Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-21
JAMES MADISON.
THE GOLDMAN TRADE.
December l8, i8l
Approved:

THE COLONIAL TRADE.
The following message was received from the
President OF the United States, by the hands OF
his Private Secretary:
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the o.
nited States:
Washington, Sfh December s26.
transmit to Congress extracts OF letter, re-
ceived, since the commencement OF their ses-
sion, from the Minister of the United States at
London, having relation 10 the late discussions
with The Government OF Great Britain, concern
ing the trade between the United States and
the British Colonies in America.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Extract of despatch, No. TO- from Mr. Gallatn to Mr.
Clay dated
"Londoq, 27th Oct. 1896.
"Mr Canning, in his official note of lth Sep
TENDER last, on the subject Of the Colonial In
tercourse, has the following Observation re-
speeding the provision of the act Of Congress Of
the Isl March, 1928, which prevented British
vessels entering American ports except direct
ly from the British West Indics, from clearing
GU, from any Of those Colonies: "It must not
sbe forgouen that this enactment, founded pro-
"fessedy on the Limitations Of the British act
"of parliament Of 1922, is continued fourteen
"months after the passing OF the British act OF
$685., by which the Limitations were done away.
"Since the 5th Of Jan. 1926, an American ship
Grading to British West India Colony, may
"cear out from thence TO any part of the world
"the United Kingdom and It's dependencies "a
"lone excepted. But the British ship in the
"American port still, remains subject to all the
"restrictions of the American laws Of 1929
SC. Although did not know at the time what
act Of Parliament of 1925, was alluded TO, |
could have no doubt of the repeal of the lmi-
,a.ions Of the &C, Of Parliament of 1923, and
thus expressly stated, and the fac, is according
" taken for granted in my official answer to
Mr.. Canning, of the 22d September Yet, on
examining the various acts of Parliament,
have found some difficulty 10 discover by what
act, in what manner, TO what extent, and from
what date, the said Limitations had been actu
ally repealed
The act of 1922, winch contains the limita-
tons alluded to- is that Of oath June, 1922 Oath
chap. Sd Geo 4th,) entitled "An act to regulate
the trade between his Majesty's possessions in
America and the West Indies, and other places
in America and The West lndies;" and the IL
mutations in question are two. BY the Sd sec
ton, goods imported in foreign ships into the
free ports of the British Colonies, must be ship
ped and brought directly from the country or
place of which they are the growth, produce or
manufacture. BY the 4th section, goods ex-
reign ships, must be exported direct 10 the
country or State TO which such ship belongs =
Although Mr.. Canning has used the word
limitations in the plural number, it is clear that
he intended 10 apply his observation, "that the
limitations were done away" to the last men
toned limitation only, and not 10 the first.
The act of 5th July, 1925, Goth Geo. 4th,
chap. ll4,) entitled IAN &C, TO regulate the
trade of the British possessions abroad" does
not contain any clause repeating either of the IL
mutations of the act Of Oath June, lsa2. But
the 4th section states that, by the Lao of Navi-
CATION, foreign ships are permitted 10 import
into any of the British possessions abroad, from
the countries 10 which they belong, goods, the
produce Of those countries, and TO export goods
from such possessions 10 be carried 10 any for
eign country whatever.
The lac Of navigation, referred to as above,
must be the act, also of sth July, 1925, Goth
Geo 4th, CHI. 1922 entitled "An ACT for the en-
enlargement of British shipping and naviga-
tion." II is enacted, by It's first section, that
the act shall be in force from the 5th of Janua-
ry, 1926, and shall constitute and be the iaW Of
navigation of the British Empire. The 18th
section provides "that no goods Shall be i'm