GOO CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



case o{ seizure a special report of the circumstances attending it, is to 

 be made to me forthwith. 



Should no opportunity be presented of forwarding the Report 

 at the expiration of the week, it is to be sealed and transmitted by 

 the first opportunity which may occur subsequently. These reports 

 are to be numbered consecutively as Fishing Report No. 1, 2, &c, 

 and if in harbor the week's Log is to be accompanied by a blank 

 report duly numbered. 



They are to include a Return of all Fishing Vessels boarded, since 

 the date of the last return, on the same form as that given in Art. 8. 



11. 



Such Papers as are requisite for your information and guidance, 

 arranged under the heads of the several Provinces, are added. 



Such of these papers as do not apply to the Station on which you 

 are employed, will prove useful as giving you a general knowledge 

 of this special service, and prepare you to act on any other Station 

 where I may find it necessary to employ you. 



12. 



You will omit no precaution in your power to prevent collisions 

 between the Subjects of Her Majesty and those of the United States 

 who may be brought into contact with each other in prosecuting the 

 Fisheries in those places which during the period the Reciprocity 

 Treaty was in force were common to both Nations. 



13. 



These instructions are to be carried out in a spirit of conciliation, 

 force being only resorted to after every other effort has failed, and 

 you are at all times to use the utmost temper and forbearance, com- 

 patible with the duty entrusted to you. 



14. 



You are to remain on this service until recalled but you will report 

 specially to me when you consider your presence no longer required 

 on your Station. 



Given under my hand on board the 



at the day of 18 



[Annex to foregoing Instructions.] 

 APPENDIX A. 



[A.] 



Confidential — North American Fisheries — Letter respecting 



Instructions to be sent to the Admiral on the North Ameri- 

 can Station, with reference to the Determination or the 

 Reciprocity Treaty — Colonial Officer, April 12, 1866. 



The Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Lords of the 



Admiralty. 



Downing Street, April 12th, 1866. 

 My Lords, The determination of the Reciprocity Treaty contracted 

 in 1854 between Great Britain and the United States revives the 1st 



