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That now it is desi'rable for the oonvenience of the public and to supiply 

 the demand for such coin, especially in the Western section of the province 

 that the residue of the amount then authorized should be imported by the 

 firs't spring iShips. 



Having made application to the collector of this port, William Hall, Esq., 

 to know whether he was authorized to adm;it the residue, about £2,000 next 

 eprting-, free of duty, his answer was, " not without an order from the Execu- 

 tive, as my instructions to remit the duty last year had reference only to 

 the amount then imported." 



/May I therefore request the favour of your submitting to His Excellency 

 the Governor-General the irequest of tfie Bank, that he wcill be pleased to 

 order the requisite instructions to the Collector of the Port of Montreal to 

 enable the Bank to supply the demand, and fulfil the object contemplated 

 by said order-in-iCouncil, which in its last clause limited tJie operation to 

 the first day of January, 1845. 



I have the honour to be, sir, 



Your most obedient Servant, 



(Signed), Benj. Holmes, 



Cashier. 



No. 11. 



Importation of Copper Coins duty free by the Montreal Bank. 



By Permissiion from the Governor, dated 16 April, 1842, given under the 

 authority of an Order-in-Council of the 28 March preceding, the Bank of 

 Montreal was authorized to import Copper Coins to the Amount of £5,000. 

 The period within which such importation was to be made is by said Permis- 

 sion limited to the 1 January, 1845. 



The Bank intends to import the residue of the above sum, being about 

 £2,000 and they pray to be allowed to import it duty free, as was allowed 

 in a similar case by an Order- of -Council of the 25 November, 1842. 



The said importation made under the 4 and 5 Vict., ch. 17. 



No. 12. 



In Council, 



21 March, 1S44. 



On the Letter from the Cashier of the Bank of Montreal, dated 25 Febru- 

 ary, 1844, requesting that the Collector of iMontreal may be instructed to 

 admit free of duty the residue of the Copper Coinage authorized to be issued 

 by the said Bank, under an Order-in-Council of the 28 March, 1842, and sub- 

 sequent permission from the Governor-General of the 16 April ensuing. 



Ordered, That the Collector of Customs at Montreal be authorized to 

 admit free of duty the residue of the said Copper Coinage — about £2,000. 



Certified, 



E. Parent. 

 To the Provincial Secretary. 



