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It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty applies solely to the sea fishery, 

 and that the salmon and shad fisheries, and all other fisheries in rivers and the mouths 

 of rivers, are hereby reserved exclusively for British fishermen. 



Art. XIX. It is agreed by the high contracting parties that British subjects 

 shall have, in common with the citizens of the United States, the hberty, for the term 

 of years mentioned in Article XXXIII of this treaty, to take fish of every kind, except 

 shell-fish, on the eastern sea-coasts and shores of the United States north of the thirty- 

 ninth parallel of north latitude, and on the shores of the several islands thereunto 

 adjacent, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks of the said sea-coasts and shores of 

 the United States and of the said islands, without being 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 purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish; 

 . provided that, in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of private property, 

 or with the fishermen of the United States in the peaceable use of any part of the 

 said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose. 



It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty applies solely to the sea fishery, 

 and that salmon and shad fisheries, and all other fisheries in rivers and mouths of 

 rivers, are hereby reserved exclusively for fishermen of the United States. 



Art. XXII. Inasmuch as it is asserted by the Government of Her Britannic 

 Majesty, that the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article 



XVIII of this treaty are of greater value than those accorded by Articles XIX and 

 XXI of this treaty to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, and this assertion is 

 not admitted by the Government of the United States, it is further agreed that Com- 

 missioners shall be appointed to determine, having regard to the privileges accorded 

 by the United States to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, as stated in Articles 



XIX and XXI of this treaty, the amount of any compensation which, in their 

 opinion ought to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Govern- 

 ment of Her Britannic Majesty in return for the privileges accorded to the citizens 

 of the United States under Article XVIII of this treaty; and that any sum of 

 money which the said Commissioners may so award shall be paid by the United 

 States Government, in a gross sum, within twelve months after such award shall 

 have been given. 



Art. XXVI. The navigation of the river St. Lawrence, ascending and descending, 

 from the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude, where it ceases to form the boundary 

 between the two countries, from, to, and into the sea, shall forever remain free and 

 open for the purposes of commerce to the citizens of the United States, subject to 

 any laws and regulations of Great Britain, or of the Dominion of Canada, not incon- 

 sistent with such privilege of free navigation. 



The navigation of the rivers Yukon, Porcupine, and Stikine, ascending and descend- 

 ing, from, to, and into the sea, shall forever remain free and open for the purposes of 

 commerce to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty and to the citizens of the United 

 States, subject to any laws and regulations of either country within its own territory, 

 not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation. 



Art. XXVII. The Government of Her Britannic Majesty engages to urge upon 

 the Government of the Dominion of Canada to secure to the citizens of the United 

 States the use of the Welland, St. Lawrence, and other canals in the Dominion on terms 

 of equality with the inhabitants of the Dominion, and the Government of the United 

 States engages that the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty shall enjoy the use of the 

 St. Clair Flats canal on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the United States, 

 and further engages to urge upon the State Governments to secure to the subjects of 



