PROTOCOLS OF THE ARBITRATION.* 



5 Special agreement for the suhinissio7i of questions relating 



to fisheries on the North Atlantic coast under the general 

 treaty of arbitration concluded between the United States and Great 

 Britain on the Jfth day of April ^ 1908. 



Article I. 



\ATiereas by Article I of the Convention signed at London on the 

 20th day of October, 1818, between Great Britain and the United 

 States, it was agreed as follows : — 



Whereas differences have arisen respecting the liberty claimed 

 by the United States for the Inhabitants thereof, to take, dry and 

 cure Fish on Certain Coasts, Bays, Harbours and Creeks of His 

 Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America, it is agreed between the 

 High Contracting Parties, that the Inhabitants of the said United 

 States shall have forever, in common with the Subjects of His 

 Britannic Majesty, the Liberty to take Fish of every kind on that part 

 of the Southern Coast of Newfoundland which extends from Cape 

 Ray to the Rameau Islands, on the Western and Northern Coast of 

 Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on 

 the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on the Coasts, Bays, 

 Harbours, and Creeks from Mount Joly on the Southern Coast of 

 Labrador, to and through the Straits of Belleisle and thence North- 

 wardly indefinitely along the Coast, without prejudice, however, to 

 any of the exclusive Rights of the Hudson Bay Company ; and that 

 the American Fishermen shall also have liberty forever, to dry and 

 cure Fish in any of the unsettled Bays, Harbours and Creeks of the 

 Southern part of the Coast of Newfoundland hereabove described, 

 and of the Coast of Labrador ; but so soon as the same, or any Portion 

 thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said F'ishermen 

 to dry or cure Fish at such Portion so settled, without previous 

 agreement for such purpose with the Inhabitants, Proprietors, or 

 Possessors of the ground. — And the United States hereby renounce 

 forever, any Liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the Inhabitants 

 thereof, to take, dry, or cure Fish on, or within three marine Miles 

 of any of the Coasts, Bays, Creeks, or Harbours of His Britannic 

 Majesty's Dominions in America not included within the above- 



• Protocols of The North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration, published by authority 

 of the Permanent Court, The Hague, 1910. 



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