S I L 
S I L 
Bandannoes and all other handkerchiefs, 
in pieces not exceeding 6 yards in length W piece 0 
Exceed 6 yards in length, but not exceed¬ 
ing 7-yards ..... 
And further, for every additional length, 
not exceeding a yard. 
Taffaties and other plain or figured Silks, 
not otherwise described ... ^ lb. 
Canton or China crapes. 
If flowered or tamboured with Silk. 
All piece goods, whether otherwise enu¬ 
merated or not, and however imported, 
if entered for Home Use before the 5th 
of January 1827 . 30 ^ cent on 
ffilhnery of Silk or of ^ 0 ^ . each 2 
which the greater part ( Qr bonnefs ,. 1 
oMhematenal is of^ Turbansorcaps 0 
Or, and at the option of the officers of 
Customs ......50 cent, on 
Manufactures of Silks, or of Silk and 
any other material, and also articles of 
manufactures of Silk, or of Silk and any 
other material, wholly or in part made 
up not particularly enumerated or other¬ 
wise charged with Duty.30 cent, on 
s. d. 
6 0 
10 0 
10 0 
4 0 
Value. 
10 0 
5 0 
15 0 
Value. 
Value. 
Restrictions on Importation. 
Ports of Importation. —Wrought Silks shall not be im¬ 
ported into any Port other than the Port of London till after 
the 5th day of July 1827 : except into the Port of Dublin 
direct from the Port of Bordeaux: 
And except—Silks the produce of and imported from 
places within the limits of the East India Company’s Char¬ 
ter, into any. Port into which goods in general, the produce 
of such places may be imported : 
. And except—Crape, gauze, lace, net or tulle, fancy net 
or tricot, millinery and dresses, imported into the Port of 
Dover, or into any Port into which goods, the produce of 
places within the limits of the East India Company’s Char¬ 
ter may be imported: 
And except—Silks imported to be warehoused for export¬ 
ation only, into Ports into which goods, the produce of 
places within the limits of the East India Company’s Char¬ 
ter may be imported. 
Tonnage of Vessels. —Wrought Silks shall not be im¬ 
ported in vessels of less burthen than 70 tons, except direct 
from the Port of Calais into the Port of Dover, in vessels of 
60 tons or upwards: 
Wrought Silks shall not be imported unless in packages, 
each of which shall contain at least 1 OOIbs. weight of wrought 
Silk: 
Or, (being crape, gauze, lace, net or tulle, fancy net or 
tricot, millinery or dresses), in packages, each of which shall 
be of the capacity of 9 cubic feet at least, and shall contain 
only such Silks; 
Being broad Silks or ribbons (except handkerchiefs, 
shawls, scarfs, net or tulle, fancy net or tricot, and except 
Silks the produce of and imported from places within the 
limits of the East India Company’s Charter), shall not be 
imported for Home Use, unless in pieces or half pieces, of 
the respective lengths hereinafter mentioned; (that is to say), 
Lengths. —Broad Silks in pieces, not less than 60 yards in 
length, nor more than 66 yards, or, (being velvet, or Silks 
mixed with other materials), in half pieces not less than 29 
yards in length, nor more than 32 yards in length: 
Ribbons, in pieces not less than 35 yards in length, nor 
more than 37 yards ; or in half pieces not less than 17 yards 
in length, nor more than 19 yards. 
All such pieces and half pieces shall be separate and 
entire, and each of uniform quality throughout; and, if of 
broad Silks, shall be finished in the loom with ferrels or 
marks at each end wove in:-Wrought Silks in pieces 
wound or rolled, whether on blocks or rollers, or .not, shall 
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not be imported for Home Use e xcept—Silks, the pro¬ 
duce of and imported from places within the limits of the 
East India Company’s Charter. 
(Eff* The following articles, although partly composed of 
Silk, shall not be subject to the regulations or restrictions 
contained in this table (that is to say); 
Artificial flowers and other similar imitations: 
Umbrellas, parasols, fans, screens, and other articles not 
for dress or furniture: 
Articles of materials, other than Silk made up with Silk, 
or to which Silk is only applied by needle work or embroi¬ 
dery : 
Stuffs, of the materials of which Silk shall not amount to 
one-tenth part. 
Sect. 3. of the above Act provides, that “ nothing in this 
Act contained shall extend to prohibit the entering, for 
Home Use, of any wrought Silks which shall have been 
warehoused before the 15th day of March, 1826; nor to pre¬ 
vent any passenger coming into the United Kingdom from 
bringing with him or her, into any Port, any wrought Silks, 
in pieces which may legally be imported for Home Use, and 
any articles made up, whether worn or not, although not in 
packages of the weight or size hereinbefore required, pro¬ 
vided such piece of such articles be bond fide for his or her 
own use, and not for sale, and the quantity in the whole be 
not more than ten pounds weight: provided also, that the 
duties on such articles, whether worn or not, be paid, and 
be in all cases ascertained according to the value thereof.” 
SILKEBORG, a small town of Denmark, in Jutland; 18 
miles west of Aarhuus. 
SI'LKEN, adj. [jeolcen, Sax.] Made of silk. 
Now, will we revel it 
With silken coats, and caps, and golden rings. 
Shakspeare. 
Soft; tender. 
All the youth of England are on fire, 
And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies. Shakspeare. 
Dressed in silk. 
Shall a beardless boy, 
A cocker’d, silken wanton, brave our field, 
And flesh his spirit in a warlike soil. 
Mocking the air with colours idly spread, 
And find no check ? Shakspeare. 
To SI'LKEN, v. a. To make soft or smooth. 
If your sheep are of Sulurian breed, 
Nightly to house them dry, on fern or straw, 
Silkening their fleeces. Dyer . 
SI'LKINESS, or Silkness, s . Softness; effiminacy ; 
pusillanimity. 
Sir, your silkiness 
Clearly mistakes Mecgenas and his house. 
To think there breathes a spirit under his roof 
Subject unto these poor affections 
Of undermining envy and detraction. 
Moods only proper to base groveling minds. B. Jonson. 
Smoothness.—The claret had no silkiness. Ld. Chester¬ 
field. 
SI'LKMAN, s. A dealer in silk.—Master Smooth’s, the 
silkmqn. Shakspeare. 
SILKME'RCER, s. A dealer in silk.-—Being bom with¬ 
out prospect of hereditary riches, he was sent to London in 
his youth, and placed apprentice to a silkmercer. Johnson. 
SILKSTONE, a village of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire; 4 miles west-by-soutli of Barnesly. Population 
555 
SILKS WORTH, a village of England, county of Durham; 
3 miles south-west of Sunderland. 
SILKWEA'VER, s. One whose trade is to weave 
silken manufactures.—The Chinese are ingenious silk- 
weavers. Watts. 
SILK WILLOUGHBY, a parish of England, in Lin¬ 
colnshire ; 5 miles from Keighley. 
3 K SPLKWORM, 
