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ART. 10.

For merchandise, of which the tare is not fixed by the tariff, the following tare may be subtracted from the gross weight:

a. For merchandise packed in barrels, or wooden boxes, fifteen per cent.;

b. For merchandise packed in leather, mats, baskets, canisters, linen or such articles, eight per

cent.

ART. 11.

When the importers object to the tare, as fixed by the preceding article, they may pay the importduty of the net weight, which shall be determined by the custom-officers at the expense of the importers.

ART. 12.

When there are a great number of barrels, casks, baskets, canisters, bales, or packets of the same size and sort, the tare may be determined by weighing the empty barrels, &c., which shall be indicated by the custom-officer. The tare shall be fixed according to the result.

ART. 13.

When ad-valorem goods are packed with those whereof duty is to be paid aceording to the weight, then the net weight can be determined by the custom-officers at the expense of the importer.

ART. 14.

For the determination of the import-duty on liquids, which do not pay excise, the following deduction will be allowed for leakage.

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a. When imported by sea, from the harbours of the North Sea and Baltic, of France, Portugal, and Spain, from this side of the Strait of Gibraltar, six per cent.

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ART. 15.

When the importer objects to the deduction fixed by the preceding article, he may pay duty for the real quantity, to be determined at his own

expense.

ART. 16.

For liquids, imported by land or by the rivers, which do not pay excise, and which are charged according to the measure, no deduction will be allowed.

The duty is to be paid for the whole contents of barrels, except when the importer should prefer to have the real contents determined by the custom-officers, at his own expense.

ART. 17.

In extraordinary circumstances, or whenever it should be for the interests of trade and industry, the duty fixed by the tariff can be decreased or annulled by the law.

In this case our resolution shall be communicated to the States-General within thirty days after the opening of the session, accompanied by a project of law.

When circumstances require that a resolution should be taken when the States-General are assembled, then the communication shall be made within thirty days after the date of the resolution.

When the project of law is rejected by the States-General, the resolution remains in force for twenty days after the date of rejection.

ART. 18.

The duties that are determined by the tariff shall not be increased.

ART. 19.

Importation of the following articles is:

a. Reprints of books, the copyright of which exist in the Netherlands or in foreign states with which they have concluded a copyright convention. b. Copper coin and plates for copper coin.

Copper-plates for coin, however, may be imported, with our consent, for the use of the mint, by paying the import duty as fixed by the tariff for beaten copper, leaves or plates.

ART. 20.

An export duty of five guilders per 100 lbs. shall be paid on linen and cotton rags, including old useless paper, torn or not, linen and cotton, worn clothes of linen and cotton, sold by weight, pulp for paper, and all these articles when they are mixed with woollen rags.

An export-duty of two guilders fifty cents, per 100 lbs. shall be paid on unmixed woollen rags.

ART. 21.

The export or transit of gunpowder and ammunition can be prohibited, entirely or partially, by

the law.

ART. 22.

The existing legal stipulations concerning the formalities of transit, which are to be observed,

may be modified by the law when it can tend to the accommodation of trade, preserving the necessary rules to secure the import-duties.

ART. 23.

The duty of four per cent., mentioned in art. the 2d. of the Law of the 8th August, 1850 (Off. Journ., No. 49), shall be reduced to two per

cent.

ART. 24.

The exemption of inland passports for transports, as provided by art. 161, litt. f, of the Law of the 26th August, 1862 (Off. Journ., No. 38), is limited for linen, cotton and woollen rags, to a quantity of not less than five pounds.

ART. 25.

The following Laws are annulled; Law of the 19th June, 1845 (Off. Journ., No. 28), those of the 30th May, 1847 (Off. Journ, No. 24), with exception of the articles 3, 4, and 5, the articles 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the Law of the 8th August, 1850 (Off. Jour., No. 47), art. 1 of this Law however, only concerning the freedom, specified by art. 3 § 1 of the Law of the 19th June, 1845 (Off. Journ., No. 28), the Laws of the 18th Septemb., 1852 (Off. Journ., No. 176), of the 9th Septemb., 1853 (Off. Journ., No 101), and of the 1st Septemb., 1854 (Off. Journ., No. 126), art 1 of the Law of the 19th of December, 1857 (Off. Journ., No. 164), and the Law of the 23rd of December, 1859 (Off. Journ., No. 136).

ART. 26.

The present Law shall come into operation on the 1st November, 1862.

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