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At or near the following bays the limits of exclusion shall be three 

 marine miles seaward from the following lines, namely: 



At or near Barrington Bay, in Nova Scotia, the line from the Light 

 on Stoddard Island to the Light on the south point of Cape Sable, 

 thence to the Light at Baccaro Point; at Chedabucto and St. Peter's 

 Bays, the line from Cranberry Island Light to Green Island Light, 

 thence to Point Rouge ; at Mira Bay, the line from the Light on the 

 East Point of Scatari Island to the North-easterly Point of Cape 

 Morien ; and at Placentia Bay, in Newfoundland, the line from La- 

 tine Point, on the Eastern mainland shore, to the most Southerly 

 Point of Red Island, thence by the most Southerly Point of Mera- 

 sheen Island to the mainland. 



Long Island and Bryer Island, at St. Mary's Bay, in Nova Scotia, 

 shall, for the purpose of delimitation, be taken as the coasts of such 



bay. 



Article V. 



Nothing in this Treaty shall be construed to include within the 

 common waters any such interior portions of any bays, creeks, or 

 harbors as can not be reached from the sea without passing within 

 the three marine miles mentioned in Article I of the Convention of 

 October 20, 1818. 



Article VI. 



The Commissioners shall from time to time report to each of the 

 High Contracting Parties, such lines as they may have agreed upon, 

 numbered, described, and marked as herein provided, with quadru- 

 plicate charts thereof; which lines so reported shall forthwith from 

 time to time be simultaneously proclaimed by the High Contracting 

 Parties, and be binding after two months from such proclamation. 



Article VII. 



Anv disagreement of the Commissioners shall forthwith be re- 

 ferred to anTJmpire selected by the Secretary of State of the United 

 States and Her Britannic Majesty's Minister at Washington; and 

 his decision shall be final. 



Article VIII. 



Bach of the High Contracting Parlies shall pay its own Commis- 

 sioner- .in. I ollicers. All other expenses jointly incurred, in connec- 

 tion with the performance of the work, including compensation to 

 the Umpire, shall be paid by the High Contracting Parties in equal 

 moieti' 



Article IX. 



Nothing in this Treaty shall interrupt or affect the free navigation 

 of the Strait of Canso by fishing vessels of the United States. 



Article X. 



United State- fishing vessel- entering the bays or harbors referred 

 to in Artiele I. of this Treaty -hall conform to harbor regulations 



common to them and to fishing vessels of Canada or of Newfound- 

 land. 



