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effect was to impose the three-mile limit on the coasts in ques- 

 tion. The article defining the territorial waters is the same as 

 in the North Sea Convention, except that islets and rocks are 

 included, which thus gets rid of some possible difficulties in 

 interpretation, such as have arisen in connection with the 

 Eddystone and Bell Rock. 1 



1 Convention between His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Ireland and His Majesty the King of Denmark for regulating the 

 Fisheries of their respective Subjects outside Territorial Waters in the Ocean sur- 

 rounding the Faroe Islands and Iceland. Art. ii. "The subjects of His Majesty 

 the King of Denmark shall enjoy the exclusive right of fishery within the distance 

 of three miles from low-water mark, along the whole extent of the coasts of the 

 said islands, as well as of the dependent islets, rocks, and banks. 



"As regards bays, the distance of three miles shall be measured from a straight 

 line drawn across the bay, in the part nearest the entrance, at the first point where 

 the width does not exceed ten miles." The geographical limits for the application 

 .of the convention, which embodies practically the same regulations as in the North 

 Sea Convention, are as follows : on the south, by a line commencing from where 

 the meridian of North Unst Lighthouse (Shetland Islands) meets the parallel of 

 61st degree of north latitude to a point where the 9th meridian of west longitude 

 meets the parallel of 60 north latitude, and from thence westward along that 

 parallel to the meridian of 27 west longitude ; on the west, by the meridian of 

 27 west longitude ; on the north, by the parallel of 67 30' of north latitude ; on 

 the east, by the meridian of the North Unst Lighthouse (which is about 50' west 

 longitude). The area is thus very large, much larger than the North Sea. The 

 convention continues in force until the expiration of two years from notice by 

 either party for its termination, and a clause is inserted providing for the adhesion 

 of any other Government whose subjects fish in the ocean surrounding the Faroe 

 Islands and Iceland. 



