754 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



Lord Lansdowne to Earl GranviUe. 



OTTAWA, 3rd March, 1886. 



MY LORD: With reference to my despatch of the 18th ultimo in 

 which I pointed out that effectual measures would be taken by my 

 Government to protect Canadian fishermen in the exercise of their 

 rights within the territorial waters of the Dominion, and to prevent 

 trespass within the limits of those waters by foreign fishermen, I 

 have to acquaint Your Lordship that authority has now been re- 

 quested by my Minister of Marine and Fisheries to establish a suffi- 

 cient marine police force for the purpose of affording efficient pro- 

 tection to the interests of the Dominion within its territorial waters. 



2. With this object my Government have determined, besides 

 making use of the Government steamers already available for that 

 purpose, to charter and equip six swift sailing fore and aft schooners 

 between 60 and 90 tons measurement, for use as fisheries police 

 vessels. For this purpose, $50,000 will be placed in the supple- 

 mentary estimates to oe submitted to Parliament for the current 

 fiscal year, and a further sum of $100,000 for the fiscal vear ending 

 30th June, 1887. 

 I have, &c., 



(Sd.) LANSDOWNE. 



Earl GRANVILLE. 



The Earl of Rosebery to Sir L. West. 



FOREIGN OFFICE, March 18, 1886. 



SIR, From the reports which have been received in this country 

 Her Majesty's Government conclude that the Government of the 

 United States will not propose the appointment of an International 

 Commission to settle the North American Fisheries question, as con- 

 templated in the temporary arrangement concluded last summer. 



Whilst Her Majesty's Government regret that they will thus be 

 deprived of a favourable opportunity for the settlement of this long- 

 standing question on equitable terms, they desire by every means in 

 their power to avoid any friction which might be caused by the cessa- 

 tion of the privileges lately enjoyed by United States' fishermen. 



I have therefore to request that you will sound Mr. Bayard as to 

 whether the United States' Government propose to issue a Notice 

 warning United States' fishermen that they are now precluded from 

 fishing in British North American territorial waters, as Her Majesty's 

 Government are now considering the propriety of issuing a similar 

 Notice with regard to British fishermen in United States' waters. 



I have instructed you in this sense by telegraph to day. 

 I am, &c. 



ROSEBERY. 



Sir L. WEST. 



