Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-07-12

mands special notice. II formerly
paid duty of ! 32a. Now it pays
50 so Dbl. besides l24 cents wharf
age.
Boots are charged with duty OF
from,3 dollars to so cents pair accord
ing to their quality. Shoes pay from
81 SO to the dozen.
Articles subject to a specific duty
when imported in Haytien vessels, pay
one third less.
Goods introduced into one OF the
ports of republic through the ship
wreck of a vessel, will be subject to du-
ty, if notice is not given that they are
intended for expectation. In the lat
ter case they are to be sent to the Gus
tom house stores, and can be exported
after paying one half the fixed duties.
In no case is salvage to be allowed.
Goods subjectto average shall be sent
to public auction, and the import du-
ties deducted from the amount OF sale.
No claim for average can be admit
ted after the goods are taken from the
custom house.
Brandy, Gin, Whiskey, must be i'm
ported in pipes or bbls. containing not
less than 100 gallons each. If shipped
coastwise, it must be in the original bar
rels. Brandy is subject to specific
duty of 81 a gallon, Gin and Whisky
| so.
The following articles may be i'm
ported free of duty: bullets of every ca
libres, grenades, bombs, and other pro-
iectiIes of artillery, cannon, musquets,
horsemen's swords and pistols, ma
chimes and instruments proper for oul-
tivatins the earth, and the preparation
of products, horses, asses, mules, specie,
and classical and elementary books,
stitched, in paper covers, or bound In
parchment.
The importation of the following ar
ticles is prohibited:- Mahogany, Cam
peachy wood, Guise, Fustic, Coffee,
Cotton in wool, Cocoa, brown and
clayed Sugars, Rum, 'rafa, Syrup, Mo-
lasses, Sugar Canes, Sword Canes, UNI
brellas, inclosing swords, dirks, or 9TH
err arms, and books and prints injurious
to morals.
No individual except the pilot, and
the officers of the port, is permitted to
90 on board a vessel before the captain
Shall have made his declaration at the
bureau of the competent authorities.
Within "a hours after the arrival OF
foreign vessel, it must be entered at
the custom house. The manifest must
be signed by the captain, and must
contain an exact and detailed statement
of the whole cargo down even to the
provisions and other articles intended
for the use ofthe crew.
Goods intended for expectation, are
exempted from the import duty, it no.
,ice be duly given, and if they be ex-
ported in the same vessel that they ar
rived in; but if it is intended to export
them in another vessel, they must be
deposited in one OF the public stores,
and paw, when exported, one half the
import duty. If the expectation does
not take place within six months, they
are subject to the whole duty.
Every foreign vessel is subjected to
tonnage duty of one dollar ton, &C,
cording to its register. If foreign
vessel touches at several ports of the
republic it pays this duty once only du'
ring the voyage.
Foreign vessels, driven into the ports
of the Republic by stress of weather,
are, provided they neither take on board
nor land merchandise, exempted from
all charges, except certain payments to
the officers of the port.
The following reductions are made
in the TERRIToRIAL DUTy.
Coffee Sl2 the thousand weight
Former duty l6.
Brown sugar, the thousand weight.
Former duty 8.
Clayed Sugar, the thousand weight.
Formerly 8.
The following reductions are made
in the EXPORT Duty.
Cocoa, 10 the thousand weight
Brown Sugar, 4. Formerly 6.
Clayed Sugar, 8. Formerly9.
A deduction Of one fifth is made from
the export duties when articles are ex-
ported in Haytien vessels.
The expectation Of the following ar
ticles is prohibited. Specie, fire and
side arms, munitions Of war, copper
and iron, horses, asses, mules, and
wood fit for ship building.
Before the captain of vessel COM
mences taking in cargo, he must give
notice to his consignee, and the latter
must give notice to the Custom House.
The coasting trade can be carried on
only in vessels owned and manned by
Haytiens. 1t is subject to strict re-
rnlationc