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foundland shall be accorded to United States fishing vessels by 

 annual licenses, free of charge, for the following purposes, namely : 



1. The purchase of provisions, bait, ice, seines, lines, and all other 

 supplies and outfits; 



2. Transshipment of catch, for transport by any means of con- 

 veyance ; 



3. Shipping of crews. 



Supplies shall not be obtained by barter, but bait may be so ob- 

 tained. 



The like privileges shall be continued or given to fishing vessels of 

 Canada and of Newfoundland on the Atlantic coasts of the United 

 States. 



ARTICLE XVI. 



This Treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, 



by and with the advice and consent of the Senate ; and by Her 



45 Britannic Majesty, having received the assent of the Parliament 



of Canada and of the Legislature of Newfoundland; and the 



ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible. 



In faith whereof, We, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed 

 this Treaty, and have hereunto affixed our seals. 



Done in duplicate, at Washington, this fifteenth day of February, 

 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. 



T. F. BAYARD. 

 WILLIAM L. PUTNAM, 

 JAMES B. ANGELL. 

 J. CHAMBERLAIN. 

 L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 

 CHARLES TUPPER. 



SEAL. 



SEAL. 

 SEAL. 

 SEAL. 

 SEAL. 

 SEAL. 



No. 29. 1891: Unratified Convention between Great Britain and 

 the United States of America for the Improvement of Commer- 

 cial Relations between the United States and Her Britannic 

 Majesty's Colony of Newfoundland. 



The Governments of Great Britain and the United States desiring 

 to improve the commercial relations between the United States and 

 Her Britannic Majesty's Colony of Newfoundland, have appointed 

 as their respective Plenipotentiaries, and given them full powers to 

 treat of and conclude such convention, that is to say : 



Her Britannic Majesty on her part has appointed Sir Julian 

 Pauncefote; and the President of the United States has appointed 

 on the part of the United States James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. 



And the said Plenipotentiaries, after having exchanged their full 

 powers, which were found to be in due and proper form have agreed 

 to and concluded the following articles: 



ARTICLE I. 



United States fishing vessels entering the waters of Newfoundland 

 shall have the privilege of purchasing herring, caplin, squid, and 



