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TIIK FISHERIES. 237 



dcnoiincc'd on the ITtli of i\[arcli, 18G5, and expired 

 on tlio iVth of Mai -li, 180G. 



In truth, tlie United States liad piircliafied tLe fisli- 

 ery provisions of this treaty Ly otlier provisions to 

 the ellect that certain enumerated articles of the 

 growtli and produce of the British Colonies of Cana- 

 da, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's 

 Island, and Newfoundland, or of the United States, 

 .^houkl Ijc "admitted into each country res])eclively 

 free of duty." 



r>{d the reclprociti/ here was nearly nominal, the . 

 great henellts of the })rovision inuring to the British 

 Colonies. The fisheries had come to be the incident 

 of a lai'ger question, namely, that of the terms of com- 

 mercial intercourse between the United States and 

 the Jiritish Colonies in North America. 



Dissatisfaction in the United States Avith this state 

 of things led to the denouncement of the treaty, and 

 to the revival of a controversy l)etween the two (rov- 

 crnments regai'ding the fisheries: which controversy 

 was terminated Ly the Treaty of AVashingtou. 



PRO VISIONS OF THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



By Articles XVIIL, XIX., and XX., the fishery 

 stipulations of the Treaty of September 0, 1854, are \ 

 in substance revived, with further provision for the 

 appointment of a Commission to settle any outstand- 

 ing question as to the " places " of fishery reserved by / 

 either Government. 



It is further agreed that fish - oil and fish of all 

 kinds, except fish of the inland lakes and of the riv- 



