APPENDIX 373 



AWARD OF THE TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION, 

 SEPTEMBER 7, 1910, UPON THE NORTH ATLAN- 

 TIC COAST FISHERIES QUESTION. 



PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION 



at the Hague 



THE NORTH ATLANTIC COAST FISHERIES 



PREAMBLE 



Whereas a Special Agreement between the United States 

 of America and Great Britain, signed at Washington the 

 27th January, 1909, and confirmed by interchange of Notes 

 dated the 4th March, 1909, was concluded in conformity with 

 the provisions of the General Arbitration Treaty between 

 the United States of America and Great Britain, signed 

 the 4th April, 1908, and ratified the 4th June, 1908 ; 



And whereas the said Special Agreement for the submis- 

 sion of questions relating to fisheries on the North Atlantic 

 Coast under the general treaty of arbitration concluded 

 between the United States and Great Britain on the 4th 

 day of April, 1908, is as follows: 



Article I. 



Whereas by Article I of the Convention signed at Lon- 

 don on the 20th day of October, 1818, between Great Brit- 

 ain and the United States, it was agreed as follows : 



