CONTENTS OF CASE,' 



Page. 



The submission 1 



Introduction 4 



Position before 1783 4 



Treaty of 1783 United States and Great Britain 5 



Treaty of 1783 Great Britain and France * 



Delaware Bay, 1793 8 



United States claim to territorial waters. 1806 9 



Treaty of 1818 9 



Comparison of the treaties of 1783 and 1818 10 



Reasons for concession in treaty of 1818 11 



British statute (59 Geo. Ill, C. 38) 11 



Sovereignty in Newfoundland 12 



Commercial entente, 1830 12 



Nova Scotia statute, 1836 12 



Seizure in Bay of Fundy, 1843 12 



British concession of Bay of Fundy, 18-Jf> 12 



Mr. Webster, 1852 13 



Marcy circular, 1853 13 



Marcy circular, reissued 13 



Bay of Fundy arbitration, 1856 13 



Licenses, 1866 ___! 13 



Dominion of Canada constitution, 1867 13 



Boutwell's circular, 1890 13 



Treaty of 1871 13 



Halifax Commission 14 



Fortune Bay, 1878 14 



Arrangements in 18^5 14 



Canadian Statute, 1886 14 



United States Retaliatory Statute, 18S7 15 



Chamberlain-Bayard Treaty 16 



Newfoundland "Bait act." 1889 -__ 16 



Bond-Blaine Convention, 1890 16 



Bond-Hay Convention, 1902 16 



Question 1 : 



Right of regulation 19 



Nature of the question 20 



Formulation of United States claim, 1S7S 20 



Reformulation, 1906 21 



Effect of United States contention 22 



Contentions of Great Britain 23 



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