§ 5. Resolved, That, from and after the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, the Stamp Duties and the Duties of Customs now payable on Plate of Gold and Plate of Silver shall cease to be pay able, and the Drawback now payable upon the exportation of Plate shall cease to be allowed; and in respect of Plate of Silver manufactured in the United Kingdom, which has not left the 790 stock of any manufacturer or other licensed dealer in Plate, an allowance, by way of Draw-back, shall be made out of the Consolidated Fund or the growing produce thereof, subject to (amongst other provisions) the provisions following (that is to say): —
- (a) Every licensed dealer in Plate who is entitled to make any claim for allowance shall, on or before the seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, give notice of his intention to make such claim upon a form to be immediately provided and delivered to him by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue;
- (b) If the aggregate number of ounces of Plate of Silver, in respect of which claims are sent in and proved to be valid and correct, is not such that the amount required to repay the Duties paid thereon would exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds, the whole of such Duties shall be repaid, but, if otherwise, that sum shall he distributed rateably amongst the claimants according to the number of ounces in respect whereof each of them has established his claim.