Papers regarding the arrangements to exempt from duty cotton exported from India via Ceylon to Europe or America, and questions of reciprocal concessions on matters of trade and customs between Ceylon and Madras
Papers regarding objections to a proposed modification of the customs laws regarding cotton at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The papers include correspondence on the subject of frauds committed at the Bombay Custom House by the use of cancelled certificates for obtaining free export of cotton to China or drawback on shipments to Europe, with a recommendation from the Government of Bombay that cotton be allowed to be a...
Question from the Government of Bombay as to whether Ceylon was to be considered as included in the term "Continent of India" in relation to Customs Act I of 1838 answered in the negative
Question raised by the Government of Bombay as to whether vessels under the Portuguese flag were entitled any more than vessels sailing under any other foreign flag to trade between two British Ports
Question raised by T D Lushington, Additional Sub Collector of Canara, as to whether the importation of foreign sugar, and of sugar grown in any British possession into which foreign sugar can be legally imported, was prohibited in the District of Dharwar
Papers regarding the relinquishment of certain vexatious customs and transit duties in the District of Jalaun (includes statements listing the articles and the duties levied on them)