SPECIAL AGREEMENT OF JANUARY 27, 1909. 



Mr. Knox to Mr. Bryce. 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 



June 8, 1909. 

 Excellency : 



By Article II of the Special Agreement of January 27 last, between 

 Great Britain and the United States for the submission to arbitration 

 of questions relating to the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries, it is pro- 

 vided : 



" Either party may call the attention of the Tribunal to any legis- 

 lative or executive act of the other Party, specified within three 

 months of the exchange of notes enforcing this agreement, and which 

 is claimed to be inconsistent with the true interpretation of the treaty 

 of 1818 ; and may call upon the Tribunal to express in its award its 

 opinion upon such acts, and to point out in what respects, if any, they 

 are inconsistent with the principles laid down in the award in reply 

 to the preceding questions; and each Party agrees to conform to 

 such opinion." 



At the request of Mr. Chandler P. Anderson, the Agent of the 

 United States in this proceeding, I have the honor to present to you 

 the accompanying list, proposed by him, of the legislative and execu- 

 tive acts of Canada and Newfoundland, which are specified on the 

 part of the United States in compliance with the requirement of the 

 above Article that the legislative and executive acts referred to 

 therein must be specified within three months of the exchange of 

 notes enforcing the Special Agreement, which period will not expire 

 until the 4th of this month, the notes referred to having been ex- 

 changed on March 4th last. 



I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, your excel- 

 lency's most obedient servant, 



P. C. KNOX. 



His Excellency The Right Honorable JAMES BRYCE, O. M. 



Ambassador of Great Britain. 



[Inclosure.] 



List <?/ legislative and executive acts of Canada and Newfoundland 

 specified on the part of the United States under the provisions of 

 Article II of the special agreement of January 27, 1909, between 

 the United States and Great Britain. 



Revised Statutes of Canada, 1906: 

 Chapter 45. The Fisheries Act; 



Chapter 47. The Customs and Fisheries Protection Act; 

 Chapter 48. The Customs Act; 



Chapter 113. The Canada Shipping Act, Part VI, so far as re- 

 lates to the compulsory employment of Pilots and payment of 

 dues, and Part XII relating to Public Harbours and Harbour 

 Masters, and Rules and Regulations established thereunder. 



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