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By the Funeral' tarjiffi-published at difibrent intervals fronm, the year. 1817, dUW,bifore that time, t he 'onme systemi of: dat. tisWas 'extcnid-.& t'o the: Lombardo-Verietian Kingdo i'. 'an'd. to the provhe of ,the Trl and Voralsb(erg,wich luih ing for rmany 'jeara In' the' ancient provinces of Austria, eO~ cludes thle internal trade in foreign tiommoditics," whilch being, -restricted by the interest o.01 -n-atlonaj industry,. had been plared out of conmmerce.. in velafih..td:thit system of duties, gnd witht the view ofteioving thie obstacles to a free trade between these and thec otber prIovincesi of 'thle mdiiarcily, the High Aulic Chamber, cons- sidering that by the time .elapsed since the publication of thiese tariff', the cotmioodies introduced into these provinces before they were enforced' had been consurned; hias by Itg despatch of the 22d of August,No-29,567-737, ordained as follows:- *Artic-le i-Internal trAffic in foreign comimodities, introduced aniterior to the prohibition and specified in the annexed list, shall be tolerated only ttll the 31st of December, 1824. It then termi- nates,under the observance of thte prescribed forms pyevailing in thespe provincis for thie clr'culation and trade in siuch arTfCIes. Art. 2.-The above term lhaving expiredi, wliatever prohibited commodity shall be found in trade, in circuilation, in lshops, maga. 2incs, or othter places, dewtined for such articles, shall be considered as proceedng from.contrabatnd; and the holder shall be adjuldged to the respective penalties,...that ia, to confiscation of the samre, or to a fine ofdotable the value, having no reference te the ticket witht which- these goods shall be protected, or to any other justification of their original introduction. Art. I.-The proprietors of the said goods, wlho, at thie concluslion of the above-imentloned 6im-of toleration, shiall be in possession of the same, shall have it in their power befo.re it expires- to depositthiem In thie bfices of the Customn-lou.se, orto dispose ofthens ieither by ex- portation beyondtdiemon,arcily,orby the saeof them in thieinterior to persons whoshiall ave obtained the Governmaent permission. In thec lattercasqe,tlse officers of theCosutom-houseshall talkeintothieir keepinig thie goods, atid certify the'deposit oftlhetn, indeclarations which shall be presented tothiem, subscribed by the parties. The4e declarations shall contain thec eXact des'ription Of thte quality, weight, mneasure, and number, and of the value of thesaid goods. One of these copies, signed by the offiede whoe sliall ct:rtify.-the deposit, shall be restored to the party for his security, and th 'e otlier'shall be hield by the officer whoshiall takee ihcccustody of the goods. Each timne thatgooessshall be taken frorm the deposit, the proprietor salsl produce the declaration of the officer, in which shall bC: observed the quantity, numiber, anid date of the relative permit. For all the goods deposited, there shall be Paid the Prescribed wvarehiouse duty. Ttie Custom-itouses em- powered to receive thie said goods in deposit are thiose of Milan, Mantua, Brescia, Cremona, Cassal-maggiore, Como, Vareae, Berr- gamo, Pavis, Lodi, (Jodogno, Sondrio, Mo6rbegno, and Chiavenna. The Royal and Inmerisl Direction of she Custom-houses is chargedl vwithi the execuition of this decree. (Signed) II Conte'STRASSOL,DO, Plresident. Alilan5, Sept. 18, 1824. GUICCIARDO, Vice-Presidlent. ARTICLES PROHIBITED IN COMMERCE. Alabaster, worked into wares-(See hardware.) Articles of vasi- oits kinds ot' worke and manufacture, viz. ;-Cordage-(Se fla. (iovery, without distinction. Laee and braiding-(Seglon. Tuxuiery t on bone, and also it maii wood (1). S eel-(See iron.) Agate, alaaser and ivory-(See harsdware.) Boz-Sec hard-. ware.) Ti~nvat,rnished (see hardwa-re.).-Not varnished-(See iron.) Yellow and white metals-(Sceebrass.) Mlother of'pearl-(Seelhard- ware.) Gold and silver, or plated w,ithgcold anct ailver-(,See hard- ware.) Whalebone...Sec small Wares.) Straw-(Sce haberdashery.) Bras.3-(Sce brass.) Copper-(See copper.) Enamel-(See hard. ware.) Tin-..(See tin.) Glasi,-CSee glavs.) Beer, in bottles.-l3ells, of every kind, withouit distinctioni. Brass, yellow metal, tombeck; unwvorked pinchbeck in cakes and bars, in hoops, plates, andi rolls ; also othier manufactures entirely of brass, tombeck, and other mietallic compositions, wvithout distinc- tion (2 Cards, playing.-Cardboardl and pasteboard in works, as cases andi the likc.-Ceralacca-l. e.. sealing-wax, or Spanishi wax. Chieese (3). Choccolate. Clock-works. ($iec hardware.) Thie parts composing the clock or watch-worlk, including the indices and, enamyelled dials. (4). Clothes, new and old, or wom ; including those lined withi fur, and atlso bed fumniture.-Cofiee, illegal, f'alse, or substituite. Colours, that is to sayv. Prussian bluo andi red ; whiite and red face-paint ; cinnabar ; likewise flnminel (a kind of' plant resembling saffiow anid siaffron.) Silvester (a sort of counterfeit cochine%l.j Saff're, or zaffera, including suiperfine %aff'cra and powder-blue used withi starchi; also the solution of pow/der-blue withi mountain green. Compositions of base mnetals formed, into plates9, tinsels, leaves, thireads, laces, bands, tassels, Lyons points, atnd suchi like articles, or of counterfeit gold and silver ; likewise counter- feit gold or silver gauze, also called of Lyons (5). Confec- tionery, fine and ordinary, or conitnon also fruits, seeds, and roots,pre%erved and covered with sugar, withiout distinictioni; preserves and gellies prepitreel witht sugar, and likewisle sweet biscuit (6). Copper, that is so savy,copper wire articles of copper singly hol- lowed, or which has'received Itsi first form under the mallet osr the hammer; also hoops of cylindered copper; copper utensils of va- rious kinds, as stills for spirits and the like ; likewise copper nails (7), nManufactured copper, gilded or silvered.-(See Hardware Trinned Copper, as copper uterisils.)-Corals, worked fine, cdt in facets, strung In threads or necklaces, alse red elastic fronts' called elastic fronts. Cottost, that is to say, the foreign witite spun cotton, c-alled Alule Twist, to No. il0 ittielustive ; also the white Turk-ey spun cotton ; the white spun -cotton, called t,5rater..Twist, to No. 12. inclusive (8) manufacturect, ansI not mnixed with imaterials of any, other tissue ; worked in chain-meshes in the loomn or with she needle. without distinction ; likewise cotton-wadding mixesd in the manui- facture indefinitely with oilier tuiaterials; as also fustians. Crystal worked into articles. Crystals, glasss-(--See Glass.) Delft ware.-(See Earthenware.) Dresses.-(See Haberdlashiery, and articles for dresst.) Earthenwase and Pottery, or Fayence ware. Edgings, of threadi lace.-(See FMax.) Essen'ce of Puncht, and of~ all distilled liquors and waters wiithout distinction, whether in caskcs, bottles, chests, or hampers. Flax; that is to say articles manufactured of flax or hemp,works'd in the loonm or wish 'the needle; veils and cordwork of every kindl; wax-cloth thread anid thiread-lace of all kinds, without regard to the first mnaterial (9). Galloo,iss and every,.manTufacetured article of tshe braiding or lace kind, called possamanterie, withiout regard to sthe materials of whichl the said articles may be comnposed. Glass, maniufactures, of glass; panesl, recipients of every kind ; fine brilliant crystals artd groutid glass;, mirror glass, enamiel glatss of all sorts; pearls anid gairnets of' white and coloured glass of every description; cast glass and small articles of glass and vitrifiable substances (as glass corals.) Gioltd, that is to say, gold wire, plates, tinsel, leaves partly gold partlyI silver, tlhread, galloonls, batids, tassels, points, andI the like of linec gold ; also miilled goltl and fulmsinating gold. Haberdashery, and articles of malle and female dress wv(iothot dis- tinction ; plumes and feather ornamenits ; embroidery and fringes of all kinds,a hats of straw, chip, and bark ; likewise caps, edig- ings, straw p1at and the like ; artificial flowers, and f'alse pearls of every'I kindI withotit distinction (1n). Hardware, that is to Psav, every kihd of work in gold and silver (I1) ; apgate, alabaster, jas- uer, crystal, or othier stone ; in ivory, miother- of pearl, tortoiseshell, andl the like; as likewvise every sort of manufacture nmottoteel in gold or in silver, or ornamented wvith gold or silver, or pictuires or otherwise ; composItion works ; articles plated, or inlaid withs gold or silver works in bronze, enamrelled or varnbihed ; and likewise other manufactures composedi of various materials, the principal parts of whiceh appertain to a-rticles prohibited in comimerce ; finally, every kind of clockwork, these of- wood, and with wooden or utie- tallic miovements exceptedl. lasts, of heaver, and othier kinds of felt, fet-hornne!s or caips, and hat-pieces, of str.3w, chip, &c.-(See H-aberdashesy.) Hemp, inanuflactured-~(See Falat.) India canes amprnted, or bamnboos and wooden walking-sticks, witis heads anl points, or wtthout (12). Iron, ore or minieral iron; raw iron in mass, in rosets, and in casks, i. e. merely fstsed in the foundlery, iron hialf'or wholly purified ; steel ins a rawg state, inerely drawyn or hammeredI mid rods, plates, aind the like, of any dimien- sions; hoops, platest, sod black Iroii lini; iron and siteel wire' of every kind, includitig steel strings for musical instruments; old andi brok-en iron - cast-iron in works. aii vpxke'd iron in rods' pl14teq and the lk;also all manut'asctured! aitic giiii'trdis and steel,' whedfer smalll orlarge, without digtinction 1) Laethread...(Sceeflax). Lapis,eOverys,tone or composition whichi comes undertihiti name,.wh'et er 'mounited with wood or.not (14). Lecad, r-a,t, in cakes and in theilump.; also old lead,and broken l ead futzed'lead ir balls and bullets; i~cl drawn or stretrihed, or made into pipes -and siie.tt; so 1 fQr r(ifs anid windows.' Liquors, foreign- (See 6ssence oepouch). Lftharg&, . Mlarble, works or, except those of, sculp?ture and enigraved stones. Mlercutry. or qtpicks'ller ever' preparation of-;.as red andE sweet precipitAte, or M sulrp' vrji'thried te' and Venice treacle; also diatessetdiis, aisort of Veniaetreacle-fdt' sit!k anlruAtiq Paper, coloured." Painted, and flowered, or stained with 'Various colostrsa; gilt, slilvered, velvet, and satin. paper; ilso the kind called Turkish paper, and that whicli is coloured with the pencil; yi'ars or worlcs (papier mackg), oirnamented wikhliclttires, with silver, or wvith fine gola-4See hardwvare) warc ,r wodes of everr'other kind, as toys; hsbngiaig - .4ee tapestry). T?dsfattmecti&f4-(8ee Alloons). Paste, of flour-as maciterns and thle like, includiiing gosif anid wafers. PerfwATiVwx, that is to 1say, oderife'rous water (li) ; pomna- ii,-harnd ana soft; seapa'; scented cuibions, or bags full of dry .odorous hierbs, and the like: alto ouch aromatic vinegar as is not 'use wit ibo. Piture orimags, uuall pritedfor cdistribit- tionIn te scools or or iserton i. tie aechsms; also 'thosie whih ae.omaentd ithstufsor eafmeal.Pichbeck-(See bras.) omasm...(Se pefumey.)Porcelain, for toys atsd uten- sils.Powdr gupowdr of very kin. Har-poder. the eedl, no mixd ormixe wit othr =ther I, br whort biy unction. Silver, that.. Is to' say,s8ilver-wire, plates, tinsels, leaves, thread, galloonsr, laces; tassels, polnts, and the like; articles of fine I) Turnery articles af commorruveod-as shuttles, spindles,, fun- ne s. and.suic fke, arer xcepted. 4 ' I - I (2) nrass used, broken-or- ih powvder, alflo bronze; brass wire for Imusical5 surgical, optical,nnd mattfematleal Instruments, are excepted. T O ne ordinary Sxviss chee3e fresh, not ripe, coming dlreetly'iom ?wil zerland and destlnCd for Losnba'dy I also-sait cheese of tbo Morea an MorlschGa dLetined for the Veinettan provinces, are excepted.. 141 Chains forceps, and the sprlings calied spirag," are Ineluded. (5) CompoSitlonsotbas.e metal, repared for being apparentlygit or silvered with gold or stilred tines leaf. f (6) SPoiled orange and citron comtfits onade withi sugar, asid also svhtte.ata,Yellow'baulaly.sg 'gr.,tire .cxcepted; .- (71 tRaweopper In ealces,:4sid'rosetts, useduandbrotsen copper, and cut copper plit.'ts are exCepted. ' - (8) gther ypun cottons ore.exdepted. - 190 tlith for-vells also ne for fsisers and-h'iuters, aro excepted.- nro,e Xleeltdts andb nds o?yatr.3F; alsomatsmdeefthe bark 9trees, (11) Plate, am;S the 'Jilt.worgs in-soiiasilver, are incltdqd& (ll2)Indtah rQxafore tsistinru- and wvefVers' reeds are inQlided. (1(j -Te#'Pered'vrxtfined steel In bars. plytes, snd the:llJe-l atso flm-d .as oC i lre2,t.ges5 'rolled or 'flattened steel; steel combis'or-arti- pnd. Sit resetk or sne(\r'or tlle "t- czmbs; Oine fires fornrtlffcers I -tical; tnr3Sd tdes anmd neeslJecothl; ine rasps-a:ind O5 vs; - gurgicAl, IV t imr k h5ati1ej tical 9strurents; couching needles; scissotts or ever sore es'id .thelrVs~ 6teiarce ro,, a- XYtlSLal it osoanud,^f c.sw tit are excits ted. silver as also sBlver beaten into small leaves, fulminating silver and ground silver; every ether kind of silver manufacture (16), includ- ing all those set or bound in silver, embroidered, or otherwiseorna- tiented with silver, as hardware. Small wares, toys. &c.; thatis, articles,manufactured of one or more materials, and belonping to the :Petty traffic of haberdashery, turnery, &x., but not separately speci- fl,1as portfolios of'every kind, combs witli metallic teeth, varnished brushes,. brush.plutes, thlimbles of every kind, travellirig caskets for botteTh, with orrithoat an assortment of materials, sheaths of every sort, asticles manufactured of pasteboard and of paste-paper (papi- er mZle1ts), masks, lanterns, pocket looking-glasses, umbrellas, air. skrcens, fire.skreens, frames for-mirrors-and pictures, toys of every kind of woddtl, bone,'and metal, for the amusement of children; to. bacco boxes, pipes (the Colonia pipe, or white clay pipe, excepted), and everT kind of reed utr pipe wittout distinction. Tapestry. Paper-bVfigings and other kinds of tapestry, inasmuch as the materials of which they are made are prohibited. Tin, ma- nufactured into vessels, utensils, &c. (17). Tombac.-(See brass.) T pes, for printing or stamping. Waters, d istiled.-(Sce essence of punch.) Water, odoriferous. =-(Se perfumery.) lrhalebone, indiscriminately (IS), manu. factured.-(See small wares.)' Wine, that is to say, the wines of Spain, Portugal, France, Franconia, the Rhine, Italy, and the Levant, without distinction, in casks, bottles, boxes, or hamp. ers (19.) Wool, that is to say, articles of woollen manufacture, of patterns worked in the loomn or with the needle, unmixed or mixed with other materials of any kind, without distinction, also shawls, witlhout anly difference. - NOTIFICATION. There being placed out of trade by the new svstem various goords aiid commodities coming from rabroad, the introduction of which cani only be granted to private persons for luscir own use, the Imperial Government, in coeforinity with the orders received from the high Imperial Royal Anile Chlamber, makes knowvn to the public the fiollowing diipositieXns:- A.rt. 1.-Priviste persons who may desire to introduce for theirown consumptien the said commlodities and productions, prohibited in coimnerce, may ask permission from the Government, presenting their petitions either directly to the Government, or through the rme- diumof the Provincial [ntendancy, or the direction of the Custom- house. Every petition must be signed by the person petitionin . No re- quest made in common, and signed by several individ afs, can be admitted. The petition must indicate the quantity and quality of the goods, at.d must conltain the express declaration if the petitioner, that these said egoods areproportioned to his wants, and destined exclusively for his ow n use or that of his family. There must be noted dows the distriet and the number of the house inhabited bv the person making the demrand, who, havinr obtaitied the permit ticket which shall be delivered by the Imperial Direction of the Custom-house, shall with it be enabled to introduce from the post on the frontier,the goods or products described in the same, not later than si months, after *hich time the ticket or card ceases to be of any value. Art. 2.-_f the owner should (desire to send commodities regu- larly introduced, in whole or in part, from one to znother province of the monarchy for private use, he niust declare at the first Custom- house, under pain of confiscation, indicating the place whither the things shall be sent, anti presenting the original letter in Govern- ment paper. Iiistead of it, there shall be sent, as a security, a counter-mark1 wlih shall refer to it. Art. 3. -The commodities and products introduced with the per- mission of the Government, or wit. a transit order, must pay ttheir duties in the principal Custom-houses, andl cannot be delivered to the merchant, or to the person whio sent themi, in the nlame of the proprietor, but only to tle last person whlto shall pav the duties. The Cuistomn-house sliall take from the proprietor the tiansit order, wlhichi being annulled he shall enter into the respective accounts; and thall give in place ot it an order of entrance in blue paper, expressing the precise quantity and quality of ttie goods. Ife will be obliged to keep it, tojuslihy on eccasion the duties exacted. Art. 4.-The commodities for which a permit shal1 be obtained, shall not be introduced at difFerent times, or by variJ3uS points of the frontier, but must be introduced1 at one timie, and must comne into the state by the same official order. For every ticket of admission, there shall be contributed a tax of thirty francs. Art. 5.-There arising in consequence of an examination, a dif- ference in excess in the weight, number, or measure of the com- no(lities introduced respectively in the admissios-permit, whlat- ever does not exceed; tlte fourthl part of the quantity described in the said permit of admission, shall not be counted inany other way titan as a tax, according to the tariff; but if it exceeds a fourth part, there shall he paidl upon it a double duty of entrance. As to tie commodities the dlutyof which is established ad valorern, the seller shall be held to declare them before the fixing of tbe duty, and it appearing to the officer who takcs the duty inferior in value by a fosirtli, it shlall remain free to the parties, either to yield thie commodities to the officers, according to the value ascribed to them, or to pay a duty proportiosed to the said value. Art. G.-Tle objects placed beyond commerce, and withdrawn from private use, as is Article 3, shall not be deposited with an- other intdiviaual, and much less with a merchant, but shall be depo- sitedi and guarded in a pla.ce apart, forming part of the private habi- tation of the possessor, and seitarate from every depot of goods. Art. 7.-Ilowcver the commodlities are placedi, the proprietor will be always obliged to iustify the payment of his duties, on every dte mandl oi the Fihance Department, by producing the respective order of entranee, and the licence given in consequence of it. In default of this justification, tfe goods shall be confiscated, and a fine imposed of double their value. Art. 8.-Commodities of every quality placed beyond conmmerce, wlich shall be sold in public shops or magazines of any kinid, shall be liable to confiscation, even though it may be proved that a permit was granted for their introduction, and that the duties were paid upon them ; and wviere such a justification is wanting, there shall be joined to confiscation t fine or double the value. Art. 9.-Every sale, and every contract for goods introduced legallh by private persons, with a perrisit, is prohibited, if such articles are new and not usee ; and likewise all giving or receiving them of them in pledge, is prohibiteti orn pain of confiscation. Likewise puiblic establithments itre prohibited from borrowing nmoney on such arti- cles, new or old. Art.LO.-Such commodities eannot be transmitted from one private person to another, by donationi, by concession, by inheritance, or by any other mode of acquisition, in cases where the persoi to whom they are transmitted does not demandi or obtaiti from ithe Govern- Ment the power of withdrawing them. Bnt this concession is not valid, if the first possessor does not prove that he has paid the proper daties; and in such case, the Custom-house shall'give to the new proprietor a card of exemption for his own security. Art. 11.-Those commodities not used, or those articles of eating and drinking which are not wished to be retained by their proprietors for their own use and consuluttion, shall not be sold by public auc- nior, or in any other manner, but shall he giver. to the C ustem-.iouse to be limited to foreign consumption. The contravention is punished with confiscatioti of the property. Art. 12.-The validity of the bills of duty paid, is determined, in respect to eatables and drinlkables placed beyond commerce to a year beyond the date of their remission. Art. 13.-Ae to the bills of duty paid. which shall have been hitherto delivered for eatables anti drinkables, their validity remains likewise restricted to a year, to be computed from the date of the pre. sent notification. The private possessors of tlhe said products, who have not kept an accoutit of the duties whielh they have hitherto paid, must, within seven inontits after the date of the present notification. form an ex- act and specific account of them, aud present it, with the proper signature, to the respective Custom-houscs, from which they shall receive a card of exemption to justify them in tinic coming. The Royal and Imperial Direction of the Custom-houses is dcarged with tite executiotn of this decree. (Sined) n1 Conte STRASSOLDO, President. llIilan, Sept.18, 1824. GUICCIARDI, Vice-President. (16) Plnte and otler solid silver artecles, in wViChI the value of the Work Is Inferior to that of the metal. 117) Utnworked, old ,titd boken tin and tinfoil are excepted. 118) The fins of the v.hiale or parts front which whalebone Is cult. (19) cyprus wrIne In easks, bottles. &c. Istriatn or Dalmatian wvine. htoldavitnan,adWalachian tvttie. introduced Into the Buccovina and Transylvania; the common ttalian foreign wlnes, incilding also) the petty wines, wlhen It proceeds from the Italian states of Piemiont, arna, Plaecentla, and Guastulla, Modetia. Ferrara. and the Helvetie- Tielno Cantons are excepted. These articles becoiie, otl accotnt of their intrinsic qllality, efectively common, that is to say, for the use and consumptioti of the lowver classes, and have rnot received a parti- cultir preparation, like the Vino 'i'anto, Malvasis, or any other of that kind, provided that they do not arrive in flasks or,bottles. AUSTMAN GOVERNMENT IN ITALY. NOTIFICATION.