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 60th Co 
 Jst /Session 
 
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 [li- ^re.i^cljLu>^ r^S-r^^^ ( CU-uelouJ.'^ 
 
 'i 
 
 MESSAGE 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 
 
 IN IlESPONSE TO 
 
 Senate resolution of August 28, ISSS, relative to action touching outrages 
 and icrongs committed by Canada upon citizens of the United States. 
 
 SErrKJiBEU 1"2, 1888. — Read and referred to the Conimittco on Forcijtn llolatioiis and 
 ordered to be printed, omitting papers already in print. 
 
 To the Senate: 
 
 llesponding to the inquiries containecl in the subjoined resolution of 
 the Senate of the 28th ultimo, I have the Ijonor to state in reply to the 
 subject first therein ineutionetl, calling upon the Executive for— 
 
 "copies of all cominunications, if arty, addressed by his direction to the Government 
 of Great Britain, remonstrating with that Government against the wrongs and unfair 
 treatmout to ortr citizons by the action of the Canadian Government in refnuding to 
 vessels and cargoes which pass through the Welland and other Canadian canals 
 nearly the entire tolls if they are destined to Canadian ports, while those bound for 
 American ports are not allowed any such advantage ; and the breach of the engage- 
 ment contained in the treaty of 1871, wlieroliy Great Britain promised to the United 
 States equality in the matter of such canal transportation; also copies of any de- 
 mand made by his direction upon Great Britain for the redress of such wrongs, aiul 
 the replies of Great Britain to such couununication and demand," 
 
 that I herewith transmit copies of all communications between the 
 Dei)artment of State and the United States coisul at Ottawa, which 
 are accompanied by copies of the orders of the Canadian ofticials in 
 relation to the subject inquired of. 
 
 Also corres))ondenco between the Department of State and the Brit- 
 ish minister at this capital, Mith copies of the documents therein re- 
 ferred to. 
 
 I also enclose, as connected therewith, a copy of Executive Docu- 
 ment (No. U)l), II. R., noth Congress, 1st session) containing the answer 
 of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, dated July 23, 1888, in reply 
 to a resolution of the House of llepresentatives relating to the naviga- 
 tion of the Welland Canal, and the documents thus transmitted comprise 
 the entire corre>*pondence in relation to the subjects referred to in that 
 portion of the resolution of inquiry which is above quoted. 
 
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RELATIONS WITH CANADA. 
 
 The second branch of inquiry is in the words following: 
 
 "And also that there be comniiiiiicated to the Senate copies of all papers, corre- 
 spondence, and information touching the matter of the refusal of the British Gov- 
 ernment, or that of any of her North American dominions, to allow the entry at 
 dominion oea-ports of American fish, or other cargoes, for transportation in bond to 
 the United States since the Ist day of July, 1885." 
 
 It will be remembered that though the fishing articles of the treatj- 
 of 1871 expired on the said first day of July, 1885, a temporary arrange- 
 ment was made wliereby the privileges accorded to our fishermen un- 
 der said articles were continued during the remainder of that year's 
 fishing season. 
 
 No instance of refusal by the Canadian authorities since July Isl, 
 1885, up to the present time, to allow the entry at Dominion sea-ports 
 of American cargoes other than fish for transportation in bond across 
 the territory of Canada to the United States has been made known to 
 the Department of State. 
 
 The case of the fishing steamer Kovelty, involving, among other 
 things, a refusal, on July 1, 1886, of the right to permit the transship- 
 ment of fish in bond at tke port of Pictou, Nova Scotia, was duly com- 
 municated to Congress in my message of December 8, 188(J, a copy of 
 which I herewith transmit. (Ex. Doc. No.l9,49th Cong., 2d session, i). 1.) 
 
 On page 10 of this document will be found a copy of a communica- 
 tion addressed by the Secretary of State to the British minister, dated 
 June 14, 1886, on the subject of the refusal of transshipment of fish 
 in bond. At page 24 of the same publication will be found the protest 
 of the Secretary of State in the case of the Novelty^ and at pages 49-60 
 are the response of the British minister and report ot the Canadian 
 Privy Council. 
 
 On the 26th of January, 1887, a revised list of cases of alleged ill- 
 treatment of our fishing vessels in Canadian waters was furnished by 
 the Secretary of State to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
 Senate, in which the above case is included, a copy of which, being 
 Senate Executive Document No. 55, of the 2d session, 49th Congress, is 
 herewith inclosed ; and in the report by Mr. Edmunds, from the Commit- 
 tee on Foreign Relations (No. 1683 of the same session), the case re- 
 ferred to was again published. And, as relating to the subject of the 
 resolution now before me, the following pertinent passage, taken from 
 the said report, may be of interest : 
 
 "As regards commercial and other friendly business intercourse between ports and 
 places in the Dominion and the United States, it is, of course, of much importance 
 that regulations affecting the same should be mutually reasonable and fairly admin- 
 istered. If an American vessel should happen to have caugli't a cargo of fish at sea 
 a hundred miles distant from some Canadian port, from which there is railway com- 
 munication to the United States, and should be denied the privilege of landing au(^ 
 shipping its cargo therefrom to the United States, as the Canadians do, it would bu of 
 course a serious disadvantage, and there is, it is thought, nothing in tlie treaty of 
 1818 which would warrant such an exclusion. But the Dominion laws may make 
 such a distiuotloQ, and it is understood that in fact the privilege of so shipping iVSh 
 from American vessels has been refused during the last year." 
 
fpers, corre- 
 
 Jritish Gov- 
 
 |kbe eDtry at 
 
 in bond to 
 
 ■the treaty 
 arrange- 
 irrnen un- 
 •at year's 
 
 July ls(, 
 
 sea-ports 
 
 [ud across 
 
 knowu to 
 
 )ng other 
 ;raiis8hip- 
 JuJy com- 
 a copy of 
 pion, p. 1.) 
 pnmuuica- 
 ter, dated 
 nt of fish 
 16 protest 
 ges 49-50 
 Oanadiau 
 
 leged ill- 
 lislied by 
 ns of the 
 ch, being 
 ugress, is 
 (>oraiuit- 
 case re- 
 ct of the 
 ieii from 
 
 ports and 
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 ly admin- 
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 way coni- 
 uliu^; au(^ 
 >nld bo of 
 treaty of 
 lay make 
 i»iug fiuh 
 
 RELATIONS WITH CANADA. 0^ 
 
 I also respectfully refer to Senate Miscellaneous Document No. 54, 
 49th Cong., 2d sess., being a communication from the Commissioner of 
 Fish and Fisheries to the Hoo. George F. Edmunds, chairman of the 
 Committee on Foreigti lielations, dated February 5, 1887, which is 
 accompanied by a partial list of vessels injuriously treated by the 
 Canadian authorities, based upon information furnished to the United 
 Siiites Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 
 
 This list is stated to be supplementary to the revised list which had 
 been transmitted'to the committee b.y the Secretary of State, January 
 2(1, 1887. 
 
 Of the sixty-eight vessels comprised in this list it is stated that six, 
 to wit, the Nellie M. Snow, Andrew Burnham, Harry G. French, Col, J. 
 H. French, W. H. Wellington, and Ealph Bodgdon,\sere refused permis- 
 sion to transship fish. None of these cases, however, were ever reported 
 to the Department of State by the jmrties interested, or were accom- 
 panied by affidavit ; nor does it appear the facts ever were in vestigattvl in 
 any of the cases by the parties making the reports, which were obtained 
 by circulars issued by '-rder of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 
 
 The concluding inquiry is as follows : 
 
 "And also-that lie commnnicate to the Senate what instances have occnrred since 
 the 3d of March, I8ri7, of wrongs to American fishing vessels, or other American ves- 
 sels, in the ports or waters of British North America, and what steps, if any, have 
 been taken in respect thereto." 
 
 Soon after the passage of the act of March 3, 1887, the negotiation 
 which had been proceeding for several months previously progressed 
 actively ; and the proposed conference and the presence at this capital 
 of the plenipotentiaries of the two Governments, out of which the since 
 rejected treaty of February 7, 1888, eventuated, had their natural in- 
 fluence in repressing causes of complaint in relation to the fisheries. 
 Therefore, since March 3, 1887, no case has been reported to the De* 
 partment of State wherein complaint was made of unfriendly or unlaw- 
 ful treatment of American fishing vessels on the part of the Canadian 
 authorities in which reparation was not promptly and satisfactorily 
 obtained by the United States consul-general at Halifax. 
 
 A single case of alleged unjust treatment of an American merchant 
 vessel, not engaged in fishing, has been reported since March 3, 1887. 
 This was the ship Bridgeicater, which was first brought to the at- 
 tention of the Department of State by the claimant by petition filed 
 June 1, 1888. 
 
 On June 18, 1888, legal counsel, who appeared and desired to be heard, 
 filed their formal authority, and the claim was at once duly investigated, 
 and on June 22, 1888, a communication was addressed by the Secretary 
 of State to the British minister, which sets forth the history of the 
 claim, and a copy of which is herewith transmitted ; and of this formal 
 acknowledgment was made, but no further reply has been received. 
 
 Grover Cleveland. 
 
 LxEOUTiVE Mansion, September 12, 1888. 
 
 
4 
 
 RELATIONS WITH CANADA. 
 
 In the Senate of the United States, 
 
 August 28, 1888. 
 Eesolved, That the President of tbe United States be requested, if 
 not in bis judgment incompatible witli the imblic interest, to communi- 
 cate to the Senate cojnes of all communications, if any, addressed by 
 his direction to the (iovernment of Great Britain, remonstratin;]^ with 
 that Government ajrainst the wronjjs and unfair treatment to our citi- 
 zens by the action of the Canadian Government in refundinjjto vessels 
 and cargoes which j>ass through the Welland and other Canadian canals 
 nearly the entire tolls if they are destined to Canadian ports, while 
 those bound for American ])orts are not allowed any such advantage; 
 and the breach of the engagement contained in the treaty of 1871, 
 whereby Great Britain promised to the United States equality in the 
 matter of such canal transportation ; also coiues of any demand made 
 by his direction upon Great liritain for the redress of such wrongs, and 
 the replies of Gieat Britain to such communication and demand. 
 "And also that there be communicated to the Senate copies of all 
 apers, corres]>ondence, and information touching the matter of the re- 
 isal of the British Government, or that of any of her North American 
 dominions, to allow the entry at dominion seajmrts of American tish, 
 or other cargoes, for transportation in bond to the ^Jnited States since 
 the 1st day of July, 1885. And also ihat he communicate to the Sen- 
 ate what instances have occurred since the 3d of March, 1887, of wrongs 
 to American tish ing- vessels, or other American vessels, in tl>e ports or 
 waters of British JS'orth America, and what stei)8, if any, have been 
 taken iu respect thereto." 
 
 In the Senate of the United States, 
 
 September 7, 1888. 
 
 Resolved, That the attention of the President be respectfully called 
 to the resolution of the Senate adopted August 28 ultimo, requesting 
 him to communicate to the Senate copies of all communications ad- 
 dressed by Lis direction to the Government of Great Britain, remon- 
 strating against certain unfair treatment of our citizens, and that ho 
 be requested to furnish such information as soon as possible, in order 
 that it may be considered in acting upon legislation now pending. 
 
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 LIST OF mOLOHUHES. 
 
 Mr. IIotchki«H to Mr. llivcH, .Tannary 7, iJ-fiS. 
 Mr. Hntcliki«8 to Mr. Kivt'8, April 'M, 18de. 
 Mr. Faircliild to Mr. Bayartl, Jiilv 10, 18rfd. 
 Mr. Uayard to Sir L. West, July 21, 1888. 
 Sir L. West to Mr. Bayard, Aum'tist 1:5, 1888. 
 lIoiiHO Ex. Doc. No. 4(.»(i, 1st scsnIou BUth Conjf. 
 House Ex. Doc. No. 19, 'id sohhIoii 4'J!l! Coiif:;. 
 .Seiiato Ex. Doc. No. Of), 2d 8C8«ioii 49lh Coiij;-. 
 Si'iiato Mis. Doc. No. r)4, .<d sesNiou 49tli Cong. 
 Mr. liiiynrd to Mr. Edwurdes, Jiiuo 22, 1888. 
 
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 third, a 1 
 
 fying the 
 
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 clause 
 
 Vessels, et 
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 Passennei 
 FasseiiKei 
 
 Brioks, cc 
 
 Clay, lime 
 
 Bi'linsloui 
 
 Coru — 
 
 Flour ... 
 
 Iron; 
 
 KrtUv 
 
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 Alio 
 
 riasUr, t 
 
 Salt .... 
 
 Salt men 
 
 Agriciilt 
 
 nieiat 
 
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 ateil. 
 
 Stone, fo 
 
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 ested, if 
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 'ssed by 
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 our citi- 
 > vessels 
 » canals 
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 of 1871, 
 
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 RELATIONS WITH CANADA. 5 
 
 No. 1. 
 
 Mr. Hotchkias to Mr, Rives. 
 
 Commercial Agency of the L'nitkd States, 
 
 Ottaica, January 7, 18S8. 
 Hon. George L. Rives, 
 
 Assistant tSecretary of State, Washington, D. C: 
 
 Sir : I have the Iiouor to transmit to the Department as inclosures 
 herewith, tirst, a copy of the ])rinte<l "rates of toll" on the Dominion 
 canals, also covering? the conditions thereof; second, a certified copj' of 
 an "order in cotiucil" under date of March 28, 1887, relatinj; thereto; 
 third, a like "order in council" of <lato of June 13, 1887, further modi- 
 fying: the conditions of paj'inent of tolls. 
 
 I am inlnrmed by the commissioner of internal revenue that these 
 comprise all the existiii}? tariffs, rules, and regulations relating to the 
 traffic on the Dominion canals. 
 
 I am likewise assured by the minister of customs that there are no 
 
 regulations of customs entries which are not entirely governed by the 
 
 last proviso of section 112 of the "consolidated customs act of 18 3," 
 
 which 1 And to read : 
 
 And provided also. That vessels merely passing throngh any of the Ccauacliau canals 
 withotin breaking bulk shall not be liable to such fees (entry fees). 
 
 Thos. W. Hotchkiss, 
 U. S. Commercial Agent. 
 
 [L. 2.— Inland revenue.) 
 
 The canaU of the Dominion of Canada— rates of toll, 1883. 
 
 [Tariff of tolls to be levied on vesnels and cargoes passing tfarongh the Dominion canals, 1883.1 
 
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RELATIONS WITH CANADA. 
 
 The canah of the Dominion of Canada— rates of toll, 1833— Continued. 
 
 The rates of tolls are divided into five 
 
 claitses, as under, and are per ton, 
 
 unless otherwise specified. 
 
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 Floats, per M lineal feet 
 
 rire-wood, per cord : 
 
 In vesHols 
 
 In rafts 
 
 Hoops 
 
 Masts and spars, telegraph poles, per ton of 
 40 cubic ff et : 
 
 In vessels 
 
 In rnfls 
 
 Railwaj- ties : 
 
 In vessels, each • 
 
 In rafts, each 
 
 Sawed stuff, boards, plank, scantling, and 
 sawed timber, per M feet, board measure: 
 
 In vessels 
 
 In rafts 
 
 Square timber, per H cubic feet : 
 
 In vessels 
 
 "in rafts 
 
 Wagon stuff, woodenware and wood partly 
 
 manufactured, per ton of 4U cubic feet 
 
 Shingles, per M 
 
 Split posts anc' fence rails, per M : 
 
 In vessel? 
 
 In rafts 
 
 Saw logs, each standard log 
 
 Staves and headings: 
 
 Barrels, per M 
 
 Pipe, per M 
 
 W.Indlo.per M 
 
 Sal t barrels, sa wn or c ut, per M 
 
 Traverses, per 100 pieces 
 
 Hop poles, per 1,000 xnoces 
 
 SfECIAL CLASa. 
 
 Gypsum, crude (per O. C, 28lh Oct., 1682) . . . 
 
 Coal 
 
 Stone, unwrought, corded, and not suitable 
 
 for cutting, per cord 
 
 Iron ore, kryolite or chemical ore 
 
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 .02 
 
 .05 
 
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 .25 
 .25 
 
 .15 
 .20 
 
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 tarlo, and th 
 
 direct in the 
 
 Coal to pass up all canals, except the Welland Canal, free of toll, as per order in council, June 7, 1800' 
 
 Lops, lutn'uer, or other produce shall pass free of toll down the Chippewa Creek between the Aque- 
 duct and Fort Kobiusou as per order of council. May 18, 1803. 
 
 Iron ore, kryolite, or chemical ore, througli one Sfction, or all the canals, per ton, 6 cents. 
 
 All goods having paid full toll througli the whole line of the St. Lawrence Canals, or through the 
 Lachine CannI, St. Ann's Lock, or Ottawa and liidcau Canals, shall be allowed to paK.4 free tlirongh 
 the Welland Canal; and if tolls hare been paid at the Clmnibly Canal, such tolls hIiiiH lie refunded at 
 Montreal or Kingston Mills; and having paid full tolls through the Welliind Canal, thnv sliall bo 
 allowed to pass free through the St. Lawrence Canals, or through the Ottawa and Kideau Canals, St. 
 Ann's Lock, the Lachine Canal, and the Chamiily Canal, provided always : That the articles to be 
 entitled to the above exemptions sliall go downwards through the whole length of tho canal to Mon- 
 treal, or pass upward from Montreal through the whole length of the St. Lawrence Caua>a or the 
 Ottawa and Rideau Canals to Lake Ontario. 
 
 All articles, goods, or merchandise not enumernted above to lie charged to Class No. 4. 
 
 No "let passes" to be issued to steam tucsnr other small vessels for less than 25 cents as a minimum 
 charge, but such vessels not carrying freight or passengers can obtain, (in payment of $80, a season 
 "let pass," which will pass them up and down the canal as often as desired. 
 
RELATIONS WITH CANADA. 
 
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 Diinimnm 
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 Goods shipped to any port west of the St. Lawrence CannU, tolls upon which have already been paid 
 for paH«a){e through such canals, may be re-sbippvdfrom such portsand be passed thiough ttie Welland 
 Canal free of tolU, in the same way ns if they had been shipped tlirough direct in the tirst ins"" re ; and 
 goods going eastward, having paid Welland Canal tolls, may be trans-nhipped at any port oi <e On- 
 tario, and thereafter pass free through the St. Lawrence Canals, ao if tliey bad been ship' through " 
 direct in the tirst instance. 
 
 Standard for estimating trciijhti>. 
 
 Ton*. 
 
 Stone, 12 cubic feet 1 
 
 Stone, 1 cord 7 J 
 
 Whislj J-. 4 barrels or 215 gallons 1 
 
 Empty' barrels, 10 1 
 
 Karrel hoops, 10 miUe 1 
 
 Boaid and other sawed lumber, 600 feet board 
 
 measure 1 
 
 Doat knees, 4 1 
 
 Fire- wood, 1 cord 3 
 
 Hoop poles, 60, or 40 cubic feet 1 
 
 Shingles, 12 M. or bundles 1 
 
 Split posts and fence rails, 1 mille 1 
 
 S aves and headings, pipe, 1 mille is 8 
 
 Staves and headings, West India, 1 mille is. . . 4 
 
 Staves anil headings, barrel, 1 mille 2| 
 
 Staves and headings, salt barrel, 1 mille i 
 
 Saw logs, standard 1 { 
 
 Square limber, 50 cubic feet. 1 
 
 Telegraph poles, 10, or 40 cubic feet 1 
 
 Masts and spars, 40 cubic feet 1 
 
 Kailroad ties, 16, or 50 cubic feet 1 
 
 All other wuodeiiware, or partly manufact- . 
 
 ured wood, 40 cnbic feet, as per taritf 1 
 
 Traverses, 40 cnbic feet, or 5 pieces 1 
 
 Floats, 50 lineal feet 1 
 
 Tong. 
 
 2,000 lbs. avoirdupois 1 
 
 Per M. is per thousand feet. 
 Per Mille is per thousand pieces. 
 
 Oreen fruit, U barrels are 1 
 
 Ashes, 3 barrels are 1 
 
 Bark. 4cords 1 
 
 Beef. 7 barrels 1 
 
 Biscnit and crackers, 9, barrels 1 
 
 Bricks, common, 1,000 2 
 
 Bntt«r, 22 kegs or 7 barrels 1 
 
 Cattle, 3 1 
 
 '" ameot and water lime, 7 barrels 1 
 
 iire-bricks, 1,000 3 
 
 Fish. 7 barrels 1 
 
 Flonr, 9 barrels 1 
 
 Gypsum and manganese, 6 barrels 1 
 
 Horses, 2 1 
 
 Lard and tallow, 7 barrels or 22 kegs 1 
 
 Liquors and spirits, 215 gallons 1 
 
 Liquors, all others, 215 gallons 1 
 
 Nuts, 9 barrels 1 
 
 Oysters, 6 barrels 1 
 
 Pork, 7 barrels I 
 
 Salt, 7 barrels 1 
 
 Sueds, 9 barrels 1 
 
 Sheep, 20 1 
 
 Note.— By the weights and measures act of 1873, the following articles are to be estimated by the 
 cental of lUO lbs., viz, barley, beans, charcoal, corn, oats, pease, potatoes, rye, salt, seeds, and wheat. 
 
 ST. Pktku's Casal. 
 
 On each and every vessel passing through the said canal, two cents per ton on the vessel, and one 
 cent per ton on the freight each way. 
 
 BOBCAYGEOS, PKTERBOKOUGII, AXD HAeTINOS LOCKB. 
 
 ." Bobeaygeon Lock. • 
 
 Cents. 
 
 For every lockage of saw log or other cribs 50 
 
 For every lockage of saw logs on scows, per log 4 
 
 For every lockage of ties or cedar posts, per 100 pieces 25 
 
 For every lockage of sawed lumber, per al feet 1 
 
 For cord- wood, shiugle botts, or other merchandise, per cord 5 
 
 For every lockage of ore, per ton 1 
 
 Peterborovjjh Locks. Uaxtings Locks. 
 
 Same as Bolicaygeon. Same as Bobeaygeon. ' 
 
 The following waj- rates to be levied on vessels and property passing the several subdivisions of the 
 canals : 
 
 7. 
 
 8. 
 
 9. 
 10. 
 11. 
 12. 
 13. 
 14. 
 1.5. 
 16, 
 17, 
 
 ■Welland Casal. 
 
 From Port Maitland, Dnunville, and Port Colborne to Port Robinson or Allanbuig, not pass- 
 ing the lock, each way 
 
 From Cliippawa Cut, or any part thereof, to Duauvillo, Port Maitland, or Port Colboine.... 
 
 From Ounnville to Port Colborne » 
 
 From Thorold to St. Catharines or Port Dalhousie 
 
 From Maitlr.ud, Duunville, Colborne, or Port Kobinson to Marshvillo and intermediate 
 
 Bate. 
 
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 pill 
 
 From Marshville or intermediate places to Port Maitland, Duunville, Port Colborne, and 
 
 Port Kobinson 
 
 From Port Robinson to AUanburg or Thorold .: 
 
 From Port Robinson to St. Citharines or Port Dalhousie 
 
 From St. Catharines to Port Oalhousie 
 
 From Dunnville to .<laitland 
 
 Fnmi Port Robinson, through the lock and Chippawa Cut 
 
 From Port Colborne lo Port Maitland 
 
 From Chippawa Cut through lock to Port Robinson 
 
 From Colborne, Punnville, Maitland, and Maivliville to Thorold .. 
 
 From Colborne. IJnnnville, Maitland, and Marshville to St. Catharines... 
 
 Through the Chippawa Cut only 
 
 Through the Port Robinson lock only 
 
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8 
 
 RELATIONS WITH CANADA. 
 
 St. Lawbkmcf. Caxals. 
 
 The nnvigatlon to be divided into four nectiom, viz : Cardinal. Comwflll, Bennliamoix, nnd 
 Lacliinp. Tolls to be levied on all voa^els and property in propuitiou to the number of sections 
 passed through. 
 
 CiiAMULY Canal. 
 
 The ni 
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 tauce to 
 
 Canal, t 
 The CO 
 
 VesHclfland property passing fromSoiel toChambly, to pay J 
 
 Vesst'ls and property passing from Cliambly to St. John s, to pay f 
 
 Ottawa Canau. 
 
 The navigation to be divided into three sections, viz : Grenville, Carillon, and St. Anne?. Tolls 
 to be levied on all vessels and property in proportion to the number of sections passed through. 
 
 BiuEAU Canal. * 
 
 The ravlpctiono' this canal is divided into three sections: "Ottawa," "Smith's Falls,"and "Kings- 
 ton Mills." Vessels and freight passing one section to be charged one-third ; two sections two-thirds. 
 
 Geneual. 
 
 Any fraction of a ton freight to be charged 1 ton, and portions of sections to be charged as a whole 
 section on all the above canals. 
 
 The passing of saw logs or other lumber through any of the canals or sections thereof is to be at all 
 times governed by the regulations for their management. 
 
 Hakbou DUE8. 
 
 Vessels receiving or discharging freight at the premises of the AVelland Railway, at Ports Colbome 
 or Dalhousie, are to be free from harbor dues ; but all otlier vessels discliargiug or receiving cargo at 
 Port Dalhousie, Port Colbome, or Port Maitland, shall pay on every ton of freight so received or dis- 
 charged 2 cents. 
 
 The above tariif of tolls was establishetl by au order of His Excellency the Governor 
 General in council, dated 23d June, 1883. 
 
 E. WlALL, 
 
 Commissioner, I. B. 
 
 Certified copy of a nport of a committee of the honorahle the privy council, approved by 
 his excellency the governor- general in council, on the 26th. March, 1H87. 
 
 [seal.] 
 
 On a memorandum, dated 2i)th March, mS7, from the minister of railways and ca- 
 nals, recommending that for the forthcoming season of navigation, and no longer, the 
 rate of toll to be paid ft the passage through the Welland and St. Lawrence Canals 
 only, of the under-mentioned food products, when shipped for Montreal or any other 
 Canadian port east of Montreal, be fixed at 2 cents per ton, namely : Wheat, Indian 
 corn, pease, barley, and rye. 
 
 The committee submit the above recommendation for your excellency's approval. 
 
 John J, McGee, 
 Clerk, Privy Council, 
 
 [11. Can.Mlg. Inland revenue. O. 221.1 
 
 Certified copy of a report of a committee of the honorable the privy council, approved by his 
 excellency the governor-gem ral in council, on the 13</t June, 1687. 
 
 On a memorandum, dated 9th June, 1887, from the minister of railways and canals, 
 representing that by an order in council of tiie 28th March, 1887, a special reduced 
 rate has been granted for the current season in the case of wheat, Indian corn, pease, 
 barley, and rye for passage through the Welland and St. Lawrence Canals, when 
 shipped for Montreal or for any otlier Canadian port east of Montreal, this rate being 
 2 cents per ton, covering all those cimals. 
 
 The minister further represents that under the ordinary rates all goods on which 
 full tolls have been paid for passage tlirongh the W^cUaud are entitled, provided they 
 go downwards the whole distance to Montreal, to free passage through the St. Law- 
 rence Canal system ; such goods, Lowever, if they enter tlie St. Lawrence system and 
 do not pass through to Montreal ar*> not exemj)!. but pay the full local toll, 3f cents 
 for each section entered out of the fo.ir sections iuto which this system is divided. 
 
 SIR 
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 RELATIONS WITH CANADA. 9 
 
 The niinittter reconimendg that in the case of the food protlucfs above ennmerated 
 Ihey shall be entitled to exemption even if they do not traverse the whole of the dis- 
 tance to Montreal, and that, having paid full tolls for piisHa;j;o thronj^h the Welland 
 Canal, they shall be free fronj any further toll on the !^t. Lawrence Canals. 
 The committee submit the same for your excellency's approval. 
 
 Joii.v J. McGek, 
 Chrk, Privi/ Coundl. 
 
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 Xo. 2. 
 
 Mr. Hotchldss to Mr. Eivis, 
 
 United States Consulate, 
 • Ottawa, April 30, 1S88. 
 
 Sir : I have tbe honor to transmit, aa inclosurc herewith, two " or- 
 ders in council," regulating the tolls and rebate of tolls, etc., on cer- 
 tain cereals, etc., passing through the Welland and St. Lawrence 
 Oanals. 
 
 I am, etc., 
 
 Tn03IAS W. HOTCHKISS, 
 
 U. S. Consul. 
 
 ernor 
 
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 [13. Canals. Cereals. Inland revenue. G. 251.] 
 
 Government House, Ottawa, 
 Friday, the 20th day of April, 1888. 
 
 Present: His excellency the Governor-General in council. 
 
 On the recommendation of the minister of railways and canals, and under the pro- 
 visions of the thirteenth section of chapter 37 of the revised statutes of Canada, inti- 
 tutled "An act respecting tbe department of railways and canals ; " 
 
 His excellency in council has been pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that 
 tbe special rates of toll of two (2) cents per ton adopted last year for the passage 
 through the Welland and St. Lawrence Canals of certain cereals, wheat, Indian corn, 
 peas, barley, and rye, when shipped for Montreal, or for any other port east of Montreal, 
 be continued during the forthcoming season of navigation and no longer, such toll 
 covering the Welland and the St. Lawrence Canals. 
 
 His excellency has been further pleased to order the continuance, for the same pe- 
 riod only, of the arrangement under which the said food products, if they have paid 
 the ordinary full tolls for passage through the Welland Canal, shall be enti*^!; '^ to 
 exemption from payment of any further toll for passage through any porticn o( the 
 St. Lawrence Canal system, even if not traversing the whole distan !e to Monti* .. ■ 
 
 John J. McGke, 
 Cltrk Privy Council. 
 
 [12. Canals. Inland Revenue. G. 245.] 
 
 GOVP.RNMENT HOUSE, OTTAWA, 
 
 Wednesday, lat day of February, 1888. 
 
 Present : His excellency the governor-general in council. 
 
 Whereas the minister of railways and canals reports that under the provisions of 
 the existing tariff of tolls on the Dominion canals, established by an order in council . 
 of the a3d June, 1883, an undesirable discrimination is in force between iron and 
 steel for passage through the St. Lawrence canal, iron being specified in class 3 and 
 charged 15 cents per ton, while steel, not beinj.- lassitied, specially comes under 
 " class 4," namely, " all other arti( "es not enume id," and is charged 20 cents per 
 ton; 
 
 His excellency in council, on the recommendation of the minister of railways and 
 canals and under the provisions of the thirteenth section of chapter 37 of the Revised 
 Statutes of Canada, intituled " An act respecting the department of railways and 
 canals," has been pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the said order in 
 
10 
 
 RELATIONS WITH CANADA. 
 
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 council of the 23d June, 1883, establishinp; the tariff of the tolls on the canals of the 
 Dominion, be and the same is hereby modified so as to place " steel" in the same cate- 
 
 gory as " iron," making the charge thereon 15 cents per ton. 
 
 John J. McGee, 
 Clerk Privy Council. 
 
 Memo. — All canal circnlars issued since the pnblication of G. 212, "i>amphlotof 
 regulations," are to be attached to that pamphlet as supplements. 
 
 No. 3. 
 
 Mr. Fairchild to Mr. Bayard. 
 
 Treasury Department, 
 
 Washington, July 10, 1888. 
 
 The honorable the Secretary op State : 
 
 Sir : I have the honor to transmit herewith for your information, and 
 for such action as you may deem proper, an extract from the last an- 
 nual report addressed to me by the Commissioner of Navigation, relat- 
 ing to an alleged discrimination by the Canadian Government in the 
 matter of the navigation of the Welland Canal against American ports, 
 American railroads and canals, and American vessels. 
 
 It is understood that the discrimination still exists. 
 
 The British Government undertook, in article 27 of the treaty of 
 Washington, to urge upon the Government of the Dominion of Canada 
 to secure to the citizens of the United States the use of the Welland, 
 St. Lawrence, and other canals in the Dominion on terms of equality 
 with the inhabitants of the Dominion. But such equality does not 
 exist in all respects. 
 
 Would it not be advisable to bring the matter to the attention of the 
 British Government with a view to securing, if practicable, the abroga- 
 tion of the objectionable regulations now existing upon the subject ? 
 KespectfuUy, yours, 
 
 C. S. Fairchild, 
 
 ISecretary. 
 
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 The Welland Canal. 
 
 Some complaint has boon niade in regard to an order of the governor-general of 
 Canada levying tax or toll on all wlieat, Indian corn, maize, barley, and rye passing 
 through the Welland Canal in American bottoms, 
 
 It was alleged that the toll on grain is fixed at 20 cents per ton on all American ves- 
 sels passing through the St. Lawrence system of canals from one American port to 
 another, but that on grain from a Canadian port destined to anollior Canadian port 
 the tolls have been reduced the entire length of the canal system. On the other hand 
 Canadian vessels passing through the Bault Canal are allowed nil the privileges of 
 American vessels, and are absolutely free of toll. Reciprocity seems to demand similar 
 action on the part, of the Canadian Government, or at least tiiat American vessels 
 should be admitted through Canadian canals without the paymentof any foesor taxes 
 in excess of the fees and taxes levied on Canadian vessels under similar circumstances. 
 The complaint as to discrimination against American vessels has been investigated by 
 this ofllce, through the several collectors of customs on the northern frontier. The 
 substance of tlie (jtatements received is to the effect that diHcrimiuation does not exist 
 except in the case of grain passing through the Welland Canal destined for American 
 ports on Lake Ontario. 
 
 The following memorandum received from the collector of customs at DulTalo, N. Y., 
 ehowH the rates charged : 
 
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 I same cate- 
 
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 1888. 
 
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 RELATIONS WITH CANADA. 
 
 Memorandum of rates of tolls on the Welland Canal, Canada. 
 
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 Rates of tolls and classes. 
 
 Ota«« Xo. 1. 
 Vessels : 
 
 Steam per ton.. 
 
 Sail and other do 
 
 Class No. 2. 
 Passengers : 
 
 21 years of a^e and npwa^'d each.. 
 
 XTudor 21 years do — 
 
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 Class Xo. 3. 
 
 Passing 
 
 westward 
 
 through 
 
 Welland 
 
 Canal only. 
 
 Brick, cement, and water-lime. 
 
 Clay, lime, and sand 
 
 Brimstone 
 
 Com 
 
 Flour 
 
 Iron: 
 
 Knilway . 
 
 Pig. 
 
 All other.... 
 Plaster, gypsam. 
 Salt 
 
 Salt meats or fish in barrels or otherwise. 
 Agriculture products : 
 
 Vegetable not enumerated 
 
 Annual not enumerated 
 
 Stone for cutting 
 
 Wheat 
 
 Class Xo. 4, 
 
 All other articles not enumerated . 
 
 Class Ko. 5. 
 
 Bark 
 
 Barrels, empty ench.. 
 
 BoHt-knees <lo .. 
 
 Floats per 1,000 linear feet. . 
 
 Fire-wood : 
 
 In vesnels I'or cord.. 
 
 In rafts do 
 
 Hoops 
 
 Hnsts and spars, telegraph poles, per ton or 4(5 cubic feet in 
 
 vessels 
 
 Railway ties : 
 
 In vessels eaou.. 
 
 In rafts .. ....do... 
 
 Sawed stuif, boards, plank, scantling, and sawed timber: 
 
 In vpssels per M feet B. M.. 
 
 In rafts do 
 
 Square timber: 
 
 In vessels per M cubic feet.. 
 
 In rr.fts tlo — 
 
 Wagon stiiir, wooden ware, and wood partially nmnufactuied, 
 
 per ton of 40 cubic feet 
 
 Shingle 
 
 , per M.. 
 
 Split poHts and fence rails: 
 
 In vessels Iter M., 
 
 Ill rafts do. .. 
 
 Raw-logs, each staiiilard log 
 
 Staves and heading : 
 
 Barrels per M., 
 
 • Pipe do . . . 
 
 West Indian do... 
 
 Salt-barrels, sawed or cut. do — 
 
 Traverses per 100 jiiecos. 
 
 Uop-poles per 1,000 pieces . 
 
 tijiccial class. 
 
 Gypsum, crudo 
 
 Coal 
 
 Stone, unwroiight, corded, and not suitable for cutting, per cord. 
 
 Iron ore, kryolito or cheiiileal ore 
 
 Ice 
 
 $0.01) 
 .02i 
 
 .10 
 .05 
 
 .15 
 
 .15 
 
 .20 
 
 .02 
 
 .05 
 
 1.40 
 
 .20 
 .25 
 .25 
 
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 .01 
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 8.00 
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 eastward 
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 Welland 
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 Lake Erie 
 to Mont- 
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 RELATIONS WITH CANADA. 
 
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 No. 4. 
 
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 Mr. Bayard to Sir L. \\'est. 
 
 ♦ Department of State, 
 
 Washington, July 21, 1888. 
 Sm: I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of a letter from 
 the Treasury Department of the 10th instant, in relation to an alleged 
 discrimination against American vessels passing through the Welland 
 Oanal. 
 
 By the 27th article of the treaty of Washington, Her Majesty's Gov- 
 ernment undertook to urge upon the Qovernment ot the Dominion of 
 Canada to grant citizens of the United States the use of Welland and 
 other canals on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the Dominion, 
 un the other hand, the Government of the United States promised to 
 secure as far as possible reciprocally equal treatment of irhabitants of 
 the Dominion using canals in the United States connected with the lake 
 system of transportation. The Department is informed that such equal- 
 ity of treatment now exists in the United States. 
 
 I will thank you to bring this matter to the attention of the Canadian 
 Government. 
 
 I have, etc., 
 
 T. F. Bayard. 
 
 (Inclosjiro: Mr. Fairchild to Mr. Bayard, July 10, 1888.) 
 
 No. 5. 
 
 Sir L. West to Mr, Bayard. 
 
 Beverly, Mass., August 13, 1888. 
 
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 approved minute of the privy council of Canada, relative to the tolls 
 levied by the Dominion authorities on vessels passing through the 
 Welland Canal. 
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 through the Welland Canal bound for any Lake Ontario port are the same, whether, 
 for example, the destination of such merchandise be Toronto or Prescott on the north 
 or Oswego or Ogdensburgh on the south. 
 
 Wheat and certain other cereals pay 2 cents per ton for passage through both the 
 Welland and St. Lawrence Canals system to Montreal, or to any point on the St. 
 Lawrence Canal lystem short of Montreal, without discrimination, whether to ports 
 or north or south shore, and that the same cereals shipped from any i)ort on Lake 
 Ontario, whether American or Canadian, to Montreal, pay 2 cents per ton for pis- 
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 Mr. Bayard to Mr. Edirardes. 
 
 Departmf.nt op State, 
 
 Washington, June 22, 1888. 
 
 Sir : I have the honor to bring to the attention of Her Majesty's Gov- 
 ernment the case of the American ship Bridgewater, which wjis seized 
 by the customs authorities at Shelburne, JJova Scotia, on the 27th of 
 July, 1887, and detained in custody until the 15th of the following Octo- 
 ber, a i)eriod of eighty-one days, when she was unconditionally released. 
 
 The facts in the case are that the Bridgorater cleared from St. John's, 
 New Brunswick, on the 1st of April, 1887, with a cargo of deals for Pen- 
 arth Koads, Great Britain. On tiie 5ili of the same month, having been 
 disabled by a storm and extensively damaged, she put into Shelburne, 
 Nova Scoiia, for repairs, was surveyed and condemned and iier cargo 
 discharged. 
 
 In the meantime, however, Capt. John 11. Allen, tiie agent for Mary 
 Warren Allen, the owner of the vessel, having arrived, refused to accept 
 the survey of condemnation and advertised the vessel for sale. 
 
 On the 8th of June the ship was i)u: up at i)ublic sale, but as no bid 
 was made, or any that was accej)table, she v/ns bid in by Captain Allen 
 as agent of the owner, and having been thus unable to effect a sale of 
 the ship, he proceeded to repair her. 
 
 The repairs were proceeding and, as is allered, were nearly completed, 
 when, on the 27th of July, the vessel was seizetl by Collector Atwood, 
 of Shelburne, for non-payment of duty as for goods entered and sold 
 under tlie Dominion statute 40, Victoria Cap. 12, sections 41 and GO, 
 which read as follows : 
 
 41. The person enterinji; any goods iii\vartl.s shall deliver to the collector or other 
 proper ollicer au invoice of (such goods, showing the |)lace and date ot'pnrchaHe and 
 the name or style of the firm or person Iroui wlioiu tiie gor)ds were i)nrchased and a 
 full description thereof in detail, giving the (jnantity and value of each kln<l <)f goods 
 so imported and a bill of theenlry tlieieof, in such form as shall he appointed by 
 competent authority, lairly written or |iriuted, or ^tartly written and partly printed, 
 and III duplicate, containing the iianu! of the importer, and if iiniiorted by water the 
 name of the vessel and the master and of the jilace to which hound and of the place 
 within the i)ort where the goods lire to 1k< unladen, and the description of the goods, 
 and the marks and numi)ers and cimteuts of the packages, and the pliice from which 
 the goods are imiiorted, and of what country or place such goods are tiie growth, 
 produce, or inanutacture. 
 
 ''GO. Goods derelict, Hotsam, jetsam, or wreck, or landed or saved 
 from any vessel wrecked, stranded, or lost, brought or coming into 
 Canada, shall be sul)ject t») the same duties and regulations as goods of 
 the like kind imjioi'ted are suhjecl to." 
 
 It is unnecessary for me t«> j;ive a construction to these provisions in 
 order to show that they couhl liave no relation to tlie case of the Bridge- 
 water, a vessel compelled to enter in distress and undergo repairs by 
 her owner, out of whose hands she had never i»assed up to the time of 
 her seizure lor nonpiiyment of duties, because that such is the clear 
 opinion of the Canadian authorities unmistakably a])pears. 
 
 Captain Allen lormally protesteti against the seizure of the ship, but 
 without avail, until the IGth of September, when the consul of the 
 United States at Shelburne received from the acting minister of customs 
 at Ottawa the ioUowing telegram : 
 
 Allen can repair and take vessel away. If ho reijniiea Canadian register, •will 
 have to pay duty. 
 
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 Jciing Minister of Customs. 
 
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 On the 22nd of September Collector Atwood offered to release the 
 vessel on condition that her owner abandon all claim against the Cana- 
 dian Government or its officials for the seizure and detention. This 
 Captain Allen, acting for the owner, refused to do. 
 
 The vessel was not released till the 15th of October, and then uncon- 
 ditionally. 
 
 No Canadian register was ever applied for or issued, and she sailed 
 from Shelburne under her American papers. 
 
 The owner has since presented a claim for damages by reason of the 
 wrongful seizure and detention of the ship, amounting to something 
 over twenty thousand dollars, to the government at Ottawa, but has 
 failed to secure its recognition ; and Captain Allen has beea informed 
 by the minister of customs that his principal has no redress in the 
 courts against any of the officers of the Cro.fn. 
 
 Should the facts as herein stated be ascertained to be correct (and 
 there appears to be little room for doubt), it is hoped that the jui^tice 
 of the claim now presented will be recognized and proper compensation 
 awarded. 
 
 I have not thought it necessary to enter into anj"^ elaborate argument 
 in regard to the law of the case, as it appeais to be admitted that there 
 was no warrant for the seizure and detention of the Bridgeicater under 
 the customs laws of Canada, and since no government has more read- 
 ily accorded or more consistently contended for the rights of vessels 
 in distress to seek shelter and repairs than that of Her Majesty. 
 I have the honcr to be, etc. 
 
 T. F. Bayabd 
 
 The Honorable Henry G. Edwardes, etc.