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Secretary to tlio Commission ; and tlioir sense of the zeal, intelligence, and accuracy 

 which had marked the disduugc of his duties. 



The Commission adjourned until Friday, the 23rd November, at 2 p.m. 



(Sii^ncd) MAUIMCE DELFOSSi:. 

 E. H. KEliLOGG. 

 A. T. GALT. 



J. H. G. Behgne. 



(Sii^nod) FKAXCTS CLARE FORD. 

 D WIGHT FOSTER. 



Protocol No. ^^. 



Record of the Prooeedinnjs of the Fisheries Commission, at the Seventy-eighth 

 Conference, lield at I laiifa.v, Nova Scotia, on the 23rd day of November, 1877. 



The Commission met at 2 i'.m., pursuant to adjournrnpnt. 



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

 Britain respectively, were present. 



By direction of the President, the Secretary read the records of the last 

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

 and the Agents. 



The President first expressed the thanks of the Commissioners to Mr. Foster 

 and to Mr. Ford for tlic able manner in whicii they had conducted the proceedings, 

 and his best wishes for the welfare of all those who had been connected with the 

 inquiry. 



The President then read the following Award : — 



"The undersigned Commissioners appointed under Articles XXIT and XXIII 

 of the Treaty of Washington of tiie 8th May, 1871, to determine, having regard to 

 the privileges accorded by the United States to the subjects of Her Britannic 

 Majesty, as stated in Articles XIX and XXI of said Treaty, the amount of any 

 compensation which in their opinion ought to be paid by the Government of the 

 United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, in return for the 

 privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States, under Article XVIII of the 

 said Treaty ; 



" Having carefully and impartially examined the matters referred to them 

 according to justice and equity, in conformity with the solemn declaration made 

 and subscribed by them on the fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred 

 and seventy-seven ; 



"AaVAKD Tin: sum of five millions five lIUXDnEI) TnOUSAND DOLLARS, IN 



OOLD, to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of 

 Her Britannic Majesty, in accordance with the provisions of the said Treaty. 



"Signed at Halifax, this twenty-third day of November, one thousand eight 

 hundred and seventy-seven. 



(Signed) "Maitbice Delfosse. 



"A. T. Galt." 



" The United States' Commissioner is of opinion that the advantages accruing to 

 Great Britain under the Treaty of Washington are greater than the advantages 

 conferred on the United States by said Treaty, and he cannot therefore concur in 

 the conclusions announced by his colleagues. 



"And the American Commissioner deems it his duty to state further that it is 

 questionable whether it is competent for the Board to make an award under the 

 Treaty, except with the unanimous consent of its members. 



(Signed) " E. H. Kellogg, 



" Commissioner." 



Mr. Foster then addressed the Commission as follows : — 



"Gentlemen of the Commission, 



" 1 have no instructions from the Government of the tnited States as to the 

 course to be pursued in the contingency of such a result as has just been 

 announced. 



" But if I were to accept in silence the paper signed by two Commissioners, it 

 might be claimed hereafter that, as Agent of the United States, I had acquiesced in 

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