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Argument of Sir William Snowdon Robson 964-1165 



Question 1 964-1041 



General statement of United States position 964-7 



Reasonableness of British regulations 967-9 



Sir Robert Bond's attitude 967-8 



Professor Huxley's report 969 



Commissioner Baird's report 970-1 



Reports of Deputy Minister of Fisheries for Canada and Pro- 

 fessor Browne Goode 971 



French fishery right on west and south coast. : 972 



What is a " common sea " ? 972 



Antecedent rights of the United States 973-6, 981 



Note on regulations prior to 1783 976-8 



Note on regulations after 1783 979 



What these regulations establish 981 



Effect of recognition of American independence 982 



Treaty of 1818 does not impair sovereignty of Great Britain 983 



Negotiations at Ghent, 1814 983-4 



Franco-American dispute, 1821-3 985-90 



Oppenheim quoted on interpretation 989 



Meaning of " liberty," " right," and " franchise " 990-3 



Significance of words "in common" 993 



1. In treaty of 1854 994 



2. In treaty of 1871 994 



3. In Mr. Cardwell's letter, 1866 994 



4. In Fur Seal Arbitration, by Judge Hanford, vol. ii, p. 124__ 996 



Common fishery 995 



Payment of Halifax Award 997-1000 



Doctrine of servitudes 1000 



Whole of United States claim, so far as it rests upon any 

 avowed legal basis, rests on doctrine of servitudes 1000 



Economic servitudes ; harbour and railway privileges 1000-1 



What negotiators of treaty knew about servitudes in 1818 1002 



Mr. Gallatin's mention of servitude in letter, 5th November, 



1818 1002 



Lord Castlereagh to Bagot, 22nd March, 1817, servitudes 



possibly under consideration 1003 



Mention of servitudes by Mr. Trescot before Halifax Com- 

 mission, 1877 1003 



Mention of servitudes in treaty between United States and 

 Columbia, 1909 1004-5 



Definition of a servitude; its features 1005 



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