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way affected, as to its force and operation, desires to call attention to 

 the fact that the object of those " Laws and Regulations " was purely 

 of a commercial character, while the object of the Convention of 1818 

 was to establish and define the rights of the citizens of the two coun- 

 tries in relation to the fisheries on the British North American Coast. 

 Bearing this reservation in mind, however, it may be conceded that 

 large improvements have been made in aid of commercial intercourse 

 between the two countries, and that legislation in that direction has 

 not been confined to the Government of the United States, as indeed 

 Mr. Bayard has admitted, in referring to the case of the Imperial 

 Shipping and Navigation Act of 1849. For upwards of forty years 

 Canada has continued to evince her desire for a free exchange of the 

 chief products of the two countries. She has repeatedly urged the 

 desirability of the fuller reciprocity of tr?de which was established 

 during the period in which the Treaty of 1854 was in force. That 

 Treaty was terminated at the instance of the United States, and the 

 Treaty of 1818 resumed its operation. Afterwards, by the negotia- 

 tions which led up to the Washington Treaty (1871), Canada again 

 manifested her willingness for even fuller reciprocal relations than 

 the representatives of the United States were willing to sanction by 

 that Treaty. 



The same readiness on the part of the Dominion of Canada to ex- 

 tend and facilitate commercial intercourse between the two coun- 

 tries was again shown after the Fishery Clauses of the Treaty of 

 Washington had been rescinded by the Government of the United 

 States, when Canada suggested, through Her Majesty's Government, 

 her willingness to have the subjects of fisheries and trade adjusted 

 on a basis that would promote harmony and commercial intercourse. 



Upon that occasion, and in order to give ample time for the con- 

 sideration of her proposals in that regard, and to avoid an inter- 

 ruption in the meantime of friendly relations, she continued to allow 

 the United States fishermen, for six months, all the advantages 

 which the rescinded Fishery Clauses had previously given them; 

 although her people received from the United States none of the 

 corresponding advantages which the Treaty of 1871 had declared to 

 be an equivalent for the benefits secured thereby to the fishermen of 

 the United States. 



The laws prevailing in Canada in relation to the registry of ship- 

 ping, extend still more liberty than those of the United States, while 

 in relation to the reduction of tonnage dues on Canadian vessels it 

 has escaped the attention of Mr. Bayard that Canada imposes no 

 such dues on United States vessels. 



The Ports of Canada in inland waters are free to vessels of the 

 United States, and those vessels are admitted to the use of her canals 

 on equal terms with Canadian vessels. 



Canada allows free entry to vessels built in the United States 

 and purchased by British citizens, charges no tonnage or light dues 

 on United States shipping, and extends a standing invitation for a 

 large measure of reciprocity in trade. 



Whatever relevancy therefore the argument may have to the sub- 

 ject under consideration, the undersigned submits that the con- 

 cessions which Mr. Bayard refers to as "favours," can hardly be 

 said not to have been met by equivalent concessions on the part of 

 Canada, and inasmuch as the disposition of Canada continues to be 



