620 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



Earl of Kimh&tUy to Sir John Young. 



Canada— No. 198.] 



Downing Street, 27 th July, 1870. 



Sir: On receiving from Her Majesty the Seals of this Office, I 

 took an early opportunity of communicating with Mr. Campbell, the 

 Postmaster General of Canada, who has come to England to place 

 before Her Majesty's Government the views of Your Government on 

 various questions connected with the Dominion. 



Mr. Campbell brought under my consideration the following sub- 

 jects : 



The first was the protection of the Canadian Fisheries from en- 

 croachments by foreign fishing vessels. On this point I concur with 

 your Ministers, that it would be desirable that the questions which 

 have been so long in dispute with the United States, as to the 

 geographical limits of the exclusive fishing rights of Canada under 

 the Treaty of 1818, should be settled by a joint British and American 

 Commission, on which the Dominion should be represented. Her 

 Majesty's Government will propose to the United States Government 

 the appointment of such a Commission. 



Now that the instructions given to Her Majesty's cruisers and the 

 Government vessels of Canada have been brought into harmony, I do 

 not think it necessary in this despatch to make any observations on 

 the details of those instructions. 



I will only remark that I am most anxious to avoid any misunder- 

 standing on this subject, between the Imperial and Canadian Govern- 

 ments, and with this view, the regulations to be issued for the fishing 

 season of 1871, should be considered by the two Governments in good 

 time before the season commences. Their nature must, of course, 

 much depend on the establishment and progress of the proposed Com- 

 mission, but I shall gladly receive from your Government, at the 

 proper time, any statement on this subject and shall give it my best 

 attention. 



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I have, &c, 



C Signed) Kimberley. 



Consul Jackson to Mr. Fish. 



No. 300] Consulate of the United States of America, 



Halifax, N. S., September 5, 1870. 

 (Received September, 10.) 



Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith copies of a correspond- 

 ence with Vice-Admiral George Greville Wellesley, respecting sup- 

 plies to American fishermen in colonial ports. 



The contradictory reports in circulation in reference to the orders 

 given by the vice-admiral and the frequent applications made to me 

 by American citizens engaged in the ocean fisheries for information 

 on the subject rendered the correspondence necessary. 



It will be seen by the vice-admiral's communication that for the 

 first time since the treaty of peace of 1815 have the imperial author- 



