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TREATY PROVISIONS RELATING TO FISHERIES 



excised by the ships of war of the 

 two countries in accordance with 

 the conditions hereafter set forth, 

 the commanders of these ships 

 having sole authority and compe- 

 tency under these conditions in all 

 matters relating to the fisheries, 

 and the operations which result 

 therefrom. 



Article 6. 



English and French fishing 

 ships or boats shall be registered 

 in accordance with the adminis- 

 trative regulations of the coun- 

 try to which they respectively be- 

 long, and shall bear distinctive 

 marks in a visible manner, which 

 will allow of their being easily 

 recognized at a distance. The 

 captains, masters, or persons in 

 charge, must have with them doc- 

 uments establishing the national- 

 ity of their ships or boats. 



Article 7. 



The commanders of cruizers of 

 each nation shall notify mutually 

 to one another any infractions 

 which may be committed by the 

 ships or boats of the other nation, 

 of the regulations set forth in the 

 preceding article. 



Article 8. 



The cruizers of the two coun- 

 tries shall have authority to re- 

 cord all infractions of the treaties 

 actually in force, and especially 

 of the Declaration of 1783, ac- 

 cording to the terms of which 

 British subjects are not to " in- 

 " terrupt in any manner the fish- 

 " ery of the French by their com- 

 ' ; petition during the temporary 

 " exercise of it which is granted 

 " to them upon the coasts of New- 

 " foundland." 



Article 9. 



On a complaint being made by 

 French fishermen or on a demand 



batiments de la marine militaire 

 des deux pays, dans les conditions 

 ci-pres determinees, les com- 

 mandants des croiseurs ayant 

 sci i Is, dans ces conditions, auto- 

 rite et competence dans toutes les 

 affaires concernant la peche et les 

 operations qui en sont la conse- 

 quence. 



Article 6. 



Les navires ou bateaux de peche 

 anglais et frangais seront enre- 

 gistres, suivant les reglements ad- 

 ministratifs du pays auquel ils 

 appartiennent et devront porter, 

 d'une maniere apparente, des 

 marques distinctives permettant 

 de constater, a distance, leur iden- 

 tite. Les capitaines, maitres, ou 

 patrons seront porteurs de docu- 

 ments justificatifs de la national- 

 ite de leurs navires ou bateaux. 



Article 7. 



Les commandants des croiseurs 

 de chaque nation se signaleront 

 mutuellement les infractions aux 

 regies etablies par 1 'article prece- 

 dent qui seraient commises par 

 les navires ou bateaux de l'autre 

 nation. 



Article 8. 



Les batiments crosieurs des deux 

 pays seront competents pour con- 

 stater toutes les infractions aux 

 traites actuellement en vigueur 

 et notamment a la Declaration de 

 1783, aux termes de laquelle les 

 sujets britanniques ne doivent 

 " troubler, en aucune maniere, par 

 " leur concurrence, la peche des 

 " frangais pendant l'exercice tem- 

 " poraire qui leur est accorde sur 

 " les cotes de Terre Neuve." 



Article 9. 



Sur la plainte des pecheurs 

 frangais ou sur leur demande 



