Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 6, 1886

No. 200.
Mr. Hardinge to Mr. Bayard.

British Legation,
Washington, July 12, 1886. [Received July 13.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter to Sir Lionel West, of the 10th instant, protesting against the interference of the Dominion cruiser Middleton in preventing American boats from visiting St. Andrews, New Brunswick, for the purpose of there purchasing herring from the Canadian weirs for canning, and I have the honor to state that I will not fail to acquaint Her Majesty’s Government with your views on this subject.

I have, &c.,

CHARLES HARDINGE.