CONTENTS OF THE CASE. 



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Introductory statement 1 



Status prior to the Treaty of 1818 7 



The treaty of September 3, 1783 8 



The controversy as to the effect of the war of 1812 upon the fisheries article 



of the Treaty of 1 783 14 



Negotiations for the Treaty of Ghent 14 



The Jaseur incident 22 



The Adams-Bathurst correspondence 25 



Negotiations for a new treaty 31 



Negotiations at Washington in 1816-1817 36 



Seizures in 1817 42 



Seizures in 1818 49 



The negotiations resulting in the treaty of 1818 51 



Article! of the treaty of 1818 59 



Maps 68 



The Interpretation of Article I of the Treaty of 1818 69 



British Acts of Parliament and Orders in Council 69 



Regulations by Orders in Council 71 



Order in Council of June 19, 1819 72 



Order in Council of September 9, 1907 74 



Period from 1818 to 1836 75 



Seizures in 1821-1824 77 



Period from 1836 to 1841 82 



Nova Scotia Hovering Act 82 



United States Treasury Circular of January 21, 1836 88 



Seizures in 1838-1840 89 



The situation in 1840 95 



Period from 1841 to 1854 98 



Controversy arising from Nova Scotia's proposed interpretation of 



the renunciatory clause of the treat j' 98 



Nova Scotia's Case and the Opinion of the Crown Officers 104 



Seizure of the Washington and the Argus 108 



Conditions immediately preceding the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854 121 



Mr. Webster's interpretation of " bays" 128 



Decision of the Claims Commission of 1853 in the Washington and 



Argus cases 1^0 



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