APPENDICES TO ORAL ARGUMENTS. 



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58 George III, c. 2. (11 March). 



By Lieut. Governor, Council 

 and Assembly. 



Prohibits casting of offal on or 

 about coasts of Grand Manan or 

 into any other bay or harbour of 

 this Province in fishing grounds. 



This Act was passed at a time 

 when American fishermen were 

 no longer permitted to enjoy the 

 liberties, which they had under 

 the Treaty of 1783. 



LOWER CANADA. 



BRITISH ABSTRACT OF STATUTES, 

 PROCLAMATIONS, &C. 



Before 1783. 



No Statutes cited in the Brit- 

 ish abstract. 

 Between 1783 and 181%. 



Br. App. 554. 1785. 



Order by the King to Gover- 

 nor of Quebec. Recites Bay of 

 Chaleurs in Province of Quebec. 



Enables Governor to grant use 

 of beach to His Majesty's sub- 

 jects. 



Directs Governor with consent 

 of Provincial Council to establish 

 local regulations, to prevent dis- 

 putes between fishermen resort- 

 ing to said beach. 



Br. App. 53. 1786. 



Instructions to Governor of 

 Province of Quebec. Regula- 

 tions for protection of fisheries 

 in Gulf of St. Lawrence and on 

 Labrador coast required. 



CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS, AND 

 NOTES. 



" Order providing for regula- 

 tion of -fishery at Bay of Chaleur, 

 July 25, 1785." 



As the United States, under 

 the Treaty of 1783, had no right 

 to dry and cure fish on the shores 

 of the Province of Quebec, this 

 order and any " local regulations, 

 to prevent abuses, as well as dis- 

 putes and misunderstanding be- 

 tween the fishermen resorting to 

 the said beach or shore," if any 

 were framed, have no application 

 to fishermen coming from the 

 United States. 



"Instructions to Lord Dor- 

 chester as Governor of the Prov- 

 ince of Quebec, August 23, 1786." 



The instructions directed the 

 Governor " to establish on that 

 coast [Labrador] the regulations 

 in favour of British fishing ships 

 which have been so wisely adopt- 

 ed by the Act of Parliament 

 passed in the reign of King Wil- 

 liam the Third for the encour- 



