No. 352.
Sir Edward
Thornton to Mr. Evarts.
Washington, February 12,
1881. (Received February 12.)
Sir: With reference to your note of the 10th
ultimo, requesting me to communicate to the customs authorities of the
Dominion of Canada copy of a letter addressed by the Secretary of the
Treasury to the collector of customs at Suspension Bridge, N. Y., I have
the honor to transmit herewith copy of a report of the privy council for
Canada, which has been forwarded to me by the governor-general of the
Dominion, and which acquiesces in the decision of your honorable
colleague.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure.]
Copy of a report of a committee of the honorable
the privy council for Canada, approved by his excellency the
governor-general on the 7th day of
February, 1881.
The committee of council have had before them a dispatch, dated
January 12, 1881, from Her Majesty’s minister at Washington,
inclosing copy of a note from Mr. Evarts, transmitting copy of a
letter addressed by the United States Treasury Department to the
collector of customs at Suspension, Bridge, N. Y., conveving
decision adopted relative to the transportation of merchandise from
one Canadian port to another Canadian port through the United
States, via Suspension Bridge and Ogdensburgh.
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The honorable the minister of customs, to whom said dispatch with
inclosure has been referred, reports that the United States
regulation does not conflict with any regulation of the customs
department of Canada, and that therefore no objection exists to said
regulation.
The committee recommend that the said report be concurred in, and
that a copy of this minute, when approved, be transmitted to Sir
Edward Thornton for the information of the United States
Government.
Certified.
J. O. COTÉ,
Clerk Privy Council,
Canada.
