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the case appears from a letter which he has addressed to the owner 

 of the schooner " D. J. Adams," copies of which, as published in the 

 newspapers, I have the honour to enclose, as well as copies of an 

 article from the New York Herald, commenting thereon. The allu- 

 sion to " the mistake in not having taken his advice " is significant 

 of the difficulty he now finds in securing a clear and comprehensive 

 " declaration " of an agreement. 



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

 Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, 



L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 



329 No. 204. 1886, July 10: Letter from Mr. Bayard (United 

 States' Secretary of State) to Sir L. S. S. West (British 

 Minister) . 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 



Washington, 10th July, 1886. 



S'8. I have the honour to inform you that I am is receipt of a 

 Report from the Consul General of the United States, at Halifax, 

 accompanied by sworn testimony stating that the " Novelty,'' a 

 duly registered merchant steam vessel of the United States, has been 

 denied the right to take in steam coal, or purchase ice, or tranship 

 fish in bond to the United States, at Pictou, N. S. 



It appears that, having reached that port on the 1st inst., and find- 

 ing the Customs Office closed on account of a holiday, the master of 

 the " Novelty " telegraphed to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 

 at Ottawa, asking if he would be permitted to do any of the three 

 things mentioned above. That he received in reply a telegram recit- 

 ing with certain inaccurate and extended application, the language 

 of Art. I, of the Treaty of 1818, the limitations upon the significance 

 of which are in pending discussion between the Government of 

 the United States and that of Her Britannic Majesty. That on enter- 

 ing and clearing the " Novelty " on the following day at the Custom 

 House, the collector stated that his instructions were contained in 

 the telegram the master had received ; and that, the privilege of coal- 

 ing being denied, the " Novelty " was compelled to leave Pictou with- 

 out being allowed to obtain fuel necessary for her lawful voyage on 

 a dangerous coast. 



Against this treatment I make instant and formal protest as an un- 

 warranted interpretation and application of the Treaty by the officers 

 of the Dominion of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia, as an 

 infraction of the laws of commercial and maritime intercourse exist- 

 ing between the two countries, and as a violation of hospitality, and 

 for any loss or injury resulting therefrom the Government of Her 

 Britannic Majesty will be held liable. 

 I have, &c., 



(Sd.) T. F. BAYARD. 



The Honourable Sir L. S. WEST, K.C.M.G. 



&C., &C.j &C, 



