DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES,

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Under this modus vivendi and until further instructions, fishing vessels of the
United States are to be allowed to purchase bait, ice, seines, lines and all other sup.
plies and outfits, to tranship their catch, and to ship crews in ports of Canada and
Newfoundiand, upon procuring an annual license therefor, which license may be oh.
tamed from any Collector of Customs at any port in Canada and Newfoundland,
upon the payment of the fee of $1.50 per ton of the vessel's registered tonnage.
You will, therefore, be careful in no way to hinder the access to Canadian ports
of any United States' fishing vessel whose master or owner declares his intention of
procuring such license, nor to interfere with any United States' fishing vessel whose
master or owner produces such license, in so far as the carrying out of the purposes
of' the license are concerned.
You will observe, however, that the possession of this license gives no right to
the holder thereof, to fish or prepare to fish in Canadian waters, or to violate any of
the laws of Canada, and to do aught but carry out the objects for which the license
is given.
You will also notice that United States' fishing vessels which enter Canadian
bays and harbors for any of the four purposes mentioned in article 1 of the Conven.
tion of 20th October, 1818, are not to be required to enter or clear at the Customs,
provided they do not remain therein longer than 24 hours, and do not hold any cornmunication
with the shore.
These are the only modifications which are to be observed in carrying out
the instructions previously sent to you, and under which you acted during the season
of 1887.
In commending the efficiency and discretion which characterized your services
during the past year, I have only further to express the desire that you will conti.
flue to perform the delicate and responsible duties entrusted to you in a similar
spirit of discrimination, forbearance and uniform courtesy, which is in every respect
compatible with the due and proper maintenance of the just rights of the Government
of Canada and Canadian fishermen.
JOHN TILTON,
For Minister of Marine and Ftsheries.
The season has been an ueeventful one, the better understanding on the part of
the masters of United States' fishing vessels, as to just what rights they had in Canadian
ports; the familiarity of the captains of cruisers with their duties, together
with the issue of licenses under the modus vivendi of the Treaty of Washington, all
tended to harmonize the work of the protection vessels.
The following is the form of license, which was issued under authority of Sche.
dule B of an Act of Parliament intituled "The Treaty of Washington Act, 1388 ":—
LICENSE TO UNITED STATES FISHING VESSELS.
(Name) , (Master or Owner) , of the United States fish.
ing vessel
tons register, of
having paid to the undersigned, Collector of Customs at the port of
the sum of
, the privilege is hereby granted
to said fishing vessel to enter the bays and harbors of the Atlantic coasts of Canada
and Newfoundland, for the purchase of bait, ice, seines, lines and all other supplies
and outfits, and the transhipment of catch, and shipping of crews.
This license shall continue in force for one year from the date thereof and is
issued in pursuance of the Act of the Parliament of Canada of 1888, entitled "An
Act respecting a certain Treaty between Her Britannic Majesty and the President of
the United States," and in pursuance of agreement between the Government of
Canada and the Government of Iewfoundland.
This license, while conferring the above mentioned privileges does not dispense