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JOHN HAY, Acting Secretary to By the President: W. S. Derrick, June 18, 1880
No. 126. Mr. Hay to Mr. Asta-Buruaga.
Department of State, Washington, June 18, 1880.
Sir: I have the honor to state that the Secretary of the Treasury has informed the Department of his decision, recently given, that under the proclamation of the President of the United States of November 1, 1850 (9 Stat, at L., p. 1004), Chilian vessels will be held exempt from paying any higher tax on their tonnage than 30 cents per ton.
It is understood that few cases, if any, have occurred where a tonnage duty in excess of that amount has been exacted from such vessels. I inclose a copy of the proclamation referred to. The Department will transmit, under cover to your address, one or more copies of any Treasury circular on the subject which may be received.
Accept, &c.,
JOHN HAY,
Acting Secretary.
Acting Secretary.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.