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870 TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN. MAY 8, 1871. 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 Hshermen, gn tp; peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy or e same purpose. Salmon and It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty applies solely to ddd d?h‘;”’**j3°§; the sea Hshery, and that the salmon and shad fisheries, and all other ?SKsg§g;,;;u_n fisheries in rivers and the mouths of rivers, are hereby reserved exclusively for British fishermen. Arvrronn XIX. gi 1,;,,;,, mm. It is reed b theh contractin arties that British sub`ects 1110130 _¤ S s ve in common W1 e ci izens o e n1 e es e 1 er y gf'}? 'tih hall ha ag' y `th th 'f fgthp U 't d Stat th 1'bJ t

,13;;: gifs2Q3S_ for the teiim of years mentioned in Article XXXIII. of this treaty, to take;

on oertaincoasts fish of every kind, except shell-fish, on the eastern sea-coasts and shores of gzlgd Umm the United States north of the thirty-ninth parallel of north latitude, and s` on the shores of the several islands thereunto adjacent, and in the bays, Su, ,,.,;,,1.,, harbors, and creeks of the said sea—coasts and shores of the United States

 &x¤¤¤iii· and of the said islands, without being restricted to any distance from the

shore, with permission to land upon the said coasts of the United States and of the islands aforesaid, for the purpose of drying their nets and curp,(,v;,0_ ing 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. Salmon and It is understood that the above-mentioned libert a lies solel to the _ Y PP Y _ _ Shad d*h°'*°°· sea fishery, and that salmon and shad fisheries, and all other fishemes in rivers and mouths of rivers, are hereby reserved exclusively for fishermen of the United States. Aivrrcnn XX. gems, pim, It is agreed that the places designated by the commissioners appointed reserved from the under the first article of the treaty between the United States and Great EZETQD "ght °f Britain, concluded at Washington on the 5th of June, 1854, upon the V01_X_p_1089_ 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 right of fishing See articles under the preceding articles. In case any question should arise between ¤Xii· & >¤¤<iii· the governments of the United States and of her Britannic Majesty as to the common right of fishing in places not thus designated as reserved, it is Qommission to agreed that a commission shall be appointed to designate such places, and dma? 3*:]* shall be constituted in the same manner, and have the same powers, duties, P ’ ’and authority as the commission appointed under the said first article of the treaty of the 5th of June, 1854. Amicus XXI. Certain fish oil It is agreed that, for the term of years mentioned` in Article XXXIH. 3;-,‘dhdsd"°l’° d`" of this treaty, fish oil and fish of all kinds (except fish of the inland lakes, Se,,t§Qdc],,s and of the rivers falling into them, and except fish preserved in oil), being the

 & xxxiii produce of the fisheries of the United States, or of the Dominion of Canada,

or of Prince Edward’s Island, shall be admitted into each country, respectively free of duty. Aurronn XXII. Commissioners Inasmuch as it is asserted by the government of her Britannic Majesty