THE NORTHEAST COAST FISHERIES 513 



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In 1870, a number of Anglo-American claims growing out 

 of depredations committed during the war had accumulated, 

 and were pressing for adjudication. These claims were 

 gathered together and by the agreement of a joint high 

 commission were referred to various boards of arbitration. 

 It was an opportune moment to settle the fishery dispute, 

 vvhich, true to its old-time traditions, had reawakened and 

 demanded an immediate settlement. It therefore fell in 

 with the other issues under discussion at that time and the 

 subject was included in the comprehensive Anglo-American 

 treaty of 1871. 



The eighteenth article of this latter instrument renewed 

 the provisions of Article 1 of the reciprocity treaty of 1854, 

 it being further stipulated in the treaty that it should remain 

 in force for a period of ten years, and for two years after 

 notice of its termination by either party ; Article 19 ex- 

 tended the privileges of fishing in the territorial waters of 

 the United States as far down as the 39th degree of latitude ; 

 Article 21 provided for the free admission into American and 

 Canadian ports of fish and fish oil. During thenegotiation 

 of the treaty, the United States commissioners offered to 

 pay to Canada the sum of $1,000,000 in return for full 

 American privileges in their inshore fisheries in perpetuity. 

 This sum was thought by the commissioners tendering it to 

 be greater than the real value of these inshore fisheries, but 

 the amount was probably not too great for a positive guar- 

 antee of freedom from further molestation. The offer was 

 declined by the English commissioners as insufficient in 

 amount, but the discussion of a money consideration led to 

 the insertion in the instrument of the following article 

 (22d): 



Inasmuch as it is asserted by the Government of Her Britannic 

 Majesty that the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United 

 States under Article 18 of this treaty are of greater value than 

 those accorded by Articles 19 and 21 of this treaty to the subjects 

 of Her Britannic Majesty, and this assertion is not admitted by 



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