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SIR,

Mr. Blaine to Sir J. Pauncefole.

Department of State, Washington, December 29, 1891. I HAVE the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 24th instant, in which you inform me that, in view of the reciprocity section (3) of the Tariff Law of the Congress of the United States, approved on the 1st October, 1890, Her Majesty's Government has decided and authorized you to propose the remissions and alterations of duties set forth in your note in the British Colonies of Trinidad, Barbadoes, the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands (except Grenada), and Jamaica, to take effect not later than the 1st February, 1892, and in British Guiana to take effect not later than the 31st March, 1892, which remissions and alterations of duties you express the belief will prove satisfactory to the Government of the United States.

I am directed by the President to state to you that he accepts this action of Her Majesty's Government, in agreeing to grant remissions and alterations of duties in the British Colonies above mentioned to the articles enumerated in the Schedules attached to your note and in the terms stated therein, as a due reciprocity for the action of the Congress of the United States, as set forth in section 3 of the Tariff of the 1st October, 1890.

As soon as I shall be advised that the legislation proposed has been enacted in the several Colonies, the President will make public announcement of this Commercial Arrangement, which, it is understood, shall remain in force so long as it shall not be modified by the mutual agreement of the Executive Power of the two Governments, or by the legislative action of the Government of the United States, or of said Colonies with the approval of the British Government. I have, &c.,

Sir J. Pauncefote.

JAMES G. BLAINE.

SIR,

Sir J. Pauncefote to Mr. Blaine.

Legation of Great Britain, Washington,
January 30, 1892.

IN pursuance of the Arrangement between our respective Governments, recorded in my note of the 24th December, 1891, and your reply thereto of the 29th of the same month, to regulate the trade regulations between the United States and the British West Indian Colonies, I have now the honour to announce to you that the Arrangement has been accepted by all the above - named Colonies, and that the necessary steps have been taken to give

it the force of law in the Colonies of Jamaica, Barbadoes, and Trinidad.

I regret to say that I have not received intelligence of the passing of the necessary laws by the Legislatures of the Leeward Islands and of the Windward Islands, but the Governors of those Colonies have been instructed to give me the earliest information by telegram of such measures having been completed.

The delay in those two cases has arisen from the number of separate Legislatures which had to be set in motion. I hope, however, to be able in a few days to announce to you that the new tariffs are also legally in force in both those Colonies.

I have, &c.,

The Honourable J. G. Blaine.

JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.

SIR,

Sir J. Pauncefote to Mr. Blaine.

Legation of Great Britain, Washington.
February 1, 1892.

WITH reference to my note of the 30th ultimo respecting the steps taken in the British Indian Colonies to carry out the recent Arrangement to regulate their trade relations with the United States, I have the honour to announce to you that since the date of that note I have received information from the Government of the Leeward Islands and of the Windward Islands, respectively, that the necessary measures have been passed to give the Arrangement the force of law in those Colonies from this day.

This completes the legislation required to carry out the Arrangement in all the British Colonies to which it applies, except British Guiana, where, by its terms, it is not to come into force until the 1st April.

I shall not fail to give you the earliest intimation of the passing of the necessary law in British Guiana to give it effect in that Colony from the date above mentioned.

The Honourable J. G. Blaine.

I have, &c.,

JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.

ACT of Congress of the United States, to enforce Reciprocal Commercial Relations between the United States and Canada, and for other purposes.

[Chap. 248.]

[July 26, 1892.]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled:

That, with a view of securing reciprocal advantages for the citizens, ports, and vessels of the United States, on and after the 1st day of August, 1892, whenever and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the passage through any canal or lock connected with the navigation of the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, or the waterways connecting the same, of any vessels of the United States, or of cargoes or passengers in transit to any port of the United States, is prohibited or is made difficult or burdensome by the imposition of tolls or otherwise which, in view of the free passage through the St. Mary's Falls Canal now permitted to vessels of all nations, he shall deem to be reciprocally unjust and unreasonable, he shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to suspend, by Proclamation to that effect, for such time and to such extent (including absolute prohibition) as he shall deem just, the right of free passage through the St. Mary's Falls Canal, so far as it relates to vessels owned by the subjects of the Government so discriminating against the citizens, ports, or vessels of the United States, or to any cargoes, portions of cargoes, or passengers in transit to the ports of the Government making such discrimination, whether carried in vessels of the United States or of other nations.

In such case and during such suspension tolls shall be levied, collected, and paid as follows, to wit: Upon freight of whatever kind or description, not to exceed 2 dollars per ton; upon passengers, not to exceed 5 dollars each, as shall be from time to time determined by the President: Provided that no tolls shall be charged or collected upon freight or passengers carried to and landed at Ogdensburg, or any port west of Ogdensburg, and south of a line. drawn from the northern boundary of the State of New York through the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and their connecting channels to the northern boundary of the State of Minnesota.

Sec. 2. All tolls so charged shall be collected under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, who may require the master of each vessel to furnish a sworn statement of the amount and kind of cargo and the number of passengers carried and the destination of the same, and such proof of the actual delivery of such cargo or passengers at some port or place within. the limits above named as he shall deem satisfactory; and until

such proof is furnished such freight and passengers may be considered to have been landed at some port or place outside of those limits, and the amount of tolls which would have accrued if they had been so delivered shall constitute a lien, which may be enforced against the vessel in default wherever and whenever found in the waters of the United States.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

PROCLAMATION by the President of the United States, imposing Toll on Canadian Freight passing through St. Mary's Falls Canal.-Washington, August 18, 1892.*

By the President of the United States of America.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by an Act of Congress approved on the 26th July, 1892, entitled "An Act to enforce Reciprocal Commercial Relations between the United States and Canada, and for other Purposes," it is provided:

[See page 1021.]

And whereas the Government of the Dominion of Canada imposes a toll amounting to about 20 cents per ton on all freight passing through the Welland Canal in transit to a port of the United States, and also a further toll on all vessels of the United States and on all passengers in transit to a port of the United States, all of which tolls are without rebate;

And whereas the Government of the Dominion of Canada, in accordance with an Order in Council of the 4th April, 1892, refunds 18 cents per ton of the 20-cent. toll at the Welland Canal on wheat, Indian corn, pease, barley, rye, oats, flaxseed, and buckwheat, upon condition that they are originally shipped for and carried to Montreal, or some port east of Montreal for export, and that, if transhipped at an intermediate point, such transhipment is made within the Dominion of Canada, but allows no such nor any other rebate on said products, when shipped to a port of the United States, or when carried to Montreal for export if transhipped within the United States;

And whereas the Government of the Dominion of Canada by said vvstem of rebate and otherwise discriminates against the citizens of

Suspended by Proclamation of February 21, 1893, which will be given in Vol. LXXXV.

the United States in the use of said Welland Canal in violation of the provisions of Article XXVII of the Treaty of Washington concluded on the 8th May, 1871;*

And whereas said Welland Canal is connected with the navigation of the Great Lakes, and I am satisfied that the passage through it of cargoes in transit to ports of the United States is made difficult and burdensome by said discriminating system of rebate and otherwise, and is reciprocally unjust and unreasonable :

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power to that end conferred upon me by said Act of Congress approved on the 26th July, 1892, do hereby direct that from and after the 1st September, 1892, until further notice, a toll of 20 cents per ton be levied, collected, and paid on all freight of whatever kind or description passing through the St. Mary's Falls Canal in transit to any port of the Dominion of Canada, whether carried in vessels of the United States or of other nations; and to that extent I do hereby suspend from and after said date the right of free passage through said St. Mary's Falls Canal of any and all cargoes or portions of cargoes in transit to Canadian ports.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, this 18th day of August, in the year of our Lord 1892, and of the Independence of the United States of America the 117th.

By the President :

(L.S.) BENJ. HARRISON.

JOHN W. FOSTER, Secretary of State.

RETURN of Import and Export Duties levied in the Niger Territories.--March 23, 1892.

Import Duties in force December 31, 1891.

AT PORTS IN THE SEABOARD ZONE, i.e., BELOW LOKOJA.

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From Parliamentary Paper, " Africa, No. 3 (1892)."

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