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THE DOMINION: POLITICAL EVOLUTION 259British Diplomacy and Canada by ColonelDudley A. Mills, in United Empire, ii, N.S. 10,October 1911, is an excellent and a very fairarticle, dealing fully with the map aspect ofthe question. In the University Magazine forOctober 1907, and December 1908, the writerdefended, anonymously, Lord Ashburton andBritish diplomacy affecting the boundary.A blue book, Papers relative to the settlement ofthe Disputed Boundaries between the Provincesof Canada and New Brunswick, was issued in 1851.It contains all the correspondence between theImperial and Provincial Governments respectingthe differences, the reports of the arbitrators, etc.In his Boundaries of New Brunswick (RoyalSociety of Canada, 1901) W. F. Ganong hasbrought together much evidence not heretoforecompiled, and has dealt with the subject exhaustively. Thos. Baillie s Northern Boundarybetween New Brunswick and Canada, and Supplementary Report on the Boundary Line betweenCanada and New Brunswick, published asappendices to the Journals of the House ofAssembly of New Brunswick, 1844 and 1845,respectively, contain his reports as Commissioneron the part of New Brunswick.Moore s History and Digest of the InternationalArbitrations to which the United States has beena Party is an admirable and fair exposition of thenegotiations of the treaties and conventionsaffecting the settlement of the Oregon and SanJuan boundaries. Greenhow s History of Oregonand California contains a very full historicalstatement of the controversy, but is marred byhis prejudices and by his acceptance of themythical discoveries of Juan de Fuca. Twiss sThe Oregon Case examined in respect to Factsand the Law of Nations is an admirable judicialstatement of the case from the British point ofview. Falconer s The Oregon Question is also afair presentation of the British view. Gallatin sOregon Question is a very fair statement fromthe American point of view. Bancroft s Historiesof the North-West Coast, of Oregon and of BritishColumbia, are voluminous and detailed, butnot invariably accurate. Reeves s Diplomacyunder Tyler and Polk is in every way an admirableexposition of diplomatic negotiations during theperiod 1841-49. For details of negotiations reference should be made to Correspondence relative. . . to the Oregon Territory, published as aBritish blue book ; British and Foreign StatePapers, 1, 796-801; Iv, 743-790, 1211-1288;lix, 21-103 ; Ixii, 188 ; American State Papers,Foreign Relations, 1873 ; Benton s Thirty YearsView ; J. Q. Adams s Memoirs ; Rush s Residenceat the Court of London ;Curtis s Life of JamesBuchanan ; Richardson s Messages and Papersof the Presidents ; Tyler s Tylers ; Folk s Diary ;Papers relating to the Treaty of Washington ;Webster s Works.Except where otherwise indicated, the narrative of the Commissioners under Articles vi andvii of the Treaty of Ghent is from the MS. reportsof the commissions in the United States StateDepartment, as summarized by Moore in hisInternational Arbitrations. The correspondencerespecting the settlement of the points of disagreement between the Commissioners underArticle vii is printed as a blue book, entitledPapers relative to the Special Mission of LordAshburton. The correspondence of DavidThompson in Ontario Historical Society, vol. i,ia important, as the writer was surveyor forGreat Britain on both commissions.Ontario Manitoba Boundary. The JointAppendix of Documents and The Book of Arbitration Documents contain, largely in duplicate,the numerous treaties, statutes, acts of state,official reports, etc., upon which counsel basedthe arguments presented to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. They constitute averitable mine of information respecting thehistory of Canada. The Proceedings beforeHer Majesty s Imperial Privy Council on the , . .Westerly Boundary of the Province of Ontariocontains a stenographic report of the case, andwas published by the Government of Ontario.It contains voluminous notes, which must beused with care, as the bias of the annotator isapparent. Correspondence, Papers and Documents of dates from 1856 to 1882 inclusive, relatingto the Northerly and Westerly Boundaries of theProvince of Ontario, as the title indicates, is acompilation of correspondence between theImperial and Canadian governments, betweenthe Dominion and Ontario, etc. A Report onthe Boundaries of the Province of Ontario, byDavid Mills, and An Investigation of the UnsettledBoundaries of Ontario, by Charles Lindsey, areexcellent expositions of the Ontario view, but,as they were published in 1873, do not containreferences to much valuable material discoveredlater. Sir Oliver Mowat, by C. R. W. Biggar,contains an account of the differences that ledup to the Privy Council case. Numerous otherworks contain material germane to the case, but,as the essential portions have been extracted andrepublished in the Books of Documents, they arenot enumerated here. Shortt and Doughty sDocuments relating to the Constitutional Historyof Canada, 175 -91, is an exhaustive compendiumof acts of state and correspondence relatingthereto, from the capitulation of Quebec to thedivision of Quebec into Upper Canada and LowerCanada. The correspondence respecting theConstitutional Act of 1791 is given in the Reportof the Canadian Archives, 1890. Other reports ofthe Archivist also contain much germane matter.Labrador-Canada Boundary. The publicationsenumerated as authorities for the Ontario-Manitoba Boundary should also be consulted inconnection with the Labrador boundary. Gosling s Labrador, its Discovery, Exploration andDevelopment, is an excellent compendium ofinformation respecting the Labrador coast, andcontains a statement, from the Newfoundlandpoint of view, respecting the boundary. Thescope of Anspach s History of Newfoundland,Hatton and Harvey s Newfoundland, the oldestBritish Colony, Pedley s History of Newfoundland,and Prpuses History of Newfoundland is indicatedby their titles. The Ancient Right of the EnglishNation to the American Fishery, and The Beginning, Progress and Conclusion of the Late War,contain much information respecting the fishingindustry prior to the cession of Canada.A. P. Low in the Annual Report, GeologicalSurvey of Canada, vol. viii, 1895, gives a concisestatement of exploration in Ungava peninsula.M c Lean s Notes of a Twenty-five Years Servicein the Hudson s Bay Territory contains an accountof the establishment of the first posts and of theexploration of the interior.Alaska Boundary. The Alaska BoundaryPapers, published by the British government asblue books, contain copies of all documents.They include the British Case and Appendix,British Counter Case and Appendix, BritishArguments and Protocols, Argument, Award, etc.,and four volumes of maps. The United Statesgovernment published six volumes respecting thecase. They included the United States Case andAppetidix the United States Counter Cote and