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838 PROCLAMATIONS. No. 8. See articles 32 in Article XXXII1. of this Treaty, to take fish of every kind, except imd 33- shellnsh, on the sea-coasts and shores, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks, of the Provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. and the Colony of Prince Edwards Island, and of the several islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted to any distance from the shore, with permission to land upon the said coasts and shores and islands, and also upon the Magdalen Islands, 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 British fishermen, in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose. _ _ saimcnaudsnad "It is understood that the above-mentioned hberty applies solely to

  • iSl1¤¤"i<=¤ Q¥9l¤¤i*'¤- the sea tishery, and that the salmon and shad fisheries, and all otheriish-
 B"““h 5**}* cries in rivers and the mouths of rivers are hereby reserved exclusively

' for British fishermen.

    • AnrrcLn XIX.

Rights in mm- “It is agreed by the High Contracting Parties that British subjects mon of British sup- shall have, in common with the citizens of the United States, the hb- -l"°*;’m':”‘l °°"**““ erty, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIH. of this Treaty,

1, w;;';':?':}; to take fish of every kind, except shell-fish, on the eastern sea-coasts

· united states 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 re- Sec articles 32 stricted to any distance from the shore, with permission to land upon wd 33- the said coasts of the United States and of the islands aforesaid, for the zwane. 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. g,;.,,,,,,,,,,.;,;,,,; “It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty applies solely to mimics. the sea fishery, and that salmon and shad iisheries, and all other fisheries in rivers and mouths of rivers, are hereby reserved exclusively for _ fishermen of the United States. _ "ABTICLE XX. cm.;,, pins, ** It is agreed that the places designated by the Commissioners apreservsd from the pointed under the first Article of the Treaty between the United States E';',’5‘:°“ nght °f and Great Britain, concluded at Washington on the 5th of Juno, 1854, v0fi0,p_ wm upon the coasts of Her Britannic Majesty’s Dominions and the United States, as places reserved from the common right of fishing under that Treaty, shall be regarded as in like manner reserved from the common Sw articles 32 right of fishing under the preceding articles. In case any question ““d 33- should arise between the Governments of the United States and of Her Britannic Majesty as to the common right of fishing in places not thus Cpmmissivu M 0 designated as reserved, it is agreed that a Commission shall be apdf:'c§‘”·§’ 8;;* ° h pointed to designate such places, and shall be constituted in the same P ’ ’ ‘ manner, and have the same powers, duties, and authority as the Com- Qmissiopsgppointed under said first Article of the Treaty of the 5th of une, · . “A.B.TIOLE XXI. Certain fish·oil “It is agreed that, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII.

  1. 1*}% Mh W be fr¤¤ of this Treaty, fish oil and fish of all kinds, (Sexcept fish of the inland

° Sogfniclm 32 lakes, and of the rivers falling into them, an except ash preserved in ,,,,,1 g3_ oil,) being the produce of the fisheries of the United States, or of the l)ommion of Canada, or of Prince Edward’s Island, shall be admitted into each country, respectively, free of duty.