The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-24 00:00:00

TIIE STADE DUES.

The following is the report of the Select Com-
mittee of the House of Commons appointed to in-
quire into the origin of the claim of Hanover to
levy the Stade tolls, and to consider how far they
are detrimental to the commerce of the United
Kingdom :

1. That the foundation of the claim of Hanover to levy
the Stade toll was a treaty with Denmark in 1717 A.D., 'and
a further treaty with Sweden in 1719, by which whatever
right those countries possessed was transferred to the Elec-
tor of 114nover.

2. That the Proportion of Stade toll to freight in British
ships from Hull to Hamburg is, at the present time, on a
bale of spun silk, 115 per cent. • on a bale of cotton goods,
142-per cent. ; and on a bale cent.
yarn, 36 per cent.
That the average annual amount of Stade tolls levied on
cargoes under the British flag has risen from £3 10s. per
100 tons British in 1847 to £4 6s. 4d. in 1855.
3. That the increase on British tonnage entering the
port of Hamburg has been 102 per cent, since 1849, while
the increase on Hamburg tonnage has been 248 per cent.
since 1849 ; and the foreign tonnage; inclusive of British
and Hamburg, entering the port of Hamburg, has, during
the same period, increased 99 per cent.
4. That the Stade toll is injurious to the trade and ship- -
• ping of the United Kingdom.
5. That the tax is specially prejudicial to the part of our,
produce and trade which has to compete in foreign markets
with similar articles not subject to the tax, and this is felt
sensibly in the coal trade, and particularly in the export of,„
the less valuable descriptions of coal.
6. That goods, the proferty of Hamburg citizens; AVa
carried in lfaiuburg ships, are exempt from the Stade tell,
and British ships are thereby exposed to an unfair compe-
tition.
7. That the general trade to Hamburg, notwithstanding
the discouragement occasioned by the tax, has moil) than
doubled within the last ten years.
8. That the trade to Harburg, which is free from Stade
toll, has risen in a still more striking ratio ; that of Bremen
(the Elsfleth toll on the Weser having ceased), and that of
Stettin (the Sound dues having been abolished), have also
increased in a very large proportion.
9. That the Stade toll differs from the Sound dues, inas-
much as the Sou -id dues were a tax charged not only upon
articles of o port, but also on articles of general use im-
ported into ins United Kingdom ; but the Stade toll is
levied on exports from, and not on imports into the United
Kingdom.

10-. That it does not appear that any service whatever is
rendered by Hanover in return for the tax levied upon the
commerce of Great Britain.
11. That if the treaty of 1844, by which the United
Kingdom is bound for a limited period to assent to the pay-
ment of the Stade toll, were determined by notice pursuant
to the terms thereof, bat little injury or inconvenience would
arise to the trade of this country.
12. That it is expedient that notice should be given to
terminate the treaty of 1844 with Hanover."

The report was agreed to without any division.
The witnesses examined were Professor C. F.
Wurm, Mr. J. Hargreaves (paid), Mr. R. Glovcr,
Mr. A. Sanders, Mr. J. Ward (paid), Mr. M.
Pratt, Mr. Nichalas Wood, and Sir J. Enimerson
Tenncnt.

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