New-York tribune., 1910-09-10


other places the three marine miles are to
he measured following the sinuosities of the
coast
Rules OF Procedure.
Now this tribunal hereby recommends for
the consideration and acceptance of the
high contracting parties the following rules
ana methods Of procedure for determining
the limits of the bays lereinbefore enumer-
ated: ID IN every bay not hereinafter spe-
cincally provided for the limits Of exclu-
sion shall he drawn three miles seaWarG
from straight line across the bay IN the
part nearest the entrance at the first point
where the width does not exceed ten miles.
% in the following bays where the con
figura ton o. the coast and the local eli
matte conditions are such that foreign fish
crmen WHEN within the geographic head
lands might reasonably and bona tlde be-
lieve themselves on the high seas, the
limits of exclusion shall he drawn in each
case between the headlands hereinafter Spe-
cited as being those at and within which
such fishermen might be reasonably eN-
pected TO recognize the bay under average
conditions. For the Bale des ChaleuTS the
line from the light At Birch Point on Mis-
cou Island TO Nacquereau Point light; for
the Bay OF Miram;cIi, the line from the
light at Point Escuminac to the light on
the eastern point of Tahusint2c Gully;
for EErGOut Bay. in Prince Edward
Island. the line from the light at cape fS-
mont to the light at West Point, and off
st. Anne Bay, in the Province OF Nova
Scotia. the line from the light at Point An
conf to the nearest point on the opposite
shore of the mainland. For Fortune Bay.
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Head 10 The light on the southeasterly end
Of Brunet Island. thence 10 Fortune Head;
for or near the following bays the limits
OF exclusion shall be three marine miles
seaward from the following lines, namely:
For or near Darlington Bay, il Nova SEQ
tia, the line from the light on Stoddart
Island to the light on the south point of
Cape Sable thence TO the light at B2ccaro
Point at Chedahucto and St. Peters Bay;
the line from Cranberry Island light 10
Green Island light, thence "a Point Rouge
for Mira PAY: the line from the light on
the east point q Scatarie Island 10 the
northeasterly point Of Cape Morien, and 1T
Placentia Bay, in Newfoundland, the line
between from Latino Point on the eastern
mainland to the most sOutherly point Of
Red Island thence 10y The most southerly
point of Merasheen Island to the mainland.
Long Island and Bryer Island, on St
Mary's Bay, in Nova Scotia, shall. FOR the
purpose Of de]imitation, be taken as the
coasts Of such hays.
Bay of Fundy Excluded.
Il is understood that nothing In these
rules refers either 10 the Bay of Fundy,
considered as a whole apart from its bays
and creeks, or as 20 the Innocent Passages
through the Gut of Cansc. which We're eX-
cluded by the agreement made by exchange
OF notes between Mr.. Bacon and Mr.. Bryce,
dated February q 1863 and March 4, 1909,
or 10 Conception Bay, which was provided
for by the decision of the Privy Council in
the case of the Direct United States Cable
Company agt the Anglo-American Tele-
graph Company. in which decision the
United States have acquiesced.
Question Six.-Have the inhabitants Of
the United States the liberty TO take fish
in the bays, harbOrs and creeks on that
land which extends from Cape Race TO
norIhern coasts OF Newfoundland from
cape Race TO QuiTpon Island, or on the
Magdalen Islands?
Answer.-This tribunal is OF opinion that
American inhabitants are entitled TO fish
in the bays, creeks and harboTs of the
treaty coasts O. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS anu tiIe
Magdalen Islands, ana it is so decided and
awarded
Question Seven--ATe the inhabitants OF
the United States, whose vessels resort To
the treaty coasts. entitled 10 have. for those
vessels when duly authorized by the United
States on that behalf. the commercial priv
ileges on treaty coast accorded by agree
ment or otherwise 10 United States trading
vessels generally2
Ansver.-For these reasons this tribunal
Is Of tbe opinion that the inhabitants ol
The United States are 50 entitled in so far
as concerns this treaty, there being nothing
in its provisions TO disentiue them, pro-
Nided the treaty liberty OF fishing and the
commercial privileges are not exercised
/ cCncurrentlE, and il is 80 decided and
awarded
The decision is signed oy the whole tTi-
l'lral. HUt notice Of dissent from the ma
joriry report il aied BY Luis NJ. Draga with
respect te Question Five.