The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-15 00:00:00

BRITISH POSSESSIONS ABROAD.

RESOLUTIONS INTENDED To BE PROPOSED IN COMMIT-
TEE ON TRADE OF BRITISH POSSESSIONS ABROAD RY

MR. L ABOUCHERE.

1. Resolved, That, in lieu of the respective duties
of 71. 10s., of 151., of 201., and of 301., on every 100/.
of the value of certain of the articies specified in the
schedule contained in an Act of the third and fourth
year of King William the Fourth, to regulate the trade
of the British Possessions abroad there shall be pAid
on goods, wares, and merchandize not being the growth,
production, or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or
of any of the British Possessions in America, and im-
ported by sea or by inland carriage or navigation, a
duty of 10/. for every 1001. of the value thereof, to-
gether with the amount of any duty levied at the same
time upon goods, wares, and merchandize the growth
or production of the United Kingdom, or of the British
Possessions.

That, in lieu of the several duties payable under
the said Act upon the following articles not being the
growth, production, or manufacture of the United King-
dom, or of any of the British Possessions in America
imported or brought into any British Possession by sea,
there shall be paid the following duties, viz:—

s.d
Wheat flour (except into Canada), the barrel.. 0 2 0
Bea and pork, salted (except into Canada),
t'-e cwt. * 0 4 0
Wine of all sorts, whether in bottle or not, for
every 1001 of the v fur, in lieu of all duties
now payable thereon, wirier the Act 4 Geo.
111 ,c. 15, and 4 aed 5 Will. IV., C. 59 ... 7 10 0
The bottles
Shingles (except into Canada), the 1,000 No. 0 3 6
Oak staves and headings (except into Canada),
the 1,000 No
Wood hoops (except into Canada), the 1,000 No. 0 2 6
Pitch pine and other lumber, 1 inch thick (ex-
cept into Canada, the 1,000 feet
Now prohibited, but the prohibition whereon is

to cease:—
Fish, dried or salted, the cwt.
pickled, the barrel
Together with the amount of any duty levied at the
same time upon similar articles, the produce of, or im-
ported from, the United Kingdom or the British Pos-
sessions.

3. That tci be permitted to be imported into British
North America by inland carriage or navigation, on
payment of the duty which may at that time be charge-
able upon tea imported from the United Kingdom, to-
gether with ten pounds per centum on the amount of
such duty.
4. That rum, the produce of places within the limits
of the Exist India Company's Charter, and imported
into British North America, shall pay the same
duty as rum the produce of places in the British West
Indies.

5. That so much of the said Act as permits any sort
of craft, food, and victuals, except spirits, and any sort
of clothing and implements and materials fit and ne-
cessary for the British fisheries in America, to be im-
ported into the place at or from whence such fishery is
carried on, duty free, shall be repealed.
6. That goods, the produce or manufacture of the
Islands of Guernsey, Jersey,_ Alderney, or Sark, im-
ported from such islands, be admitted into the British
Possessions in America upon the payment of the same
duty as the la, e goods the produce or manufacture of the
United Kingdom, or of any of the said possessions,