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Government of Her Britannic Majesty that the provisions of each 

 and every of the articles numbered 18 to 25, inclusive, and of 

 Article XXX of the treaty May 8, 1871, will terminate and be of 

 no force on the expiration of two years next of after the time of giv- 

 ing such notice, which the President is further directed to give on the 

 1st day of July, 1883, or as soon thereafter as may be. 



I am therefore instructed to comply with the directions of Con- 

 gress in this matter, as set forth in the resolution, by giving the notice 

 required ; and, as the 1st day of July falls on Sunday, I am directed 

 to give this notice on the next succeeding day. I beg, also, in com- 

 pliance with further directions, to inform your lordship of the pur- 

 port of this instruction, and of my contemplated action under it. 

 I have, &c., 



J. R. LOWELL. 



[Inclosure No. 2.] 



Lord Granville to Mr. Lowell. 



FOREIGN OFFICE, April 87, 1883. 



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

 the 18th instant, in which you acquaint me that, in compliance with 

 the instructions you have received from your Government, you pro- 

 pose to give notice on Monday, the 2d of July (the 1st July falling 

 on a Sunday), of the intention of the United States to terminate 

 Articles XVIII to XXV, inclusive, and Article XXX of the treaty 

 of the 8th May, 1871, between Great Britain and the United States, 

 which will cease to be in force on the expiration of two years from 

 the date of such notice being given. 



I have, &c. GRANVILLE. 



Mr. Lowell to Lord Granville. 



LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, 



London, July 8, 1883. 



MY LORD: Referring to my note to your lordship of the 18th of 

 April last, and to your lordship's reply of the 27th of the same 

 month, I have the honor to recapitulate the statements I made in 

 that note to the following effect: That I received on the said 18th 

 of April a dispatch from Mr. Frelinghuysen, inclosing a copy of a 

 joint resolution of both houses of Congress of the United States, 

 providing for the termination of certain articles of the treaty be- 

 tween the United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, 

 concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871, which articles, under the 

 protocol signed June 7, 1873, took effect on the 1st day of July, 1873, 

 and by the terms of the original treaty, are subject to termination 

 by either party on two years' notice, given at the expiration of ten 

 years from July 1, 1873. This resolution, which was approved 

 March 3, 1883, directs the President to give notice to the Government 

 of Her Britannic Majesty that the provisions of each and every of 

 the articles numbered XVIII to XXV, inclusive, and of Article 

 XXX of the treaty of May 8, 1871, will terminate and be of no force 

 on the expiration of two years next after the time of giving such 



