§ MR. E. JENKINSasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the United States Government has now taken the necessary steps to complete the organization of a Fishery 258 Commission under the Washington Treaty, and when the Commission is expected to meet; and, whether there is any prospect of a satisfactory settlement of the questions raised between Canada and the United States in relation to the use of the American canals, and the imposition of duty on packages containing fish imported into the United States?
§ MR. BOURKECommunications are going on with the United States Government as to the appointment of a third Commissioner, and it is hoped that they will shortly agree to take the necessary steps for the completion of the Commission. Mr. Ford, the British agent to the Commission, who visited Canada last autumn, has recently gone to Newfoundland to assist the Newfoundland Government in preparing their portion of the case to be submitted to the Commission. As to the second Question, I can only say it would be impossible within the limits of an Answer to a Question to state exactly the way in which the case at present stands, involving, as it does, many complicated questions of detail between the two Governments. Papers will shortly be laid on the Table upon the subject. In the meanwhile, I think I may say that the questions are in a fair way for a satisfactory settlement.