800 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



gunwale of my boat. On the day the Middleton drove me away I 

 was paying $10 per hogshead for the herring. The men of whom I 

 bought them were Dominion fishermen. The captain of the Middle- 

 ton then left me and went to other American boats and ordered them 

 away. They left without having procured any fish. I took an Eng- 

 lish boat in tow that had taken fish from the seine, towed her into 

 American waters, then took her fish, and came to Eastport. 



STEPHEN K. BALKAM. 



Sworn and subscribed before me this 12th day of July, 1886. 



K B. NUTT, 

 Justice of the Peace. 



Lord Lansdowne to Earl GranviUe. 



[Telegram.] 



12th July, 1886. 



With respect to Your Lordship's telegram of the 6th instant, I have 

 ascertained that no warning was issued by the Collector of Customs 

 at Canso other than the official warning which has been seen by you. 

 In conversation with the master of a fishing vessel the Collector 

 expressed his opinion that the headland line ran from Cranberry 

 Island to St. Esprit, but this was not authorized by my Government 

 in any manner. 



(Sd.) LANSDOWNE. 



Amendment to circular No. 371. 



CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, OTTAWA, 



July 12, 1886. 



SIR: In order to avoid any misinterpretation of the concluding 

 paragraph of my circular No. 371, dated 7th May last, you will sub- 

 stitute the following therefor: 



If any fishing vessel or boat of the United States is found fishing, 

 or to have been fishing, or to be preparing to fish, within three marine 

 miles of the shore within your district, you will please place an officer 

 in charge thereof, and at once telegraph the facts to the Fisheries 

 Department at Ottawa and await instructions. 



To any foreign fishing vessels, boats or fishermen who may come 

 within three marine miles of the shore of your district (but not 

 fishing, preparing to fish, or having fished within such limit) you are 

 requested to furnish a copy of the Warning" and if any such vessel 

 or boat shall not depart within 24 hours after receiving such 

 "Warning" even though such vessel or boat is not engaged in 

 fishing, preparing to fish, or having fished within the three-mile 

 limit, you will place an officer in charge thereof, and at once telegraph 

 the facts as before mentioned; or if it be ascertained, subsequently 

 to serving the "Warning," that any vessel or boat served therewith, 

 has been fishing or preparing to fish before or after such service,you 

 are not to allow the twenty-four hours to expire, but put an officer 

 on board at once and act as directed. 



(Sd.) J. JOHNSON, 



Commissioner of Customs. 



