The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-07 00:00:00

BUENOS AYRES.

Bursae Ayres Cowles have arrived to the Ith of
Jew, which supply sis with the following
OFFICIAL DECREE.
Departroeut of plater Jaw I.
Tu order to inipport the numerous charge, ellPOn
the Stoler the funds of which have bees. applied to
effort usir poluiral rmaor tlwrtuur while the
of Ilw enemy hove intruded into snit' Minot

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live ; . lures, and with the wish to pay of as
soon as possible the national debt, increased by tlw
generosity of the inhabitants; also to avoid as far as
may be the evil of direr t cootributions; for there
purpusti, on the 1311 i January. in the I..st year. I
c 4 trot, I into opera the duties on imports which
are now impined, wlnpn. g the general system, as
to their collection, which hiss been reported in by
the mo•t polished nations of Europe, and incorpo-
rating with the arrangements the jodwious provi-
sions of the Decree of the c29tli of March of the
mnie year. as to public bills, and the right per
cent. reduction in the Bth article of that Decree
(tins ilimintstimi is iii favour of norticau mer-
chants, by whose assistance the public bills were
put iii Notwithstanding these pru-
dent and moderate regulations, conformable with
equity and justice, considerable clamour has been
raised Ng:sista the exorbitaiwy of the duties, the
complainants not attending to the urgent necessity
which required them, in the form of an indirect
contribution, extending to all classes of consumer.,
and under this false pretest of exorbitancy a eon.
trot:mod *rode has beets carried ou, its defiance of
all the precautions that have been introduced to
privent it.
Under these cireumstances, to promote the in.
crease and prosperity of commerce, and to remove
every obstacle to its success, 1 have determined on
■ very large reduction in the duties of imports, and
have informed the Custom-house of the capital of
the same, which is to take effect from the present
time tinder die subsequent conditions
I. The plyniest of the finites is to be made, two-third
pule is. mosey, and one-third is public bills; modifying this
payment by the first article of the Deesee of the Oft► of
//birch, 1817.

2. The essti.m beam is to receive for these two third
parts of the duty, all sue% of the public bills aa have bees
issued by the Supreme Gourmand, on which is expressed
the face of them that they are to be current iustesd sd
casts.

S. Credit for the deities is to be given to the importers,
on takisig pirsiemiuo of the goods, twenty days for the half
■meuwl, and forty days for the rentailider.
For the security of the State, the Custom•bouse
Olicirm are to have a garrantee, satisfartury to them, which
is take required without distinction of persona.
b. This article provides fur the mode of payment, when
the importer Neglects the discharge of the duties.
•- The eight per rent. granted under the 9th article of
the Decree of the 29th of March, is favour of the Natives
of Sundt America, is reduced to four per cent.; sad also
with ',aspect to others to whom the wins favour was ex-
tended.

JUAN MARTIN DE PAEYRREDON.
(A I►re Copy) ESTEVAN AGUSTIN GARCON.
Dream Apes, Juue 1, 1818.

N.B. The reduction adverted to in the second
purngropli of the preceding Decree, is to the aubount
of 25 per ceut. upon all the vaistiug duties.