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That a similar sum has been provided for the same purpose by the 

 Government of the United States, thus enabling the work to proceed 

 at joint expense; 



That persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, may be interested 

 in the work contemplated at Hell's Gate, including the Government 

 of the Province of British Columbia, the Canadian Pacific Eailway 

 Company and the Canadian National Railways, have been consulted 

 with reference thereto and that such persons have no objection thereto 

 provided their interests are adequately safeguarded ; 



That by arrangements between Canada and the United States all 

 expenditures properly incurred by the Commission are paid by the 

 Canadian Government, one-half of such payments to be recovered 

 later by Canada from the United States Government ; and 



That it is, by reason of the war, necessary for the security, defence, 

 peace, order and welfare of Canada that the Order hereinafter set 

 forth be made. 



Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on 

 the recommendation of the Minister of Fisheries, and under the au- 

 thority of the War Measures Act, is pleased, hereby, to authorize 

 the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission constituted 

 pursuant to the Fraser Eiver Sockeye Convention, confirmed by chap- 

 ter ten of the Statutes of Canada, one thousand, nine hundred and 

 thirty, to enter into contracts in the name of His Majesty in right of 

 Canada for the execution of the work at Hell's Gate Canyon and 

 other points on the Fraser River, British Columbia, for which money 

 is, or is to be, provided by the said Vote 83 hereinbefore set out ; and 

 is further pleased to authorize and doth hereby authorize the chair- 

 man and secretary of the said Commission to execute any such con- 

 tract on behalf of the Commission. 



A. J. P. Heeney. 

 Clerk of the Privy Council 



The Secretary of State to the Canadian Charge d? Affaires ad interim 



Department of State 



Washington 

 August 5, 19Ji,li. 

 Sir: 



I have your Embassy's note No. 266 of July 21, 1944, with en- 

 closures, in regard to the recommendation of remedial measures for 

 overcoming obstructions to the ascent of the salmon in Hell's Gate 

 Canyon and further investigatioh and remedial measures for over- 

 coming obstructions to the ascent of the salmon elsewhere in the 

 Fraser River system, which, pursuant to Article III of the Conven- 

 tion between the United States and Canada for the Protection, 

 Preservation and Extension of the Sockeye Salmon Fisheries in the 

 Fraser River system, signed at Washington on May 26, 1930, was 

 made to the American and Canadian Governments on January 11, 

 1944 by the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission. 



As you point out the estimated cost of the works recommended, 

 which was two million dollars, would in accordance with Article III, 

 paragraph 2 of the Convention, be shared equally between the two 

 governments. 



