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shall, from and after the publication hereof, come into any port, har- 

 bour, creek, or river within this Province not being to the north east- 

 ward of Cape Canso, and not owned by some person or persons be- 

 longing to this Province, 



should pay the same dues as would be payable on a merchant vessel 



at Shelburne Harbour. Provision was made for the appointment 



of collectors in the several ports, harbours, creeks, and rivers to the 



south and west of Cape Canso, a penalty was imposed for re- 



75 fusal to pay the dues, and provision was made for seizing and 



detaining the vessel till the fine, dues and expenses were paid 



or secured. 



1795. The Acts of Nova Scotia relating to the Sambro and Shell- 

 burne lighthouses were amended (35 Geo. Ill, cap. 3) so as to make 

 the light dues payable immediately after arrival. Non-payment 

 resulted in a penalty, and seizure and detention of the vessel. (App., 

 p. 597.) 



1803. An Act of Nova Scotia (43 Geo. Ill, cap. 4) provided for 

 the support of a lighthouse at Annapolis Basin. All ships entering 

 the Gut of Annapolis Basin were to pay the same tonnage dues as 

 were then payable at Halifax. The dues at Shelburne were put upon 

 the same basis. (App., p. 600.) 



1804- The United States passed a statute (cap. 57) imposing cer- 

 tain duties on articles, and levying and collecting light money on 

 foreign ships and vessels. It enacted that a duty of 50 cents per ton, 

 to be denominated " light money," should be levied and collected on 

 all vessels not of the United States, which entered any port of the 

 United States. Such light money was to be levied and collected in 

 the same manner and under the same regulations as the tonnage 

 duties. (App., p. 783.) 



1809. A light-house having been erected on Briar Island, at the 

 entrance of the Bay of Fundy, which, as the Act recited, would be 

 highly beneficial to all vessels going into that bay, it was provided, 

 by a statute of Nova Scotia (49 Geo. Ill, cap. 9) that all vessels enter- 

 ing the Bay of Fundy and arriving at any port, harbour, or creek, or 

 bay in Nova Scotia within the said Bay of Fundy, north of Cape 

 Saint Mary's, should pay the same rate of tonnage duties as were 

 then payable by all vessels entering Halifax. Should the light- 

 house at the entrance to the Gut of Annapolis be rebuilt, all vessels 

 which should enter and pay duties there were to be exempted from 

 those imposed by the Act. (App., p. 602.) 



1818. (52 Geo. Ill, cap. 4.) A statute of Nova Scotia provided 

 support for a lighthouse then being erected on the south end of 

 Coffin's Island on the eastern side of the entrance of Liverpool Har- 

 bour, by levying the same rate of tonnage duties, on all vessels enter- 

 ing that harbour, as were then payable at Halifax. (App., p. 604.) 



