


ORDER IN COUNCIL
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TO Wtiiarn SAbziier Etq. '-lairmsu OF the boa 10
Of Trade HaIifsE:


Dated, LoxpeS. JuxE


SlR--" lose not moment in lend-
ing YOU the Act Of this SeiIion relpecs-
ing the trade of Nova scotia and New
Brunlwick and ALTO 10 inform you, thas
in the Gazette Of lait Saturday was con.
sained an Order Of Council. nominating
Halifax aud St. John, as Free Ports un I
der il.


Parliament IS to be up in Eve days,
and then diiIolved and the writs for
new election to be iGued Immediately
which has occaGoncd so much buitlc TO
get the bu6nsss ,hrough both houles,thas
We have been greatly prehed. and good.
deal of buGness goes over until aHorhes
year.


have the hoaour to be, Sir,


Your mott obt & faithful Iervant,


NATH'L. ATCHESON.
s LONDON, MAY so, 1913.
a: tie court at Carlston Houjs, The 77tb
@ Nay 1918


prsfsns. His Royal Hshuea the Prince Regent IN


Council.


WHEREAS, BY an act pafed in the
Drefene fefion Of Parliament, Untitled
" An Act to allow for three years, and
until Gx weeks after the commencement
of the then rsxt FELTON, of Parliament,
the importation into ports fpeciaiIy aP-
pointed By his Majesty within the Prov
inces of Nova Scotia and New Brunf-
wick, of the articles therein enumerated,
and the resexpotation thereof from fuch
ports, lit is enacted, that il fhall and NAV
be lawful, in any Britilh built ihip or vef.
Eel, owned and navisated according to
law, or in any fhip or velel belonging to
the fubjects of any Sovereign or State in
Amity with his Majcify, to import into
and to export from. fuch ports within
the provinces of Nosa-Scotia and New
Brunfwick, as hall be specially appoint
ed for that purpofe. certain articles in
the faid act enumerated, any thing in any
law TO the codtrary notwithstanding


His.Royal tIighnefs the Prince Re.
gem, BY virtue Of the powers veitcd in
Bic Majefiy By the above recited act, is
plcafed, in the name and on the behalf
Of his Majefty's Prisy Council, to order,
and Il is hereby ordered, that from and
after the date Of this order, and during
rhe continuance Of the act above reei,ed,
mt. further order made thereon, it fhall
Be lawful in ANY Brilifh built fhip Or vef.
fel belonging to the subjects Of any SOse
reign OF Rase in an.ity with HE Msieay,
to import into the port Of Halifax, in
Nova Scotia, and por, of St. John, in
New Brunfwick-any icantling, planks /
lfaves. heading, boards, hingles, hoops,
horfes, neat cattle, ihecp, hogs, poultry,
or live ftock Of any fort. bread, bifcuit,
-four, peas. beans, potatoes, wheat, rioe,
oats, barley, or grain of any fort, pitch,
tar, surpentinc, fruits, feeds and tobacco
provided thar such articles hall in all
cafes where ,he lame hall be imported
IA foreign yefIels, be Of the growth, pro-
dxes. or manufacture Of the country to
which shs velels importing the same
ihall belong and that i hall be lawful,
in any Brilih built hiP OF veael, owned
and nasigated according 70 law, to en-
port from the said ports any of the faid
articles either 70 the United Kingdom or
70 any other Of His Majessys podeaions


And i. il hereby further ordered, that
/, 0aali and may be lawful, in any Brit |
ifh built hip or veflel, owned and navi
gated according to law, or in any Aip or
seHel belonging to the fubjeas Of any
Sovereign or State in amity with His
Majefty to export from the Ports Of
Halifax, in Nova Scotia, and Saint John
10 New Brunswick, any svpfum, grind
ifones, or other Manufacture Of the faid
Provinces, and alto any produce or man-
ufacture of the United Kingdom, or of
His Msieify's Colonies or Plantations in
the Welt Indies. or any goods whatever.
which hall have been legally imported
into the said Provinces provided that
none Of the faid articles ihall be export
ed from the ports above-namrd. to any
foreign country or place, in any foreign
vessel, unlels fuch foreign vedel fhall be-
long TO the country to which the faid as-
n