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 Articles XXX and XXXII
of the treaty aforesaid into operation have been passed by the Congress
of the United States on the one part, and by the Imperial Parliament of
Great Britain, by the parliament of Canada, and by the legislature of
Prince Edwards Island and the legislature of Newfoundland on the other,
hereby declare that Articles XVIII to XXV, inclusive, and Article XXX
of the treaty between the United States of America and Her Britannic
Majesty shall take effect in accordance with Article XXXIII of said
treaty between the citizens of the United States of America and Her
Majesty's subjects in the colony of Newfoundland on the 1st day of
June next.
In witness whereof the undersigned have signed this protocol and have
hereunto affixed their seals.
Done in duplicate at Washington, this 28th day of May, 1874.
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