348 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



of the two countries may be diminished ; & with this view it is pro- 

 posed that the masters of American fishing vessels, clearing for the 

 fisheries of New Brunswick, shall be furnished with printed copies 

 of the laws & regulations in question it being understood that these 

 shall contain nothing inconsistent with the unrestricted exercise, 

 by American citizens of the rights secured to them by the Reci- 

 procity Treaty. 



I have thought it right to bring this matter under the immediate 

 attention of the Governor General of Canada, & the Lieutenant- 

 Governors of Nova Scotia, & Prince Edward Island, with a view 

 to the adoption of a similar arrangement, in regard, to the fisheries 

 of those provinces, to that now proposed, in regard, to the fisheries 

 of New Brunswick; & I have the honour to enclose herewith the 

 copy of a letter which I have addressed to their Excellencies for that 

 purpose. 



I have the honour to be with the highest respect My Lord, 

 Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant 



JOHN F CRAMPTON 



The Right Honbl. The EARL OF CLARENDON K.G. 



&c &c &c 



No. 125. 1855, June 8: Letter from Mr. Crampton to the Governor- 

 General of Canada. 



WASHINGTON, June 8, 1855. 



SIR, With a view to preclude the possibility of misunderstanding 

 on the part of citizens of the United States who may in the exercise 

 of the rights secured to them by the Reciprocity Treaty resort to the 

 fisheries on the coasts of Canada, I have the honour to suggest 

 207 to your Excellency that I should be furnished with authentic 

 copies of such laws and local regulations as may have been 

 adopted by the Legislature or other competent authority of the Prov- 

 inces of Canada, for the preservation of the fisheries in harbours for 

 similar purposes, in order that the same may be communicated to 

 the Government of the United States with a view to their being made 

 known by them to American citizens concerned in the fisheries. 

 Copies of the laws and regulations of the Province of New Bruns- 

 wick relating to the fisheries have already been communicated to me 

 by the Lieutenant-Go vernor of that province, and I find every dispo- 

 sition on the part of the Government of the United States to co- 

 operate with the British provincial authorities, in such measures as 

 may diminish the chance of disputes arising between the fisheries of 

 the two countries. 



With this view it is proposed by the American Secretary of State 

 to instruct United States' Collectors of Customs to furnish printed 

 copies of the laws and regulations in question to the masters of all 

 vessels clearing from American ports to the British fisheries. It is 

 of course understood that these laws and regulations shall contain no 

 provisions at variance with the stipulations of the Reciprocity 

 Treaty by which the right of participating in the British fisheries is 

 secured to American citizens. 



I have, &c., JOHN F. CRAMPTON. 



