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Sir L. West to Mr. Bayard. 







WASHINGTON, March 19, 1886. 



(Received March 20.) 



SIR : I have the honor to inform you that the Earl of Rosebery has 

 requested me to ascertain whether it is intended to give notice to the 

 United States fishermen that they are now precluded from fishing in 

 British North American territorial waters, as Her Majesty's Govern- 

 ment are considering the expediency of issuing a reciprocal notice 

 with regard to British fishermen in American waters. 

 I have, &c., 



L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 



Mr. Bayard to Sir L. West. 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 

 Washington, March 23, 1886. 



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

 the 19th instant, whereby you inform me that you have been requested 

 by the Earl of Rosebery to ascertain " whether it is intended to give 

 notice to the United States fishermen that they are now precluded 

 from fishing in British North American territorial waters," and to 

 inform you, in reply, that as full and formal public notification in 

 the premises has already been given by the President's proclamation 

 of 31st January, 1885, it is not now deemed necessary to repeat it. 



The temporary arrangement made between us on the 22d of June, 

 1885, whereby certain fishing operations on the respective coasts were 

 not to be interfered with during the fishing season of 1885, notwith- 

 standing the abrogation of the fishery articles of the treaty of Wash- 

 ington, came to an end under its own expressed limitation on the 31st 

 of December last, and the fisheries question is now understood to rest 

 on existing treaties, precisely as though no fishery articles had been 

 incorporated in the treaty of Washington. 



In view of the enduring nature and important extent of the rights 

 secured to American fishermen in British North American territorial 

 waters under the provisions of the treaty of 1818, to take fish within 

 the three-mile limit on certain defined parts of the British North 

 American coasts, and to dry and cure fish there under certain condi- 

 tions, this Government has not found it necessary to give to United 

 States fishermen any notification that " they are now precluded from 

 fishing in British North American territorial waters." 

 I have, &c., 



T. F. BAYARD. 



Sir L. West to Mr. Bayard. 



BRITISH LEGATION, 



Washington, March $4., 1886. (Received March 25.) 

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

 the 23d instant, in reply to mine of the 19th, informing me that, as 

 full and formal public notification in the premises has already been 



