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proof shall be given that they aie 

 imported direct and in entire car- 

 goes from Cliina, or the Dutch 

 possessions in the East Indies, for 

 the account of resident subjects, 

 in ships built in this kingdom, the 

 duty shall be only. 



On Bohea and low Congou, 

 florins 2 iO per lOOlb. 



On all other kinds 5 per lOOlb. 



5th. That Bohea and low Con- 

 gou tea shall only be denominated 

 such as are imported unmixed and 

 in whole chests, and in which 

 smaller chests or packages are not 

 included. 



6th That low Congou tea, even 

 in whole chests, shall be denomi- 

 nated such, if its current value 

 here at the time of its entry shall 

 be, or exceed one guilder per 

 pound ; and that all tea for which 

 entry is made at the low duties, 

 may be taken over by any officer 

 of the revenue at 1 florin per 

 pound, adding 12 per cent, and 

 the duty of the tea thereto, in con- 

 formity to the 2e3d and 224th 

 articles of the law of the 3d of 

 October 1816, as far as these are 

 applicable to the case. 



7th. That with reference to 

 direct importations of tea from 

 China, or from the Dutch settle- 

 ments in the East Indies, his Ma- 

 jesty shall have tlie faculty of ex- 

 tending the privileges of Dutch- 

 built shijjs to foreign bottoms, 

 whicli, after strict investigation, 

 shall appear to be Dutch property, 

 at the time of the pronudgation of 

 this law, and have since continued 

 to be so. 



8th. That in case sliips of the 

 above two descriptions should not 

 offer in suflicient nuudier, his Ma- 

 jesty may license for one voyage 

 only to China, or the Dutch set- 



tlements in the East Indies, for 

 the importation of a cargo of tea, 

 but within the period of four years 

 from the promulgation of this law, 

 any foreign-built ships, which, at 

 the time of commencement of 

 such voyage, shall fully appear to 

 be the property of Dutch sub- 

 jects. 



9th. That the holders of li- 

 censes granted in consequence of 

 the resolutions of the I2th of April 

 1815, on the importation of tea 

 for the periodical public sales, 

 which were intended to have taken 

 place before the close of the pre- 

 sent, or during the comse of the 

 next year, the tea so already im- 

 ported, or which may be imported 

 on or before the 15th of October 

 1818, shall be delivered into the 

 imcontroUed possession of the 

 consignees or importers, upon 

 payment only of the same duties, 

 which, by the present law, are to 

 be levied on tea imported direct 

 from China, or from the Dutcli 

 settlements in the East Indies, in 

 Dutch-built ships, for account of 

 resident subjects. 



On the payment of the same 

 duties all teas already imported, 

 and remaining unsold in the ware- 

 houses of tlie department of trade 

 and colonies, shall be delivered to 

 the importers. 



loth. That tea exported shall 

 be subject to the duty (called Ta- 

 belle Regt.) of one fifth per cent, 

 on the value, or 3J stivers per 

 lOOlb. at the option of the ex- 

 porter. 



11th. That transitof tea through 

 the kingdom shall not be allowed. 



12th. That in com])uting the 

 duty upon tea, the tares to be al- 

 lowed, provided the packages are 

 of the usual descriptioUj sliall be, 



Upon 



