proclaim that the condition specified in the legislation of Congress
aforesaid now exists and is fulfilled, and that the provisions of said
act of May 24, 1890, whereby Canadian vessels and wrecking appliances
may render aid and assistance to Canadian and other vessels and property
wrecked, disabled, or in distress in the waters of the United States
contiguous to the Dominion of Canada, including the canal and improvement
of the waters between Lake Erie and Lake Huron and the waters of the St.
Marys River and Canal, are now in full force and effect.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States of America to be hereunto affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 17th day of July, A.D. 1893, and
of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

By the President:
W.Q. GRESHAM,
_Secretary of State_.



BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 13 of the act of Congress of March 3,