Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-10-13

! is understood that our vessels cannot en-
ter into the trade until the British Order
in Council Of July, 1925, be revoked,
which revocation will take place on the
reception oithe Proclamation by the Brit
ish Government.
From The ". Y. Journal Of Commerce.
TIE COLONIAL TRADE. A CONNER
cial friend has handed us a copy Of the
Act Of Parliament, 9th July, 1925, emit
tied ".An Act to regulate the trade Of the
British possessions abroad" according to
the provisions Of which, it is said, the re-
ncwed intercourse between the United
/, States and these possessions is to be con
Quoted. IT such be the fact, it may be
well to revive in the memory Of merchants
formerly engaged in this trade, and to
state for the information of others who
may take an interest in the subject, the
principal provisions of the said act, that
|, they may govern themselves according
II ly. The ports rendered free to our COM
merce, subject only to the duties imposed
upon British vessels and cargoes coming
from the same ports to the United States,
are as follows:
/ Table Of Free Ports.
Kingston, Savannah, La Mar, Mon
tcgo Bay, Santa Lucia, Antonio, St.
Ann, Falmouth, Maria, Morant Bay,
Annatto Bay, jamaica; St. George, Gre
NADIA; Roseau, Dominica; St. Johns,
Antigua; San Josef, Trinidad; Scarbo-
rough, Tobago; Road Harbor, Tortola;
Nassau, n. Providence Pittstown,
Crooked Island; Port Saint George and
Port Hamilton, Bermuda. Kingston, st.
Vincent; Bahamas Bridgetown, Bar
BADGES; St. Johns, New Brunswick; St.
Andrews, do; Halifax, Nova Scotia !;
Quebec, Canada; St. Johns, Newlound-
land; Georgetown, Demarara; Mans
terdam, Berbice; CastrieS, St. Lucia !;
Bassaterre, ST. Kits; Charlestown, Ne
Wis; Plymouth, Montserrat.
From the privileges thus conceded to
our commerce in general, the following
articles are excluded, except according
to the conditions here mentioned, under
penalty of forfeiture
Table Of Prohibitions and Restrictions.
Gunpowder, Arms, Ammunitions or
Utensils of War; Beef, fresh or sailed,
and Pork, except into Newfoundland
Prohibited to be imported, except from
the United Kingdom, or from some other
British possessions.
Tea-prohibited to be imported, eX-
ccpt from the United Kingdom, or from
some other British possession in America,
unless by the East India Company, or
with their license.
Fish, dried or saltcd, Train Oil, Blub-
Der, Fins or Skins, the produce of crea-
lures living in the sea. Prohibited to be
imported, except from the United King
dom, or from some other British possess
sion, or unless taken by the British ships
fitted out from the United Kingdom, or
from some British possession, ,and brought
in from the fishery, and except hcrrings
from the Isle Of Man, taken and cured by
the inhabitants thereof.
Coffee, cocoa nuts, sugar, molasscs,
rum, being of foreign production, or the
production of any place within the limits
of the East India Company's charter,
except the Island of MIauritius, prohibited
to be imported into any Of the British
possessions on the continent Of Sou,h-A-
mcrica, or in the West Indies, except the
Bahama and Bermuda Islands, or into
the Island of Mauritius, and may also be
prohibited to be imported into the Bahia
ma or the Bermuda Islands, by his Maj,
esty's Order in Council.
Base or counterfeit cOin-books, such
as are prohibited to be imported into the
United Kingdom.
BY the same act, the following ports
are declared to be "free warehousing
ports" viz:-Kingston, Jam; Halifax,
Quebec; st. John, n. B. and Bridge.
town, Barbados. Goods can be ware.
housed in these ports in the warehouses
appointed by government, without the.
payment of any duty on the first entry of
the same.
The duties payable upon some Of the
leading articles Of our commerce, when
imported into the above mentioned free.
ports, arc as follows
Flour, bbl. loG lbs. 5 o
Biscuit or Bread, cwt. 6
Flour or meal, not made from
wheat, bill. 1876 lbs or less, 2 6.
Wheat, bushcl, 0.
Beans, peas, rye, oats, corn,