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the other articles which are specifically terminable are in force. As 

 his views on this subject may be interesting to your lordship., I ven- 

 ture to send you a copy of his dispatch, although I have no instruc- 

 tion to do so. 



I have. c. J. R. LOWELL. 



[Inclosure No. 2.] 



Lord Granville to Mr. Lowell. 



FOREIGN OFFICE, January 16, 1884* 



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

 the 16th of November last, in which you state that it is the intention 

 of the Government of the United States that the provisions of article 

 32 of the treaty of Washington, which relate to Newfoundland shall 

 cease to be in force and operation at the same time as the articles 

 recited in the notice of termination given by you on the 2d of July 

 last which relate to the Dominion of Canada. 



I have to state to you, in reply, that Her Majesty's Government 

 accept this notice as applying to Newfoundland as well as to the 

 Dominion of Canada. 



I have, &c., GRANVILLE. 



Mr. Frelinghuyscn to Mr. West. 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 



Washington, July 11, 1884' 



SIR : Referring to your note of the 9th of October last, concerning 

 the revision of the fishery treaty, and adverting to the language of 

 the President's last annual message to Congress relative to appointing 

 a Commission to consider the subject, I now have the honor to inform 

 you that Congress has adjourned without reaching any action on the 

 President's recommendation. In such an important international 

 question, in which Congress has intervened at every stage hitherto, it 

 is deemed best to defer definite action on the British proposal until 

 December. 



I have, &c., FRED'K. T. FRELINGHUYSEN. 



Mr. West to Mr. Frelinghuysen. 



WASHINGTON, July 1%, 1884. 



(Received July 14.) 



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

 the llth instant, and to inform you that I have duly notified to Her 

 Majesty's Government that it is deemed best not to take any definite 

 action with regard to the fisheries articles of the treaty of Washing- 

 ton until December next. 



I have, &c. L. S. SACKVILLE-WEST. 



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