CONTENTS OF THE AEGUMENT. 3 



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QUESTION Six 226 



The contentions of Great Britain and the United States 225 



Treaty of 1783 228 



Contention of the United States confirmed by Great Britain 230 



Intention of the negotiators of the Treaty of 1818 232 



The French treaties 234 



Treaties of 1854 and 1871 235 



Use of " coast" in other treaties, acts, memorials, addresses, histories, 



orders, and regulations 237 



Shores of the Magdalen Islands 241 



Ninety years of interpretation adverse to the British contention 244 



The Bond theory not favored by Great Britain or Newfoundland 250 



Results of the Bond contention 253 



QUESTION SEVEN 257 



Scope and meaning of the Question 257 



The United States may authorize the exercise of whatever commercial 



privileges are accorded 260 



Rights of the United States, and not the rights of vessels, are to be 



determined 260 



Question relates entirely to treaty coasts 263 



British position changed in Counter Case 263 



The real issue involved .. 264 



