, 1865-01-18
THE CANADA PASSPORT
ORDER.
Reduction and Uniformity In Charges
-The United States Cousul5S Office
Mt Windsor.


It will be gratifying news to those Of our
citizens who have OCCASION to cross the river
that the price Of passports to American cit1.
zcns has been reduced. By an order received
yesterday, the Consul at Windsor now charges
but $500 United States currency for the pass
port and $1.00 Canadian currency, or 500
greenbacke, fees; making altogether but TOO
heretofore to have been no uniformity in the
charge for passports at different places.
While The Consul NJ Windsor has been chaGg-
ing $500 IN gold, or S14.o0ln grecnbacks, for
IL passport, 1t has been extensively I'D
eSaIeed sbsssd but na' onSe n god oF o6 6e IL
American money, The truth about the
Fort Eric matter probably is that there Is
no Consul, but merely a ConsularAgent there,
who has no power to grant passports, but
mere1y to rice them, for which he Is allowed
fee Of $1.W in the currency Of the country
passport 10 an American c,:fzen, which is the
same the world oycr, Is $500 American cuE-
reEcy. The Consul IS allowed to Charge fee
ot s1.C0 in gold, but no more. The probabll~
ity is that the Consuls at different places
have been making good thing out OF it BY
charging the whole amount OF the passports
IN gold, and pocketing the difference In cx-
change. This Will explain the variety Of
prices charged at different points. Persons
who have occasion to take out passports
should post themselves with regard to the
matter, and refuse to pay more than the legal
charges. According to the Instructions flom
Washington, the sl4:0 90 heretofore charged Is
too much, and the Consul has giycn notice
that he will refund to persons who have
Iaid this sum all except the amount legally
required. The mistake occurred in the Con-
sui supposlng TINT tie whole amount WAS re-
qujrcd to be paid In gold, whereas It is only
required in American currency. The Consul
at Windsor yestttday changed bis Quarters.
Tie simple facts are thnt the gentleman in
wLose building the Consul's Office was loca-
ted, WIS annoyed by the immense crowd
which tlocked tnithcr. AS It materially lnte-
1ered with Lis business. he requested the Con-
sui to find another office. Hearing Of this,
the Great Western Railway Company gener-
ously offered The Consul one of their spacious
md convenient Offices In tho depot building
and immedia &ly fitted It up for his reception.
Ibis il much more convenient Tor travellers
md others than tho old location. and is a de-
eirab1e change.
The enforcement Of the passport system
has caused lively times in the region Of the
Custom House. M0ra men have taken uut
naturalization papers within the past week
than within the previous year. Thuse who
bave taken out their first papers find they
a1e not yet American citizens and thaY make
haste to 60 through With the concluding pro-
cess. Many Of tto employees ofthe Express
md Railroad Companies are Germans. As
there is no Consul at Windsor for the Ger
man States, they Ind 1t much easier to be-
come American citizens than to hunt up .
German Consul. Almost daily in our court
reports will be found q list OF aliens who have
been admitted to citizenship. Those pub
| llshed today are employees Of the American
Express Company. The passport syst en- ap-
plies to women by recent order. Persons
WHO choose cun oblain passports directly
from tie STATE Department at Washington
and thus save Consul fees. The expense OF
getting one from Washington will be IS and
| postage.