848 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



flnclosure No. 2.] 



Mr. Steele to Mr. Bayard. 



GLOUCESTER, MASS., October %5, 1886. 



(Received October 27.) 



SIR : I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your letter 

 dated October 20. 



My original inquiry referred both to vessels under license and to 

 those sailing under a register. Your letter satisfies the inquiry as to 

 those licensed for the fisheries. 



We still desire to be informed as to whether vessels under registry 

 of the United States will be allowed to enter at Grand Manan and 

 other ports, and load and export herring to the United States. 



Such vessels will be manned by a sailing crew, on wages, and not by 

 a fishing complement of sharemen, nor will they carry the fishing 

 gear which such vessels use when fishing under a fishing license. 



The fishing interests, I assure you, appreciate the courtesy of your 

 offer to procure this information seasonably for them. 

 I remain, &c., 



GEO. STEELE, 

 President of the American Fishery Union. 



Sir L. West to Mr. Bayard. 



WASHINGTON, November 1, 1886. 



(Received November 2.) 



SIR : With reference to your note of the 9th of August last, respect- 

 ing the treatment of the United States fishing boat Rattler by the 

 Canadian authorities, I have the honor to inclose to you herewith, in 

 obedience to the instructions of the Earl of Iddesleigh, copy of a dis- 

 patch from the administrator of the Government of Canada together 

 with copy of the report of the collector of customs at Shelburne. 

 I have, &c., 



L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 



[Inclosure No. 1.] 



HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, September 21, 1886. 



SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith a certified copy of a 

 minute of my privy council embodying a report of the minister of 

 customs in relation to the alleged improper treatment of the United 

 States fishing schooner Rattler in being required to report to the 

 collector of customs at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, when seeking that 

 harbor for shelter. 



The reply of the collector to the inquiries addressed to him in 

 respect to this matter is appended to the minister's report, and in it 

 the facts of the case as set forth in my telegram of the 14th instant, 

 are given. 



I have communicated your dispatch No. 195 of the 1st inst. for- 

 warding Mr. Bayard's protest concerning this case to my ministers 

 and requested to be furnished with a report thereon, which I shall 

 forward for your information as soon as it has been received. 

 I have, &c., 



A. G. RUSSELL, General. 



