Post-Loyalist Settlement II (1830 - 1867)

Nova Scotia: An Act relating to passengers from Great Britain and Ireland arriving in this province, 10 February 1832

Document Summary:

Any ship or vessel that embarked from Great Britain and Ireland to Nova Scotia has to, under this act, provide officials with a list noting the name and occupation of each passenger aboard. Each traveler must pay 10 shillings in taxes to the Nova Scotia government upon arrival, unless he or she embarked with the sanction and approval of the British government. In such a case, the tax is reduced to five shillings for each passenger.

Customs or port officers in Nova Scotia must make sure every passenger pays this tax before he or she leaves the ship. The act gives authority to the governor, lieutenant-governor and commander-in-chief the ability to draw money derived from this tax. The money is to be used toward helping poor immigrants start new lives in the colony.

Any master of a ship or vessel who tries to land in the province fraudulently, or without a passenger list, can be fined and sued by the government of Nova Scotia for recovery of damages.

This act is to be enforced from July 1, 1833, to July 1, 1836.