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so pernicious to the morals of a country, cannot but excite the
strongest solicitude for a . . . radical change in the system
which created and still continues it.

The Prohibitions established by the Customs House legislation
of Great Britain will be found in Appendix . The
number of these prohibitions is small. Those of Malt and
Tobacco Stalks are for the protection of the Revenue: — those
of Meat and live Cattle, for the benefit of English agriculture.

As to the smuggling into England we shall only to a
few places from which we have obtained , but which will serve to elucidate the whole subject.

From Dunkirk, the principal articles of illicit introduction
into England, are Teas and Spirits. The Director
of the Customs House represents the voyages of the Smugglers to be frequent, and the risks to be small.

From Boulogne we learn that the Smuggled Cargoes
have generally many owners, and that the smuggling is
carried on, almost wholly, for account of the Smugglers, themselves.

It is only in the Summer Season, that goods for
fraudulent importation are shipped at Tecamp. Silk
manufactures are no longer embarked there, by the Smugglers.

The shipments for fraudulent introduction into
England, are exported as follows, from the different ports whence we have obtained Returns.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	340	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f15
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[britannia with shield motif]]]
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Notes public		ID Number	5556
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