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The Joint Committee appointed by the Honorable flu Lei^sJative Council and Uome 
 of Assembly to consider aiul report vpon the subject matter of certain re 
 solutions of the House of Assembly, in which the Honorable the Le-n.lati',, 
 Council have concurred, rcpccllnjf the importation of Tea into Upper Cma da 
 luive jmrsuant to tU orders of both Houses, met and examined the mutter 1,1 
 them referred, and have agreed to the /oUomng Jieport. 
 
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 That for some yr-^n proccdiiiw the 
 year 1812, Tea was oj-ouly imported in- 
 toCaiiadii lioin the Uiiittd .Stated of A- 
 merica, under tlie sonctioa of (Joloui d 
 Acts, whicli imposed duties on sm-li im- 
 portation, and which, aUliougli they 
 were at variance witli tJm Statutes of 
 Great Britain which regulate llic Tea 
 trade and tlje Phinlatiou trade in ge- 
 neral, secia to Imve existed ibr some 
 years w iihout attracting the notice of 
 tlie mother Country. 
 
 In the 52d. Geo. 3. the Act of the \ 
 British Parliament was passeti (chap. I 
 65) which expressly en.Kls, that "no I 
 "goods or commodities whalsover, 5 
 " except goods or commodities of the 
 "growth produce or manufiicture of 
 " the territories of the United States 
 " of America, shall be brought (rom 
 "the Territories of the said United 
 " States of America by inland Navi- 
 "gation oriand carriage, into the Pro- 
 '• vinces of Lower or Upper Canada* 
 "under the penalty of the forfeiture 
 "of such Goods .Vc." This express 
 prohibition by a recent Act applying in 
 terms to Canada, necessarily put an end 
 to any trade in Tea with the United 
 States of America under colour of Law, 
 but the war with those States which im- 
 mediately ensued, prevented the Act 
 from coming into actual operation till 
 1815, when peace was restored and 
 commercial intercourse resumed. 
 
 The efTect of the .-iad Geo ,1 chap. .'J.'i 
 began thee to be felt; its legal operation 
 was to restrain the Tea trade of the 
 Canadas to importation from Great Brit- 
 lan into the Port of Quebec, in British 
 
 or Colonial Shipping; and if this could 
 in j)raclice have been accomplished, it 
 would have justly secured to the Last 
 India Company, the same advantage in 
 I Canada of the monopoly enjoyed under 
 J their Charter in regard to llie '1 ea trade, 
 \ as they possess in other parts oi the 
 j British dominions; a monopoly, of which 
 these Provinces would not have been 
 entitled or disposed to complain— and 
 it would have insured the collection, in 
 the ( olonies, of a very considerable re- 
 venue from an article of general con- 
 sumption which could well have borne 
 the impoiition. 
 
 But eaci) succeedingyear has shewn 
 more plainly how certain and inevitable 
 it is, that from peculiar circumstances 
 in the situation of the Provinces, such 
 a regulnion of irade rannol be enforced, 
 and that the East India Company must 
 be deleated in any expectation of ad- 
 vantage which they miglii have tbrmed 
 liom the possession ol the exclusive 
 commerce contemplated, while the Pro- 
 vinces at the same time must equally be 
 disappointed in their contemplation of 
 any benefit which might better recon- 
 cile them to the restriction. 
 
 A trade to China having been Jong 
 open to the Americans, they import 
 from that Cou \ abundant supplies of 
 Tea, said to be i< a quality inferior to 
 that furnished to the East India Com- 
 pany, but sufficiently good for the pur- 
 poses of a general market ; and what- 
 ever may be the circumstances which 
 enable them to do so, they import them 
 at a rate much lower than the cor- 
 responding descriptions of the article, 
 stand at in Great Britain, so much so 
 
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.L A.,i„ i of cverv atlcmpllo raise a Revenue by 
 
 that notwithstanding there .s no duty «f «>« y ^» P^,,^^ ,„,,. ,,,ucic- 
 
 charged it. Bnglandou lea exported 10 "l'^''';'^" , , ,,,., u.o 
 
 theUrili«hCo.ou.eH,tUeAn.e..canMe. "J ^ "'[If, J'^^, l,,.;,, ,,,.„.,,». 
 
 chant transpom hi» leas atioBS lui- j ^,| ,,. ,. :. t„ bunuoui.l llu ditl.cu.i.es 
 
 sale MtMchanl at Quebec can atloid lo j ^.^^^ Province oi Urper Canada, l)ing 
 
 sell the banic arliclcB lor to the Ucalci, j ^^^^j, „^jy ii.t Li.iuublalt»u.u,bU.e 
 
 at the place ol their imporlalion. | ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ .^^ j-oulhern Loundary, 
 
 T. • :...nnnlitv of Price holds out a i. «,.narated trcm it 1 ) a chain ol Lakes 
 
 to lL irreBisliLle. '1 t.e .uipWc. unnily j ""'K "' ^ .^ "^^^^^ 
 introduced t.cn. tic L.,ncu .tal... a.e ^^'^^JJ^", in 1 able ..lands, 
 each year superseding more and ujore p ac b h led «.tu ^^^^^^^^ 
 
 the demand tor importationHaique.ee -»'"'' ?^";;;r;,rr -n and .ccky, 
 """''rllrJnSi'rKL ";:; i :^;rS,ir"-hab.ted anoron, 
 
 vho.e ,onM.nption «« r...mated at ^^^ .^ ^^ 
 
 ,0,000 by the Board of Trade n. (Jue- ^ /'^ , '^S, ,.,,a over an nu.u..c 
 
 bee, in a Btntement on that .uljcct j ;«;;./j;';'^^^...i,. „,„.o,t nugatory the 
 
 VNhich is hereunto annexed. ^^^^^ ^■'^ ^^^^.^j^ .^ j^ attempted lo pre- 
 
 There is indeed no question, that if | vent it. 
 the present sysirm be continued, (here | .^^ ^^^,^^ Boundary, 
 
 must soon be an ent re stop to the le^tal A ong a gre p ^ ,^„,„„.„.,i,„u. 
 
 importation of Tea „.to Cana.h, ; for. .n ^^^^^f ';^;^^^^ „,, ,o„fi„e.l to any li..e 
 tn.th none of that wh.dns so unpor e.. J fo-- ^, g ^^._, ^^,,,. ^,,,^„, ,„ ^..^d 
 
 article into a Country, o» which no vigi- { ^^^^^^ obstacles to the enforcing a- 
 lance that can be exerted can guard tlie ,^^ ,^ ^ Frontier, any regulation of 
 
 Frontier, is held so light, and adds so ^ ^^^■,^.^, there is a temptation 
 
 little to the cost, that Tea so .ntroduced | J^ ^.^^^^^^ ^^^ i„surmotintabU. And 
 is retailed throughout Upper Canada, at ^ ^j^^ ^j^^^^ of them upon the Tea trade 
 a price as low as the fust cost by whole- | . ,, f^^^nj,,, nnd. perl.nps.aln ost 
 
 Bale, at the sales made m London by } Yly in the Lower Province, is, that 
 
 the East India Company. | ^j^^ ^^^pj^ ^re now nearly, and soon 
 
 . . J «;il l.p eiitirelv (^upidied by illicit im- 
 
 It is not for want of penal Laws or ^;'^'' ;^^;;'; ;;' { ^j} (ountry. 
 Ctlicers to enforce them that it is lound | portation Iron, loreig 
 impossible to prevent this abuse. 1 he j ^^^ consequences are, Ihnt the Fast 
 British Act alluded to, has proudedsut- { ,^,v,a Company derives no pood what- 
 ficiently for the forleiture ot contraband \ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ restriction intended for thnr 
 Goods; and Laws and Courts exist in j j^^^^^^^^. rpy,^ Canadian merchant who 
 the Country which are in daily opera- ^,^^^^^;^ ,^ ■ ^ y,y the legal channel, 
 
 tion.and which afford every lacility ot | ^^^^^^ .,o Sale, and the consumption is 
 proceeding. | supplied in a manner that yields no re- 
 
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 particular commodity a sy«tem of. mng. I tion of ti.e great Commercial Compnny 
 
 ghng provaU. throughout tho Country, j « W rigl.t.are unolvcd, to hope- L J 
 
 which cxtc.idH itseh, ui tho 8ivme liuif, lavoruble result. i^ «• " 
 
 to every otlior article of <'..iiiiiu.r<... I 
 
 to every other article ol commerce, | 
 therelty ruining the Kevenue, injuring | 
 the lair trader, and corrupting theinor- 
 alB of the great muss of the peoj)le. 
 
 It is (|uitc clear that any other footin,'^ 
 on which this trade can be placed, muJl 
 he better lor the Province than its ac- 
 tual state, andean deprive neither the , „.uu nn 
 East India Company, nor the Shipping ! mloimed 
 interest ol Ureal Jiritaiii of any existing 
 
 With regard to tlve first alternative, 
 your Committee have iruooii to btiieve, 
 that il has been Hubmitle<l to the toi.sid- 
 eralion of the Honorable Last li.tiia 
 Company, through ihe itpiehei.taliou 
 ol respectable iVieit hunts ei.gitged iit 
 ihe'lrade ol Lower Cunt4du, Lut Muh 
 v\hat prospect 01 bucccbs tuey are not 
 
 The remedies which have suggested 
 themselves are, 1st— Thut thcEast^lndia 
 Company should be authorized to ex- 
 port direct from China, an annual supply 
 either to (iuebcc lor the consumption ol 
 the Canadns, or to some mart which 
 should be central, with regard to all 
 the British American Colonies. 
 
 
 Or secondly— That the Merchanto of I 
 Caiia<la should be allowed to import tlie 1 
 necessary supplj, direct from China. 
 
 Or thirdly— Tha the intercourse which 
 at present exists in fact, should be 
 legalized, and the Canadians be al- 
 lowed to receive their Teas from tho 
 
 The question of its expediency in- 
 volves tHo coiisideralioi.s. 
 
 Lirstly— \\ hether the quantum of the 
 supply required is suhn lenl to en- 
 gage the attention ol liie Compa- 
 ny; and, 
 
 Secondly— Whether the Company could 
 allord that supply on lerms, that 
 would exclude the introduction of 
 Tea from the United States, taking 
 it lor granted, as it must be, that 
 nothing but being able to sell at 
 equally low prices wiih the people 
 of the United States, would secure 
 them the market. 
 
 Tea is consumed as generally, it is 
 
 United States,onnayment o 7) V 1 i "^ 1' '°"'"'"^'^ «« gonernlly, if is 
 so moderate as toTedllieS I T. I Up;erc^S.:d;'r" °' ''' ''% 
 temptation to smuggling. | L Britir^omilt ,1' l^iC t 
 
 As far as any of these courses would I "'^l/?'' " '"^ ^"^ considerable extent, 
 
 be at variance with the restrictive svs ' '" " '""''^ P'-op'rly to be regarded 
 
 tem by which our fellow subjects of I "<• ? "^^^^^^'-J^ of life, than an article 
 
 other Countries are bound, it must be I °' '"'"^^• 
 
 confessed that it is soliciting an indul- ? 
 
 gence, which, on the ground of indul- 
 
 |cnre, we cannot in reason expect; but 
 
 ■when It 18 demonstrate;", ,hat the Reve- 
 
 rn:2;:?^«r-':;^"s-te,on,y 
 
 The population of Upper Canada is 
 estimated at 160,000. The annual con- 
 sumption of Tea is believed, not to he 
 le«s than 3.00O Chests. In lower Can- 
 
 ore benefitted by the attempt to ^nply I L, ^T^'^^^"^^/ rassuming the opin- 
 the general system to Canada, and that ^ T . ? committee of Trade in Que- 
 a change which might be advantageous I ^,tf^ ^? ''''"'''''> ^^'^ consumption 
 to us would not possibly injure any Bnt! T • ^^ •"' ^'"^- »°^'' P-'ovinces 
 ish or Colonial Interest, there seems fn weair""f 1"^'^.'^ in numbers and 
 T7, T'°" ^"'"' •*>« 'ibernl policy of ", ih / ' /•^'^'^ '' "° •'°°'" ^^^ues- 
 
 the Mother Country, and the cLdera. maml t T"""n .'"''' ^'^'' *'"^ ^«- 
 
 I mana lor lea will be so coiisiderabJe 
 
as to intike tlie mode ofsupi.lj an object j to i-nconrnge an illicit introtlucli^on of 
 not unworthy of national attention. * .■ - . • i- - ».i...,«. « 
 
 T'pon tho other point there is more 
 mutter tor consideration. Your ct)»in.it- 
 lee tiiid it a»scrted, upon the ni( u au- 
 iheniic evidence in the printed luj.oii* 
 gf committceB ot llie Lords and Loni 
 
 th<n» into Canada, siice anj atlinipt of 
 that kii.d, (it it lie lair to tonlen.plate 
 it) would, Ironi the oajLC natmal tlibad- 
 \antugcb which lacililale tnujigliiig in 
 tuiiuUa, espobc thtni to aluhto under 
 
 Buch a ByHleni, which would he moblin- 
 jurioua to tl.eir own levcnuo. 
 mon», upon this branch oi the 1 orcign j „ , . <• .■ ._ 
 
 Trade ol ihc tnued hu.fedon., ii.ui V ...out all the inlornmt.on necessary 
 
 the Ka^t India Company have urniuca- to rca.on correclly on iheHubjecl jour 
 liouably the prelertnce n. ihe thn,t.e coa.nnttee w. I only add to ihei re- 
 Ckel-Thal they can procure lei- } n.urkn on thin head, that the La.l nd.a 
 ter Teas than the An.encan A.erchunl, | tou.pany having the Uieans oi judgu.g 
 and at a rate, ut Icaat, a« reasonable. «'tl' l'«.lcct accuracy, must neces.aruy 
 
 anu ai a r« w, j ^^^^ .^^^^ ^^^.^ ^ .^^ ^^^^^ „,evitabJe con- 
 
 It is no contradiction of this assertion, j sequence, that it they cannot supply tho 
 that the price of 'leas in the Lniled | Canadas on tcrnib aslow uscanbedone 
 htatcs of America, should be so much J by clandestine trade Irom the adjoniing 
 below their cost on their importation at \ States, their cndeavours.thougb they will 
 / ^,j;l,ec I excite the gratitude of the Provnices, 
 
 ^ ' ■ I will assuredly not remedy the present 
 
 Tho freight in American Vessels la | evil, and will produce loss and disap- 
 snid to be considerably less expensive, j pointmcHt to themselves, 
 thm in the regular Company's bhips, | , ,. .• 
 
 rnd altho' tho duly is not charged on j In regard to the second altcrnat.vo, 
 Tea exported to this country, yet the that the Car,ad.an merchant should be 
 landin/and warehousing in ^England, allowed to import leas d.rec. iro.a 
 irdock dues and all the forms'to be China,yourcomm.ttee .s ofopunon,that 
 gone Srough before iu.eco„d shipment, although the cap.tal o. these provn.c-es 
 |>ust necessarily accumulate charges, \ i» yet l.m.tted, and commerc.al enter- 
 that added to the voyage from England, pr.«e u» its u.lancy, yet, the bte libera 
 o Quebec, must place the cargo on relaxations in regard to he Colonial 
 termsvery considerably worse than that trade, having opened a wider and more 
 of the American importer. varied field, there is reason to antic 
 
 I pate, that the Canadians may soon be 111 
 
 But if the Compiny, purchosing their \ a condition, if they are not now, to avail 
 Teas on no better terms in China than I themselves of the permission in question, 
 the American mcrchatit, should ship if the liberality of th« East India Com- 
 them direct to Quebec in a chartered \ pany, seconded by the indulgence ot 
 bottom suited to the voyage, there is | the Imperial Parliament, should con- 
 good reason to suppose, that they must j gent to extend it to them, 
 come into the market upon more favor- j 1*4- 
 
 able terms than the importer at New- j It may be added that in that event, ti>e 
 \ork, at least, under the regulations \ trade in Tea might be more justly and 
 
 ~ • • 5 readily made a source of revenue, (it 
 
 the Legislature should find it would 
 
 now existing there; for while Teas might 
 be imported into Quebec free of duty, 
 they would be subject ut New-York, to 
 a duty of 20 cents per pound, equal to 
 lid. Sterling, upon the ordinary qual' 
 
 bear a duty) than if the importations 
 were made through the agency of the 
 East India Company, as in the latter 
 
 ties, which there is no probability the j case, we must feel, that we could not 
 Americans would draw back in order | with any propriety, add to the hazard 
 
that the /irst 8(pn i„ -n,.., „. "'"'?'♦'"'. I « <o(nnierce wliid. «.oi,l,i ' """ ''J' 
 
 l^itod State, a, contraband, iv,;;;^;:; 
 
 "««' i" <hct, exclude them, but'le^d: j ^y the i.— r;""'*'-. "' »""'o contra- 
 
 ;ea ataten. were Dialed ,,:. .. i„„.. ,• 
 
 pe"Hati„gadva„t7.;; "iTZn ""^ ''"'"- 
 
 «u(licient to 1. r?rrr"^«' « *'uty .ractinZ?. ,''"'!. P'-««*^' perniciou. 
 
 St ^k' tttf'^:,'"^'^ ^4-; l Fep:""T;"-'>«- '-exedtothis 
 exportation or "hoHpr^'"^'^^ '"••''«' ced and , ' ''"'''■*^"' P««itioL advan^ 
 
 ProvincesLJ^^ ."'P"'''''*""" ^Y to ^f '^1 "°/"''': "'^«'»'es considerations 
 
 *hoy wonld be un wil ^'"'*'' "'''''^'' on which LJ T'"""' "''»" '''«' 
 
 '-t'alternativeShlbee"''"''''''^ / -P-' ' ^ee„ directed to 
 
 *-"» IS, that we shonM K^. • "-«'-''' I 
 
 to obtain Teas fin *1t ^" ""'^'^-'e'l "<! to them bv „' 1* TP'"""-^' ''"«"••- 
 "P"" P^v^e:rof?d':^"'"' '''•'-' P-'iamen™; L ^a? '.'^« ^-"P-'a' 
 
 ^'nugghng. ""^^'^"^ '^'"Ptation to j and ought not o bee.l *' ,«"«'"P'^d. 
 
 f their consent ^h! ^ ^^^'^ ^"' ^'''th 
 
remotely situated. That they will dis. 
 tiiigui^ti between unreasonable expec- 
 tations of itjdulgence and urgent repre- 
 sentations compelled by necessity, and 
 that they will not suffer an evil to con- | rival power, 
 tinue which they have it in their power J 
 
 I to remedy, and which, while it lasts 
 J is prejudicial to British interests in ev- 
 \ ery sense moral and political, and 
 1 subservient only to the advantage of a 
 
 (Signed.) GEO. CROOKSHANK, 
 Chairman of the Committee 
 of the Legislative Council, 
 
 JOHN STRACHAN, 
 
 GEO. H. MARKLAND. 
 
 (Signed.) JOHN B. ROBINSON, 
 Chairman of the Com. of Assembly. 
 
 ROBERT NICHOL, 
 
 ARCHD. M'LEAN, 
 
 CHRIS.A.HAGERMAN, 
 
 CHAS. JONES. 
 
 JAMES GORDON. 
 

 £:xlrael of a cmmmication from the Mont^nl n 
 
 y m /A. Montnal CommUtee of Trade to J.„.s SxtTART, 
 Ea^i'iRE, dated 8(k March, 1823. 
 
 My pnncpal object is to solicit your 
 attenfon to the trade in Teas and Eas 
 India goods in Upper and Lower CW 
 da and to the irresistible temptaln 
 
 to the Illegal introduction of those arti 
 cles from the United States. 
 
 It appears from the letters of lUn 
 Commissioner Robinson to the fIp. 
 
 in leas had been represented by that 
 gent eman to the President of theBoard 
 
 o trade in London, and in the course of 
 t e conversation which took place on 
 tie subject, Mr. Robinson descrLd 
 !'•: Hardship of the case and the ttie i 
 jnjury which would arise to the Fa t i 
 India Company by relinquish ,ts mo 
 nopoly as regards these Prov. cs 
 
 India rri°"'' '''"' ^^^' «"J East 
 India Goods are now supplied bv con- 
 traband Trade from the'^United States 
 
 plated relaxation were obtained, and 
 heir introduction legalised subjecting 
 .^fm to a moderate duty, the dLora: 
 
 l.«.n^nnct,c. of smuggling would be 
 cbeclc^d and the Provinces enabled, if 
 
 ZTCv n T^:, """P'" compensation 
 to the K^Ht rnd.a Companr. Mr Robi;,- 
 
 son .o«n,s of opinion that an application 
 
 on his ,.,h,.ct, urged at such a period 
 
 ernhininsr thp circumstances of the case 
 to tbo Knst fndia Company, would be li- 
 b"rnl!v entertained byGovernment, and 
 
 I ..therefore hoped that you will'take 
 th^ first opportunity of soliciting the at- 
 
 TuCcr ' '^"'"'"^ '° *^'-»P-tant i 
 
 Though you may be sufficiently aware 
 of U,e nature and extent of the gHev! 
 «"ce, I am directed to transmit to you 
 
 tL I ? /^ Ses by certain members of 
 
 I ot the Provincial Government which 
 referring to the Geographical poriln' 
 «"J Penodical close^f'ihe Nav S 
 
 |0 the Canadas, alleges the iinpoS' 
 !'^ «fP'-«vent.ng by coercive measures, 
 Stat!^? 'ntroduction from the United 
 btates of snch portable articles as Teas 
 
 5So:^'?"5«^«''^"-«'^- Canada 
 50 per cent under the cost and charges 
 
 of similar articles imported from GiS 
 ■ (,.J ; I '° ^^ apprehended that 
 
 fe "'sular situation of Great Britain 
 
 thepracticabilityofher communications 
 a tal seasons by land and by water, and 
 other circumstancrs tavorable to tho 
 
 E;7:tf-T"f'*"^"''"'^^'"^"-'i- 
 
 ministry to think that coercive measures 
 alone would suppress (he Canadian con 
 
 ext"l I'"'"'^' ^' ™'g'^^ thereforo be 
 f,'f'^.f''°"yo"rpart to place before 
 
 them the peculiarities of the position o1- 
 both Provmces relatively to the United 
 States, while urging the propriety of ij 
 senmg the temptation to smuggle, hv 
 
 i^TuX:'^ ""^^°^'^^^« --i-'y 
 
 vnl r '^'•''/^'' ^'''^''♦*''* *° *'-an«'"it to 
 }ou herewith a schedule ofthe legal im- 
 portation of Teas for the last nine years, 
 showmg how rapidly ,he importation 
 trom Great Britain diminished when the 
 restoration of peace with the United 
 
 afrZ^'^f fu^f '""SSlers to resume 
 a trade which had been in some degree 
 suspended during the War, and to 
 prove that the diminution has not arisen 
 iroman increase of the importutiou of 
 
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Sf"' ^.^^l^-nnis added to the 9che 
 obtaitd?oresZ'"'Tr'''''^«''^'^ 
 
 <uuocnerta3t Ind.aGoods, sublect to 
 the same restrictions as Teas but .frl 
 besalely asNerteil iho/ ' ""^^ 
 
 has take^n pJa^e'^ t^^ f i;*^^' --f ^"ction 
 represented in\ p**^".">««« *acts are 
 
 they Ju It • if; ' '"''" ^'°™P«"^ 
 out an ell"r on. ^'''''"''" '''"'' ^''h- 
 
 Canadas w i^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 lablvir '." '^' '*^eal trade must inevi- 
 laoiy abandon It IJiwi«„ u . ' 
 ces it ia „^. • . . "^ '^"^'^ circum 
 
 8 
 
 I , J^'T"*' consumption of Teas in 
 
 I iated '*""" '^^^^ '' '« "«' over. 
 
 1 rived'^s"!' '''"'^•'^ '"'^'^ ''^' «rst ar- 
 I nvttj, as commercial clauses exri.n i 
 
 J^armnuhe minds ot- those :,r.^^^^^^^^ 
 he export trade ofthe country" b^it'^ 
 1 ""! ""^'^ believed that we are fo't co tin 
 |edmour.mportatiot.fromteS 
 
 ^-•:2:';;:;--^fi;-ortho 
 
 J aLmcn...„.o. „._ . . Sl^tal nicrease ot 
 
 sKlered temporary disadvantages j.^ 
 
 ertectso .hich thisgrouin/cW^^ 
 
 vdl gradually overcome. At pr.,ent 
 
 therefore the Committee is nnwiJii... , 
 
 \ insist upon so:ne defects of the act ,?„ I 
 
 ^ JS lelt at the present crisis, to avoid 
 i g'ving unnecessary trouble to Govern. 
 i meat. u»i-ui. 
 
 direct »n' 7)'". "' '" ""-'"" «"PPhes 
 
 «'rect to Quebec, or to enter into 
 
 ordeTlaf T" "'' ^'-ernment .n 
 UniLdSr ' P^^^'^"' "-aJe ,vith the 
 
 ^nich would not materially affect the 
 Company's monopoly, vvhife it wouW 
 prove a great benefit to these Provin"^ 
 both m a moral and financial point S 
 
 Schedule of the importations ofTeaandlZr:;::;:^;^^^ 
 
 from 1814 to 1822, 
 
 Years. 
 
 J8I4 
 
 1815 
 
 1816 
 
 1817 
 
 1818 
 
 1819 
 
 1820 
 
 1821 
 
 1822 
 
 lbs. 
 Wyson Tea. 
 
 16,178 
 IS,28,'i 
 15,078 
 13,03.1 
 9,573 
 7,259 
 4,6J9 
 
 Pounds of all other sorts of Tea.l '^Te'a!''' 
 
 298,272 
 200,684 
 239,170 
 334,923 
 270,921 
 159,808 
 162,216 
 
 487,371 
 
 314,450 
 
 218,969 
 
 254,248 
 
 348,008 
 
 280,497 
 
 167,067 
 
 166,865 
 
 134,379 
 
 Pounds of 
 Coffee 
 
 168,962 
 1,269,633 
 335,441 
 35,995 
 50,778 
 43,091 
 5.5,378 
 73,173 
 94,929 
 
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i fhe Rtght Honorable the Earl Bathurst one of m Mai^t ' • • , o 
 
 J nis JMajetiys prtrutpd Sttrttarm 
 of State &-C. S,-c. S,'c. 
 
 '=*!•:«:«:<►:< 
 
 The .nemorial of the committee of trade 
 01 Quebec 
 
 Humbly Sheweth, 
 
 r„ f I T"*'' ^" '"'^'* trade in teas and \ 
 , India goods has long been carried I 
 on from the United States of America, 
 and that It has of late increased to so a- | 
 larmnigan extent, as to threaten to su- I 
 Persede the legal importation of tho«e | 
 
 articles. 
 
 i.7^''\, ''it P'*'^"* consumption of 1 
 teas.,, the ProvincesofUpperand Low. 
 U:anS^^!r'^-^':-'^<^a"ess 
 
 Honorable the East India company, the 
 
 a-r trader, and to the provinfh/r'eve! 
 
 »ue, but request, brie%, to caJi the at- 
 
 -.ouolh..Maje.tys.vi...»ter.tothe 
 po^.ve advantages derived tLerc.om 
 l~>y llie govenimei.t and nitiaUiiants of 
 t ie IJiiUed «,.aes. Tne ir.n«p J ;;j 
 the teas only, wtiich are a.inuativ\u.ue. 
 
 gted.ntothei3ritish^rovn,ce.,a.iurui4 
 e nploj^ment to 2,000 tons ot Amencau 
 
 s»"pp.ng, and the duty upon them ^.eld. 
 
 ...g.otne.rtreu.u^ 
 
 JO,uoo/. per aimum. 
 
 th^n innnn I ""'uaieu at less 
 
 Han 10,000 chests annually, while the t 
 eg.l nnpor(alion, which 1 as gradual ^ 
 
 the Id e war with the United Sates a- 1 
 mounted in theyear IK^o tm o.r I f I 
 oiilr 'rk„ I •'' J "-^101,816 chess f 
 
 nn f: 1 r ?,'"'' "'^^^^^ '"'^ia goods im. I 
 
 statemPi.f «r.. "^""'S » compirative I 
 
 sent as matter of notoriety tht ihT ^ 
 g'-l .mportation of those go;^^.' '^ ! 
 progressivelydiminishedandia "''" 
 d"ced to aninsig-.ifi;.n'tT! "r*"*" 
 your Lordshin'« ^-nountjand 
 
 beg leave to s'^,V7,'".''''''«'i«f« further 
 
 pursued to an eauT''"''''^'''-'"'^- 
 in the ProvinceTof ' T"'"'' "^'""f- 
 Nova Scotia ""'" Brunswick and I 
 
 ^hich resu//°rtf;°"''''^ «''•'« 
 t'-aJe to the Rr?\ .. '^"'"'•'^band 
 
 the Briitsh 8h,p owner, the j 
 
 deel t.r ^"'■^''^'P ^ "emorialists 
 deem u tlieir bounden duty thus open- 
 
 y to expose the magnitude of the evil 
 they do not presume to recommend to 
 H,s Majesty's Ministers any pZZlll, 
 remediate enactment, bu.'herb:"':^ 
 Ptate aa matter of fact thm ,lJ -^ 
 
 '»oCou„,ri™;,,,i '';'•'"".'■!" 'he 
 "'"1 c„,„i„„e ineffecl lal :rr''r.'"''' 
 
 ;*i..fo™»,i„„„?l:;,'''« «;•»'- for 
 
 The most efficipnt »„ .■ 
 opinionof ,our I or,r 1 T^'^'''^' '"" the 
 «••«> those mo trnr^' •^'^"'"rialists, 
 
 ings.wouirbe;:;;-^"''^'''-^'''--'- 
 --pany would undertal;" fo Ipp'!; 
 
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 these Colonics with teas ami East Inilin 
 goods, or by which a direct trade with 
 China and the East Indies would be 
 thrown open to individual adventurers. 
 
 In the event of the Honorable Com- 
 pany agreeing to carry on a trade them- 
 selves, thoy bhouid h(,' bound to import 
 a quantity of teas and East India goods, 
 specified and ascertained to be fully 
 e({ual to the consunipticn, to be sold by 
 the company's agents at public Auclion j 
 at stated periods, and in such quantities j 
 as to meet the demand. j 
 
 Your memorialists confidently hop'', 5 
 that when the honorable company are i 
 made aware of the low ebb of the pre- \ 
 sent legal trade, and tiiat under ilie i 
 Ofi'ifinfi; system, if may soon be oxpec*- i 
 ed to coaio altogether, th;>y will rradi- J 
 ly enter into an arrnngoment whirh I 
 would secure 1 tiic British trader and J 
 ship owner, not only the supply of the 'i 
 North American Colonies,but of a great > 
 part of the United States adjoining 5 
 ihereto. J 
 
 Should, however, such an arrargc* 
 mcnt, with the l;onorable the Last In- 
 dia Company, be lound inipructicaLle, 
 your Lordship's Uieniorialists beg leave 
 to suggest (he legalisii.g il.e importation 
 ot teas and Lasi India goods by sea and 
 inland navigation, as ilie only alterna- 
 tive to protect the lair trailer anil to se- 
 cure to iboso I'rovinces a revenue of 
 considerable amouiit. 
 
 Your memorinlisis therefore humbly 
 prny,thatyour Lordship mity be pleased 
 to t'lke llie premises into consideratioi!, 
 and adopt such measures llierem as to 
 your Loniship may appear meet. And 
 your memorialists as niUuly bound will 
 (,-\e:- pray. 
 
 For the Comir^ittoo of trade, 
 (Signed.) J. .STEWART, , 
 Ciiair;,ian. 
 Quebec, 21th April, 102.^ 
 
 
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 No 2 TABLE shewing the quantity of Teas imported into Uppi^i Canada 
 from the yeaJslBlS to 18»7 incisive, ^^ih a Btatemenl ol duties accounted loF 
 vlhereoii to that JProvince by Lower Canada. 
 
 1812 
 1UI3 
 1SI4; 
 1815 
 1816 
 1817 
 
 From Lower Canada. 
 
 Bohea. i Hyson Skin. Hyson 
 
 Total. 
 
 (4 
 
 280 
 
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 u 
 
 Av^i'i'g' ^ T«ar»t 
 
 280 
 46 
 
 21,911 
 45,J)8G 
 105,213 
 161,239 
 135,919 
 111,283 
 
 581,151 
 96,858 
 
 24,324 
 
 47,639 
 
 1 IO,aU4 
 
 169,739 
 
 144,17.5 
 
 mwG 
 
 612,107 
 102,181 
 
 Duties paid. 
 
 425 
 
 10 
 
 810 
 
 I 
 
 1,870 
 
 6 
 
 2,899 
 
 16 
 
 2,471 
 
 14 
 
 1,997 
 
 5 
 
 10,474 
 
 15 
 
 £1745 
 
 16 
 
 2 
 
 ll> 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 4 
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 Canada were reported at Coteau du Lac 
 
 1814 
 1815 
 1816 
 1817 
 
 From Lower Canada, 
 
 110,204 
 169,739 
 144,175 
 117,026 
 
 Into Lower Canada 
 from England. 
 
 487,371 
 314,450 
 218,969 
 254,268 
 
 V*' 
 
 — ^ 
 
[Jpppi- Canada 
 nccouiited lor 
 
 13 
 
 duties paid. 
 
 425 
 
 10 
 
 2 
 
 810 
 
 1 
 
 ll> 
 
 l,b70 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 2,899 
 
 16 
 
 4 
 
 2,471 
 
 14 
 
 4 
 
 i,t<y7 
 
 a 
 
 ll> 
 
 0,474 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 1743 
 
 16 
 
 
 
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 ited Irom Lower 
 
 jower Canada 
 m England. 
 
 487,371 
 314,450 
 21«,969 
 254,268 
 
 1,275,058 
 
 318,764 
 
 No. 4. TABLE shewing the prices of HyBon Skin Teas when sold at iho 
 Company's Bales in London, and in Lower Canada, and New \ ork. 
 
 Hyson Skin. 
 
 In London. Lower Canada. 
 
 39. 4d. Sterling, 
 
 Average ct I ' y««" 
 
 39. 2il. 
 
 4s. 4d. 
 
 Duties drawn tack on exportation by Sea. 
 
 New York. 
 
 2s. 9d. 
 
 lid. 
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 N B 1 1 vson Skill Tea is at lliis time retailed at Niagara for .38. 4.1- Sterling 
 per r:u,7J,wirthenholo.alc price in Lower Canada i9 about 4a. 8d. Sterhng 
 
 per pound.