The Fisheries Question

New York, Dea 1].- v Halifax special to The World says an importaut mova in the practical settlement of the vital point in the fisheries controversy was made here Monday. The American schooner N. A. Banks arrived írom the banks with a cargí of balibut. She carne into port ostensiblj "for repairs," under the treaty of lSlís. Capt Campbell decided to land part of his cargo here, enter it at customs, pay duty and traus-ship the balance to Boston. He landed 8,000 pounds of halibut, packed the fish on the public wharf, right under the noses of the customs officers aud delivered it to the agents for the Boston, Halifax and Prince Edward steamship Unes, who shipped it on the steamer CarrolL Consul General Phelan admita that the trans-shipment bad taken place, and said the factspoke for itself. The shipment was not made under the modus vivendi, but under the rights claimed by the United States under the bonding arrangemeDts of the treaty of Washington. Beyond this he refused to give any Information. It is known, however, thát Consul General Phelan has been in constant telegrapbic communication with Seeretary Bayard. The Dominion officials know all about the trans-shipment and the fact that they nave not interfered is taken as evidence that the trans-shipment is made with the approbation of the Canadian government and that it betokens the abandonment of the vital feature of the Canadian position and the only prominent point in dispute in the fisbery question.