16 CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



1893. Newfoundland passed a statute (known as the Foreign 

 Fishing Vessels Act) having for its object the prohibition of the sale 

 to foreigners, without license, of herring, caplin, squid, or other bait 

 fishes, ice, lines, seines, or other outfit or supplies for the fishery, and 

 the engagement within British waters of persons to form part of the 

 crew. (App., p. 730.) 



CONVENTION, 1902. 



1902. Another convention was arranged as between the United 

 States and Newfoundland (known as the Bond-Hay convention). 

 It provided for reciprocal freedom from customs duty of certain 

 articles, and for permission to American fishermen to purchase bait 

 and other supplies in Newfoundland. The United States Senate de- 

 clined to ratify the convention. It has, therefore, never become 

 effective. (App., p. 46.) 



1905. Newfoundland repealed the provisions of the Foreign Fish- 

 ing Vessels Act, and enacted a new statute which prohibited alto- 

 gether the purchase of bait by foreign fishing vessels and the engage- 

 ment by them of crews within Newfoundland waters. (App., p. 757.) 



1906. Newfoundland passed another statute repealing the Act of 

 1905, but re-enacting it with some amendments. This statute, how- 

 ever, did not come into force. (App., p. 758.) 



1906. Diplomatic correspondence resulted in a modus vivendi as 

 to Newfoundland (App.. pp. 504-6) : 



1. American fishermen were permitted to use purse seines. 



2. American fishermen w r ere permitted to hire Newfoundlanders 

 outside the 3-mile limit. 



3. American fishermen were to refrain from fishing on Sunday. 



4. American fishermen were to pay light dues. 



5. American fishermen were to make entries at custom-houses. 



6. The Statute of 1906 was not to become effective, and part of 

 the statute of 1905 were not to be enforced against American 

 fishermen. 



1907. A new modus vivendi as to Newfoundland was ar- 



17 ranged. It was similar to that of the former year, except that 

 American fishermen were not to use purse seines. (App., 



pp. 508-9.) 



The above chronological survey will, it is hoped, be of use in the 

 appreciation of the various parts of the arguments submitted in the 

 Case on each of the questions on which the Tribunal is requested to 

 decide. 



