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 248 CONVEN'1‘ION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. 1818. of Algiers, we, therefore, William Shaler and Isaac Chauncey, C0mmissioners as aforesaid, do conclude the foregoing Treaty, and every Article and Clause therein contained, reserving the_same, nevertheless, for the final ratification of the President of the United States of America, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate of the United States. Done in the Chancery of the Consulate General of the United States, in the City of Algiers, on the 23d day of December, in the year 1816, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-first. WM. SHALER. r.. s. I. CHAUNCEY. ir., sg The signature of the Dey is stamped at } the beginning and end of the Treaty. CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. (a) 0e¢.2o, 1818. The United States of America, and his Majesty the King of the """—""“ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, desirous to cement the good understanding which happily subszsts between them, have, for that purpose, named their respective Pleny>oten— tiaries, that is to say: The President ry` the United States, on his part has appointed Albert Gallatin, their Envoy Extraordinary lznd Minister Plenipotentiary to the court ry" France ; and Richard Rush., their Envoy Extraordinary and Mnister Plenipotentiary to the court of his Britannic Majesty: And his Majesty has appointed the right honourable Frederick John Robinson, _Treasurer•o/` his Majesty’s Navy, and President ¢y" the Committee ¢y" Privy Council for Trade and Plantatzons ; and Henry Goulburn, Esq., one of his Majesty’s Under Secre- F lg} ¤<>“é¤¤‘¤ taries af State: Who, ajter having exchanged their respective °x° °"g° ‘ full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following articles: ARTICLE 1. Definition of Vlfnnnnns differences have arisen respecting the liberty claimed by 3:;°Xi°“* °f the United States, for the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, and cure, ,.,gh€°2}"§:j:jng’ fish, on certain coasts, bays, harbours, and creeks, of his Britannic &c.onthsgoast Majesty’s dominions in America it is agreed between the high congf 'lE°.B”i‘£”h tracting parties, that the inhabitaiits of the said United States shall have, ,:,':£2:°m forever, in common with the subjects of his 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 Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magéiialen Islands, and also on the coasts, bays, harbours and creeks, from ount Joly, on the southern coast of Labrador, to arid through the Streights of Belleisle, Exception asto and thence northwardly indefinitely along the coast, without prejudice, g‘°H“d$°“B“Y however, to any of the exclusive rights of the Hudson Bay Company: Ompmm And that the American fishermen shall also have 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, hereabove described, and Eigdelnotes of tho treaties and conventions bctwccn the United States and Great Britain, ante, page 54.