This act gives Upper Canada the right to a portion of the duties claimed by Lower Canada on certain items between the dates of 1st of March and 31st day of December, 1797.
An amendment to an act first passed in 1762, which set several regulations on how fish can be exported, including the regulations on the barrels it is to be shipped in, and sets the standard sizes of lumber to be traded.
This act creates procedures which foreign residents and newly-arrived foreigners are to follow in order to gain permission to continue inhabiting the province. It also imposes rules and regulations on ships' captains who transport foreigners into the province, and specifies consequences for captains who fail to follow these regulations.
This act continues an act which was first passed in 1796, and which allows the suspension of any act or ordinance relating to trade, in whole or in part, by the Governor or Lieutenant Governor. It further allows the Governor or Lieutenant Governor to make regulations with respect to imports, exports, duties, or anything else between Lower Canada and the United States.