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For every trunk, portmanteau, chest, box, bag, bundle, packet, or parcel, conveyed from any inn to the Custom-house, and from thence to or on board any boat, passage vessel, or packet boat, or landed from any boat, passage vessel or packet boat, and conveyed to the Custom-house, and from thence to any inn, or to the Custom-house only, or direct to any inn, or to any part of the town, not exceeding 28lbs in weight, whether carried by barrow, knot, or hand
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But the case of Rex v. Jones establishes the principle, that a packet boat employed by his Majesty to carry mails is rateable.
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The packet boat on which Harvey should have travelled hoisted sail in the evening, leaving behind a smouldering Kentishman on the shore, where he was forced to spend the night.
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We were rather annoyed upon our arrival by the master of the packet boat wishing us to engage our places at once; we told him we had not yet made up our minds when we should go, which was a fact as we were divided in opinion.
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