APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



No. 25. 1867, November 11: Extract from Convention between Her 

 Britannic Majesty and France relative to Fisheries in the Seas be- 

 tween Great Britain and France. Signed in the English and 

 French languages at Paris, November 11, 1867. 



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ART: l er . 



British Fishermen shall enjoy the exclusive right of fishery within 

 . the distance of three miles of low-water mark, along the whole 

 39 extent of the coasts of the British islands; and French fisher- 

 men shall enjoy the exclusive right of fishery within the dis- 

 tance of three miles from low-water mark along the whole extent of 

 the coast of France, the only exception to this rule being that part of 

 the coast of France which lies between Cape Carteret and Point 

 Meinga. 



The distance of three miles fixed as the general limit for the ex- 

 clusive right of fishery upon the coasts of the two countries shall, 

 with respect to bays, the mouths of which do not exceed ten miles 

 in width, be measured from a straight line drawn from headland to 

 headland. 



The miles mentioned in the present Convention are geographical 

 miles whereof sixty make a degree of latitude. 



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No. 26. 1871, May 8: Extract from Treaty between Her Britannic 

 Majesty and the United States relative to Claims, Fisheries, &c. 

 (Washington). 

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ARTICLE XVIII. 



It is agreed by the high contracting parties that, in addition to the 

 liberty secured to the United States fishermen by the convention be- 

 tween the United States and Great Britain, signed at London on the 

 20th day of October, 1818, of taking, curing, and drying fish on cer- 

 tain coasts of the British North American Colonies therein defined, 

 the inhabitants of the United States shall have, in common with the 

 subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty, for the term of years 

 mentioned in Article XXXIII of this treaty, to take fish of every 

 kind, except shell-fish, on the sea-coasts and shores, and in the bays, 

 harbours, and creeks, of the Provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and 

 New Brunswick, and the colony of Prince Edward's Island, and of 

 the several islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted to any 

 distance from the shore, with permission to land upon the said coasts 

 and shores and islands, and also upon the Magdalen Islands, for the 

 purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish ; provided that, in 

 so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of private property, 

 or with British fishermen, in the peaceable use of any part of the said 

 coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose. 



It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty applies solely to 

 the sea fishery, and that the salmon and shad fisheries, and all other 

 fisheries in rivers and the mouths of rivers, are hereby reserved ex- 

 clusively for British fishermen. 



