Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-10-09
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From the Boston Daily .7dreristt.
THE BRITISH COLONIAL TRADE

THE BRITISH COLONIAL TRADE.
The Act of Parliament of June o.. 1925, for
regulating the trade of the colonies in America,
and the West Indies, under which it is stated MIR.
Mcl.ane's arrangement is made. provides that 1t
shall be lawful to import to any of the free ports
of those, colonies, in which are included all the
principal ports. any goods Except certain des-
cription- specially enumerated from any foreign
place in America or EuroDe, provided such M
portation be'Wade IN British ships, or IN ships Of
ihe ce,o'try af'chich The goods rethe PFoaHct.-
The exceptions arc sunpowder, arms. and ammu-
milton. and utensils of war. dried or sailed Fish,
salted Beet. Pork. and Bacon, Whale Oil, Bub-
Der ami Fins. base and counterfeit coin, and copy
right books; and for the West Indies and South
America. coffee. cocoa, sugar. molasses. and rum
of foreign production. The articles imported
from iorei.r countries are subject 10 certain rates
of duty established bv the act. Those on the prin-
'cipal articles are as follows. viZ:-four per Dbl.
5s ;wheat per bushei Is rice per 100 lbs. Is. Cd.
shingles not over II inches long per IN. -. over
II inches AS: red-oak slaves per m. vs.. white
oak. or headlines D. Cd, pine lumber, per 1000
feet. el Is. other kinds of lumber. 81 8s.; wood
hoops per m. SIS. Sd horses, mules. neat cattle,
aud other live stock 10 per cent al vaorem ;tresh
fruit and vegetables. free: many oherarticles en-
umerated. most of them = per cent ad valorem,
but some 30, aud others so per cent: articles not
enumerated. Is per cent. The duties are the
same. whether the import is in British or foreign
vessels.
Bya subsequent act of July s. 1895. it was
made condition Of the permission given to I'm
port in foreign vessels, That the countries TO which
POSSESSIONS. snail grant the Ike privilege OF lrad-
ins with such possession to British ships, or if they
have not foreign possessions, shall place the com.
merce and navigation Of Great Britain on the
footing of the most favored nation. Under this
act the Order in Council of July OF. 1925. was
issued, by which the ports Of the colonies have
been closed from the LIST of December of that year
to the present time. Should this order be with
drawn, the act of June o., above cited, would be
in force.
The West India ports were first opened to our
vessels by an act of Parliament passed in 1922,
permitting the import of certain enumerated art-
cles, including the principal articles permitted BY
the act of 1875, from any foreign country on the
continent of North or South America, or from any
foreign island in the West Indies, either in ri
tsh vessels, or in vessels of the country where the
articles imported were produced. Under this
act cur vessels were adnitted into the W est In
dia ports FOR some time, conveying the produce
a
H VI VA STa "''" Pa,
Int;os cro No Ip"hia nn ia ;nnorts from ,s
cmntry in Bpit,.h vessels, ''''
A. t,;a t,mo tbs nnr,. rs tho J1,;,od s,,,os
,ve,a sm,;cal' c,osed w. t,o ac,s IS ConaroSI IS
Ill ,c,e and NJ 1870 -. n;
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p"t s,taonomIr Nh ,Qos a t""'a'
DRESS WAS nasssd wv Which the nnrIs nf the LIN;
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from the colonial norris named in the British acf
called Free Ports far fine innor,o,ion Of articles
the nroduce Of tbe colonies: and il was nroy,drd
thar an satisfactory nroof heno giyen IN tbe Pro-.
sJen, that NJ otbsrP mr. h;oher Jnt;ss were Isv;eJ
in the colonial norts unon vessel. If the Tinted
states. or unon goods or merchandise imnorted
in limited States vessels then warc tbev Iey;sd
unon british vessels or nnon the ike gcods and
;,,noricd ;,a ILe said coye1;oj oorIs
fro,, sjs,rbsre sho,ld ssus I;s nrocls,na,;nr CrO