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[Inclosure No. 1.] 



Governor General Young to Mr. Thornton. 



No. 38.] Niagara July 6. 1870 



Sir: In reply to your despatch dated June 1. 1870 (No. 27) with 

 reference to Mr. Fish's objection to the Order in Council of the 8th 

 Jan. last, I beg to inclose for your inform", a copy of a minute of the 

 Privy Council explaining their views on the question. 



The special instructions dated 14th May which govern Canadian 

 officers engaged in the Fisheries protection service seem to comply 

 with the latter branch of the alternative suggested by Mr. Fish, and 

 to leave no room for doubt that the U. S. Fishermen are secured from 

 interference while in the exercise of the liberty guaranteed to them 

 by the Treaty of 1818 to fish along the coast east of Mount Joly. 

 I have, &c 



(Signed) John Young 



EDW d Thornton Esq C. B., &c. 



[Inclosure No. 2.] 



Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Privy Coun- 

 cil approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council 

 on the 1st July 1870. 



On the annexed Memorandum from the Hon. the Minister of Ma- 

 rine and Fisheries dated 14th June 1870, on the subject of the despatch 

 of Mr. Thornton, H. M. Minister at Washington, of the 1st instant 

 respecting the limits of the Canadian Fisheries. 



The Committee concur in the memorandum of the Minister oi 

 Marine and fisheries, and recommend accordingly. 

 Certified. 



(Signed) Wm. H. Lee, 



Clk. P. C, Canada. 



[Inclosure No. 3.] 



Memorandum on Mr. Thornton's Despatch of 1st instant. 



The first communication from Mr. Thornton dated 22nd April 

 1870, covering a note of the previous day's date from Mr. Fish, 

 both of which are referred to in the report of the undersigned of 

 28th ult°. relates to the wording of the Order in Council of 8 

 January last, and expresses apprehension of " interference with 

 rights guaranteed to the U. S. under the first article of the Treaty of 

 1818, which secures to American fishermen the right of fishing in 

 certain waters understood to be claimed at present as belonging to 

 Canada." 



Mr. Thornton's despatch also mentions a verbal communication on 

 the same subject from Mr. Fish. It was supposed to have reference 

 to some " recent " change of boundaries incident to Confederation, or 

 the acquisition of the Hudson's Bay Company's rights on the Lab- 

 rador Coast; the latter of which are expressly reserved in the said 

 Treaty. Assurance was therefore conveyed to Mr. Fish in pur- 

 suance of the Minute of Council of 10th ultimo, that no such 

 interference as that apprehended could possibly be contemplated by 

 the Canadian Government. 



