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A complete view of the British Customs. Part the second. Containing ample instructions for the entering, examining, and delivering of goods and merchandizes imported into Great Britain from Foreign Parts. Illustrated By Examples of the Present Practice of the Officers of the Customs, at the Water-Side in the Port of London; in the several Sorts of Goods that are now most usually imported into the said Port. To which is added, an appendix, containing the theory and practice of measuring, and cask-gauging. Designed, not only for the Use of the Officers of His Majesty's Customs in the Out-Ports; but for the Service of all concerned in the Importation of Foreign Goods. By Henry Crouch, Of the Custom-House, London.
Crouch, Henry, -1732.Date: M.DCC.XXVIII. [1728]- Archives and manuscripts
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Papers and photographs of Regimental Sergeant Major Henry John Coles (1900-1975), RAMC
Date: 1919-1948Reference: RAMC/1756Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Books
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Observations upon several voyages to India out and home: as also remarks on the ports and places touch'd at in that Voyage. with some account of the genius of the natives and inhabitants, their Customs, Laws, and the Trade of the several Countries. Illustrated with sixty one curious copper plates, representing the several Harbours, Headlands, Rocks, Shoals and Sands in the Places herein mentioned, By Captain Henry Cornwall.
Cornwall, Henry, Captain.Date: M,DCC,XXIV. [1724]- Pictures
Nankow pass, Pechili province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1871Reference: 19272i- Books
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An account of the arraignments and tryals of Col. Richard Kirkby, Capt. John Constable, Capt. Cooper Wade, Capt. Samuel Vincent, and Capt. Christopher Fogg, On A Complaint Exhibited by the Judge-Advocate on Behalf of Her Majesty Queen Anne, at a court-martial held on board the ship Breda in Port-Royal Harbour in Jamaica in America, the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th Days of October, 1702 For Cowardice, Neglect of Duty, Breach of Orders, and other Crimes, Committed by Them in a Fight at Sea, commenced the 19th. of August, 1702, off of St. Martha, in the Latitude of Ten Degrees North, near the Main Land of America; Between the Honourable John Benbow, Esq; and Admiral du Casse with Four French Ships of War. For which Colonel Kirkby and Captain Wade were Sentenc'd to be Shot to Death: Which said Sentence was Executed upon Them accordingly at Plymouth, on Board the Bristol Man of War. With a Particular Relation of the said engagement: And Death and Character of Admiral Benbow.
Date: 1757- Pictures
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Nankow pass, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1981Reference: 19273i- 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
Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists / from drawings by the late John Flaxman. Engraved by Henry Landseer; with two additional plates; and explanatory notes, by William Robertson.
Flaxman, John, 1755-1826Date: 1833- Books
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The act of tonnage and poundage, and rates of merchandize, with the further subsidy; The ? and ? Subsidies; The Old Impost; The Additional Impost; and all other duties relating to His Majesty's Customs, payable upon any Sort of Merchandize Imported or Exported. Digested into an easie method, Whereby in one View may be found the several Duties upon each particular Commodity specified in the Old Book of Rates, or any other Act of Parliament, and the Nett Duties Payable thereon at Importation, or to be Repaid on Exportation. AS Also The Rules Annext to the Book of Rates; And the Table of Officers Fees. And a collection of such statutes and part of Statutes, relating to His Majesty's Customs, as passed since the Act of tonnage and poundage 12 Car. II. Like Wise, An Abridgment of several Statutes now in Force and Use, which passed before the said Act. And several Acts and parts of Acts relating to the Duties on Salt, which were omitted in their proper Places. AS Also The Ports of Great Britain, the Lawful Keys in the Port of London: With the Tables of Scavage, Package, Balliage, Packers-Porters Duties in the said Port, and the usual Tares and Draughts. With Abstracts of the Duties on Salt, the Duties of Excise, and Inland Duties, Drawbacks of Excise and Salt, and Refined Sugar; Bounty on Exportation of British made Sail-Cloth, British Manufactures of Silk, and British Com; and Praemium on Naval Stores from the Plantations or Scotland; and the Duties on Coal, Culm, and Cynders Coastwise. To which is added by way of Appendix, The several Acts which passed the last Session relating to the Customs, with the Additional Book of Rates of Goods and Merchandizes usually Imported, and not particularly Rated in the Old Book of Rates; Digested in the same Method as the said Old Book of Rates; With Rules, Orders, and Regulations, Signed by the Right Honourable Spencer Compton, Esq; Speaker of the Honourable House of Commons. The Several Duties payable upon Rated Drugs Imported after 24 June, 1725. And A List of several Goods not inserted Alphabetically in the said Books of Rates: With Directions where to find them. AS Also A Catalogue of the several Acts, when Granted, and how long to Continue. Together with, An Alphabetical Index to the Whole.
Great Britain.Date: 1728- Archives and manuscripts
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MEDAWAR I: Interviews
Date: c.1989-1990Reference: PP/PBM/F.46Part of: Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987)- Pictures
Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1869Reference: 19986i- Books
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A complete view of the British Customs; containing the rates of merchandize, With The total Net Duties to be paid Inwards, Outwards, and Coastwise, and the Drawbacks upon Exportation: All carefully calculated to the Twentieth Part of a Penny. AS Also The several Branches that compose those Net Duties and Drawbacks, fully exemplify'd and explain'd. Likewise, Great Variety of Forms of the Computations of the Duties; Tables of Drawbacks, and Bounties on Exportation; with Examples and Instructions in the Waterside Business. To which is added, The Ports, Members, and Creeks of Great Britain; the lawful Keys and Wharfs, and Tables of Officers-Fees in the Port of London; with the City Duties of Package, Scavage, and Balliage. And An Index containing the Substance of all the Custom-Laws, Rules, and Injunctions. The Whole continu'd To the End of the Session of Parliament, Anno Nono Georgii. To which is now added, a supplement, containing several alterations and additions. And The Rates of Merchandizes Usually imported, and not particularly rated in the former Book of Rates. With the total net duties and drawbacks. Being a further Continuation To the End of the Session of Parliament, Anno undecimo Georgii. By Henry Crouch, Of the Custom-House, London.
Crouch, Henry, -1732.Date: MDCCXXVI. [1726]- Ephemera
By the King and Queen, a proclamation. Marie R. : Whereas Their Majesties have received information that the persons herein after particularly named, have conspired together, and with divers other disaffected persons, to disturb and destroy their government.
England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)Date: 1692- Books
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The use of life / by the Right Hon. Lord Avebury.
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913.Date: 1900- Pictures
Qiongzhou (Haikou) Harbour, Hainan Island, China: a fort. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1870Reference: 18892i- Pictures
Haihow, Hainan Island, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1870Reference: 18830i- Books
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A complete view of the British Customs. Containing, I. A perfect and distinct account of the several particular branches whereof that revenue consists. II. The Former and Additional Books of the Rates of Merchandizes, from which most of those Branches are chargeable; with the Neat Total Amount of all the several Branches payable, as well from those Rates, as from the Values upon Oath, &c for all Foreign Goods and Merchandize Imported, not only by British Subjects, but by Strangers; and also The Neat Total Amount of such of the said Branches as are to be Repaid, or Drawn back, in case the said Goods are afterwards Exported to Foreign Parts within Time. With The Neat Duty to be paid upon Native Commodities, and several Foreign Dying Goods Exported: Also the Duties to be paid upon Coals, Culm, and Cinders brought Coastwise, and to be Repaid if they are afterwards Exported. All Calculated to the Utmost Exactness. Together with the several Rules, Orders, &c. Annexed to the said Books of Rates. III. Directions for, and Examples of, The Method of Computing the aforesaid Duties to be Paid and Repaid; with the Drawbacks and Bounties on the Exportation of several British Goods, &c. IV. The several Ports, Members, and Creeks of Great Britain; the Lawful Keys, Wharfs, &c. and the Fees payable to the Officers of the Customs in the Port of London; with the Duties of Scavage, Package, &c payable to the said City. V. An index, wherein is comprehended the substance of the several laws now in force, relating to the Customs, &c. The Whole being A Complete System of His Majesty's Revenue of Customs. B Henry Crouch, Of the Custom-House, London.
Crouch, Henry, -1732.Date: MDCC.XXXVIII. [1738]- Pictures
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Hong Kong. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1981Reference: 19987i- Pictures
Takow harbour (Takao, Kaohsiung), Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921Date: 1871Reference: 19094i- Pictures
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Macao, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1981Reference: 18893i- Pictures
Takow harbour (Takao, Kaohsiung), Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921Date: 1871Reference: 19364i- Pictures
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Haihow, Hainan Island, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1981Reference: 18831i- Pictures
Foochow, Fukien province, China: the foreign settlement. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1870Reference: 18912i- Pictures
Amoy (Xiamen), Fukien province, China: the harbour viewed from Ku-lang Su (Gulangyu) Island. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1868/1871Reference: 18668i- Books
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A complete view of the British Customs. Containing, I. A perfect and distinct account of the several particular branches whereof that revenue consists. II. The Former and Additional Books of the Rates of Merchandizes, from which most of those Branches are chargeable; with the Neat Total Amount of all the several Branches payable, as well from those Rates, as from the Values upon Oath, &c. for all Foreign Goods and Merchandizes Imported, not only by British Subjects, but by Strangers; and also The Neat Total Amount of such of the said Branches as are to be Repaid, or Drawn back, in case the said Goods are afterwards Exported to Foreign Parts within Time. With The Neat Duty to be paid upon Native Commodities, and several Foreign Dying Goods Exported: Also the Duties to be paid upon Coals, Culm, and Cinders brought Coastwise, and to be Repaid if they are afterwards Exported. All Calculated to the Utmost Exactness. Together with the several Rules, Orders, &c. Annexed to the said Books of Rates. III. Directions for, and Examples of, The Method of Computing the aforesaid Duties to be Paid and Repaid; with the Drawbacks and Bounties on the Exportation of several British Goods, &c. IV. The several Ports, Members, and Creeks of Great Britain; the Lawful Keys, Wharfs, &c. and the Fees payable to the Officers of the Customs in the Port of London; with the Duties of Scavage, Package, &c. payable to the said City. V. An index, wherein is comprehended the substance of the several laws now in force, relating to the Customs, &c. The Whole being A Complete System of His Majesty's Revenue of Customs, Continued to the End of the Session of Parliament, Anno Tertio Georgii Secundi. The second edition: With such Alterations, Additions and Improvements, as have made it much more Useful than the Former. By Henry Crouch, Of the Custom-House, London.
Crouch, Henry, -1732.Date: M.DCC.XXXI. [1731]