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at Victoria (London) Docks, by self, the 12th day of June, 1857, ex the Vesta, Kavanagh, master, @ Oporto, by railway, to the port of Liverpool, there to be re-warehoused, viz.Two hundred gallons of Red Wine, containing less than fortytwo degrees of proof Spirit.

Amount of duty, £30.

This is to certify that security is taken for the due arrival and re-warehousing thereof at the above port within ten days from the date hereof.

Consignees, Messrs. Whittle & Co.,

Clerk of the Bonds.

Know all men by these presents, that we, John Benjamin Smith, of 71 Great Tower Street, Wine Merchant, and Thomas Provo Middlemist, of 65 Lower Thames Street, Lighterman, both places in the city of London, are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lady VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, in the sum of thirty pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid to our said Lady the Queen, her heirs and successors; to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each and every of us, jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our heirs, executors, and administrators, and every of them, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals. Dated this twenty-eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

Whereas the following goods, that is to say—

Two hundred gallons of Red Wine,

are now deposited in a warehouse or warehouses in the port of London, under the regulations of "The Customs Consolidation Act, 1853."

And whereas the above-bounden John Benjamin Smith intends to remove the said goods from the said port by railway to the port of Liverpool, subject to the rules, regulations, and restrictions in that behalf by law provided

NOW, THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that if the said goods, and every part thereof, shall arrive, without

alteration or diminution, at the said port of Liverpool, within the space of ten days next following the date hereof, and shall, immediately on the arrival thereof, be duly delivered in the same state and condition into the custody and possession of the proper officers of Customs at the said last-mentioned port, and be thereupon duly re-warehoused, or shall be otherwise accounted for to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs, then this Obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue.

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Bond may be given by the owner or master of the vessel, or by the shipper of the stores, the vessel having been first entered outward, if taking cargo, or the usual declaration having been first made if clearing in ballast.

The bond for vessels leaving the port in ballast is taken on the declaration made by the master before the collector, outwards; but the following form of bond note, certified at the Searcher's office, is required for vessels taking cargo:

GOODS FOR EXPORTATION.

London 28th day of August, 1862. Mr. John Weathergage, of (here insert the address of the Broker of the vessel) intends to export on board the Ship Coro, Weathergage, master, for Melbourne, the undermentioned Goods, viz:

Sundry Goods as Stores.

Signature of the Exporter or his A gent

Amount of Stamp, 5s.

Bond Office, 28th day of August, 1862.

This is to certify that Security has been given, as required by Law, for the due exportation of the above Goods.

Clerk of the Bonds.

GOODS SHUT OUT FROM THE EXPORT SHIP. When bonded goods are shut out from the export vessel for which they have been entered and cleared, and are intended for shipment in another vessel, it is necessary to pass a transfer shipping bill through the Searcher's Office, and give new bond.

The transfer bill forms the new entry, and must be endorsed with the names and addresses of the exporter and the surety, the amount of Customs duty and of Stamp duty, before it is tendered at the Bond Office.

In preparing the bond, the exact quantity of the goods must be stated. A bond note is required with transfers of transhipment and drawback of goods.

GENERAL REMOVAL BONDS.

The privilege of entering into general Bond for the removal of warehoused goods from any one port to be re-warehoused at another port, has proved of great service to the mercantile community, by obviating the necessity of giving a separate bond for each removal of goods, and preventing the consequent inconvenience and loss of time.

Parties wishing to enter into General Removal Bond should first apply to the Board, stating the description of the goods they have been in the habit of removing, and proposing two sureties for the Board's approval. Should the proposal be accepted, the Bond is prepared by the Solicitor of Customs, and after having been executed by the parties, it is sent to the Bond Office, and there recorded. The penalty of the Bond is generally taken on the amount of duty due on the largest quantity of goods which shall have been removed by the parties proposing to give bond during any fourteen days of the previous year. The Bond Notes must be signed by the removers, or persons authorized by them; and to prevent fraud, it is necessary at the time of executing the Bond, that the removers and authorized parties should sign their names in a book in the office of the Solicitor of Customs, in order that the signatures to the Bond Notes may be compared therewith. Any alteration or addition to a Bond Note must be initialed by the party signing the same, and if any endorsement be made, it must be signed at the foot in the same manner. After the Bond Note is delivered at the Bond Office, it is examined, recorded, certified, and forwarded to the proper station.

SHIPS' STORES.

Every foreign ship employed in carrying goods or passengers coastwise from one port of the United Kingdom to another, or from the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, to the United Kingdom, or from thence to any of the said islands, or from one of the said islands to another, or from any part of one of those islands to any other part of the same, shall be subject, as to stores for the use of the crew and in all other respects, to the same laws and regulations to which British ships so employed are now subject.-18 & 19 Vict., cap. 96, s. 13.

Coasting vessels may not ship bonded goods as stores, and officers are not to act upon any Request" until bond has been given.*-G. O., 18th May, 1839, and 19th Sept., 1843.

Burden of Ship, and Duration of Voyage.-Bonded stores may be shipped on board vessels of 50 tons burden at least,† bound on a foreign voyage, the duration of which, out and home, will not be less than 40 days, provided such stores be borne upon the victualling bill, duly granted and shipped under the care of the proper officers.‡-16 & 17 Vict., cap. 107, s. 140.

Surplus Stores § are subject to the same duties and regu

*The master or owner is required to sign the "Request Note" in the presence of the Searcher, or at those ports where there is no stationary Searcher, in the presence of some other competent official.-G. O., No. 17, 1857.

† Bonded stores may be shipped, duty free, on board foreign ships of war, and foreign merchant vessels bound to distant ports, or putting into ports in this country, on a voyage home, on like conditions to those prescribed in T. O., 14th March, 1845.-G. O., No. 43, 1849.

Before a victualling bill is issued, the Searchers are to ascertain with regard to vessels taking cargo, that they are regularly entered outwards, and with respect to vessels in ballast, that the master's ballast declaration has been produced.-B. M., 9th Jan., 1840.

Vessels clearing Coastwise to take in Cargoes.-On the clearance coastwise of vessels in London to take in cargoes for foreign parts, the Searchers are to apprise the Collectors at the outports where the vessels may be bound, of the quantity and description of the goods shipped as stores, and that bond has been given that such stores shall not be consumed, nor any package opened or altered, until the vessel's final clearance. The Collectors are in like manner to cause a similar communication to be made to the ports where the outward cargoes are to be taken on board, and the officers at such ports are to see that the same are on board.-B. M., 19th Feb., 1833.-See also G. O., No. 71, 1848.

Steam vessels trading between the Channel Islands and this country may supply themselves at the former places with stores for the voyages from and to;

lations as merchandise, and may be entered, on payment of the proper duties, for the private use of the master, purser, or owner of the importing ship, or of any passenger to whom they may belong.-16 & 17 Vict., cap. 107, s. 70.

Stores for British Vessels.-British vessels clearing at any British port for another port in the United Kingdom to take in cargo for a foreign country, as well as British vessels arriving from foreign, touching at a British port, and proceeding to another port in the United Kingdom, in continuation of their voyages, to be placed on the same footing, as respects the consumption of stores, as foreign vessels, subject to the regulations set forth in G. O., No. 20, 1861.

but on arrival here any surplus stores the Tide Surveyor may consider needful shall be placed under seal on board, until the return voyage.-B. O., 27th Nov., 1850 (Southampton).

Drawback Stores shipped on board a British vessel clearing from one port in the United Kingdom for another British and a foreign port; the debentures for such stores should not be issued until a certificate shall have been received by the officers at the port of shipment from the Collector and Controller at the port whence the ship sailed on her foreign voyage, to the effect that such goods were actually on board at the time of her departure; and in any case in which the Collector and Controller shall receive a letter of advice of the shipment of drawback goods, and the vessel does not arrive within a reasonable time, they are not to fail to communicate the circumstance to the officers who had written. -G. O., No. 71, 1848.

Stores for the use of the crews on board British Colonial ships victualled abroad for the voyage to this country and back, whilst the crew remains on board, such portion may be delivered by the Tide Surveyor from under seal, from time to time, as may be necessary for the use of the crews whilst the vessels are reloading; but no part of such stores may be landed under any circumstances, except in charge of an officer for deposit in the Queen's warehouse; and the indulgence not to extend to stores shipped from the bonded warehouses in this country.G. O., No. 33, 1850.

Spirits reported as stores left on board vessels, whether British or Foreign, to be in future secured under official seal in a place on board, selected by the Tide Surveyor, and set apart for that purpose, instead of placing the seal on the packages themselves.-G. O., No. 108, 1845. But spirits, in excess of what may be deemed a fair allowance for present use, on board foreign vessels resorting to the coast of the United Kingdom for the purpose of fishing, are to be secured in the Queen's warehouse until their departure.-B. O., 29th Jan., 1842.

Bond to be given prior to the shipment of all goods (B. P. Rum included) that may be removed from the bonded warehouse for such purpose.-G. O., 13th Sept., 1843, and No. 124, 1847. When the employment of an officer for the purpose of following store goods may be necessary, the principle of charging the parties with a moiety only of his day's pay is affirmed in cases in which he may have been employed by the Crown during a part of the same day.-G. O., 44, 1847.

* Surplus Stores, on board an importing vessel about to proceed coastwise only, must be placed under seal, and an account thereof sent to the Collector at the port of destination; and whenever the quantity of high-duty goods is excessive, a special bond must be required.-G. O., No. 116, 1845.

The Tide Surveyors are to call on the Master to account for any discrepancies between the quantities of stores reported and those found on board, and if satisfied, make a memorandum to that effect at the foot of the rummage account; or, if otherwise, forthwith report the circumstance, that the necessary steps may be taken before the departure of the vessel upon another voyage.-G. O., No. 116, 1848.

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