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ton; and the President of the United States has appointed, on the 

 part of the United States, John Hay, 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 

 other bait fishes at all times, on the same terms and conditions, and 

 subject to the same penalties as Newfoundland vessels. 



They shall also have the privilege of touching and trading, buying 

 and selling fish and oil, and procuring supplies in Newfoundland, con- 

 forming to the Harbour Regulations, but without other charge than 

 the payment of such light, harbour, and customs dues as are, or may 

 be, levied on Newfoundland fishing- vessels. 



47 ARTICLE II. 



Codfish, cod oil, seal oil, whale oil, unmanufactured whalebone, seal- 

 skins, herrings, salmon, trout, and salmon-trout, lobsters, cod roes, 

 tongues, and sounds, being the produce of the fisheries carried on by 

 the fishermen of Newfoundland, and ores of metals, the product of 

 Newfoundland mines, and slates from the quarry untrimmed, shall 

 be admitted into the United States free of duty. Also all packages 

 in which the said fish and oils may be exported shall be admitted free 

 of duty. It is understood, however, that unsalted or fresh codfish are 

 not included in the provisions of this Article. 



ARTICLE III. 



The officer of Customs at the Newfoundland port where the vessel 

 clears shall give to the master of the vessel a sworn certificate that the 

 fish shipped were the produce of the fisheries carried on by the fisher- 

 men of Newfoundland, which certificate shall be countersigned by the 

 Consul or Consular Agent of the United States. 



ARTICE IV. 



When this Convention shall come into operation, and during the 

 continuance thereof, the following articles imported into the Colony 

 of Newfoundland from the United States shall be admitted free of 

 duty : 



Agricultural implements and machinery imported by Agricultural 

 Societies for the promotion of agriculture. 



Cranes, derricks, fire clay, fire brick, rock drills, rolling mills, crush- 

 ing mills, separators, drill steel, machinery of every description for 

 mining used within the mine proper or at the surface of the mine, 

 smelting machinery of all kinds when imported directly by persons 

 engaged in mining, or to be used in their mining operations and not 

 for sale. 



Brick machines. 



Dynamite, detonators, blasting powder, and fuse. 



