ACTS AFFECTING SALES OF CORN, 1828-69 447 



The duties on wheat imported from any British Possession out of Europe 

 were as follows : When the average price of wheat is 



Under 67s. per quarter, the duty to be 5s. Od. 

 At or above 67s. Os. 6d. 



The importation of other grain, foreign or colonial, was regulated by pro- 

 portionate prices and duties. 



1842. 5 and 6 Viet. c. 14, from 29th April. The Act of 1828 repealed and 

 another scale of duties imposed. The prices for the regulation of the duty 

 to be made up and computed on Thursday in each week from the returns 

 received of the sales of corn the produce of the United Kingdom during the 

 preceding week ending Saturday, and a certificate thereof to be transmitted 

 to the officers of the Customs at the respective ports on the same day. 



Rates of duty on wheat " Imported from any foreign country " (i.e. not being 

 the produce of and imported from any British Possession out of Europe). 



Rates of duty on wheat, the produce of and imported from any British Possession 



out of Europe. 



When under 55s., -60 



65s. and under 56s., 4 

 66s. 57s., - 3 



When 57s. and under 58s., -20 

 58s. and upwards, - 1 



These duties ceased to apply to wheat and flour, the produce of Canada, 

 imported after 10th October, 1843. See 1843. 



The importation of other grain, foreign or colonial, was regulated by pro- 

 portionate prices and duties. 



1843. 6 and 7 Vic. c. 29. In consideration of a duty of 3s. per quarter 

 having been imposed by the Legislature of Canada on wheat imported into 

 that province from other places than the United Kingdom or British 

 Possessions, the duty on wheat and wheat flour, the produce of Canada, 

 imported into the United Kingdom after 10th October, 1843, and during 

 the continuance of the duty of 3s. in Canada, is to be at all times Is. per quarter 

 on wheat, and on flour, for every 196 Ibs. a duty equal to that payable on 

 38J gallons of wheat (or 4|d. per cwt.). 



1846. 9 and 10 Viet. c. 22. From Feb. 1, 1849, the following fixed rates 

 of duty on corn, meal and flour came into operation in lieu of those previously 

 levied under the same Act : 



Wheat, barley, beer or bigg, oats, rye, pease, and beans, Is. per qr. 

 Wheatmeal and flour, barley meal, oatmeal, rye, meal 



and flour, pea meal and bean meal, - - - 4Jd. per cwt. 



1869. The duties on corn were entirely repealed from the 1st June by 32 

 and 33 Vic. c. 14. 



