PART 11. 



THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE I OF THE TREATY 



OF 1818. 



The terms of Article I of the treaty of October 20, 1818, having 

 been examined in the light of the circumstances leading up to and 

 surrounding the negotiation of that treaty, there still remains to 

 be considered the subsequent actions of the two Governments hav- 

 ing a bearing upon the interpretation of its provisions in accordance 

 with their true intent and meanino;. 



BRITISH ACTS OF PARLIAMENT AND ORDERS IN COUNCIL. 



Act of June 14, 1819. 



On June 14, 1819, witjj^in five months after the exchange of rati- 

 fications of the treaty of 1818, an act of parliament was passed 

 (59 Geo. Ill Cap. 38) entitled "An act to enable His Majesty to 

 make regulations with respect to the taking and curing of fish on 

 certain parts of the coasts of Newfoundland, Labrador and His 

 Majesty's other possessions in North America, according to a con- 

 vention made between His Majesty and the United States of Amer- 

 ica."^ In this act, after the recital of so much of the fisheries article 

 of the treaty of 1818 as relates to the taking and drying and curing 

 of fish, followed by the further recital "And Whereas it is expe- 

 dient that His Majesty should be enabled to carry into execution 

 so much of the said convention as is above recited and to make regu- 

 lations for that purpose," it is provided, in the first section of the 

 act, that it shall be lawful for His Majesty by orders in council to 

 be made from time to time for that purpose "to make such regu- 



o Appendix, p. 112. 



