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for the guidance gf the fishermen of the two countries." 

 These regulations were prepared and agreed to by the com- 

 mission, consisting of Messrs Anthony Perrier and F. 

 Lange, and ratified by the two Governments, and an Act of 

 Parliament was passed on the 22d August 1843 embodying 

 these regulations. How far it was a wise and reasonable act 

 on the part of the British Government to transfer the right 

 of fishing herrings on the Scottish coasts beyond the limits 

 of only three miles from the said coasts, instead of three 

 leagues, the boundary maintained to be the legal and just 

 distance, for the purpose of obtaining some hypothetical 

 or fancied advantage for the English oyster fishermen, we 

 shall not discuss here ; but that very great and peculiar 

 advantages were gained by the French nation by this 

 convention, no one can doubt. The principal heads of 

 this Act and Schedule of Eegulations are — 



The exclusive right of fishing on the coasts of the two 

 nations are fixed at three miles distance from low water 

 mark. 



British and French fishermen are forbidden to fish 

 within such limits. 



A series of numbers shall be affixed to the fishing ves- 

 sels of each country, with letters denoting the districts to 

 which they belong, of the sizes indicated by the Schedule 

 of the Act. 



All the fishing buoys, and principal fioats, and all 

 other implements of fishery, shall be marked with the 

 same letters and numbers as on the said vessels or boats. 



The fishermen of both countries shall, when required, 

 exhibit their licences and muster-rolls to the commanders 

 of the fishing cruisers, and to all other persons, of eithei- 

 country, appointed to superintend the fisheries. 



Trawl fishingmay be carried on between tlie linil;,-; of (Ik^ 



