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Question 3. Can the exercise by the inhabitants of the 

 United States of the liberties referred to in the said Article 

 be subjected, without the consent of the United States, to 

 the requirements of entry or report at custom-houses or 

 the payment of light or harbour or other dues, or to any 

 other similar requirement or condition or exaction? 



Question 4. Under the provision of the said Article that 

 the American fishermen shall be admitted to enter certain 

 bays or harbours for shelter, repairs, wood, or water, and 

 for no other purpose whatever, but that they shall be un- 

 der such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their 

 taking, drying, or curing fish therein or in any other man- 

 ner whatever abusing the privileges thereby reserved to 

 them, is it permissible to impose restrictions making the 

 exercise of such privileges conditional upon the payment 

 of light or harbour or other dues, or entering or reporting 

 at custom-houses or any similar conditions? 



Question 5. From where must be measured the "three 

 marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours' 1 

 referred to in the said Article? 



Question 6. Have the inhabitants of the United States 

 the liberty under the said Article or otherwise to take fish 

 in the bays, harbours, and creeks on that part of the south- 

 ern coast of Newfoundland which extends from Cape Ray 

 to Rameau Islands, or on the western and northern coasts 

 of Newfoundland from Cape Ray to Quirpon Islands, or 

 on the Magdalen Islands ? 



Question 7. Are the inhabitants of the United States 

 whose vessels resort to the treaty coasts for the purpose of 

 exercising the liberties referred to in Article I of the treaty 

 of 1818 entitled to have for those vessels, when duly au- 

 thorized by the United States in that behalf, the commer- 

 cial privileges on the treaty coasts accorded by agreement 

 or otherwise to United States trading-vessels generally? 



