Suspension of duties on rum and spirits from British West Indies plantations
- Item sets
- Sources
- Name
- Suspension of duties on rum and spirits from British West Indies plantations
- Description
- This is an excerpt from legislation (Anno Regni Vicesimo Quarto, Session 2, Section LV) concerning the suspension of inland excise duties and customs duties on rum and spirits imported from British sugar islands and plantations in the West Indies. The act provides for remittance of suspended duties to proprietors for goods in custody of Excise Officers on September 1, 1784, and establishes procedures for certification and repayment of duties by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.
- Place
- Great Britain
- Related To
- George III
- Type
- Financial Data
- Archive / Repository
- md:20260219_112955.md
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- Collection
- Crown Administration
- Type
- Printed Pamphlet
- Date Created
- 1784
- Provenance
- Document uses long 's' (ſ) characteristic of 18th-century printing. Contains marginal glosses/headings summarising key provisions.
- Language
- English