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seen something of him and partaken of his hospi- 

 taHty when we first landed. 



All the New York papers of this day gave long 

 telegraphic summaries of the despatches we had sent 

 home, containing the result of our labours, which 

 Lord Salisbury had promptly laid before Parliament, 

 and to which I shall allude in a subsequent chapter. 



In the evening, at the invitation of Mr. Erastus 

 Wiman, who organised the banquet, we were 

 sumptuously entertained by the Canadian Club 

 at the Brunswick Hotel, a full report of which 

 appeared in the Herald of the following day. As 

 this was the first and only occasion on which Mr. 

 Chamberlain spoke in any detail publicly about the 

 business of the Mission on American soil, I feel 

 warranted in reproducing the report in extenso^ as 

 it certainly has an historical value : 



HONOURING MR. CHAMBERLAIN 

 ENTERTAINED BY THE CANADIAN CLUB AT DINNER 



The Fisheries Treaty discussed by the English Com- 

 missioner — Speeches by G. E, Foster, Canadian 

 Minister of Marine, Erastus Wiman, Mayor 

 Hewitt, and others — Secretary Bayard and Sir 

 Charles Tupper send Regrets 



At the dinner tendered him and his associates by 

 the Canadian Club last night, Joseph Chamberlain 



