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That the regulations under which foreign vessels may trade at 

 Canadian ports are contained in the customs laws of Canada (a copy 

 of which is herewith), and which render it necessary, among other 

 things, that upon arrival at any Canadian port a vessel must at once 

 enter inward at the custom-house, and upon the completion of her 

 loading clear outwards for her port of destination. 



The committee recommend that your excellency be moved to trans- 

 mit a copy of this minute, together with a copy of the customs laws, 

 as containing authentic information respecting Canadian laws regu- 

 lating the sale and exportation of fresh herring, to Her Majesty's 

 minister at Washington, for the information of the honorable Mr. 

 Bayard, Secretary of State for the United States. 



JOHN J. McGEE, 



Clerk, Privy Council. 



Mr. Bayard to Mr. Phelps. 



No. 466.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 



Washington, December 7, 1880. 



SIR: I inclose herewith, for your information, a copy of my note 

 of the 1st instant to Sir Lionel West, Her Britannic Majesty's minis- 

 ter at this capital, concerning the treatment by the Canadian authori- 

 ties of the American fishing schooner Molly Adams, of Gloucester, 

 Mass. 



I am, etc., T. F. BAYARD. 



Sir L. West to Mr. Bayard. 



WASHINGTON, December 7, 1886. 



SIR: With reference to your note of the 30th of July last, I am in- 

 structed by the Earl of Iddesleigh to communicate to you the inclosed 

 copy of a dispatch, with its inclosures, from the officer administering 

 the Government of Canada, respecting the action of the customs 

 officer at Magdalen Islands, in the case of the United States fishing 

 vessel Mascotte. 



I have, &c., L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 



[Inclosure.] 



Acting Governor Lord A. G. Russell to Mr. Stanhope. 



HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, October ?/?, 1886. 



SIR: With reference to your telegraphic message of the 22d Au- 

 gust, and to your dispatch of the 25th of August, marked Secret, 

 transmitting copy of a dispatch from Her Majesty's charge d'affaires 

 at Washington, with a note from Mr. Bayard, complaining of the 

 action of the customs officer at Magdalen Islands with reference to 

 the American fishery schooner Mascotte. I have the honor to for- 

 ward herewith a copy of an approved minute of the privy council of 

 Canada, embodying a report of the minister of marine and fisheries 

 on the subject. 



I have, &c., A. G. RUSSELL, General. 



