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By direction of the President, the Secretary road tlio records oi' the last 

 Conference, wiiich were approved and signed by the Commissioners, the Secretary, 

 and the Agents. 



The examination of Mr. William AIcLeod was resumed by Mr, S. II. Tliomson. 

 'riie witness was cross-examined by Mr. Dana. 



Mr. Philip Viherl, of Perci', in tlie County of Cas|)('', .i (ieneial insurance and 

 Commission Agent, Lloyd's Agent, and lomierls' High Sherifi' for tin; ('ounty of 

 (iaspe, was called, and gave evidence on oath on matters connected with the 

 intpiiry. {No. 12, Appnidix F.) 



The witness was examined l)y Mr. Uoulre, and cross-examined by Mr. Foster. 



.\lr. Weatiierbe then proccodud to read aflidavits inaih' on mailers connected 

 witli tlie inquiry i)y tiie foUowing persons: — 



.Mr. K. -Marshall, of tiic island of Anticosti. (Ao. 30. Appendij' (L) 

 Mr. .lames A. Nickerson, of Margaret's Hay. (.Vo. .'57, Appendix G.) 

 Mr. ./. L. Ingraham, of North Sydney. (A'o. ;3fS, Appcndi.r (I.) 



-Mr. Foster then read tlie following statement: — 



'•■Referring to page 'H.) of the ' Answer on behalf of the United States,' and to 

 Chapter VI of the 'Reply on behalf of Her Majesty's Covernment' thereto, the 

 Agent of the United States desires to state that upon an examination of the full 

 text of the correspondence and instructions referred to therein, wiiich have been 

 kindly furnished to him by the Agent of Her ^lajcsty's Government, it appears to 

 be true, as asserted in the 'Reply,' that the olfer cited in tiic 'Answer' was 

 a part of a general proposition as to commercial relations. The ' .Vnswcr ' was 

 prepared without access to the original documents since furnished, and referred 

 only to the letter of Sir Henry Buhver, and the extract therein inclosed, which 

 conveyed to the mind of the Agent of the United States the suggestion of an 

 alternative negotiation, tlie one contemplating a general reciprocity, the other an 

 arrangement confined to the Fisheries, and proposing a narrower equivalent. 



"An obvious error of citation also arose in copying or printing, which escaped 

 attention iu reading the proof." 



The Commission then adjourned until the next day at noon. 



(Signed) MAURICE DELFOSSE. (Signed) J'RANCIS CLARE FORD. 



E. H. KELLOfid. DWIGllT FOSTl^R. 



A. T. GAJ.T. 



J. H. G. Reugnk. 



Protocol No. 13. 



Record of the Proceedings of the Fisheries Commission, at the Thirteenth Confe* 

 rencc, held at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 10th day of August, 1877, 



The Commission met at noon, as appointed. 



The three Commissioners, and the Agents of the United States and of Great 

 Britain respectively, were present. 



The Secretary, by direction of tiie President, read the records of the last Con- 

 ference, which were approved, and signed by the Commissioners, the Secretary, and 

 tiie Agents. 



Mr. John .Jamen Fox, of Amherst, Magdalen Islands, Collector of Cust(mis, Regis- 

 trar of Shipping, and Overseer of Fisheries, was called, and gave evidence on oath 

 on matters connected with the inquiry. {No. ].'3, Appendix F.) 



The vitness was examined by Mr. S. R. Thomson, and cro.ss-examine(l by 

 Mr. Dana. 



Mr. S. R. Tliomson and Mr. Doutre then proceeded to read aflidavits made on 

 matters connected with the inquiry by the following persons: — 



Mr. John J. McPhee, of Big Pond. Prince Edward Island. {No. 39, Appni- 

 dix G.) 



Mr. .lames McDonald, of Chepstow. {No. 40, Appendix G.) 



Mr. James Nowlan, of Souris, Prince Kdvvard Island. {No, 41, Appendix G.) 



