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to exercise, in cases where none of Her Majesty's cruizers may actually 

 be present, such an amount of supervision as may insure an uninter- 

 rupted enjoyment of the fisheries by their countrymen in these waters. 



Any inconvenience which might possibly be entailed by this ar- 

 rangement would be obviated, if necessary, by a closer supervision 

 being exercised on the part of Her Majesty's cruizers of those por- 

 tions of the coast where the cruizers of the French navy may be sta- 

 tioned, and, indeed, it is contemplated that two of Her Majesty's 

 cruizers should in future cruize more especially off the northern por- 

 tion of the coast, where the French are in the habit of carrying on 

 their principal fisheries. 



It will be further observed that the fishery rights of the British 

 are not in any way curtailed, but are, on the contrary, strengthened, 

 their right of concurrent fishery being, as already pointed out, now 

 recognised by the French. 



In conclusion, I have to inform you that Her Majesty's Govern- 

 ment have thought it desirable that the British Commissioners who 

 attended the Commission in Paris should proceed to Newfoundland, 

 in order to offer any explanations of the present Arrangement which 

 your Government may desire to receive; and Her Majesty's Govern- 

 ment confidently trust that your Ministers will view the arrangement 

 in the same light as that in which it is regarded by Majesty's Gov- 

 ernment, namely, as being a most advantageous one to the interests 

 of the Colony, and as affording a means of avoiding the recurrence 

 of those irritating questions which have so constantly arisen in con- 

 nexion with the Newfoundland Fisheries question, and, moreover, as 

 greatly diminishing the risk of any conflicts between the fishermen 

 of the two nations. 



The British Commissioners will sail for Newfoundland on the 17th 

 instant, and will present this Despatch to you on their arrival. 



Her Majesty's Government would be gratified if your Ministers 

 should find it in their power to convene a special meeting of the 

 Legislature as soon as may be possible, in order that the necessary 

 Acts may be passed to give effect to those portions of the Arrange- 

 ment which require legislative action, so that its provisions may be 

 brought into operation at as early a date as possible. 

 I have, &c. 



(Signed) DERBY. 



Sir JOHN GLOVER. 



Governor Sir J. Glover to the Earl of Derby (Received July %4-) 



GOVERNMENT HOUSE, 

 St. John's, Newfoundland, July 16, 1884- 



MY LORD : At a Council held this morning I had laid before me the 

 accompanying Minute upon which my Ministers have agreed in re- 

 gard to the Convention signed at Paris on the 26th April, 1884, by 

 the English and French Commissioners. 



2. Your Lordship will observe that my Ministers desire two modi- 

 fications in the proposed scheme, namely, facilities for the export of 

 minerals from harbours not tinted red on the Map; and that the 

 French guardians should be limited to one family in each harbour. 

 I have, &c. 



(Signed) JOHN H. GLOVER. 



