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1 online resource (204 pages) |
| Series |
Heritage |
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Heritage.
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| Contents |
Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION DURING THE FRENCH RÉGIME -- Customs Methods in New France -- III. CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION UNDER BRITISH DOMINION -- The Customs Administration in the Struggle for Responsible Government -- Administrative Confusion -- Smuggling in British North America -- Free Ports and Other Meliorative Devices -- Free Ports -- Customs Drawbacks and Bonded Warehouses -- IV. SOME EARLY CUSTOMS PROBLEMS -- Customs Union in the Canadas -- Reciprocity and the Galt Tariff -- Ad Valorem Duties and Their Administrative Consequences -- V. THE CUSTOMS ESTABLISHMENT IN BRITISH NORTH AMERICA -- Civil Service Control -- The Establishment -- Conditions in the Service -- Publicity of Customs Information -- VI. CONFEDERATION AND THE NATIONAL POLICY -- Confederation and Customs Union -- The National Policy -- VII. THE TARIFF SCHEDULE -- Forms of Duty-The Tariff Rate -- Columns in the Tariff -- Classification of Items in the Present Tariff -- Specialization of the Tariff -- VIII. VALUATION -- The Evolution of the Valuation Provisions -- Valuation and High Protection -- Reaction against Administrative Protection -- General Reaction -- Textiles -- The Effect of Pre-War Agreements -- The Effects of War -- The General Agreement and Valuation -- IX. APPRAISEMENT -- Preliminary Procedures -- The Role of the Appraiser -- Imperfections in Appraisement -- The Board of Customs -- The Appraisal Branch -- The Check Branch -- Causes and Effects of Imperfect Appraisement -- Appeals to the Tariff Board -- Appeals to the Exchequer Court -- The Customs Broker -- The Canadian Importer and the Problem of Appraisement -- X. THE CUSTOMS ESTABLISHMENT SINCE CONFEDERATION -- Organization -- Problems of Adjustment -- Political Patronage in the Customs Service -- The "Customs Scandal -- Causative Circumstances |
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Public Disclosure -- Reform in Appraisement -- Reform of the Preventive Service -- Morale and Efficiency -- The Department of Customs since 1928 -- XI. THE "SCIENTIFIC TARIFF" IN CANADA -- The Canadian Tariff Board -- XII. CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z |
| Summary |
Blake traces the administration of the tariff through Canadian history, and provides the first complete treatment of the subject and its significance for the country's commerce |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Customs administration -- Canada
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Customs administration
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Canada
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442632110 |
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1442632119 |
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