APPENDIX 431 



(e) Because the statement that there is no codfish in the 

 bays of Newfoundland and that the Americans only took 

 interest in the codfishery is not proved; and evidence to 

 the contrary is to be found in Mr. JOHN ADAMS Journal of 

 Peace Negotiations of November 25, 1782 ; 



(/) Because the Treaty grants the right to take fish of 

 every kind, and not only codfish ; 



(g) Because the evidence shows that, in 1823, the Ameri- 

 cans were fishing in Newfoundland bays and that Great 

 Britain when summoned to protect them against expulsion 

 therefrom by the French did not deny their right to enter 

 such bays. 



Therefore this Tribunal is of opinion that American in- 

 habitants are entitled to fish in the bays, creeks and har- 

 bours of the Treaty coasts of Newfoundland and the Mag- 

 dalen Islands and it is so decided and awarded. 



QUESTION VII. 



Are the inhabitants of the United States whose vessels 

 resort to the Treaty coasts for the purpose of exercising the 

 liberties referred to in Article I of the Treaty of 1818 en- 

 titled to have for those vessels, when duly authorized by 

 the United States in that behalf, the commercial privileges 

 on the Treaty coasts accorded by agreement or otherwise 

 to United States trading vessels generally? 



Now assuming that commercial privileges on the Treaty 

 coasts are accorded by agreement or otherwise to United 

 States trading vessels generally, without any exception, the 

 inhabitants of the United States, whose vessels resort to the 

 same coasts for the purpose of exercising the liberties re- 

 ferred to in Article I of the Treaty of 1818, are entitled to 

 have for those vessels when duly authorized by the United 



