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shull pass the necessary laws for that purpose, the above enumerated 

 articles, being the produce of the fisheries of the Colony of Newfound- 

 land, shall be admitted into the United States free of duty from and 

 after the date of a Proclamation by the President of the United 

 States, declaring that he has satisfactory evidence that the said Col- 

 ony of Newfoundland has consented, in a due and proper manner, 

 to have the provisions of the said Articles XVIII to XXV, inclusive, 

 of the said Treaty extended to it, and to allow the United States the 

 full benefits of all the stipulations therein contained, and shall be so 

 admitted free of duty, so long as the said. Articles XVIII to XXV, 

 inclusive, and Article XXX of said Treaty shall remain in force, 

 according to the terms and conditions of Article XXXIII of said 

 Treaty. 



The Undersigned, the Right Honourable Sir Edward Thornton, 

 one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Com- 

 mander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Her Britannic 

 Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the 

 United States of America, and Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of 

 The United States, duly authorized for this purpose by their respec- 

 tive Governments, having met together at Washington, and having 

 found that the laws required to carry the Articles XVIII to XXy, 

 inclusive, and Articles XXX and XXXII of the Treaty aforesaid 

 into operation, have been passed by the Parliament of Great Britain, 

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

 Edward's Island, and the Legislature of Newfoundland, on the one 

 part, and by the Congress of the United States on the other, hereby 

 declare that Articles XVIII to XXV of the Treaty between Her Bri- 

 tannic Majesty and the United States of America, shall take effect 

 in accordance with Article XXXIII of said Treaty between Her 

 Majesty's subjects in the Colony of Newfoundland and the citizens of 

 the United States of America on the 1st day of June next. 



In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed this Protocol, and 

 have hereunto affixed their seals. 



Done in duplicate, at Washington, this 28th day of May, 1874. 



[L. s.] EDWARD THORNTON. 

 [L. s.] HAMILTON FISH. 



Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States 

 of America, in pursuance of the premises, do hereby declare that I 

 have received satisfactory evidence that the Imperial Parliament of 

 Great Britain and the Legislature of Newfoundland have passed laws 

 on their part to give full effect to the provisions of the said treaty, 

 as contained in articles eighteenth to twenty-fifth, inclusive, and ar- 

 ticle thirtieth of said treaty. 



In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the 

 seal of the United States to be affixed. 



Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-ninth day of May, 

 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, 

 and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety- 

 eighth. 



[SEAL.] XJ. g. GRANT. 



By the President, 

 HAMILTON FISH, 



Secretary of State. 



