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London, England, 1814-05-28 00:00:00

MB NEW CORN BILL.

The Bill to regulate the importation of Corn into
the United Kingdom, as amended by the Committee
of the House of Commons, has been printed. Its
clauses, divested of technical form, are as follow :
The present duties -to cease and determine. From and after
the let day of August, ISt 4, the duties specified in the Schedule
to the Act, and no other, to be paid. Such duties to be regulated
by the aggregate average price of the whole of the twelve mari-
time districts in England and Wales; such average price to be
ascertained in such manner as is directed by the Acts of the 3111
and 33d of the present
Imported Cern may be.warehousel under the provhions,
dca
of 43d Geo.lll. without payment of duty, and again expel:tett
But all foreign corn; grain, meal, or flour, so warehoused, and
which shall be afterwardi taken out tor borne consumption, in
any part of the United Kingdom, shall be subject to the duties
payablerat the time of such foreign corn, grain, meal, or flour,
being so taken out for be consumption, upon foreign coro,
g ain, meal, and flour, respectively imported into the-. United.
Kingdom, in like Manner as if the same had been then Imported.
Foreign meal or flour not to be imported into inland, but for

mutton.

All the provisions, powers, authorities, regulations, penalties
and forfeitures, clauses, matters and things, now in force in any
Act or Acts of Parliament, in relation to the collecting, levying
and recovering the duties upon importation of any corn, grain'
malt, meal or flour, so far as the same are not contrary to the
provisions of this Act, or are not by this Act altered, varied, or
repealed, shall extend and be construed to extend, and be applied
and enforced for the carryllig into execution the purposes of the
Act, in relation to she duties upon the Importation of corn, grain,
meal, and flour, and regulations relating thereto.
Ditties on corn or grain imported into keland, from and after
!In: said Ist day of August, 1814, shall be calculated according to
the proportion which the weight and price of the barrel of cons
or grain in Ireland, by Irish measure and currency, shall bear to
she weight and price of the quarter of corn or grain in Great
Britain, by British measure anS currency : And that a schedule,
shewing the proportion of the re.pective weights and prices of
such corn, and the several duties payable thereon In consequence,
shall be settled and ascertained by the Commissioners of Cus
toms and Port Duties in Ireland ; And that copies of the said sche-
dule shall be by them transmitted so the Collector or other pan-
cipal officers at the several ports of Ireland.
All the provisions, penalties and forfeitures, matters and
things, now in force in any Act of Parliament, in relation to the
importation into Ireland of any corn or grain, and relating to the
ascertaining the average prices of corn or grain in Ireland, stall
extend aad be construed to ez'end, and shall be applied and en-
forced for carrying into execution the purposes °fettle Act, in re-
lation to the duties and importation of corn and grain into Ire-
land under this Act.
This Act may be altered, amended, or repealed during the
present Session.
Act to continue in force five years, and from thence until the
end of the nett Session of Parliament.
' To this Act is annexed the schedule to which it refers. It is
entitled, " A Schedule of the Duties on the Articles hereinafter
mentianed, when imported from any foreign country, except die
province of Quebec, or the other British Colonies or Plantations
in North Atiterica."
They are as follow :
Wu e. T, if at or under 63 shillings per quarter price, to pay a
duty of 24 shillings : from b 3 to 64, to pay a duty of 245.: front
84 to 65, a duty of 235.; front 6% to 66, a duty of 225.; and so
up to 86 and upwards, at which the duty is reduced to 1 shilling.
So that as the price advances front 635. to Vas. the duty de-
cremes, and thus the aggregate of price and ditty always remains
the same, viz. 87s. per quarter.
The Schedule for Rye, Beans, and Nits, proceeds
on the same plan r
If at or under 42 shillings per quarter price, they pay 42
shillings duty ; from 42 to 43, the same ; from 43 to 44 shilling.
prida 21 shillings duty ; and so up to 63 shillings price, and sto-
ws" when the duty is reduced to 1 shilling; so that the quar-
ter, including price and duty, always remains the sante, viz. 645.
The Duties on Barley, Beer, or Big, proceed in
the same way :
If at or under 325. price per quarter, the duty is 135.; from
325. to 335. the same; from 335. to 345., 12s. duty; front 345. to
35s price, 1 ls. duty; and so up to 443. and upwards • at which
the duty is reduced to one shilling ; so that the total Of the price
and duty always remains the same, viz. forty-five shillings.
The fourth and last scale is for Oats, and is on the
same plan :
If at or under 21s. price pet quarter, the duty to be 125.; from
21 to 225. the same; front fas. to 235. price, the duty to be I ls.;
'rum 234. to 245. the duty to be 10s. and so up to 325. and upwards
price, when the duty is reduced to ls., so that the aggregate o'
price and duty always remains the same, viz. 33e.
A-d, when Imported front the Province of Quebec, or the other
British Colonies or Pbntstions iu North Americo—One-half of
the said reapsalte duties.
The importation of oatmeal into .Great Britain, to
be governed as follows :
The duty to be pita on eachpoU, to be the snare as gbe cloy
payable at the ;lm of the Importation thereof, oo each qualifr
of oats.
...The importation} of wheaten meal or flour, into
Great Britain, to be governed as follows 3
'TIN dotty to be paid on es& cwt. to be one-01rd part of t!le
duty payable at the time of the importation Ibereof, es CUL
quarter of what. •