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*n(l a half of Wheat, fiml so in proportion for a less quantity. And thr* 

 said Duties hereby charged shall ho levied, collected, paid and apf<licd, in sucli 

 and the same manner in all respi'cf;, as if the same had been imposed by the 

 said Act of Parliament, provided always, that nolhin;^ in this Act co::taiiiod 

 shall repeal, reduce, or alter the Duties payal)lp undar the said Act of Parlia- 

 ment upon Ylieat or Wheat Flour, the produce of Cttntiln, which "-hall be 

 imported into the United Kingdom previous to the said 10th day of October, 

 1843, notwithstanding the same shall not be entered from the warehouse or 

 otherwise for home con-;uiiiption until after that day. 



And be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act 

 to be passed in this present ^^essinn of Parliament. 



OPERATION OF THE ACT UP TO THE PRESENT 



TIME. 



From the varied forms in which the Parliamentary Refnrns 

 relative to the subject are given, it is difficult to present 

 anything like a complete synopsis of them, but the following 

 particulars will be tound to bear upon the question at issue, 

 by showing the quantities of Wheat and Flour imported 

 befoie and after the passing of the Act, the rate of duty, &,c. 

 Thev are all taken from oflicial documents. 



Until the 10th October, 1843, when the Act G— 7 Vict. 

 c. '2d, came into operation, the oflicial returns combined, 

 without distinction, the importations of Wheat and Flour 

 from Canadi with those from the other North American 

 Colonies. 



Wheat and Wheat Flour imported into the 10 principal 

 ports of Great Britain, and entered for home consumption 

 from the 28th April, 1842, to 5th January. 1843. 



Foreign 2,383,431 qrs. 



Colonial 177,414 qrs. 



The highest rate of duty on Foreign was 20s. the 

 lowest 8s. 



The average duty on Foreign was 14s. 34d.; on Colonial 

 2s. 8id. 



Wheat and Wheat Flour imported and entered for 

 home consumption in the year ending 5th January, 1843. 



Qrs. Qrs. 



Foreign before the 2,9th April 4,719 ) ^ 77c oio 



ditto after ditto 2,770,594 5"^'^'°"^^'* 



Colonial 

 di 



lonial before the 29th April ' l>o',269 \ «,. ««-, 



iitto after ditto 194,062 3 ^^^"^"^^ 



2.989,644 



Wheat and Flour from all parts imported and entered for 

 home consumption in the United Kingdom in the year, 

 ending 5th January, 1844. 



