TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS. 3 



members of the fishing crews of their vessels persons not inhabitants 

 of the United States? 



Question 3. Can the exercise by the inhabitants of the United 

 States of the liberties referred to in the said article be subjected, 

 without the consent of the United States, to the requirements ol 

 entry or report at custom-houses or the payment of light or harbour 

 or other dues, or to any other similar requirement or condition of 

 exaction? 



Question 4. Under the provision of the said article that the Ameri- 

 can fishermen shall be admitted to enter certain bays or harbours for 

 shelter, repairs, wood, or water, and for no other purpose whatever, 

 but that they shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to 

 prevent their taking, drying, or curing fish therein or in any other 

 manner whatever abusing the privileges thereby reserved to them, is 

 it permissible to impose restrictions making the exercise of such priv- 

 ileges conditional upon the payment of light or harbour or other 

 dues, or entering or reporting at custom-houses or any similar con- 

 ditions ? 



Question 5. From where must be measured the " 3 marine miles of 

 any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours " referred to in the said 

 article ? 



Question 6. Have the inhabitants of the United States the liberty 

 under the said article or otherwise to take fish in the bays, harbours, 

 and creeks on that part of the southern coast of Newfoundland 

 which extends from Cape Ray to Rameau Islands, or on the western 

 and northern coasts of Newfoundland from Cape Ray to Quirpon 

 Islands, or on the Magdalen Islands. 



Question 7. Are the inhabitants of the United States whose vessels 

 resort to the treaty coasts for the purpose of exercising the liberties 

 referred to in article 1 of the treaty of 1818 entitled to have for those 

 vessels, when duly authorised by the United States in that behalf, 

 the commercial privileges on the treaty coasts accorded by agreement 

 or otherwise to United States trading vessels generally? 



ARTICLE 2. 



Either party may call the attention of the tribunal to any legis- 

 lative or executive act of the other party, specified within three 

 months of the exchange of notes enforcing this agreement, and which 

 is claimed to be inconsistent with the true interpretation of the treaty 

 of 1818; and may call upon the tribunal to express in its award its 

 opinion upon such acts, and to point out in what respects, if any, 

 they are inconsistent with the principles laid down in the award in 

 reply to the preceding questions ; and each party agrees to conform 

 to such opinion. 



ARTICLE 3. 



If any question arises in the arbitration regarding the reasonable- 

 ness of any regulation or otherwise which requires an examination 

 of the practical effect of any provisions in relation to the conditions 

 surrounding the exercise of the liberty of fishery enjoyed by the in- 

 habitants of the United States, or which requires expert information 

 about the fisheries themselves, the tribunal may, in that case, refer 

 such question to a commission of three expert specialists in such mat- 



