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eastern coasts. This treaty was to continue for twelve years. 

 At the end of that jperiod it was terminated in 1880 at the in- 

 stance of the American Government. In 1871 the Treaty of 

 Washington -was concluded. It dealt with the complications 

 .arising out of the " Alabama Claims," and also with the fishery 

 rights of both nations. It threw oi:)en the fisheries to the Amer- 

 icans in ahnost the precise terms of the Recijirocity Treaty. It 

 was further agreed that commissioners should determine the re- 

 :Spective value of the fishery i:)rivileges mutually granted. When 

 these commissioners met in Haliftix, five and a-half million dol- 

 lars were awarded to the Dominion of Canada and Newfound- 

 land as compensation for the concessions made by them to the 

 Americans, in throwing open to them fisheries of greater value 

 than those conceded by the United States to Britisli fishermen. 

 .Of this sum Newfoundland received one million dollars. 



Tlie Americans were dissatisfied with the award and the treaty 

 was terminated, at their. instance, in twelve years, ending in 1883. 

 ;Since then the Convention of 1818 has been in force. Several 

 .attempts have been made to establish another Fishery Treaty 

 between the United States and Canada, but without success. 

 Newfoundland endeavoured to make a separate treaty with the 

 United States, and tlie Bond-Blaine CouA-ention Avas the result. 

 Hitherto the British Goveiumeut have failed to sanction this 

 arrangement. 



