sented to by the lieutenant-governor of that colony on the 29th
day of June, 1872, intituled "An act relating to the treaty of
Washington, 1871;" and

Whereas an act was passed by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, and approved on the
1st day of March, 1873, by the President of the United States, intituled
"An act to carry into effect the provisions of the treaty between the
United States and Great Britain signed in the city of Washington the
8th day of May, 1871, relating to fisheries:"

The undersigned, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United
States, and the Right Hon. Sir Edward Thornton, one of Her Majesty's
most honorable privy council, knight commander of the most honorable
Order of the Bath, Her Britannic Majesty's envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to the United States of America, duly
authorized for this purpose by their respective Governments, having
met together at Washington, and having found that the laws required
to carry the Articles XVIII to XXV, inclusive, and Article XXX of
the treaty aforesaid into operation 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 part, and by the
Congress of the United States on the other, hereby declare that
Articles XVIII to XXV, inclusive, and Article XXX of the treaty
between Her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America of
the 8th of May, 1871, will take effect on the 1st day of July next.

In witness whereof the undersigned have signed this protocol and have
hereunto affixed their seals.

Done in duplicate at Washington, this 7th day of June, 1873.

[SEAL.] (Signed) HAMILTON FISH.
[SEAL.] (Signed) EDWD. THORNTON.

Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States of
America, in pursuance of the premises, do hereby declare that I have
received satisfactory evidence that the Imperial Parliament of Great
Britain, the parliament of Canada, and the legislature of Prince Edwards
Island have passed laws on their part to give full effect to the
provisions of the said treaty as contained in articles eighteenth to
twenty-fifth, inclusive, and article thirtieth of said treaty.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the cit