50 PROTOCOLS. 



PiiOTOCOL LII. 



MEETINCI OF FlIIDAY, JULY 7, 1893. 



Tiie Trilmiiiil asseuibled at 11.30 a. in., all the arbitrators bciiijr 



present. 



The Honorable Edward J. Plielps resumed his arj;anieut. 



At 1.30 the Tribunal took a recess. 



On reassembling, the Honorable Edward J. Phelps continued his: 



argument. 



At 4 p. m. the Tribunal adjourned to the next day at 2 p. m. 



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



Tlui Vrmdvnl: AlPIL DE COUIJCEL. 



The J fjeiit for the United jStalcs: JOIIN W. EOSTKR. 



The Arjciit for <h-eat Britain: (JlIARLES H. TurPER. 



The Secretary : A. ImBERT. 



Translation certified to be accurate: 



A. Bailly-Blanchard, } ^ c, , • „ 

 „ } Co- Secretaries. 



n. OUNYKGHAME, ) 



PROTOCOL LIII. 



MEETING OF SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1893. 



The Tribunal assembled at 2 p. n)., all the arbitrators being 

 present. 



The lloncnable Edward J.Phelps continued and concluded his argu- 

 ment. 



Sir Cliailes Ivussell, in the name of his colleagues, thanked the 

 members of the Tribunal for the kind attention with which they had 

 followed the lengthy debates. He also thanked the secretary, cosecre- 

 taries, and assistant secretaries of the Tribunal, as well as the private 

 secretaries of the arbitrators for theii' obliging and useful assistance. 



The Honorable Edward J. Plielps indorsed tiie I'emarks of 8ir 

 Charles llussell in the n;iine of counsel for the Government of the 

 United States. He referred, on behalf of all his colleagues, to the 

 ability and courtesy with which the president had directed the diseus- 

 sions, and he renewed the expression of their gratitude for the hospi- 

 tality of Era nee. 



The i)resideiit thereupon announced that the Tribunal would take 

 the case under consideration. 



Sir Charles Ilussell and the Honorable Edward J. Phelps expressed 

 their desire thai in case the Tribunal, during its deliberations, should 

 find it necessary to obtain from counsel any further information, the 

 re(]uest for such information and the answer thereto should be iu 

 writing. 



