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,outwards to any other port of the Peninsula, or be
exported•to a foreign -country, on paying two per
cent. for .administration in the Custom-house where
the clearance is made, and nothing in that •of their'
new destination; but they cannot be conveyed to any
ultra-marine port of Spain, without being subject to,
a second import duty as foreign goods ; and the same
shall be observed With regard to articles of this kind
imported through any Custom-house in America or
•Asia ; nor can they be conveyed from one section to
another of the latter countries, nor to the Peninsula;
that is, froni a port to a Spanish port of the aforesaid
distant regions, without the payment of fresh duties.
12. In case that the Spanish vessels, carrying coast-
wise from one Spanish port to another, foreign goods
already imported, or Spanish goods subject to a duty
on home consumption, should touch or anchor in a
foreign port, and this should be proved in some le-
gitimate way, although the deviation should not ap-
pear in the bill of health or the muster-roll, all the
cargo, on arrival at the destined port of discharge,
shall pay the duties on importation and of home con-
sumptidn, although it may appear by the manifest,
cleat ances, and sockets, that the said duties have al-
ready been paid, and in addition, all the penalties
for contravention to the laws of quarantine, naviga-
tion, and revenue, shall be enforced.
13. All the foreign goods which may not have
been imported, and which may be actually depo-
sited in ports in which those of the first class arc per-
Mitted, may be carried by a Spanish vessel only, ac-
cording to the regulations prescribed in the establish-
ment of deposits for importation in other ptts spe-
cially privileged in the Spanish dominions, without
paying the two per cent. for administration, nor any
other duty outwards, and without paying the duty
inwards, until the importation shall take place in die
port of destination, but with observance of the provi-
sions of Art. 18, and of the regulations of deposit.
14. In the case provided for by the preceding Ar-
ticle, it shall not be permitted to ship in the same
vessel any Spanish goods, or any foreign goods al-
ready imported, neither in the Hirst port of shipment,
nor in any other where the vessel may touch, unless the
foreign goods intended to be shipped from the depo-
sit shall be previously entered, cleared, and the duties
paid in the first port.
15. The same rule laid down in the preceding Ar-
ticle shall apply to the carrying of Spanish goods
subject to hcme consumption duties, and intended to
be taken out of deposit to be conveyed to another
port specially authorized. In these shipments it shall
not be permitted to mix goods which have already
paid the duties of importation, or for home consump-
tion, with those that have not.
16. It shall not be permitted that goods once ware-
housed in a port of deposit in any of the Spanish do-
minions, be conveyed to another deposit.
17. Every Spanish vessel may trade from any
Spanish port, specially authorised, in all the Spanish
dominions, to any foreign port, to import and export
goods not prohibited, subject to the rules of the ge-
neral Tarif, and others on the subject.
18. Foreign goods shipped from Europe for coun-
tries beyond the seas, if they pay the duties on im-
portation in a port specially authorised in the Penin-
sula, shall be valued according to the rates fixed in
the general Tarif; but if :it should be preferred to
pay the duties only on arrival in • an-authorised port
beyond seas, it may be done according to Article 13;
but the rate or value shall be considered as increased
one-half, if the goods should be shipped from a
foreign port ; but if shipped from a port of deposit
of the first class in the Peninsula, the duties shall be
calculated on the rates or value of the general Tarif,
and a fourth part, or 25 per cent. more, besides the
extra duties on foreign flags, according to Article 5.
The same rule shall be reciprocally observed with
foreign goods, which may be carried from Asia to
America or Europe, or from America to the other
two regions.
19. Foreign vessels shall be admitted in all the
ports of the Spanish Monarchy, on the same footing
on which Spanish vessels maybe admitted in the re-
spective foreign ports of every nation in particular,
and as practised in the possessions of each one in
every part of the globe, or in a similarity of cases,
places, and circumstances, for the only purposes spe-
cified in the following Articles.
20. The foreign vessels which may anchor in a '
Spanish port, not for the purpose of loading or un-
loading, but solely for repairing or avoiding damage,
or to procure provisions necessary for the crew, shall
be admitted for the tinge' required for the purpose ;
being merchant vessels, they shall be subject to ma-
nifests, search, and officers, as usual ' • and shall be
treated as Spaniards are treated in the respective
ports of those nations, exacting or not exacting, with
the most scrupulous reciprocity, the tonnage, an-
chorage, and other dues, which may be paid by ves-
sels in passing or remaining, either in free pratique
or in quarantine.
21. Foreign vessels of more than 80 tons may im-
port into the ports of deposit of the first class, and
export from them foreign goods not prohibited, and
being the produce of the country to which the ves-
sel belongs, observing the rules prescribed in the
establishment of the deposits; and on the goods which
they land or load no other duty but the two per cent.
of deposit shall be paid, unless "hey shall be im-
ported by the same port into which alone they can
be imported, or unless the term of deposit be expired,
and they can be , considered as imported, in which
cases the duties inwards shall be paid.
22. Foreign vessels of the said burthen can also
export from the ports 'which may be authorised in
the Spanish dominions foreign gets& which have
been imported and Spanish goods, observing what
has been or may be ordered by the regulations of the
general Tarif.
23. Foreign vessels of upwards of 80 tons are like.
wise permitted to carry provisions and raw materials
which cannot be used unless worked or manufac-
tured, as their entry may be permitted, ft:om Spanish
ports to those in the Spanish territory which may be
specially authorised, and also other goods which
may not be liable to more .than the duty of acliv,i-
nistration, provided always, that the said goods be
the produce of the country to which the vessel be-
longs, and they must pay the duties without the be-
nefit of deposit, unless they carry them to the cor-
responding deposits for the purpose of obtaining it.
24. By the frontier Custom-houses which shall be
established for the purpose, only the importation of
such goods shall be permitted as are the produce,
growth, or manufacture of the contiguous nation;

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and nlso.the, export of all. foreign goods already:mi.. and shall pay no other than the duty of interne a'.-
•
ported, as well as nationaYones, confOtiiably to the Iministration, with the exception. of Merino sheep.
generalTarif, in carts or .on beasts, according to the. 8. The entry and circulation of foreign morel:
roads,and precautionsnecessiryto preientsmuggling. shall be regulated by the Cortes; and, in order t
25. Whatever shalUbe Permitted or prohibited in prevent the grievous injuries Spain experience: doer
eny part of the Spanish Monarchy, shall be eqbally• the duties imposed on the circulation. of the ultra-
so by general rule in all parts, with the exception of marine provinces to those of the Peninsula of So.,-
modifications, which different circumstances of place nish coin, the circulation is declared flee between all
and time may require forthe benefit of all Spaniards. provinces of the Spanish monarchy, including pre.
26. Deposits for maritime commerce 'shall he esta- cious metals, whether in bars or ingots, subject or:y
Wished in the ports, which, 'on-the proposal of Go- to the usual certificates in their circulation by se.,
vernment, may be approved by the Cortes ; they will and between the line of custom-houses, when in si,ver
be of two classes; those of the first elms will serve the amount exceeds I,etiO reels vellen, and 2,001
for depositing Spanish goods, subject to the payment when in gold.
of honie consumption duties, and foreign goods.— In the same Sitting it was also proposed, that
Those of tte second class will be only for depositing whilst the Cortes did not deterni'e to the contrary,
Spanish- goods, subject to home consumption duties, all the countries which, by the Constitution, belor,?
but riot for foreign goods. No deposit of either class to the Spanish monarchy, should, as integral parts et'
can be established in an insecure or defenceless port. the same, enjoy the benefit of the new general Tali:.
or such as may not have shelter for vessels in perms= The following Resolutions were also read ate!
nent roadsteads, and fortifications to defend them, and approved :
in the immediate vicinity of which there is not a I. That the grant of his Majesty, allowing trade be-
Custom-house and the necessary buildings fon depo- tween the Philippine Islands and ports in Ameiica,
sits, and a maritime Consulate; and amongst.the on the Pacific, made last J,:nuary, be vale! and
ports, in which these circumstances are combined, served, as well in national as foreign articles, pc:-
those shall be selected which export most produce mitted by the said grant, and in Spanish bettotes
and manufactured articles of the country. indistinctly.
27. The further fundamental regulations for grant- '2. All - produce and goods manufacen red in t' e:
ing deposits shall form a particular object of instruc- Philippine Islands shall be admitted as ti wood)
tions, which will be inserted in the general Tarif, and the authorised ports, as. well hi America as Peirce s
will be confirmed or amended every year. The same and Asia, when accompanied by regular ceititieate
rule shall be observed for pointing out, pre_erving, proving their origin, and in mrtwa.d nettorns.
granting, or taking away, en the proposal of Go- 3. All national ye-gel-, shall hesiJes be allowed to
vernment, the privilege of deposit, with respect to carry on direct trade from any Nit ut Arne-
the ports which may suit for the purposes of this rica-and Europe,. by the Glee eiood Hope, to
new syStem, so as to combine the welfare of agricul- foreign ports in the East drones mid china, and it
cure, industry, and commerce, with that-,of the pub- •shall Lin lawful for thorn to invert and deposit, 7.Z
lic revenue. the authorised Spanish Ports of ismerien and Emcees.,
28. The goods inventecl.by necess,ity or caprice, or the following goods arid c.iects, cis.—Cinnamon ei
those Which may not be named in: the general Tarif, Ceylon, pearl,, diamonds, ivory, tortoise-shell, tea et'
after it shall have been publiped, shall be charged all kinds, earthenware er china; lacquered articlee
or rated in the Ctistorrehouses to pay duties in pro- manufactured m. -of-peat I; manufactured jeer;
portion to others to which they are analogous or like, manufactured fidagree of all kind.,
to be done by the Administrators without causing dyes, boxes of paints, ivory and other tans, coarse are
any delay to business, but to he reported immediately candy sugar, spun cotton from No. 60 upwerde
to the General Direction of Revenue, for the pur- plain, striped, and worked muslins of all kinds, cct-
poses required. . ton and muslin handkerchief's of all kinds, pens,
29. The prohibition of importation or exportation striped, and_ worked cambrics, nankeens, cottca
of goods in the dominions of Spain . shall form a se- stripes, &c.
parate article; besides which, their denominations , 4. The import. duties of said articles shall be laid
shall be inserted in the general Tar if, in the places coy- down in the general Tarif, according to the bases ap-
responding to them in the alphibetical order, and diet- proved by the 'Cortes. •
shall be subject to a separate determination, whicht 5. The regulations contained in Article 12, of the
will be confirmed or amended by every Legislature. fundamental bases oldie general Tai if approved by
SO. Merchant ships, Spanish as well as foreign, the Cortes, shall.be observed with regard to cargoes
shall be considered as merchandise; their purchase coming from the Philippine Islands, and of whica
or sale shall be permitted or prohibited, as may be the vessels may enter any foreign port in Amerce
expedient, and ordered in the general Tarif every or Europe.
year, and all those belonging to Spaniards shall be 6. In order that this freedom granted to trade may
nationalised. not be injurious to national industry and agriculture,
81. On the left margin of the printed book of rates, as well in Asia as in America and Europe, as it
or general Tarif, as much blank space as possible is would be if extended to Asia by the Cape of Good
to be left for noting down the necessary an 4 useful Ilope, with foreign cargoes and productions, mere
observations, for better explanation and successive than from the Philippine Islands, it shall not be Lie -
corrections. ful to bring to ports el America and Europe, by said
32. The weight and measure for solids and fluids way of the Cape, in each vessel of foreign goads eau-
shall be the Castilian, for charging the duties accord. merated in this Decree, more than the amount of
ing to the general Tarif,; and the money shall be effec- 50,000 dollars, stated on the clearances, and the re-
dye, and not nominal or imaginary reals de Vellon, mainder of the cargoes shall be completed with geoids
33. The maximum of the duties on foreign goods and effects of the Philippine Islands, or of other pi o-
imported shall be 30 per cent. on the valuations of ductions from foreign countries of Asia, which are
the general Tarif, and the minimum for administra- free according to the general Tarif.
don two per cent. ,importation or re-exportation, 7. The Government is enjoined to require cf. the
and on the shipments by sea for the home trade.— Political Chief and Local Authorities of Manilla,
The maximum for Spanish goods, on exportation to formation respecting the most adequate means 01 ce-
foreign countries, shall be 10 per cent. on said valua- cotiraging the agriculture, industry, navigation, and
dons; and the minimum two per cent. for adminis- commerce of the Philippine hands.
tration on said exportation, or for shipments by sea - -
for the home trade, between province and province,
in the proper cases. The maximum of the home
consumption duties on Spanish goons that are subject
to them, shall be 15 per cent. on the respective va-
luations, without any limit as to the minimum, be-
cause there will be goods entirely exempt from
these duties.
34. In the maximum and Minimum of duties men-
tioned in the foregoing article, suitable gradations
shall be established, according to the scientific prin-
ciples which govern in similar cases.
(Slimed) COUNT DE TORENA, President.
J. M. SURR IE, Secretary.
M. A. LOPEZ, Secretary.
Madrid, October Stk. 1820.
Wherefore, we command all Tribunals, Judges;
Chiefs, Governors, and other Authorities, as well
Civil as Military and Ecclesiastic, of whatsoever class
and dignity, that they observe and cause to he observed
and executed the present Decree, in all its parts.
(Signed) JOSEF CANGA ARGUELLES.
Palace, October 6th, 1820.
In the Sitting of the Bth instant, the Cortes gave
their approbation to the following Commercial Re-
gulations :
1. That the importation of raw ccttons of foreign
growth be prohibited, with the exception of those
enumerated iu the following article.
2. For the present, and till the cultivation and
commerce of cottons is re-established in our Pro-
vinces of Europe and beyond seas, the importation
of raw cottons shall be allowed from Pernambuco
and Asia Minor, paying 15 per cent. in Spanish ves-
sels, and 20 in foreign ones ; and those also from
foreign possessions in the East Indies, on payment
of nine per cent. in Spanish, and 12 in foreign vessels.
8. In the Philippine Islands the importation of raw
cottons from foreign countries shall he prohibited, or
allowed to the amount and in the manner that may
be deemed advisable by the local authorities, in
order to reconcile the encouragemert of the culti,
vation with the manufacture front cotton in those
Spanish islands.
for4elgTnhcaotuthnteriepsroolfiibtaitiilonn of the
tanned
dpirmeppaorretdatn from
hides
sand
skins, be without any exception whatever.
authorities e
s correspondings
sary That
pisilhieamtlidlreeuipltteisultra-marine provinces] the local
under n ttal
the
er
atniheeye.:
mcitFlltopunorert,ilotains(:loa,
cannot be provided front national manufaetures.
6. That as an indemnity for the injury done to the
national fisheries, fereign dry cod-fish, veithout any
distinction of classes, in the nswgeneral Tarif, shall
be liable to a duty of 48 and 64 per cent.
according
as it arrives in national or foreign vesselsi •
7. The exportation of cattle of all kinds, as well
u of all other national' production.; slt.ill lie free,

NEWG ATE AND LRA DEMI ALL MARKETS, Nov.
(By the C.trcase.)
Beef 3y od to 4s 0.1 I Veal Od to Ss 41
Mutton 3s Od to 3s Sid Pork 4s od to 6: OS

PRICK t;

NSW ZAGS.

Kent 81 Os to 41 16s
Sussex 4l lits to 31 :Ss
Essex
Foreign

PR I CF.S or TI A Y •ws S.
ST. J A mtss.
Thy 31 10s Od to 41 6s Od
Straw' 11 is Od to 11 13s Ott
Clover 01 Os Oct to 01 Os Od

PRICE or TALLOW,
Town Tailow Os 04
Yellow Russia 5.5s Od
White dirto ...... 51 sOd

Soap ditto • 49s Od
Melting Stuff 46s Qd

F HOPS.
New POCKETS.
31 Ss to 31 Ss
SOSMX 2l IN LO 7.4.
F.sseis
Farnham.— 61 Os to SI us