CONTENTS OF CASE. IX 



Question 3 Continued. Page. 



Entry at customs 



Situation prior to the treaties 63 



United States independence, 1776 65 



Effect of United States contention 66 



United States legislation 67 



United States indorsement of colonial action 68 



Light and harbor dues 



International rule 70 



Light dues in England 70 



Light dues in colonies prior to 1783 72 



Legislation between 1783 and 1818 74 



Position in 1818 75 



Newfoundland legislation 76 



Exemption of Newfound!;: nd fishing vessels 77 



Modus viveudi 77 



Conclusion 78 



Question 4 : 



Customs entries and light and harbor dues in non-treaty waters 79 



Contention of Great Britain 79 



Exclusion in 1818 80 



Treaty provision discussed 80 



Absence of complaint 80 



Canadian orders in council 81 



Regulations are' reasonable 82 



Conclusion 82 



Question 5 : 



The question 83 



History of the question 83 



Variations in United States contention 83 



United States view, 1779-1782 84 



Delaware Bay, 1793 84 



United States contentions, 1804 85 



Convention of 1806 86 



Practice of United States fishermen, 1818 86 



Lyman's diplomacy cited 87 



Measurement from shores of bay, 1839 87 



Diplomatic correspondence, 1S36-1S41 88 



Bay of Fundy, 1843-1845 91 



Bay of Fuudy conceded, 1845 92 



Boundary in the Pacific, 1846 95 



* British attitude. 1852 95 



Notice issued by Mr, Webster, 1852 96 



Debates in Congress, 1852 97 



Bay of Fundy, 1856 99 



Proposals for renewal of reciprocity treaty, 1866 100 



Colonial secretary's instructions to naval officers 101 



Treaty of 1871 101 



United States proposal, 1886 101 



Canadian reply 102 



Convention of 1888. 103 



