ss of A-r. An old Woman cloathed in Gray, - by Lady G-ch. Venus making Love, - by the Honorable Mrs. H-b-t. Lavinia bathing, - by Miss H-m. Jephtha's Daughter bewailing her Virginity, by Countess of J-y. Lady Godina riding through Coventry, by Quondam Lady L-r. Bess of Bedlam, - by Lady N-th. An English Seraglio, - by the Countess of O-y. Pandora's Box, - by Lady R-s. Diana Trapes, - by Lady John S-Lle. Robinetta, - by Dowager C-ss of B-m-re. Saint Austin out of his Wits, - by Mrs. W-b-t-n. Desdemona, - by Lady T-d. The Torch of Hymen, - by C-ss of B-l. Gammar Gurton's Needle, - by Dowager Lady T-d, &c. &c. &c. To which are added, critical strictures upon each piece.
Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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A letter to the hon. the Commissioners of His Majesty's customs; dedicated to the hon. the House of Commons: containing an account of the detection of frauds at the Custom-House which had been successfully carried on for Years by false Affirmations, (perjury) and their very remarkable Punishment: Some curious Queries and Letters to the Right Hon. the Lords of the treasury, and George Grenville, Esq; With a memorial on the occasion, Presented to the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury. drawn by Mr. Philipps who managed the printer's cause, and that of John Wilkes Esq; against Robert Wood Esq; under Secretary of State-Very proper for the Perusal of every Gentleman who would represent the true Spirit of any Affair, and not follow the dull lifeless Forms and Precedents of Law. Tu ne ... malis sed ... ... its. By William Stewardson.
Stewardson, William.Date: [1763]- Books
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The present management of the customs. Being a detection of grand frauds in that branch of his Majesty's royal revenue, to the value of above five hundred thousand pounds per annum, by the false entries of pepper and tobacco for exportation, as it has been laid before, and approved by the regency and the lords of the treasury. With an impartial account of the proceedings relating thereunto, before Sir John Stanley, Sir Matthew Dudly, Mr. Poultney, and Mr. Pringle, commissioners of the customs. And exact copies of their minutes, letters, &c. By Robert Loggin Gent.
Loggin, Robert.Date: MDCCXX. [1720]- Books
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An act for the more effectual preventing of frauds and abuses committed by persons employed in the manufacture of hats, and in the fustian, cotton, iron, furr, woollen, mohair, and silk manufactures of this kingdom; and for Continuing and Amending an Act made in the Seventh Year of His Present Majesty's Reign, Intitled, An Act to Prevent Frauds and Abuses in Bay-Yarn Exported to Great Britain.
Ireland.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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A complete view of the British Customs; containing the rates of merchandize, ... To which is now added, a supplement, containing several alterations and additions. ... With the total net duties and drawbacks. ... By Henry Crouch, ...
Crouch, Henry, -1732.Date: 1725- Books
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The king on the prosecution of R. B. Remmett, Doctor of Physic, against A. Archer, Esq. The whole of the arguments made use of in the King's Bench, for and against the defendant, ... together with the sentence, taken in shorthand by Joseph Gurney, ...
Archer, Addis.Date: 1788- Books
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Robert Richardson, Esq; and Elizabeth his wife, - appellants. John Sedgwicke, gent. and Elizabeth his wife, and Edmund Duckett, - - - - - - respondents. The appellants case.
Richardson, Robert, of Darlington.Date: 1731]- Books
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The nett duties and drawbacks of all sorts of merchandize, imported and exported, plac'd in alphabetical order. Each Article being Calculated to the Hundredth Part of a Penny. Designed for the Use of Merchants, &c. that at a View in one Line, may be seen the Customs and Drawbacks, payable on any Merchandize, with their respective Valuations, in the Book of Rates, &c. By Tho. Langham, of London, Broker.
Langham, Thomas, Broker.Date: MDCCXXVII. [1727]- Books
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Observations on the manners, government, and policy of the Greeks. Translated from the French of the learned Abbé Mably. With notes and illustrations by Mr. Chamberland.
Mably, Gabriel Bonnot de, 1709-1785.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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A new universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels, from the earliest accounts to the present time. Judiciously selected from the best writers in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, and other Languages. Comprehending an Account of whatever is Curious in the Government, Commerce, Natural History, Customs, Marriages, Funerals, And other Ceremonies of most Nations in the known World. Including an Account of the most remarkable Discoveries, Conquests, Settlements, Battles, Sea Fights, Hurricanes, Shipwrecks, Sieges, Tortures, Wonderful Escapes, Massacres, and Strange Deliverances, Both by Sea and Land. Aslo A Description of the Buildings, Mountains, Rivers, Harbours, Lakes, Islands, Peninsulas, Creeks, &c. of various Countries. The Whole forming a History of whatever is most worthy of Notice in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Illustrated with maps from the latest Improvements, and beautiful plates, by Grignion, and other celebrated Masters. By Edward Cavendish Drake, Esq;
Drake, Edward Cavendish.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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The gentleman's and dealer's Cork almanack For the Year 1778, Being second after leap year, And the eighteenth year of King George III. Reign, Until the Twenty-Fifth of October, containing The Sun's Rising and Setting; Day Break; Eclipses; Moon's Age, Rising, Setting, and Southing; Lunations; Solar Ingresses; Terms; High Water at Cork; Bankers and Custom House Holidays; Several very Useful Tables; New Rates of Coaches and Chaises; A Correct List of the fairs in the Kingdom; Mathematical Questions; Enigmas; and Rebuses, for the Improvement of the Sciences; Calculated for the Meridian of the City of Cork, in Latitude 51- 49- North, and 9- 10- West Longitude, from the Royal Observatory, at Greenwich. By Patrick Aher, Philomath.
Aher, Patrick.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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A collection of select and modern entries of declarations, pleadings, issues, verdicts, judgements, &c. Referring to the cases in Sir Creswell Levinz's Reports; the judgment of the Court being added to each president [sic]. ... Written by the said Sir Creswell Levinz. Also some entries in the 10th, 11th and 12th years of ... William III.
Levinz, Creswell, Sir, 1627-1701.Date: 1702- Books
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In the House of Lords. The Most Noble William Duke of Queensberry, Appellant. Sir William Douglas of Kelhead, Bart. Charles Douglas, the Eldest Son of the said Sir William, and his other Infant Children, by the said Sir William their Administrator in Law, and Alexander Macconochie of Edinburgh, Writer, - - - - - - Respondents. The Appellant's case.
Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810.Date: 1783]- Books
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An humble attempt to investigate and defend the scripture-doctrine concerning the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: to which is now added, observations concerning the Mediation of Jesus Christ, in the various Dispensations of God the Father, and the Final Issue of his Administration. With an appendix: In which the Objections commonly urged from the Hebrew Names Alehim, and Jihevuhe, &c. are considered, and the signification of these Names pointed out. The second edition, revised and greatly enlarged, by James Purves.
Purves, James, 1734-1795.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV [1784]- Books
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A table of additional duties on goods and merchandize imported into and exported from Great Britain, to which is added the regulations respecting convoys, Extracted from The Act 38 George III. Cap 76.
Date: 1798- Books
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Valentine Quin, Esq; and Mary his wife; Pryce Hartstongue, Esq; and Alice his wife; and Mary Widenham - - - - - - - - - appellants. John Johnston, administrator of Deborah Cox, - - - respondent. The respondent's case.
Johnston, John, active 1739.Date: 1739]