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substances of a like character into the waters in such quantities as to 

 injure the fish thereby. 



" If, in some places, the agricultural or industrial interests are of 

 greater value than the fisheries, the respective authorities may permit 

 such substances to be thrown into the water, taking measures, however, 

 to limit the injury as much as possible. 



" The respective authorities will likewise decide whether and how 

 far the above regulations shall apply to existing conduits for leading 

 agricultural or industrial refuse into the water. 



"Article 11. Both contracting states will see to it that the number 

 of salmon in the Ehine and its tributaries is increased by hatching a 

 number of eggs every year, and by placing the young in suitable por- 

 tions of the above-mentioned waters. They will likewise see to it that 

 so-called salmon-ladders are put in suitable places, to assist the salmon 

 and trout in ascending the river. 



"Article 12. Each of the contracting states engages to make the 

 necessary regulations for carrying out the articles of this treaty, to 

 repay violations by suitable punishments, and to appoint the necessary 

 officers for this purpose. 



"The present treaty shall not prevent either of the contracting states 

 from making still stricter regulations for the protection of fish on their 

 territory. 



"Article 13. Each of the contracting states shall appoint a commis- 

 sioner of fisheries for its territory. 



" These commissioners are to inform each other of all new measures 

 regarding the fisheries which their governments have adopted j com- 

 municate to each other the annual reports on the results of the salmon- 

 fisheries, as well as on the young salmon which have been artificially 

 hatched, and placed in the water j and shall, by correspondence and 

 occasional meetings, further the mutual interests of the fisheries in the 

 Rhine and its tributaries. 



"Article 14. The contracting governments will, according to some 

 plan to be agreed on at some future time, make investigations as to the 

 nature and life of fish, especially of the Salmonoidei, and communicate 

 to each other the results of these investigations. 



"Article 15. This treaty will take effect on the 1st of July, 1870, 

 and remain in force for ten years counting from that day ; and if no 

 warning shall have been given by either of the contracting parties twelve 

 months before the end of the period mentioned, it shall continue from 

 year to year till the end of a year after the day on which either of the 

 contracting parties will have given warning. 



"Article 1G. If the treaty concluded November 27, 1SG9, between all 



the states bordering on the Rhine should from some cause not take 



effect on the 1st July, 1870, but at a later date, the present treaty will 



likewise not take effect till this later date. 



"Article 17. Those governments on whose territory there are portions 

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