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Instructions have been sent to the consuls to transmit fuller infor- 

 mation on the subject, and I am advised that this will be furnished to 

 me so soon it shall have been received by the Department of State. 



In the mean time, I am instructed to bring the matter to the atten- 

 tion of Her Majesty's Government, and to request that it will cause 

 an investigation to be made into the alleged facts of the case, and 

 adopt such measures as may be found necessary not only to put an 

 end to the evil, but also to prevent a recurrence of acts which, in 

 addition to the injuries and losses by individuals, may have a tendency 

 to complicate the good relations which so happily subsist between the 

 Government of the United States and that of her Britannic Majesty. 

 I have, &c. 



JOHN WELSH. 



Lord Derby to Mr. Welsh. 



FOREIGN OFFICE, March 85, 1878. 



SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 

 the 19th instant, stating that you have been instructed by your gov- 

 ernment to make a representation to Her Majesty's Government rela- 

 tive to the differences which have arisen between British and United 

 States fishermen on the coast of Newfoundland, and I have to in- 

 form you in reply, that the matter shall receive due consideration. 

 I have, &c., 



DERBY. 



Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Welsh. 



No. 55.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 



Washington, April 6, 1878. 



SIR : Referring to instruction No. 33, addressed to you by this de- 

 partment, under date of 2d March last, in relation to the alleged 

 interference by the inhabitants of Long Harbor, Newfoundland, with 

 certain Americans engaged in the herring fishery there, I now inclose 

 for your information, copies of further evidence in the matter, taken 

 at St. John's, which has been received from the consul of the United 

 States at that place. 



I am, &c., F. W. SEWARD, 



Acting Secretary. 



Mr. Evarts to Mr. Welsh. 



No. 67.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 



Washington, April 26, 1878. 



SIR : Referring to the instruction formerly addressed to you in rela- 

 tion to the interference, by certain fishermen of Newfoundland, with 

 Americans engaged in the herring fishery at Fortune Bay, during the 

 past winter, I now inclose for your further information, a copy of a 



