CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



[ [nclosure No. 2.] 



Vice-Admiral Wellesley to Consul Jackson. 



Royal Alfred, at Halifax, 



August 31, 1870. 

 Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 

 yesterday's date, and to inform you, in reply, that I have not seen the 

 statement in the morning papers alluded to; and as such an order 

 would probably have been addressed by the Dominion government to 

 its own officers, I can only suggest that an application should be made 

 to the Dominion government for the information required. 

 I have the honor to be, sir, your very obedient servant, 



George G. Wellesley, 



Vice-Admiral. 



[Inclosure No. 3.] 



Consul Jackson to Vice- Admiral Wellesley. 



Consulate of the United States of America, 



Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 1, A. D. 1870. 



Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your com- 

 munication of yesterday, suggesting an application to the Dominion 

 authorities for the information which I requested. 



I addressed you under the impression that the imperial and Domin- 

 ion authorities were cooperating and acting under the same orders, 

 regulations, and instructions in reference to all matters connected with 

 the protection of the inshore fisheries. 



As American fishermen are almost daily visiting this port on their 

 way to the fishing banks, it becomes a matter of great importance to 

 them to know whether any orders have been issued by your excel- 

 lency, as the representative of the imperial government, to prevent 

 them from obtaining such supplies as have been customary, both be- 

 fore and since the treaty of 1818, in all the ports of the British North 

 American provinces. 



Since addressing you I have understood that the commanders of 

 her Majesty's vessels, acting under the authority of your excellency, 

 have notified American fishermen bound to the fishing banks that 

 they would not be permitted to procure ice or other supplies in any 

 of the colonial ports, and that any attempt to procure such supplies 

 would subject their vessels and cargoes to seizure and confiscation. 



As consul of the United States I am frequently applied to by 

 American citizens engaged in the deep-sea fisheries for informa- 

 tion on this subject. To enable me to give such information I have 

 respectfully to request you to furnish me with copies of any 

 orders issued by your excellency in relation to supplies to American 

 fishermen. 



I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, 



M. M. Jackson, 

 United States Consul. 



