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ARRANGEMENT OF 14TH NOVEMBER, 1885.° 

 ARRANGEMENT. ARRANGEMENT. 



The undersigned Commission- Les Commissaires soussignes, 



ers, who have been appointed by delegues par les Gouvernements 



the Governments of Great Brit- de Grande Bretagne et de France, 



a in and France in order to find a l'effet de rechercher, en dehors 



means, without touching the des traites actuellement en vigueur 



treaties at present in force, which qu'ils n'avaient mission ni de 



it is not their duty either to modifier ni d'interpreter, les 



modify or to interpret, of pre- mo3^ens de prevenir et de regler 



venting and regulating disputes les contestations relatives a l'ex- 



relative to the exercise of the fish- ercice de la peche, sur les cotes 



ery on the coasts of Newfound- de Terre Neuve, ont arrete d'un 



land, have framed in concert the commun accord, sous reserve de 



following regulations, subject to Tapprobation de leurs Gouverne- 



the approval of their respective ments respectifs, les dispositions 



Governments : suivantes : 



Article 1. Article ler. 



The Government of Her Ma]- Le Gouvernement de Sa Ma- 

 jesty the Queen of the United jeste la Heine du Royaume Uni de 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and la Grande Bretagne et dTrlande 

 Ireland engages to comply with s'engage a, se conformer aux dis- 

 the following regulations for se- positions ci apres pour assurer 

 curing to French fishermen, in aux pecheurs francais, en execu- 

 execution of the treaties in force, tion des traites en vigueur et par- 

 and particularly of the Declara- ticulierement de la Declaration 

 tion of 17*:?, the free exercise of de 1783, le libre exercice de leur 

 their industry on the coa-ts of Industrie, sur les cotes de Terre 

 Newfoundland without any in- Xeuve sans gene ou obstacle quel- 

 terference or obstruction what- conque de la part des sujets 

 ever on the part of British sub- Britanniques. 

 jects. 



Aki n lb 2. Article 2. 



The Government of the French Le Gouvorneinent de la Repu- 

 Republic engages, on its part, in blique Francaise s'engage, de son 

 fxfhiingc for (lie security accorded cote, en echange de la securite ac- 

 to French fishermen by the appli- cordee aux pecheurs francais par 

 cation of the regulations contained ['application <l< i s dispositions con- 

 in the present arrangement, not to tenues dans le present arrange- 

 raise any objection- against the ment, a u'elever aucune protesta- 

 formation of establishments nee tion contre la creation des 6ta- 



arj Eor the development of blissementsnecessairesaudevelop- 



every industry other than that of pemenl <!<• toute Industrie autre 



the fisheries on those portions of <i l|r ••(•lie des pecheries, sur les 



"'This arrangement was n<a accepted by * 1 1 < - government of Newfoundland, 

 which passed resolutions <ir<-iiiihiK to assent t<> It, on May i. IS i 



An arrangemenl \\;is signed April 26, 1884, Identical with iii<' arrangement of 

 November I i. i sv ~>, with the exception of Article III, which was not Included 

 In the 1881 arrangement. 



