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all went as merrily as the proverbial marriage 

 bells. 



On February 15, the plenipotentiaries signed a 

 Treaty and a Protocol which latter constituted a 

 modus vivendi. The Treaty required the approval 

 of the American Senate and the Legislatures of 

 Canada and Newfoundland. The Protocol, being 

 a purely administrative arrangement, required no 

 further formality to bring it into operation, and its 

 practical effect was to remove all of the pre-existing 

 difficulties, which was eminently satisfactory. I 

 append the text of these two instruments. 



Treaty between Great Britain and the United States 

 for the Settlement of the Fishery Question on the 

 Atlantic Coast of North America. Signed at 

 Washington^ February 15, 1888. 



Whereas differences have arisen concerning the 

 interpretation of Article I of the Convention of the 

 20th October, 1818 ; Her Majesty the Queen of the 

 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 

 the United States of America, being mutually de- 

 sirous of removing all causes of misunderstanding 

 in relation thereto, and of promoting friendly inter- 

 course and good neighbourhood between the 

 United States and the possessions of Her Majesty 

 in North America, have resolved to conclude a 



