250.000 Extent, Population, &c. of the British North American and West Indian Colonies. British North American Colonies. Lower Canada 27,700 15,600 65.000 104,000 3,100 142,548 2,100 9,676 20,000 32,292 36,000 Population and Trade of Asiatic, African, and European Colonies in 1834. Returns as to the Acquisition, Government, and Trade of the American and West Indian Colonies in 1823, 1825, and 1834. most favoured nation, unless his Majesty by order in council shall in any case deem it expedient to grant the whole or any of such privileges to the ships of any foreign country, although these conditions be not in all respects fulfilled by such foreign country: provided, that no foreign country shall be deemed to have fulfilled the before-mentioned conditions, or to be entitled to these privileges, unless his Majesty shall, by his order or orders, have declared that such foreign country hath so fulfilled the said conditions, and is entitled to the said privileges: provided also, that every order in council in force at the time of the commencement of this act, whereby declaration is made of the countries entitled in whole or in part to the privileges of the law of navigation, shall continue in force as effectually as if the same had been made under the authority of this act.-5. This Act not to affect certain Acts.-Nothing contained in this act, or any other act passed in the present session of parliament, shall extend to repeal or in any other way alter or affect an act (4 Geo. 4. c. 77.), intituled "An Act to authorize his Majesty, under certain Circumstances, to regulate the Duties and Drawbacks on Goods imported or exported in foreign Vessels, and to exempt certain foreign Vessels from Pilotage," nor to repeal or in any way alter or affect an act (5 Geo. 4. c. 50.) to amend the last-mentioned act; and that all trade and intercourse between the British possessions and all foreign countries shall be subject to the powers granted to his Majesty by those acts.-) 6. Goods prohibited or restricted to be imported into Colonies.-The several sorts of goods enumerated or described in the table following, denominated "A Table of Prohibitions and Restrictions," are hereby prohibited to be imported or brought, either by sea or by inland carriage or navigation, into the British possessions in America, or shall be so imported or brought only under the restrictions men. tioned in such table, according as the several sorts of such goods are set forth therein; (that is to say,) A Table of Prohibitions and Restrictions. Gunpowder, arms, ammunitions or utensils of war, prohibited to be Tea, prohibited to be imported except from the United Kingdom, or Fish, dried or salted, oil, blubber, fins, or skins, the produce of creatures living in the sea, prohibited to be imported, except from the United Kingdom, or from some other British possession, or unless taken by British ships fitted out from the United Kingdom or from some British possession, and brought in from the fishery, and ex cept herrings from the Isle of Man, taken and cured by the inha bitants thereof. Coffee, sugar, melasses, and rum, being of foreign production, or the production of any place within the limits of the East India Company's charter, prohibited to be imported into any of the British possessions on the continent of South America or in the West Indies (the Bahama and Bermuda islands not included), except to be warehoused for exportation only; and may also be prohibited to be imported into the Bahama or the Bermuda islands by his Majesty's order in council. Base or counterfeit coin, and books, such as are prohibited to be imported into the United Kingdom, prohibited to be imported. And if any goods shall be imported or brought into any of the British possessions in America contrary to any of the prohibitions or restrictions mentioned in such table in respect of such goods, the same shall be forfeited; and if the ship or vessel in which such goods shall be imported be of less burden than 70 tons, such ship or vessel shall also be forfeited.—◊ 7. Coffee, &c., though British, deemed Foreign in certain Cases.-All coffee, sugar, melasses, and rum (although the same may be of the 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, 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 warehoused under the provisions of this act, and exported from the warehouse direct to such other British possession, or to the United Kingdom, as the case may be. -08. Duties of Importation in America.-There shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto his Majesty the several duties of customs, as the same are respectively set forth in figures in the table of duties herein-after contained, upon goods, wares, and merchandise, imported or brought into any of his Majesty's possessions in America; (that is to say,) Tuble of Duties. Duties payable upon spirits, being of the growth, production, or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any of the British possessions in America or the West Indies, imported into Newfound. land or Canada. Spirits imported into Newfoundland; viz the produce of any of the British possessions in South America or the West Indies; viz. imported from any British possession in America, or from the United Kingdom, the gallon Imported from any other place, to be deemed fo reign, and to be charged with duty as such. the produce of any British possession in North America, or of the United Kingdom, and imported from the Unite! Kingdom, or from any British possession in America, the gallon Imported from any other place, to be deemed foreign, and to be charged with duty as such. Spirits imported into Canada; viz. L. s. d. - 006 the produce of any British possession in South America or the West Indies, and imported from any British possession in America, or from the United Kingdom, the gallon 016 - 0 0 6 Imported from any other place, to be deemed foreign, and to be charged with duty as such. Note.-When imported from the United Kingdom, this duty is not to be abated upon the ground of any duty under any colonial law. Red oak staves and headings; viz. until the 1st of January, 1834, the 1,000 - White oak staves and headings; viz. until the 1st of January, 1834, the 1,000 - on and from the 1st of January, 1836, the 1,000 Pitch pine lumber, 1 inch thick, the 1,000 imported from any British possession in North White and yellow pine lumber, I inch thick, the 1,000 until the 1st of January, 1834 on and from the 1st of January, 1834, until the L. s. d. 163 1 2 3 0 15 0 Free. 1 3 9 0 19 9 0 12 6 Free. - 1 1 0 Free. 18 0 160 110 Free. Free. Duties payable upon goods, wares, and merchandise, not being of the growth, production, or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any of the British possessions in America, imported or brought into any of the British possessions in America, by sea or by inland carriage or navigation. Imported into the British possessions in the West Indies or on the continent of South America, or into the Bahama or Bermuda islands; viz. Wheat flour, the barrel imported from any British possession in North thingles, not more than 12 inches in length. the 1,000 on and from the 1st of January, 1836 Dye wood and cabinet-maker's wood. Imported into New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, or Prince of lavender, of rosemary; emery stone; fruit, preserved value Wheat flour, beef and pork, hams and bacon, wood and Seeds, wheat flour, fruits, pickles, woods of all sorts, All goods imported from the United Kingdom, after having L.. d 710 O - 15 0 0 Free. Free. Free. Free. And if any of the goods herein-before mentioned shall be imported through the United Kingdom (having been warehoused therein, and exported from the warehouse, or the duties thereon, if there paid, having been drawn back), one tenth part of the duties herein imposed shall be remitted in respect of such goods.-9. Acts not repealed.-Nothing in this act or in any other passed in the present session of parliament shall extend to repeal or abrogate, or in any way to alter or affect an act (18 Geo. 3. c. 12.), intituled "An Act for removing all Doubts and Apprehensions concerning Taxation by the Parliament of Great Britain in any of the Colonies, Provinces, and Plantations of North America and the West Indies, and for repealing so much of an Act made in the 7th Year of the Reign of his present Majesty as imposes a Duty on Tea imported from Great Britain into any Colony or Plantation in America, as relates thereto;" nor to repeal or in any way alter or affect any act now in force which was passed prior to the last-mentioned act, and by which any duties in any of the British possessions in America were granted and still continue payable to the Crown; nor to repeal or in any way alter or affect an act (31 Geo. 3. c. 31.) intituled "An Act to repeal certain Parts of an Act passed in the 14th Year of his Majesty's Reign, intituled 'An Act for making more effectual Provisions for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America, and to make further Provisions for the Government of the said Province."- 10. Duties imposed by prior Acts to be applied to Purposes of those Acts.-The duties imposed by any of the acts herein-before mentioned or referred to, passed prior to the said act (18 Geo. 3. c. 12) shall be received, accounted for, and applied for the purposes of those acts: provided always, that no greater proportion of the duties imposed by this act, except as herein-before excepted, shall be charged upon any article which is subject also to duty under any of the said acts, or subject also to duty under any colonial law, than the amount, if any, by which the duty charged by this act shall exceed such other duty or duties: provided, that the full amount of the duties mentioned in this act, whether on account of such former acts, or on account of such colonial law, or on account of this act, shall be levied and received under the regulations and powers of this act.- 11. Currency, Weights, and Measures.-All sums of money granted or imposed by this act, either as duties, penalties, or forfeitures, in the British possessions in America, are hereby declared to be sterling money of Great Britain, and shall be collected, and paid to the amount of the value which such nominal sums bear in Great Britain; and that such monies may be received and taken at the rate of 5s. 6d. the ounce in silver; and all duties shall be paid and received in every part of the British possessions in America according to British weights and measures in use on the 6th day of July, 1825; and in all cases where such duties are imposed according to any specific quantity or any specific value, the same shall be deemed to apply in the same proportion to any greater or less quantity or value; and all such duties shall be under the management of the commissioners of the customs. --12. Duties paid by Collector to Treasurer of Colony in which levied.—The produce of the duties so received under this act, except such duties as are payable under any act passed prior to the 18 Geo. 3. as aforesaid, shall be paid by the collector of the customs into the hands of the treasurer or receivergeneral of the colony, or other proper officer authorized to receive the same, to be applied to such uses as shall be directed by the local legislatures of such colonies; and that the produce of such duties so received in colonies which have no local legislature may be applied in such manner as shall be directed by the commissioners of his Majesty's treasury.- 13. All British Vessels shall be subject to equal Duties, except coasting Vessels.-Whereas in some of his Majesty's possessions abroad, certain duties of tonnage are, by acts of the local legislatures of such possessions, levied upon British vessels, to which duties the like vessels built within such possessions, or owned by persons resident there, are not subject; be it further enacted, that there shall be levied and paid at the several British possessions abroad, upon all vessels built in any such possessions, or owned by any person or persons there resident, other than coasting or drogueing vessels employed in coasting or drogueing, all such and the like duties of tonnage and shipping dues as are or shall be payable in any such possessions upon the like British vessels built in other parts of his Majesty's dominions, or owned by persons not resident in such possessions.- 14. Drawback on Rum, &c.-There shall be allowed upon the exportation from Newfoundland to Canada of rum or other spirits, the produce of the British possessions in South America or the West Indies, a drawback of the full duties of customs paid upon the importation thereof from any of the said places into Newfoundland, provided proof on oath be inade to the satisfaction of the collector and comptroller of the customs at the port whence such rum or other spirits is exported, that the full duties on the importation of such rum or other spirits at the said port had been paid, and that a certificate be produced under the hands and seals of the collector and comptroller of the customs at Quebec, that such rum or other spirits had been duly landed in Canada: provided that no drawback shall be allowed upon any such rum or other spirits unless the same shall be shipped within 1 year from the day of the importation of the same, nor unless such drawback shall be duly claimed within 1 year from the day of such shipment.- 15. Ship and Cargo to be reported on Arrival.-The master of every ship arriving in any of the British possessions in America, or the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, whether laden or in ballast, shall come directly, and before bulk be broken, to the Custom-house for the port or district where he arrives, and there make a report in writing to the collector or comptroller, or other proper officer, of the arrival and voyage of such ship, stating her name, country, and tonnage, and if British the port of registry, the name and country of the master, the country of the owners, the number of the crew, and how many are of the country of such ship, and whether she be laden or in ballast, and if laden the marks, numbers, and contents of every package and parcel of goods on board, and where the same was laden, and where and to whom consigned, and where any and what goods, if any, had been unladen during the voyage, as far as any of such particulars can be known to him; and the master shall further answer all such questions concerning the ship, and the cargo, and the crew, and the voyage, as shall be demanded of him by such officer; and if any goods be unladen from any ship before such report be made, or if the master fail to make such report, or make an untrue report, or do not truly answer the questions demanded of him, he shall forfeit the sum of 1002.; and if any goods be not reported, they shall be forfeited.-◊ 16. Entry outwards of Ship for Cargo.-The master of every ship bound from any British possession in America, or the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, shall, before any goods be laden therein, deliver to the collector or comptroller, or other proper officer, an entry outwards under his hand of the destination of such ship, stating her name, country, and tonnage, and if British the port of registry, the name and country of the master, the country of the owners, the number of the crew, and how many are of the country of such ship; and if any goods be laden on board any ship before such entry be made, the master of such ship shall forfeit the sum of 501.; and before such ship depart the master shall bring and deliver to the collector or comptroller, or other officer, a content in writing under his hand of the goods laden, and the names of the respective shippers and consigners of the goods, with the marks and numbers of the packages or parcels of the same, and shall make and subscribe a declaration to the truth of such content as far as any of such particulars can be known to him; and the master of every ship bound from any British possession in America, or from the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, whether in ballast or laden, shall before departure come before the collector or comptroller, or other proper officer, and answer upon oath all such questions concerning the ship, and the cargo, if any, and the crew and the voyage, as shall be demanded of him by such othcer; and thereupon the collector and comptroller, or other proper officer, if such ship be laden, shall make out and give to the master a certificate of the clearance of such ship for her intended voyage, containing an account of the total quantities of the several sorts of goods laden therein, or a certificate of her clearance in ballast, as the case may be; and if the ship depart without such clearance, or if the master deliver a false content, or shall not truly answer the questions demanded of him, he shall forfeit the sum of 1007.-17. Goods not stated in Certificate to be Produce of British Possessions to be deemed of Foreign Production, -No goods shall be stated in such certificate of clearance to be the produce of British possessions in America, unless such goods have been expressly stated so to be in the entry outwards of the same; and all goods not expressly stated in such certificate of clearance to be the produce of the British possessions in America shall, at the place of importation in any other such possessions, or in the United Kingdom, be deemed to be of foreign production.-18. Newfoundland Fishing Certificates in lieu of Clearance.-Whenever any ship shall be cleared out from Newfoundland, or any other part of his Majesty's dominions, for the fisheries on the banks or coasts of Newfoundland or Labrador, or their dependencies, without having on board any article of traffic, (except only the provisions, nets, tackle, and other things usually employed in and about the said fishery,) the master of such ship shall be entitled to demand from the collector or other principal officer of the customs at such port a certificate under his hand that such ship hath been specially cleared out for the Newfoundland fishery; and such certificate shall be in force for the fishing season for the year in which the same may be granted, and no longer; and upon the first arrival in any port in Newfoundland, &c. of any ship having on board such certificate, a report thereof shall be made by the master of such ship to the principal officer of the customs; and all ships having such certificate so reported, and being actually engaged in the said fishery, or in carrying coastwise to be landed or put on board any other ships engaged in the said fishery any fish, oil, salt, provisions, or other necessaries for the use and purposes thereof, shali be exempt from all obligation to make an entry at or obtain any clearance from any Custom-house at Newfoundland upon arrival at or departure from any of the ports or harbours of the said colony, &c. during the fishing season for which such certificate may be granted; and previously to obtaining a clearance at the end of such season for any other voyage at any of such ports, the inaster of such ship shall deliver up the before-mentioned certificate to the officer of the customs: provided always, that in case any such ship shall have on board, during the time the same may be engaged in the said fishery, any goods or merchandises whatsoever other than fish, seals, oil made of fish or seals, salt, provisions, and other things, being the produce of or usually employed in the said fishery, such ship shall forfeit the said fishing certificate, and shall thenceforth be subject and liable to the same rules, regulations, &c. as ships in general are subject or liable to.-◊ 19. Entry of Goods to be laden or unladen.-No goods shall be laden, or water-borne to be laden, on board any ship, or unladen from any ship, in any of the British possessions in America, or the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, until due entry be made of such goods, and warrant granted for the lading or unlading of the same; and no goods shall be so laden or water-borne, or so unladen, except at some place at which an officer of the customs is appointed to attend the lading and unlading of goods, or at some place for which a sufferance shall be granted by the collector and comptroller; and no goods shall be so laden or unladen except in the presence or with the permission in writing of the proper oflicer: provided always, that it shall be lawful for the commissioners of customs to make and appoint such other regulations for the carrying coastwise, or for the removing of any goods for shipment, as shall appear expedient; and that all goods laden, water-borne, or unladen contrary to the regulations of this act, or contrary to any regulations so made, be forfeited.-20. Particulars of Entry of Goods, inwards and outwards.-The person entering any such goods shall deliver to the collector or comptroller, or other proper officer, a bill of the entry thereof, fairly written |