f the
said articles eighteenth to twenty-fifth, inclusive, of the said treaty
extended to it, and to allow the United States the full benefits of
all the stipulations therein contained, and shall be so admitted free
of duty so long as the said articles eighteenth to twenty-fifth,
inclusive, and article thirtieth of said treaty shall remain in force
according to the terms and conditions of article thirty-third of said
treaty.

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 of a conference held by them at
the Department of State in Washington on the 28th day of May, 1874, in
the following language:

PROTOCOL OF A CONFERENCE HELD AT WASHINGTON ON THE 28TH DAY OF MAY,
1874.

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

"ARTICLE XXXII.

"It is further agreed that the provisions and stipulations of Articles
XVIII to XXV of this treaty, inclusive, shall extend to the colony
of Newfoundland so far as they are applicable. But if the Imperial
Parliament, the legislature of Newfoundland, or the Congress of the
United States shall not embrace the colony of Newfoundland in their
laws enacted for carrying the foregoing articles into effect, then this
article shall be of no effect; but the omission to make provision by
law to give it effect, by either of the legislative bodies aforesaid,
shall not in any way impair any other articles of this treaty;" 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, entitled
"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 of May, 1871, relating to fisheries," by which act it is provided:

"SEC. 2. That whenever the colony of Newfoundland shall give its
consent to the application of the stipulations and provisions of the
said articles eighteenth to twenty-fifth of said treaty, inclusive, to
that colony, and the legislature thereof and the Imperial Parliament
shall pass the necessary laws for that purpose, the above-enumer