DESPATCHES, REPOKTS, CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 353 



15. No herrings shall be taken between the 15th day of July and the 15th 

 of October in any year, on the spawning ground at the he;id of Grand Manan, 

 to commence at the eastern part of Seal Cove, at a place known as Red Point, 

 thence extending westerly along the coast and around the southern head of 

 Bradford's Cove, about five miles, and extending one mile from the shore; all 

 nets or engines used for catching herring on the said ground within that period 

 shall be seized and forfeited, and every person engaged in using the same shall 

 be guilty of a misdemeanour, and punished accordingly. 



No. 131. 1856, April 24: Letter from Mr. Marcy to Mr. Crampton. 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 

 Washington, 24th April, 1856. 



SIR : I have the honour to communicate printed copies of a letter of 

 the 28th ultimo from this Department to the Collector of the Customs 

 at Boston, relative to the observance by the fishermen of the United 

 States of the laws of the British Provinces, enacted for the preserva- 

 tion of the fish on the coasts thereof. Copies of the letter have been 

 sent to the Collectors of the Customs at other principal ports of this 

 country from which vessels may proceed for the purpose of fishing in 

 that quarter, and the Collectors have all been instructed to furnish the 

 master of every such vessel with a copy of the letter. 



I avail myself of this occasion, Sir, to offer to you a renewed assur- 

 ance of my very high consideration. 



W. L. MABCY. 

 JOHN F. CRAMPTON, ESQRE, 



&c. &c. &c. 



No. 132. 1856, April 25: Letter from Mr. Crampton to the Earl of 



Clarendon. 



No. 104 WASHINGTON April 25th 185G 



MY LORD : I did not fail, in obedience to the instructions contained 

 in your Lordship's despatch No 220 of the llth of October last, to 

 take an opportunity of calling Mr. Marcy's attention to an objection- 

 able expression contained in the Circular Letter which had in July 

 last been issued by the Department of State, by which American fish- 

 ermen who should repair to the British fisheries in North America 

 were recommended to conform themselves to such laws and regula- 

 tions as have been adopted by the Provincial authorities for the 

 preservation of the fisheries. 



The expression is as follows " There is nothing in the Reciprocity 

 Treaty between the United States and Great Britain which stipulates 

 for the observance of these (the above-named) regulations." 



I pointed out to Mr. Marcy the ill-effects which might arise from 

 such a declaration by the Government of the United States. I re- 

 marked that it would be inferred that the observance by American 

 fishermen of the laws and regulations in question would be discre- 

 tionary only, while the observance of the same laws and regulations 

 would be enforced on British fishermen by legal penalties; and I 

 added that the Provincial Magistrates would have no choice but to 

 enforce the existing laws whatever they might be upon all persons 

 without distinctions; And that consequently collision or unpleasant 



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