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made. It shall be the duty of the Party upon whom any 

 such demand is made to comply with it as soon as may be, 

 and within a period not exceeding fifteen days after the 

 demand has been received. The production for inspection 

 or the furnishing to the other Party of official govern- 

 mental publications, publishing, as authentic, copies of the 

 documentary evidence referred to, shall be a sufficient com- 

 pliance with such demand, if such governmental publica- 

 tions shall have been published prior to the 1st day of 

 ^January, 1908. If the demand is not complied with, the 

 reasons for the failure to comply must be stated to the 

 Tribunal. 



Article VIII. 



The Tribunal shall meet within six months after the ex- 

 piration of the period above fixed for the delivery to the 

 agents of the case, and upon the assembling of the Tribunal 

 at its first session each Party, through its agent or counsel, 

 shall deliver in duplicate to each of the Arbitrators and to 

 the agent and counsel of the other Party (with such addi- 

 tional copies as may be agreed upon) a printed argument 

 showing the points and referring to the evidence upon 

 which it relies. 



The time fixed by this Agreement for the delivery of 

 the case, counter-case, or argument, and for the meeting of 

 the Tribunal, may be extended by mutual consent of the 

 Parties. 



Article IX. 



The decision of the Tribunal shall, if possible, be made 

 within two months from the close of the arguments on both 

 sides, unless on the request of the Tribunal the Parties shall 

 agree to extend the period. 



It shall be made in writing, and dated and signed by 



