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Anglo-American commission,
A joint commission appointed by the United States and the British government in 1889 for the purpose of preparing a plan by which.
the controversial questions pending between the United States and Canada might be definitely settled.
As originally constituted the American members were: United States Senators Fairbanks and Gray. Congressman Dingley ex-Seeretary of State Foster, and Reciprocity Commissioner Kasson: and the British members: Lord Herschell, Sir Wilfred Laurier, Sir Richard Cartwright, Sir Louis H. Davies.
and Mr. J. Charlton, a member of the Dominion Parliament.
Of these commissioners.
Congressman Dingley died Jan. 13. 1899, and Lord Herschell, March 1, 1899.
The questions assigned to the commission for consideration were as follows:
Seal-fisheries of Bering Sea; fisheries off Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Alaska-Canadian boundary: transportation of merchandise by land and water between the countries; transit of merchandise from one c