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the responsibilities imposed by Art. IV of the Special 

 Agreement. 



Considering, moreover, that in treaties with France, with 

 the North German Confederation and the German Empire 

 and likewise in the North Sea Convention, Great Britain 

 has adopted for similar cases the rule that only bays of 

 ten miles width should be considered as those wherein the 

 fishing is reserved to nationals. And that in the course of 

 the negotiations between Great Britain and the United 

 States a similar rule has been on various occasions proposed 

 and adopted by Great Britain in instructions to the naval 

 officers stationed on these coasts. And that though these cir- 

 cumstances are not sufficient to constitute this a principle 

 of international law, it seems reasonable to propose this 

 rule with certain exceptions, all the more that this rule 

 with such exceptions has already formed the basis of an 

 agreement between the two Powers. 



Now therefore this Tribunal in pursuance of the pro- 

 visions of art. IV hereby recommends for the consideration 

 and acceptance of the High Contracting Parties the follow- 

 ing rules and method of procedure for determining the 

 limits of the bays hereinbefore enumerated. 



1. 



In every bay not hereinafter specifically provided for the 

 limits of exclusion shall be drawn three miles seaward from 

 a straight line across the bay in the part nearest the en- 

 trance at the first point where the width does not exceed 

 ten miles. 



2. 



In the following bays where the configuration of the coast 

 and the local climatic conditions are such that foreign fish- 

 ermen when within the geographic headlands might reason- 



