The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-01
DrrAnrMrnr OF STATE,
MAY 30lh, l64;

The following decree has been received iron
the Minister Of the United States at ST. Peters
burg, and is published for the Information oil ou
merchants:
ST., PETERsBuRG, February 18th, lol5'
The department offoregn trade has just announced
that ia execution of the Ukase Of His Majesty the
Emperor Of the 9Th Of January last addressed to Tie
Directing Senate, inserted in number $50 OF The
Journal Of Saint Petersburg,) the Custom-houses OF
ST. Petersburg, Cronstadt, Riga, and Archange have
received orders TO permit the re-exportalion oil
foreign merchandise ON which the duties Of import
have not been paid, conformably with the DISPOSE
ons of the said Ukase and that, moreover, the fol-
lowing rules established by the Minister OF Finance
have been transmitted to those Cs'om-houses for
their direction
/. As the authorization to re-export foi egn mer-
chand does not include the abolition of the general
laws Custom-houses, il viii be obligatory as be-
fore, upon the importers of all foreign merchandise,
present detailed declarations within the periods OF
time prescribed, in strict execution Of the rules es-
tablished in articles SAT to SIS of the code OF law
and regulations for the Custom-houses
3 The merchandise admitted into the warehouses
of the Crown, or deposited under the inspection OF
the Custom-house are alone admitted to re-exporta-
ton. In cases where a merchant, after giving the
detailed declaration of certain goods, should desire,
from any cause, TO reexport them in the same vessel
which brought them, and without discharging them
in the store-hou Of the Cusom-house the Custom
house must obtain the decision Of the department OF
foreign commerce on the subject.
3. II is permitted to re-export, not only goods
which have not been examined by the Custom house,
but also those which, al che request Of the owners,
have been examined for the payment of the import
duties, and then declared for re-exportation.
4. The transportation of goods is allowed only by
sea, through the port by which they entered,
and within the period fixed for their remaining in
warehouse.
S. If the goods are placed under sequestraton at
the request of court or board of administration,
they cannot be reexported until the removal Of the
sequestration this circumstance does not, however,
free them from the general laws concerning goods
which the duties Of import have not been paid within
the prescribed periods.
6 For re-exporting goods, the owners must give
to the Cusom-house special declarations on the same
paper for the declaration Of goods for importa-
ton the Custom house, designating these goods in
general terms, done in invoices.
7. When, on the entry of goods at the warehouse,
the declare verbally, that it is their in
ten,ion to re-eKport them, those goods must soon
possible be stored apart from the others, in order
that they may be easily found at the time OF the
rec xportation.
8. On the transportation of goods, detailed ex-
animation shall not be made of them unless for par
ticular reasons but if strong suspicious should be
that The packages destined for re-expor-
,ation contain prohibited goods, goods allowed, but
of which the quantity the quality does not agree
with the declarations made, the Custom house shall
examine those packages in the presence of the owner
his legal representative, execute the laws against
prohibited goods, and only allow the transportation
of the admissible goods receipt of the fines pre-
scribed in cases Of non-conformity.
8. When declaration is made Of intention to re-
export goods already examined at the Custom house,
and on the examination of which, differences sub
ecting the importer TO penalties, have been discover
ed, the re expectation Of these goods shall not be
authorized until after the acqutta of those penalties
or security has been given for them.
TO- The owners shall not be subject to any claim.
on account of inaccuracies in the lists of goods OF
which the re expectation has been allowed.
H. On the re-exportation of goods, care shall be
taken that the Crown warehouse duties be paid but
IT is understood that at Archangel warehouse duties
can only be required on the goods re-exportcd and
that as heretofore, goods which have paid the i'm
port duty cannot be subject 10 the others. In like
manner, warehouse duties not to be levied at
Riga on goods stored in private warehouses under
al n tIa hon ir,b
angel on those deposited in the stores depending on
the Custon-house, and leased out by the Crown. As
to Cronstadt, where the right Of warehousng does
not exist, and where there not Custom. house
warehouses enough, the warehouse duties there shall
be levied only the re-exportation Of goods which
arrived at Cronstadt under particular circumstances
10. Import duties which have been paid, shall not
be restored on the re-exportation of the goods on
which they were paid.
10 After having levied agreeaby to the second
article Of the above mentioned Ukase, the ware
house duties in the warehouses of the Crown, on
goods destined for re-exportation the Custom house
shall deliver passports for their Shipment according
to which, the packages are TO be transported under
its inspection as far as the most distant Custom house
station The packages Of manufactured goods are
to be loaded by the Custom house other articles,
such as colonial goods sc. TO be loaded in the
most convenient manner. At The most distant sta
lion the leads shall be removed, TO be returned to
the Custom-house with the passports, which the
inspector shall note the fact Of the recxporalon Of
the goods This passport shall be preserved as a
document in support Of the registers.
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HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM THE PACIFIC
The brig Architect, Capt. Gray, arrived here yes
terday in eight days from Vera Cruz, bringing the
highly important intelligence that the British autbori-
ties have taken formal possession OF the Sandwich
Islands. Lord Pauet, commanding II. b. NJ ship
Carresfoot raised the British flag the 25th Of Feb
ruary last in honor Of the annexation Of the king
dom to the British Empire, and on the same day no