The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-11 00:00:00

COMPANIES. BILL.

measuie for the incorporation, regulation, and winding-
-1.11:, of trading companies was examined by your Council and
approved of. It originated in the /louse of I.OrAe, but was
withdrawn in the Commons. .

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rims:Ron AND tIEN 'FOB. ttiLEVORt tILL
Was re-introanced late this session, and passed the House of
Ccatorrions, hat was withdraWn it the House of Lords.
t.PCN OAT 'GOODS FOR TREICIDT OUTW.ADDS.
This subject was consilered b' your coancil in
.coniuucien
:with a deputation fromthe Shipowners' ASsOChition, but t
tib
liculties sUrrcianding it were so great that no decigiOn:Coidd
I's come to. It will, however, receive Ahrther conEideritiOn.
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STAMP DCTIES ACT, 1560. ,
Your Council were anxious tOiirovire sOthe amendments in
Allis Act, by which the peialties Ander it might be more dis-
tinctly defined, ,and the scale of duties made more equitable ;
but as the meailitrt was passed through Parliament very
11119‘.k.1y, theile Was no opportunity of effecting this. Upon the
iiitre'duction of a second stamp bill, your Council repeated
their attempts, but without success, owing to the haste with
'which, like the former one, it was hurried through its various
stages.

AMENDMENTS IN THE BRITISH TARIFF 00' IMPORT DUTIE3.
The Budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer has provided
for the repeal of most of the import duties for which your
council memorialised Government at the beginning of this year,
and to which reference was made in the last report. The
Budget being of a very comprehensive charadter, Many ques-
tions arose which required the vigilant attention of your coun-
cil, such as the import, export, and bonding charges imposed
'under the new Customs Act. As the mode in which thWe
Charges were first proposed was, in the opinion of yourtenincil,
bighly objectionable and calculated to place v'exa'tious restric-
tions upon commerce, every exertion was used, both by cor-
resPondence and deputations, to obtain sonic modifications,
and although all that your council desired could not be effeeted,
Still the bill was very much modified before it became law.
e following is a statement of the proposals made by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, with the subsequent Emend,
'Meats, and the final result as sanctisned by the Act -The
first Propositions were made in February, to impose a charge
in aid of the Customs establishments-1. upon all goods, both
free and dutiable, imported or exported, of Id. per package or
tpn. 2. Upon goods removed antler bond, such as tobacco, ls.
Per 100 Ms.; sugar, 4d. per cwt. ; wine, ss. per 100 gals., and
".on. 3. And upon the various operations in bond, snch as re-
Packing, ls. per package ; re-weighing, 4d. per package, and
" On. In March these were amended, and it was proposed to
charge on the importation of free goods, Id. per package and
unit of entry; transhipment on foreign goods, Is. per cent. on
value ; exportation of free goods and goods in bond, 2s. id. per
sent• on value ; removed under bond, tobacco, nd. per ll of
duty ; other goods, Id. per £1 of duty; and operations in bond,
re-Packing, 4d. per package; re-weighing, id. per package,
and so on. •
Strong objection was taken by your council to mangy of these
'ellarges, especially to the principle of ad valorem duties on the
°xPortation and transit of goods, and the resolutions were int-
ther amended by abolishing the transhipment and exportation
dUty, and substituting a duty on the Customs bills of lading of
ls. fid. for each shipment ; and imposing, instead of the charge
for removal under bond, a charge for bonding and removing of
los. per cent. on the amount of duty, and for bonding without re-
moval, Is. per cent., the charges for operations in bond remain-
-1 .;_g the -same; but, in conformity with a promise made to a
deputation of your council, these last were afterwards aban-
doned by Government. The whole of the charges, as autho-
rised by the Act of Parliarne%, are now as follow :---Importa-
tion of all goods, except corn. grain, dour, and timber, and
Roods in transit, Id. per package and unit of entry; warehous-
ing of bonded goods, except tobacco and sugar, not removed,
Ss. per cent. on duty; and if removed under bond, 10s. ; on
obacco, not removed, 2s. 6d.; removed, ss. ; on sugar, not
:removed, 55.; removed, 10s.
Another quesiionurising out of the Budget was the arrange-
taent of the details of the new Irene& tariff of import dtrti.f.a on
British manufactures, enumerated in the let article of the
recent treaty with France. A. letter was received from the
Board of Trade, asking for information upon certain points
Involved in that arrangement, to enable the commissioners to
regulate the assessment of those duties. A special committee
"as appointed to collect Information from t'e manufacturers
ln_ Liverpool; but with the exception of the chemical mans-
Ta.cturers, the sugar refiners, the salt trade, and the soap
manufacturers, no information could be obtained. A report
'was sent to the Board of Trade, embodying the remarks and
*ltgßestions made by the trades above named.
THE EXCISE DUTY ON PAPER.

It will be remembered that, in May last; the Chamber, at a
'Reneral meeting, decided not to take any step in reference to
'tile action of the House of Lords on the bill for the repeal of
the excise duty on paper. Since then, however, the House of
'Commons has decided to reduce the import duty on foreign
174_ Per, which will be liable to the usual custom:: laws ; and as,
iu that case, the British manufacturer would be placed at a
disadvantage, a memorial has been sent to the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, asking that the same facilities may be given
to E h s paper by the excise as will be granted to foreign
-Paper in bond. A reply has been received, saying that the
'question has the Chancellor's best attention.