OB' GREAT BRITAIN. 117 



Whereas, under the provisions of Article I. of a Convention con- 

 cluded at London on the 20th day of October, 1818, the inhabitants 

 of the United States of America have the liberty of taking, drying, 

 and curing fish in common with British subjects on certain parts of 

 the coasts of Newfoundland: 



And whereas by Section I. of an Act passed in the fifty-ninth year 

 of His late Majesty King George III. it is enacted that it shall and 

 may be Lawful for His Majesty, by and with the advice of His 

 Majesty's Privy Council, by any order or orders in Council, to be from 

 time to time made for that purpose, to make such regulations, and to 

 give such directions, orders, and instructions to the Governor of 

 Newfoundland, or to any officer or officers on that station, or to any 

 person or persons whomsoever, as shall or may be from time to time 

 deemed proper and necessary for the carrying into effect the pur- 

 poses of the said Convention with relation to the taking, drying, and 

 curing of fish by the inhabitants of the United States of America, in 

 common with British subjects, within the limits set forth in the said 

 Article of the said Convention, any Act or Acts of Parliament, or 

 any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding; 



And whereas by an Order in Council made on the 19th June, 1819, 

 in pursuance of the powers vested in His Majesty by the said Act, 

 ain directions were given to the Governor of Newfoundland, 



And whereas His Majesty by and with the advice of His Majesty's 

 Privy Council deems it proper and necessary for the carrying into 

 effect the purposes of the said Convention, to give further directions 

 with relation to the taking, drying, and curing of fish by the inhab- 

 itants of the United States of America in common with British sub- 

 ject - on the coasts of Newfoundland: 



,\ therefore, His Majesty, in pursuance of the powers vested in 

 His Section I. of the Act 59 George III., cap. 38, by and 



witli the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council is pleased to order 

 and it Is hereby ordered as follows: — 



I. No provisions, rules, or enactments which may be in force with 

 regard to the boarding and bringing into port of foreign fishing ves- 



found in the waters of Newfoundland shall, within the limits 



prescribed by tin gaid Convention of 1818, apply to v. • !> in which 



inhabitants of tie United States of America resoii to the waters of 



wfoundland for the purpose of exercising the liherty assured to 



them by Article I. of the said Convention. 



II. If any question should arise before any Magistrate, Justice of 

 tin P< or Court in Newfoundland, in relation to, concern- 



, in anywise in respect of the presence on hoard any such vessel 

 any caplin, squid, or other bail fishes, or of ice, lines, seines, or 



otler ouiiii or supplies for the fishery; the burden of pi-oof thai the 

 d bail li hes ani and outfits have Teen purchased within 



the v ■■! Newfoundland -hall rest upon the person or persons 



alleging t he ame. 



III. It shall not he lawful for any person without the consent of 



Hi-- .Map | :. '.i Naval Officer on the Newfoundland Station, in 



any p isl inhabitants of the United States exercising 



or cl liming to , xercise the liberty to take fish assured to t hem by t he 

 I- 1! i rticle of the Convention of 1818, or again t any of their boats 

 in an) pi ed by them to form part of 



