OF THE UNITED STATES. 63 



the Legislature of Prince Edward's Island on the one hand, and by 

 the Congress of the United States on the other. Such assent having 

 been given, the said articles shall remain in force for the period of 

 ten years from the date at which they may come into operation, and 

 further until the expiration of two years after either of the High Con- 

 tracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to 

 terminate the same; each of the High Contracting Parties being at 

 liberty to give such notice to the other at the end of the said period 

 of ten years or at any time afterward." 



And whereas, in accordance with the stipulations of the above re- 

 cited Article, an Act was passed by the Imperial Parliament of Great 

 Britain in the 35th and 36th years of the reign of Queen Victoria, 

 intituled " An Act to carry into effect a Treaty between Her Majesty 

 and the United States of America." 



And whereas an Act was passed by the Senate and House of Com- 

 mons of Canada in the fifth session of the First Parliament, held in 

 the thirty-fifth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and assented to in Her 

 Majesty's name, by the Governor General on the Fourteenth day of 

 June, 1872, intituled "An Act relating to the Treaty of Washing- 

 ton 1871." 



And whereas an Act was passed by the Legislature of Prince Ed- 

 ward's Island and assented to by the Lieutenant-Governor of that 

 Colony on the 29th day of June, 1872, intituled "An Act relating to the 

 Treaty of Washington, 1871." 



And whereas an Act was passed by the Senate and House of Rep- 

 resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

 and approved on the first day of March, 1873, by the President of the 

 United States, intituled "An Act to carry into effect the provisions of 

 the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain, signed in 

 the City of Washington, the eighth day of May, eighteen hundred and 

 seventy-one, relating to Fisheries." 



The undersigned Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, of the United 

 States, and the Right Honourable Sir Edward Thornton, one of Her 

 Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Commander 

 of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Her Britannic Maj- 

 esty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the 

 United States of America, duly authorized for this purpose by their 

 respective Governments, having met together at Washington and hav- 

 ing found that the laws required to carry the Articles XVIII to 

 XXV inclusive, and Article XXX of the Treaty aforesaid into 

 operation have been passed by the Imperial Parliament of Great 

 Britain, by the Parliament of Canada, and by the Legislature of 

 Prince Edward's Island on the one part, and by the Congress of the 

 United States on the other, hereby declare that Articles XVIII to 

 XXV inclusive, and Article XXX of the Treaty between Her 

 Britannic Majesty and the United States of America on the 8th of 

 May, 1871, will take effect on the First day of July next. 



In witness whereof the undersigned have signed this Protocol and 

 have hereunto affixed their seals. 



Done in duplicate at Washington, this Seventh day of June, 1873. 



[SEAL.] HAMILTON FISH. 



[SEAL.] EDWD, THORNTON. 



