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national, in accordance with the laws. 1 It may be noted that 

 these regulations are declared to be for the purpose of pre- 

 venting the extermination of certain species of fish, and that 

 the grantees must, when requested, allow officials to be on 

 board for scientific study. 



The adjoining state of Uruguay also lays claim to jurisdic- 

 tion, with regard to fisheries at least, beyond the ordinary 

 three-mile limit in the extensive inlet of the Rio de la Plata, 

 which lies between Uruguay and Argentina, and is nearly sixty 

 miles wide at its mouth, with an estimated area of about 5000 

 square miles. In 1905 a Canadian sealer, the Agnes G. Donohoe, 

 was arrested for the contravention of a presidential decree which 

 prohibits sealing within these Uruguayan waters, but it was 

 subsequently released. The British Government formally pro- 

 tested against this claim to jurisdiction outside the three-mile 

 boundary, which, however, is strongly supported by the 

 Argentine Government, which is equally concerned in its 

 maintenance. 2 



It is evident from the foregoing that most maritime states, and 

 all the great ones, either by treaty or in their municipal laws 

 and decrees, have adopted the three-mile limit, at least for 

 fishery purposes. It is quite appropriate, therefore, to refer 

 to it as the " ordinary " limit, as was done by the Tribunal of 



1 Reglamento para las concesiones de pesca en el literal ocea'nico de la Provincia 

 de Buenos Aires, 4th June 1909. "Art. 3. Los concesionarios solo podran emplear 

 redes arrastradas por vapores en una zona distante no menos de doce (12) millas, 

 contadas desde las lineas de las ma's bajas mareas. Art. 4. Dentro de la zona de 

 doce millas hasta la linea de las ma's bajas mareas, podrdn usarse redes arrastradas 

 por veleros. Se declara libre el uso de las lineas, palangres 6 espineles, nasas y 

 redes verticales de deriva. Art. 6. Las personas 6 empresas que quisieran usar 

 artes especiales de pesca distiutos de los indicados, deberdn solicitar permiso especial 

 de la Division de Ganaderia y obtener la autorizacicSn correspondiente. Art. 7. 

 Las embarcaciones llevardn bandera nacional y sus tripulaciones se compondrdn 

 de una parte de individuos de nacionalidad argentina, de acuerdo con las leyes y 

 reglamentos de cabotaje nacional." I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr R. M. 

 Bartleman, the American Consul-General at Buenos Aires, for a copy of these 

 regulations. 



2 Reuter's telegrams from Buenos Aires, 21st March, 30th June 1908. Scotsman, 

 23rd March, 2nd July 1908. La Prensa, one of the leading journals of Buenos 

 Aires, is quoted as declaring it hard to believe that the British Government has 

 decided to raise a question of such exceptional gravity, seeing the first effect of 

 such action would be to bring about a conflict to which there could be no con- 

 ciliatory or friendly solution, since the immediate reply, which would be final, 

 would be absolute rejection of the claim put forward that is, that the waters of 

 the estuary outside the limits of three miles from the coasts are non-territorial. 



