metropolitan boats to stop at Saint-Pierre. Except in special circumstan- 

 ces., damage to the vessel, epidemics, or other sea misfortunes, this was 

 henceforth forbidden and, as a general rule, the season's fishing by the sail- 

 ing vessels was carried out without touching land from the time of leaving a 

 French port until the return. 



So, from the time of abolition, in 1904, of the privilege of the French 

 Shore, the French metropolitan fishery for cod in the waters of Newfoundland 

 found itself practically freed from all ties with the great island and its little 

 colony which had been the bases for the shore and bank fisheries. 



Hiring of crews on a share basis has always been the sole method of re- 

 muneration for the crews of the cod sailing vessels. One finds it used, dur- 

 ing the different epochs, in a variety of forms, variable from port to port 

 and sometimes from outfitter to outfitter in the same port, but which resol- 

 ves to one of three fundamental types of hiring; the third, the fourth, and 

 the fifth share, and exceptionally, the formula of sharing on the thousand, 

 practiced for a few fishermen especially qualified. 



Actually, the conditions of sharing on the sailing vessels of the New- 

 foundland fishery are uniformly regulated by a unique contract, the charte - 

 partie (charter party or charter contract). This is the modern version of 

 the old craftsman statute for the cod fishery which, in assuring to each 

 fisherman remuneration for his individual work, recognizes between the in- 

 vestment and the labor a just association of interests. 



The charte-partie of 1927, modified later by many agreements in detail, 

 comprises 22 articles in which are defined the obligations of the crew and of 

 the outfitter. 



Article 16 defines the method of remunerating the fishermen: 



The salaries paid for a fishing season are: the advance, the monthly 

 pay on a fixed date, and the return salary. 



The amount of advance is fixed each year. It is divided in two parts. 

 The larger of these is paid the day of inspection of the vessel; the second is 

 paid to the wife or dependents of the sailor 15 days after the departure of the 

 vessel. 



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