I beg leave to transmit to you a copy of a proclamation prohibiting the
exportation from Canada of anthracite coal in any manner or way
whatever.
It is at the same time my pleasing duty to request the government of the
United States to accept the best thanks of the governor general for its
compliance with the application which I made to it by his excellency’s
desire for a modification of the prohibition to export coal of this
description from the United States.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most
obedient, humble servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, &c, &c., &c.
Proclamation
Province of Canada.
Monck.
Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, defender of the faith &c,
&c, &c.
To all to whom these presents shall come, or whom
the same may concern, greeting:
Whereas it is in and by an act of the Parliament of our said province
of Canada, made and passed in the twenty-seventh year of our reign,
entitled “An act to amend the act respecting duties of customs, and
the collection thereof,” amongst other things, in effect enacted
that our governor in council may, by proclamation, or order in
council, at any time, and from time to time, prohibit the
exportation of the following goods: arms, ammunition and gunpowder,
military and naval stores, and any articles which our governor in
council shall judge capable of being converted into or made useful
in increasing the quantity of military or naval stores; and whereas
our governor in council has judged that anthracite coal may be
converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of military
or naval stores, and has deemed it expedient that the exportation
thereof from our province of Canada be prohibited: Now, therefore,
know ye that we do, by and with the advice of our executive council,
and by this our royal proclamation, prohibit the
exportation from our province of Canada of anthracite coal
in any manner or way whatever; of all which our loving subjects are
to take notice, and govern themselves accordingly. J. A. McDonald, Att’y
General.
In testimony whereof, we have caused our letters to be made patent,
and the great seal of our said province of Canada to be hereunto
affixed. Witness our right trusty and well-beloved cousin, the right
honorable Charles Stanley, Vis count Monck; Baron Monck, of
Ballytrammon, in the county of Wexford, governor general of British
North America, and captain general and governor-in-chief in and over
our provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the island
of Prince Edward, and vice-admiral of the same, &c., &c.,
&c. at our government house, in our city of Quebec, in our said
province of Canada, this sixth day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and in the
twenty-eighth year of our reign.
By command:
WILLIAM McDOUGALL, Secretary.
