756 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



given by the President's proclamation of the 31st January, 1885, it 

 has not been found necessary to give to United States fishermen any 

 further notification that they are now precluded from fishing in 

 British North American territorial waters. I have duly informed 

 Her Majesty's Government and the Government of the Dominion of 

 this decision. 



I have, &c., 



L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 



Lord Lansdowne to Earl Gnmvitte. 



OTTAWA, 25th March, 1886. 



MY LORD: I have the honour to forward for your information a 

 copy of the instructions which have been issued by my Minister of 

 Marine and Fisheries for the guidance of fishery officers and ex-ojjicio 

 magistrates in command of the vessels which will be employed for 

 the protection of the inshore fisheries of the Dominion. 



These instructions are substantially the same as those which were 

 issued under similar circumstances in 1870. 



Your Lordship will observe that while the officers in command of 

 the fisheries police vessels are required to take the necessary steps 

 for strictly upholding the Treaty rights of the Dominion they are 

 specially enjoined to carry out their instructions in a conciliatory 

 spirit and with forbearance and discrimination. 



I also enclose copy of a warning notice which was published in 

 reference to the same subject by the Department of Fisheries. 

 I have, &c., 



(Sd.) LANSDOWNE. 



The Right Honorable, 



EARL GRANVILLE, K. G., &c. 



[Enclosure No. 1.^ 



Special instructions to Fishery Officers, ex-officio Magistrates, in com- 

 mand of Government Steamers and Vessels, engaged as Fisheries 

 Police Vessels, in protecting the Inshore Fisheries of Canada. 



OTTAWA, 16th March, 1886. 



SIR: In the performance of the special and important service to 

 which you have been appointed you will be guided by the follow- 

 ing confidential instructions. 



For convenience of reference, these have been divided under the 

 different headings of Powers, Jurisdiction, Duties and General Direc- 

 tions. 



POWERS. 



The Powers with which you are invested, are derived from, and 

 to be exercised in accordance with the following statutes, among 

 others: "The Fisheries Act" (31 Vic., cap. 60, of Canada); "An 

 Act respecting Fishing by Foreign Vessels," (31 Vic., cap. 61, of 

 Canada), and the subsequent statute entitled: "An Act to amend 

 the Act respecting Fishing by Foreign Vessels," made and passed 



