No. 82.
Mr. Adee to Mr. Ibsen.
Department of State,
Washington, June 9,
1888.
Sir: A copy of your note of the
21st ultimo, asking, under the instruction of your
Government, to be furnished with a list specifying all dues
of any kind levied on Swedish vessels in American ports,
and, second, the amount of such dues, was transmitted to the
Treasury Department, and I have now the honor to inclose a
report from the Commissioner of Navigation of that
Department, giving the information desired.
Accept, etc.,
[Inclosure
1.]
Mr. Fairchild to Mr. Bayard.
Treasury
Department,
May 31,
1888.
Sir: Referring to your letter
of the 26th instant, I have the honor to transmit
herewith a report and its inclosures by the Commissioner
of Navigation, relating to the dues, etc., levied on
Swedish vessels.
Respectfully, yours,
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[Inclosure
2.]
Mr. Morton to Mr. Fairchild.
Treasury Department, Bureau of
Navigation,
Washington,
D. C., May 31,
1888.
Sir: Referring to the letter of
the Secretary of State dated the 26th instant, inclosing
a copy of a note from the Swedish minister, in which he
requests a list specifying (1) all dues of any kind
levied on Swedish vessels in American ports, and (2) the
amount of such dues, I have the honor to state that the
tonnage dues imposed are set forth in the inclosed copy
of the act of June 19, 1886, and that the fees are
specified in the inclosed list.
No other fees or dues are imposed by the Government of
the United States on Swedish vessels engaged in foreign
trade.
It should he observed that the fees specified in the list
are exacted only when the circumstances require the
particular service to be performed for which they are
allowed: thus, the admeasurement fees are not charged in
the case of vessels already admeasured and certified
under the Swedish laws.
Yours, etc.,
