896 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



secretary of state for the colonies in the sense of the report of the 

 ministr}^ of marine and fisheries. 



All which is respectfully submitted for your excellency's approval. 



JOHN J. McGEE, 



Clerk Privy Council. 



[Inclesure No. 2.] 



"Mr. Carr to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries. 



STEEP CREEK, November 1, 1886. 



SIR: Yours of the 28th of October came to hand to-day, and, in 

 reply, can state to you that part of the crew of the schooner Gritten- 

 den came on shore at Steep Creek and landed their barrels and filled 

 them with water. I went direct to the men who were filling the bar- 

 rels, and told them to come and enter before taking wood and water. 

 They said they would not enter or make any report. I told them that 

 I would seize the schooner Crittenden for violating the customs laws. 

 They said they would risk that, as the schooner was now put of the 

 way about 3 miles from my station down the straits, and it was im- 

 possible for me to board the vessel. They also landed a man the same 

 day with his effects, and on their return from Gloucester to the Bay 

 St. Lawrence they shipped a man. Was looking out for the vessel, 

 but could not catch her. I reported the case to the collector of cus- 

 toms at Port Hawkesbury, and on the schooner Crittenden's return 

 from the Bay St. Lawrence she was seized, and Collector Bourinot 

 got the affidavits of the captain of the said schooner and also of some 

 of the crew, which he stated to the department. I was in the office 

 at the time when Collector Bourinot received a telegram from the de- 

 partment to release the schooner Crittenden on the deposit of $400. 

 I remain, etc., 



JAMES H. CARR, Pro Collector. 



Mr. Phelps to the Marquis of Salisbury. 



LEGATION or THE UNITED STATES, 



London, January 26, 1887. 



MY LORD : Various circumstances have rendered inconvenient an 

 earlier reply to Lord Iddesleigh's note of November 12, on the subject 

 of the North American fisheries, and the termination of the fishing 

 season has postponed the more immediate necessity of the discussion ; 

 but it seems now very important that before the commencement of 

 another season a distinct understanding should be reached between 

 the United States Government and that of Her Majesty relative to 

 the course to be pursued by the Canadian authorities towards Amer- 

 ican vessels. 



It is not without surprise that I have read Lord Iddesleigh's re- 

 mark, in the note above mentioned, referring to the treaty of 1818, 

 that Her Majesty's Government " have not as yet been informed in 

 what respect the construction placed upon that instrument by the 

 Government of the United States differs from their own." 



