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APPENDIX C. 



BhIKF on HKIlAIiK OF THE UnITKD StATKS, BEFORE THE COMMISSION CONVENED AT 



llAiiiFAX IN June 1877, i'Iiiisuant to the Treaty between tue United States 

 AND Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871; upon the 

 guEsrioN OP the Extent and Limits of the Inshore Fisheries and 

 'ri;iiRiTORiAL Waters on the Atlantic Coast of British North America. 



THE Articles relating to the Fisheries in this Treaty are the following : — 



AUTKJLK XVIII. 



It is iiirvci'il liv tlin Hi),'h ('ontviictinn I'lirtips tlmt, iii luUlitinii to the libcity secured to tlie United 

 Htuti's' lisliciMU'ii liy tilt' Cciiivi'iitimi lii'twecn tliu I'liitcMl Status iind (ircat Britnin, signed nt Loiulnn on 

 tliu '20[\\ (liiy 111' Ocliilifi', ISIS, (if tiikiii),', ciiriii^', iiiul (liviii]L; tish on curtain coasts iil' tlie llritish North 

 Aiiu'iiciUi ('iiliiiii(!.s tlit'ivin cictiiicil, tlie iiilmliitiiiits nl' tin? I'liited States sliall have, iiiconimon with the 

 milije'jts 111' llrr Itritniinic MiiJcMty, llio lilici'ty, lnr tlic tenn of years mentioned in Article XXXIII of 

 tills Tvi'iity, In tiike llsli (if cvt'iy kind, I'xwjil .sjii'll-tisli, on the sea-coasts and shores, and in the Iwys, 

 luirlMiuvs, mill rrceks ol' the I'mviiiccs of (jtiii'licc, Xovii Sentiii, and New Hrunswirk, and the Colony of 

 I'riiift' Kdwiinrs Island, and nf tlic sevcnil islands tlii'icmito adjacent, withoiit Ijciiif; restricted to any 

 tlistanci' fiDiii tlio slioie, v itli lu'iiiiissinn tn land ii]imii tliu said coasts and shores and islands, and also 

 upon till'. Mau'dali'ii Islands, fur tin? ]nir)Hisc nf diyin;,' tlicir nets and ciirinj; their lish ; jn-ovided that, 

 ill HO doiiii;, they do not iiitiMlcrc with the rights of private property, or with llritish fishermen, in the 

 pcaccalih; iisn of any part of tlir said coasts in their occupancy for the same purjwse. 



It is niiili'istood that the aliovc-nicntioiu'd lilierty applies solely to the sea-fishery; and tlmt the 

 salmon and sliad fisheries, and all other fisheries in rivci.t and the mouths of rivers are reserved exclu- 

 sively for IJrilish fishermen. 



AIJTICLE XIX. 



It is ngiceil by the Ili^sh Contracting I'arties that Briti.sh subjects shall have, in common with the 

 citizens of tin' United Stales, the lilu-rty, fur the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII of this 

 Treaty, to tnk<' lish of every kind, except shell-lish, on the eastern sen-coasts and shores of the United 

 States north of the thirty-ninth parallel of north latitude, and on the shores of the several islands 

 tlu'ii'unto adjacent, and in the bays, hiirhours, and creeks of the said sea-coasts and shores of the United 

 States, and of the said islaiuls, without beinj; restricted to any distance from the shore, with permission 

 to land upon the said coasts of the United States and of the islands aforesaid, for the ])urpose of dryinjf 

 their nets and curing their lish : provided that, in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of 

 jirivate jirojierty or with the tisliermen of the I'nited States, in the peaceable use of any part of the 

 said coasts in their occu])ancy fur the same jniqio.se. 



It is understood that the aliove-raentioued liberty applies solely to the sea fishery, and that salmon 

 and shad fisheries and all other iisheries in rivers and mouths of rivers are hereby reserved exclusively 

 for fishermen of the United St cs. 



ARTICLE XX. 



It is agreed that the jilaccs designated by the Commissionei'S appointed under the 1st Article of 

 the Treaty between the United States and Great liritain, concluded at Washington on the 5th of June. 

 1854, upon the coasts of Her Ihilaiiiiic Majesty's dominions and the United .States, as places reserved 

 from the common right of tishiiig under that Treaty, shall be regarded as in like manner reserved from 

 the common right of lishing under the preceding Articles. In case any question should arise lietween 

 the Governments of the United States and of Her liritanuic Majesty as to the common right of fishing 

 in places not thus designated as reserved, it is agreed that a Commission shall be appointed to 

 designate such places, and shall be constituted in the same manner, and have the same powers, duties, 

 and authority as the Commission appointed under the said Tst Article of the Treaty of the 5th of June, 

 1854. 



AKTICLK XXI. 



It is agreed that, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII of this Treaty, fish-oil and 

 lish of all kinds (except lish of the iuliuid lakes and of the rivers falling into them, and except fish 

 preserved in oil), being the iiroduce of the fisheries of the United States or of the Dominion of Canada, 

 or of Prince Edward's Island, shall be admitted into each country respectively free of duty, 



ARTICLE XXII. 



Inasmuch as it is asserted by the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, that the privileges 

 accorded to the citizens of the United Status uuder Article XVIII of this Treaty are of greater value 

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