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PROTOCOL VI. 



MEETING OF FRIDAY, ATRIL 7, 1893. 



The Tribunal assembled at 11.40 a. ra., all the arbitrators being 

 present. 



The Honorable E. J. Phelps called the attention of the Tribunal to 

 certain errors in the fhorthaiid notes. 



The president stated that the only official minutes which were 

 specially under the authority of the Tribunal were the protocols; the 

 responsibility of tlie shorthand notes rested, exclusively with the agents 

 of the two Governments. 



Mr. James C. Carter then continued his argument on behalf of the 

 United States. 



At 1.30 the Tribunal adjourned for a short time. 



On reassembling, Mr. Carter continued and conchided his argument. 



The counsel on both sides then exchanged, with the sanction of the 

 president, some supplementary explanations on points relevant to the 

 arguments which had previously taken place. 



The Honorble E. J. Phelps having afterwards applied to have the 

 second motion considered, the Tribunal declared that it would announce 

 its intentions on this subject at the next meeting. 



At 3.50 p. m. the Tribunal adjourned to Tuesday for a private meet- 

 ing, the iniblic meeting being postponed to Wednesday, April 12, 1893. 



Done at Paris, the 7th of April, 1893, and signed: 



The President : ALrH. DE CoURflEL. 



The Agent for the United AStates : JOHN W. Fo.STER. 



The Agent for Great Britain : ClIARLES H. TUPPER. 



The Secretary : A. ImBERT. 

 Translation certified to be accurate: 



A. liATLLY-BLAlN'rilART), ) ^ « ^ . 



^^ ^, ' ^ (Jo- /Secretaries. 



H. CUNYNGHAME, ) 



PROTOCOL VII. 



MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1893. 



The Tribunal assend^led at 11.40 a. m., all the arbitrators being 

 present. 



The president then read the decision of the Tribunal with reference; 

 to the " Supplementary Report of the British Bering Sea Commission- 

 ers, " dated January 31, 1893, the admissibility of which was the subject 

 of the debates which took place at the pi-evious meetings. 



The terms of this decision are as follows: 



It is ordered that tlio document entitled n " 8iipplpmentiiry Report of the British 

 Bering Sea Commissioners," dated Jannary 31st, 1893, and signed by George Baden 



