2278 NORTH ATLANTIC COAST FISHERIES ARBITRATION. 



(2.) Customs regulations. 



Prince Edward Island, 25 Geo. Ill, cap. 4, sec. 4. "All master* 

 of ships, coasting, fishing, and all other vessels " to make report 

 within twenty-four hours, and declaration on oath as to alcoholic 

 liquors. (B. C. App., 588. 1785.) 



United States, 1789, cap. 5. Master of every foreign vessel to 

 report and deliver manifest within forty-eight hours of arrival. 

 (B. C. App., 777. 1789.) 



United States, 1790, cap. 35. Report to be made within twenty- 

 four hours by master of every vessel, and clearance to be obtained 

 before departure. Revenue officers to nave power to board and search 

 any vessel in harbour or within 4 leagues of coast (B. C. App., 779. 

 1790.) 



United States, 1793, cap. 8, sec. 21. Any fishing- vessel intending to 

 touch and trade must obtain leave, make entry, and deliver manifest. 

 (B. C. App., 782. 1793.) 



United States, 1799, cap. 22, sec. 60. Master of every foreign vessel 

 compelled by distress or other necessity to put into any port of 

 United States must report in writing within twenty-four hours. (B. 

 C. App. 782. 1799.) 



New Brunswick, 47 Geo. Ill, cap. 10, sec. 3. Master of " any ship 

 or vessel " to make report within twenty-four hours of arrival. (B. 

 C. C. App., 234. 1807.) 



N. B. It appears from report and table of fees taken by customs 

 officers in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland in 1790 that anchorage 

 fees were charged, and that there was a customs-house at Newfound- 

 land as early as 1762. (B. C. C. App., 171.) 



(C.) 1818-1910. 



(1.) Light dues, &c. 



Newfoundland, 4 Wm. IV, cap. 4, imposed dues for maintenance 

 of lighthouse at St. John's upon all vessels except coasting and fish- 

 ing-vessels. (B. C. App., 694. 1834.) 



Newfoundland Acts of 1835, 1839, 1852, imposed dues on all vessels, 

 but coasting and fishing vessels were to pay on a lower scale. (B. C. 



App., 695, 697, 699.) 



1378 Subsequent Acts of 1855, 1872, and 1878, and the Act now in 

 force in Newfoundland (62 & 63 Viet., cap. 19), exempt from 

 light dues coasting and fishing-vessels owned and registered in the 

 colony. (B. C. App., 700, 703 : 708. B. C. App., 754. 1899.) 



Act of 1892, exempting fishing-vessels from payment of Harbour 

 dues at St. John's. (B. C. App., 724. 1892.) 



Nova Scotia Acts of 1819, 1822. ("All vessels and ships of every 

 country, kind, and description ") impose dues for maintenance of 

 lights on Coffin Island and Cranberry Island respectively. (B. C. 

 App., 605, 606. 1819, 1822.) 



Nova Scotia Act of 1834, imposes light dues on " all coasting and 

 fishing-vessels." (B. C. App., 612. 1834.) 



Nova Scotia Act of 1838, gives partial relief from light dues to 

 vessels registered in the Province and engaged in coasting or fishing. 

 (B. C. App., 616. 1838.) 



Nova Scotia Act of 1845, gives reduction of light dues to registered 

 vessels of the Province. (B. C. App., 619. 1845.) 



