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aggression, and became, no doubt, powerful factors in influencing 

 Congressional legislation hostile to Canadian and British interests. 



The minister, while inviting attention to and strongly deprecating 

 such action as above recited on the part of the United States, takes 

 occasion, at the same time, to express his entire confidence that the 

 rights of Canada will not thereby be in any degree prejudiced in the 

 eyes of Her Majesty's Government. 



The committee concur in the foregoing report of the minister of 

 marine and fisheries, and they recommend that your Excellency be 

 moved to transmit a copy of this minute, if approved, to the right 

 honorable the secretary of state for the colonies. 



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



JOHN J. McGEE, 

 Clerk Privy Council Canada. 



[Inclosure No. 3.] 



Mr. Murray, jr., to Mr. Tilton. 



PORT MULGRAVE, NOVA SCOTIA, 



November 1, 1886. 



SIR : Referring to your letter of 28th October, I beg to say that on 

 Monday, the 30th August, the schooner Mollie Adams, of Gloucester, 

 Mass., Solomon Jacobs, master, passed two customs ports in the Straits 

 of Canso before coming to my port. In fact, he sent his boat (dory) 

 with his brother and a Captain Campbell to me to see if I would 

 allow him to get seven empty barrels to put water in. I asked the 

 men what they did with their water barrels. They told me they had 

 filled them with mackerel, and that their tank leaked. I told the men 

 that I had no po\ver to allow them to purchase barrels, but I would 

 borrow barrels to fill with water if they would caulk the tank. I 

 also gave them a letter to take up to my superior, asking him to allow 

 Captain Jacobs to purchase the barrels. They went on board, told 

 their story, and the captain anchored his vessel and came ashore to see 

 me. I offered to send a man on board to caulk the tank. In the mean 

 time one of the crew came on shore and said that the cook had suc- 

 ceeded in tightening the tank; that it held salt water. I then bor- 

 rowed the seven barrels to fill the water, which they did, and I re- 

 turned the barrels again, and the captain was well pleased, as he 

 appeared so. 



If this is not satisfactory I can make oath to the foregoing. 

 I am, etc., 



DAVID MURRAY, Jr., 

 Subcollector Customs. 



[Sub-inclosure.] 



Mr. McNutt to Mr. Tilton. 



MALPEQUE, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, January 7, 1887. 

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

 the 29th December, covering statements made by Captain Jacobs, 

 and now adjoin statement of facts as personally known by and com- 

 municated to me of wreck of the NeskiUta on Malpeque Bar, on Sun- 

 day night, the 26th September last. Information reached me early 



