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the line of closure runs from Moskenses on the west to Stot on 

 the east, which are about forty-five miles apart, and the length 

 of the fjord from this line is about sixty -five miles. As stated 

 below, however, it appears from a letter of the Minister of 

 Foreign Affairs, in 1868, that the line may be drawn from the 



Fig. 24. The Vestfjord, Lofoten Islands. 



southern part of Host, a group of isles situated nearly fifty 

 miles from the mainland and about 110 miles from the 



Irgens, the Norwegian Minister, 13th June 1908. Having some difficulty in 

 getting authentic copies of the various Norwegian decrees, I applied to Dr Fridtjof 

 Nansen, then Norwegian Minister in London, and later received full information 

 from three sources from Mons. J. Irgens, Dr Nansen's successor, and now the 

 Foreign Minister of Norway ; by the courtesy of Sir Reginald MacLeod ; and 

 through Dr Baty, the Secretary to the International Law Association. 



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