Customs Act 1662

12 C. e. 18 Eng.

XLIX. Every collector, customer, comptroller, searcher, or other officers, shall from time to time do his or their diligent attendance at the custom house, as shall be most for the dispatch of the merchant, without concealing or consenting to any thing which may be to the hurt or damage of his Majestie, in the just answering of the customs and subsidies, upon pain that every such officer shall forfeit and lose his or their several offices and employments. You are hereby required to take care that the act passed in England, intituled, An Act for the incouraging and increasing of shipping and navigation, be from time to time duly observed and executed.

A TABLE of Fees to be taken by His Majesties Officers respetively, in the several and respective Ports of Ireland, viz.

Customer.

Surveyor.

Comptroller.

Searcher.

Gauger.

Packer.

s.d.

s.d.

s.d.

s.d.

s.d.

s.d.

FOR the entries of all ships and barques arriving from England or Scotland, by English or Irish

0 4

0 4

0 4

0 6

0 0

0 0

For every entry or warrant of discharge, by bill of view or otherwise, of all goods in the same ship or barque, by English or Irish

0 4

0 4

0 4

0 6

0 0

0 0

For the entry of all ships or barques arriving from foreign parts, by English or Irish

0 8

0 8

0 8

1 6

0 0

0 0

For the entry and warrant of discharge by bill of view or otherwise, of goods in the same ships or barques, by English or Irish

0 8

0 8

0 8

0 6

0 0

0 0

For the entries of all ships and barques from England, or any other parts beyond the seas, by strangers

1 0

1 0

1 0

1 6

0 0

0 0

For the entry and warrant of discharge by bill of view or otherwise, of goods in the same ships or barques, by strangers

0 8

0 8

0 8

1 0

0 0

0 0

For making of bonds to his Majesties use, by English or Irish, upon any occasion

1 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

For making of bonds to his Majesties use or employment, or upon any other occasion

1 6

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

For every entry into the certificate book

0 2

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

For every indorsement

0 4

0 4

0 4

0 0

0 0

0 0

For every bill of store or allowance uunto natives

0 6

0 6

0 6

0 6

0 0

0 0

For the like by strangers

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 6

0 0

0 0

For clearing ships and barques, and examining the book from England, by English or Irish

0 6

0 3

0 3

0 0

0 0

0 0

For the like by the same for foreign parts, by English and Irish

1 0

0 6

0 6

0 0

0 0

0 0

For the like from England or any other parts, by strangers

1 4

0 8

0 8

0 0

0 0

0 0

For the entries of all ships and barques to England or Scotland, by English or Irish

0 4

0 4

0 4

0 6

0 0

0 0

For every entry and warrant for shipping of all goods in the same ship or barque, by English or Irish

0 4

0 4

0 4

0 6

0 0

0 0

For the entry of all ships and barques to England, or any other port beyond the seas by strangers

1 0

1 0

1 0

1 0

0 0

0 0

For every cocquet by English or Irish

1 0

0 9

0 9

0 6

0 0

0 0

For every such cocquet by strangers

0 0

0 0

0 0

1 0

0 0

0 0

For the fight of every cocquet by natives

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 6

0 0

0 0

For the like by strangers

0 0

0 0

0 0

1 0

0 0

0 0

For every cocquet of a great ship laden with corn

0 0

0 0

0 0

6 8

0 0

0 0

For every small barque laden with corn

0 0

0 0

0 0

3 4

0 0

0 0

For every dicker of tanned hides

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 2

0 0

0 0

For every saddie horse paying no custom, and allowed for provision.

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 6

0 0

0 0

For the entry of every ship, barque or boat along the coast

0 2

0 1

0 1

0 3

0 0

0 0

For every warrant for discharge of goods by port-cocquet, by English or Irish

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 6

0 0

0 0

For every warrant of let-pass along the coast

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 6

0 0

0 0

For making every certificate for goods which paid custom inwards and none outwards

1 2

0 7

0 7

0 0

0 0

0 0

For every certificate upon warrant from the lord deputy or other chief governour or governours, paying no duty

1 6

0 9

0 9

0 0

0 0

0 0

For endorsing all warrants and licences

0 4

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

For every coast certificate, and the entry into his Majestie’s books

1 0

0 8

0 8

0 6

0 0

0 0

For discharging of bonds, and filing the certificates

0 6

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

For making certificate of return in the King’s books, wax and parchment

1 0

0 4

0 4

0 0

0 0

0 0

For taking away the sails of any ship, barque or other vessel, for a contempt or misdemeanor

0 0

0 0

0 0

2 6

0 0

0 0

Out of every barque or boat for bringing in apples, to the searcher one hundred of the same.

Out of every barque or boat bringing in oysters, to the searcher one hundred of the same.

For gauging every tun of wine, ganger four pence.

For gauging every tun of oyle, beer or other liquid commodities, gauger four pence.

Besides, out of every ship bringing in wines, one small bottle of wine for a gauging bottle.

For every barrel of herrings, gauger q.

For the like by strangers, gauger ob.

For every barrel of tallow or butter weighing two hundred weight, gauger one penny.

For the like by strangers, gauger one penny ob.

For every hundred weight of like commodities in certain casks, and not in barrels, gauger ob.

For the like by strangers, gauger one penny.

For every barrel of beef, pork, herrings or salmon, by natives, gauger q.

For the like by strangers, gauger ob.

For every barrel of like commodity by strangers, gauger ob.

For every pack of yarn, fardle, or bag of wool, skins, and all other packable commodities, packer four pence.