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Customs Administration in Canada

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Blake, Gordon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1957.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.
  • 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.