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Head, Bart. ^ Mr. Booth to the Under Secretary, Colonial Office. K Committee or Pk.vv Council for Trade, Whitehcdl, Uth March, 1860. Office of .,„. u,* or „.c cr:f s,:^!:s^E;\r::s»S ;;j;»^ Sir, The Lonls o consiaeration your Ictti-r .eon^iaeration your kt.er ol "- ,:-^:;^^;;\ ' d .1 atcli IVon, tlu- Go^^rI^or ot ( ^s:;" -.^^ c=^te ::^::ii^L~^:^"?!^— recom- wliifh are produeed bot"''ot'-''-'l'Vo in "7F^.//,/_Tliu extonsion of exii-ting avrangcmonts by wbidi certain productions of the Britisii North American Provinces are reciprocally admitted duty free, so as to include all articles, the produce or manufar'ure of such Provinces. Sccoii(ll!/—T\\e assimilation of their respective Tarills so as to permit complete freedom of trade between tliem. I am to rciiuest that you will submit to his Grace the following observations on the subject of these propositions ; Mv Lords liavo on several former occasions extiressed tiieir objections to the jjolicy ofthe iirr.ui-'cmcnts which the llrst of these recommendations i)roposes to extend. Thev more cspeciallv desire to refer the Duke of Newcastle to their letter to the Colonial Ollice of the 2Gl!i .June, IH.5.5, which was communicated by Sir Win. Rlolesworlh in a Circular Despatch of the 11th August of that year to the Governors of the several West Indian Cohinics. To the opinions ex|)resscil in that lencr, and in the Circular Despatch of Sir Wm. Molesworth, my Lords still adhere. The di-, • ,> ,■ ,. ,, „„„„ ^,„.,, C'od'cc, riiniints and H.iisii,^, ■^'li-'Mrand Molasses 'I'ca, . ' 'i'olxicco, Winp, Spiriis, Tola!, jC t (0,000 •132,0 .'J.«k',000 .'J,IH(;,(I00 5,432,000 1,*03,000 -',^'«f,000 -'l,2!)!),00() ^''■•^f ^'''.00. "' "-• "- t-.Mo,ns, i„ „,a, ,..ar, ,.avi„, ,.,„„. ,.„,, ,,„.„ i '"' cIlJUIcos ill flic T ' iV 1' 1 '" wi-h the na ,! snd, H .nd,ty is io„nd, ,L,, app^ar^.v,^'^;*;" '"''''-'-' '^''-e ; and wh.^ or any ^ch ttnton, if it ,. d.sired .,- Jt.S^:, ^i;;™;- ^;;n .i vin, their a..jt ^.0 No;;hl=is;r ^^ro^s •;' :;• ^li-rrr.!--;:-!, -"^ ^"'-i- ^.. co„,i,„o„s as fr..n.„.r, arc snliidently .pj^rJnt '"'"'"' ""■"' '"''^ ""'y t'y a land or Hv"r both Th I' inamit-nancc of diif. cxpciisiv.' and inconvenient, and ■'■nt Tarilis, and of Inlan- ^" ''^ -^^"•'^^- ' ^ "'- So U.n.^ as tl.is is the -'-' ;;-;';,::.., ..fa .ha,,,- m t u- ^ , ,,^,,t,i, ,, ,hoir ;;rv;r;n:Hfe:;'^$i^-=-° - «„™ »- , lord« have on scm r.il _^^ ^^^ j,,., Maje> v > '^ ^^ ^^^^.ler ,i„.v..f..re of oi'iiium "'■'" ' .,.„,,.,,i„ ihouUl not be , in l" i They arc '>" .' '""-I'^j.j.uiive Council ol Canada, 'T'-'''\ 'r:';^^::;;;; ntca^il in- ex,,cctca to ,ro.no e. ^^ .^^^ .^^^^ ^ ,,,^. Ma'csty'^^ C^"^c,nm Co„„nUtce of Council m/- • ' ^^^„, ,^, ,n a ,1„. irccnt policy "''■';.; \,i- ^,,,.1, a project. f.,vorable to the cipaW'xports ol the l^m I ^ jj^,^,,^ ,Kincipal exports mn,..^..^^-.^^^jj,^,, iitt intcitioii, isCLitaiii'j A 1 4 The r„,|,., S,,,,,,,,,,, •■"loii'.il O/lk.,.. ' Sir, I li;i\v, ii;,.._ Sir, The Hoiiorahl,., •^- T. Gaf.t, «• T. I'K.WKFATHKR, ^^JK3IOJiAXl)U3i. G U'lJi Tim lAfinisicrof F i-noral in c April j Ollll(.i| '■"•'nco |,.|s tlic 1, loiior I ■iNt, .-UK ")'<"' llu. IJrspmel, , " ''''I'OI'I to Ifis J. roiii His ( >^i-f\\vncy Dip q '■fe IVade Ik th ejr rci t\VO( "vcriior '■'*'. "11 fli ol I lie C 'J>(;ctiv(,' 'Jarj/l '1 llio Jjriii.sh p ^tii'jccls of \\ "iiiiiiiiti '•"viHce.^ „i' JV„,,|, .^ 'c csiahJi, .f Y If. ( Inth '"erica, '.md -, 'iiiii'iit of re lalcl iinicil '•ipioeal T C, of j)io(Inci Trade I,,., appaieui "- leir remarks Km and WOCI) t "poii llic iirst "1 fi^siinilaiion of f^iiiidaritv of "loiiiu.s so ( 11 Willi il oiiscs is •■tnd iha) " )|, «l>vioilslv |,o,|| foiidii oii'i,i,Miou ■^".'Veets, my Lo.-d K'li, wutlfr s dis(iiic-tl be th no e "' Jiiiliirai sential le maim e.xpensivi • 'nam ind .'IN ilie \ dill ■'in an-an"( '<• of <)i-ili A mcrican Pi >■;"'','.'■'' iliat tlie id "■ '■'■(•iproeal I< "h^ liii'iii f( Vnii '•■■' "l'-'^''tion-of Trad '' ; "V <;rem Tarilfs •ovinees " lUii "K-onvenient, and 'acic ol'n 1 '."f ^".r'' c'onlempla,,,,, pniifiple oft Loid raisi' tl proceed t( . 'P ixalioi), w n '"^'iiperahli ""AC'il in til ■ords ( kind lo tl ) wliieli Jfer M stale t "; ^^liole of ilieir C liat ijesiv' abst 'leir met he niiisi V miller stale 1 '""' <>'■ Inland f l-(>0 "y erv y seriously inter/ eoiiimereial i "It " i|„ leien nxtoiij ere from arii( imjH.sed. Tliat'ii les o ill "Nloills 1 " Would only I "'vernmeri d "'"Pled will inion, '"111 infr "■ii-own pmdiiot 'veveniie / '"■."e.'essarvfort "■^'i;'- to ol)serv, seems to and that '■'",i,'ini' tli(> to (1 foms I) I'liionslraii "■•^ condiiioii eoiild ion on wliifi '■"'II arlielcs \v| h' slat II w. dm mid lilies arc levied "ly llial nol he I eorres in all of 1 1 observed "' very inexp,,,|j,,,„ ."pon arlielcs wl ii'in, liow •jJond mv I. '"•II none of '" (llie Col Hm 'oni( mv mo- I '■^ Excise J)m "ii'ni prodi) s)tc ever, an "i' lo 1) IS respect a serious e.\t "•^ applicable to i| are 1 leir r( place sucIl "ly i.oids bei ''<•'' llii'V tliems'el ''. "iternal dutie ini])orlani y proc.ed \'es prodiic, pari of tlirir ( •■"'^'on to ilie proteci inable to ( "■ •'P''cliv(! prodi "'^in.i,' llial tl IIS should and 'lls- "P"ll Whi(;| '•■rceive ho "'ifisnoimnicii,,, •■"nniervail th. ici', can u- an excl '• prospect '|^i\-«' '-xemption f '^-^y^^-ininlier Ma;;:"v^7';''''"7'^^i'l '■'J' siv ,s Lolonial J^ rom lamt givin. ^iens, t( I'll ' " TlifV iiic llicicloii' <>l 'idilM till" l':iili:i vlroll" iiliii'i'lM'lls. - ■ . . . coiiditidn : o,,i..ioM tl.al tl..- ..ss,.nt ..t 11' • M''J' > not bi' ^ivcn <■■<'■' n( uiultr till' lollowins. coiiilitidn : ,^ , ,. , . , ,..,, i>|„,li„c niid MnnuriKliins . „|all counlric .. ,omliti..n My l...^l^ ":'"^>^'^' '''i", " ,11 ol>jffl \\li'fli II' ' •^'■'•i' - Miiliiiractini Upon llii sucli Colonics c'li ollicr's piodiictioiis, iiroiHoti'." , . .1 , ,1 oiKlition uroiioscd liy My Loyds i \ prcs I'roni My 1'"" liavini^' ^jTi^::^l-.^-^^^^^ s:-:rr^^^^^^^^^ -- "-" -- „,, ,, ,„,, „„. laid down and th;; <'';''-'7- ':;;";;';' .7 the ,,....uliav tls.al »"'1""\ !.,,„, ,„v -only tU- applioation ..1 '\;^' V^,;^i.,„iii,.an.'e and .-.■qnirr. (■nihody 1- n'<' 1 •' ''. '/' ",. ', u Kiv.- Tiadr lias a nmcU %\ ■< « r *-'- , ,,^. ..pmcd that l"-'-" "' '^r' in; hS rtJns uponTrad-. [. '■'- -'V;;:,-! '".^ll^v.^n G,^ ,l,c rnnoval o all • >"' ' , ^ My Lonj ;„ lIllTj' I' ''',„-. ..^ „.• ^^-itll China, -,lE;;:::V;ir;;;:^:;:;f ^ =:„i;:li- j::S i;";^.;.- ^-^ »- - Hritaininin-oi-ortumto luMrMn.^n, ..Ivc-s weak and d.vnh.d. ,. hisnnderstanding of Fy.o Trad., ,j'i-;::-s;t:::r^ circumstances o ,1'thc \vorlu >| ,^^, ^.,,,.^, ^,,,^„,ii than ill- or a ehaiiue lictwceii Foreisjners, of national [ ,1 nolicv ; My \'OVi]s ll>^''l'^: Iniit that it w )ic to havi' Tariil' and commere :ia il svstein for the \v ,,„lc Hritish Empire they lei^ret !:"':^;;;r:i;::;''iv::f;ou climate, po,ndati..n_a that the diversity „d wealth appcvar lo forbid this hope, but lie dependencies ihev state, that t . . astoix'rmittheappbcation ,f the Empm inav l)c ca value o ifbein-' su group- This is precise ■Iv tl le obj of the princii lilt ,)le a dvantagi ouslv to them cct sou bring till- ^""'' A"icr:can V)v the Canadian G - ■^ .ystem— lo r( ■rnmc niov nt, they desire lo all restrictions on trade— to exc •haiiye the tish an( Pi-ovinces under one ^yr'TV; '\,;,",; ..astuir aiul timber b and coal of one pvovmcc 1 jlu b ^^^^^.^^^^^ ^^ .,, another-and to carry their own jurisdiction. out the true prmc pie of Free Trade as fully as i lible within f «^ ^- r- GALT, '^' Finance. A m ,>■''' 'en,/,.. y "'" .Von;, ■ l[^'»it III,' C()uiifri,.H ""'•"« a.s "'■•^'fion «/■ ' (/Of-; s not ^'funcis ■('■I iifive i'''iiern; ^ay /)« "ice of '■> and "nicnr v/iic/j 't tile "lore 3 of, . fnj rse' ill ed irs e < /.' ■I V'- ■| i ' ^ -^^v/"-^ ^ /