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by the means referred to, to maintain the relations 

 of good neighbourhood between the British pos- 

 sessions in North America and the United States ; 

 and they will convey the communication of the 

 British Plenipotentiaries to the President of the 

 United States, with a recommendation that the same 

 may be by him made known to the Senate, for 

 its information, together with the Treaty, when the 

 latter is submitted to that body for ratification. 



(Signed) T. F. Bayard. 



William L. Putnam. 



James B. Angell. 



Washington, February 15, if 



Animadverting on the salient features of these 

 two instruments, Mr. Chamberlain addressed a 

 long despatch to Lord Salisbury, from which the 

 following is an extract : 



" In the course of the discussion, it became 

 evident that there existed a substantial agreement 

 on the main facts of the case, and that while on the 

 one hand the United States were ready to recognise 

 the right of Canada to guard the interests of her 

 fishermen in competition with those of the United 

 States, and to withhold any special advantages con- 

 ferred by the proximity of her ports and harbours 

 to the common fishery grounds, and not expressly 

 secured to the United States by Treaty, the 



