ABSTRACT
On July 5, 1826, eleven voluminous Customs Acts, which had been passed during the previous year, came into operation. The power of the Treasury to prescribe the official hours of attendance was reaffirmed, and the ‘Customs holidays’ were specified as Christmas Day, Good Friday, and the King’s birthday. Cases occurred in which they refused to sanction payment, out of the colonial revenues, of the salaries which had been granted in lieu of fees to the Customs officers. ‘Time of arrival’ was the time at which report of ship was made or should be made; ‘time of departure’ was the time at which the proper officer of Customs granted final clearance. An application reached the Board from one Egan, a bookseller living at Kingston, Jamaica. In 1834 he had purchased at the Jamaica Customs sales a number of pirated books, seized on landing from New York, and condemned to be sold for exportation.
