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licences, free of charge, for the following purposes, 

 namely : 



i. The purchase of provisions, bait, ice, seines, 

 lines, and all other supplies and outfits ; 



2. Transhipment of catch, for transport by any 

 means of conveyance ; 



3. Shipping of crews. 



Supplies shall not be obtained by barter, but bait 

 may be so obtained. 



The like privileges shall be continued or given to 

 fishing vessels of Canada and of Newfoundland on 

 the Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



Article XVI 



This Treaty shall be ratified by Her Britannic 

 Majesty, having received the assent of the Parlia- 

 ment of Canada and of the Legislature of New- 

 foundland ; and by the President of the United 

 States, by and with the advice and consent of the 

 Senate ; and the ratifications shall be exchanged 

 at Washington as soon as possible. 



In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipoten- 

 tiaries, have signed this Treaty, and have hereunto 

 affixed our seals. 



Done in duplicate, at Washington, this 15th day 

 of February, in the year of our Lord 1888. 



Protocol, dated February 15, 1888. 



The Treaty having been signed, the British 

 Plenipotentiaries desire to state that they have been 



