152 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Art. V. It is forbidden to British fishermen to set their nets or to fish in any manner whatever 
within the French limits; and it is equally forbidden to French fishermen to set their nets or to fish in 
any manner whatsoever within the British limits. 
Art. VI. All British and French fishing boats shall be numbered. 
There shall be a series of numbers for the fishing boats belonging to each Collectorship of Customs 
in the United Kingdom, and a series of numbers for the fishing boats belonging to each district of 
Maritime Registry in France; and to these numbers shall be peed the initial letters of the names 
of the respective.collectorships or districts. 
Art. VII. Whereas there are in the United Kingdom several Collectorships of Customs, and in 
France several districts of Maritime Registry, the names of which begin with the same letter, in which 
case the initial letter alone would not suffice; the distinguishing letter or letters for the boats of each 
collectorship or district shall be designated by the Board of Customs in the United Kingdom and by 
Ministry of Marine in France. 
Art. VIII. The letters and numbers shall be placed on each bow of the boat, three or four inches 
(eight or ten centimétres French) below the gunnel, and they shall be painted in white oil colour, on a 
black ground. 
For boats of fifteen tons burthen and upward the dimensions of these letters and numbers shall 
be eighteen inches (forty-five centimétres French) in height, and two and a half inches (six 
centimétres French) in breadth. 
For boats of less than fifteen tons burthen, the dimensions shall be ten inches (twenty-five cen- 
timétres French) in height, and one and three-quarter inches (four centimétres French) in breadth. 
The same letters and numbers shall also be painted on each side of the mainsail of the boat in 
black oil colour on white sails, and in white oil colour on tanned or black sails. 
These letters and numbers on the sails shall be one-third larger in every way than those placed 
on the bows of the boat. 
Arr. IX. In order that the fishing boats of Jersey, Guernsey, and other islands of the same cluster 
may be distinguished from the fishing boats of the other British islands their numbers shall precede the 
initial letter of the name of the island to which such boats may belong. 
Each of these islands shall have a,separate series of numbers. 
Art. X. All the buoys, barrels, and principal floats of each net, and all other implements of fishery 
shall be marked with the same letters and numbers as those of the boats to which they belong. 
These letters and numbers shall be large enough to be easily distinguished. The owners of nets 
or other fishing implements may further distinguish them by any private marks they judge proper. 
Art. XI. The letters and numbers of British fishing boats shall be inserted on the licenses of those 
boats, after having been entered in the Registry book kept at the Collectorship of Customs. 
The letters and numbers of French fishing boats shall be inserted on the muster rolls of those 
boats, after being entered in the Registry book kept at the Maritime Registry office. 
Art. XII. The licences of British fishing boats and the muster rolls of French fishing boats shall 
contain the description and tonnage of each boat, as well as the names of its owner and of its master. 
Arvt. XIII. The fishermen of both countries shall, when required, exhibit their licences or muster 
rolls to the commanders of the fishing cruisers, and to all other persons of either country appointed to 
superintend the Fisheries. 
Art. XIV. The name of each fishing boat and that of the port to which she belongs shall be 
painted in white oil colour on a black ground on the stern of the said boat, in letters which shall be at 
least three inches (eight centimétres French) in height and half an inch (twelve millimétres French) in 
breadth. c 
Art. XV. It is forbidden to efface, cover, or conceal, in any manner whatsoever, the letters, 
numbers, and names placed on the boats and on their sails. 
Art. XVI. Trawl fishing may be carried on during all seasons in the seas lying between the fishery 
limits which have been fixed for the two countries. 
Art. XVII. Trawls shall be made with nets, the meshes of which shall be at least one inch and 
three quarters (forty-five millimétres French) square, from knot to knot, along the line. 
Art. XVIII. The length of the wooden yard or beam to which the upper part of the mouth of each 
trawl net shall be fastened shall not exceed thirty-eight feet (eleven métres five hundred millimétres 
French). 
