The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-18

ror, that the commissioners exercise no control
find some of the ports selected by statuts---Man-
chester for instance. Can the commissioners by
their order close any port selected against ware
housing, or exclude from the warehouse any arti-
Gle the law allows to be deposited In lheml | can
hardly believe il. This would be To exercise pow
or beyond the law and subversiye OF H. But if il
exists, l cannot find that il has been exercised
Their true authority, | apprehsBd, is To regulate,
arrange, and control within the legal limitations
They may enlarge the system by designating new
ports, and the commissioners OF the Customs under
their authority and direction, may carry out the de-
tails OF these extended arrangements; and all such
orders may be revoked. But il is only necessary
to look into the history of the system and com
pare different periods 70 see that IL has been in
course Of regular extension, both as to ports and
merchandise. But on this point will not further
enlarge. H. .s
Il has been stated ON the other side that foreign
manufactures intended for home consumption in
Great Britain cannot be warehoussd. believe
this TO be a total Misrepresentation, Il is admitted
on all hands that foreign manufactures may be
warehoused for expectation, and yet ! can find no
special authority TO deposite them Or thai purpose
II they may be in the warehouse W sxpor' s,ion,
they may De for consumption, uaiess thSrc - re-
slriction. ...
I prove foreign manufacturer 20 be in British
warehouses, i. BY the following regulations
"lt shall be lawful for the commissioners of customs
permit any stuns or fabrics Of silA linen cotton wool
or Of any mixture Of them with any other material be
taken out Of the warehouse 10 be CLEANED refreshed
stained eslendsred or TO be besehed printed without
bond their satisfaction that such goods shall returned
the warehouse within the time tina, they shall appoint
and viii, 4. chap, 81 $50
2. On an application TO the lords of the treasury,
stating objections 10 the existing mode Of as
certaining the exact number Of yards of "foreign
wooen cloth warehoused in this country the ap-
plicaon was granted, so far regards "such bales
of wooien cloths as may be warehoused for expor-
tation ony."-Yeary Journal of Trade, lS45, page
81.
This order, which bears date in November, 1920,
shows that foreign woollen cloths are warehoused,
and that some are wsrehoused for expectation only;
a necessary inference, some for home consump-
ton.
3. Manufactures Of silk, being the manufactures
of Europe, may be imported into certain ports and
warehoused generally, viz: London, Dublin, Dover,
and Southampton. The same manufactures may
be imported into other ports for expectation only.
refer to a work on the customs revenue laws and
regulations" published at Liverpool by Lowe,
Sherlock & Richards, officers Of her majesty's Gus
toms. The reference will be fouhd at page lis Of
the edition Of l542 under the head Of notes on i'm.
portations, where order Of the commissioners of
the treasury is cited. This reference shows that
European silks may be warehoused both for expoI-
tation and consumption, though under certain re-
slrictons ports, doubtless for the purpose of
guarding against frauds on the revenue. No such
restrictions found in respect to coons woolens,
linens iron. Ihs inference is that these articles
came under the general regulation, and may be
freely imported and deposited in store, either for
portation or consumption at the option of the i'm
porter.
L. BY referring to Elliss laws and regulations of
the customs, edition of l643, vol. "A, page 299,
table F, it will be that "a goods manufactured
of silk, &c." are among the artlces allowed To be
wsrehoused. find the same articles in the edition
of lS42, and infer that not only silks, but all other
manufactured goods not specially excluded may be
freely deposited either for consumption exporta-
ton.
5. The same inference may be drawn from the
statistical returns of the British empire give some
details for the year 1886, excepting Silks which
for the year lS4l: