72 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



ARTICLE II. 



Les pechenrs nationaux jouiront du droit exclusif de peche dans le 

 rayon de 3 milles, a partir de la laisse de basse mer, le long de toute 

 1'etendue des cotes de leurs pays respectifs, ainsi que des lies et des 



banes qui en dependent. 



42 Pour les bales, le rayon de 3 milles sera mesure a partir 



d'une ligne droite, tiree en travers de la baie, dans la partie 

 la plus rapprochee de 1'entree, au premier point ou 1'ouverture n'ex- 

 cedera pas 10 milles. 



Le present Article ne porte aucune atteinte a la libre circulation 

 reconnue aux bateaux de peche, naviguant ou mouillant dans les eaux 

 territoriales, a la charge par eux de se conformer aux regies speciales 

 de police edictees par les Puissances Riveraines. 



ARTICLE III. 



Les milles mentionnes dans 1'Article precedent sont des milles 

 geographiques de soixante au degre de latitude. 



No. 28. 1888, February 15: Unratified Treaty between Her Britannic 

 Majesty and the United States concerning the interpretation of 

 Article I of the Convention of 1818, October 20. 



Whereas differences have arisen concerning the interpretation of 

 Article I. of the Convention of October 20, 1818 ; the United States 

 of America, and Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of 

 Great Britain and Ireland, being mutually desirous of removing all 

 causes of misunderstanding in relation thereto, and of promoting 

 friendly intercourse and good neighborhood between the United 

 States and the Possessions of Her Majesty in North America, have 

 resolved to conclude a Treaty to that end, and have named as their 

 Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : 



The President of the United States, Thomas F. Bayard, Secretary 

 of State; William L. Putnam, of Maine; and James B. Angell, of 

 Michigan : 



And Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M. P. 

 The Honorable Sir Lionel Sackville Sackville West, K. C. M. G., Her 

 Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten- 

 tiary to the United States of America; and Sir Charles Tupper, 

 G. C. M. G., C. B., Minister of Finance of the Dominion of Canada ; 



Who, having communicated to each other their respective Full 

 Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following 

 articles : 



ARTICLE I. 



The High Contracting Parties agree to appoint a Mixed Commis- 

 sion to delimit, in the manner provided in this Treaty, the British 

 waters, bays, creeks, and harbours, of the coasts of Canada and of 

 Newfoundland, as to which the United States, by Article I. of the 



