Letter
R. M. Johnson to To the Collector of Customs, March 8, 1878
[Inclosure 2.]
Circular to the collector of customs.
Customs Department, Ottawa, March 8, 1878.
I am now instructed by the minister of customs to call your attention to the bearing of the customs law upon the treatment of wrecked vessels or property in Canadian waters, which provides in effect that no vessel, foreign or Canadian, has legal right to interfere with wrecked vessels or materials in Canadian waters, unless permitted by the collector of customs at the nearest port after reporting to him; and no foreign vessel should receive such permission, as it is contrary to customs law, and should be placed under detention in case of violation.
I have, &c.,
J. JOHNSON.
To the Collector of Customs.
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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.