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You are hereby advised that the said Act provides as follows:-
"Wines, sparkling and non-sparkling, common soaps, savons de Marseille (Castille soaps) and nuts, almonds, prunes and plums of French origin entering cCanada shall enjoy the following advantages:
1. Non-sparkling wines gauging 15 degrees by the centesimal alchoholometer or less, or according to the Canadian system of testing, containing 26 per cent. or less of alcohol, and all sparkling wines shall be exempted from the surtaxe or ad valorem duty of 30 per cent.
2. The present duty charged on common soaps, savons de Marseille (Castile soaps) shall be reduced by one-half.
3. The present duty charged on nuts, almonds, prunes and plums shall be reduced by one-third.
The following articles of Canadian origin imoprted direct from that country accompanied by certificates of origin shall receive teh advantage of the minimum tariff on entering France, Algeria or the French colonies:-
Canned meats.
Condensed milk, pure.
Fresh water fish, eels.
Fish preserved in their natural form.
Lobsters and crayfish preserved in their natural form.
Apples and pears, fresh, dried or pressed.
Fruits preserved, others.
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Buidling timer in rough or sawn.
Wood pavement.
Staves.
Wood pulp (cellulose).
Extract of chestnut and other tanning extracts.
Common paper, machine-made.
Prepared skins, others, whole.
Boots and shoes.
Furniture of common wood.
Furniture other than chairs, of solid wood, common.
Flooring in pine or soft wood.
Wooden sea-going ships.
It is udnerstood that the advantage of any reduction of duty gratned to any other power on any of the artiles enumerated above shall be extended fully to Canada."
Your attention is also directed to teh following provisions of "An Act respecting Commerical Treaties affecting Canada," Cahp. 3, 58-59 Vict., Viz. :-
"1. So soon as The French Treaty Act, 1894, chapter two of the Statutes of 1894, is brought into force by proclamation of the Governor General, the advantages granted to France by the treaty with that power mentioned in the said Act, with respect to its commerce with Canada, shall extend to any and every other foreign power which by reason of the operation of such treaty is, under the provisions of a treaty with Great Britain, entitled, in whole or in part, to the same or to
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the like advantages with respect to its commerce with Canada, to the extent to which in manner aforesaid such otehr foreign power is entitled thereto; and such advantages shall continue to so extend to such other foreign power so long as the said Act remains in force, or until the right of such other foreign power to such advantages under its treaty with Great Britain is sooner determined.
3. The advantages so granted to France by the said treaty shall extend also to Great Britain adn to teh several British colonies and possessions with respect to their commerce with Canada, so long as France continues to be entitled to such advantages; and during the period for which France is so entitled to such advantages, all laws inconsistent with the enjoyment thereof by Great Britain and such British colonies and possessions shall be suspended to the extent to which they are so inconsistent."
The Foreign Powers entitled to the same advantages under the provisions of the said Act, as are granted to France by the Treaty in question, with respect to its commerce with Canada, are:- Argentine Repubilc, Germany (Zollverein), Austrai Hungary, Muscat, Belgium, Russia, Bolivia, Salvador, Chili, Sweden, Norway, Columbia, Spain, Costa Rica.
Satisfactory proof of the origin of the goods in question shall be furnished to the collector at the time of entry.
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