XIV TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Argument of the Honorable Samuel J. Elder Continued. p age . 



Criticism of modus Vivendi by Newfoundland Parliament 902-3 



Newfoundland's attitude avowedly coercive 903 



Proceedings of Captain Alexander on west coast 904-6 



Mr. Ewart's argument as to United States position in Alaska Bound- 

 ary Arbitration 907-9 



Question 2 909-934 



Rights of "vessels" not claimed by United States 910 



Right under treaty resides in United States 910-11 



Sir Robert Finlay's argument 911 



Effect of United States ship registration 911-12. 915 



Mr. Root's position 912-14 



United States fishermen must have registration or fishing 



licences 916-17 



Great Britain entitled to certificates of identification 918 



Explanation of Mr. Evarts' report, 1880 919 



Kvarts-Salisbury correspondence ' 920-1 



Imperial Statute of 1660 922 



1699 922-3 



1775 923-4 



Fishing crews very composite in early times 924 



Americans always hired Nova Scotians 925 



French fishing crews are more homogeneous than any other 926 



The fishery was always considered a trade 926 



Binghani v. Salene 926 



Wickham r. Hawker 926-7 



Meaning of " inhabitant" 927 



What Arbitrators as asked to answer under Question No. 2 of 



the submission 928-32 



Mr. Whitelaw Reid's letter of 6th October, 1906 929-30 



Summary of argument 931-2 



The universality of the question 933-4 



Questions 3 and 4 934 



Meaning of "conditional" in Question No. 4 934-9 



Difference between "report" and "entry" 935 



Imperial Act, 1775 935 



Question of smuggling 936 



Seizure of Messrs. Pew and Sons' ship " Columbia," 1904 936-7 



Impracticability of reporting ; danger of being frozen in 937-8 



No report should be required under certain circumstances 938-9 



Question 6 940-54 



"Coast" used with same meaning in treaty of 1783 and 1818 940 



Sir Robert Bond's contention 940-1,943 



"Shores" as used in referring to Magdalen Islands 941 



Intention of negotiators 941-2 



French treaty rights on West Coast of Newfoundland 943 



Meaning of "coast" in treaty of 1818 943-4 



Meaning of "shores" 944-5 



Law Officers' understanding of " shores." 1841 944-5 



Maxwell on "Interpretation of Statutes" 945 



Analogy from use of words " person " and " persons " in Statute 



of Uses _. 946 



Anderson v. Anderson : Lord Esher and Lord Rigby 946-7 



Report of Assembly of Newfoundland, 1845 ,. 947 



