TREATIES 387 



1. The purchase of provisions, bait, ice, seines, lines, and all other supplies and 

 outfits; 



2. Transshipment 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 Uke privileges shall be continued or given to fishing vessels of Canada and of 

 Newfoundland on the Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



Art. XVI. This Treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, 

 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and by Her Britannic Majesty, 

 having received the assent of the Parliament of Canada and of the Legislature of 

 Newfoundland; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as 

 possible. . . . 



UNRATIFIED CONVENTION OF 1891 BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE 

 UNITED STATES, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMMERCIAL RELA- 

 TIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND HER BRITANNIC 

 MAJESTY'S COLONY OF NEWFOUNDLAND > 



Art. I. United States fishing vessels entering the waters of Newfoundland shall 

 have the privilege of purchasing herring, caplin, squid, and other bait fishes, at all 

 times on the same terms and conditions, and subject to the same penalties in all respects 

 as Newfoundland vessels. 



They shall also have the privilege of touching and trading, selling fish and oil, 

 and procuring supplies in Newfoundland, conforming to the harbor regulations, but 

 without other charge than the payment of such hght, harbor, and Customs dues as 

 are or may be levied on Newfoundland fishing vessels. 



Art. II. Dry codfish, cod oil, seal oil, sealskins, herrings, salmon, trout and salmon 

 trout, lobsters, cod roes, tongues, and sounds, the product of the fisheries of New- 

 foundland, shall be admitted into the United States free of duty. Also all hogsheads, 

 barrels, kegs, boxes, or tin cans, in which the articles above named may be carried, 

 shall be admitted free of duty. It is understood, however, that "green" codfish 

 are not included in the provisions of this Article. 



Art. III. The ofiicer of the Customs at the Newfoundland port where a vessel 

 laden with the articles named in Article II clears shall give to the master of said vessel 

 a sworn certificate that the fish shipped were taken in the waters of Newfoundland; 

 which certificate shall be countersigned by the Consul or Consular Agent of the United 

 States, and dehvered to the proper oflScer of Customs at the port of destination in 

 the United States. 



Art. IV. When this convention shall come into operation, and during the con- 

 tinuance thereof, the duties to be levied and collected upon the following enumerated 

 merchandise imported into the Colony of Newfoundland from the United States shall 

 not exceed the following amounts, viz. : 



Flour 25 cents per barrel 



Pork ; 1 1 cents per lb. 



Bacon and hams, tongues, smoked beef and sausage 2 J cents per lb. or $2.50 per 112 lbs. 

 Beef, pigs' heads, hocks, and feet, salted or cured . . j cent per lb. 



Indian meal 25 cents per barrel 



'Appendix, British Case, p. 45. This so-called Blaine-Bond Treaty was not ratified 

 by Great Britain because of the opposition of Canada. 



