File No. 711.428/460
The British Ambassador ( Spring Rice ) to the Secretary of State
Sir: With reference to your note No. 1906 of November 21, and to previous correspondence in regard to the proposed joint conference between the United States and Canada to consider proposals for a settlement of outstanding fishery questions, I have the honour to inform you that the Canadian Government have notified me of the appointment as Canadian commissioners of the Honourable John Douglas Hazen, Chief Justice of New Brunswick, George J. [Page 439] Desbarats, Esquire, C. M. G., C. E., Deputy Minister of the Naval Service, and William A. Found, Esquire, Superintendent of Fisheries.
I have [etc.]