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Fourth. T!ml tlu^ iiisliorf lislicriffi nloiir; tlio coast of iho Tnitrd States north of tlio thirty-ninth 

 linrnlh'l of nnrtli lutitiKhi urn iiitriiisiinlly fully iim vnliinlilc us thosci niljiuciit to tlii' Itritish Provinces; 

 ;iii(l lliiit liriti.sh liHlicniicn ciiii, iiiul prulnilily w ill, iiiiji froni llicir ij.so us f:rciil iiclv;tiitiiH'"< »« tlie 

 Aiiu'ricnns hiivc cnjoycil, or ari' lil%cly to enjoy, fnnii ilic liulii id li.sli in liiilish wulers, 



/V/W. Thill the ri^jht of iniiiorliii;,' lish and lisli-nij into tlu^ nmrkelM of Ihc I'niled Sliites is to 



Ihitish siihjeetH 11 lioon unionntinf,' to ihr more tlmn ;ui ei|iilviilenl for nny I nil llii' lienelllM wliie.h 



the Treiity has eonferreil njion the inhiihititnts df the I'niticl Stales. 



Si.r/li. In respeet to Newfoundhinil, the I'nited Stiite>, iindi'r the reinvention of ISIS, enjoyed 

 extensive jirivileges. Itnt there are no lisheries in the teniturial wiitiis of that island of which 'iho 

 Ameriennsniakeanyu.se. There, as everywhere else, the end lisliiry is followed in the open ,sea, 

 boyoiid the tcrritoriiil waters of ({real liritnin. Xo herrin'.;, niaekerel, or other iishery is there pursued 



by Ainerienns within the Jurisdietional limits, Tin ly inaetiial eonneilion of Newfonialland with 



the Treaty of Washin),'ton is the enjoyment hy its iidiahitants of the jirivihi^e of free importation of 

 ti.sh and li.sh-oil into the United States' markets. The advnntaj^es of the Treaty are all on one side,— 

 that of the islanders, who are innneiisely henetited liy tlit^ opcnini; of a valuahl trallle, and hy neiiuiri'njt 

 free aceess to a market of forty millions of people. 



For the foregoine: reasons, and others to be more I'lilly dovoloped in evidence 

 and argument, the United States deny that this ('t)mmission ought to award any 

 sum to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, and assert tliat tlic advantages 

 conferred on her subjects are vastly greater tlian any that have i)cen or will be 

 realized by the citizens of the United States under the fishery clauses of the Treaty 

 of Washington. 



DWTGHT FOSTER, 

 Agent of the United States^ Government, 



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