PERIOD FROM 1871 TO 1905. 867 



some third person to act as umpire between them, and should they be 

 unable to agree upon the name of such third person, they shall each 

 name a person, and it shall be determined by lot which of the two 

 persons so named shall be the umpire. 



ARTICLE IV. 



The fishing vessels of the United States shall have in the estab- 

 lished ports of entry of Her Britannic Majesty's dominions in 

 America the same commercial privileges as other vessels of the 

 United States, including the purchase of bait and other supplies; 

 and such privileges shall be exercised subject to the same rules and 

 regulations and payment of the same port charges as are prescribed 

 for other vessels of the United States. 



The Government of Her Britannic Majesty agree to release all 

 United States fishing vessels now under seizure for failing to report 

 at custom-houses when seeking shelter, repairs, or supplies, and to 

 refund all fines exacted for such failure to report. And the high con- 

 tracting parties agree to appoint a joint commission to ascertain the 

 amount of damage caused to American fishermen during the year 

 1886 by seizure and detention in violation of the treaty of 1818, said 

 commission to make awards therefor to the parties injured. 



ARTICLE VT. 



The Government of the United States and the Government of Her 

 Britannic Majesty agree to give concurrent notification and warning 

 of Canadian customs regulations, and the United States agrees to 

 admonish its fishermen to comply with them, and cooperate in secur- 

 ing their enforcement. 



[Inclosure No. 2. Translation.] 



Arrangement between France and Great Britain concerning the 

 Newfoundland fisheries, November 14, 1885. (See ante, p. 69.) 



Mr. Bayard to Mr. PJielps. 



No. 462.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 



Washington, November W, 1886. 



SIR: On the 6th of the present month I wrote you concerning the 

 treatment of the United States fishing schooner Marion Grimes, of 

 Gloucester, Mass., on October 7, 1886, in the outer harbor of Shel- 

 burne, Nova Scotia, by Captain Quigley, of the Canadian cruiser 

 Terror. 



I received yesterday and now inclose a copy of the statement made 

 under oath by Captain Landry of the Marion Grimes, and present it 

 as supplementary and confirmatory of my former communication on 

 the subject. 



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



