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Peas 30 cents per barrel 



Oatmeal 30 cents per barrel of 200 lbs. 



Bran, Indian com, and rice 12I per cent, ad valorem 



Salt (in bulk) 20 cents per ton of 2,240 lbs. 



Kerosene oil 6 cents per gallon 



And the following articles imported free from the Colony of Newfoimdland from 

 the United States shall be admitted free of duty: 



Agricultural implements and machinery imported by agricultural societies for 

 the promotion of agriculture. 



Crushing mills for mining purposes. 



Raw cotton. 



Com for the manufacture of brooms. 



Gas engines, when protected by patent. 



Plows and harrows. 



Reaping, raking, plowing, potato-digging and seed-sowing machines to be used 

 in the colony. 



Printing presses and printing types. 



Art. V. It is understood that if any reduction is made by the Colony of New- 

 foundland, at any time during the term of this convention, in the rates of duty upon 

 the articles named in Article IV of this convention, the said reduction shall apply 

 to the United States. 



Art. VI. The present convention shall take effect as soon as the laws required 

 to carry it into operation shall have been passed by the Congress of the United States 

 on the one hand, and by the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and the Provincial 

 Legislature of Newfoundland on the other hand. Such assent having been given, 

 the convention shall remain in force for five years from the date at which it may come 

 into operation, and further, until the expiration of twelve months after either of the 

 high contracting Parties shall give notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same; 

 each of the high contracting parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other 

 at the end of the said term of five years, or at any time afterwards. 



Art. VII. This convention shall be duly ratified by the President of the United 

 States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by 

 Her Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington on 

 the ist day of February, 1891, or as soon thereafter as practicable. 



In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this convention 

 and have hereunto affixed our seals. 



Done in duplicate, at Washington, this day of , in the year of 



our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 



UNRATIFIED CONVENTION OF NOVEMBER 8, 1902, BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN 



AND THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMMERCIAL 



RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND HIS 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 as New- 

 foundland vessels. 



' Appendix, British Case, p. 46. This so-called Hay-Bond Treaty was not ratified by 

 the Senate of the United States. 



