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of fish, and to forbid fishing except under authority of leases or 

 licenses; which regulations shall have the same force and effect as 

 if herein enacted, and may fix such modes, times or places as are 

 deemed by the Governor in Council adapted to different localities, or 

 otherwise expedient." 



Under this section the regulations were made which will be found 

 at pages 760 to 769 of the Appendix to the British Case. 



CONCLUSION. 



In conclusion His Majesty's Government submits that the treaty of 

 1818 places no restriction on the right of Great Britain, Canada and 

 Newfoundland to make and enforce reasonable regulations on the 

 treaty coasts in respect of the matters referred to in Question 1, and 

 that the consent of the United States is not necessary to the validity 

 of such regulations. 



