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Mr. Bayard to Sir L. West. 



DEPARTMENT or STATE, 



Washington, August 17, 1886. 



SIR : An affidavit has been filed in this Department by Reuben Cam- 

 eron, master of the American schooner Golden Hind, of Gloucester, 

 Mass., setting forth that, on or about the 23d of July ultimo, being 

 out of water, he attempted to put into Port Daniel, Bay of Chaleurs, 

 to obtain a fresh supply ; that at the entrance of the bay, about four 

 or five miles from land, the Golden Hind was boarded by an officer 

 from the Canadian schooner E. F. Conrad, and by him ordered not to 

 enter the Bay of Chaleurs; that said officer furnished Captain Cam- 

 eron with a printed warning with this indorsement written thereon: 

 " Don't enter the Bay of Chaleurs, M. S. ; " and that in consequence 

 of said act of the Canadian officer the Golden Hind was obliged to go 

 across to Tignish, Prince Edward Island, to obtain water, whereby 

 his fishing venture was interfered with, and loss and injury caused 

 to the vessel and her owners. 



I have the honor to protest against this act of officers of her Britan- 

 nic Majesty as not only distinctly unfriendly and contrary to the 

 humane usages of civilized nations, but as in direct violation of so 

 much of Article I of tjie convention of 1818 between the United 

 States and Great Britain as secures forever to American fishermen 

 upon the British North American coast admission to the bays or 

 harbors thereof for the purpose of obtaining water. And for all loss 

 or injury which may be shown to have accrued by reason of the act in 

 question the Government of Her Britannic Majesty will be held justly 

 liable. 



I have further the honor to ask with all earnestness that the Gov- 

 ernment of Her Britannic Majesty will cause steps to be forthwith 

 taken to prevent and rebuke acts so violative of treaty and of the 

 common rites of hospitality. 



I have, &c., T. F. BAYARD. 



Sir L. West to Mr. Bayard. 



WASHINGTON, August 18, 1886. 



( Received August 19.) 



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

 yesterday, protesting against the action of the officer of the Dominion 

 schooner E. F. Conrad, in forbidding the master of the American 

 schooner Golden Hind to enter the Bay of Chaleur for the purpose of 

 renewing his supply of fresh water at that place. 

 I have, &c., 



L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 



