This act repeals all exisiting legislation regulating lumber exports and creates a new system of size and form regulations for lumber exported out of New Brunswick, and penalties for violating them.
This act makes provisions for the construction of a lighthouse at point in the entrance of Miramichi Bay, and creates a system of duties to support it.
This act adds a new provisions of an 1799 act regarding the authority of physicians to board and examine ships entering Saint John harbour and collect fines for those with crew suffering from contagious diseases.