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Rh Improvement of the Revenue and Prevention of Smuggling to and from-the Isle of Man," certain Duties are directed to be paid on the Importation of Wine, Brandy, Geneva, Tea, Coffee, and Tobacco, in lieu of the former Duties payable on such Goods; and the said Duties are directed to be raised, levied, collected, paid, recovered, and accounted for under the Authority,and Direc­- tion, and under the Management and Controul, of the Commissioners of the Customs in England for the Time being, and such Part thereof as shall remain, after the necessary Expences attending the Government of the said Isle of Man, and the Administration of Justice there, are from Time to Time defrayed, and certain Bounties and Charges paid thereout, are to go and make Part of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain; and it is expedient that the Duties imposed by the said Acts should be consolidated into one Act, and levied and collected under the sole Management of the Commissioners of the Customs in England for the Time being, and be applied in the Manner directed by the said last recited Act of the Forty-fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty; be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Con­- sent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and ten, all and singular the Duties payable to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament in Force on and immediately before the said fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and ten, upon the Importation Of any Goods, Wares, or Merchandize into the Isle of Man, shall cease and determine, save and except any such Duties as may, on the said Fifth Day of July remain unpaid, upon Goods, Wares, anti Merchandize which shall have been imported at any Time before the said Fifth Day of July; and in lieu of the said Duties hereby made to cease and determine, there shall be raised, levied, collected and paid unto His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in Sterling Money of Great Britain, upon Goods, Wares, or Merchandize imported and brought into the said Isle of Man, the several Duties of Customs as the same are inserted, described, and set forth in Figures in the Schedule hereunto annexed, marked (A); any Law, Custom, or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

XIII. And be it further enacted. That it shall and may be lawful for any of His Majesty's Subjects to import into the said Isle of Man in British Vessels navigated according to Law from any Port or Place in Great Britain, without Payment of any Custom or Duty whatsoever, any Sort of Salt, Boards, Timber and Hoops, being the Produce and Manufacture of Great Britain, Iron in Rods Or tain, Duty-free. Bars, Cotton, Indigo, Naval Stores, and any Sort of Wood, commonly called Lumber (as specified in an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of King George the First, intituled, "An Act for giving further Encouragement for the Importation of Naval Stores and for other Purposes therein mentioned)," of the Growth, Production, or Manufacture if any British Colony or Plantation in America, and all other Goods of the Growth, Production, or Manufacture of the said Colonies or Plantations for which any Bounty or Premium, is allowed by Law on the Importation thereof into Great Britain; provided that due Entries shall be made of the Goods herein before mentioned, which are allowed to he imported into the said Isle of Man, Duty-free, at the Custom House for the Port or Place where the same shall.be imported, expressing the Quantity and Qualities of such Goods in the usual Manner, before landing thereof, and the same shall be landed in the Presence of the proper Officer of the Customs for that Purpose, on Failure whereof the said Goods shall be charged with the Duty of Fifteen Pounds per Centum ad valorem; any Thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

Schedule to which this Act refers.

SCHEDULE A.

A Schedule of the Duties of Customs payable on the Importation into the Isle of Man of Certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, therein enumerated or described.

Iron,