XX CONTENTS 



CHAPTER II. 



GENERAL ADOPTION OP THE THREE-MILE LIMIT. 



Cannon-range and three-mile limit as its equivalent introduced into- 

 English Jurisprudence in 1800, 1801 Lord Stowell's decision* 

 regarding the Twee Gebroeders and the Anna in British High 

 Court of Admiralty Restricted to questions of neutrality 

 The practice of Great Britain and the United States leads to 

 general adoption of three-mile limit First applied to fisheries (of 

 North America) by Great Britain Treaty of 1818 Negotiations 

 concerning Behring Sea Russian claim of 100 miles Adoption of 

 gunshot or three miles Judicial decisions as to extent of territorial 

 sea The Bristol Channel Conception Bay Statutes relative 

 to territorial waters Foreign Enlistment Act Territorial 

 Waters Jurisdiction Act The Franconia case Three - mile 

 limit restricted to the open coast for certain purposes only 

 Bays excluded The Hovering Acts Customs' jurisdiction Quar- 

 antine Acts Opinions of publicists of earlier part of nineteenth 

 century Rayneval, Chitty, Schmalz, Kliiber, Wheaton, Kent, 

 Manning, Heffter, Reddie, Ortolan, Hautefeuille, Pistoye and 

 Duverdy, Masse Summary Most accept cannon-range Few 

 accept the three-mile limit ...... 576 



CHAPTER III. 



THE FISHERY CONVENTIONS. 



In nineteenth century the boundaries of territorial sea concerned 

 chiefly with fisheries Encroachment of foreign fishermen 

 Dutch decrees of 1824 and 1829 fixing a limit of two leagues on 

 British coast Disputes with French fishermen Inquiry by select 

 committee of House of Commons, 1833 Their recommendations 

 Opinion as to bays Renewed encroachments and disputes Con- 

 vention with France, 1839 Three-mile limit and ten miles for 

 bays adopted Granville Bay reserved for French Regulations 

 , regarding trawling Disputes with Belgian and Dutch fishermen 

 Belgians claim special rights under Bruges Charter Convention of 

 1852 with Belgium Dispute about Fame Islands Second Con- 

 vention with France, 1867 Not ratified Question of Irish oyster- 

 beds beyond three-mile limit Fishery disputes in British North 

 America The definition of bays and creeks British cruisers seize 

 American vessels The British Government relax the rule as to 

 Bay of Fundy Decision of referee as to this bay Reciprocity 

 Treaty, 1854 Terminated by United States, 1866 Concessions 



