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I The Begistration Of Books At The Custo...
in stud from y tli the e system United adopted States in ; but I find that tities so far west ulation as for Winnipeg copyr than ight boo of ks are sent
\ ^^— — vinces — — — — . larger quan , poppopulation , any the otlier ; - pro
; * Tables * To rrm pro - of ve the my Trade contention and Navi as ¦ to tion what iti of has the " been Dominio do 1 ne and of is Canada doing 1 , I take * the F the in iscal Departmental - »^ . Year ended 30 th 1883 d find
c Book June , printed , " an , periodical I : — s and pamphlets , not " elsewhere specified 3 > as entered for duty throug hout the Dominion as follows : —
Value . Duty . From Great Britain # 21 V > , 770 # 3 ' 2 , 971-75 „ France Un ited / 4 \ States ' 3 46 78 , 309 ^^^^ 56 7 , 023 741 - 87 90 ws \
„ my a . * sm »^ v • • » «•• **¦ * * - » . -w , j - , » . m , y ^^ ^^ - ^ s „ Germany .,. ... 702 105 30 „ China 20 B-OO Japan »* ... ... ... ... ... 304 4560
, m , m ^^ ^ ' m *^ n ^ w •» 999 vvv ^^ w ^ w ^ w ^ w * - ^ ^^ ^»^ ^^ *^ «^^ - ^^ „ „ It Bel al g y ium . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - .. .. 457 125 68 18 * * 75 55 „ B . West Indies ... ... ... ... 61 9 * 15
„ Kewfuundland ... ... ... ... 3 045 Total $ 646 , 577 # 96 , 988 , 32
several Of th provi ese nces "books forming coming the from Dominio the United n of Canada States as the follows duties : — paid thereon were made in the Value Vain ft . . Dut Dntv y ..
Province of Ontario # 244383 # 36657 * 45 * ,, I „ Quebec 71 , 193 10 , 678 * 95
Nora Nova Scotia Scotia 19 19 ., 87 876 ft 2 2 _ , 981 981- ' 40 40 , , m „ New Manitoba »*~ w »» Brunswick h- ... 12 22 ~ , 373 430 3 1 , 359 856 * * 35 50 ; „ *^ r ^ ^ ^ **^ *^ v m ^^» VVP ^ ww ^ * V ^ ^^ ^ , V ^ - ^ » *^ ^^ , y ^^ ^^ ^ ^ " ^ ^^
i „ British Columbia 6 , 373 95607 „ N Prince . W . Territories Edward Island 1 , 620 61 243 9 * 00 15
Total ... .. # 378 , 309 ^ 56 , 741-8 7 ' To contention that there is some lack of system where"by the books from the
out United payment States prove — of my being the copyri " British ght duty copyri of ght 12 works ^ per , cent reprin . , ts ad of valorem "—are , imported I have first into to Canada state that with I - believ fff j | . e f one Mt -half of such ft / %% ^ JL books f so entered for the ^^^^ fiscal i » i i » . v » ^^ ended ^^— ^» ^^ J ""¦ une ¦— - ^ 3018 — S — 3 — for — — ^ duty
the in ^ m ^ the ^ value -, ^ » , same ^^ r A of ^ ^ m tables JBH which . Tr M H X ^*» I is find ^ g , iven . w *^ the ^ + r ^^ abo ^»^ onl ^ ^ " ve * v ^ y _ ^^ as " ^^ cop * ^ # « m 378 *^ y ^_ ^* " ^ ri , ght ^ 309 ^^ * dut . are ^^ y ^_ copyrights " ^^ ^* paid year w ^^ on «~« books ^^ of British » for t ha - ™ work - t fisca — ' , s , l and year , nex is t : — -- that % M ,
—— — — — — — — — — . ^^ i ^^^ p ^ - ^ p ^ Value . Duty . Province of Ontario ' # 1 247 # 187 . 05
... , „ ,, New Quebec Brunswick ... ... ... 88 96 13 14 * 20 40
Total # 1 , 431 # 214- () 5 duty * If being my contention British copyri is correct ghts were , and made one- to hal pay f of the the " books copyri ¦ * from ght dut the y United " also , States there would entered have for
^ 0 ^ J A V V ** Mm V •¦ " ^— ' » been paid : Yalue — from United States ... # 378 , 309 i as contended # 189 , 154—Duty at 12 £ per cent . # 23 , 64425
I a difference ' I shall of now # 23 proceed , 439 * C 0 for to the point year out 1883 the . reasons why the Customs are not in a position to
collect ' In the 1883 correct there copyri were no ght such duties duties . collected in Winnipeg , owing , I assume , to the want ol
dat Quebec a In hel 1883 d or by Nova -84 official the Scotia s copyri there for g at ht 1883 that duties time ; and collected . this was were done # 19 , * not 06 , and from more any merit than in of the the Provinces officers , but ot because they possessed better material iiiuiuui xui to uv work »» vj « . with ti
throug of fJjj \ the ^ ' The \ XOK hout most 3 ullv data 7 V the importance UUnOCODuu supplied Dominion the vouuci arrives is Customs . of too too fug late Department i itive to benefit a character , iuui Canada the . , copyri mad , to e distribute ht out without to the system vari , o and us collectors , what is
, g-owner . are , * their The popular works published authors in in Canada England , say than Blackmo they are re , reprinted Black , " in The a ch Duchess eap form , " & in c . — the th no few Uiutea sooner
I cep States tions , and , the this deman country d for is them flooded ceases with . such Some quantities six months that afterwards after a short , a lis time t of , wi new ith works
ex-Jl I I ] . to " copyri be 4 " If charged a g monthl ht /'— a is cop y su li y st pp rig were lied ht duty collectors printed when b , y no an the d one tho trade wants wor ( sanctioned them whic . h this by coun the t Eng ry is lish flooded Government w are — n tn ow . g
J444 The Publishers' Circular Dec , 5> L...
j 444 The Publishers' Circular Dec , l 88
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 15, 1884, page 1444, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15121884/page/4/
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