EXTRACT FROM MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEW- 

 FOUNDLAND) JULY 7-rn, 1871. 



[COPY.] 



NEWFOUNDLAND, J 

 No. 23. J 



DOWNING STREET, 17th Juue, 1871. 



SIR: I have the honor to enclose herewith copies of the Treaty signed 

 at Washington on May 8th by the Joint High Commissioners, which has 

 been ratified by Her Majesty and by the President of the United States ; 

 of the Instructions to Her Majesty's High Commissioners and Protocols- 

 of the Conferences held by the Commission ; of two notes which have 

 passed between Sir E. Thornton and Mr. Fish ; and of a despatch of 

 even date, herewith, which 1 have addressed to the Governor-General of 

 Canada, stating the views of Her Majesty's Government on these im- 

 portant documents. 



With reference to that part of my Despatch to Lord Lisgar, which 

 bears upon the proposed arrangement for the immediate provisional ad- 

 mission of the United States fishermen to the Colonial Fisheries, I have 

 to observe that Her Majesty's Government are aware that under this 

 Treaty, as under the Convention of 1854, Newfoundland is placed in a 

 somewhat different position to that of the other Colonies interested, but 

 they would strongly urge upon the Government of Newfoundland, that 

 it is most desirable for the general interest of the Empire that the same 

 course should be pursued as in 1854, and that the application made by 

 the United States Government should be acceded to by Newfoundland, 

 so that American fishermen may be at once allowed, during the present 

 season, the provisional use of the privileges granted to them by the 

 Treaty. 



I have, &c., 



(Signed) KIMBERLEY. 



Governor HILL, C. B., &c. 



In compliance with the request made by the Right Hon. Earl Kim- 

 berley, in his despatch of 17th Juue ultimo, to His Excellency the 

 Governor, it is agreed to accede thereto. 



Correct copy. 



(Signed) G. D. SHEA, 



Clerk Ex. Council. 



