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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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St. John, N.B., Aug. 19: Fees for foreign vessels entering under the Free Port Act will equal those for British vessels. Expected alterations will centralize all imports and exports between the province and the United States at St. John, rendering irregular cross-border property liable to seizure, excluding other entry points except St. John.
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We can announce with certainty, that the fees on foreign vessels entering under the Free Port act, will be precisely the same as those taken from British vessels.
It is supposed that all imports and exports, between this province and the United States, whether in foreign or British vessels, will soon, in consequence of expected alterations, centre at this place, render all property liable to seizure, that may be brought across the lines of Passamaquoddy, in the irregular manner which has been so long prevalent; excluding from entry all property imported from the States into the province excepting St. Johns.
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St. John, N.B.
Event Date
Aug. 19.
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fees for foreign vessels under free port act to match british vessels; trade with us to center at st. john; irregular imports across passamaquoddy liable to seizure, excluding other entry points.
Event Details
Announcement that fees on foreign vessels entering under the Free Port Act will be the same as for British vessels. Supposition that imports and exports between the province and the United States will soon center at St. John due to expected alterations, making property brought irregularly across Passamaquoddy lines liable to seizure, and excluding entry of US imports elsewhere in the province except St. John.