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[Inclosure No. 4.] 



Vice-Admiral Wellesley to Consul Jackson. 



Royal A liked, at Halifax, 



September 3, 1870. 



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

 yesterday's date, in which you request me to furnish you with copies 

 of any orders I have issued in relation to supplies to American fisher- 

 men, and. in reply, to state that copies of my instructions to the 

 officers under my orders were transmitted to her Majesty's minister 

 at Washington, and were by him communicated, by the orders of her 

 Majesty's government, to the United States Secretary of State. 



Although it is not within the scope of my authority to furnish you 

 with these documents, I may r-tate in general terms, which will 

 probably be sufficient for the purpose you have in view, that the duty 

 enjoined on the commanding officers of her Majesty's ships is to pre- 

 vent any infringement of the arrangements agreed on between the 

 two governments in respect of the fisheries in the treaty of 1818. 

 That treaty expressly defines the purpo-es for which alone United 

 States fishing ves els are to be allowed to enter ports within certain 

 limits. The word- used are as follows: 



'"''Provided, however, That the American fishermen shall be ad- 

 mitted to enter such bays or harbors for the purpose of shelter and 

 repairing damage- therein, of purchasing wood and of obtaining 

 water, and for no other purpose whatever. But they shall be under 

 such restrictions a- may he necessary to prevent their taking, drying, 

 or curing fish therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the 

 privilege- herebj reserved to them." 



It appears to me that the expression "for no other purpose what- 

 ever" excludes them from procuring ice, bait, or other supplies, and 



the officers have, therefore, in my judgment, properly notified Ameri- 

 can ti hermen against any attempt to infringe the treaty, and. by 

 bo doing, also disobey the British and colonial laws in referen e 

 thereto, in which the very same term- are used. 



I have the honor to he. sir, your \rn obedient servant. 



< .i 0R( i. < i. Wi I I I 31 IV. 



■// of . ! /. /■</.'/'/./■ Campbell to Hi Excellency the Right Honor- 

 able Sir John Young, Bart., Go em G ral of Gonad 



I l" 1870 I 



Mw it I ' Vi'i i: Excr.i Having been in June la i re 



ted to proceed to England to make personal representation to 

 1 [er [ajesty's G I on th hereina fter men- 



tioned, and having di charged the dutie entru ted to me, I beg to lib 

 mil a report of my procoedi] 



I found on my arrival in London that the death of the Earl of Clar 

 endon, which had occurred whil t I wa i, rendered a change in 



the Colonial Office probable, and although Lord Granville we 

 enough to 3ee me on the Bubject of my vi it. it \\a- not until the ap 



itment of hi succe or that [had u opportunity of makii 

 full representations which it u.i the desire of lour Excellency's 

 eminent [should ubmitontl ral ubject referred to. Lord 



