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pany's power was established here, lias arisen partly from its being trans- 

 ferred to Bombay, partly from the events in the interior, and partly from 

 the decrease of the lucrative commerce with the Gulphs of Persia and Arabia. 

 Its trade with the latter is, however, still considerable. Its principal arti- 

 cles of import from Madras and Bombay are raw silk, sugar, and piece- 

 goods ; and its principal exports thither are raw cotton, and Surat piece- 

 goods. 



Custom-house Regulations, — Every trading vessel coming to anchor at 

 the bar of Surat, to be visited by a tide-waiter, who is to take an account 

 of her name, and that of her commander, the nation she belongs to, the 

 port from whence she last sailed, and every other particular. No goods to 

 be disembarked without the tide-waiter's pass-note. 



Goods transshipped at the bar, or in the river, or sent thence to other 

 places, without being brought within the city, to be subject to the same 

 duties as if they had entered the walls. 



The duties to be paid on the manifest account of the cargo, which 

 must be delivered at the Custom-house, and the original invoices exhibited 

 where practicable ; if any articles in the manifest are deemed underrated, 

 arising from fraudulent design, the custom-master is to levy the duty on 

 double the amount of what he shall award as the proper valuation. 



Goods not manifested, attempted to be fraudulently landed, trans- 

 shipped, or conveyed away, to be confiscated. 



Where the value of goods cannot be ascertained from the manifest, the 

 duty to be calculated on the invoice prices ; or where the invoice price can- 

 not be specified, according to appraisement at the current prices of Surat. 



No pilot to be granted to any vessel, until a certificate from the custom- 

 master is produced to the boat-master, of the import and export duty being 

 paid. 



Goods received on board a vessel in the river, after clearance, to be 

 reported to the custom-master by the pilot 



Receipts to be given for all goods landed and lodged in the Custom- 

 house, by the custom-master, who is only in such cases responsible for 

 them. 



Boats attempting to pass the town without landing, to be brought by 

 the officers to the Custom-house; any goods found on board them, are liable 

 to confiscation. 



No tolauts, wcighraen, or appraisers, nor any other servants, not 

 furnished with a certificate from the custom-master, to be employed in the 

 Custom-house. 



