Trees, Shrubs, Bulbs, and Roots, 1 per cent. Types-Cast, 124 per cent. Wood, 7 per cent. Turpentine, 7 per cent. Varnish, 74 per cent. Vegetables, 10 per cent. Cotton, 7 per cent. Wire, iron, 5 per cent. Worsted Manufactures, 7 per cent. Wax Manufactures, except candles, 74 per cent. Puncheon or W. I., viz: White Oak, 10s 6d per mille. Barrel, 4s per mille. 258 per mille Deals, pine, per Quebec standard hundred, 15s per mille. Red Oak, 7s 6d per mille. Ash, 4s per mille. Boda Ash, 1 per cent. 44 Spermaceti, except Candles, 74 per cent. Spelter, 7 per cent. Spirits Turpentine, 74 per cent. Pepper, Ginger, Allspice, and Spices of all Slates, 7 per cent. Steel, in bar, 1 per cent. Stone, for building, 1 per cent. Spruce, 7s 6d per mille. Handspikes, 3d dozen. per Plank Boards, and all kinds of Sawed Lumber not herein charged with duty, per thousand superficial feet, 1 inch thick, and so in proportion for any greater thickness, 7s 6d per M. White Pine, and in proportion for any smaller quantity thereof, per one thousand cubie feet, 25s per M. Red Pine, one thousand cubic feet, 35s per M. Oak, per one thousand cubic feet, 55s per M. Birch. per one thousand cubic feet, 50s per M. Ash, Elm, Tamarac, or Hacmatac, and other woods, not herein charged with duty, per one thousand feet, 25s per M. Yellow Metal, 1 per cent. Unenumerated articles, and not declared free, 71 per cent. Zinc, 74 per cent. TABLE OF EXEMPTIONS. Anatomical Preparations, when imported expressly for the use of any College or School of Anatomy or Surgery, incorporated by Royal Charter or Act of Parliament, not imported for sale. Copics of the Holy Scriptures, printed in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and not imported for sale. Books and Maps and Illustrative Drawings, imported for the use of any Library to which the public may have free admission, as also for the Libraries of either Branch of the Legislature. Coin and Bullion. Donations of Books or Clothing, specially imported for the use of, or to be distributed gratuitously by any Charitable Society in this Province. Fish-Fresh, not described, Horses and Carriages of Travellers, and Horses, Cattle and Carriages, and other Vehicles, when employed in carrying merchandise, together with the necessary harness and tackle, so long as the same are, bona fide, in use for that purpose, except the horses, cattle, carriages, and vehicles, and harness, of persons hawking goods, wares, and merchandises through the Province for the purpose of retail, and the horses, carriages, and harness of any circus or equestrian troop for exhibition. The horses, carriages, caravans, and harness of any menagerie to be free. Horses and cattle belonging to persons coming into the Province for the purpose of actually settling therein. Hides, Offal, and Tallow of Cattle and Swine, slaughtered in bond. Manures of all kinds. Models of Machinery, and of other inventions and improvements in the arts. Philosophical Apparatus, Instruments, Books, Maps, Stationary, busts, and casts of marble, bronze, alabaster, or plaster of Paris, paintings, drawings, engravings, etchings, specimens of sculpture, cabinets of coins, medals, gems, and all other collections of antiquities, provided the same be specially imported in good faith for the use of any society incorporated or established for philosophical or literary pursuits, or for the encouragement of the Fine Arts, or for the use or by the order of any University, College, Academy, School, or Seminary of Learning within this Province. Philosophical Apparatus, &c., &c., imported for the use by any public lecturer for the purpose of gain, and to be re-exported, shall be allowed to be entered under bond of two good and sufficient persons for their exportation within the specified time. . Arms or Clothing which any contractor or contractors, commissary or commissaries, shall import or bring into the Province for the use of Her Majesty's army and navy, or for the use of the Indian nations in this Province; Provided the duty, otherwise payable, would be defrayed or borne by the Treasury of the United Kingdom or of this Province. Specimens of Natural History, mineralogy or botany. Seeds of all kinds, farming utensils and implements of husbandry, and animals for the improvement of stock when specially imported in good faith by any society incorporated or established for the encouragement of agriculture. Wearing Apparel in actual use and other personal effects not merchandise, implements and tools of trade, of handy-craftsmen, in the occupation or employment of persons coming into the Province for the purpose of actually settling therein. The Native Produce and Manufactures of all or any such other of the British North American Colonies, as shall admit the produce and manufactures of Canada free of duties, shall be entitled to exemption from duties under this Act, with the exception of spirituous liquors. Also:-Salt, salted or cured meats, flour, biscuit and molasses, cordage, pitch, tar, turpentine, leather, leather-ware, fishermens' clothing and hosiery, fishing-craft, utensils and instruments imported into the District of Gaspe from the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, or neighboring Colonies, for the use of the fisheries carried on therein :-subject to such regulations as the principal officer of Customs at the Port of Quebec shall make, and which he is herewith empowered to establish for the purpose of ascertaining that such articles are bona fide intended to be applied to the use of such fisheries. PROHIBITIONS. Books-Reprints of British copyrights, now in force. Any Article of Foreign Manufacture, and any packages of such articles (say hardware, watches, &c.. &c.) bearing any names, brands, or marks of manufacturers, resident in the United Kingdom, imported into any of the British Provinces, shall be forfeited. The following articles are prohibited to be imported, under a penalty of £50, together with the forfeiture of the parcel or package of goods in which the same shall be found :-Coin, base or counterfeit. Books and Drawings of an immoral or indecent character. HARBOR-MASTERS, PILOTS, etc., OF THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS. The following " Act to amend an act entitled 'An act supplementary to the several acts relative to the harbor-masters, wardens, and pilots of the port of New Orleans, and for other purposes,'" passed the Senate and House of Representatives of Louisiana, and was approved by the Governor, March 11th, 1848: Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened: That the first section of the act entitled "An act supplementary to the several acts relative to the harbor-masters, wardens, and pilots of the port of New Orleans, and for other purposes," which reads thus:-" Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened: That, from and after the passage of this act, and from time to time, as often as it shall be required, it shall be lawful for the Governor of this State to appoint as many persons to be branch pilots as he may deem necessary, not exceeding fifty in number, including those already appointed; provided, that no person shall be appointed a branch pilot unless he has resided in the State at least two years, and that he be a citizen of the United States, and until he has first been examined by a board of examiners, and recommended by said board as qualified to be a branch pilot to the master port-wardens of said port, who shall certify the same to the Governor of this State;" be so amended as to read thus:-Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened: That, from and after the pas sage of this act, and from time to time, as often as it shall be required, it shall be lawful for the Governor of this State to appoint as many persons to be branch pilots for the port of New Orleans, as he may deem necessary, not less than sixty-five nor more than seventy-five in number, including those already appointed: provided, that no person shall be appointed a branch pilot, unless he has resided in the State at least two years, and that he be a citizen of the United States, and until he be first examined, by a board of examiners, and recommended by said board as qualified to be branch pilot to the master and wardens of said port, who shall testify the same to the Governor of this State. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, &c., That the ninth section of said act, which reads thus: "Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, &c., That, from and after the passage of this act, the twentieth section of the act approved March 31st, 1805, entitled An act relative to the harbor-masters, wardens, and pilots of the port of New Orleans,' whereby pilots are allowed to receive two dollars per diem for detention, is hereby repealed; and that the 19th section of said act, approved March 31st, 1805, be so amended, that pilots of the said port of New Orleans shall be entitled to ask and receive pilotage at the rate of three and a half dollars for every foot any ship or vessel he may pilot, agreeably to the provisions of said section, shall draw," be so amended as to read thus:-Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, fc., That, from and after the passage of this act, the 20th section of the act approved March 31st, 1805, entitled “An act relative to the harbor-masters, wardens, and pilots of the port of New Orleans," whereby pilots are allowed to receive two dollars per diem for detention, is hereby repealed; and that the 19th section of said act, approved 31st March, 1805, be so amended that the pilots of said port of New Orleans shall be entitled to ask and receive pilotage at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents for every foot drawn by any ship or vessel piloted by him, drawing less than ten feet water, and three dollars and a half for every ship or vessel piloted by him drawing twelve feet water and upwards-and that vessels of one hundred and fifty tons and under, from Louisiana, Texas, Alabarna, and Florida, shall come in and go out free. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS WRECKED ON THE FLORIDA COAST IN 1847. REPORT OF VESSELS WRECKED ON THE FLORIDA COAST AND REEF, AND BROUGHT INTO KEY WEST, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1848. It appears from the records of Messrs. O'Hara and Wells, that this schedule does not include the expenses of the Millinokett, as her bills have not yet been obtained. Thus it will be seen that the whole number of vessels brought here for the last year amounts to twenty, the total value rising a little above half a million of dollars, which ranges considerably below last year. The amount awarded for services of wreckers is about fifty thousand dollars; while the expense of repairs, &c., exceeds it by ten thousand dollars. The records alluded to above do not give the date of the disasters, but they are arranged in the order in which they occurred, beginning with the ship Eliza Thornton. A reliable correspondent of the Courier and Enquirer, at Key West, furnishes some interesting statistics of the wrecking business on Florida reef. The whole population of Key West, it appears, consisting of 3,000 souls, is directly or indirectly dependent upon wrecking for a living. He says:— There are now employed along the reef twenty-four vessels of different classes, from four tons to one hundred, all having licenses from the Judge of the Admiralty Court, These are not obtained with very great facility; an eye is had to the character of the man who commands the vessel, and, whenever any dishonesty is detected, he is deprived of his license; and I believe the rule is that he can never hold another. An instance has occurred, within a few weeks, of a captain's being deprived of his command for some alleged defalcation in merchandise taken from the Quebec. Of this number of twenty-four vessels, two are of only 4 tons burthen and two of only 5 tons, while some half a dozen others fell below 10. These generally follow the lions, and come in for a jackall's share. At a first glance, it might seem that such small vessels would be of no account; but such is not the case. They often render services which the larger ones cannot, and bear away the largest prize in the way of salvage. The aim of the Judge seems to be to make it profitable for these crafts to assist in saving vessels-not in "wrecking" them; accordingly, there are times when large vessels get upon the reef, and want only an anchor carried out to get them afloat. If this can be done quickly, all will be well-an hour or two's delay would be ruinous. These little crafts can come along under the ship's bow, take on board an anchor and plenty of rope and chain, and in a short time plant it at precisely the point the captain or their own judgment may direct; and in this way they are often of great advantage. The whole number of vessels is twenty-four; the whole tonnage about fourteen hundred, and the whole number of men employed two hundred and fifty; and the whole expense of keeping up this business cannot be short, in actual money paid out, of $100,000. The following is a list of wrecking vessels, with their tonnage, captains' and owners' names, and the number of hands on board of each one-made by Captain Parker, Agent of the Underwriters: Owners. Tift, Gaiger, & Co. |