1846: 9 & 10 Victoria c.22: An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Importation of Corn.
[26th June 1846.]
‘WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty,
[5 & 6 Vict. c. 14.]
intituled An Act to amend the Laws for the Importation of Corn: And whereas it is expedient that the Duties now payable upon the Importation and Entry for Home Consumption in the United Kingdom and in the Isle of Man respectively of Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour should be altered, and that the Act herein-before recited should be amended as herein-after is expressed:’ Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same,
[After the passing of this Act, till 1st Feb. 1849, the Duties set forth in the Schedule shall be payable upon all Corn, &c. imported.]
That from And after the passing of this Act, in lieu of the Duties now payable upon the Entry for Home Consumption in the United Kingdom, and upon the Importation into the Isle of Man, of Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour, there shall be levied and paid unto Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, on all Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour already or hereafter to be imported into the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man from Parts beyond the Seas and entered for Home Consumption after the passing of this Act, the Duties set forth in the Schedule to this Act annexed, until the First Day of February which will be in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine;
[On and after 1st Feb. 1849 the Duties herein named shall be paid.]
and on, from, and after the said First Day of February One thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine the following Duties; (namely,)
Upon all Wheat, Barley, Bear or Bigg, Oats, Rye, Pease, and Beans, —
For every Quarter – One Shilling;
and so in proportion for a less Quantity:
Upon all Wheat Meal and Flour, Barley Meal, Oatmeal, Rye Meal and Flour, Pea Meal, and Bean Meal, —
For every Cwt. – Four-pence Halfpenny
and so in proportion for a less Quantity.
[Duties payable in the United Kingdom shall be levied pursuant to 8 & 9 Vict. c. 90.]
II. And be it enacted, That the several Duties hereby imposed, and leviable in the United Kingdom, shall be levied, collected, paid, and applied in such and the same Manner in all respects as that in which the Duties imposed by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Eighth and Ninth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for granting Duties of Customs, are directed to be levied, collected, paid, and applied.
[Duties payable in the Isle of Man shall be levied pursuant to 8 & 9 Vict. c. 94.]
III. And be it enacted, That the several Duties hereby imposed, and leviable in the Isle of Man, shall be levied, collected, paid, and applied in such and the same Manner in all respects as that in which the Duties imposed by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Eighth and Ninth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for regulating the Trade with the Isle of Man, are directed to be levied, collected, paid, and applied.
[Average Prices to continue to be made up according to 5 & 6 Vict c. 14., and the Duties under this Act to be regulated thereby.]
IV. And be it enacted, That the average Prices, both weekly and aggregate, of all British Corn, shall continue to be made up, computed, and published, and the Certificates of the aggregate average Prices shall continue to be transmitted, at the Times and in the Manner required by the said herein-before recited Act for amending the Laws for the Importation of Corn; and the Rate and Amount of the Duties set forth in the Schedule to this Act shall be regulated and governed, according to the Scale in the said Schedule contained, by the aggregate average Prices so to be made up, computed, published, and transmitted, in the same Manner as the Rate and Amount of the Duties imposed by the said herein-before recited Act are by that Act directed to be regulated and governed; and at each of the several Ports in the United Kingdom and in the Isle of Man the aggregate average Prices, the Certificate of which shall have been last received previously to the passing of this Act by the Collector or other chief Officer of Customs at such Port as by the said herein-before recited Act is directed, shall be taken to be the aggregate average Price by which the Duties hereby imposed shall be governed and regulated at such Port, until the Certificate of some other aggregate average Price shall have been received by the Collector or other chief Officer of Customs at such Port.
[Repeal of Part of 5 & 6 Vict. c. 14.]
V. And be it enacted, That so much of the said Act herein-before recited as prohibits the Importation into the United Kingdom for Consumption there of any Corn ground shall be repealed.
[Act may be amended, &c.]
VI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session of Parliament.
SCHEDULE to which this Act refers.
If imported from any Foreign Country:
Wheat: —
Whenever the Average Price of Wheat, made up and published in the Manner required by Law, shall be for every Quarter
– under 48s., the Duty shall be for every Quarter – 10s. 0d.
– 48s. and under 49s. – 9s. 0d.
– 49s. and under 50s. – 8s. 0d.
– 50s. and under 51s. – 7s. 0d.
– 51s. and under 52s. – 6s. 0d.
– 52s. and under 53s. – 5s. 0d.
– 53s. and upwards – 4s. 0d.
Barley, Bear or Bigg: —
Whenever the Average Price of Barley, made up and published in the Manner required by Law, shall be for every Quarter
– under 26s., the Duty shall be for every Quarter – 5s. 0d.
– 26s. and under 27s. – 4s. 6d.
– 27s. and under 28s. – 4s. 0d.
– 28s. and under 29s. – 3s. 6d.
– 29s. and under 30s. – 3s. 0d.
– 30s. and under 31s. – 2s. 6d.
– 31s. and upwards – 2s. 0d.
Oats: —
Whenever the Average Price of Oats, made up and published in the Manner required by Law, shall be for every Quarter
– under 18s., the Duty shall be for every Quarter – 4s. 0d.
– 18s. and under 19s. – 3s. 6d.
– 19s. and under 20s. – 3s. 0d.
– 20s. and under 21s. – 2s. 6d.
– 21s. and under 22s. – 2s. 0d.
– 22s. and upwards – 1s. 6d.
Rye, Pease, and Beans: —
For every Quarter, A Duty equal in Amount to the Duty payable on a Quarter of Barley.
Wheat Meal and Flour: —
For every Barrel, being One hundred and ninety-six Pounds, A Duty equal in Amount to the Duty payable on Thirty-eight Gallons and a Half of Wheat.
Barley Meal:—
For every Quantity of Two hundred and seventeen and a Half Pounds, A Duty equal in Amount to the Duty payable on a Quarter of Barley.
Oatmeal and Groats
For every Quantity of One hundred and eighty-one Pounds and a Half, A Duty equal in Amount to the Duty payable on a Quarter of Oats.
Rye Meal and Flour:—
For every Barrel, being One hundred and ninety-six Pounds, A Duty equal in Amount to the Duty payable upon Forty Gallons of Rye.
Pea Meal and Bean Meal:
For every Quantity of Two hundred and seventy-two Pounds,
A Duty equal in Amount to the Duty payable on a Quarter of Pease or Beans.
If the Produce of and imported from any British Possession out of Europe;
Wheat, Barley, Bear or Bigg, Oats, Rye, Pease, and Beans, the Duty shall be for every Quarter – 1s. 0d.
Wheat Meal, Barley Meal, Oatmeal, Rye Meal, Pea Meal, and Bean Meal, the Duty shall be for every Cwt. – 0s. 4½d.
Source: Collection of Public General Acts, 1846.
Further reading: Wikipedia.