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9. You will keep me fully informed of your intended movements 

 in order that I may be able to communicate with you should I desire 

 to do so, and on arriving at each place of call you will send to the 

 Telegraph Office to ascertain if there are any orders for you there. 



10. Your proceedings are to be reported weekly for riy informa- 

 tion, accompanied by your Log and a Track Chart for the week. 



In every case of seizure a special report of the circumstances at- 

 tending it is to be made to me forthwith. 



Should no opportunity be presented of forwarding the Report at 

 the expiration of the week, it is to be sealed and transmitted by the 

 first opportunity which may occur subsequently. 



These Reports are to be numbered consecutively as Fishing Report 

 Xo. 1, 2, &c., and if in harbour the week's Log is to be accompanied 

 by a blank Report duly numbered. They are to include a Return 

 of all Fishing Vessels boarded since the date of the last Return, on 

 the same form as that given in Article 8. 



11. Such Papers as are requisite for your information and guidance, 

 arranged under the heads of the several Provinces, are added. 



Such of these papers as do not apply to the Station on which you 

 are employed, will prove useful as giving you a general knowledge 

 of this special service, and preparing you to act on any other Station 

 where I may find it necessary to employ you. 



12. You will omit no precaution in your power to prevent colli- 

 sions between the subjects of Her Majesty and those of the United 

 States who may be brought into contact with each other in prose- 

 cuting the Fisheries in those places which, during the period the 

 Reciprocity Treaty was in force, were common to both nations. 



13. These Instructions are to be carried out in a spirit of concilia- 

 tion, force being only resorted to after every other effort has failed ; 

 and you are at all times to use the utmost temper and forbearance 

 compatible with the duty entrusted to you. 



14. You are to remain on this service until recalled, but you will 

 report specially to me when you consider your presence no longer 

 required on your Station. 



Given under my hand on board the at the 



day of 187 : 



(Signed) GEORGE G. WELLESLEY. 



ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR OFFICERS EMPLOYED IN THE PROTECTION 

 OF THE CANADIAN FISHERIES, FOR THE SEASON OF 1870. 



Confidential. 



1. The Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty have informed me 

 that it is probable that a force of United States vessels of war will be 

 sent to the Canadian fishing grounds this season to watch over the 

 interests of American vessels ; and I have therefore to impress on you 

 the great importance which is attached by their Lordships to a cordial 

 understanding being maintained between the officers commanding the 

 cruisers of both countries, and you will consider it your duty to co- 

 operate frankly and cordially with the United States officers in order 

 to prevent if possible any misunderstanding or chance of collision 

 between the American and English fishermen. 



