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difficulty will be made in withdrawing it. The undersigned, re 

 ferring to the declaration made by them at the conference of the 

 8th of August, that the privileges of fishing within the limits of tl?e 

 British sovereignty, and of using the British territories for purposes 

 connected with the fisheries, were what Great Britain did not in 

 tend to grant without equivalent, are not desirous of introducing 

 any article upon the subject. With the view of removing what 

 they consider as the only objection to the immediate conclusion of 

 the treaty, the undersigned agree to adopt the proposal made by 

 the American plenipotentiaries, made at the conference of the 1st 

 instant, and repeated in their last note, of omitting the 8th article 

 altogether.] 



The undersigned avail themselves of this opportunity to renew 

 to the plenipotentiaries of the United States, the assurance of their 

 hHi consideration. 



GAMBIER, 



HENRY GOULDBURN, 

 WILLIAM ADAMS. 

 Ghent, December 22, 1814. 



Accompanying British Note A&quot;o. 1 0. 



Such of the islands in the Bay of Passamaquoddy as are claimed 

 bv both parties, shall remain in the possession of the party in whose 

 occupation they maybe at the time of the exchange of the ratifica 

 tions of this treaty, until the decision respecting the title to the 



said islands shall have been made in conformity with the 



article of this treaty. 



No disposition made by this treaty, as to such possession of the 

 islands and territories claimed by both parties, shall, in any manner 

 whatever, be construed to affect the right of either. 



Protocol of Conference. 



Ghent, 23d December, 18l4. 



At a conference held this day, the protocol of the preceding con 

 ference was settled. 



The American plenipotentiaries intimated their readiness to ac 

 cede to the propositions contained in the note of the British pleni 

 potentiaries, of the 22d instant. 



The following alterations were then agreed to : 



In the first article, after the word &quot; cease,&quot; omit the words &quot;af 

 ter the exchange of the ratifications,&quot; and insert &quot; as soon as thr* 

 treaty shall have been ratified by both parties.&quot; Substitute the 

 word &quot; whatsoever&quot; for the words v without exception.&quot; Restore 

 the words * taken by either party from the other,&quot; in the room ot&quot; 

 the words &quot; belonging to either party and taken by.&quot; After the 

 words &quot; signing of this treaty,&quot; insert the words &quot; excepting onl\ 

 (he island? hereinafter mentioned.&quot; After the words &quot; reppeftivelv 



