828 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



Mr. Presson to Mr. Bayard. 



CUSTOM-HOUSE, GLOUCESTER, MASS., 



Collector's Office, August 14, 1886. 



(Received August 16.) 



SIR: I inclose affidavit of Capt. Reuben Cameron, of schooner 

 Golden Hind, of this port, who was forbidden to enter the harbor of 

 Port Daniels, N. S., for water. This being a clear violation by the 

 Canadian Government of the treaty of 1818, I respectfully submit 

 the case for your consideration. 



Very respectfully, yours, &c., D. S. PRESSON, 



Collector. 



[Inclosure.] 



Affidavit of Captain Cameron, of the schooner Golden Hind. 



I, Reuben Cameron, master of the American schooner Golden Hind, 

 of Gloucester, do depose and say : That we sailed from Gloucester 

 July 3, 1886, bound to the Bay of St. Lawrence, on a fishing voyage. 

 That on or about July 23, being out of water, started to go into the 

 Bay of Chaleurs (Port Daniel) to fill water. At the entrance of the 

 bay, four or five miles from land, was met by the Canadian schooner 

 E. F. Conrad; an officer came on board, took my name, name of ves- 

 sel, tonnage, name of owner, &c., and ordered me not to go into Bay 

 of Chaleurs. He also furnished me with a printed " warning," with 

 this indorsement written thereon : " Don't enter the Bay of Chaleurs, 

 N. S." After this warning I put to sea, and was obliged to go across 

 to Tignish, P. E. I., to obtain a supply of water for use of my crew. 



This delayed me at least a week, and the loss of at least a good trip 

 of mackerel, as during that time another vessel from the same firm, 

 in five days, on the same fishing grounds, took 460 barrels of mackerel, 

 and caused a loss to my owners of at least five thousand dollars 

 ($5,000). 



REUBEN CAMERON, 



Master. 



We, the undersigned, a part of the crew of the schooner Golden 

 Hind, do depose and say that the above statement of Captain Cam- 

 eron is true in every particular. 



JAMES A. POWELL. 



GILBERT SMITH. 



AUGUST 13, 1886. 

 MASSACHUSETTS, Essex, ss: 



Personally appeared Reuben Cameron, James A. Powell, and Gil- 

 bert Smith, and made oath to the above. 



Before me. 



[L. s.] AARON PARSONS, N. P. 



