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 PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 5, 6. 1485 ton per annum (which is imposed by said section of said act) upon vessels entered in the ports of the United States from any of the ports of the Empire of Germany. Provzded, That there shall be excluded from the benefits of the sus- 1Z··¤vis¤. pension hereby declared and proclaimed the vessels of any foreign hssés excluded" country in Whose ports the fees or dues of any kind or nature imposed on vessels of the United States, or the import or export duties on their cargoes, are in excess of the fees, dues or duties imposed on the vessels of such foreign country, or their cargoes, or of the fees dues, or duties imposed on the vessels of Germany or the cargoes of such vessels. · And the suspension hereby declared and proclaimed shall continue <`¤%1*i¤¤¤¤¤¤ of Susso long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens Pm8m' of the U’n1ted States, and their cargoes, shall be continued in the said ports of the Empire of Germany, and no longer. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. . Done at the C1ty of Washington this twenty-sixth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [SEAL.] eighty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twelfth. _ GROVER CLEVELAND. By the President: , T. F. BAYARD, Secretary of Sfafe. N o. 6. BY THE PRESIDEDTT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. \Vhereas satisfactory proof has been given to me that no light- A¤ri116.1¤SS· ' house and light dues, tonnage dues, beacon and buo dues, or other IEQKHXQ. equivalent taxes of any kind, are imposed ulpon vessels of the United States in the iorts of the Island of Guade oupe, one of the French G¤¤¤M·:·¤;»—1»m¤u. West India Islands; Now therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section eleven of the act of Congress. entitled "An act to abolish certain fees for V<>1.24.r».81. oihcial services to American vessels, and to amend the laws relating to shipping commissioners. seamen and owners of vessels. and for other purposes," approved June nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, do hereby declare and proclaim that from and after the date of this my Proclamation shal be suspended the col- Suspension of m¤— lection of the whole of the tonnage duty which is imposed by said §’§Y§°},f2]f,Y “p°“ “”` section of said act u on vessels entered in the ports of the United _ States from any of the ports of the Island of Guadeloupe. Provzded, That there shall be excluded from the benefits of the Ifroriso. suspension hereby declared and proclaimed the  of any foreign l 8**** °‘°’“d°"· country in whose rts the fees or dues of any kind or nature imposed on vessels of the {United States, or the imports or export duties on, their car oes, are in excess of the fees, dues or duties imposed on the vessels of such foreign country, or their cargoes, or of the fees. dues. or duties imposed on the vessels of the country in which are the ports mentioned in this proclamation, or the cargoes of such vessels.