, 1883-06-07
CoAsTING REGULATIONS.


1. Vessels and boats employed in
the transport Of goods or passengers
from one port or place to another
port OF place within the limits of the
Dominion of Canada, shall be deem
ed to be engaged in the Coasting
Trade and shall be subject to the
regulations governing the same.
2 None but British registered
vessels and boats wholly owned by
British subjects and such other yes
sells or boats as may be owned by the
subjects of countries included in any
treaty with Great Britain by which
the CoastinS Trade is mutually con-
ceded, can lawfully be engaged in
the coasting trade OF the Dominion of
Canada, and the names of such yes
sells or boats and the names Of their
ports of registry shall be distinctly
painted on the stern of the said yes
sells or boats.
3. Such vessels and boats may,
without being subject to entry or
clearance, as required by law, for
vessels trading between ports in the
Dominion of Canada, as well as with
foreign ports, carry goods the pro
dCce of Canada, or goods duty free,
or goods duty paid, or passengers
from any ports or places in the Pro
vinces of Ontario, Quebec, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince
Edward Island to any other ports or
places in the said several Provinces,
provided always that the owners or
masters Of such vessels or boats shall
take out a license for the year or part
of the year always terminable on the
Both day of June, for that purpose,
from collector Of customs in Cana
da, and that the owners or masters in
taking out the said license shall en-
tcr into bonds of $500 conditioned
that such vessels or boats shall not
be employed in the foreign trade, I'M
less as hereinafter provided. and pro-
yided also that the master OF every
such vessel or boat shall report in
wards and outwards on entering or
leaving a port, ON the forms herein
after prescribed.
4. The master of any such vessel
or boat shall produce his license to
any officer of customs whenever the
same shall be demanded, and answer
all questions put to him, and such of
fcer of customs shall be at liberty to
go on board any such coastipg yes
sci when he may deem proper, and if
he should find any dutiable goods
therein which had not been entered
at the customs, or any prohibited or
smuggled goods, or if any goods ha d
been uniaden therefrom before the
master had reported to a customs of
fieer. the goods and vessel shall be
forfeited, and the master shall incur
the penalty of 500.
5. Before any coasting vessel or
boat shall depart from any port of
lading in any one of the Provinces of
Canada for any other port in the said
Dominion, report with q duplicate
thereof, III the form or to the effect
following, and signed by the master,
shall be delivered to the collector or
officer of customs who shall retain
the duplicate and return the original
report dated and signed by him, and
such report shall be the clearance of
the vessel or boat for the voyage, ex-
eept for goods under bond, or goods
liable to excise or internal revenue
duty which shall require the entries
and warrants for landing to be sign
ed by the proper officers as required
by law, and if any report be false, the
master who signed it shall forfeit the
sum of S100
REPORT INWARDs.
Coastwise for registered coasting
vessel or boat arriving at one port
from another in the Dominion of
Canada,