196 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



It may seem, however, superfluous to accumulate reasons in proof 

 of the propriety of establishing in Newfoundland that form of con- 

 stitution which generally prevails throughout the British Transatlan- 

 tic colonies ; the difficulty would consist rather in finding valid argu- 

 ments for withholding it * * * 



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 I have, &c. 



(signed) GODERICH. 



Governor Sir THOMAS COCHRANE, 



&c &c &c 



No. 63. 1836, January 21 : Circular Instructions from United States 

 Treasury Department to Officers of the Customs residing in Collec- 

 tion Districts where Vessels are Licensed for Employment in the 

 Fisheries of the United States. 



TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 81, 1836. 



Representations have been made to our Government through the 

 charge d'affaires of His Britannic Majesty, of encroachments by the 

 American fishermen upon the fishing-grounds secured exclusively to 

 British fishermen by the convention between the United States and 

 Great Britain, bearing date the 20th day of October, 1818. 



The President, being desirous of avoiding any just cause of dis- 

 satisfaction on the part of the British Government on this subject, 

 and with a view of preventing the injury which might result to the 

 American fishermen from trespassing upon the- acknowleded British 

 fishing-grounds, directs that you will inform the masters, owners, and 

 others employed in the fisheries in your district, of the foregoing 

 complaints; and that they be enjoined to observe strictly the limits 

 assigned for taking, drying, and curing fish, by the fishermen of the 

 United States, under the convention before stated. 



In order that persons engaged in the fisheries may be furnished 

 with the necessary information, the first article of the convention, 

 containing the provisions upon this subject, is annexed to this circular. 



LEVI WOODBURY, 

 Secretary of the Treasury. 

 To the Collector of . 



P. S. The collectors of Portland, Penobscot, Bath, Boston, Ports- 

 mouth, Gloucester and Newport are directed to publish these instruc- 

 tions twice a week for one month in each of the newspapers published 

 at their respective ports, and charge the expenses as incidental to the 

 collection of the revenue. 



No. 64. 1838, June 13: Letter from Mr. Denis Le Marchant (Secre- 

 tary of Board of Trade) to Mr. J. Backhouse (Under Secretary 

 of State). 



OFFICE OF COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL FOR TRADE 



Whitehall 13th. June 1838. 



SIR, I have laid before the Lords of the Committee of Privy Coun- 

 cil for Trade, your letter of the 4th. December last, with its accom- 



