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EXHIBIT 16. 

 The Acting Secretary of State to the British Charge d'Aif aires. 

 No. 727. 



Department of State, Washington, July ig, iSgy. 



Mr. C. F. Frederick Adam, 



etc., etc., etc. 

 .Sir : — 



I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 

 15th instant, stating that in view of all the circumstances of the 

 case the Government of the Dominion of Canada has decided 

 that the American fishing schooner Frederick Gerring, Jr., should 

 be restored to her owners on payment of a nominal fine, together 

 with the costs incurred in her prosecution. 



I beg to express to the proper authorities of Her Majesty's 

 Government the great gratification with which the Department has 

 learned of the decision of Canadian Government in regard to the 

 matter. 



I have the honor to be, etc., etc., 



William R. Day, 



Acting Secretary. 



EXHIBIT 17. 



The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State. 

 No. 100 



American Embassy, 

 London, August i8, iSgy. 

 Sir, — 



Referring to your Instruction No. 136, of the 19th ultimo, 

 and to previous correspondence, I have the honour to enclose here- 

 "with the copy of a note which I have received from the Marquis 

 of Salisbury, stating that, although the Supreme Court upheld. 



