The British merchants assistant
Subtitle: or, A complete view of the British customs: containing a distinct and practical account of each branch of that revenue; the rates of merchandize, as settled by 12 Car. II. cap. 4. and 11 Geo. I. cap. 7. &c. With tables calculated for representing, at one view, or by one single addition at most, the net duties payable on any quantity of goods, in all circumstances of importation, exportation, or the coast business, and the net drawbacks to be repaid on due exportation. Also, a compendious explanation of the bounties payable out of customs; with tables representing, at one view, the bounty payable on any quantity of goods whatsoever. Together with an abstract of all the laws now in force relating to the customs, to the 5 Geo. III. inclusive, digested under proper heads, alphabetically
By: by Samuel Venner, of the Customhouse, Edinburgh
Contributors: Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. ; Great Britain. Customs Establishment; Boston Public Library)  John Adams Library
Publisher: Printed for the author, and sold by A. Kincaid ...
Published: 1766
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 538
Subjects: Tariff; History; Law and legislation; Customs administration; Commercial policy
Other titles: British merchants assistant; Complete view of the British customs
Notes: Includes appendix.

With a final errata leaf.

Includes: 'An abstract of all the laws now in force .. ', with separate pagination and register.

John Adams' signature on title page, v. 1: "John Adams."

John Adams' signature on title page, v. 2: "John Adams 1772."

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.

ESTC, T117420

Also available on microfilm. New Haven, CT : Research Publications, [1975]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; no. 10234).

Also available on microfilm. Woodbridge, CT : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Gale Group, 2000. 1 reel ; 35mm. Unit 308. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 10757, no. 01).

John Adams Library copy is mutilated, p. 123-182 (second count): upper right corner is removed.

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.