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Mt, Bryce to Mr. Bacon. 



N°. 55.] British Embassy, 



Washington, March k-, 1909. 



Sir: I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note 



informing me that the Senate of the United States has ap- 



14 proved the Special Agreement for the reference to arbitration 



of the questions relating to the fisheries on the North Atlantic 



Coast and of the terms of the Resolution in which that approval is 



given. 



It is now my duty to inform you that the Government of His 

 Britannic Majesty confirms the Special Agreement aforesaid and in 

 so doing confirms also the understanding arrived at by us that Ques- 

 tion V of the series of Questions submitted for arbitration, namely 

 from where must be measured the " three marine miles of any of the 

 coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours " referred to in the said article, is 

 submitted in its present form with the agreed understanding that no 

 question as to the Bay of Fundy considered as a whole apart from 

 its bays or creeks, or as to innocent passage through the Gut of Canso, 

 is included in this question as one to be raised in the present arbitra- 

 tion, it being the intention of the Parties that their respective views 

 or contentions on either subject shall be in no wise prejudiced by any- 

 thing in the present arbitration. 



This understanding is that which was embodied in notes exchanged 

 between your predecessor and myself on January 27th, and is that 

 expressed in the above-mentioned Resolution of the Senate of the 

 United States. 



I have the honour to be, with the highest respect, Sir, 

 Your most obedient, humble Servant, 



James Bryce. 



The Honourable, Robert Bacon, 



Etc., Etc.^ Etc, 



