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4th. In my letter, No. 122, of the 6th instant, I made their Lord- 

 ships acquainted with the force I intended to employ on this service, 

 and I shall remain in the Royal Alfred, on this division of the sta- 

 tion, ready, should my presence be required, to proceed to the gulf. 

 I have, &c., 



(Signed) RODNEY MUNDY, 



Vice Admiral. 

 The SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY, &c., &c., &c. 



Extracts from Canadian Sessional Papers, No. 1%, 1871. 



Report of Canadian Minister of Marine and Fisheries 

 Chranmlle^s Telegram re-definition of British Bays in C 



on Lord 

 Canada. 



OTTAWA, 7th June, 1870. 



Having reference to Lord Granville's telegraphic despatch of 

 yesterday, referred to the undersigned for report, he begs leave to 

 state, as mentioned in reply to a previous telegram from the Colonial 

 Secretary, that precautions have been already taken against seizure 

 by Canadian Officers of United States fishing vessels outside of three 

 marine miles from land on the coasts of Canada. 



The further hope is expressed by Her Majesty's Government that 

 American fishermen will not be, for the present, prevented from 

 fishing [except] in bays which are less than six miles broad at the 

 mouths. The undersigned respectfully draws attention to the ex- 

 tremely objectionable nature of this proposal. The termination of the 

 Reciprocity Treaty by the United States, and the consequent cessation 

 of the labors of the Joint Commissioners embracing disputed points 

 in the controversy suspended thereby, had the legitimate effect of 

 leaving the in-shore fishery rights just as they stood in 1854. The 

 main point formerly in dispute, involving the definition of bays, &c, 

 has never since been conceded by the Imperial or Colonial authori- 

 ties. It, on the contrary, has been steadily asserted in all subsequent 

 correspondence and transactions. The letter of the Secretary of 

 State for the Colonies, dated 12th April, 1866, expressly reserves it. 

 and sets forth the opinion of Her Majesty's Government as clear on 

 this point. The Canadian Government was, however, desired to 

 forego " for the present " the strict enforcement of British rights in 

 this respect, and " during the (then) present season," to accept a 

 conventional arrangement affecting bays or creeks less than ten miles 

 wide at their entrances. It was so accepted as part of the temporary 

 system at that time proposed, but has shared with kindred pro- 

 visions the disapproval repeated on various occasions by this Govern- 

 ment during four years past. The policy adopted this year by 

 Canada, and approved by Great Britain, would in its entirety super- 

 sede all provisional concessions heretofore subsisting. But in defer- 

 ence to the obvious wishes of Her Majesty's Government, this policy 

 has been carried out in the spirit of Mr. Cardwell's Despatch of 12th 

 April, 1866; and the same conventional limit of ten miles will be 

 again for the present observed. The Government of Canada ought 

 not, therefore, to be now desired to recognize, any further and fresh 



