808 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



in connection with fishery operations, within 3 miles of the coasts of 

 this colony, will be in further violation of the terms of said conven- 

 tion and laws. 



I am, &c., N. N. TAYLOR, 



Officer of Customs. 

 Capt. JAMES MCDONALD, 



Schooner Thomas F. Bayard. 



[Inclosure No. 3.] 



Sworn statement of Alexander McEachern, master of the Mascot^ 



dated July 87, 1886. 



STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, 



County of Essex: 



GLOUCESTER, July 87, 1886. 



Be it known that on the 27th day of July, in the year of our Lord 

 1886, before me, Aaron Parsons, a notary public, duly commissioned 

 and sworn, and dwelling at Gloucester, in the county and State afore- 

 said, personally appeared Alexander McEachern, master of the 

 schooner called Mascot, of this port, who deposes and says: That on 

 the 10th day of June, 1886 A. D., I went into Port Amherst, Magda- 

 len Islands, for the purpose of buying bait, but as soon as I went 

 ashore I was met by the custom-house officials, who forbid me from so 

 doing, stating they would seize my vessel, and I had no right to enjoy 

 any privileges here except to get wood and water. I informed him 

 that I wanted to take a pilot so I could find a spot where I was in- 

 formed the fishing was good. He also said if I shipped such pilot or 

 laid in port over twenty-four hours he would seize my vessel. 



[SEAL.] ALEX. MCEACHERN. 



Before me. 



AARON PARSONS, N. P. 



Mr. Hardinge to Mr. Bayard. 



BRITISH LEGATION, 



"Washington, July 31, 1886. (Received August 2.) 

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

 yesterday's date, drawing my attention to an alleged infraction of the 

 stipulations of the treaty of October 20, 1818, by the Newfoundland 

 authorities at Bonne Bay, in threatening the master of the American 

 fishing vessel Thomas F. Bayard with seizure of his ship in case of his 

 attempting to obtain fish for bait or for any other transaction in con- 

 nection w r ith fishing operations within three marine miles of that 

 coast ; also, to the case of the United States fishing schooner Mascot, 

 at Port Amherst, Magdalen Islands. 

 I have, &c., 



CHARLES HARDINGE. 



