The Customs Tariff 1907

Author : Canada; Dept; Of National Revenue
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ISBN 13 : 9781330455531
Total Pages : 152 pages
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Download or read book The Customs Tariff, 1907 (Classic Reprint) written by Canada; Dept; Of National Revenue and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Customs Tariff, 1907 His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: - 1. This Act may be the cited as The Customs Tariff, 1907. 2. In this Act, and in any other Act relating to the customs, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) "M. ft." represents and has the meaning of the words "one thousand feet board measure." (b) "n.o.p." represents and has the meaning of the words "not otherwise provided for;" (c) "gallon" means an Imperial gallon; (d) "ton" means two thousand pounds avoirdupois; (e) "proof," "proof spirit" or "proof spirits," when applied to wines or spirits of any kind, means spirits of a strength equal to that of pure ethyl alcohol compounded with distilled water in such proportions that the resultant mixture shall at a temperature of sixty-two degrees Fahrenheit have a specific gravity of 0.9187 as compared with that of distilled water at the same temperature; (f) "gauge," when applied to metal sheets or plates or to wire, means the thickness as determined by the Imperial Standard Gauge; (g) "in diameter," when applied to tubing, means the actual inside diameter; (h) "sheet," when applied to metals, means a sheet or plate not exceeding three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness; (i) "plate," when applied to metals, means a plate or sheet more than three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness; (j) "p.c." in any one of the tariff columns in schedule A to this Act represents and has the meaning of the words "per centum, ad valorem;" (k) "free" in any one of the said tariff columns means that the goods opposite which the word appears, and to which the tariff in the said column applies, may be imported and taken out of warehouse for consumption in Canada, without duty; (l) "iron" includes "steel;" (m) "rolled iron" or "rolled steel" means iron or steel hot rolled only. 2. The expressions mentioned in section 2 of The Customs Act, whenever they occur herein or in any Act relating to the customs, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning assigned to them respectively by the said section 2; and any power conferred upon the Governor in Council by The Customs Act to transfer dutiable goods to the list of goods which may be imported free of duty or to reduce the rates of duty on dutiable goods is not hereby abrogated or impaired. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.