within this consular district at which there are consular agents," I have the honor to enclose to you the reports of all the consular agents that have reported in relation to the matter.

From these enclosures, and from the enclosure in my despatch No. 33, it appears that tonnage duties are exacted on American vessels only at the harbors of Montreal and Coburg, while at Port Hope a fee of fifty cents is required of American and Canadian vessels for each call. At Port Dalhousie, Port Maitland, and Port Colbourne a fee of two cents per ton is required on the shipment or unshipment of goods from all vessels.

A fee is also charged at Toronto on the shipment and unshipment of goods, which the consular agent there has not yet reported. In other ports no duties are collected by the local authorities.

COBURG, November 26, 1863.

SIR: I have your favor of 24th, and, in answer to the inquiries therein contained, beg to say:

The tolls or fees collected here on crafts using the harbor (by the local authorities) are as under :

Steamers-Each time of calling, without reference to tonnage..

.....

$1.00

Schooners, under 75 tons...

50

75

There is not any government dues.

GEO. PERRY,
Consular Agent.

JOSHUA R. GIDDINGS, Esq.

Harbor dues at Port Dalhousie, at Maitland, Port Colbourne, as reduced by order in council of May 18, 1863.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS,

On the shipment or unshipment of goods at those ports, respectively per ton,

two cents.

Quebec, May 20, 1863.

D. CURTISS HAYNES,
Consular Agent.

Office of the Commissioners of the PORT HOPE HARBOR,
Port Hope, November 26, 1863.

I hereby certify that the charges now at this harbor on all vessels, (American
or Canadian,) for harbor purposes, is fifty cents for each call.
Witness my hand, at Port Hope, this twenty-sixth day of November, 1863.
ARN. HUGHES, Secretary.

CUSTOM-HOUSE,

Kingston, November 26, 1863.

DEAR SIR: No dues whatever are levied either on American vessels or car

goes at this port.

I remain, dear sir, yours truly,

J. C. CLARK, Esq.,

United States Consular Agent, Kingston.`

W. H. SIMPSON, Collector.

HAMILTON, C. W., November 28, 1863.

DEAR SIR: Yours of 24th instant was duly received. The collector of customs here says there are no duties levied on vessels or cargoes entering this port by the local authorities.

Yours, &c., &c.,

JHO. D. IRWIN, United States Consular Agent.

JOSHUA R. GIDDINGS, Esq.

U. S. CONSULATE, B. N. A. PROVINCES,
Sarnia Agency, November 28, 1863.

SIR: In reply to your favor of the 24th November instant, I have applied to the collector of this port, and find that there are no duties levied upon vessels or cargoes by the local authorities here for harbor purposes. I have the honor to be, sir, your very obedient servant,

Hon. J. R. GIDDINGS.

R. C. MCMULLEN, United States Consular Agent.

PORT ERIE, C. W., November 30, 1863. SIR: Your favor under date of 25th instant came to hand late on Saturday, it having been sent to Chatham by mistake of P. O. Its contents were duly noted, and in answer beg to inform you that I have seen the collector of this port, and he says there is no charge here on vessels for harbor dues. I also saw the collector at Buffalo, N. Y., and he informed me that he went to Hamilton, C. W., for the express purpose of finding out the same thing, and was informed there that nothing was charged in that port for harbor purposes. The collector here has no printed circulars on the subject.

Your obedient,

JOHN DOUGLAS, United States Commercial Agent.

P. S.-The collector of customs in Buffalo, N. Y., says, in consequence of no charge being made in the Canadian ports on vessels, they make none in Buffalo.

JOSHUA R. GIDDINGS, Esq.,

United States Vice-Consul General, Montreal, C. E.

J. D.

I also send a statement of the imports and exports from Canada and the United States for the years 1861 and 1862:

Comparative statement showing the value of the imports from the United States into Canada for the years 1861 and 1862.

1861 1862

$21, 069, 388 25, 173, 157

Comparative statement showing the value of the exports from Canada to the United States for the years 1861 and 1862.

1861

1862

Increase of imports for 1862...

Increase of exports for 1862...

$14,386, 427 16, 980, 810

$4, 103, 769 2,594, 383

Comparative statement showing the value of free goods imported into Canada from the United States, enumerated in the reciprocity treaty from 1857 to 1862, inclusive.

Under the order of the governor and council of May 28, 1860, tolls on the Welland canal were reduced 90 per cent., and on the St. Lawrence canal were totally abolished.

TORONTO-D. THURSTON, Consul.

NOVEMBER 26, 1863.

In compliance with your instructions, I have the honor to transmit a letter from the Hon. Robert Spencer, collector of customs at this port, and also a tariff of harbor dues on merchandise, and on other property entering the harbor of Toronto.

These harbor dues are not levied on merchandise or property coming from the United States alone, but on the importations from other countries, and on merchandise, &c., coming from any portion of the two provinces of Canada, and in fact from all the British provinces. There may be special harbor regulations in other cities, by which tonnage duties are levied on vessels from the United States and other countries, but there are none in my district.

CUSTOMS, TORONTO,

November 25, 1863.

DEAR SIR: In reply to your inquiry respecting charges upon vessels entering this port from the United States, I beg to say that there are none imposed at this office.

I am, dear sir, yours very truly,

D. THURSTON, Esq.,

United States Consular Agent, &c.

H. SPENCER, Collector.

Import manifest of goods, wares, and merchandise to be landed at Toronto subject to harbor dues.

On all goods, whether landed or shipped at the Queen's wharf, an additional charge for wharfage as per tariff published, exclusive of harbor dues, to be levied on the vessel, recoverable from the shipper or consignee thereof.

Goods of all sorts, except firewood for steamboats, remaining on the Queen's wharf above twenty-four hours, will be charged the above wharfage, daily, as long as they remain on the wharf.

Provincial statute, 13 and 14 Victoria, chapter 6, provides that any person wilfully violating any of the reg. ulations of this act, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five pounds currency.

WILL. CAWTHRA,
Chairman Toronto Harbor Commissioners.

Sixth clause of an act passed 13th and 14th years of the reign of Queen Victoria, intituled An act to provide for the future management of the Toronto

harbor."

"And be it enacted; That it shall be lawful for the said commissioners, at any time after their appointment, to make by-laws for regulating the use of the works and property vested in them or placed under their control, and for the government of all parties using the same, and of all vessels and floats coming into or using the said harbor, and by such by-laws to impose tolls to be paid upon such vessels, and upon goods landed from or shipped on board of the same, and upon such floats; which tolls they may, if they think fit, levy according to the use which may be made of such harbor and works aforesaid, and the period during which such use shall continue in any case; and by such by-laws the said commissioners may direct in what manner, at what times, and to what persons the said tolls shall be paid, and may impose fines, not exceeding five pounds in any case, for the contravention of any such by-law, to be recovered by the said commissioners, and for their use, for the purposes of this act, in any manner in which fines imposed by by-laws of the municipal corporation of the said city can be recovered; and such by-laws may from time to time be repealed or amended by other by-laws to be made by the commissioners for that purpose; and the said commissioners shall have power and authority to

detain any vessel, float, or goods on which any tolls may be due, at the cost and risk of the owner thereof, until the same are paid; and if they be not paid within one month after they have accrued, such vessel, float, or goods may be sold by the said commissioners by public auction to the highest bidder, and the commissioners shall retain out of the proceeds the amount of the tolls due, and of the expenses of detention and sale, and shall pay the surplus to the owner on demand; or the said commissioners may recover such tolls from the master, owner, consignee, or person in charge of the vessels, goods, or floats on which they may be due, in the usual course of law, as a debt due to them."

By-law No. 1 to regulate the use of the works vested in the commissioners, and for the government of parties using the harbor.

AN ACT to regulate the use of the works and property vested in the commissioners of the harbor of Toronto, and placed under their control, and for the government of all parties using the same, and of all vessels and floats coming into and using the said harbor.

I. Be it resolved by the commissioners of the harbor of Toronto, That from and after the passing of this by-law, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to discharge or throw overboard from any vessel or float coming into or using the harbor of Toronto, into the waters of the said harbor, any ballast, dirt, or ashes; and any person or persons so offending shall be subject to a fine of one pound and five shillings.

II. And be it resolved, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to obstruct the navigation of the waters of the said harbor by, from, or through any cause, matter, or thing whatsoever, and in case such obstruction shall arise from sunken or wrecked vessels or floats, that the owner or owners thereof shall cause the same to be removed within one month from the sinking thereof; and in case the same shall not be so removed within the said period, it shall be the duty of the harbor-master, or other proper officer of the said commissioners, to cause the same to be immediately removed at the expense of such owner or owners; and if the cost of such removal shall not be paid within one month from demand made for the same, to cause such wreck or other obstruction, and the materials and contents thereof, to be sold by public auction, and appropriate the proceeds of such sale in liquidation of such expense; and if the amount realized from such sale shall not be sufficient to defray such expenses, to collect the balance remaining due by suit at law from such owner or owners. And in case such obstruction shall arise from sunken timber, stones, or cribs used in the erection or repair of any wharf or pier, or from any wharf or pier having fallen into a state of dilapidation or decay, it shall be the duty of the owner or owners thereof, and they are hereby required, to beacon the same in some conspicuous manner, and keep the same so beaconed until all danger to vessels or floats navigating the said harbor be removed; and further, in case any wharf or pier, sunken as aforesaid from decay or dilapidation, shall remain for the space of three months without such constant conspicuous beacon as aforesaid, it removed and sold in manner and for the purpose hereinbefore provided, or the materials thereof may be used and applied in the improvement of the said harbor. III. And be it resolved as aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of all captains, masters, or persons sailing or in charge of schooners, or square-rigged vessels, or steamers moored to or lying at any wharf or pier within the said harbor, to top up the lower yards of such schooners, vessels, and steamers, or to brace them fore and aft, and to rig in their movable jib-booms and movable bumpkins and davits, and also to lower or house all boats hanging over the stern or quarter, or any way outside such schooners, vessels, or steamers.

may be

IV. And be it resolved as aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of all captains,