PERIOD FROM 1871 TO 1905. 833 



By the sworn statement of Solomon Jacobs, master of the schooner 

 Mollie Adams, it appears that on the 31st ultimo, whilst on his home- 

 ward voyage laden with fish from the fishing banks, he was compelled 

 to put into Port Mulgrave to obtain water, and duly made report 

 and entry at the custom house. The water-tank of the vessel having 

 been burst in his voyage by heavy weather and thus rendered useless, 

 he asked permission of the collector to purchase two or three barrels 

 to hold a supply of water for his crew on their homeward voyage of 

 about 500 miles. 



This application was refused and his vessel threatened with seizure 

 if barrels were so purchased. In consequence the vessel was com- 

 pelled to put to sea with an insufficient supply of water, and in trying 

 to make some other port wherein to obtain water a severe gale was 

 encountered which swept away his deck-load of fish and destroyed 

 two seine boats. 



This inhospitable, indeed inhuman, conduct on the part of the cus- 

 toms officer in question should be severely reprimanded, and for the 

 infraction of treaty rights and commercial privileges compensation 

 equivalent to the injuries sustained will be claimed from Her 

 Majesty's Government. 



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



Sir L. West to Mr. Bayard. 



WASHINGTON, September 11, 1886. 



(Received September 14.) 



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

 yesterday's date calling attention to the case of the Mollie Adams. 

 I have, &c., 



L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 



Mr. Phelps to Lord Iddesleigh. 



LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, 



London, September 11, 1886. 



MY LORD: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your 

 note of September 1, on the subject of the Canadian fisheries. 



I received also on the 16th of August, last, from Lord Rosebery, 

 then foreign secretary, a copy of a note on the same subject, dated 

 July 23, 1886, addressed by his Lordship, through the British min- 

 ister at Washington, to Mr. Bayard, the Secretary of State of the 

 United States, in reply to a note from Mr. Bayard to the British 

 minister of May 10, and also to mine addressed to Lord Rosebery 

 under date of June 2. The retirement of Lord Rosebery from office 

 immediately after I received his note, prevented a continuance of 

 the discussion with him. And in resuming the subject with your 

 lordship, it may be proper to refer both to Lord Rosebery's note and 

 to your own. In doing so I repeat in substance considerations ex- 

 pressed to you orally in recent interviews. 



92909 ft. Doc. 870, 61-3, vol 3 14 



