The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-12 00:00:00

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rvev.—leiroittexr REVENUE CASE.
This cause was resumed at the sitting of the court this
morning, when the following witnesses were called :
Mr. William Robson, examined by Sir F. Kelly, Q.C.—
I am a warehouseman in the London Docks, and Piave been
tso for thirty year,. My warehouse is No. 1. That is a
warehouse ut which sugar and cocoa are lodged.
.I.rpon a
ehip'e coming to the dock with sugar the first step Is to haul
her into her berth and unload the cargo a. soon as the
Customs order arrives. An entry is passed by the merchant
at the Custom-house in Thames street, and a copy of it is
send to the London Docks, where the registrar takes a
copy of it and sends it to the tide-waiter, who
goes on board the ship at Gravesend. The mani-
fest is a copy of all the goods on board. The
copy of the manifest is sent to us. People are em-
, ployed by the company for carrying and taking an account
of the cargo as it comma on chore. The Customs tide-
waiter tuket a similar account. The parcels are counted as
they are landed by these two persons. if any difference
between the title-waiter and talisman, we has no means
sr ascertaining the difference until the delivery of thLi77,,,
it delivered at lighters alongside. A person
enrveving officer attends to see what the state of the cargo
h. An account at the time is taken of the damaged part of
the cargo. A person called a shipworker is placed
by the company on board every ship, and his duty is to
oes that no parcel is broken, and that no damage is done.
U sugar escapes, it is collected together and sent on shore.
The sugar which escapes is separated into two parts. Some
of the sugar that has recently escaped, is nearly as clean so the
eisatents of the parcels. The better sort we always weigh,
end tarry to the merchant's account. In most instances the
dirty sugar is taken as the company's sweepings. We sane-
Wu+ applied to the consignee of the cargo, where the visa*,
was unusually large, in order to know his wishes. As ths
se I know or, the merchauta have accepted only la In
instance. Directions aro given by the Dock Company,
never to carry anything clean to their accounts. I Lars
sever known clean sugar carried to the company's account
In sweepings, or otherwise dealt with than as the mer-
obant's account. The quantity of sugar that escapee
is usually so small, that so account is taken of
it. A book is kept by the Customs time-keeper.
On reaching tie viarehonse the goods are sorted according
to their mail.. In large cargoes it happens that there are
a en at man, eepatate marks, and as far an we eau we
abrays keep each wank separate. When a large quantity
of sugar is carted ...voiding to its marks there arc additional
loetke famed upon it. With regard to sugar there is never
as operation sailed " bulking." The operation of sampling
%ghee pier. 1,..t0r5. the weighing. The weighing, at which
a Custom Louse oft, cr must be present, is proceeding while
the sampling is being carried on. The sweepings are all
Ultimately halt with is the same way, whether sweepings
bum the boor or overdrawings, they are all sold by NW
maw. wile or to a contractor. I believe there is a cosiessbr
sowed Lisaydan. With tafarmace is this psstisvase bill st
mar,
from and sweepings ese do twos Ilap_itit
earegeol from the casks and which good oat
wise is called " dry scrapings." There is no escepp
iho logs to any great maned from gnawing of boss
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