758 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



harbours and creeks from Mount Joly, on the Southern Coast of 

 Labrador, to and through the Straits of Belle Isle, and thence north- 

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

 any of the exclusive rights of the Hudson's 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 por- 

 tion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fish- 

 ermen 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-mentioned limits; provided, 

 however, that the American fishermen shall be admitted to enter 

 such bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter and repairing of 

 damages therein, of purchasing wood and of obtaining water, and 

 for no other purpose whatever. But they shall be under such 

 restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying, 

 or curing fish therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the 

 privileges hereby reserved to them." 



By this you will observe, United States fishermen are secured 

 the liberty of taking fish on the Southern Coasts of Labrador, and 

 around the Magdalen Islands and of drying and curing fish along 

 certain of the Southern Shores of Labrador, where this coast is 

 unsettled, or if settled, after previous agreement with the settlers 

 or owners of the ground. 



In all other parts the exclusion of foreign vessels and boats is 

 absolute, so far as fishing is concerned, and is to be enforced within 

 the limits laid down by the Convention of 1818, they being allowed 

 to enter bays and harbours for four purposes only, viz., -for shelter, 

 the repairing of damages, the purchasing of wood, and to obtain water. 



You are to compel, if necessary, the maintenance of peace and 

 good order \>j foreign fishermen pursuing their calling and enjoying 

 concurrent privileges of fishing or. curing fish with British fishermen, 

 in those parts to which they are admitted by the Treaty of 1818. 



You are to see that they obey the laws of the country, that they 

 do not molest British fishermen in the pursuit of their calling and 

 that they observe the regulations of the fishery laws in every respect. 



You are to prevent foreign fishing vessels and boats which enter 

 bays and harbors for the four legal purposes above mentioned, 

 from taking advantage thereof, to take, dry or cure fish therein, 

 to purchase bait, ice, or supplies, or to tranship cargoes, or from 

 transacting any business in connection with their fishing operations. 



It is not desired that you should put a narrow construction on 

 the term " unsettled." Places containing a few isolated houses might 

 not, in some instances, be susceptible of being considered as "set- 

 tled" within the meaning and purpose of the Convention. Some- 

 thing would, however, depend upon the facts of the situation and 

 circumstances of the settlement. Private and proprietary rights 

 form an element in the consideration of this point. The generally 

 conciliatory spint in which it is desirable that you should cam/ out 



