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Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political
Alexandria, Virginia
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A bill in the UK Parliament proposes to implement the Convention of Commerce with the United States by equalizing import and export duties on goods transported in British-built or American-built ships, and extending the same bounties on exports.
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CONVENTION OF COMMERCE WITH AMERICA
The bill introduced into Parliament for carrying into effect the Convention of Commerce concluded with the United States of America, proposes to enact:--
"That no higher or other duties shall be charged or paid, than such as are charged and payable upon goods, wares, and merchandise, of the like denomination or description, being the growth production, or manufacture of any of the territories of the United States of America, and being imported in British built ships or vessels navigated and registered according to law."
And be it further enacted, That upon the exportation from the U. Kingdom of any goods, wares, or merchandise, the growth, production, or manufacture of the said United Kingdom, or of any of his majesty's territories in Europe, direct to any of the territories of the U States of America, in any ship or vessel built in the said States, or condemned as prize there, and being owned and navigated as herein before mentioned, no higher or other duties shall be paid or payable, than such as are charged or imposed upon such goods, wares, or merchandise, when exported in a British built ship or vessel, navigated and registered according to law.
And be it further enacted, That upon the exportation from the United Kingdom, of any goods, wares, or merchandise, the growth, production or manufacture of the said United Kingdom, or any of his Majesty's territories in Europe, in any ship or vessel built in the said United States of America, or condemned as a prize there, and being owned and navigated as herein before mentioned, the same bounty or allowance shall be paid as at the time of such exportation may be allowed, upon the exportation thereof, in any British-built ship or vessel, navigated and registered according to law."
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proposes equal duties on imports from the united states in british or american ships; equal duties on exports to the united states in american ships; same bounties on exports in american ships as in british ships.
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The bill introduced into Parliament for carrying into effect the Convention of Commerce concluded with the United States of America proposes enactments to equalize duties and bounties for trade between the United Kingdom and the United States using ships built in either country.