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4. All Fisheries inland of the coast 

 limit are entirely British. 



5th. French subjects shall not make 

 use of any mode of fishing at the en- 

 trance of Rivers and Creeks (nor any- 

 where else on the Coast) of Newfound- 

 land which would be illegal (on the 

 coast or) In the Rivers of France. 



6th. The right of hook and line fish- 

 ing and of curing and drying at Belle 

 Isle in the Straits, shall be conceded to 

 French Fishermen during the season, 

 but they must not use seines or any 

 other kind of Nets. During the time of 

 French Fishery, British subjects shall 

 neither fish, cure, nor dry, on the said 

 Island. 



7th. The French right of fishery 

 along the Straits of Belle Isle, so far 

 N. as the Island of Belle Isle, shall ex- 

 tend half way across from the shores 

 of Newfoundland and Belle Isle to- 

 wards the coast of Labrador. 



8th. The right of fishery on these 

 parts of the coasts of Newfoundland 

 where the French may fish under 

 treaty, shall commerce on the 1st May 

 and end on the last day of October in 

 each year. 



9th. The boundary between the Brit- 

 ish and French Fishery limits on the 

 East coast of Newfoundland shall be 

 the point near Cape St. John agreed 

 upon by Captain Darley, of H. M. S. 

 Electra and Captain Fabvre hi 1843. 



10th. British Fishermen shall be al- 

 lowed to sell Herring, Caplin, and any 

 other kind of bait to the French. 



llth. In exchange for the above men- 

 tioned Concessions, France shall cede 

 to Great Britain all Fishery Rights 

 whatever on the Coasts between Cape 

 Ray and Point Verte the Northward of 

 Bonne Bay, on the West Coast of New- 

 foundland. 



This seems hardly necessary, and 

 may be construed as an indirect ad- 

 mission that they are not ours already. 



Very advisable provision as to riv- 

 ers but should not restrict the 

 French in their fishery on the open 

 coast. Amend as in Article 2, of the 

 separate paper. 



If it is thought expedient to concede 

 to the French a right of Fishery at 

 Belle Isle, we would suggest that the 

 proposition should be introduced as in 

 Article 12, of the separate paper; but 

 upon the question of making the con- 

 cession see our concluding remarks. 



The substance of this provision is 

 embraced in the Draft of Article 1, 

 in the separate paper. 



We would suggest a slight change in 

 the wording of this proposition, as in 

 Article 7, of the separate paper. 



We understand that such a boundary 

 was agreed upon, as here assumed, 

 and that a map of it is in the posses- 

 sion of the Local Government, but we 

 are unable to hear of there being any 

 document in the public offices in this 

 country to admit of this subject being 

 included in the propositions to the 

 French, if made at this moment. On 

 the facts being ascertained, wo would 

 suggest an amended proposition as in 

 Article 10 of the separate paper, hav- 

 ing reference to the boundaries on both 

 sides of Newfoundland. 



We suggest the omission of this 

 proposition, for the reasons above 

 stated. 



We think there could be no objection 

 to permitting the French to fish con- 

 currently with the British, and to dry 

 and cure fish in unoccupied places on 

 shore, until a year's notice shall have 

 been given to them by the British Gov- 

 ernment. Under such an arrangement, 



