Dollars.

Duties on importation from for- Duties on importation from Great
eign nations.
Britain and her colonies.

Lumber generally

11,274 Free if imported into Canada, (See comparative tariffs, p. 153.)

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,

Dollars.

Duties on importation from for-Duties on importation from Great
eign nations.
Britain and her colonies.

Dolls.

cts.

NOTE. The colonial tariff, as represented in the preceding table, has been prepared in conformity with the laws of Great Britain regulating the trade with the
monly called "CROWN DUTIES,' as distinguished from those imposed by the local legislation of the several colonies.
British possessions abroad, as found in 3 and 4 William 4, c. 59 and 101; 4 and 5 William 4, c. 89, and subsequent orders in council. These duties are com-

such fishery is carried on.' Many articles are declared conditionally free of duty by the following general specification in the act 3 and 4 William 4, c. 57: "Any sort of craft, food, and spirits, and any sort of clothing, and implements and materials fit and necessary for the British fisheries in America, imported into the place at or from whence - It was not thought necessary particularly to specify such articles as were probably intended to be embraced in the above clause,

15 per cent. ad valorem

No discrimination

333 60

4,856 10

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TABULAR STATEMENT,

EXHIBITING THE

AMOUNT AND VALUE OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS, &c.,.

FROM

THE UNITED STATES

TO THE

BRITISH WEST INDIA POSSESSIONS,

DURING THE

COMMERCIAL YEARS 1838, 1839, AND 1840.

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British colonial tariff.

Amount of duties paid.