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Sir : This report is respectfully made in compliance with the resolution of tiie House of Representatives, of the 25th of February, 1839, directing the Secretary of the Treasury " to report to the House ot Representatives, as early as practicable at the next session of Congress, whatever informa- tion there may be accessible to his department, to show the effect and operation of the existing arrangements between the United States and Great Britain, regulating the trade between this and the British American colo- nies, and especially in regard to the following points, viz : 1. " Into what ports and places of the British colonies m the West Indies, and elsewhere in America, the vessels of the United States are admitted on the same terms that British vessels are admitted into all the ports of the United States ; and for the importation or exportation of what description of merchandise. 2. " Whether the ports of the British colonies have been opened to the vessels of the United States, and continue open, in the true sense of tlieact of Congress ot May 29, 1830, and of the proclamation of the President of the United States of October 5, 1830, founded on said act. 3. " The relative amount of tonnage, British and American entered and cleared for each of the several years, from 1828 to 1838, inclusive, in all the ports of the United States." In answer to the first branch of the inquiry, I would remark, that " the ports and places of the British colonies in the West Indies, and elsewhere in America," into which " the vessels of the United States are admitted on the same terms that British vessels are admitted into all the ports of the United States ; and for the importation or exportation of what description of merchan- dise/' are designated and sp«cialiy eriumciaicd a» Hiw poiis,'- in aa aci of tiie ^ Doc. No. 14. British Parliament, passed in the reicrn of William the Fourth, entitled "An act to regulate the trade of the [Jritish possessions abroad," and bears dale the 2Sth of August, 1833. An extract if so much of the ar^ as is anDhci We to the subject of n^qniry l.as been taken from Hut^e's^l/L wsTf the' Custo.ns," and is herewith transmitted, (marked A.) This extract a^so conta ns a hst of prohibited articles which are not allowed fo be impor ed in e ther the i!-^ '',frT '''''^'^ '^P^ ""^^^ ^'^^^"'^ restrictio.^ men Led L the act. 1 therefore appears that, Ny.ih these exceptions, American vessels may import into the British ports opened to all descriptions of coods or mer' chand.se, the production of the United States, and all der.cripCns of n"e . chandise may be exported therefrom by said vessels, s.ibiect t. thesanie dn ties only as are paid by British vessels, except in in^^ cul ^'^ '^^ '^^^^ he department has been able to ascertain. That particK is staled in th. etter from the United States consul at St. John's, New Bru swiclf (m^rke^ B,) and refers to the exportation of coal ; on which article it seems Tn ex port duty of four shillings sterling per ton is levied in the ca e of TmeHcan vessels, ^nd no duty charged when exported in British vessels. T is is considered by the Secretary of State an unlawful charge, and an infrnc ion paper cT""'"'' arrangement existing between the tvWcountls (Vide .1 ^V^?T-* ^? '^.^ 'f °"^ ^'•''^"ch of the resolution-*' whether the ports of the British colonies have been open to the vessels of the United Stafes and continue open, ,n the sense of the act of Congress of May 29 1830 and of the procu.mation o ,he President of the Uni?ed States of oLber 5 1830 founded on aid act"-I beg leave respectfully to refer the House to the accom' pany.ng letter from the Secretary of State, (marked D,) and a so to Tet^rs f om certain American consuls, (lettered from E to K inclusive ) Thev show that, with the exception m regard to the charge on the importation o^ coal before mentioned, the ports of the British colo'nies have been openc^d o the vessels ot the United States, and continue open, in the triL seTse of Inqmry ^"^""''' ""' ''' Proclamation of the President, mentLc" in the In answer to the third and last clause of the resolution, I have the honor to ransmit a statement, prepared by the Register of the Treasury from the ff Tnnd r"''^""'^^^' L,) exhibiting Ake relative amount oY Zag' La IhS to iT^hT'i '"''''^ «nd cleared for each of the several yea^ lio.n 1828 to 1838, inclusive, m all tlie ports of the United States " 1 deem it proper to remark, that the information called for under the thnt.r? T ^'^"^ ? l"''- P"^^^^^^'"" «^ ^''« department, iwa thought hat the best means of obtaining it would be thrmigh the mediun of the ^f wht?r '°"'"'' '"^'^'"^ -'' P"^'^^ '« '''^ Britislf colonies Ac rcular of which the acconmanying paper (marked M) is a copy, was accord jS addressed to each of those officers,\.nd the inVnation exhibited X tamed m their answers before referred to m this report. CnS of th?s circular wnre also sent to some of the collectors of district between wiS c\rri tf- but tberr^ T' ''' ""^^ ^^^^"^"^ commercial irl^oi't )n Tetters^^^^^^^^^ P'"'"^^^ ^'""^ ^^at source is contained "erStrmft^t^^^^^^^^^ All of which is respectfully submitted. LEVI WOODBURY, Hnn. Sp...,.po .^.A. rr,-,.- _. ^ . Secretary of the Treasury. Doc. No. 14. ■i. $ the lir.u.h p..sse.sMon,s abroad '' as is anXil fe fofh?n ^" **'' •^'^ f^^"'^'^ '*>« ^^^'^e of the liouse of Representatives of the "aFebruaJ^, {gsr"'''^ '""'""'^'^ "" '^' '^^'^"'"""'^ «f TABLE OF FREE PORTS. Kingston, Savannah Le Mar, Montego bay, Santa Lucia, Antonio, St. Ann, Falmouth' Maria, Morant bay, Annotto bay, Blacic river, Rio Biieno, Port Morant - St. George . . . _ Rousseau - . . St. .Tohn's . . 1,1. San Josef - - , iv J Scarborough - . ., " J Road Harbor - . - .[fv^i; J' Nassau - . . '■ ■/ ' ' Pitt's Town . . . \ Kingston ... J" Port St. George, and Port Hamilton Any port where there is a custom-house - Bridgetown . . . _ St. John's, St. Andrew's - Halifax, Pictou .... Quebec - . . St. John's Georgetown • - . . New Amsterdam - . Castries - Basseterre . , , " " Charles Town - . Plymouth - - . I Sydney . . , _ _ Charlotte Town Anguilla - . - ." - Jamaica. - Grenada. - Dominica. - Antigua. - Trinidad. - Tobago. - Toitola. - New Providence. - Crooked Island. - St. Vincent's. - Bermuda. - Bahamas. - Barbadoes. - New Brunswick. - Nova Scotia. - Canada. - Newfoundland. • - Demarara. - Berbice. - St. Lucia. - St. Kitts. - Nevis. - Montserrat. - Cape Breton. - Prince Edward's island. - Anguilla. ..i^ nn ^ ^°°''^ '^^",^^ imported into any port or place in any of the said possessions contrary hereto, such goods shall be forfeited. ^ 111. Provided, always, That if his Majesty shall deem it exoedipnt fn -1.(1 labia, It shall be lawml for his idajesly, by order m council, to extend 4 Doc. No. 14. • ^ the provisions of this act to such port or ports ; and from and after the dav mentioned in such order in council, all the privileges and advantages of this act, and all the provisions, penalties, and forfeitures therein contained (subject, nevertheless, to the limitations and restrictions hereinafter provi- ded.) shall extend, and be deemed and construed to extend, to any such port or ports respectively, as fully as if the same had been inserted and enumerated in the said table at the time of passing this act : Provided, also, a hat nothing heretsbefore contained shall extend to prohibit the importa- tion or exportation of goods into or from any ports or places in Newfound- land or Labrador, in British ships. r r j nu IV. And whereas there are in the said possessions many places situated in rivers and in bays at which it may be necessary to establish ports for paricular and limited purposes only: Be it there/ore enacted. That it shall be lawful for his Majesty, in any order in council made for the ap- pomtment of any free port, to limit and confine such appointments, respec- tively, to any and such purposes only as shall be specified in such order. V. And whereas, by the law of navigation, foreign ships are permitted to import into any of the British possessions abroad, from the countries to Which they belong, goods the produce of those countries, and to export goods hrom such possessions to be carried to any foreign country whatever- and whereas it is expedient that such permission should be subject to cer- tain conditions : Be it therefore enacted, That the privileges thereby granted to foreign ships shall be limited to the ships of those countries which, hav- mg colonial possessions, shall grant the like privileges of trading with those possessions to British ships, or which, not having colonial possessions, shall place the commerce and navigation of this country, and of its possessions abroad, upon the footing of the most favored nation, unless his Majesty, bv his 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 the conditions aforesaid shall not, in all respects, be fulfilled by such foreign country: Provided, always, That no foreign country shall be deemed 1o have lulhlled the beforementioned conditions, or to be entitled to the privi- leges aforesaid, unless and until his Majesty shall, by some order or orders to be by him made by the advice of his privy council, 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 which are entitled in whole or in part to the privileges of the law of navigation hereinbefore referred to and recited, shall continue in force as efiectually as if the same had been afterwards made undor the authority 01 this act. ^ VII. And be it further enacted, That the several sorts of goods enumer- ated or described m the table following, denominated « a table of prohibi- tions and restrictions," are hereby prohibited to be imported or brouo-ht either by sea or by inland carriage, or navigation, into the British pos' sessions in America, or shall be so imported or brought only under the re- strictions mentioned in such table, according as the several sorts of such goods are set forth tlierein, that is to say : ■I Doc. No. 14. * A TABLE OF PROIliBlTICJNS AND RESTRICTIONS. Gunpowder, Arms, Am/nuniiion, or utensils of war, Tea, FisA, rfn'erf or salted, ^Prthfbt'//n''h'' '^'■"'' '^' '"^"^"'^^ of creatures living in the sea out from .heUn^fted^Som orfrn ^^^^" ''y.«"tish ships fitted brought in from the fisherfTndJ^^^^^ ^T^' possession, and ^^^take^f and cure" S; ^inLi^Z^'''''' '''''' ''' '''' ^/^^-' ^iigar, Molasses, imo nnv of fhp Rr- h '"""P^ys charter, prohibited to be imporled ded,) except to be rarehon,fd f^ ""'' '^™"'''' '^'™<''' '"" "'=1"' prohibited tot Lponed t,? fh/Sh"""™ ""J''-.""'' ""^ "'^" '« ^ by his Majesty's oXti com'cil ""' "' '"^ "''•■""■'''' '^'"'"'•^' J5^/.«e or counterftit coin, po^t'sion™,'; ?Cmenct"con,U:^o*„' "^''T^^'r^ ""y"' "- "'"i^" or,essb.,rde„th,.,„t^.e:,;^::;rh^-^-,^^^^^^^^^ B. Consulate op the United States, Vy.oCtS trading lo and from the ports in the Rriti^jh iVnrfh T^^" • "" i nies, to and from Dorts in thp iTnL^ «/ . I """^" ^o"" Amenca colo- ; uu irura ports in the United States, have over vessels of the United B. .1 ■ € Doc. No. 14. States, except ns follows: Vessels of the United States trading to Ih. colo- ries nro confined to ports denominated " free ports ;" when it is obvious that IJritish vessels engn<:cd in the same trade enter other ports with their cargoes from the United States, and clear witli cargoes from those ports to tlitt United Slates, which is directly contrary to the second section ot the act of the British Parliament passed tiie 28th August, 1833 — to which fdease refer. I have, however, been assured by the authorities here, that, in this Province, that part of thu above act of Parliament has been strictly adhered to. In the Province of Nova Scotia it is beyond a doubt that British ves- sels enter and clear to and from the United States, with their cargoes, at ports other than *' free ports," which American vessels cannot enter. There is another advantage that is enjoyed by British vessels over those of the United States ; that is, the article of coals, the produce of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. When exported in American vessels from the colonies, they are subject to an export duty of four shillings sterling per ton ; when exported in British vessels, they are free from such duty. On the latter subject, it has been intimated to me that if a remonstrance were made to the British Government, it would no doubt be immediately remedied. . All charges of every kind are precisely the same on British vessels enter- ing the colonial ports, as on vessels of the United States. I have the honor to be, sir, with respect, your most obedient servant, TIIOS. I EAVITT, United States Consul. To the Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury^ Washington. 0. Department of Statr, Washington, October 2, 1839. Sir : I have received your note of the 27th ultimo, transmitting a letter, with enclosures from the collector of the district of Passamaquoddy, rela- tive to the commercial intercourse between the United States and the Brit- ish Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. With reference to your communication, I have the honor to state that there is no reason to doubt the illegality of the clearance of a British vessel from any other port in the abovenamed colonies than those enumerated as free ports in the act of Parliament, (3 and 4 Will. IV, cap. .59,) passed on the 28th of August, 1833, for regulating the trade of the l^ritish possessions abroad. I am not aware that this list of free ports has been since extended, eitlier by a subsequent act or by an order in council ; and if it has not, the clearance of either a British or an American vessel with a cargo on board, from a place not desig- nated in the list, would be in violation of the law referred to, which express- ly confines the importation and exportation of goods to the free ports speci- fied therein. The paper, supposed to be a clearance from Windsor, in Nova Scotia, (not a free port,) to Boston, which you enclose to me, seems to be al- /ogether irregular and informal, wanting even a date ; and some explana- iory account should be required of it from tlie jierson by whom it was sent to the Treasury. It is hardly probable that a British vessel should have been cleared from a British port, or been .admitted into one of the United I Doc. No. 14. 7 States, without some other document as a clearance from the port o*" her departure. r do not dnul)t onr riyhl, under tlie nrrnngement with Great nrilain, to refuse entry into the ports of the United States to u vessel illegally cleared Ironi Nova Scotia or Now Uriinswiok. ^ By the existing nrrangenient heiween the United States and Great Brit- ain, regarding this trade, American vessels and their cargoes should not he suhjcct m British colonial ports to other or higher duties of tonnage or im- post, or charges of any other description, than are imposed on Brnish ves- sels and their cargoes at the satne places. Ilenco the discrimimitiiM-- duty levied (if nny such is h-vied, os is alleged in one of the enclosures wfhcU acconipanied your letter) on the exportation of coal in American vessels Irnni 1 iclou and Sydney, is deem. . to be an unlawful charge, and an in- fraction of the present commercial arrangement. This irregularity, how- ever, as well as that previously adverted to, would, without question, ho remedied upon complaint being made in the prot>er quarter, nccompanied by sufficient evidenc(! of the facts. I return, herewith, as requested, th(! three papers enclosed in your note. I am, sir, your obedient servant, , ,„ „ JOHN FORSYTH. Levi WoonnuRv, Esq., Secretary of the Treasury. Department op State, Washington, April 30, 183?. Sir: Your letter of the 15th instant, with its enclosure, has been duly received. In answer to your request for information on the first and second branches of the resolution o*' the House of Representatives of the 25th of February last, rega' "' American colonies, Customs," particuln to regulate the trade 1833, and to state thi ports of the Britisli colou trade between this country and the British '•onor to refer you to Hume's " Laws of the ' nd 4 Will. IV, cap. 59, entitled " An act possessions abroad," dated 28th August, nent has no reason to doubt that "the -^ een opened to t':e vessels of the United fctates, and continue open, in the true sense of liu act of Congress of May 29, 1830, and of the proclamation of the President of the United States of the 5th October, 1830, founded on said act." 1 am, sir, respecthdly, your obedient servant, JOHN FORSYTH. Levi W' odrurv, Esq., /Secretary of the Treasury. E. CONSULA E OF THE UnITED StATES OF AmERTCA, Halifax {N. aS.) July 27, 1839. Sir: 1 have had the honor to receive a copy of a circular from- the Treasury Department, addressed to consuls and commercial agents of the 8 Doc. No. 14. United States rcsiflinii: «n the [British colonies of America and the West Indies, dated the 14lh May last, with a rusohitioii passed iu the llouso of Representatives, F'ebriiary 25, 1839. Not havinjT n personal acquaintance with the West Indies, nr-r with the trade between the IJritish colonies therein and the United Stotes, I cannot undertake to reply to the questions injhodied in the resolution before men- tioned ; but, ofter conversing with several of the most intelligent merchants of this port who trade to the West Indies, I nm informed that vessels of the United States are placed precisely on the some footing as Rritish vessels. I have the honor to bo, sir, your obedient, humble servant, mu „ , JNO. MORROW. The Hon. Levi Woodbury, i!iecr€tary of the Treasury^ Washington. P. United St vtes Consttlate, Turk's Island, July 10, '839. Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your excehency's circular of the 14th Mny last, and, in reply to which, I beg leave to trans- mit, for your excellency's in(urmation, certain tables prepared to shov, in a particular maimer, the state of trade betweeji this port and tiie United States, which I trusi will be satisfactory. It will appear by the tables that by far the greater proportion of imports from the United States info this port are brought in vessels of the United States; the cause, therefore, which induced the resolutions of Congress, in the circular referred to, cannot bear on this part o( the British colonics. For the first resolution I beg to state, that all descriptions of goods, or merchandise, the production of the United States, (excepting such as were excepted by the acts of Parliament at the time of opening the ports of the British colonies to the United States,) may be imported in United States vessels ; and all descriptions of merchandise, legally imported, may be ex- ported in vessels of the United States, subject to the same duties only as if imported or exported in British vessels. For the second resolution I have to state, that this port continues to be open to vessels of the United States, agreeably to the act of Congress and proclamation referred to in that resolution. I have the honor to remain, with great respect, sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN ARTHUR. Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. ':'} c C (I Doc. 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QJ .o o--* - tCeS - Srh •n rt ""CJ w S3 « _ *■£ 2 3 («■:: p jj <4 i C5 B H JU ^fe. «9 00 03 00 m CO 12 ^ m CO CO (S Cl « to Ol to M in in 00 c» 2 '" i^ «o (O »-- 00 00 Doc. No. 14. ift to to I- in o» 00 CO 00 s in 00 o •^ 00 in O '" S §8 eft ff» I- o CM •-* ro C< in 00 ■— ' O (M (M m > a a M •1 Doc. No. 14. L. 19 Statement showi7iss expensive, than in our vessels. The j^reater part of the IJritish colonial tonna<:o enterin:r our ports is in small vessels of from forty to eii,dity tons, rouuhly built, and employed in frciuhtmfr «rypsnm from the quarries in tlie Provinces to the eastern and middle ports of the Uiuted States. I'^acli of these vessels will make from seven to twenty voyayes to the United Stntes in a year ; tin; ::reater number of trips beinof made to Eastnort, the ciuarrics b.'inir i,nt a'^few hours' sail from that port. It is a hard, laborious trade, witli u very small profit; rmd Lut few of our people will enq-a^rc in it while thoy can find any'other eni- ployment lor our more expensive and beiter-built vessels. I have not been able to ascertain what rates of duties arc levied on our productions carried in IJritish vessels directly from the United States to then- ports, or what port eliar^es aie exacted ; but, presumiiinr our consul.-! M'ill furnisli you this information, I have procured, and hereto annex, the disliurseiiienis on two voyages to Trinidad, \ni\do by the brig Frances HI- leu, of lOo tons burden; on one voyage to Harbadoes, by the brig Pun- lap, of 11)7 tons ; and one voyage to Demarara, by th(! brig Uncas,'of :?-jr tons; as v/ell as the port charges at St. .Tohn'.s, New lii'unswiclc, on a schooner of 73 tor;s— a comparison of which, with sneh facts as shall he furnished by our consuls resident la thoi>e colonies, will, 1 hope, aid in obtaining the information required. In answer to the first inquiry, I would observe that our vessels are admitted to all the colonial po/ts where a eustomhouse is cstalilishrd. Vvbether on the same toriiis tlint they admit their own v.ssels comioo- iVoni the United States, for th(! reasons above stated, I cannot say ; but not ou the ternis their vessels are admitted into our ports, as we char^-o them ueitlier light nor hospital money; and they charge us six and two-thiids cenis per ton for their lights, end two and a half cents per ton lor their ho'-nitals, besides buoyage and anc'ioraire. Our vessels may carry any prodiirtions of this country, exceptinij gmipovder, arms, or munitions of war; lish, oil, or any of the productions of the sea; sugar, molasses, ar.d rum ; and we may export any productions or importations of the northern Provinces. 'I"he Provinees, I ue.derstand. charge their own vessels l.V/. (2^- cents) per ton, hospital money, on each entry, for the first year; sixpence ster- ling, or twelve cents per month, ti)r each man, the next five years; and, alter that, an abatement is made of most of this tax. i\o custom house fees, other than light and hospital money, ancliora^e, and buoyage, .>, ; ex- acted of their own or of our vess(,'ls ; while in our ports custom-house fees are exacted, but no light money, hnoviig-e or anchorage, and hospital money only on our own vessels. The fees on a British vessel of seventy- three tons, entering and clearing here, with free goods, v/ould be— 23 Doc. No. 14. $1 50 20 67 1 50 !&3 sr Kntry Permit To surveyor Clearance and if cnrfro of dnfiablo articles, ciijhty-tliree cents more to the surveyor; while an American vessel of that size would pay in St. John's eight dollars forty-four cents and one-sixth, as will be seen by the bills of the schooner Delaware, hereto annexed. As an answer to the second inquiry can only be given by comparison of the tacts collected with the act of May 29, 1830', and the proclamation thereon, a report (rom me on that part of the inquiry, I apprehend, was not expected. In conclusion, I would observe tliat, so far as relates to the trade of the Provinces of New Urnnsv icU and Nova Scotia with the United States, the excess of their tonnaijc over ours can be arrounted for without imputing to them any violation of the existing commercial arrangement. First. Their vessels are less expensively built, by the whole amount of duties that our ship-builders and owiiers pay jii materials; and less labor is expended on this class of their vessels on the inside finish and ornamental work. tSecoiidli/. The pay and living of their crews are cheaper. Thirdly. They'are more familiar with the navigation of the remote bays and creeks in which their cargoes are taken m, and consequently less liable to injury from the tremendous tides in that region ; and Lastly. They are satisfied with smaller profits than our people ; and, having but a small coasting trade of their own, are, in a measure, forced into this trade for employment. I have the honor to be, sir. with great respect, your obedient servant. JOHN ANDERSON, Collector. Hon, Lkvi Woodrurv, tS'ecretary of the Treasury. r Eastport, (Mf,.,) September 13, 1839. Sir: In aiiswer to "otir inquiry, "What privileges or advantages do Brit I- >vc.;,ei eiijov in ine trade between Nova Scotia, New Brunswiek, and ('ape Breton, and the United States, over vessels of the United States'?" The undersigned bog leave to reply, that, in the abovementioned colonics, certain specified ports only are open for ve. 'Is of the United States, viz : Halifax, Pictou, and Yarmouth, in Nova Sci >ia ; St. John's, St. Andrew's, Magaugaudavic, Mirimichi, and the Welsh Pool, (a part of the island of Campo Bello,) in New Brunswick ; and Sydn y, in Cape Breton. Halifax and Yarmouth, of themselves, furnish no article of export to the United States ; n(>itlier docs St. John's, (a [aw fish excepted,) St. Andrew's, or Welsh Pool. Pictou and Sydney furnish coal ; and the trade to the above ports, direct, is, we believe, reciprocal, excepting British vessels carry from tb.o United States the produce of all countriv. s, while American vessels are con- fined to the produce of their own country only ; and excepting, also, Amer- i Doc. No. 14. 23 .V. ican vessels takinjEf foreign conl to the United States, nnd charged with an export duty of lour shillings sterling per chaldron, while, when exported in Uritish vessels, no duly whatever is exacted. Within the port of Mn- gangaudavic (but not what the collector of that port is ploi'sed to designate «' the free port") are extensive quarries of lime-roclc, which is being exten- sively quarried, and manufactured for the United States market. No Amer- ican vessel is allowed to proceed there for a cargo ; the transportation is confined exclusively to British vessels. It thus appears that from no " freo port" (Sydney and Pictou excepted) is there a single article of commerce (a few barrels of fish excepted) which an American vessel can procure for a cargo, without its first havinjj been brought from some other port, and a freight paid to the English carrier ; while, on the other hand, Fkitish vessels trade at all the out-j-oris of the three Provinces, and proceed direct to ports of tile United States, and use any and all of them as freely as American vessels could do. and take oa hoard cargoes from all parts of our country without hindrance. The principal articles of export from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, to the Unit^'d States^ arc plaster and grindstones. No port or place in either Province is opened to American vessels where the quarries are situated ; but tlioy are obliged to trade at a "free port,'' and pay a freight on those articles to tlie " free port." The consequence is, that almost the entire supply ol' the whole Atlantic coast is furnished and mo- nopolized by British carriers ; and the commercial marine of those colonies lias thereby increased more than four-fold since the arrangement went into effect, for the detriment of the navigation interest of the United States, and particularly the State of Maine — in fact, we may almost say to the entire exclusion of American vessels under the present commercial arrangements ; while, previously, the plaster trade alone employed nearly ten thousand tons of American shipping, and one thousand seamen. We ask no exclu- sive privileg(3s, but we do ask that the trade may bo placed upon a footing of reciprocity ; and, to that end, wc heartily concur in the following res- olution of the State of Maine, passed on the 22d day of March, 1838 : '■''Resolved^ Tliat the interest of the State of Maine requires that all the ports in the Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, which are now, or mr.y hereafter be, ports for the delivery and reception of cargoes for British vessels, be made ports of entry for the delivery and reception of cargoes for American vessels, or that the ports of the United States should be closed against British vessels cominjr from said Provinces." Isaac Hobbs, Samuel Wheeler, Joseph C. Noyes, Jacob Shack ford, William Shackford, Myrick D. Bibleer, William M. Brooks, Aaron Hayden, Seward Bncknam, C. H. Hayden, l^^dward A. Burgin, J. Buck, Samurl a. Morse, E.^q., Collector of the port of Passaniaqnoddy. G. Lanepeg, Jesse G. Mericam, Edmimd Snow, William P. Bucknam, John Nution, Loring F. 'Vheeler, Robert Mo we, jr., J. D. Andrews, George A. Peabody, Charles Luring, Geors^e Robbs, B. B. Dewitt. 24 Doc. No. 14. h Port op ',ViNnsoR, N. S. These are to certify all whom it doth concern, that James Lockhart, master or commander of the schooner Rival, burden 70 tons, mounted witii g'-Jis, navigated with 4 men, Boston built, and bound for Boston, having on board 80 tons of gypsum and sea stores, hath here entered, and cleared his said vessel according to law. Given under our hands, at the custom-house, at the port of Windsor, in the of this eleventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and General clearance. (Short.) PATRICK WPJGHT, Provincial Oftcer. The within [above] is a clearance of a British vessel from Windsor (no a free port) for Boston ; and is sent to show that British vessels are allowed by British. authorities to take cargoes for the United States, where our vessels arb not. S. A. MORSE. O. Custom-house, PAssAMAauoDnv. September 18, 1839. Sir : Immediately on my return from Washiniiton, (Sec, to this place, on the I2th instant, I took measures for obtaining M'hat information 1 could on the subject of your letter of the ISth of iMay last, touching the trade with the British colonics. The enclosed paper, drawn up and signed by some of our principal merchants, contains many facts, which are believed to be correctly stated, and which show, most clearly, that although there are several places in the Provinces of Nova Scotia and INew Brunswick at whicli the vessels of the United States are allowed to enter, " the ports of said colonies" have not been opened in tlie true sense of the act of Con- gress of May 29, 1S30, and of the proclamation of the President of the United States of October 5, 1S30 ; and that the spirit of that arrangement lias been grossly violated on the part of the British Government, by open- ing those ports and places onli/ which furnish no exports, with the excep- tion of the coal districts. In addition to the pin es named in thv^ accompanying paper, it is under- stood that the ports of iJigby and Arachat, in JNova Scotia, have recently been made free ports ; but these are also places having nothing to export. In order to render the operation of the trade, under the existing arrange- ment, equal as to both parties, nothing: seems necessary but to instruct the officers of the customs not to enter British vessels in our ports whose car- goes were taken in at any port or place other than those in which Amer- ican vessels may go and discharge and take on board a cargo : and this would be most obviously in accordance with the spirit and intention of the arrangement wlien it was made. I am, with great respect, sir, your obedient servant, S. A. MORSE, Collector. Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Ti-easury. Doc. No. 14. 25 s o o o »5> ci ~j to o o o o «> ^. — t- 1- oo to ■^. l-""* — H l-H ^:?.3g i>o ^H m ■ft< n 0* i-H o •% 0( M ' • 1 1 , >. O n 0) I-H S-i ■r- 1 • 1 1 »— (<< •o u, o Ch o> , • M ' TS 1 ' > #* «* o "<-* i-H 1-4 I^S 1 <;e rt K ri w .S fS-a ««-r w . o OJ • ^- 3 OJ C^^-J 1 ^ . ^ ■/; •J o _m a-5 -. >. >, >.>^ WMpqCQOa o M «-^ t»> n !-i -^ 9 KJ l-J ^00«£> OO to . . o '-r C'l OCl to V3 pH i-^ r-1 .,-, r!< fH ■<* to-^ o '^■« H fO r-<--* •t* ■* iTt o C^ M -J cc X o o ■^ ' ' v? 1 1 >, ". 1-W<# »-H « a tJ vi T-H 5 '5 t> J--Ht-0 O) o !^ ^- o ^ ffl 1 *^ s-^ 3 1— * r-H trS i; r^ , c^ 1 ' •■■5^ 1 1 o k-4 O) 01 Ch 0) -=^ r/ ■y. 1— t CJ 1 1 , 5S ■/) irS 1 •-" 2 6 5^ ^ — '/: o o -J a £ 5 '/. jr> ,_. w It T3 T^ '^ >"^ 1 r3 ■7. c O C 5 < C ■-*. O ^ f: rt rt .- ^ d o / '■' r:i u o o 5 '^ c =^"'^" ceo H^ HEhH H riD o .« M «- C-. >. cc ■- '-CI ci l-J o CO Q 2 I n t ifH , 26 1837. April 30 Doc. No. 14. Captain James Otis to John W. Miller. To a barrel molasses, 26 gallons, at 30 cents 80 pounds sugar, at $6 paid tonnage duty of Frances Ellen paid you in full By net proceeds of cargo of brig Frances Ellen $7 80 4 80 69 25 4,701 94 4,873 79 Trinidad, May 3, 1837. E. E. 4,873 79 JOHN W. MILLER. i ^• Account of sales oj cargo of brig Frances Ellen, James Otis, master, from Wilmington, N. C.,for account of oioners. May 3 P. Heume, 37,985 feet p. p. lumber, at ^40 J. C. Salazar & Co. 49,050 do. do. G. Turnbull, 46,107 do. do. Cash R. Bushe 4,364 " 133,142 feet 1,000 staves, at $40 5,364 staves Gerold &. Urick, 13 barrels tar Charges — Duty on lumber Duty on staves - Wharfage on lumber and staves Commission one and a half per ct. $1,519 40 1,962 00 1,844 28 Trinidad, May 3, 1837. B.E. 40 00 174 56 $£,■,325 68 214* 56 52 00 5,592 24 592 22 17 35 25 00 83 88 718 45 4,873 79 JOHN W. MILLER. $7 80 4 80 69 25 4,791 94 4,873 79 4,873 79 LLER. f, master, £:,325 68 214* 56 52 GO 5,592 24 i ^ i Doc. No. 14. 27 Captain Joseph L. Sturdevant, [brig- Dunlap,) in account with E B. 4* J. Thaley. 1837. Jan. 10 14 18 23 24 To cash paid King's tonnage duty on 197 tons, at 2s. 3(1, £22 3 3 stg., ex- change 50 per cent. To cash paid you ' - - Do. do.- - To cash; clearance fees : Colonial tonnage on 197 tons, at 16 cents - - $31 52 Treasurer's fees - 2 00 Bond - - 2 00 Secretary's fee - 3 00 Mole-head pass - 2 00 Consular fee - - By net proceeds cnrgo brig Dunlap, sold per your order To cash paid you in full, 259 Spanish doubloons, at ,<^14 39 ^4,158 39 To premium thereon, one and a half per cent - 62 34 Errors and omissions excepted, Barbadoes, January 24, 1839. 1,374 63 ,$4,374 63 Approved ; E. B. & J. THALEY. JOSEPH L. STURDEVAIST. 718 45 4,873 79 .LER. 28 Doc. No. 14. , \ r Account of sales of cargo of brig- ])unlap, Joseph L. Slurdevant master ■> from Bath, U. *S*., sold jier order of said master. 1837. Jan. 23 John Thomas, 15,300 feet VV. P. lum- ber, at ^30 50 per M. Pierrepont & Crocklow, 33,889 ft. W. P. hrniber, at §30 50 per M. Ed. Knight & Co., 50,744 ft. W. P. lumber,^ at $30 50 per M, - Howell & Jones, 62,531 feet W. P. kimber, at .$30 50 per M. - Phihp L. Hines, 3,309 wood hoops, at .$38 per 1,200 Philip L. Hines, 100 bundles shooks and heading, at $2 50 Philip L. Hines, 100 bundles shooks with heading, at $2 25 Charges — Cash paid duty on 170,500 ft. W. P. lumber, at 21s. per M., £179 10 st'g. £10'^ 12 st'g, exchange 06s. per doubloon ; £r)5 8 st'g, exchange 50 per cent. ; and £11 G 10 st'g, ex- change 4s. 4d. per dollar Cash paid duty on 6,000 wood hoops, at 5s. 3d. per M., £1 11 6 st'g, ex- change 4s. 4d. per dollar Cash paid duty on 200 bundles, con- taining 5,000 shooks and headins:, at 12s. 6d. per M . £3 2 6 st'g, ex- change 4s. 4d. per dollar Premium on ,s74, at one and a half per cent, to pay duty on hoops, sliooks, and AV. W lumber - Commission on $5,537 ^'^. at 5 per ct. Net proceeds $863 33 7 26 14 42 1 11 276 93 Errors excepted. Bardadoes, January 24, 1837. $469 39 1,033 61 1,547 69 1,907 19 104 80 250 00 225 00 5,537 68 1,163 05 $4,374 63 E. B. & J. TIIALEY. it master., $469 39 1,033 61 l,54r 69 1,907 19 104 80 250 00 225 00 5,537 68 Doc. No. 14. S9 i^ales of lohite pine lumber, ex brig Uncas, Simuel Berry master, from Bath, 11. tS\, by order of said master, and for accoimt and risk of the owners of said vessel. 1837. Nov. 1837. Nov. 23 30 By Anglim, Bridges «fc Co., 155 M. feet lumber, at S92 Charges — To cash paid crown duty on 155 M., at 21s. st'g, £162 15 ; — ui dollars To cash paid crown duty on 7,750 ft., at 2l3. £8 2s. 9d. ;— in dollars or To cash paid colonial duty on 162,750 ft., at 4s. lOd. per M. To our commission on S14,260, at 5 per cent. - - - - $14,260 00 S751 25 37 67 788 92 2,366 15 1,067 13 713 00 4,147 08 $10,112 12 Errors excepted. Demarara, December 5, 1837. W. E. TUILL & CO. 1,103 05 14,374 63 iLEY. 30 Doc. No. 14. Q (7» O r-t I— ( (N to i-c M o (1 I •« Oil*** d "-^ ^ .3 " I, s '.g J3 IS a o ^ ' 1 o o QJ ^ a M ^5 •- b as ".a so . . 00 t» 2 8 8 00 o CO I— < r-< bo •^ a ■ S B "-1 S U 4) sssss MTli O O ift ' (NO ■ « o 1 u"^ I EOS'* S-Sb - 88 8 88 1 8882 ■^00 CO l-OJ c o o) I- -* pQO(M« O " " "^ o >-< >— leo rt ' ' • • «3 I« (A ki •Spq-TS-Td O t) p) N 5i •- "3 Ph 01 (S Sfe«s j3 m (O t> <-' a b-" 8 fe art rt Q 1/5 •DO O o O bo Spa S - § g o a 4-> tfl 00 rt g 1 ^ s o Q, a a ,jd o o (/3 fl C3 «* 5 B u rt es o o o ■ ^1 !i o H 4.' a rt o o H .a t" rt M X j3 m (f^ lO wi f< rt< X •X- ^• 25 s in (C o lU Q 00 «£> s s Doc. No. 14. 31 Treasury Office, iS"/. John, {N. B.) April 23, 1839. Schooner Delaware, 73 tons, of Philadelphia : £ s. d. Bay of Fiindy light-houses, at 4rf. per ton, - - 14 4 Marine hospital, QXl\d. • - - - 9 1^ Received : 1 13 5i t Delaware, 73 tons, Wait, master : W. M. Port of St. John, April 24, 1839. s, d. 3 9 Harbor-master's fees for voyage . - - - Received payment, STEPHEN HERBERT, Collector. Port of St. John, N. B. Schooner Delaware, tons 74, Wait, master : Corporation anchorage ----- 5*. Received payment, 25th April, 1839. JOSEPH BEATTENY, Collect(n'.