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[Inclosure No. 3.] 



Instructions of Vice Admiral Wellcsley to commanding officers of 



fisheries protection vessels. 



By Geo. Greville Wellesley Esq" Companion, of the most Honorable Order of 

 the Bath, Vice Admiral in Her Majesty's Fleet, and Commander-in-Chief of 

 Her Majesty's Ships and Vessel employed, and to be employed, on the North 

 American and West Indian Station. 



To The respective Captains, Commanders and Commanding fleers 

 Of H. M. Ships employed in the protection of the Fisheries. 

 It being my intention to employ II. M. Ship under your command 

 in the protection of Fisheries, the following instructions are furnished 

 for your guidance in conducting that important duty, and they com- 

 prise what is necessary for your employment on any of the Stations 

 to which you may be detached for that purpose. 



1. 



The mode in which it is the decision of Her Majesty's Government 

 that the United States fishermen are to be dealt with, is clearly set 

 forth in the annexed letter (A) from the Colonial Secretary to the 

 Lords Commissioners of the Admirality, dated 12th April, 1866. In 

 the margin of this letter are noted explanations for your guidance, 

 which have received their Lordships sanction. 



2. 



The several Stations with their limits you will find described in 

 the Appendix (B). 



3. 



Your first duty on arriving on your Station will be to acquaint 

 yourself by personal inquiry amongst the Fishermen and others on 

 the spot, with such information in regard to the Fisheries as will 

 enable you with the experience you will have gained at the end of 

 the season, to make a full report on this staple of Colonial com- 

 merce, and of the best means to be adopted in the ensuing year for 

 its effectual protection. 



4. 



You are to make yourself thoroughly acquainted with the Coasts 

 and the various Ports and anchorages where 3 7 ou will be able to 

 seek shelter in bad or thick weather, so that you will experience no 

 difficulty under such circumstances in making out the land when you 

 close it. 



5. 



A letter from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on the 

 subject of Pilotage is annexed (C) by which you are to be guided. 

 To your report (Art. 3) is to be added one from your Navigating 

 Officer relative to the Navigation and Pilotage of your Station. 



