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Ing the cargo and voyage; and if the master or person in command shall not 

 truly answer the questions put to him in such examination, he shall forfeit four 

 hundred dollars; and if such ship, vessel, or boat be foreign, or not navigated 

 according to the laws of the United Kingdom or of Canada, and has been found 

 fishing, or preparing to fish, or to have been fishing (in British waters) within 

 three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of Canada, 

 not included within the above-mentioned limits, without a license, or after the 

 expiration of the period named in the last license granted to such ship, vessel, 

 or boat under the first section of this Act, such ship, vessel, or boat, and the 

 tackle, rigging, apparel, furniture, stores, and cargo thereof, shall be forfeited. 

 And that all goods, ships, vessels, and boats, and the tackle, rigging, apparel, 

 and furniture, stores, and cargo liable to forfeiture under this Act may be 

 seized and secured by any officers or persons mentioned in the second section of 

 this Act. And every person opposing any officer or person in the execution of 

 his duty under this Act. or aiding or abetting any other person in any opposi- 

 tion, shall forfeit eight hundred dollars, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, 

 and upon conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two 

 years. 



It tvill be observed that the warning formerly given is not required under the 

 Amended Act, but that vessels trespassing are liable to seizure ivithout such 

 teaming. 



" On the 8th January, 1870, the Governor General of the Dominion of Canada, 

 in Council, ordered that suitable sailing vessels, similar to the " La Canadienne," 

 be chartered and equipped for the service of protecting the Canadian in-shore 

 fisheries against illegal encroachments by foreigners, these vessels to be con- 

 nected with the police force of Canada, and to form a marine branch of the 

 same. It is understood that, by a change of the boundaries between Canada 

 and Labrador, the Canadian territory now includes Mount Joly and a portion 

 of the shore to the east thereof, which, in the Treaty of 1818, was described 

 as the southern coast of Labrador. This municipal change of boundary does 

 not, however, interfere with the rights of American fishermen, as defined by 

 the Treaty, on that portion of what was the southern Coast of Labrador, east 

 of Mount Joly. 



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There is reason to apprehend that the Canadian authorities will 

 adopt similar measures towards preventing encroachments upon the 

 British fisheries during the season of 1872. 

 Very respectfully, 



GEO. S. BOUTWELL, 

 Secretary of the Treasury. 



251 No. 158. 187-3, March 14 : Letter from Mr. Fish ( United States 

 Secretary of State] to Sir E. Thornton (British Minister 

 at Washington}. 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE. Washington, 14 March 1873. 



SIR : I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of 

 the 8th instant inclosing copy of a Report of the Committee of the 

 Privy Council of Canada made to the Governor General of that Do- 

 minion, recommending that American vessels should not be prevented 

 from fishing within the three mile limit before the Act of Congress 

 giving effect to the Articles of the Treaty of Washington relating to 

 Canada comes into effect, on the 1st of July next. 



I am instructed by the President to express his appreciation of this 

 liberal recommendation of the Committee of the Privy Council for 

 removing the last impediment to the friendly relations which he 

 desires to have subsist between two peoples so near neighbours and 

 so bound to each other by the ties of commercial interest and of 

 personal intercourse. 



