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basse mer, le long de toute 1'etendue des cotes de leurs 

 pays respectifs, ainsi que des iles et des banes qui en de- 

 pendent. 



Pour les bales le rayon de 3 milles sera mesure a partir 

 d'une ligne droite, tiree, en travers de la bale, dans la 

 partie la plus rapprochee de 1 'entree, au premier point oil 

 Pouverture n'excedera pas 10 milles. 



(HERTSLETT, Vol. XV, p. 794). 



British Order in Council, October 23rd, 1877. 



Prescribes the obligation of not concealing or effacing 

 numbers or marks on boats, employed in fishing or dredg- 

 ing for purposes of sale on the coasts of England, Wales, 

 Scotland and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, 

 Sark and Man, and not going outside ; 



(a) The distance of 3 miles from low water mark along 



the whole extent of the said coasts ; 

 (6) In cases of bays less than 10 miles wide the line 



joining the headlands of said bays. 

 (HERTSLETT'S Vol. XIV, p. 1032). 



To this list may be added the unratified Treaty of 1888 

 between Great Britain and the United States which is so 

 familiar to the Tribunal. Such unratified Treaty contains 

 an authoritative interpretation of the Convention of Oc- 

 tober 20th, 1818, sub-judice: "The three marine miles 

 mentioned in Article I of the Convention of October 20th, 

 1818, shall be measured seaward from low- water mark ; but 

 at every bay, creek or harbor, not otherwise specifically pro- 

 vided for in this Treaty, such three marine miles shall be 

 measured seaward from a straight line drawn across the 

 bay, creek or harbor, in the part nearest the entrance at 

 the first point where the width does not exceed ten marine 

 miles," which is recognizing the exceptional bays as afore- 



