Customs Administration in Canada
Series: Heritage; Heritage
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1957
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781442632110
Subjects: Customs administration
Description: Blake traces the administration of the tariff through Canadian history, and provides the first complete treatment of the subject and its significance for the country's commerce.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: CONTENTS; title: PREFACE; title: I. INTRODUCTION; title: II. CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION DURING THE FRENCH RÉGIME; title: Customs Methods in New France; title: III. CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION UNDER BRITISH DOMINION; title: The Customs Administration in the Struggle for Responsible Government; title: Administrative Confusion; title: Smuggling in British North America; title: Free Ports and Other Meliorative Devices; title: Free Ports; title: Customs Drawbacks and Bonded Warehouses; title: IV. SOME EARLY CUSTOMS PROBLEMS; title: Customs Union in the Canadas; title: Reciprocity and the Galt Tariff; title: Ad Valorem Duties and Their Administrative Consequences; title: V. THE CUSTOMS ESTABLISHMENT IN BRITISH NORTH AMERICA; title: Civil Service Control; title: The Establishment; title: Conditions in the Service; title: Publicity of Customs Information; title: VI. CONFEDERATION AND THE NATIONAL POLICY; title: Confederation and Customs Union; title: The National Policy; title: VII. THE TARIFF SCHEDULE; title: Forms of Duty-The Tariff Rate; title: Columns in the Tariff; title: Classification of Items in the Present Tariff; title: Specialization of the Tariff; title: VIII. VALUATION; title: The Evolution of the Valuation Provisions; title: Valuation and High Protection; title: Reaction against Administrative Protection; title: General Reaction; title: Textiles; title: The Effect of Pre-War Agreements; title: The Effects of War; title: The General Agreement and Valuation; title: IX. APPRAISEMENT; title: Preliminary Procedures; title: The Role of the Appraiser; title: Imperfections in Appraisement; title: The Board of Customs; title: The Appraisal Branch; title: The Check Branch; title: Causes and Effects of Imperfect Appraisement; title: Appeals to the Tariff Board; title: Appeals to the Exchequer Court; title: The Customs Broker; title: The Canadian Importer and the Problem of Appraisement; title: X. THE CUSTOMS ESTABLISHMENT SINCE CONFEDERATION; title: Organization; title: Problems of Adjustment; title: Political Patronage in the Customs Service; title: The "Customs Scandal; title: Causative Circumstances.; title: Public Disclosure; title: Reform in Appraisement; title: Reform of the Preventive Service; title: Morale and Efficiency; title: The Department of Customs since 1928; title: XI. THE "SCIENTIFIC TARIFF" IN CANADA; title: The Canadian Tariff Board; title: XII. CONCLUSION; title: NOTES; title: INDEX; title: A; title: B; title: C; title: D; title: E; title: F; title: G; title: H; title: I; title: J; title: K; title: L; title: M; title: N; title: O; title: P; title: Q; title: R; title: S; title: T; title: U; title: V; title: W; title: Y; title: Z.