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fishing, or preparing to fish, or to have been fishing (in British waters) within three 

 marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of _ Canada, not included 

 within the above-mentioned limits, without a license, or after the expiration of the 

 period named in the last license granted to such ship, vessel, or boat under the first 

 section of this Act, such ship, vessel, or boat, and the tackle, rigging, apparel, furniture, 

 stores, and cargo thereof, shall be forfeited. And that all goods, ships, vessels, and 

 boats, and the tackle, rigging, apparel, and furniture, stores, and cargo liable to for- 

 feiture under this Act may be seized and secured by any officers or persons mentioned 

 in the second section of this Act. And every person opposing any officer or person 

 in the execution of his duty under this Act, or aiding or abetting any other person in 

 any opposition, shall forfeit eight hundred dollars, and shall be guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor, and upon conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 

 two years. 



"It vnll he observed that the warning formerly given is not required under the Amended 

 Act but that vessels trespassing are liable to seizure without such warning. 



"On the 8th January, 1870, the Governor General of the Dominion of Canada, 

 in Council, ordered that suitable sailing vessels, similar to the 'La Canadienne' be 

 chartered and equipped for the service of protecting the Canadian in-shore fisheries 

 against illegal encroachments by foreigners, these vessels to be connected with the 

 police force of Canada, and to form a marine branch of the same. It is understood 

 that, by a change of the boundaries between Canada and Labrador, the Canadian 

 territory now includes Mount Joly and a portion of the shore to the east thereof, 

 which, in the Treaty of 1818, was described as the southern coast of Labrador. This 

 municipal change of boundary does not, however, interfere with the rights of American 

 fishermen, as defined by the Treaty, on that portion of what was the southern Coast 

 of Labrador, east of Mount Joly." . . . 



There is reason to apprehend that the Canadian authorities will adopt similar 

 measures towards preventing encroachments upon the British fisheries during the 

 season of 1872, 



Very respectfully, 



Geo. S. Boutwell, 



Secretary of the Treasury 



