802 COBBESPONDENCE, ETC. 



given by the Canadian Government to Customs Officers on the sub- 

 ject of headland lines which might have given rise to the alleged 

 claims to exclude United States' fishing vessels from the waters 

 covered by lines drawn from Cape Canso to St. Esprit, and from 

 North Cape to East Cape of Prince Edward Island. 

 I am, &c., 



(Sd.) J. PAUNCEFOTE. 



The UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE 



FOR THE COLONIES. 



[Enclosure No. 3.] 



(Treaty No. 55.) Sir L. West to Earl Roseberry. 



WASHINGTON, 15th June, 1886. 



MY LORD: I have the honour to enclose to Your Lordship, here- 

 with, copy of a note which I have received from the Secretary of 

 State requesting the attention of Her Majesty's Government to cer- 

 tain warnings alleged to have been given to American fishing vessels 

 by the Canadian authorities to keep outside imaginary lines drawn 

 from headlands to headlands, which he characterizes as wholly un- 

 warranted pretensions of extra territorial authority and usurpations 

 of jurisdiction. 



I have, &c., 



(Sd.) L. S. S. WEST. 



The Right Honourable 



The SECRETARY OF STATE 



FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 



[Enclosure No. 4.] 



Mr. Bayard to Sir L. West. 



WASHINGTON, 14fh June, 1886. 



SIR: The Consul General of the United States, at Halifax, com- 

 municates to me the information derived by him from the Collector 

 of Customs at that port, to the effect that American fishing vessels 

 will not be permitted to land fish at that port of entry for transporta- 

 tion, in bond, across the Province. 



I have also to inform you that the masters of the American fishing 

 vessels of Gloucester, Mass., "Martha A. Bradley," "Rattler," 

 "Eliza Boynton" and "Pioneer," have severally reported to the 

 Consul General, at Halifax, that the Sub-Collector of Customs, at 

 Canso, had warned them to keep outside an imaginary line drawn 

 from a point three miles outside Canso Head to a point three miles 

 outside St. Esprit, on the Cape Breton coast, a distance of forty 

 miles. This line, for nearly its entire continuance, is distant twelve 

 to twenty-five miles from the coast. The same masters also report 

 that they were warned against going inside an imaginary line drawn 

 from a point three miles outside North Cape, on Prince Edward 

 Island, to a point three miles outside East Point, on the same island, 

 a distance of over one hundred miles, and that this last named line 

 was, for nearly that entire distance, about thirty miles from the shore. 



The same authority informed the masters of the vessels referred to 

 that they would not be permitted to enter Bay Chaleur. 



