960 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



About the 3d day of June last I went into Shelburne again solely 

 to get a copy of the last statement. I went to the custom-house, 

 taking the same man (Augustus Kogers) with me, and asked Col- 

 lector Atwood for a copy of the statement. 



He refused to give it to me, and said my lawyers had been advising 

 me what to do and that I need never expect a favor from him. 



The above is a true statement of the case. The statement obtained 

 from me by Collector Atwood was obtained through my fear of 

 seizure if I refused. 



MEDEO ROSE. 



I, Augustus Rogers, one of the crew of schooner Gleaner, being duly 

 sworn, do depose and say, that I went with Capt. Medeo Rose to the 

 custom-house at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, on the 19th day of April 

 last, and also on the 3d day of June. I heard his conversation with 

 Collector Atwood on both occasions, and hereby certify that the .state- 

 ments of those interviews, as made above, are correct and true. 



AUGUSTUS ROGERS. 

 MASS., ESSEX, ss: 



Personally appeared Medeo Rose and Augustus Rogers, and made 

 oath to the truth of the above statements before me. 



[SEAL.] AARON PARSONS, 



Notary Public. 



AUGUST 3, 1887. 



Mr. West to Mr. Bayard. 



WASHINGTON, April #5, 1888. (Received April 26.) 

 SIR: In accordance with instructions which I have received from 

 the Marquis of Salisbury, I have the honor to communicate to you 

 copy of a dispatch from the governor-general of Canada to Her 

 Majesty's secretary of state for the colonies, together with copy of a 

 minute of the privy council on the subject of the seizure of the United 

 States fishing vessels, David J. Adams and Ella M. Doughty. 

 I have, etc., 



L. S. SACKVTT.T.K WEST. 



[Inclosure No. 1.] 



Lord Landsdowne to Lord Knutsford. 



GOVERNMENT HOUSE, 



Ottawa, March 21, 1888. 



MY LORD: I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of an ap- 

 proved minute of a committee of the privy council, concurring in a 

 recommendation of my minister of justice, who has advised that for 

 the reasons stated in his report the proceedings against the United 

 States fishing vessels D. J. Adams and E. M. Doughty, libeled in the 

 vice-admiralty court at Halifax for violation of the statutes relating 

 to fishing by foreign vessels, be discontinued upon the understanding 

 that the owners or their representatives give an undertaking which 

 will prevent such a step being made the basis for a claim for damages 

 or expenses. 



I have, etc., LAKDSDOWNE. 



