14 CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



14 1854. The arrangements as to the fisheries lasted until 1885, 

 when they were terminated on the initiative of the United 

 States. 



1873. Prince Edward Island became part of the Dominion of 

 Canada. Prior to this year it was a province by itself. 



HALIFAX COMMISSION, 1877. 



1877. Great Britain having claimed that the fishing liberties con- 

 ferred on the citizens of the United States by the treaty of 1871 were 

 of greater value than the reciprocal advantages acquired by British 

 subjects, the treaty provided that this claim should be referred to a 

 commission, and that compensation should be awarded if found due. 

 The Commission met at Halifax, and eventually awarded 5,500.000 

 dollars to Great Britain. The proceedings before this Commission 

 are of some importance, and will hereafter be referred to. (App.. 

 p. 254.) 



FORTUNE BAY, 1878. 



1878. Newfoundland inhabitants, wrongfully taking the law into 

 their own hands, interrupted some American fishermen while carrying 

 on their operations in Fortune Bay, under the treaty of 1871. The 

 justification alleged was that the Americans were committing breaches 

 of three of the provisions of Newfoundland statutes : 



1. Establishing a close season for taking herrings by certain 

 methods ; 



2. Prohibiting the " barring " of herrings in coves, &c. ; and 



3. Prohibiting fishing on Sunday. 



The amenability of American fishermen to these laws was asserted 

 by the United Kingdom, and denied by the United States. In the 

 end, Great Britain paid compensation, on the ground that individual 

 citizens of Newfoundland had no right to take the enforcement of 

 the law into their own hands, but the contention that the Newfound- 

 land laws were binding on United States fishermen was expressly 

 maintained. (App., p. 289.) 



ARRANGEMENTS, 1885. 



1885. The fishery clauses of the treaty of 1871 having been termi- 

 nated by the United States, temporary diplomatic arrangements con- 

 tinued the application of their provisions throughout the season 

 of 1885. 



CANADIAN STATUTE, 1886. 



1886. Further agreement not having been made, Canada adopted 

 a statute (49 Viet,, cap. 114) for the purpose of removing the doubt 



