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Memorial of Nova Scotia December 1, 2000 INTRODUCTION TO THE LIST OF ANNEXES The documentary evidence relied upon by the Province of Nova Scotia, referred to in this Memorial and listed below, was obtained from a number of public institutions. Information regarding the specific source from which the Province of Nova Scotia obtained each of the documents referred to herein, including the public institution from which a particular document was obtained, the reference to that document provided by the institution, and the person who obtained the document on behalf of the Province of Nova Scotia, can readily be provided by the Province of Nova Scotia to the Tribunal, should it so wish. The sources from which the evidence relied upon by the Province of Nova Scotia were obtained, are as follows: 1. 2. Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board Centre for N,ewfoundland Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland; St. John's, Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources Canadal 3. 4. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (further to a request made by the Province of Nova Scotia2) S. 6. Ministere des ressources naturelles du Quebec National Arcrlives of Canada (further to a request made by the Province of Newfoundland and Labradorl 7. 8. Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Nova Scotia Department of Justice I 9. 10. Petroleum Directorate of Nova Scotia Provincial Archives of New Brunswick 11. 12. Public Archi',!esof Nova Scotia Public Archives of Prince Edward Island 2 Letter from Brian A. Crane, Counsel for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, to Vello Mijal, General Counsel, Legal Services, Natural Resources Canada (31 July 2000) (Annex 131) and letter from Donald M. McRae, Agent for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to Vello Mijal (18 August 2000) (Annex 132) Letter from L. Yves Fortier, e.e., Q.c., Agent for the Government of Nova Scotia to Professor Donald M. McRae (20 October 2000) (Annex 124).

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Memorial of Nova Scotia

December 1, 2000

INTRODUCTION TO THE LIST OF ANNEXES

The documentary evidence relied upon by the Province of Nova Scotia, referred to in thisMemorial and listed below, was obtained from a number of public institutions.Information regarding the specific source from which the Province of Nova Scotiaobtained each of the documents referred to herein, including the public institution fromwhich a particular document was obtained, the reference to that document provided bythe institution, and the person who obtained the document on behalf of the Province ofNova Scotia, can readily be provided by the Province of Nova Scotia to the Tribunal,should it so wish.

The sources from which the evidence relied upon by the Province of Nova Scotia wereobtained, are as follows:

1.

2.

Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board

Centre for N,ewfoundland Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland; St.John's, Newfoundland

Department of Natural Resources Canadal3.

4. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (further to a request made by theProvince of Nova Scotia2)

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Ministere des ressources naturelles du Quebec

National Arcrlives of Canada (further to a request made by the Province ofNewfoundland and Labradorl

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Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources

Nova Scotia Department of JusticeI

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Petroleum Directorate of Nova Scotia

Provincial Archives of New Brunswick

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Public Archi',!esof Nova Scotia

Public Archives of Prince Edward Island

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Letter from Brian A. Crane, Counsel for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, toVello Mijal, General Counsel, Legal Services, Natural Resources Canada (31 July 2000)(Annex 131) and letter from Donald M. McRae, Agent for the Government of Newfoundland andLabrador to Vello Mijal (18 August 2000) (Annex 132)Letter from L. Yves Fortier, e.e., Q.c., Agent for the Government of Nova Scotia to ProfessorDonald M. McRae (20 October 2000) (Annex 124).

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Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1987, c. 3; Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Newfoundland Act, S.N. 1986, c. 37(excerpts); Canada-Newfoundland Accord (excerpts).

Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation ActS.C. 1988, c. 28 (excerpts); Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum ResourcesAccord Implementation (Nova Scotia) Act, S.N.S., 1987, c. 3 (excerpts); Canada-Nova Scotia Accord.

Letter from lG. Leefe, Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Nova Scotiato l Epp, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, Government of Canada(9 September 1992).

Letter from R. Gibbons, Minister of Natural Resources, Government ofNewfoundland to D. Downe, Minister of Natural Resources, Government of NovaScotia (15 August 1995). .

Fax from F. Kwamena,FrontierLandsManagementDivision,Energy Sector,NaturalResources Canada to C. Ryan, Chief Executive Officer, Petroleum DevelopmentAgency, Department of Natural Resources, Government of Nova Scotia (27November 1997).

Letter from R. Goodale, Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Canada toC.J. Furey, Minister of Mines and Energy, Government of Newfoundland and K.MacAskill, Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Nova Scotia (7 January1998).

Letter from A. Noseworthy,Deputy Minister, IntergovernmentalAffairs Secretariat,Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to P. Ripley, Deputy Minister, NovaScotia Petroleum Directorate (22 July 1998).

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"Department of Attorney General, Interdepartment Memo, From: Deputy to:Attorney General" (22 April 1959).

"Text of remarks - Hon. R. L. Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia" at 6, attached toPremiers' Conference "Agenda" (22 September 1959).

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G.V. LaForest, "Report On The Rights of the Provinces Of Nova Scotia, NewBrunswick and Prince Edward Island To The Ownership Of Adjacent SubmarineResources" (16 September 1959).

"Atlantic Premiers' Conference,Halifax, N.S., September 21, 1960,R.L. Stanfield,Premier of Nova Scotia".

Press Release, "Atlantic Premiers' Conference,Halifax,Nova Scotia" (21 September1960).

Letter from B. Graham Rogers, Director of Transportation and Geological Officer,Province of Prince Edward Island to John A.Y. MacDonald, Deputy AttorneyGeneral, Province of Nova Scotia (12 August 1961).

Letter from John A.Y. MacDonald, Deputy Attorney General, Province of NovaScotia to J. P. Nowlan, Deputy Minister of Mines, Province of Nova Scotia (12 June1964).

J. Saywell, ed., CanadianAnnual Reviewfor 1964 (Toronto, University of TorontoPress, 1965).

"Departmentof AttorneyGeneral,InterdepartmentMemo, ftom: Deputyto: AttorneyGeneral" (11 May 1962).

Letter from John A.Y. MacDonald, Deputy Attorney General, Province of NovaScotia to B. Graham Rogers, Geological Officer, Department of Industry andMineral Resources, Province of Prince Edward Island (7 August 1961).

"Notes re: Boundaries of Mineral Rights as between Maritime ProvincialBoundaries" (1961).

Webster's Third New International Dictionary, 1986,s.v. "metes and bounds" and"modification" .

Letter from P.-E. Auger, Deputy Minister, Department of Natural Resources,Province of Quebec to J.P. Nowlan, Deputy Minister, Department of Mines,Province of Nova Scotia (2 July 1964). ..

"MEMORANDUMOF MEETINGthe 23rdSeptember, 1964,at which were presentMr. H.W. Hickman, New Brunswick, Mr. Graham Rogers, Prince Edward Island,Messrs. LG. MacLeod, M.C. Jones and John A.Y. MacDonald, Nova Scotia".

Joint Statementre: "AtlanticPremiersConference,Halifax,Nova Scotia, September30, 1964" (30 September 1964).

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"Atlantic Premiers Co~ference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 30, Agenda".

Communique issued by Atlantic Premiers Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia,September 30, 1964 (30 September 1964).

British North America Act, 1871,34-35 Vict., c. 28 (U.K.) (now the Constitution Act,1871) (excerpts).

"Matters Discussed at the Atlantic Premiers Conference in Halifax September 30,1964RequiringFurther Action";and, by way of example, letter of transmissionfromR.L. Stanfield, Premier, Province of Nova Scotia to L.J. Robichaud, Premier,Province of New Brunswick (2 October 1964).

Letter from R. L. Stanfield,Premier, Provinceof Nova Scotia to J. Lesage, Premier,Province of Quebec (2 October 1964), enclosing report on the September 30,1964Conference of the Atlantic Premiers held in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

CanadianPacific Telegram,WorldWide Communications,RAA268-BAXA208 46,Quebec (October 7, 1964).

Letter from R.L. Stanfield, Premier, Province of Nova Scotia to J. Lesage, PrimeMinister, Province of Quebec (8 October 1964).

General Arrangements re: "Federal-Provincial Conference of Prime Ministers(October 14and 15),Conferenceof Attorneys-General,(October 13),Tax StructureCommittee, (October 13),GeneralArrangements" and Appendix A (list of "Federaland Provincial Representatives and Advisers") (October 8, 1964).

"Submission on Submarine Mineral Rights by the Provinces of Nova Scotia, NewBrunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland" with Annex entitled "NotesRe Boundaries of Mineral Rights as between Maritime Provincial Boundaries",presented to Federal-Provincial Conference of Prime Ministers (14-15 October1964).

Boundaries Established in the 1964 Agreement: Graphical Representation onCanadian Hydrographic Services Chart, No. 4490.

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North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Federal Republic of Germany v. Denmark;Federal Republic of Germany v. Netherlands), [1969] LC.J. Rep. 3. .

Case Concerning the Continental Shelf (Tunisia v. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), [1982]Le.J. Rep. 18.

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Case Concerning the Territorial Dispute (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. Chad), [1994]LC.J. Rep. 6.

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"Minutesof Meetingof JointMineralResourcesCommitteeHeld at the Board Room,Provincial Building, Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 16, 1968"(16 July 1968); Schedule"A": Memorandum of Agreement (16 July 1968).

Letter from J.C. Smith, Chairman, Sub-Committee on Delineation and Descriptionof Provincial Boundaries of Participating Provinces in Submarine Areas toH. B. Robertson, Director of Surveys, Depmiment of Lands and Forests, Provinceof Nova Scotia (30 August 1968);Memorandum from J.C. Smith to W. Roberts (30August 1968).

Letter from A.W. McLaughlin,AssistantDirector of Surveys,Departmentof NaturalResources, Government of New Brunswickto H.B. Robertson,Director of Surveys,Department of Lands and Forests, Governmentof Nova Scotia (5 September 1968).

Computer printout showing turning points coordinates plotted by TechnicalCommittee (1968).

Memorandum from F.J. Lukins, Chief Engineer, Department of Mines, Agricultureand Resources, Government of Newfoundland to F. Gover, Deputy Minister ofMines, Government of Newfoundland (7 January 1969).

"Minutesof Meetingof JointMineralResourcesCommitteeHeld at the Board Room,Provincial Building, Halifax,Nova Scotia, January 17, 1969"at attachment "A" (17January 1969).

Turning Points of 1964 Agreement as Prepared by Joint Mineral ResourcesCommittee and Approved by Premiers in 1972.

Letter from P.-E.Allard, Vice-Chairman,Joint Mineral Resources Committee to P.Gaum, Minister of Mines, Government of Nova Scotia (12 May 1969).

"Minutes of Joint Meeting of Committee and Sub-Committee of the Joint MineralResources CommitteeHeld in the Red Room, ProvinceHouse,Halifax,Nova Scotia,May 24, 1972" (24 May 197,2);Letter from C.W. Doody, Minister, Department ofMines, Government of Newfoundland to G.D. Walker, Secretary, Joint ,MineralResources Committee (30 May 1972).

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Letter from C.W. Doody, Minister of Mines, Governmentof Newfoundland to G.D.Walker, Secretary, Joint Mineral Resources Committee (11 April 1972).

Letter from G.D. Walker, Secretary, Joint Mineral Resources Committee to F.D.Moores, Premier, Province of Newfoundland (16 June 1972).

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Memorandum from 1. Austin, Deputy Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources,Government of Canada to Donald MacDonald, Minister of Energy, Mines andResources, Government of Canada (15 May 1972).

"Memorandumto the Minister: OffshoreMineralRights,FederalProvincialMeetingin St. John's Newfoundland, June 6, 1972" from J. Austin, Deputy Minister, EnergyMines and Resources Canada to Minister of Energy Mines and Resources Canada(15 June 1972); "Note For File: Offshore Mineral Rights, Federal ProvincialMeeting in St. John's Newfoundland, June 6, 1972" (14 June 1972).

"Agenda/Ordre du Jour, Meeting of First Ministers of the Atlantic Provinces andQuebec/Reunion des premiers ministres des provinces de I'Atlantique et Quebec"(June 1972).

Letter from LG. McLeod, Deputy Attorney-General,Governmentof Nova Scotia toG.A. Regan, Premier, Province of Nova Scotia (13 May 1971).

Map: East Coast Offshore Areas, prepared by Federal Department of Energy Minesand Resources and Presented to East Coast Premiers in 1972.

"Notes Related To Revenue-Sharing Map For Briefing Session With PremierMoores," from D.G. Crosby (19 May 1972).

Letter from G.D. Walker, Legislative Counsel, Government of Nova Scotia toL.L. Pace, Attorney General, Governmentof Nova Scotia, attaching material for theAugust 2, 1972meeting of First Ministers (1 August 1972).

"Communique Issued Following Meeting of the Premiers of Nova Scotia, NewBrunswick, Prince Edward Island,Newfoundland,and the Vice-Premierof Quebec"(18 June 1972).

Telegram from G.A. Regan, Premier, Province of Nova Scotia to P. E. Trudeau,Prime Minister of Canada (18 June 1972).

"Minutes of Meeting of First Ministers of the Five Eastern Provinces on OffshoreMinerals held in Halifax in the Cabinet Room, Province House, Halifax, NovaScotia, August 2, 1972" (2 August 1972);delegation list, agenda and Communiqueattached. .

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"Memorandumto the DeputyMinister:OffshoreMineralRights" from D.G. Crosby,Director, Resource Management and Conservation Branch, Department of EnergyMines and Resources Canada to DeputyMinister,Departmentof Energy, Mines andResources Canada (20 June 1972).

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Newfoundland,36thGeneralAssembly,"Statementby PremierMoores" in VerbatimReport, pI Session, Vol. 1,No. 33 (19 June 1972) at 2491.

"Agreement On Offshore Rights Outlined" [St. John's] Evening Telegram (20 June1972).

"Memorandum to First Ministers Re Discussions By Officials on Atlantic OffshoreMineral Resource Administration Arrangements" (8 May 1973).

Letter from C. Martin, Legal Adviser to the Minister of Mines, Government ofNewfoundland to M.l Kirby, Principal Secretary to the Premier of Nova Scotia(17 November 1972).

"Minutes of Meeting of Federal-ProvincialOfficials to Discuss East Coast OffshoreMineralResourceAdministration- Arrangementof April 9 --Thursday,May4,1973" (4 May 1973).

Letter from F. Moores, Premier, Province of Newfoundland to G. Regan, Premier,Province of Nova Scotia (11 September 1973) and Appendix 1.

Letter from F. Moores, Premier,Provinceof Newfoundland,to R. Hatfield,Premier,Province of New Brunswick (11 September 1973).

Letter from G. Regan, Premier, Province of Nova Scotia to F. Moores, Premier,Province of Newfoundland (24 September 1973).

Letter from P.E. Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada to G. Regan, Premier, Provinceof Nova Scotia (4 August 1976)and Annexes I and II.

"Federal-ProvincialMemorandumof Understandingin Respectof the Administrationand Management of Mineral Resources O(fshore of the Maritime Provinces"(1 February 1977).

"Canada-Nova Scotia Agreement on Offshore Oil and Gas Resource Managementand Revenue Sharing" (2 March 1982).

Map attached to Schedule I to the Canada-Nova Scotia Agreement on Offshore Oiland Gas Resource Management and Revenue.Sharing of March 2, 1982.

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Canada-Nova Scotia Oil and Gas Agreement Act, S.C. 1984, c. 29 (excerpts).

Survey System Regulation - Oil and Natural Gas Act, N.R Reg. 86-190; NewBrunswick Standard Oil and Natural Gas Grid Map.

Oil and Natural Gas Act, R.S.P.E.1. 1988, c. 0-5 (excerpts).

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Prince Edward Island Oil and Natural Gas Map: Permit Areas.

Maps: "Decoupage des juridictions sous-marines interprovinciales dans Ie golfeSt-Laurent" and "Le Quebec et ses limites administratives".

Map: "Permis de recherche de reservoir souterrain et de petrole et de gaz naturel envigueur Gaspesie-Anticosti-Estuaire et Golfe du Saint-Laurent."

Nova Scotia Licenses to Explore for Petroleum Nos. 174,209,210,212,218,222,223,267,268,269,273. 276,287, and 372.

Map of Nova Scotia showing Reservation Grid System for Petroleum Licenses.

Newfoundland, 36thGeneral Assembly, 2ndsession, "Budget 1973" (lC. Crosbie,Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board, Government ofNewfoundland) (excerpts).

Memorandum from E.A. Cote, Deputy Minister,.Energy, Mines and ResourcesCanada to Minister, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (27 May 1965); Mapdepicting Newfoundland permits issued up to 1971.

"Governmentof NewfoundlandandLabrador Departmentof Mines, AgricultureandResources Interim Permit" issued to Katy Industries, Inc. (19 May 1971), withcorrespondence (11 May 1971) and Map; "Interim Permit" issued to Mobil OilCanada Limited (15 September 1967}with correspondence (1 August 1 1967) andMap.

Call For Nominations No. NF 00-1, downloaded from the Canada-NewfoundlandOffshore Petroleum Board website (http://www.cnopb.nfnet.com).

"Land description",includinggeographiccoordinatesand acreage, downloadedfromCanada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board website (pagehttp://www.cnopb.nfnet.com/land/cfbOOI/calOOld.htm).

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 10 December 1982, U.N. Doc.A/CONF.62/122, (entered into force 16 November 1994).

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Convention on the Continental Shelf,29 April 1958,499 D.N.T.S. 312 (entered intoforce 10June 1964).

Case Concerhing Maritime Delimitation in the Area Between Greenland and JanMayen (Denmark v. Norway), [1993] I.e.J. Rep. 38. .

Guinea-Guinea-Bissau Maritime Delimitation:77 I.L.R. 636.

Award of 14February 1985,

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Lord McNair, The Law of Treaties (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961)(excerpts).

D.P. O'Connell, International Law, Vol. 1, 2nded., (London: Stevens & Sons, 1970)at 195 (excerpts).

I. Brownlie, Principles of Public International Law, 5th ed. (Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press, 1998).

A. E. Gotlieb, Canadian Treaty-Making (Toronto: Butterworths, 1968) (excerpts).

The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 23 May 1969, C.T.S. 1980 No. 37(excerpts).

Aegean Sea Continental Shelf Case (Greece v. Turkey), International BoundaryCases: The Continental Shelf (Cambridge: Grotius Publications Limited, 1992),vol. 1,555. .

Legal Status of Eastern Greenland Case (1933) P.C.!J. (Ser. NB) No. 53,22.

(Australia v. France), [1974] I.C.J. Rep. 253 (excerpts).

D.H.N. Johnson, "The Conclusions ofInternational Conferences" (1959) 35 Brit.Y.B. Int'! L. 1.

Werner v. WidowRotschild, (1953) I.L.R. 406.

(Cambodia v. Thailand), Preliminary Objections, (26 May 1961), [1961] I.CJ.Rep. 17 (excerpts).

International Status of South-West Africa, Advisory Opinion, [1950] I.CJ. Rep. 128.

L. Oppenheim, International Law, A Treatise, Vol. I - Peace, 8thed. (London:Longman Group, 1955).

J.E.S. Fawcett, "The Legal Character ofinternational Agreements" (1953) 30 Brit.Y.B. Int'! L. 381. .~

InternationalLaw Commission,Reports of the Commissionto the GeneralAssembly,1966, UN Doc. A/6309/Rev.l in Yearbook of the International Law Commission,vol. II (New York: United Nations, 1967) 169.

Case Concerning Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana v. Namibia), (1999) I.C.J.General List No. 98.

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Case Concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear, (Cambodia v. Thailand) (Merits),[1962] I.C.l Rep. 6.

A. McNair, "The Legalityof the Occupationof the Ruhr", (1924) 5 Brit.Y.B. Int'! L.17.

I.C. MacGibbon, "The Scope of Acquiescence in International Law", Brit. Y.B.Int'! L. 143.

D.W. Bowett, "Estoppel Before International Tribunals and Its Relation toAcquiescence," (1957) 34 Brit. Y.B. In1'l L. 176.

[1984] I.C.J. Rep. 246.

H. Lauterpacht, "Sovereignty Over SubmarineAreas", (1950) 27 Brit. Y.B. Int'l L.376.

Sir Robert Jennings and Sir Arthur Watts, eds.: Oppenheim's International Law (NewYork: Longman, 9thedition (paper), 1996).

The Newfoundland and Labrador Petroleum Regulations, 1977, Nfld. Reg. 139/78.

"An Analysis of the Impact of a Nova Scotia Type Offshore Agreement onNewfoundland",PetroleumDirectorate,Governmentof Newfoundlandand Labrador(August 1982).

l Charney and L. Alexander, eds., International Maritime Boundaries Vol. I(Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1993).

Case Concerning the Frontier Dispute (BurkinaFaso v. Republic of Mali), [1986]I.C.J. Rep. 4.

Oceans Act, S.C. 1996, c. 31.

Canada East Coast Offshore Federal Permit Map.

"Pan Am Pushes Work OffNewfOlmdland" The Oil and Gas Journal (26 April 1965)at 48 and49. .

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Letter from lA. Flynn, Vice-President, Alberta Export Refining Company Limitedto lR. Smallwood, Premier and Minister of Economic Development, Governmentof Newfoundland (23 January 1965); letter from Stirling, Ryan, Goodridge, Caule,Gushue & Goodridgeto W.J. Keough,Minister of Mines, Agriculture & Resources,Government of Newfoundland (11 May 1965).

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Letter from P. Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada to G. Regan, Premier, Provinceof Nova Scotia (22 June 1972).

"Situation Concerning Mineral Rights Off-shore from Newfoundland" attached toMemorandum from D. Crosby, Director, Resource Development Branch to DeputyMinister, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (11 February 1966).

Newfoundland and Labrador - 1971 Budget Speech by the Honourable JosephSmallwood, Premier and Minister of Finance (Acting).

Memorial Submitted By Canada, Court of Arbitration, Delimitation of the MaritimeAreas between Canada and France, June 1, 1990.

Regulations Made Under The Authority of The Petroleum and Natural Gas Act,Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1942, 11/3/43, S.N.S. 1943,Rules and Regulations.

Index of Map showing Grid System for Petroleum Reservation [Nova Scotia).

The Petroleum and Natural Gas (Amendment) Act, 1966, S.N. 1966, No.2.

Letter from L. Yves Fortier, C.C., Q.C., Agent for the Province of Nova Scotia toProf. Donald M. McRae, Agent forthe Province of Newfoundlandand Labrador (20October 2000).

Letter from D.M. McRae, Agent for the Provinceof Newfoundland and Labrador toL.Y. Fortier, Agent for the Province of Nova Scotia (30 October 2000).

Letter from D. Paquette, Deputy Agent for the Province of Newfoundland andLabrador to L.Y. Fortier,Agent for the Provinceof Nova Scotia (8 November 2000).

Newfoundland Order-in-Council 1125-72(23 November 1972).

"Newfoundland Clarifies Offshore Permits Status", Oi/week (30 October 1972).

A White Paper Respecting the Administration and Disposition of PetroleumBelonging to Her Majesty in Right of the Province of Newfoundland, Governmentof Newfoundland and Labrador (May 1977).

M. Thamsborg, Geodetic Hydrography as Related to Maritime Boundary Problems,(1974) International Hydrographic Review LI (1) 157.

Letter from B.A. Crane,Counselfor the Governmentof Newfoundlandand Labradorto Vello Mijal, GeneralCounsel,Legal Services,Natural Resources Omada{31 July2000).

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Letter from D.M. McRae, Agent for the Governmentof Newfoundlandand Labradorto Vello Mija1, General Counsel, Legal Services, Natural Resources Canada(18 August 2000).

United States - Measure Affecting Imports of Woven Wool Shirts and Blouses fromIndia, WT/DS33/AB/R, 25 April 1997 at 14.

Oxford English Dictionary, Compact Edition, Volume I, s.v. "modification","southeast", "southeasterly".

Case ConcerningMaritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions Between Qatarand Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain) (Jurisdictionand Admissibility), [1994] I.e.J. Rep.112 (hereinafter "Qatar v. Bahrain") (excerpts).

"Notes from a Meeting ofthe Premiers of the four Atlantic Provinces, and the Vice-Premier of Quebec, with the Prime Minister on August 23, 1972" (25 August 1972)(hereinafter "Notes from a Meeting on August 23, 1972").

Memorandum from D.G. Crosby,Director,ResourceManagementand ConservationBranch, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada to J. Austin, Deputy Minister ofEnergy, Mines and Resources Canada (23 May 1973) attaching draft "Minutes ofMeeting of Federal- Provincial Officials to Discuss East Coast Offshore MineralResource Administration - Arrangement of April 9, 1973, May 7-8, 1973" andattachments (hereinafter "Minutes of Meeting, May 7-8, 1973") (excerpts).

"Minutesof Meetings- FederalProvincialOfficialsto DiscussEastCoastOffshoreMineral Resource Administration - Arrangement of April 9 - Wednesday andThursday, April 25 and 26, 1973" (2 May 1973) and attachments (excerpts).

H. Kindred et al., eds., International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied inCanada (Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications Limited, 1987) (excerpts).

Charter of the UnitedNations (excerpts);Declaration on Principles ofInternationalLaw Concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operationAmong States in Accordancewith the Charter of the United Nations (excerpts).

M.T. Halbouty, ed., Future Petroleum Provinces of the World (Tulsa: AmericanAssociation of Petroleum Geologists, 1986) (excerpts); L.F. Jansa and I.A. Wade,"Geology ofthe ContinentalMargin Off Nova Scotiaand Newfoundland" in W.J.M.Van Der Linden and lA. Wade, eds., Offshore Geology of Eastern Canada, vol. 2- Regional Geology (Ottawa: Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 1975)(excerpts).

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Territorial Sea and Fishing Zones Act, S.C. 1964-65, c. 22 (excerpts).

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An Act to Amend the Territorial Sea and Fishing Zones Act, R.S.C. 1970, 151Supp.,c. 45 (excerpts).

Dispute Concerning Filleting within the Gulf of St. Lawrence by the French TrawlersReferred to in Article 4(b) of the Fisheries Agreement Between Canada and Franceof March 27, 1972, Counter-Memorial Submitted by Canada, 22 April 1986(excerpts).

"DRAFT MINUTES, Continuing Committee on Offshore Minerals, August 14,1972".

Annex 146: UnitedStates - Standardsfor Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline, Report ofthe Appellate Body, WT/DS2/9, 29 April 1996 (excerpts).

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Japan - Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages, Report of the Appellate Body,WT/DS8/AB/R, WT/DSlO/AB/R, WT/DSl1/AB/R, 4 October 1996 (excerpts).

Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (Spain v. Canada) (Jurisdiction) 4 December 1998,General List, No. 96 (excerpts).

Case Concerning the Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December1906 (Honduras v. Nicaragua), [1960] Le.I. Rep. 192 (excerpts).

Petro Canada Report: "Scotian Shelf Acreage Summary 1979-12-12".

Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, R.S.N.S. 1967,c. 228, ( extract).

Petroleum and Natural Gas Amendment Act, S.N. 1974, No.93.

N.S. Reg 142/84, July 26, 1984, with O.LC. 84-877, Pursuant to s. 33 of thePetroleum Resources Act.

N.S. Reg 154/84 July 26, 1984,with O.LC. 84-891, pursuant to s. 12 of thePetroleum Resources Act.

N.S. Reg 138/84 July 26, 1984,with O.Le. 84-873, pursuant to s. 32 of theEnergy and Mineral resources Conservation Act. .y

N.S. Reg. 155/84 July26 1984,with O.LC. 84-892, pursuant to s. 4A of theEnergy and Mineral resources Conservation Act.

The Gas Utilities Act, S.N.S. 1980, c. 7.

Application for Newfoundland Permit by Amoco Canada (provided byNewfoundland). .

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Application for Newfoundland Pennit by Texaco (provided by Newfoundland).

Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy Publication List, 1983.

Map omitted from Nova Scotia Annex 144.

H. Thirlway, "The Law and Procedure of the International Court of Justice, 1960-1989" (1989) Brit. Y.B. Int'I. L. 60 (excerpt).

Statute of the International Court of Justice, Article 38.

Article 164: G. Fitzmaurice: "The Law and Procedure of the International Court of Justice'1951-4: Treaty Interpretation and Other Treaty Points" (1957) 33 Brit. Y. B.Int'I. L. 203 (excerpt).

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Beagle Channel Arbitration between the Republic of Argentina and the Republicof Chile, Report and Decision of the Court of Arbitration, February 18, 1977(excerpt).

Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, 1991, s.V. "be".

Memorandum from lC. Smith, Chair of the JMRC to G. Walker, Secretary of theJMRC (6 February 1969).

Map representing drill sites -Nova Scotia Pennit Areas to 1976.

J.O. Saunders, Interjurisdictional Issues in Canadian Water Management (TheCanadian Institute of Resources Law, 1988)(excerpts).

Statutory provisions related to s. 19,Federal CourtAct, S.C. 1970c. 10 (2nd)SUpp.

The Queen in the right of Canada v. The Queen in the right of the Province ofPrince Edward Island, [1978] 1 C.F. (Fed. c.A.).

Mellenger and another v. New Brunswick Development Corporation [1971] 2 All.E.R. 593. . ..

Western Surety Co. v. Elk Valley Logging Ltd. et al23 D.L.R. (4th)464.

Case Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Maine Area(Canada v. United States of America), [1984] LC,J. Rep. 246 (excerpts).

Various correspondencebetween Gordon Coles, Deputy Attorney General of NovaScotia, and John Laffin, Deputy Minister of Mines, related to the transition to thenew system in 1982.

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Two letters from R. Slater,Mining Engineerand Supervisorof MineralRights,NovaScotia Department of Mines and Energy to Mobil Oil, confirming the end of theprovincial permit system (4 November 1982; 16February 1983).

Nova Scotia Petroleum Regulations, 1970.

Expenditure Reports relating to work conducted (or to be conducted) by Mobil OilCanada, Ltd. under permits issued by Nova Scotia. Permits 209, 210, 218, 222 and224.

Letter from R. Slater, Nova ScotiaDepartment of Mines, to Mobil Oil Canada, Ltd.(2 May 1974).

Nova Scotia Ledger of Expenditures for Mobil Oil Canada, Ltd. (1 June 1971).

Permits Containing "Common Boundary" Provisions.

Reference ConcerningPropertyIn and LegislativeJurisdiction Over the Seabed andSubsoil of the Continental Shelf Offshore Newfoundland, [1984] 1 S.C.R. 86(excerpts).

Extracts Commons Debates (Hansard), from for May 31, 1984, p. 4227 and June 29,1984, p. 5345.

11. Charney, "Progressin InternationalMaritimeBoundaryDelimitationLaw" (1994)88 A.1I.L. (No.2) 227 (excerpts).

April 29, 1958,499 D.N.T.S. 311, 1970C.T.S. 4 (entered into force June 10, 1964)(excerpts).

December 10, 1982,UN Doc. AlCONF. 62/122 (entered into force November 16,1994) (excerpts).

Case Concerning the Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta), [1985]I.C.1 Rep. 13.

North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Federal Republic of Germany v. Denmark;Federal Republic of Germany v. Netherlands), [1969] I.C.J. Rep. 3 (excerpts).

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Case Concerning the Continental Shelf(Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), [1982]I.C.J. Rep. 4 (excerpts).

Arbitration between the UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland andthe French Republic on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf, (1977), 54 I.L.R. 6(excerpts).

Guinea-Guinea-Bissau Maritime Delimitation Case, Award of February 14, 1985(1988) 77 I.L.R. 636 (excerpts).

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L.A. Willis, "From Precedent to Precedent: The Triumph of Pragmatism in the Lawof Maritime Boundaries" (1986) Can. Y.B. Int'l L. 3 (excerpts).

Case Concerning Continental Shelf Area Between Iceland and Jan Mayen (Denmarkv. Norway), [1993] I.C.J. Rep. 38 (excerpts).

Case Concerning Delimitation of MaritimeAreas between Canada and The FrenchRepublic (1992),31 I.L.M. 1145 (excerpts).

L.H. Legault & B. Hankey, "From Sea to Seabed: The Single Maritime Boundaryin the Gulf of Maine Case" (1985) 79 A.J.I.L. 961 (excerpts).

Application for Revision and Interpretation of the judgement of February 24, 1982in the Case Concerning the Continental Shelf(Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya),[1985] I.C.J. Rep. 192 (excerpts).

Annual Report 2000-2001,Canada-NewfoundlandOffshore Petroleum Board, p. 26.

"Discovered Hydrocarbon Resources - Scotian Shelf', Nova Scotia Department ofNatural Resources, Petroleum Resources Section (13 September 1993).

PanCanadian Petroleum Limited, News Release, "PanCanadian begins commercialdevelopment of its Deep Panuke natural gas field," (22 February 2001).

C. Movers/ The Canadian Press, "N.S. calls for stability in offshore dispute", The[Halifax) Herald (20 March 2001); S. Bornais/The Daily News & CP, "Evidencesupports boundaries: lawyer", Cape Breton Post (20 March 2001); The Daily News& CP, "Boundary deal done in '64, Nfld. trying to 'weasel' bigger share, hearingtold", [Halifax) Daily News (20 March 2001) 4.

Memorial Submitted by Canada, Court of Arbitration, Delimitation of the MaritimeAreas between Canada and France, June 1, 1990.

Counter-Memorial Submitted by Canada, International Court of Justice, Gulf ofMaine, June 28, 1983.

Nuclear Tests Cases (Australia v. France), [1974] I.e.J. Rep. 253 (excerpts).

Fisheries Case (United Kingdom v. Norway), [1951] I.e.J. Rep. 116...

(Honduras v. Nicaragua), [1960] I.C.J. Rep. 192.

(Cambodia v. Thailand) (Merits), [1962] I.C.J. Rep. 6.

(El Salvador/Honduras), [1992] I.C.J. Rep. 351.

(Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Chad), [1994] I.C.J. Rep. 6.

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United Nations Convention on the Law ofthe Sea, Commission on the Limits of theContinental Shelf, 5thsession, CLCS/ll, "Scientificand Technical Guidelines of theCommission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf' (13 May 1999).

W.H.F. Smith and D. T. Sandwell, "Global seafloor topography from satellitealtimetry and ship depth soundings" Science,v. 277, p. 1957-1962 (26 September1997).

G. Laske and G. Masters, "A Global Digital Map of Sediment Thickness" EOSTransactions of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), 78, F483, (1997).

D. Bowett,The Legal Regime of Islands in International Law (Dobbs Ferry: OceanaPublications, 1979) (excerpts).

Letter from D. Paquette, Deputy Agent for Newfoundland and Labrador to H.M.Hobart, Registrar, Newfoundland and LabradorlNova Scotia Tribunal (23 March2901); Letter from D. Paquette, Deputy Agent for Newfoundland and Labrador, toS.L. Drymer, Deputy Agent for the Province of Nova Scotia (8 August 2001); TheMobil permit of 1967 did contain a provision terminating it in the event ofregulations, but with a proviso that the permittee was entitled to a permit under anynew regulations.

On~line: A History of St. Paul Island<<http://www.geocities.comlHeartland/Estates/6001/St_Paul_Island.htm>>(date accessed: 15 October 2001).

Letter from S. MacLean, Secretary to the Executive Counsel, Government of NovaScotia to K. MacAskill, Minister of Natural Resources,Government of Nova Scotia(16 October, 1997);Memorandumto Cabinet: Protection of Sable Island (1 August1997).

Document entitled: "Well History Report for Mobil Sable Island #1, Nova Scotia,Canada" (1 April 1968) including Letter from B.B. Christie, Southern CanadaExplorationArea, Mobil Oil Canada,Ltd. to J.P. Nowlan,Deputy Minister of Mines,Nova Scotia Department of Mines (3 November 1971); Letter from B.B. Christie,Southern Canada ExplorationArea, Mobil Oil Canada, Ltd. to J.P. Nowlan, DeputyMinister of Mines, Nova Scotia Department of Mines (11 February 1972); GeneralData, pp. 4-5; Letter from J.P. Nowlan, Deputy Minister of Mines, Nova ScotiaDepartment of Mines, to B.B. Christie, Southern Canada Exploration Area, MobilOil Canada, Ltd. (20 March 1972);Telegram from J.P. Nowlan, Deputy Minister.ofMines, Nova Scotia Department of Mines, to B.B. Christie, Southern CanadaExploration Area, Mobil Oil Canada, Ltd. (20 March 1972).

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Letter from D. Paquette, Deputy Agent for Newfoundland and Labrador toL.Y. Fortier, Agent for the Province of Nova Scotia (20 September 2001).

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"BoundaryDispute- Criticalrulingyet to come" The[St.John's] Telegram(May 18,2001) at 3.

News Release dated March 9, 2001.

Map representing construction of equidistant points - Anglo/French Arbitration.

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Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act, S.c. 1987, c. 3; Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Newfoundland Act, S.N. 1986, c. 37(excerpts); Canada-Newfoundland Accord (excerpts).

Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation ActS.c. 1988, c. 28 (excerpts); Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum ResourcesAccord Implementation (Nova Scotia) Act, S.N.S., 1987, c. 3 (excerpts); Canada-Nova Scotia Accord.

Letter from J.G. Leefe, Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Nova Scotiato J. Epp, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, Government of Canada(9 September 1992).

Letter from R. Gibbons, Minister of Natural Resources, Government ofNewfoundland to D. Downe, Minister of Natural Resources, Government of NovaScotia (15 August 1995).

Fax from F. Kwamena,FrontierLandsManagementDivision,Energy Sector,NaturalResources Canada to C. Ryan, Chief Executive Officer, Petroleum DevelopmentAgency, Department of Natural Resources, Government of Nova Scotia (27November 1997).

Letter from R. Goodale, Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Canada toC.J. Furey, Minister of Mines and Energy, Government of Newfoundland and K.MacAskill, Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Nova Scotia (7 January1998).

Letter from A. Noseworthy,Deputy Minister,IntergovernmentalAffairs Secretariat,Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to P. Ripley, Deputy Minister, NovaScotia Petroleum Directorate (22 July 1998).

"Department of Attorney General, Interdepartment Memo, From: Deputy to:Attorney General" (22 Apri11959).

"Text of remarks - Hon. R. L. Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia" at 6, attached toPremiers' Conference "Agenda" (22 September 1959).

G.V. LaForest, "Report On The Rights of the Provinces Of Nova Scotia, NewBrunswick and Prince Edward Island To The Ownership Of Adjacent SubmarineResources" (16 September 1959).

"Atlantic Premiers' Conference,Halifax, N.S., September21, 1960,R.L. Stanfield,Premier of Nova Scotia".

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Press Release, "AtlanticPremiers' Conference,Halifax,Nova Scotia" (21 September1960).

Letter from B. Graham Rogers, Director of Transportation and Geological Officer,Province of Prince Edward Island to John A.Y. MacDonald, Deputy AttorneyGeneral, Province of Nova Scotia (12 August 1961).

Letter from John A.Y. MacDonald, Deputy Attorney General, Province of NovaScotia to J. P. Nowlan, Deputy Minister of Mines, Province of Nova Scotia (12 June1964).

1. Saywell, ed., CanadianAnnual Reviewfor 1964 (Toronto, University of TorontoPress, 1965).

"Departmentof AttorneyGeneral,InterdepartmentMemo, from: Deputy to: AttorneyGeneral" (11 May 1962).

Letter from John A.Y. MacDonald, Deputy Attorney General, Province of NovaScotia to B. Graham Rogers, Geological Officer, Department of Industry andMineral Resources, Province of Prince Edward Island (7 August 1961).

"Notes re: Boundaries of Mineral Rights as between Maritime ProvincialBoundaries" (1961).

Webster's Third New International Dictionary, 1986,s.v. "metes and bounds".

Letter from P.-E. Auger, Deputy Minister, Department of Natural Resources,Province of Quebec to J.P. Nowlan, Deputy Minister, Department of Mines,Province of Nova Scotia (2 July 1964).

"MEMORANDUMOF MEETINGthe 23rdSeptember, 1964,at which were presentMr. H.W. Hickman, New Brunswick, Mr. Graham Rogers, Prince Edward Island,Messrs. LG. MacLeod, M.C. Jones and John A.Y. MacDonald, Nova Scotia".

Joint Statementre: "AtlanticPremiersConference,Halifax,Nova Scotia, September30, 1964" (30 September 1964).

"Atlantic Premiers Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 30, Agenda".

Communique issued by Atlantic Premiers Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia,September 30, 1964 (30 September 1964).

British North America Act, 1871, 34-35 Viet., c. 28 (U.K.) (now the Constitution Act,1871) (excerpts).

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"Matters Discussed at the Atlantic Premiers Conference in Halifax September 30,1964RequiringFurtherAction"; and,by way of example, letter of transmissionfromR.L. Stanfield, Premier, Province of Nova Scotia to LJ. Robichaud, Premier,Province of New Brunswick (2 October 1964).

Letter from R. L. Stanfield,Premier,Province of Nova Scotia to J. Lesage, Premier,Province of Quebec (2 October 1964),enclosing report on the September 30,1964Conference of the Atlantic Premiers held in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

CanadianPacific Telegram,WorldWide Communications,RAA268-BAXA208 46,Quebec (October 7, 1964).

Letter from R.L. Stanfield, Premier, Province of Nova Scotia to 1. Lesage, PrimeMinister, Province of Quebec (8 October 1964).

General Arrangements re: "Federal-Provincial Conference of Prime Ministers(October 14 and 15),Conferenceof Attorneys-General,(October 13),Tax StructureCommittee, (October 13),GeneralArrangements" and Appendix A (list of "Federaland Provincial Representatives and Advisers") (October 8, 1964).

"Submission on Submarine Mineral Rights by the Provinces of Nova Scotia, NewBrunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland" with Annex entitled "NotesRe Boundaries of Mineral Rights as between Maritime Provincial Boundaries",presented to Federal-Provincial Conference of Prime Ministers (14-15 October1964).

Boundaries Established in the 1964 Agreement: Graphical Representation onCanadian Hydrographic Services Chart, No. 4490.

North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Federal Republic of Germany v. Denmark;Federal Republic of Germanyv. Netherlands), [1969] I.C.J. Rep. 3.

Case Concerning the Continental Shelf(Tunisia v. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), [1982]I.C.J. Rep. 18.

Case Concerning the Territorial Dispute (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. Chad), [1994]I.C.J. Rep. 6.

"Minutesof Meetingof JointMineralResourcesCommitteeHeld at the BoardRoom,Provincial Building, Halifax,Nova Scotia, July 16, 1968"(16 July 1968);Schedule"A": Memorandum of Agreement (16 July 1968).

Letter from 1.C. Smith, Chairman, Sub-Committee on Delineation and Descriptionof Provincial Boundaries of Participating Provinces in Submarine Areas toH. B. Robertson, Director of Surveys, Department of Lands and Forests, Provinceof Nova Scotia (30 August 1968);Memorandum from 1.c. Smith to W. Roberts (30August 1968).

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Letter from A.W. McLaughlin,AssistantDirectorof Surveys,Departmentof NaturalResources, Governmentof New Brunswickto H.B. Robertson,Director of Surveys,Department of Lands and Forests, Governmentof Nova Scotia (5 September 1968).

Computer printout showing turning points coordinates plotted by TechnicalCommittee (1968).

Memorandum from FJ. Lukins, Chief Engineer, Department of Mines, Agricultureand Resources, Government of Newfoundland to F. Gover, Deputy Minister ofMines, Government of Newfoundland (7 January 1969).

"Minutesof Meetingof JointMineralResourcesCommitteeHeld at the Board Room,Provincial Building, Halifax,Nova Scotia, January 17, 1969" at attachment "A" (17January 1969).

Turning Points of 1964 Agreement as Prepared by Joint Mineral ResourcesCommittee and Approved by Premiers in 1972.

Letter from P.-E. Allard, Vice-Chairman,Joint Mineral Resources Committee to P.Gaum, Minister of Mines, Government of Nova Scotia (12 May 1969).

"Minutes of Joint Meeting of Committee and Sub-Committee of the Joint MineralResourcesCommitteeHeld in the Red Room,ProvinceHouse,Halifax,Nova Scotia,May 24, 1972" (24 May 1972); Letter from C.W. Doody, Minister, Department ofMines, Government of Newfoundland to G.D. Walker, Secretary, Joint MineralResources Committee (30 May 1972).

Letter from C.W. Doody, Minister of Mines, Governmentof Newfoundlandto G.D.Walker, Secretary, Joint Mineral Resources Committee (11 April 1972).

Letter from G.D. Walker, Secretary, Joint Mineral Resources Committee to F.D.Moores, Premier, Province of Newfoundland (16 June 1972).

Memorandum from 1. Austin, Deputy Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources,Government of Canada to Donald MacDonald, Minister of Energy, Mines andResources, Government of Canada (15 May 1972).

"Memorandumto the Minister: OffshoreMineralRights,FederalProvincialMeetingin St. John's Newfoundland,June 6, 1972" from J. Austin, Deputy Minister, EnergyMines and Resources Canada to Minister of Energy Mines and Resources Canada(15 June 1972); "Note For File: Offshore Mineral Rights, Federal ProvincialMeeting in St. John's Newfoundland, June 6, 1972" (14 June 1972).

"Agenda/Ordre du Jour, Meeting of First Ministers of the Atlantic Provinces andQuebec/Reunion des premiers ministres des provinces de I'Atlantique et Quebec"(June 1972).

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Letter from I.G. McLeod, Deputy Attorney-General,Governmentof Nova Scotia toG.A. Regan, Premier, Province of Nova Scotia (13 May 1971).

Map: East Coast Offshore Areas, prepared by Federal Department of Energy Minesand Resources and Presented to East Coast Premiers in 1972.

"Notes Related To Revenue-Sharing Map For Briefing Session With PremierMoores," from D.G. Crosby (19 May 1972).

Letter from G.D. Walker, Legislative Counsel, Government of Nova Scotia toL.L. Pace, AttorneyGeneral, Governmentof Nova Scotia, attaching material for theAugust 2, 1972meeting of First Ministers (1 August 1972).

"Communique Issued Following Meeting of the Premiers of Nova Scotia, NewBrunswick, PrinceEdward Island,Newfoundland,and the Vice-Premier of Quebec"(18 June 1972).

Telegram from G.A. Regan, Premier, Province of Nova Scotia to P. E. Trudeau,Prime Minister of Canada (18 June 1972).

"Minutes of Meeting of First Ministers of the Five Eastern Provinces on OffshoreMinerals held in Halifax in the Cabinet Room, Province House, Halifax, NovaScotia, August 2, 1972"(2 August 1972);delegation list, agenda and Communiqueattached.

"Memorandumto the DeputyMinister:OffshoreMineralRights" from D.G. Crosby,Director, Resource Management and Conservation Branch, Department of EnergyMines and Resources Canada to Deputy Minister,Departmentof Energy, Mines andResources Canada (20 June 1972).

Newfoundland, 36thGeneral Assembly, "Statement by Premier Moores" in VerbatimReport, pt Session, Vol. 1, No. 33 (19 June 1972) at 2491.

"Agreement On Offshore Rights Outlined" [St. John's] Evening Telegram (20 June1972).

"Memorandum to First Ministers Re Discussions By Officials on Atlantic OffshoreMineral Resource Administration Arrangements" (8 May 1973).

Letter from C. Martin, Legal Adviser to the Minister of Mines, Government ofNewfoundland to M.J. Kirby, Principal Secretary to the Premier of Nova Scotia(17 November 1972).

"Minutes of Meeting of Federal-ProvincialOfficials to Discuss East Coast OffshoreMineralResourceAdministration- Arrangement of April 9 --Thursday,May4,1973" (4 May 1973).

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Letter from F. Moores, Premier, Province of Newfoundland to G. Regan, Premier,Province of Nova Scotia (11 September 1973)and Appendix I.

Letter from F. Moores,Premier,Provinceof Newfoundland,to R. Hatfield,Premier,Province of New Brunswick (11 September 1973). .

Letter from G. Regan, Premier, Province of Nova Scotia to F. Moores, Premier,Province of Newfoundland (24 September 1973).

Letter from P.E. Trudeau,Prime Minister of Canada to G. Regan, Premier, Provinceof Nova Scotia (4 August 1976)and Annexes I and II.

"Federal-ProvincialMemorandumof Understandingin Respectof the Administrationand Management of Mineral Resources Offshore of the Maritime Provinces"(1 February 1977).

"Canada-Nova Scotia Agreement on Offshore Oil and Gas Resource Managementand Revenue Sharing" (2 March 1982).

Map attached to Schedule I to the Canada-Nova Scotia Agreement on Offshore Oiland Gas Resource Management and Revenue Sharing of March 2, 1982.

Canada-Nova Scotia Oil and Gas Agreement Act, S.C. 1984, c. 29 (excerpts).

Survey System Regulation - Oil and Natural Gas Act, N.B. Reg. 86-190; NewBrunswickStandardOil andNaturalGasGridMap.

Oil and Natural GasAct, R.S.P.E.I. 1988,c. 0-5 (excerpts).

Prince Edward Island Oil and Natural Gas Map: Permit Areas.

Maps: "Decoupage des juridictions sous-marines interprovincia1es dans Ie golfeSt-Laurent" and "Le Quebec et ses limites administratives".

Map: "Permis de recherche de reservoir souterrainet de petrole et de gaz natureI envigueur Gaspesie-Anticosti-Estuaireet Golfe du Saint-Laurent."

Nova Scotia Licenses to Explore for Petroleum Nos. 174,209,210,212,218,222,223, 267, 268, 269, 273. 276, 287, and 372.

Map of Nova Scotia showing Reservation Grid System for Petroleum Licenses.

Newfoundland, 36thGeneral Assembly, 2ndsession, "Budget 1973" (J.C. Crosbie,Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board, Government ofNewfoundland) (excerpts).

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Memorandum from E.A. Cote, Deputy Minister, Energy, Mines and ResourcesCanada to Minister, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (27 May 1965); Mapdepicting Newfoundland permits issued up to 1971.

"Governmentof Newfoundlandand LabradorDepartmentof Mines, AgricultureandResources Interim Permit" issued to Katy Industries, Inc. (19 May 1971), withcorrespondence (11 May 1971) and Map; "Interim Permit" issued to Mobil OilCanada Limited (15 September 1967)with correspondence (1 August 1 1967) andMap.

Call For Nominations No. NF 00-1, downloaded from the Canada-NewfoundlandOffshore Petroleum Board website (http://www.cnopb.nfnet.com).

"Land description",includinggeographiccoordinatesand acreage, downloadedfromCanada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board website (pagehttp://www.cnopb.nfnet.com/land/cfbOO1/calO01d.htm).

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 10 December 1982, U.N. Doc.AlCONF.62/122, (entered into force 16 November 1994).

Convention on the Continental Shelf, 29 April 1958, 499 U.N.T.S. 312 (entered intoforce 10 June 1964).

Case Concerning Maritime Delimitation in the Area Between Greenland and JanMayen (Denmark v. Norway), [1993] I.e.l Rep. 38.

Guinea-Guinea-Bissau Maritime Delimitation:77 I.L.R. 636.

Award of 14 February 1985,

Lord McNair, The Law of Treaties (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961)(excerpts).

D.P. O'Connell, International Law, Vol. 1, 2nded., (London: Stevens & Sons, 1970)at 195 (excerpts).

I. Brownlie, Principles of Public International Law, 5th ed. (Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press, 1998).

A. E. Gotlieb, Canadian Treaty-Making (Toronto: Butterworths, 1968) (excerpts).

The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 23 May 1969, C.T.S. 1980 No. 37(excerpts).

Aegean Sea Continental Shelf Case (Greece v. Turkey), International BoundaryCases: The Continental Shelf (Cambridge: Grotius Publications Limited, 1992),vol. 1,555.

LegalStatusofEasternGreenland Case (1933)P.C.I.J. (Ser. A/B) No. 53,22.

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(Australia v. France), [1974] I.e.J. Rep. 253.

D.H.N. Johnson, "The Conclusions of International Conferences" (1959) 35 Brit.y.B. Int'l L. 1.

Werner v. Widow Rotschild, (1953) I.L.R. 406.

(Cambodia v. Thailand),PreliminaryObjections,(26 May 1961),[1961] I.C.J. Rep.17.

International Status of South-West Africa, Advisory Opinion, [1950] I.C.J. Rep. 128.

L. Oppenheim, International Law, A Treatise, Vol. I - Peace, 8thed. (London:Longman Group, 1955).

lE.S. Fawcett, "The Legal Character oflnternationa1 Agreements" (1953) 30 Brit.y.B. Int'l L. 381.

InternationalLaw Commission,Reports of the Commissionto the GeneralAssembly,1966, UN Doc. A/6309/Rev.1 in Yearbook of the International Law Commission,vol. II (New York: United Nations, 1967) 169.

Case Concerning Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana v. Namibia), (1999) I.C.J.General List No. 98.

Case Concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear, (Cambodia v. Thailand) (Merits),[1962] I.C.J. Rep. 6.

A. McNair, "The Legalityof the Occupationofthe Ruhr", (1924) 5 Brit.y.B. Int'l L.17.

I.C. MacGibbon, "The Scope of Acquiescence in International Law", Brit. Y.B.Int'l L. 143.

D.W. Bowett, "Estoppel Before International Tribunals and Its Relation toAcquiescence," (1957) 34 Brit. Y.B. Int'l L. 176.

[1984] I.e.l Rep. 246.

H. Lauterpacht, "Sovereignty Over SubmarineAreas", (1950) 27 Brit. Y.B. Int'l L.376.

Sir Robert Jennings and Sir Arthur Watts, eds.: Oppenheim's International Law (NewYork: Longman, 9thedition (paper), 1996).

The Newfoundland and Labrador Petroleum Regulations, 1977, Nfld. Reg. 139/78.

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"An Analysis of the Impact of a Nova Scotia Type Offshore Agreement onNewfoundland",PetroleumDirectorate,Governmentof Newfoundlandand Labrador(August 1982).

l Charney and L. Alexander, eds., International Maritime Boundaries Vol. I(Dordrecht: Martinus NijhoffPublishers, 1993).

Case Concerning the Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso v. Republic of Mali), [1986]LC.l Rep. 4.

Oceans Act, S.C. 1996, c. 31.

Canada East Coast Offshore Federal Permit Map.

"Pan Am Pushes Work Off Newfoundland" The Oil and Gas Journal (26 April 1965)at 48 and 49.

Letter from lA. Flynn, Vice-President,Alberta Export Refining Company Limitedto J.R. Smallwood, Premier and Minister of Economic Development, Governmentof Newfoundland (23 January 1965); letter from Stirling, Ryan, Goodridge, Caule,Gushue & Goodridge to W.J. Keough,Minister of Mines, Agriculture & Resources,Government of Newfoundland (11 May 19555).

Letter from P. Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada to G. Regan, Premier, Provinceof Nova Scotia (22 June 1972).

"Situation Concerning Mineral Rights Off-shore from Newfoundland" attached toMemorandum from D. Crosby, Director, Resource Development Branch to DeputyMinister, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (11 February 1966).

Newfoundland and Labrador - 1971 Budget Speech by the Honourable JosephSmallwood, Premier and Minister of Finance (Acting).

Memorial Submitted By Canada, Court of Arbitration, Delimitation of the MaritimeAreas between Canada and France, June 1, 1990.

Regulations Made Under The Authority of The Petroleum and Natural Gas Act,Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1942, 11/3/43, S.N.S. 1943,Rules and Regulations.

Index of Map showing Grid System for Petroleum Reservation [Nova Scotia].

The Petroleum and Natural Gas (Amendment) Act, 1966, S.N. 1966, No.2.

Letter from L. Yves Fortier, C.C., Q.c., Agent for the Province of Nova Scotia toProf. Donald M. McRae, Agent for the Provinceof Newfoundland and Labrador (20October 2000).

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Letter from D.M. McRae, Agent for the Provinceof Newfoundland and Labrador toL.Y. Fortier, Agent for the Province of Nova Scotia (30 October 2000).

Letter from D. Paquette, Deputy Agent for the Province of Newfoundland andLabrador to L.Y. Fortier,Agent for the Provinceof Nova Scotia (8 November 2000).

Newfoundland Order-in-Council 1125-72(23 November 1972).

"Newfoundland Clarifies Offshore Permits Status", Oi/week (30 October 1972).

A White Paper Respecting the Administration and Disposition of PetroleumBelonging to Her Majesty in Right of the Province of Newfoundland, Governmentof Newfoundland and Labrador (May 1977).

M. Thamsborg, Geodetic Hydrography as Related to Maritime Boundary Problems,(1974) International Hydrographic Review LI (1) 157.

Letter from B.A. Crane,Counselfor the Governmentof Newfoundlandand Labradorto Vello Mijal, GeneralCounsel,Legal Services,Natural Resources Canada (31 July2000).

Letter from D.M. McRae,Agent for the Governmentof Newfoundlandand Labradorto Vello Mijal, General Counsel, Legal Services, Natural Resources Canada (18August 2000).