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9997.

MY LORD,

No. 857.

(CANADA.)

LAW OFFICERS to FOREIGN OFFICE.

We are honoured with your Lordship's commands, signified in Mr. Hammond's

Temple, September 15, 1873. letter of the 4th instant, stating that he was directed by your Lordship to transmit to us three Despatches from Her Majesty's Minister at Washington, in regard to the detention at Fort Garry of certain American citizens who are charged with having attempted to carry off an Englishman named Gordon by force from Manitoba, and he (Mr. Hammond) was to request us to take the papers into consideration, and report to your Lordship our opinion on the point raised by Mr. Fish as to the capture having taken place to the south of the line of boundary marked out by the Boundary Commis- sioners, though north of the old acknowledged line, supposing that the facts of the case are as stated by Mr. Fish.

In obedience to your Lordship's commands, we have the honour to

Report

That, in our opinion, the old acknowledged line must be taken as the boundary until the new line is officially admitted or declared, unless there be some provisions which make the marking out of the line by the Boundary Commissioners sufficient to change the line without further action taken by the two Governmente.

The Earl Granville, K.G.

&c.

&c.

&c.

We have, &c.

(Signed)

J. D. COLERIDGE. J. P. DEANE.

16278.-919.

25.--5/86.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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