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Microfiche 

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Collection  de 
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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes/Notes  techniques  et  bibliographiques 


The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best 
original  copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this 
copy  which  may  be  bibliographically  unique, 
which  may  alter  any  of  the  images  in  the 
reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
the  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


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Coloured  covers/ 
Couverture  de  couleur 


I      I    Covers  damaged/ 


Couverture  endommag^e 

Covers  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Couverture  restaurde  et/ou  pellicul6e 

Cover  title  missing/ 

Le  titre  de  couverture  manque 

Coloured  maps/ 

Cartes  gdographiques  en  couleur 

Coloured  inic  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 


I      I    Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations/ 


D 


Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 


Bound  with  other  material/ 
Reli6  avec  d'autres  documents 


Tight  binding  may  cat  <e  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

La  re  Mure  serr^e  peut  causer  de  I'ombre  ou  da  la 
distortion  le  long  de  la  marge  intirioure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certaines  pages  blanches  ajouttes 
lors  d'une  restauration  apparaissent  dans  le  texte, 
mais,  lorsque  cela  Atait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  6t6  filmAes. 

Additional  comments:/ 
Commentaires  supplAmentaires: 


L'Institut  a  microfilm^  le  meilleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  dt6  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  peut-dtre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  methods  norni>^9e  de  filmage 
sont  indiquds  ci-dessous. 


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Coloured  pages/ 
Pages  de  couleur 

Pages  damaged/ 
Pages  !<»ndommag6es 

Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Pages  restaur6es  et/ou  pellicul^es 

Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 
Pages  d6coior6es,  tachetdes  ou  piqudes 

Pages  detached/ 
Pages  d^tachies 

Showthrough/ 
Transparence 

Quality  of  print  varies/ 
Quality  inigale  de  I'impression 

Includes  supplementary  material/ 
Comprend  du  materiel  suppl^mentaire 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Mition  disponible 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  imago/ 
Les  pages  totalement  ou  partlellement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure, 
etc.,  ont  M  filmAes  A  nouveau  de  fa9on  A 
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Th«  copy  filmad  her*  has  b««n  reproduced  thanks 
to  tha  generosity  of  : 

Library  Division 

Provincial  Archives  of  British  Columbia 

The  images  appearing  here  are  the  best  quality 
possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  in  keeping  with  the 
filming  contract  specifications. 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  — ^  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 

Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


L'exemplaire  filmA  fut  reproduit  grAce  A  la 
g^nArosit*  de: 

Library  Division 

Provinci..!  Archives  of  British  Columbia 

Les  images  suivantes  ont  At*  reproduites  avec  le 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
de  la  nettet*  de  l'exemplaire  film*,  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmaga. 

Les  exemplaires  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprimAe  sont  filmAs  en  commen^ant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
derniire  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  ie  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  filmAs  en  commen^ant  par  la 
premidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  derniAre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
derniAre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbols  — »>  signifie  "A  SUIVRE  ".  le 
symbols  V  signifie  "FIN". 

Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  Atre 
filmAs  A  des  taux  de  reduction  diffArents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  Atre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clichA,  il  est  film*  A  partir 
de  Tangle  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  droits, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  nAcessaire.  Las  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mAthode. 


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NORTH   AMERICA.     No.  VI  (187-1). 


PROTOCOL    or    A    CONFERFXCE 


II KM)    AT 


WASHliNGTON,  JUNE  7,  im. 


Presented  to  both,  Houses  of  Parliament  by  Command  of  Her  Majesty. 

1873. 


[C— 775.1     ''''"•''  'f/- 


i'RINl'El)   Bi'    IIAIUUSON    AND   SONS. 


^Is 


Protocol  of  a  Conference  lield  at  Washington,  June  7.  1878. 


AVJIEI^EAS  it  is  provided  by  Article  XXXIII  of  the  Treaty  l.ctween  Her 
Majesty  the  Queen  ol'  the  United  Kingdom  of  (jrcat  Britain  and  Ireland,  and  the 
United  States  of  America,  signed  at  AVashiugtou  on  the  8th  of  May,  1871,  as  follows  : — 

"  ARTICLE  XXXIII. 

•'Tlie  foregoing  Artich's  XVIII  to  XXV  imdusive,  and  Artich-  XXX  of  this 
Tieaty,  shall  take  ellect  as  soon  as  tli(>  laws  required  to  earry  them  into  operation  shall 
have  l)een  passed  by  1  lie  lm])(>rinl  I'arliainiMit  of  Great  Britain,  by  ihe  Parliament  of 
Canada,  and  by  the  Legislalinv  ol'  i'rince  Cdward  Island  on  the  one  hand,  and  by  the 
Congress  of  the  United  States  on  the  otlicr.  Sneli  assent  having  been  given,  the  said 
Articles  shall  reMiain  in  i'fvrr  |i)rt!ie  period  I'f  ten  years  from  tlie  date  at  which  they 
may  conn?  inta  operation,  and  I'm'tln'r  until  the  expiration  (  1'  two  years  after  eitlier  of 
the  iiigh  Contracting  I'ai'lies  sii;ill  luive  given  notice  to  the  other  of  its  wisli  to  termi- 
nate the  same;  each  of  the  High  Contracting  i'artit's  being  at  liberty  to  give  such 
notice  to  the  other  at  the  end  of  tlie  said  period  of  ten  years,  or  at  any  time  afterwards." 


And  whereas  iu  accordance  with  the  stipulations  of  the  above-recited  Article,  an 
Act  was  passed  by  the  Imperial  Parliament  of  Gr(!at  xiritain  in  the  thirty-fifth  and 
thirty-sixth  years  el"  the  reig'n  of  Queen  A'ictoria,  intituled  "  An  Act  to  carry  into  efifect 
a  Treaty  between  J  ier  Majesty  and  tln^  Unitvl  States  of  America  :" 

And  whereas  an  Act  was  p.issed  l)y  tlie  Senate  and  House  of  Connuons  of  Canada 
in  the  fifth  Sessi  ^n  of  the  first  Parliament,  held  in  the  thirty-fifth  year  of  Tier 
Majesty's  reign,  and  assented  to  in  Her  Majesty's  name  by  the  Governor-General  on 
the  llth  dav  of  Ju'ie,  1872,  intituled  -'An  Act  relating  to  the  Treaty  of  Washington, 
1871:"         *  ... 

And  whereas  an  Act  was  ])assed  by  the  Legislature  of  Prince  Edward  Island, 
and  assented  to  by  the  Lieutenant-Governor  of  that  Colony  on  the  29th  day  of  June, 
1872,  intituled  "'An  Act  relating  to  the  Treaty  ol'  Washington,  1871  :"' 

And  whereas  an  Act  was  passed  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of 
the  United  States  ei'  America  in  Ci.iigress  assembled,  and  approved  on  the  1st  day 
of  March,  1873,  by  th<'  President  of  tlie  United  States,  intituled  "An  Act  to  carry 
into  efi'ect  the  i)rovisions  of  the  Treaty  i)etween  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain 
signed  in  the  City  of  Washington  the  Htli  day  of  May,  1871,  relating  to  Fisheries:" 

The  UndersigiuKl,  the  Right  Honourable  Sir  Edward  Thornton,  one  of  Her 
Majesty's  Most  Honourable  Privy  Council,  Knight  Commander  of  the  Most  Honourable 
Order  of  the  Bath,  l\vr  Britannic  Majesty's  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister 
Plenipottmtiary  to  the  United  States  of  America,  and  Hamilton  Fish,  Secretary  of 
State  of  the  United  States,  duly  authorized  for  this  ])urpose  by  their  respective 
Governments,  having  nuit  togetlun-  at  Washington,  and  having  I'ound  that  the 
laws  required  to  carry  the  Articles  XVllI  to  XXV  inclusive,  and  Arti(de  XXX  of  the 
Treaty  aforesaid  into  op(M'ation,  have  l)een  passed  by  the  Iinperiid  Parliament  of  Great 
Ih'itain,  by  the  Parliament  of  Canada,  and  by  the  Legislature  of  Prince  Edward  Island 
on  the  oni;  ])art,  and  by  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  on  the  other,  hereby  declare 
that  Articles  XVI II  to  XXV  inclusive,  and  Article  XXX  of  the  Treaty  between  Her 
Briti'.nnic  Majesty  and  the  United  State's  of  America  of  the  8th  of  May,  1871,  will 
take  ellect  on  the  1st  day  of  July  next. 

In  Avitness  whereof  the  Undersigned  hav«!  signed  tiiis  Protocol,  and  have  hereunto 
affixed  their  seals. 

Done  iu  duplicate;  ut  Washington,  this  Seventh  day  of  June,  1873. 

(L.S.)        EDWARD  THORNTON.  (L.S.)        HAMILTON  FISH. 


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