44 TREATY PROVISIONS RELATING TO FISHERIES 



Article XVI. 



This treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, 

 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and by Her Bri- 

 tannic Majesty, having received the assent of the Parliament of Can- 

 ada and of the Legislature of Newfoundland; and the ratifications 

 shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible. 



In faith whereof, We, the respective plenipotentiaries, have signed 

 this Treaty, and have hereunto affixed our seals. 



Done in duplicate, at Washington, this fifteenth day of February, 

 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. 



T. F. Bayard. [seal.] 



William L. Putnam. [seal.] 

 James B. Angell. [seal.] 



J. Chamberlain. [seal.] 



L. S. Sackville West, [seal.] 

 Charles Tttpper. [seal.] 



[Note. — This treaty was never consented to by the United 

 States Senate.] 



PROTOCOL OF FEBRUARY 15, 1888, ESTABLISHING A MODUS 

 VIVENDI PENDING THE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY OF 

 THAT DATE. 



The treaty having been signed the British Plenipotentiaries desire 

 to state that they have been considering the position which will be 

 created by the immediate commencement of the fishing season before 

 the Treaty can possibly be ratified by the Senate of the United States, 

 by the Parliament of Canada, and the Legislature of Newfoundland. 



In the absence of such ratification the old conditions which have 

 given rise to so much friction and irritation might be revived, and 

 might interfere with the unprejudiced consideration of the Treaty 

 by the legislative bodies concerned. 



Under these circumstances, and with the further object of afford- 

 ing evidence of their anxious desire to promote good feeling and to 

 remove all possible subjects of controversy, the British Plenipoten- 

 tiaries are ready to make the folloAving temporary arrangement for 

 a period not exceeding two years, in order to afford a modus Vi- 

 vendi " pending the ratification of the Treaty. 



1. For a period not exceeding two years from the present date, the 

 privilege of entering the bays and harbors of the Atlantic coasts of 

 Canada and Newfoundland shall be granted to United States fishing 

 vessels by annual Licenses at a fee of $1£ per ton — for the following 

 purposes: 



The purchase of bait, ice, seines, lines and all other supplies and 

 outfits. 



Transshipment of catch and shipping of crews. 



2. If during the continuance of this arrangement, the United 

 States should remove the duties on fish, fish oil, whale and seal oil 

 (and their coverings, packages, &c), the said Licenses shall be issued 

 free of charge. 



3. United States fishing vessels entering the bays and harbors of 

 the Atlantic coasts of Canada or of Newfoundland for any of the 

 four purposes mentioned in Article I. of the Convention of October 

 20, 1818, and not remaining therein more than twenty-four hours, 



