666 CUSTOM-HOUSE FEES 



" hi the fervicc of the rerenue under their management." (Though 



: ! bccninolhcc40 years, 



the pc: >f thek: impoiitiiMis h.i ;ide on 



Alienee 

 a the continuation of the 



.c led the Lonvuitiun, " liom what has al- 

 ready been laid, that tliclc aftcrtions arc founded on 



give them no board he ic 



mominends, is KT, but alio illegal, and 



8th of queen Anne, al> 

 



Forth, to bonds ami 



board itlclf, a f I lome years ago tigned by 



their inlpcctor, to the oittcers at Glal;;ow." 



It : at the commiffioneis and tl lately 



>cotland, and tranlmittcd the 



:o the lor ; iry for t ;ppro- 



.,:iou make die follow ing rc- 

 k*k 



ith regard to this <vcry fingular table ; it may be obi 

 in general, that "l.c prefent rates of fees on the 



great foreign trade of Glaww and Leith, would be nearly qua- 

 drupled ; andtl, 1 1 ade of Glafgow, between that city 



:cenock, would be fubjected to a very heavy new expence, 

 belides an incredible delay and inconvenience. 



" In ieveral paiticulars tlve fees would be triple, and in fome 

 xnftanccs ten times as miu paid in England for iimilar 



bufinels ; niul in a i;itrat many inllaiuts, hii;h fees would !> 

 able on goods, which in the like iituation arc not charged with 

 any at all in South Britain. But ftiil more, this table propoies a 

 ..es to betaken on clincrcnt articles, which are particu- 

 exempted from any, by politive flatutes. 

 ct '1 he U>OA i,i rai ns the following article, under th 



head of Rules for the Ports in general, ' Fiji) ly Rritijb, c 



skipping o . :nivard* or on: ^ the coafii 



/* paynof.-ci? and tb< \\ lalt and 



exported <! itutes. But this table contains 



regular articles i and herrings exported, and 



t iatisficd with this, a let-pafe to 



inglancl with ialmon is flated by the officers in the table at 75. 6d. 

 though the book of rates i .teiing 



let-pals, from port to port in Great Britaii 1 

 fe officers would not only have a fee on fifh, though d. 



as much tor a 



n let -pals, or tranfire, as the law allows for one upon other 

 goods really 1- :es. 



Again, a traniire for coals, under 15 tons, within the rivu 

 J orth, is Itatcd r.r is. 6d. which is not only three times thi 



he open eoaft, 



il are nor, 



nboYc 3!. snj the i . ly prohibits any feei 



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