711.429 Sanitary/21
The Minister in Canada (Phillips) to the Secretary of State
Ottawa, October 24, 1929.
[Received October
28.]
No. 1179
Sir: Referring to the Department’s telegram No.
101 of October 23, 12 midnight [noon],76 on the subject of the
proposed agreement between Canada and the United States concerning the
quarantine inspection of vessels entering Puget Sound and waters
adjacent thereto or the Great Lakes by the St. Lawrence River, I have
the honor to enclose herewith the original note No. 132 of October 10,
1929, from the Department of External Affairs, together with a signed
copy of my note No. 502 of October 23, 1929, to the Canadian Government,
on this subject.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure 1]
The Canadian Secretary of State for External
Affairs (Mackenzie
King) to the American
Minister (Phillips)
Ottawa, 10 October, 1929.
No. 132
Sir: With reference to your note No. 480 of
the 30th September,76
intimating that the Public Health authorities of your Government
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were agreeable to an
exchange of notes for the purpose of establishing an arrangement
between our Governments to provide for the acceptance by each
Government of the quarantine inspection of the other in respect of
vessels from foreign ports entering Puget Sound and adjacent waters
or the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence River, in the terms
suggested in my note No. 45 of the 2nd May last,77 I have the honour to state
that His Majesty’s Government in Canada is prepared, in accordance
with the provisions of Articles 56 and 57 of the International
Sanitary Convention signed at Paris the 21st June, 1926,78 to agree
with the Government of the United States of America that vessels
from foreign ports destined for both Canadian and United States
ports located on the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Haro, Rosario,
Georgia, Puget Sound, or their tributaries or connected waters, or
so destined to ports on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River shall
undergo quarantine inspection by the quarantine officers of that
Government having jurisdiction over the primary port of arrival, and
when cleared from quarantine in accordance with the provisions of
the said International Sanitary Convention shall receive free
pratique, the document granting such pratique to be issued in
duplicate, that the original shall be presented upon entry at the
primary port of arrival, and that the duplicate shall be presented
to the proper quarantine officers upon secondary arrival and entry
at the first port under the jurisdiction of the other Government,
and shall be accepted by that Government without the formality of
quarantine re-inspection, provided that cases of quarantinable
disease have not been prevalent in the ports visited and have not
occurred on board the vessel since the granting of the original
pratique, and provided further that the observance of the provisions
of Article 28 of the said Convention shall not be modified by such
agreement.
It will be understood that on the receipt of a note from you
expressing your Government’s concurrence in this agreement, it shall
become effective and the necessary administrative steps in
connection with its operation shall be taken.
Accept [etc.]
W. H. Walker
For
Secretary of State for External Affairs
[Enclosure 2]
The American Minister (Phillips) to the Canadian Secretary of State for External
Affairs (Mackenzie
King)
Ottawa, October 23, 1929.
No. 502
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note No. 132 of October 10th, last, in regard to the
proposed establishment
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of
an arrangement between our Governments to provide for the quarantine
inspection of the other in respect of vessels from foreign ports
entering Puget Sound and adjacent waters or the Great Lakes via the
St. Lawrence River.
It gives me pleasure to inform you that my Government accepts the
terms of the agreement as set forth in your note No. 132 of October
10, 1929.
I avail myself [etc.]
