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10. You will report your proceedings briefly in a letter to the pro- 

 vincial secretary whenever you enter a port where there is a post 

 office, always noting where instructions will reach you by return of 

 mail. 



(Signed) H. BELL. 



Chairman board of works. 

 OFFICE OF BOARD OF WORKS, 26th June, 1852. 



Colonel Bazalgette to Sir John Pakington. 



No. 27.] GOVERNMENT HOUSE, 



Halifax, July 8, 1852. 



SIR : On the 24th June I had the honor to report the steps taken by 

 the provincial government for the protection of the fisheries. 



I have now the honor to enclose a copy of the amended instruc- 

 tions, which, at the suggestions of vice admiral Sir George Seymour, 

 have been issued to the captains of the cutters ; those, a copy or which 

 was forwarded in my despatch No. 25, having been cancelled. 



I also beg to enclose a copy of a despatch, which the vice admiral 

 did me the honor to address to me on the 1st of July with a copy of 

 my reply, and also a copy of a despatch addressed by me on the 7th 

 of July to his excellency the governor general. 



I trust that her majesty's government will perceive that in availing 

 myself of the extensive knowledge and experience of Sir George 

 Seymour, a sound discretion has been exercised; and that while the 

 intentions of the legislature have been zealously carried out, due care 

 has been taken to avoid any thing which might hazard the continu- 

 ance of the friendly policy and mutual good understanding which at 

 present exists between her majesty's government and that of the 

 United States. 



I have, &c. 



(Signed) JOHN BAZALGETTE, 



Administrator. 



The right honorable SIR J. PAKINGTON, Bart., 



<&c. (&c. <&c 



Extracts from the Journal of the Legislative Assembly of Prince 



Edward Island, 1853. 



APPENDIX F. 

 Lt. Governor Bannerman to Lord Grey. 



No. 50.] GOVERNMENT HOUSE, 



Prince Edward Island, November 15, 1851. 



10. The enclosed letter from the United States Consul at Pictou, 

 I send for your Lordship's perusal. That Gentleman does not seem 

 to be aware of the construction which is now put by the British 

 Government on the Convention of 1818, viz., that the three miles 

 distance from the shore is to be computed from the Head Lands, and 



