PERIOD FROM 1871 TO 1905. 789 



the action of provincial officials will, I hope, be productive of authori- 

 tative expression, and afford some solid basis for our judgment and 

 progressive action, which has hitherto been so delayed from the some- 

 what anomalous relations of the Canadian authorities towards a con- 

 vention to which they are not actual or responsible parties. 

 I am, &c., 



T. F. BAYARD. 



Lord Lansdowne to Earl Granwlle. 



(No. 204) CASCAPEDIA, 18th June, 1886. 



MY LORD: I have the honour to forward herewith for Your Lord- 

 ship's information a copy of the amended Customs circular No. 

 371, issued under the authority of the Government of Canada to 

 the Collectors of Customs throughout the Dominion. 

 I have, etc. 



(Sd.) LANSDOWNE. 



The Right Honorable 



Earl GRANVILLE, K. G. 



[Enclosure.] 



Circular No. 371. 



CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, 



Ottawa, 7th May, 1886. 



SIR, The Government of the United States having by notice ter- 

 minated Articles 18 to 25, both inclusive, and Article 30, known as 

 the Fishery Articles of the Washington Treaty, attention is called to 

 the following provision of the Convention between the United States 

 and Great Britain, signed at London, on the 20th October, 1818: 



Article 1st. "Whereas differences have arisen respecting the lib- 

 erty claimed by the United States, for the inhabitants thereof, to 

 take, dry and cure fish, on certain coasts, bays, harbours and creeks, 

 of His Britannic Majesty's Dominion, in America, it is agreed between 

 the higli Contracting Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United 

 States shall have, forever, in common with the subjects of His Bri- 

 tannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind on that part of 

 the Southern coast of Newfoundland which extends from Cape Ray 

 to the Rameau Island, on the western and northern coast of New- 

 foundland from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the 

 shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on the coasts, bays, har- 

 bours and creeks, from Mount Joly, on the southern coast of Labrador, 

 to and through the Straits of Belle Isle, and thence northwardly 

 indefinitely along the coast, without prejudice, however, to any of 

 the exclusive rights of the Hudson's Bay Company; and that the 

 American fishermen shall also have liberty, forever, to dry and cure 

 fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours, and creeks of the southern 

 part of the coast of Newfoundland hereabove described, and of the 

 coast of Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, 

 shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry 



