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The British gauger, or, Trader and officer's instructor, in the royal revenue of the excise and customs : part I. containing the necessary rules of vulgar and decimal arithmetic, and the whole art of practical gauging ... part II. an historical and succinct account of all the laws relating to the excise ... to which are added, tables of the old and new duties, drawbacks, &c. ... and a large and copious index ... /

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Main Author:	Clark, Samuel, teacher of mathematics
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Great Britain. > Customs Establishment > Officials and employees. Gaging > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Internal revenue > Great Britain. Internal revenue law > Great Britain. Customs administration > Great Britain. Electronic books.
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