New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-12

Provinces shall b. abolished also that the bounties
given TO fishermen shall be repealed and duties not
higher imposed upon fish than those mentioned In Scoe-
duie A. providing that al the right Of fishing near he
shores existing uuder the treaty heretofore mentioned
shall be grauted and conceded by the United States to
The Provinces. and BY the Provinces to the united
States. .
It Is also further proposed that the following list OF
articles shall lie mutually free. viz: IaTr miiistoneo
unwroughti cotton Dnd linen raes, hrewood. grinu
stones. rough Or uuhIished; gypsum, or plaster IN
SCHTpu1g A. A-Fisb-Mackerel. 81 80 per bbI; her
ring, picked OF salted per eoli salmon 81 30 per
bill shad g. per bb; all other sb pckled. 81 50 per
bh prov ied that any fish in packages other tnan bar
els shall pay in proportion 10 he rseS charged upon
similar fish 10 barrels. other fish. cent per pound
As tot tie duties which will Oe proposed upon the
other articles ncloded in the treaty the following are
submitted viz: Animals. living, of all soits. ~ pef
cent ad valore; eppls garden ffut ana vegeta-
blss. 10 PER ud yalorcIn; barley, 10 cents per
bushels beans, except vanilla and castor OIL 80 cents
per blbeli beet cent per pound buokW wheat ~ cents
per hushel; butter. cents per pound; cheese GEMS
per ponld corn Indian oats 10 cents Per bushn
corn meal In liar. and oatmeal Is cents per bushels
coal bliumnous. 80 cents per tun; al other coal, -
cents per tuni flour. IS per cent ad valoremi bans
cents per pounds hay 81 por tUD hides, 10 per cent al
va.ofem lard cents per pound; lumber pine. round
or log ~ 80 per LOCO feet; pine, sawed or hewn.
az - per 1000 feot paned. tongucd and Grooyed or
finished 25 Icr cent ad yaoreD spruce and hemlock.
sawed or bewn - per 1000 feet spruce. plaped. hG-
shed partly finished. IS per cent ad Yaoremi shinge
bolts 10 per cent ad vsorem shingles 70 per cent ad
Valoeli; al ether lumber Of black NhlQut QneStnut.
bass. white wood. ash oak. round hewn or sawed. 20
per cent nd yaOrem; If planed, tODRucd end grooyed.
finished q per cent nd vlloTem ores 10 per cent
all vsUrcm peas - cents per bnshel PORK. one cent
per pound; potatoes 10 cents per bushe seed, timothy
and clover 2D per cent ad yhlorem; trees plant and
shrub Ornamental and fruit. Is per cent "a ,aoren
low. two cents per ponnd wheat. ~ cents per bushe
MEMORANDUM G.
WAsHINGIoN, Feb. C. 1866.
In reference 70 the memorandum received rom TIE
Committee vi Ways and Means, the Provincial Dele
gates regTet % bs Obliged state that The proposals
therein contained In regard to the commercial relations
cen the two countries is no. such as they emu re-.
commend ior the adoption OF the respective Legisa'
lures The imposts which II is proposed to lay upon
the productions oi the British Provinces on their ently
into the markets Of the United States ore such as IN
their opinion will DO in some cases prohlbitory,
and will certainly seriously interfere with the
natural confso Of trade. These impo,s are so much
beyond what tie delegates conceive to DO an
equivalent for the Internal taxation Of the United
States that they ere reluctantly brought 70 the concli
sion that the Committee longer desire the trace De-
tween the two countries % be carried on upon the
principles Of reciprocity With the concurrence of tie
British Minister at Washington. they are therefore
obliged respectfully 20 decline enter into the engage
ment suggested IN the memorandum; but the present
views o the United States nay soon be so modified rs
pei nit OF the orcbaage OF the productions OF the
two countries upon more Liberal basis.