Colonial Despatches
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Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 11 November 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/12, 375.
Abstract
Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 11 November 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/12, 375.
Despatch from London.
Other documents (2), Marginalia (1).
No. 89
11 November 1865
Sir,
I have had under my consideration the Ordinance (No. 3 of 1865)
passed by the Legislature of British Columbia "To amend the Duties of
Customs," together with Governor Seymour's Despatches of the Numbers and
dates in the margin.
No. 28 - 18th March 1865
No. 29 - 20th " "
No. 30 - 21st " "
No. 42 - 6th May "
No. 29 - 20th " "
No. 30 - 21st " "
No. 42 - 6th May "
I referred this Ordinanceand
and the papers connected with it to the
Board of Trade and the Board of Treasury, and I have the honor to
transmit to you their replies.
and the papers connected with it to the
Board of Trade and the Board of Treasury, and I have the honor to
transmit to you their replies.
I have to draw your attention to the remarks made by the Board of
Trade on the high rate of duty charged on some of the articles included
in the proposed Tariff.
You will perceive the remarks made by the Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury on the provision for subjecting articles identical in all
respects, and of the same priceto
to the consumer, to different rates of
duty, according to the Country from which they may have been shipped.
to the consumer, to different rates of
duty, according to the Country from which they may have been shipped.
Until this enactment, which is contrary to precedent, and
unadvisable in principle, shall have been amended, it would not be in my
power to recommend the Ordinance for confirmation, but I refrain from
advising it's disallowance until there shall have been time for
correcting the objectionable Clause.
The Officer Administering the Government
Other documents included in the file
Extract, Sir James Emerson Tennent to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, 13 October 1865, explaining that the rates of customs in the ordinance are "unusually high."
Copy, Childers to Rogers, 31 October 1865, stating that the Treasury sees no reason to interfere with "the proceedings of the Legislature of British Columbia" concerning Ordinance No 3 of 1865.