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The Halifax Fisheries Commission was a joint international tribunal created by the Governments of the United Kingdom and the United States in 1877 under Articles 22 and 23 of the Treaty of Washington (1871). The purpose of the Commission was to determine the amount of compensation, if any, to be paid by the United States to the United Kingdom under Article 18 of the Treaty, in return for fishing privileges for Americans in the Atlantic waters off Canada and Newfoundland. ==Representatives== The Commission was composed of three members. The British Government appointed Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt as the British representative on the Commission. The United States appointed Ensign H. Kellogg as the American representative. The third member and chair of the Commission was M. Maurice Delfosse, the Belgian Minister to the United States, who was appointed by the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom.〔''(Record of the Proceedings of the Halifax Fisheries Commission: 1877 )'', p. 1.〕 Sir Francis Clare Ford was the Agent representing the British Government. Dwight Foster was the Agent representing the Government of the United States.〔 Counsel for the British government were: * Joseph Doutre, Q.C. of Montreal, Quebec; * Sir R. Thompson, Q.C. of St. John, New Brunswick; * Hon. W.V. Whiteway, Q.C., of St. John's, Newfoundland; * Hon. Louis H. Davies, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; * R.L. Weatherbe, Q.C., of Halifax, Nova Scotia.〔''(Record of the Proceedings of the Halifax Fisheries Commission )'', p. 3.〕 William Henry Trescot and Richard Henry Dana, Jr. served as counsel for the United States before the Commission.〔''(Record of the Proceedings of the Halifax Fisheries Commission )'', p. 4.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Halifax Fisheries Commission」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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