O. C., April, 1835. Miramichi T. L., Sept. 5, 1836 Windsor, Parsboro', Cumberland, Shelburne, Alligator's Pond-O. C., Jan. 1846 Hobart Town Launceston Sept. 12, 1835 Jamaica. Grenada. Antigua. Trinidad. New Providence. New Brunswick. Newfoundland. Berbice. Saint Lucia. Saint Kitt's. Montserrat. Cape Breton. Prince Edward Island. Nova Scotia. New Brunswick. Ditto. Ditto. Newfoundland. Prince Edward Island. British Guiana, New Brunswick. Province of Nova Scotia. New South Wales. San Fernando-T. L., March 6, 1841. Melbourne in the district of Port Philip, New South Wales, O. C., March 5, 1840. Ports Wellington, Auckland, and Russell, New Zealand, O. C., Aug. 27, 1842. Falmouth in Jamaica, O. C., March 5, 1840.-Provided that nothing in such order shall exempt any goods imported from the said Port of Falmouth into any of the British Possessions in the West Indies; or on the continent • See next page. of South America, or into the Bahama Islands, from the payment of the duties now chargeable thereon in such places under the Act. New Edinburgh-Nova Scotia-O. C., March 4, 1844. And if any goods be imported into any place in any of the said possessions contrary hereto, such goods shall be forfeited. [3 & 4 W. 4, c. 59, $2.] Other Ports. If His Majesty shall deem it expedient to extend the provisions of this Act to any ports not enumerated in the said table, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by order in council, to extend the provisions of this Act to such ports: * Provided also, that nothing herein before contained shall extend to prohibit the importation or exportation of goods into or from any places in Newfoundland or Labrador in British ships. §3. Ports for limited purposes.-It shall be lawful for His Majesty, in any order in council made for the appointment of any free port, to limit and confine such appointments respectively to any and such purposes only as shall be expressed in such order.* §4. FREE WAREHOUSING PORTS. Bridgetown in Barbadoes. Quebec in Canada. Sydney in Cape Breton, St. George in Grenada, Kingston and Montego Bay in Jamaica, Charlestown in Nevis, St. John's and St. Andrew's in New Brunswick, St. John's in Newfoundland, Nassau in New Providence, Halifax and Pictou in Nova Scotia, Basseterre in St. Kitt's, Kingston in St. Vincent, Road Harbour in Tortola, San Joseph in Trinidad, Castries in St. Lucia-Oct. 1835. Harbour Grace, in the island of Newfoundland, from July 10, 1836-0. C., 11th June, 1836. Grand Key, Turk's Island, in the Bahamas-O. C., May 18, 1836. St. George in the Bermudas-O. C., October 26, 1836, Digby and Arichat, in the province of Nova Scotia-O. C., July 11, 1839, New Amsterdam in Berbice-O. C., Sept. 11, 1840, Hamilton in Bermuda-O. C., Dec. 8, 1840, Scarborough in the island of Tobago-O. C., May 8, 1841, Sydney in New South Wales-O. C., Nov. 26, 1835, Melbourne, in the district of Port Philip, New South Wales-from July 1, 1840-O. C., March 4, 1840, St. John, in the island of Antigua-O. C., Feb. 2, 1842, Plymouth, in the island of Montserrat-O. C., Feb. 2, 1842, Toronto and Hamilton, Canada-O. C., June, 1842, Charlotte Town, Prince Edward Island-O. C., Aug. 11, 1842, Kingston and Montreal, in the Canadas, and Liverpool and Yarmouth, in Nova Scotia, shall be Warehousing Ports for the warehousing of goods brought by land or by inland navigation, or imported in British ships. See also the titles of the several places in geographical order. Appointment of Warehouses.-It shall be lawful for the several collectors and controllers of the said ports respectively, by notice in writing under their hands, to appoint from time to time such warehouses at such ports respectively as shall be approved of by them for the free warehousing and securing of goods therein for the purposes of this Act, and also in such notice to declare what sort of goods may be so warehoused, and also by like notice to revoke or alter any such appointment or declaration: Provided always, that every such notice shall be transmitted to the governor of the place, and shall be published in such manner as he shall direct. [3 & 4 W. 4, c. 59, § 36.] ABSOLUTE PROHIBITIONS. Gunpowder, ammunition, arms, or utensils of war, except from the United Kingdom or any British possession, and base or counterfeit coin, are hereby absolutely prohibited to be imported or brought, either by sea or inland carriage or navigation, into the British possessions in America and the Mauritius. 16 & 17 Vict. c. 107, § 159. [Aug. 20, 1853.] Foreign Reprints of Books under Copyright.-Any books wherein the copyright shall be subsisting, first composed or written, or printed, in the United Kingdom, and printed or reprinted in any other country, are hereby absolutely prohibited to be imported into the British possessions abroad: provided that no such books shall be prohibited to be imported as aforesaid unless the proprietor of such copyright, or his agent, shall have given notice in writing to the Commissioners of Customs that such copyright subsists, and in such notice shall have stated when the copyright will expire; and the commissioners shall cause to be made, and to be publicly exposed at the several ports in the British possessions abroad, from time to time, printed lists of books respecting which such notice shall have been duly given, and all books imported contrary thereto shall be forfeited; but nothing herein contained shall be taken to prevent Her Majesty from exercising the powers vested in her, to suspend in certain cases such prohibition. § 160. Foreign Manufactures with British Marks.- If any articles of foreign manufacture, and any packages of such articles, bearing any names, brands, or marks being or purporting to be the names, brands, or marks of manufacturers resident in the United Kingdom, be imported into any of the British possessions abroad, the same shall be forfeited. § 161. Sugar and Rum.-Sugar (not being refined in bond in the United Kingdom) and molasses until July 5, 1854, and rum, such sugar, molasses, and rum being the produce or manufacture of any British possession within the limits of the East India Company's charter (except as hereinafter provided), or being of foreign produce or manufacture, are hereby prohibited to be imported or brought into any of the British possessions in the Continent of South America or in the West Indies (the Bahama or Bermuda Islands not included). or into the Mauritius, except to be warehoused for exportation only, and may also by Her Majesty's order in council be prohibited to be imported into the Bahama and Bermuda Islands; and if goods be imported or brought into any of the British possessions in America or the Mauritius, contrary hereto, the same shall be forfeited: provided that it shall be lawful to import into any British possessions in the West Indies and South America, and into the Mauritius, any sugar or rum the produce of any British possession within the limits of the East India Company's charter into which the importation of sugar or rum the produce of any foreign country, or of any British possession into which foreign sugar or rum may be legally imported, has been prohibited; provided that no such sugar or rum be so entered unless the master of the importing ship shall deliver to the proper officer of customs a certificate of origin under the hand of the proper officer at the place where the same shall have been taken on board, the shipper of such sugar or rum shall likewise certify that there had been produced a certificate under the hand and seal of the collector or assistant collector of the land or customs revenue of the district within which such sugar and rum were produced, that such sugar or rum was the produce of such district, and that the importation into such district of foreign sugar and rum, or sugar and rum the growth of any British possession into which any foreign sugar or rum can be legally imported, is prohibited, and the master shall subscribe a declaration that such certificate was received by him at the place where the goods were taken on board, and that they are the goods therein mentioned. 16 & 17 Vict., c. 107, § 159. [Aug. 20, 1853.J Sugar, &c., deemed Foreign in certain Cases.-All sugar and molasses, until July 5, 1854, and rum (although the same may be of British plantations), exported from any of the British possessions in America into which the like goods of foreign production can be legally imported, shall, upon subsequent importation from thence into any of the British possessions in America or the Mauritius into which such goods being of foreign production cannot be legally imported, or into the United Kingdom, be deemed to be of foreign production, and shall be liable on such importation respectively to the same duties or the same forfeitures as articles of the like description being of foreign production would be liable to, unless the same shall have been duly warehoused, and exported from the warehouse direct to such other British possession, or to the United Kingdom as the case may be. § 162. Tonnage Duties on American Vessels in Canada.-The same tonnage duties shall be paid upon all ships or boats of the United States of America importing any goods into either of the provinces of Upper or Lower Cauada as are or may be for the time being payable in the United States of America on British vessels or boats entering the harbours of the state from whence such goods shall have been imported. 16 & 17 Vict., c. 107, § 173. [Aug. 20, 1853.] Produce of the State of Maine, Brunswick.-The treaty concluded between Her Majesty and the United States of America, dated Aug. 9, 1842, stipulates that all the produce of the forest in logs, lumber, timber, timber boards, staves, or shingles, or of agriculture, not being manufactured, grown on any of those parts of the State of Maine watered by the river Saint John or by its tributaries, of which fact reasonable evidence shall, if required, be produced, shall have free access into and through the said river and its said tributaries, having their source within the State of Maine, to and from the seaport at the mouth of the river Saint John, and to and round the falls of the said river, either by boats, rafts, or other conveyance, and that when within the province of New Brunswick the said produce shall be dealt with as if it were the produce of the said province; and it being the intention of the high contracting parties to the said treaty that the aforesaid produce should be dealt with as if it were the produce of the province of New Brunswick, the produce in the said recited treaty and hereinbefore described shall, so far as regards all laws relating to duties, navigation, and customs in force in the United Kingdom or in any of Her Majesty's dominions, be deemed to be and be dealt with as the produce of the province of New Brunswick; provided, that in all cases in which declarations and certificates of production or origin and certificates of clearance would be required in respect of such produce if it were the produce of New Brunswick, similar declarations and certificates shall be required in respect of such produce, and shall state the same to be the produce of those parts of the State of Maine which are watered by the river Saint John or by its tributaries. § 174. CANADA. REVENUE. The value of imports into Canada for the year ending the January 5, 1853, is stated at 4,168,4577. 8s. 5d., against 4,404,4037. Os. 3d. for the year immediately preceding. The net revenue of the province of Canada for the year 1852 was 623,7247. 78. 5d.; expenditure, including interest on public debt and sinking fund, 535,171l. 68. 7d.—Official Despatch. PROGRESS OF TRADE. From a report published in June, 1854, by the Montreal Board of Trade, it results that in 1827 the exports from British American provinces to the United States fell short of half a million of dollars. In 1852, they exceeded six millions. In 1849, the entire exports and imports amounted to eight million of dollars. In 1852, after an interval of only three years, they had increased in amount to sixteen millions. In 1849 the exports and imports from the Canadas alone amounted in round numbers to five millions; in 1852 they had more than doubled, amounting to eleven millions. In 1849, the quantity of wheat exported to the States from the Canadas was equivalent to about 25,000 barrels; in 1852, it amounted to nearly 467,000 barrels. MONTREAL. NEW CANAL FOR APPROACHING THE CITY. Montreal, Sept. 1853. An artificial channel, begun about twelve years back, has now been sufficiently completed to allow the passage of vessels drawing 16 feet, the previous depth having been only 11 feet 9 inches. This channel is 150 feet wide throughout its extent of seven miles, and is intended ultimately to be double that width, with an additional foot in depth. When this is effected no impediment, it is said, will exist to prevent the larger class of ships from visiting Montreal during the two months of August and September, when the waters are at their lowest point.-Cor. NEW TREATY WITH U. S. AMERICA. Lord Elgin is about to return from Washington, after having completed a very important treaty with the Government of the United States. The chief features are, that the citizens of the United States are to enjoy the same privileges in regard to fishing as are possessed by the colonists on all the coasts of the British North American provinces; that is, they will obtain the right of fishing within three miles of all bays, inlets, coves, &c. They will be allowed to erect and carry on fishing establishments on British North Ame rican territory. The free navigation of the St. Lawrence is granted. In exchange for these privileges there is to be complete reciprocity and free trade between the United States and the provinces in all articles the produce of each, with the exception of sugar and tobacco coming from the United States; |