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3. United States fishing vessels entering the bays 

 and harbours of the Atlantic coasts of Canada 

 or of Newfoundland for any of the four purposes 

 mentioned in Article I of the Convention of the 20th 

 October, 1818, and not remaining therein more 

 than twenty-four hours, shall not be required to 

 enter or clear at the custom-house, providing that 

 they do not communicate with the shore. 



4. Forfeiture to be exacted only for the offences 

 of fishing or preparing to fish in territorial waters. 



5. This arrangement to take effect as soon as 

 the necessary measures can be completed by the 

 Colonial authorities. 



(Signed) J. Chamberlain. 



L. S. Sackville West. 

 Charles Tupper. 



Washington, February 15, 1888. 



Protocol, dated February 15, 1888. 



The American Plenipotentiaries having received 

 the communication of the British Plenipotentiaries 

 of this date conveying their plan for the administra- 

 tion to be observed by the Governments of Canada 

 and Newfoundland in respect of the fisheries during 

 the period which may be requisite for the considera- 

 tion by the Senate of the Treaty this day signed, and 

 the enactment of the legislation by the respective 

 Governments therein proposed, desire to express 

 their satisfaction with this manifestation of an in- 

 tention on the part of the British Plenipotentiaries, 



