The Edinburgh Annual Register Volume 10, Pts. 1-2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1820 Excerpt: ... the same yards. An act to amend the act of the 53d of his present Majesty, entitled, An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England;' and to give further powers to the court appointed by the said act. An act for further securing the duties on paper and pasteboard; and for repealing the countervailing duty upon pasteboard imported from Ireland, and the drawback upon pasteboard exported; and granting other countervailing duties and drawbacks in lieu thereof. An act for the making more effectual provision for the prevention of smuggling, and rewarding officers and persons making seizures and capturing smuggling vessels; for licensing luggers employed in the North Sea fishery; and obliging exporters of exciseable goods on drawback to give notice of shipment. An act to amend and continue, until the end of the next session of Parliament, an act of the 54th of his present Majesty, for regulating the trade in spirits between Great Britain and Ireland reciprocally, and to grant and allow new countervailing duties and drawbacks on spirits imported and exported between England and Scotland and Ireland respectively. An act to repeal the duties payable in Scotland upon wash and spirits, and distillers' licences, to grant other duties in lieu thereof, and to establish further regulations for the distillation of spirits from corn for home consumption in Scotland, until the 10th of November, 1818. An act to amend an act of the last session of Parliament relating to stamp duties in Great Britain, so far as relates to inventories to be exhibited and recorded in any commissary court in Scotland. An act to repeal certain drawbacks and countervailing duties of excise on beer and malt; to alter the drawbacks on plate glass, and to prevent frauds therein. An act to contin...