included in such entry, on the cubical contents thereof, computed in conformity with the said scale.

SYNOPSIS OF GENERAL ORDERS, &C., OF THE BOARD OF CUSTOMS, TRANSMITTED WITH DESPATCHES OF THE U. S. MINISTERS IN LONDON.

November 14, 1849.-Regulation that spirits required as stores in larger quantities than five gallons be shipped in one entire cask is dispensed with, and one cask, under the legal size, of each description or sort of spirits, is allowed to be shipped on board a vessel as stores.

November 12, 1849.-"Manna croup," or wheat ground by a particular arrangement of the stones, is liable to a duty of 44d. per cwt. December 29, 1849.-Goods warehoused, under the act of 8 & 9 Vict., c. 88, for exportation only, are not to be admitted to entry for home

use.

February 18, 1850.-Coffee, kiln-dried, roasted, or ground, may be shipped as stores from the bonded warehouse in the same proportions as raw coffee, viz: one oz. per day, per man, and under the like regu

lations.

April 18, 1850.-Duty is to be paid, at the port of arrival, on any deficiency which may have occurred in transit, in goods removed under bond, before a certificate is to be issued to cancel the bond given on the removal of the goods.

April 23, 1850.-Stringy bark wood, and blue gum wood, used in ship-building, and shaped for treenails of three feet in length, are to be admitted free of duty from the Australian colonies.

April 30, 1850.-All sheep's wool, entered for exportation, is to be described in the shipping bills either as the produce of a British colony, or the produce of a foreign country, as the case may be.

August 26, 1850.-Empty glass bottles of British manufacture, which, when exported from England, contained merchandise, are to be admitted to entry duty free.

July 31, 1850-All articles of silk or velvet, made up, such as mantles, cloaks, and other articles of millinery, not specifically rated, are to be charged with the ad valorem duty of 15 per cent., without reference to weight.

October 29, 1850.-Glass chemical apparatus is to be charged with a duty of one penny per pound, only. Rough ground-glass stoppers and caps, and punty marks, are to be charged with the same.

November 15, 1850.-Deteriorated butter, delivered at ports to which it is removed under bond, is not to be dealt with at such ports as unsound, should it have left the port of removal in a sound state.

Regulation relating to London only.

November 9, 1850.-The regulations of the minute of July 19, 1850, for assessing the duty on rice upon an average to be ascertained by weighing one bag in ten of each entry or mark, is to be rescinded so far as regards cargoes of rice landed on warehousing entries in the docks of London; and the practice of weighing packages of rice in warehouse, &c., is to be reverted to until further orders.

Regulation relating to London only.

October 12, 1850.-In case of samples of sugar taken from packages brought to England from foreign parts for transhipment only, the samples upon which the duties shall not exceed one shilling on each export entry are to be delivered duty free; but, if exceeding that sum, the duty is to be paid thereon.

May 3, 1850.-Scale of charges for rent on surplus stores deposited in the Queen's warehouse:

Wine, spirits, and cordials-
Under two gallons..

Two gallons, and under six.

Six gallons and upwards..

Dry goods

Nil.

1d.

2d.

per week.

Not exceeding one cubic foot of space. 1d. Exceeding one cubic foot of space.. 2d. May 9, 1850.-Locust wood is to be admitted duty free. July 6, 1850.-Iodine is to be admitted at the duty of 10 ad valorem.

per cent.

July 25, 1850.-Duty is to be charged on the setting of pearls only, when imported.

July 31, 1850.—Quantity of cigars or manufactured tobacco under the weight of half a pound, being the unconsumed stores of a passenger, who is not a frequent visitor, and when there is no cause of suspicion, is to be delivered duty free; but cigars and manufactured tobacco

brought by passengers, of the weight of half a pound and upwards, are to be charged with duty on the actual quantity.

July 17, 1850.-Spirits, coffee, cocoa, and other articles subject to differential duties, to be taken out of warehouse for exportation, are allowed to be described in the bonds as "spirits," "coffee," &c., only, instead of by their proper denominations according to the tariff.

July 19, 1850.—Casks of rice, imported at London and Liverpool, are to be assessed for duty on an average of one in ten of each entry or mark.

September 4, 1850.-British biscuit, being surplus stores, is to pass duty free.

September 13, 1850.-Tobacco may be imported direct from Turkey in packages of 100 pounds each.

January 16, 1851.-In cases of emigrant ships, one cask, under the legal size, of each description or sort of spirits, is allowed to be shipped on board a vessel, not only as stores, for the use of the vessel, but as "medical comforts."

January 28, 1851.-Bars of steel are to be admitted to entry as "unwrought steel."

January 29, 1851.-Extract of logwood is to be admitted to entry duty free.

April 30, 1851.-Allowance of raw sugar and molasses for ships' stores is extended to 16 ounces per week for each person on board.

Regulation for the port of London only.

April 2, 1851.-Orders of 5th March, 1851, and 9th September, 1850, (that tallow, the produce of and imported from the British possessions, being subject to the duty of 1d. per cwt., be delivered on duty-paid entries, according to the weight by the wharfinger's account, in the same manner as free goods,) are continued until further orders.

May 8, 1851.-Tobacco, direct from Egypt, may be imported in packages of 100 pounds each.

February 28, 1851.-All treenails from British possessions are to be admitted duty free, in like manner as locust treenails from the United States.

June 5, 1851.—Pepper is to be shipped as stores, duty free.

September 8, 1851.-Charge of lower rates of duty (under the act 8 & 9 Vict., c. 90) on timber and wood goods, the produce of, and imported from, the British possessions, is continued.

September 9, 1851.-Practice of restricting the claims for drawback (under act of 8 & 9 Vict., c. 86, s. 99) on wine and tobacco to three years from the date of payment of duty, is to be discontinued.

Regulation relating to London only.

September 6, 1851.-Card and paper cuttings, fit only to be re-manufactured, are to be admitted free of duty.

Regulation relating to London only.

September 19, 1851.-Samples of tobacco exported to the continent are to be retained, without paymert of duty, in charge of customs offi

cers, on condition that, within 12 months from the date of the exportation of the tobacco, the samples be either taken out for home consumption, on payment of duty, or be packed into legal sized packages and duly exported under the usual regulations.

October 29, 1851.-Soups preserved from fresh meats imported into England from a British possession, are to be admitted duty free.

October 30, 1851.-Any deficiency, not exceeding one pound, ascertained, at the port of arrival, on the gross re-weight of each package of tobacco removed under bond, is not to be charged with duty, in cases in which there shall be no reason to suspect fraudulent or improper tampering with the packages.

November 15, 1851.-Fir wood, sawed, not exceeding 2 feet 7 inches long, 7 inches wide, and inch thick, is to be admitted free of duty, if intended solely for making herring barrels.

November 17, 1851.-Tobacco may be imported from British East India possessions, in bales containing not less than 100 pounds.

November 18, 1851.-Tobacco may be imported from west coast of Africa in packages containing not less than 80 pounds.

EXTRACTS FROM TREATIES.*

From a "treaty of friendship and commerce between her Majesty and the republic of Liberia," signed November 21, 1848. Ratifications exchanged August 1, 1849.

"ART. 2. There shall be reciprocal freedom of commerce between the British dominions and the republic of Liberia. The subjects of her Britannic Majesty * * shall be allowed to buy from and to sell to whom they like, without being restrained or prejudiced by any monopoly, contract, or exclusive privilege of sale or purchase whatever. The citizens of the republic of Liberia shall, in return, enjoy similar protection and privileges in the dominions of her Britannic Majesty.

"ART. 3. No tonnage, import, or other duties or charges, shall be levied in the republic of Liberia on British vessels, or on goods imported or exported in British vessels, beyond what are or may be levied on national vessels, or on the like goods imported or exported in national vessels; and, in like manner, no tonnage, import, or other duties or charges, shall be levied in the British dominions on vessels of the republic, or on goods imported or exported in those vessels, beyond what are or may be levied on national vessels, or on the like goods imported or exported in national vessels.

"ART. 4. Merchandise or goods coming from the British dominions in any vessel, or imported in British vessels from any country, shall not be prohibited by the republic of Liberia, nor be subject to higher duties than are levied on the same kinds of merchandise or goods coming from any other foreign country, or imported in any other vessels.

"All articles, the produce of the republic, may be exported therefrom by British subjects and British vessels, on as favorable terms as by the subjects and vessels of any other foreign country.

*Transmitted with despatches of United States ministers in London.

"ART. 5. It being the intention of the government of the republic of Liberia to trade in certain articles of import, with a view to raising a revenue by selling them at a fixed advance upon the cost price, it is hereby agreed, that in no case shall private merchants be absolutely prohibited from importing any of such articles, or any article in which the government of the republic may at any time see fit to trade; nor shall such articles, or any article in which the government of the republic may at any time see fit to trade, be subject to a duty of a greater amount than the amount of the advance upon the cost price at which the governinent may from time to time be bound to sell the same.

"In case the government of the republic shall, at any time, fix the price of any article of native produce, with a view to such article being taken in payment for any articles in which the government may trade, such article of native produce shall be received into the treasury at the same fixed price, in payment of taxes, from all persons trading with the republic.

"ART. 7. It being the intention of the two contracting parties to bind themselves by the present treaty to treat each other on the footing of the most favored nation, it is hereby agreed between them, that any favor, privilege, or immunity, whatever, in matters of commerce and navigation, which either contracting party has actually granted, or may hereafter grant, to the subjects or citizens of any other State, shall be extended to the subjects or citizens of the other contracting party, gratuitously, if the concession in favor of that other State shall have been gratuitous, or in return for a compensation as nearly as possible of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement, if the concession shall have been conditional.

"ART. 8. Each contracting party may appoint consuls for the protection of trade, to reside in the dominions of the other.

"ART. 9. Slavery and the slave trade being perpetually abolished in the republic of Liberia, the republic engages that a law shall be passed declaring it to be piracy for any Liberian citizen or vessel to be engaged or concerned in the slave trade.

"The republic engages to permit any British vessel-of-war which may be furnished with special instructions under the treaties between Great Britain and foreign powers for the prevention of the slave trade, to visit any vessels sailing under the Liberian flag which may, on reasonable grounds, be suspected of being engaged in the slave trade; and if, by the result of the visit, it should appear to the officer in command of such British wessel-of-war that the suspicions which led thereto are well grounded, the vessel shall be sent, without delay, to a Liberian port, and shall be delivered up to the Liberian authorities, to be proceeded against according to the laws of the republic.

"ART. 10. The republic of Liberia further engages to permit any British vessel-of-war which may be furnished with special instructions as aforesaid, to visit on the coast within the jurisdiction of the republic, or in the ports of the same, any vessel which may be suspected of being engaged in the slave trade, and which shall be found sailing under any flag whatever, or without any flag; and if the suspicions which led to the visit should appear to the officer in command of such