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so choose. While adopting this attitude
in general, the Canadian Government have
introduced a number of minor measures
designed to assist the United States
authorities, e.g. revision of clearance
regulations, restriction of export
facilities to specified ports and co-
operation with the United States preventive
authorities by communicating to them
immediate information by telegraph and
telephone regarding all liquor clearances.
3. Recently, however, a growing
recognition of the necessity of avoiding
such friction as has from time to time
arisen on this question has led to a
complete reversal of policy and a bill, of
which a copy is enclosed, has been
introduced in the Canadian Parliament with
the object of giving power to the
Government to refuse clearance to vessels
Maden with liquor and destined for an
У
into
the importation I such)
countries in which liquor is an illegal
commou
4.
forohibited by law.
As regards the West Indies,
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