§ 53. Mr. HURDasked the Prime Minister what correspondence passed between the British and Canadian Governments prior to the conclusion of a Fishery Treaty between Canada and the United States at Washington last week; whether this is the first occasion on which a British Treaty with a Foreign Power has not borne the signature of a representative, of the British Executive; and whether, in signing the Treaty, the Canadian Minister did so as the representative of His Majesty?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAs regards the first part of the question, it does not appear necessary to lay any correspondence. As regards the second part, the Plenipotentiary who signs a Treaty does so on behalf of the King by whom his full 714 powers are issued and the Canadian Minister acted in that capacity on the present occasion.