384 NEW ENGLAND FISHERIES 



half of Great Britain, and by the Secretary of State of the 

 United States, ELIHU ROOT, on behalf of the United States. 



Done at Washington on the 27th day of January, one 

 thousand nine hundred and nine. 



JAMES BRTCE. [seal.] 

 ELIHU ROOT, [seal.] 



And whereas, the parties to the said Agreement have 

 by common accord, in accordance with Article V, consti- 

 tuted as a Tribunal of Arbitration the following Members 

 of the Permanent Court at The Hague: Mr. H. LAM- 

 MASCH, Doctor of Law, Professor of the University of 

 Vienna, Aulic Councillor, Member of the Upper House of 

 the Austrian Parliament; His Excellency Jonkheer A. F. 

 DE SAVORNIN Lou MAN, Doctor of Law, Minister of State, 

 Former Minister of the Interior, Member of the Second 

 Chamber of the Netherlands; the Honourable GEORGE 

 GRAY, Doctor of Laws, Judge of the United States Circuit 

 Court of Appeals, former United States Senator ; the Right 

 Honourable Sir CHARLES FITZPATRICK, Member of the 

 Privy Council, Doctor of Laws, Chief Justice of Canada; 

 the Honourable Luis MARIA DRAGO, Doctor of Law, former 

 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine Republic, 

 Member of the Law Academy of Buenos- Aires ; 



And whereas, the Agents of the Parties to the said Agree- 

 ment have duly and in accordance with the terms of the 

 Agreement communicated to this Tribunal their cases, 

 counter-cases, printed arguments and other documents; 



And whereas, counsel for the Parties have fully presented 

 to this Tribunal their oral arguments in the sittings held 

 between the first assembling of the Tribunal on 1st June, 

 1910, to the close of the hearings on 12th August, 1910 ; 



Now, therefore, this Tribunal having carefully consid- 

 ered the said Agreement, cases, counter-cases, printed and 



