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I pointed out at the same time that, in order to comply with your 

 instructions, it was indispensable that the Special Instructions issued 

 to the Officers commanding the Canadian Marine Police vessels should 

 be brought into complete conformity with the latest instructions on 

 the subject issued by the Admiralty to the Officers commanding Her 

 Majesty's ships employed upon the station. 



The enclosed Minutes of the Privy Council approves, under date 

 the 29th June, of the amendments in the Special Instructions issued 

 to the Officers commanding Marine Police vessels, which will, I trust, 

 meet your approval, and carry out implicitly the views of Her 

 Majesty's Government. 

 I have, &c. 



(Signed) JOHN YOUNG. 



Earl GRANVILLE, K. G., &c., &c., &c. 



Sir John Young to Vice Admiral Welleslcy. 



NIAGARA, July 11th, 1870. 



SIR: In consequence of suggestions received from the Colonial 

 Office, the Privy Council of the Dominion have consented to make 

 some further alterations in the Special Instructions to the Officers 

 commanding the Marine Police Vessels 2 so as to bring them into com- 

 plete accordance with the instructions issued by the Admiralty. 



I have the honor to enclose a copy of the Special Instructions, as so 

 revised, for your information. 

 I have, &c. 



(Signed.) JOHN YOUNG. 



Vice Admiral WELLEST.EY, 



C. B., c&c., <&c., Halifax. 



Extracts from Debates and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly 

 of Nova Scotia, 1871. 



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1871. 

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Mr. KIDSTON. * * * I would ask the hon. member for Halifax 

 whether it is within his recollection or that of any man in Nova 

 Scotia that any such difficulty has arisen before to call for such 

 language as the President of the United States addressed to Congress 

 lately with a tone of menace and hostility? No sir, as long as 

 Nova Scotia stood alone, as long as Nova Scotia could deal directly 

 with the Imperial Government, and as long as the British Govern- 

 ment had the control of the fisheries there was little chance of a mis- 

 understanding with our neighbors and friends. But with three 

 years experience of Confederation what has turned up? Last year, 

 in the exercise of that control with which the British North American 

 Act clothed them, the Dominion Government fancied that they were 

 doing a great stroke of business when they scattered along the shores 

 those fast sailing cutters, to teach Jonathan a lesson which he would 



