tained in articles
eighteenth to twenty-fifth, inclusive, and article thirtieth of said
treaty, he is hereby authorized to issue his proclamation declaring that
he has such evidence.

And whereas the Secretary of State of the United States and Her
Britannic Majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at
Washington have recorded in a protocol a conference held by them at the
Department of State, in Washington, on the 7th day of June, 1873, in the
following language:

PROTOCOL OF A CONFERENCE HELD AT WASHINGTON ON THE 7TH DAY OF JUNE, 1873.

Whereas it is provided by Article XXXIII of the treaty between Her
Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
and the United States of America signed at Washington on the 8th of
May, 1871, as follows:

"Article XXXIII.

"The foregoing Articles XVIII to XXV, inclusive, and Article XXX of this
treaty shall take effect as soon as the laws required to carry them into
operation shall have been passed by the Imperial Parliament of Great
Britain, by the parliament of Canada, and by the legislature of Prince
Edwards Island on the one hand, and by the Congress of the United States
on the other. Such assent having been given, the said articles shall
remain in force for the period of ten years from the date at which they
may come into operation, and, further, until the expiration of two years
after either of the high contracting parties shall have given notice
to the other of its wish to terminate the same; each of the high
contracting parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other at
the end of the said period of ten years or at any time afterwards;" and

Whereas, in accordance with the stipulations of the above-recited
article, an act was passed by the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain
in the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth years of the reign of Queen
Victoria, intituled "An act to carry into effect a treaty between Her
Majesty and the United States of America;" and

Whereas an act was passed by the senate and house of commons of Canada
in the fifth session of the first parliament held in the thirty-fifth
year of Her Majesty's reign and assented to in Her Majesty's name by
the Governor-General on the 14th day of June, 1872, intituled "An act
relating to the treaty of Washington, 1871;" and

Whereas an act was passed by the legislature of Prince Edwards Island
and as