Customs administration in Canada : an essay in tariff technology / Gordon Blake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blake, Gordon, author.

Series:

Canadian studies in economics ; 9.

Canadian Studies in Economics ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Customs administration--Canada.

Customs administration.

Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Toronto, Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, 1957.

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-3379-4

1-4426-3211-9

OCLC:

929153199