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testimony to the generous treatment that had been extended to him 

 when at the port of Shelburne on previous occasions, but also declares 

 that the statements made in the affidavit of the 15th October last, pur- 

 porting to be sworn to by him, and which affidavit formed the basis of 

 a dispatch from Mr. Bayard, the United States Secretary of State, 

 protesting against the inhuman and inhospitable conduct of the col- 

 lector of customs at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, to use Captain Rose's 

 own words, "' are all untrue." 



The committee recommend that your excellency be moved to for- 

 ward a copy of this minute, together with copies of the papers men- 

 tioned, to the right honorable the secretary of state for the colonies. 



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



JOHN J. McGEE, 

 ClerTs Privy Council, Canada. 



[Inclosure No. 3.] 



Mr. Atwood to commissioner of customs ', Ottawa. 



CUSTOM-HOUSE, SHELBURNE, April W, 1887. 



SIR: With reference to my letter of the 5th January last and a 

 statement made by Medeo Eose, of schooner Laura Say ward, a copy 

 of which was sent me from your department for my report thereon, 

 I beg to state that Captain Rose, with his vessel, is now lying off 

 Sandy Point. He reported and obtained clearance yesterday on 

 board Dominion cutter Triumph. On being questioned by Captain 

 Lorway relative to the statement made in October last, he said much 

 of it was untrue, and denied having made it. Inclosed please find a 

 statement signed by Captain Rose in my presence at Sandy Point, 

 sworn to and witnessed by Capt. John Purney, justice of the peace. 

 He made no objection at all to signing it, and admits that this state- 

 ment is true in every particular. Will you kindly have it forwarded 

 to John Tilton, esq., deputy minister of fisheries ? 

 1 am, etc., 



W. W. ATWOOD, Collector. 



[Inclosure No. 4.] 



Declaration of the captain of the Laura Sayward. 



I, Medeo Rose, master of the schooner Laura Sayward, of 

 Gloucester, do solemnly declare and say that on the 6th October last 

 I arrived at the port of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, and reported my 

 vessel at the custom-house some time after 4 p. m. 



Stated to the collector that I was from Western Banks, bound 

 home, and required provisions, as follows, viz: 7 pounds of sugar, 

 3 pounds of coffee, 1 bushel of potatoes, 2 pounds of butter, and to 

 fill water. This was all. The collector told me to fill the water, but 

 as there was no provision made in the treaty for the purchase of 

 supplies or stores, he would telegraph the department at Ottawa at 

 once ; that no doubt they would be allowed ; and I consented to wait 

 until the next morning for a reply. 



I called at the custom-house early the next morning, before 7 o'clock ; 

 stated that, as the wind was fair and blowing a strong breeze, I 



