Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Mallet, Louis to Rogers, Frederic 24 December 1864, CO 60:20, no. 11899, 149.
Abstract
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Minutes (2).
Mallet sends the Board of Trade’s approval of sections one, two and three of an Ordinance
to amend Customs Duties.However, the Board does not approve of the fourth section because
its effect is to restrict, to a great extent, the navigation at the ports of British Columbia, to the vessels clearing from one port of that Colony.
Mallet to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Office of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade
Whitehall
24th December 1864
Whitehall
Sir,
I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council
for Trade, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th
October last, transmitting by desire of the Secretary of State for
the Colonies, a Copy of an Ordinance passed by the Legislature
of British Columbia, "to amend Customs Duties."
In reply, I am to request that you will inform Mr
Cardwell thatMy
My Lords see no reason to object to S.S. 1, 2 and 3.
My Lords see no reason to object to S.S. 1, 2 and 3.
With regard to the 4th Section, to which special
reference is made in your letter, I am to state that as its
effect is to restrict, to a great extent, the navigation
at the ports of British Columbia, to the vessels clearing
from one port of that Colony, My Lords are unable to recommend
its adoption on grounds of commercial policy, but that the
question of allowing the clause appears to them to be one
which must be decided with reference to the political considerations
advanced by the Governor.
Minutes by CO staff
At once. Draft in terms of Minute upon 11188 B.C.