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Las diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. [427] c K > sr w c w o o •• 2 ^ ^ S= 1^ C.9 t;> 5 ^ ^ •^s 00 5 21 ^1 •_, o o 3 a a> •-*i I o 1 n 1 00 « 1 CO a- 2- £ R ? 4 i I ^ '0 - s o 3 a ^ D •-♦» J vi t ^ ^ rt 1 • »