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ARTICLE XIX. 



It is agreed by the high contracting parties that British subjects 

 shall have, in common with the citizens of the United States, the lib- 

 erty, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII of this 

 treaty, to take fish of every kind, except shell-fish, on the eastern 

 sea-coasts and shores of the United States north of the thirty-ninth 

 parallel of north latitude, and on the shores of the several islands 

 thereunto adjacent, and in the bays, harbours, and creeks of the said 

 sea -coasts and shores of the United States and of the said islands, 

 without being restricted to any distance from the shore, with per- 

 mission to land upon the said coasts of the United States and of the 

 islands aforesaid, 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 the fishermen of the United States 

 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 salmon and shad fisheries, and all other 

 fisheries in rivers and mouths of rivers, are hereby reserved exclu- 

 sively for fishermen of the United States. 



ARTICLE XX. 



It is agreed that the places designated by the Commissioners ap- 

 pointed under the first article of the treaty between the United States 

 and Great Britain, concluded at Washington on the 5th of June, 1854, 

 upon the coasts of Her Britannic Majesty's dominions and the United 

 States, as places res'erved from the common right of fishing under 

 that treaty, shall be regarded as in like manner reserved from the 

 common right of fishing under the. preceding articles. In case any 

 question should arise between the Governments of the United States 

 and of Her Britannic Majesty as to the common right of fishing in 

 places not thus designated as reserved, it is agreed that a Commis- 

 sion shall be appointed to designate such places, and shall be consti- 

 tuted in the same manner, and have the same powers, duties, and au- 

 thority as the Commission appointed under the said first article of the 

 treaty of the 5th of June, 1854. 



ARTICLE XXI. 



It is agreed that, for the term of years mentioned in Article 

 XXXIII of this treaty, fish oil and fish of all kinds, (except fish 



of the inland lakes, and of the rivers falling into them, and 

 40 except fish preserved in oil,) being the produce of the fisheries 



of the United States, or of the Dominion of Canada, or of 

 Prince Edward's Island, shall be admitted into each country, respec- 

 tively free of duty. 



ARTICLE XXII. 



Inasmuch as it is asserted by the Government of Her Britannic 

 Majesty, that the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United 

 States under Article XVIII of this treaty are of greater value than 

 those accorded by Articles XIX and XXI of this treaty to the sub- 



