No. 579.
Sir L. S. Sackville West to Mr. Bayard.

Sir: I am instructed by the Marquis of Salisbury to communicate to you the inclosed form of license which the Dominion Government proposes to issue for American fishing vessels under the modus vivendi, which has been put in operation.

I have, etc.,

L. S. Sackville West.
[Inclosure.]

license to united states fishing vessels.

—— ——, of the United States fishing vessels ——, and 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 transshipment 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, chapter —, 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 Newfoundland.

This license, while conferring the above-mentioned privileges, does not dispense with a due observance by the holder, or any other person, of the laws of Canada and of Newfoundland.


——— ———
,
Minister of Marine and Fisheries,
——— ———,

Collector of Customs at the Port of ———.
Name,
——
.
Master or owner, —–– ———.