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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80734	An expedient for regulating the customes and excise Approved by divers well affected marchants, and others of the citty of London. Humbly represented to the supream authority of the nation, the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England. By Francis Cradock. Marchant.	Cradocke, Francis, d. 1670?	1659 (1659)	Wing C6741C; ESTC R225421	8,844	17

That by the preventing the afore said abuse to the State a greater will also be prevented and the greatest hinderance and prejudice to Trade now practised in saving Customes whereby the honest Marchant is under-sold by such unfair dealing persons insomuch that he must either keep his goods by him to his prejudice till the others be sold and expended or else must sell it at the others price which he cannot do that truly paies the duties without being a looser by his adventure especially of goods that pay great duties which is much to the discouragement of Trade and worthy of consideration 29 That better inspection may be taken to goods exported which returns the half subsidy so that more may not be repaid then was received inwards which is now commonly practised by Marchants to the great prejudice of the State and no care taken to prevent the same 30 That the Collectors and other Officers in all the out-ports may be governed also by the same rules and ordered to attend their Office for eight hours in the day keeping their accounts according to such propper method as shall be prescribed 31 That power may be given the said Commissioners to appoint Officers in the presence of a Constable by them to be especially authorised in the day time to break open any doore or other place upon information where Prohibited goods or goods stoln a shore without payment of duties are housed or otherwise in case of refusal that the refuser may by law be made lyable to some great forfeiture which will prevent many frauds practised 32 That power also may be given the said Commissioner in case of frauds suspected so much practised by Marchants coullouring the goods of others to refuse entry and not to permit such goods to be Landed till oath be given for satisfaction therein which if truly observed the Common-wealth by Alian Custome may receive many thousand pounds per Annum the more from Jews and other strangers who by means of such frauds here are admitted into a like fellowship which we are denyed abroad 33 That also for an other expedient to prevent the aforesaid Frauds and faylings frequently practised by many Free-marchants who though they coullorably give but the valew of 6d for a hundred pounds worth of Forrain goods yet will presume to enter the same as their own and swear it also upon a light occasion I humbly conceive it most propper to enact that all persons whatsoever that should either Export or Import Commodities in any Forrain Bottom that is to say such Ship or Vessel whereof the Master and ¾ of the Marriners are not really naturally born subjects of England that such persons and no other should pay Alian duties which will be of greater advantage to the State the Nations Shipping will be thereby again brought in request and increased with more encouragement to the poor dejected Sea-men who for want of imployment at home are enforced many of them to serve Forrain Nations abroad 34 That for further encouragement and to prevent the Alination of Ships and Sea men which probably will befall England by means of an Act made the 15th of May last by the French King Prohibiting all Ships not there built to export any the Commodities of his Kingdome without Lycence I humbly conceive it propper to be forthwith Enacted that any Ships not built in England and whereof the Master and ¾ of the Marriners are not English as aforesaid Importing any the Commodities of France may here pay 20 shilling per Tunn according to the burthen of such Ship to be entred in Custome-house and receive accordingly 35 That by Impowring the said Commissioners also to refuse such Marchants entries as stand oblidged for goods four moneths before entred untill he pay the same will be also preserved many Thousand pounds per Annum now lost in bad debts by several decaying persons whose practice is to take up the goods of other Marchants and firm for the Excise with intent never to pay the duty but as the buisiness is now mannaged do upon pretence of Exportation or getting the Officers to return the goods un-sold and by not truly accounting once in two or three years if at all runs high in debt to the State who are paid at last by a beggarly apearance or Non est Inventus 36 That to reduce all accompts into a fair method and prevent such and other the like abuses for the future all Marchants might be ordered to clear their accounts in two moneths for all goods Imported before the 29th day of September 1657. the time allowed them to clear their accounts by paying the one sixth part and that all such as had not the benefit of that Act against whom no possitive proof can be made may have their accounts ballanced to that time by remitting all which they stand charged for in the Excise books which will be well resented by all and the State not prejudiced by Marchants for that most of what they stand charged with is by forging of hands and the like abuses placed wrongfully on their accounts who in reason ought not to suffer thereby and that all other goods since Imported for which the Marchant stands lyable may be forthwith discharged untill a moneth before the date of such ordinance whereby will be brought in at least one hundred and twenty thousand pounds to help supply the present want of monies in the Nation 37 That notwithstanding all provissions yet made many frauds are still practised by Dutch Marchants and others in causing their own Ships and goods to be seized and setting up pretended prosecuters in the Exchequer who serve only for coullor whereby the State is abused and the penalty of an Act made in 1651. For increase of Shipping and incouragement of Navigation also avoyded to the great discouragement of the native Marchants and Sea-men which may be prevented by giving the said Commissioners power to examine the matter of fact and grounds of such seizure made upon oath presently after the goods are seized which if they find not seizable forthwith to discharge but if in their judgements either coullorable seized or really seizable then to Exhibite a Coppy of the evidence given with the information into the Exchequer by such informant as they shall think fit so that hereby the opportunity now given the Informant and defendent to comply as they usually do against the States Interest will be prevented and the evidence so oft wilfully forgotten by means of their long Correspondency and better understanding each others favours will be also preserved 38 That the manner practised by the Barrons of Exchequer and Atturney General to compound for seizures doth Incourage Marchants to make attempts of Stealing Duties who having also found waies to conceal much of their goods and to procure the rest appraysed very much under the true valew that when taken they are but small loosers by the adventure which if otherwise were to be really sold and the said Barrons

method here prescribed dearly paid for and brought from Holland to England for expedition over the Alps. 12 That what the Common-wealths revenue hereby may be advanced I shall not presume to estemate but do leave it to better judgements only shall say that by this way of mannagement which more fully may be Illustrated I conceive all frauds practised by Officers will be prevented besides the expence of fifty thousand pounds per Annum now paid in Sallaries be taken off and the rents paid for Lycences thought less then the present Compositions made with the now Farmers will bring in more yearly to the revenue But my designe being to enlarge on the Customes and Forreign Excise I Humbly submit this and return 13 That the Customes and Forrain Excise if Lett to Farm or otherwise mannaged by Persons Interressed would both discontent the Marchants and obstruct Trade for that the manner of placing Persons to judge in that which if but Implicitely concerns them though the judgment given be just yet will not be so pleasing to the People as that done by Persons more indifferent as those put in to mannage the same properly for the Interest of the Common-wealth will be rendred 14 That the said Forrain Excise and Customes being dependent one upon the other might be reduced into one Intire Office and be better mannaged by the same Comissioners and Officers to the ease and accommodation of Marchants in their dispatches and the trouble to shop keepers and others in fetching of tickets the cheefest cause of complaint against the duty be prevented 15 That all Collectors and receivers of Customs their Journal or day Book of receipts may serve as a charge to the Marchant for Excise whose firm may also serve for bill of entry at Custome house and from thence be transferred to the Leger which is all the trouble extraordinary and both accounts are compleated the trouble in this and all things else will be to both Marchant and Officer shortned the accounts upon occasion readier to be Examined and many mistakes and other inconveniencies that now happen between both be prevented 16 That in order thereunto in stead of the first buyer the Marchant may be made alyble to pay the Excise who doth the same voluntary already in all the out parts and many also in London selling their goods accordingly 17 That by making that a standing Law which is now so differently practised and falls out often as Controversies between the Marchant and first buyer who although by the Law in being is lyable to pay the duty yet the Marchant also stands obliged to see it done and discharged upon his account which trouble is in small parcels of goods sold a greater inconvenience then the payment of the duty many sutes in Law would be thereby prevented and the Marchant have more possitive warrant to demand for and sell both the Custome and Excise with his goods 18 That in liew of the Marchants standing lyable to pay Excise four moneths time may be given him to pay for the like quantity he entred inwards and paid Customes regard being had only to Wines and such like perrishable Commodities which if not sold or exported within the said term then to have three moneths time more and no longer 19 That a certain allowance may be computed for Leakage of Wines and other liquid or wasting Commodities in favour also of Marchants at so much per Cent for three moneths and no other allowance to be made upon any pretence whatsoever 20 That the prejudice to the State for want of sooner reduceing the Excise to a more certain method is evident in that the said duties of Excise set on Wines Tobacchoes and many other Commodities is double as much and in no particular less then the duty of Customes yet as to the same Commodities it ever came short of bringing in as much to the Common-wealths Revenue as the Customes hath by many Thousand pounds per Annum 21 That the Officers of Customes and Excise are so farr from corresponding one with the other or the one to question that which might prevent a fraud to the others Office if it bring no profit to himself as servants of one Master should do that they are rather helpfull to cheat the State against each others Office and the Excise man most villified as though servants of two different Interests which shews how unnecessary and Inconsistant one of them stands for the Publique good 22 That a due regulation may be made in the Officers of the Customes so that the inferior ones whose truck as to the States Interest is greater then the Comissioners may not be inforced to pay themselves with bribes as many of them do and the Commissioners go away with sixteen hundred pounds per Annum each for attendance but three hours in the day 23 That eight hours in the day may be allowed at Custome-house free for all men to do business both for Customes and Excise that is to say from eight of the clock in the morning till twelve and from two till six in the afternoon 24 That six persons well quallified both for integrety and ability may be chosen for Commissioners whose sallary need not exceed three hundred pounds per Annum each and that two of them by turns may alwayes be abroad in the several Circuits Surveying the out-ports which cannot be two often inspected there being most frauds practised not the persons of Commissioners improper for that trust it being the greatest of all and most apt for Corruption when referred only to a particular standing person there being none to supervize him but according to this method they will be one supervizers to the other 25 That one of the remaining four Commissioners by monethly or weekly turn may also serve as a General Surveyor abroad in the port of London without whose inspection or the inspection of one of the Commissioners at Custome house no dammage of Sea-wet or otherwise upon goods shall be allowed also that bils of sight may not be granted for the future for that under Couller thereof and by the prejudice of the other the State is deceived of many thousand pounds yearly 26 That according to this regulation barely in the Commissioners sallaries there will be preserved of what is now vainly expended nine thousand pounds per Annum and the buisiness be better mannaged by persons that will make it their whole imployment who only are fit for that service 27 That a moderation may be had in other great Sallaries fit also to be taken down without hazard of breach of trust and that more Competent ones may be allowed the Inferior Officers in whose hands the greatest trust is reposed their opportunities being such to favour the Marchants who work upon their necessities insomuch that they often practice to deliver half the Ships charge without the knowledge of the superior Officers for a small matter to the poor Wayter on board to the great prejudice of the Common-wealth 28