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your port, that the authorities of the Dominion of Canada have terminated the system 

 of granting fishing licenses to foreign vessels, under which they have heretofore been 

 permitted to fish within the maritime jurisdiction of the said Dominion, that is to 

 say, within three marine miles of the shores thereof; and that all fishermen of the 

 United States are prohibited from the use of such in-shore fisheries, except so far as 

 stipulated in the first Article of the Treaty of October 20, 1818, between the United 

 States and Great Britain, in virtue of which the fishermen of the United States have, 

 in common with the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of 

 every kind on that part of the southern coast of Newfoundland which extends from 

 Cape Ray to the Rameau Islands; on the Western and Northern coast of Newfound- 

 land, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen 

 Islands; and, also, on the coasts, bays, harbours, and creeks, from Mount Joly, which 

 was, when the Treaty was signed, on the southern coast of Labrador, to and through 

 the Straits of Belle Isle, and thence northwardly, indefinitely along the coast, without 

 prejudice, however, to any exclusive rights of the Hudson's Bay Company; and, have 

 also, liberty forever to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours, and 

 creeks of the southern part of the coast of Newfoundland, above described, and of 

 the coast of Labrador, unless the same, or any portion thereof, be settled; in which 

 case it is not lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, 

 without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or 

 possessors of the ground; and, also, are admitted to enter any other bays or harbours, 

 for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and 

 of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever, subject to such restrictions as 

 may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying, or curing fish therein, or in any 

 other manner whatever abusing the privileges reserved to them as above expressed. 

 Fishermen of the United States are bound to respect the British laws and regulations 

 for the regulation and preservation of the fisheries to the same extent to which they 

 are applicable to British or Canadian fishermen. 



"The Canadian Law of the 22d of May, 1868, (31 Victoria, cap. 61), entitled 'An 

 Act respecting Fishing by Foreign Vessels,' and the Act assented to on the 1 2th of May, 

 1870, entitled 'An Act to amend the Act respecting Fishing by Foreign Vessels,' among 

 other things, enact, that any conmiissioned officer of Her Majesty's navy, serving on 

 board of any vessel of Her Majesty's navy, cruising and being in the waters of Canada, 

 for the purpose of affording protection to Her Majesty's subjects engaged in the 

 fisheries, or any commissioned officer of Her Majesty's navy, fishery officer, or sti- 

 pendiary magistrate, on board of any vessel belonging to or in the service of the Gov- 

 ernment of Canada, and employed in the service of protecting the fisheries, or any 

 officer of the Customs of Canada, sheriff, magistrate, or other person duly commis- 

 sioned for that purpose, may go on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, within any harbour 

 in Canada, or hovering (in British waters) within three marine miles of any of the coasts, 

 bays, creeks, or harbours in Canada, and stay on board so long as she may remain within 

 such place or distance; and that any one of such officers or persons, as are above 

 mentioned, may bring any ship, vessel, or boat, being within any harbour in Canada; 

 or hovering (in British waters) within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, 

 creeks, or harbours in Canada, into port and search her cargo, and may also examine 

 the master upon oath touching the cargo and voyage; and if the master or person in 

 command shall not truly answer the questions put to him in such examination, he shall 

 forfeit four hundred dollars; and if such ship, vessel, or boat be foreign, or not navi- 

 gated according to the laws of the United Kingdom or of Canada, and has been found 



