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Newspaper
Java Government Gazette
Location
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Date
Nov 06, 1813
Page
3
Official notice directs a government Retail Shop to sell cloths by the yard chintzes by the piece and spices by the pound only from goods delivered by the Government Warehouse. Prices will be posted and sales are for ready money only. Only servants of His Majesty and the Honorable Company may purchase for private use. Open on the 15th inst Batavia November 13. 5.
Provisions authorize British subjects to export goods from London ports to Malabar Coromandel Bengal and Sumatra on Company ships or ships chartered by them. Civil service merchants in India may consign or load goods on Company ships bound for Great Britain under license or leave of the Company. The act aims to ensure private merchants and manufacturers can export and receive returns, while detailing exceptions and regulations.
The document outlines annual tonnage obligations for private trade with the East Indies, freight rates, and security requirements. It covers war-time rate adjustments, notice procedures for exporting from Java to Great Britain, registration of goods, and penalties for noncompliance, plus a directive for notices in 1813–14.
A colonial document outlines a whouse declaration of assent to security for engagement and notes that notices failing to meet legal particulars can be rejected. It also republishes the Governor General in Council order of 26 September 1796 on non shipping persons and orders of the Court of Directors from 1804 and 1809 about package and state of goods shipped on lawful tonnage for general information.
The Governor General in Council directs strict enforcement of freight charges for short shipped tonnage and for poorly packed privileged goods from India. It orders public notice to shipowners and outlines that freight will be calculated by actual measurements, with warehouse reports recording negligent packing to apply the revised rates.
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