396 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



Navigation of the Gut of Canso, that this permission is used to the 

 should you observe it to be in- injury of Colonial fishermen, or 

 jurious to the Colonial fishermen, for other improper objects, 

 or otherwise detrimental to Brit- I have it in command to make 

 ish interests. this communication to your Lord- 



ships as conveying the decision of 

 Her Majesty's Government on 

 this subject. 



I have &c., 

 (Signed) EDWARD CARD WELL. 



No. 146. 1870, May 16: Circular relating to Canadian In-shore. 

 Fisheries issued by Mr. Geo. S. Boutwell, United States Secretary 

 of the Treasury. 



TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Washington, May 16, 1870. 

 SIR, In compliance with the request of the Secretary of State, 

 you are hereby authorized and directed to inform all masters of fish- 

 ing vessels, at the time of clearance from your port, that the author- 

 ities of the Dominion of Canada have terminated the system 

 236 of granting fishing licenses to foreign vessels, under which 

 they have heretofore been permitted to fish within the mari- 

 time jurisdiction of the said Dominion, that is to say, within three 

 marine miles of the shores thereof; and that all fishermen of the 

 United States are prohibited from the use of such in-shore fisheries. 

 except so far as stipulated in the first Article of the Treaty of 

 October 20, 1818, between the United States and Great Britain, in 

 virtue of which the fishermen of the United States have, in common 

 with the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish 

 of every kind on that part of the southern coast of Newfoundland 

 which extends from Cape Ray to the Rameau Islands, on the western 

 and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to 

 the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and 

 also on the coasts, bays, harbours, and creeks, from Mount Joly, 

 which was, when the Treaty was signed, on the southern coast of 

 Labrador, to and through the straits of Belle Isle, and thence north- 

 wardly, indefinitely along the coast, without prejudice, however, to 

 any exclusive rights of the Hudson's Bay Company; and have also 

 liberty for ever to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, 

 harbours and creeks of the southern part of the coast of Newfound- 

 land, above described, and of the coast of Labrador, unless the same, 

 or any portion thereof, be settled, in which case it is not lawful for 

 the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, with- 

 out previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, pro- 

 prietors, or possessors of the ground ; and also, are admitted to enter 

 any other bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter and of repair- 

 ing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, 

 and for no other purpose whatever, subject to such restrictions as 

 may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying, or curing fish 

 therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the privileges 

 reserved to them as above expressed. 



