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from the general principle as above explained. On some parts 

 of the coast special laws regulate the extent of the sea in 

 which the exclusive right of fishing is reserved to subjects. 

 The rich cod-banks on the coast of Sondmore, Romsdal, and 

 Nordmore are thus included within the territorial waters, 

 the base-line being drawn between various islands, in the 

 manner described above. The first of these was a royal 

 decree of 16th October 1869, which prescribed that a straight 

 line drawn at a distance of one geographical mile (of fifteen to 

 a degree) from and parallel to a straight line drawn between 

 Storholmen and Svino, shall be taken as the boundary of the 

 waters off the coast of the Sondmore district, in which the 

 fishing is entirely reserved for the inhabitants of the country. 

 Another royal decree of 9th September 1889 continued this 

 boundary farther to the north-east. It ordained that a line 

 drawn at a distance of one geographical mile from and parallel 

 to a line from Storholmen through Skraapen (outside of Haro), 

 Gravskjser (outside of Ona), and Kalven (the last of the Orsk- 

 jserens), to the last of the Jevleholme, outside of Grip, was the 

 boundary of the waters off the coast of the Romsdal district, 

 in which fishing is entirely reserved for the inhabitants of the 

 country. 1 



This special line from Svino (which lies about eight miles 

 north of Stadtland, or Van Staten) to Jevleholm stretches for 

 about eighty-five geographical miles along the coast, 2 the dis- 

 tance between the islets through which the base-line passes 

 being respectively 28, 14, 7, 23J, and 12 geographical miles, 

 and some of them are over seven miles distant from the main- 

 land or the nearest large island. The extent of water reserved 

 is thus large, the area between the base-line and the boundary- 



1 Kongelig Resolution af 16 Oktober 1869: "At en ret lime, trukket i en 

 geografisk mils afstand fra og parallelt med en ret linie mellem Storholmen og 

 Svino, bliver at betragte som grrendsen for den havstnekning udeufor den 

 tilsvarende kyst af Sbndmores fogderi, paa hvilken fiskeriet er landets egeu 

 befolkning udelukkende forbeholdt." Kongelig Resolution af 9 September 1889 : 

 "En linie, trukket i en geografisk mils afstand fra og parallelt med en linie fra 

 Storholmen over Skraapen (udenfor Haro), Gravskjier (udeufor Ona) og Kalven 

 (det yderste af Orskjaereue) til yderate Jevleholme udenfor Grip, bliver at betragte 

 som grsendsen for den havstnekning udenfor den tilsvarende kyst af liomsdal amt, 

 paa hvilken fiskeriet er landets egen befolkning udelukkende forbeholdt." 



- From about 62 20' N. lat. and 5 13' E. long, to about 63 13' N. lat. and 

 7 35' E. long. 



