PROTOCOLS. 35 



PKOTOCOL XXXII. 



MEETINa OF FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1893. 



Tlic Tribnnal asseiubled at ll.;>(), all the arbitrators being present. 



Sir liichard Web-itcr resumed liis argiinieut. 



At 1.30 the Tribunal toDJc a recess. 



On reassembliiiii', Sir Kichard Webster continued his ar<iunient. 



At 4 p. ni. the Tribnnal adjourned until Tuesday, June 0th, at 11.30 



Done at Paris, the 2nd of -lune, 1<S!)3, and signed: 



The rirsidvnt: ALPH. DE COURCEL. 

 The Agent for the rnlted States: JOIIN W. FOSTER. 

 The Aijent for (irvat Britain: OhARLES H. TuPPER. 

 The Seeretary : A. ImpERT. 

 Translation ecrtilied to be accurate: 



A. Bailly-Blanciiard, ) .^ c. , • 



H. Cui^iYNGIIAME, S 



PB(3T()0OL XXXIII. 



MEETING OF TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1803. 



The Tribunal assembled at 11.30 a. m., all the arbitrators being 

 present. 



H. E. M. Gram, the arbitrator designated by Sweden and Xorway, 

 read the following statement: 



Tlie Appendix Voluiue I to the (luitetl States case gives the text of the law and 

 rcgulaiions relating to the protection of wliales on the coast of Finnniarken. It was 

 my iutrntion hiter on to explain to my colleagues these laws and regulations in 

 ^ui)plying some information about the natural conditions of Norway and Sweden 

 which have necessitated the establishment of special rules concerning the territorial 

 waters, and to.state at the same time my opinion as to whether those rules and their 

 subject-matter may be considered as having any bearing npon the present case. As, 

 however, iu the latest sittings reference has r(!pcatedly been made to the Norwegian 

 legislation concerning this matter, I think it might be of some use at the present 

 juncture to give a very brief relation of the leading features of those rules. 



The peculiarity of the Norwegian law quoted by the counsel for the United States 

 consists in its providing for a close season for the wlialing. As to its stipulations 

 about inner and territorial waters, such stipulations are simply applications to a 

 special case of the general princii)les laid down in the Norwegian legislation con- 

 cerning the gulfs and the waters washing the coasts. A glance on the map will 

 be suflicient to show the great nuinlxjr of gulfs or fiords and their importance for the 

 inhabitants of Norway. Some of these fiords have a considerable development, 

 stretching themselves far into the country and being at their mouth very wide. 

 Ne\erthele«s, they have been from time immemorial considered as inner waters, and 

 til is principle has alwaj's been maintained, (!ven as against foreign subjects. 



More than twenty years ago a fdt'eign Government once complained that a vessel 

 of their nationality had been prevented from fishing in one of the largest fiords of 



