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iiien in boats, nriiied with the brcoeli-loiuliiii;' (loiible-barrelcd sliotginis, with c^liu- 

 dor c;utridj;es. 



Baion (le Courcel, Miuqiiis Mscoiiti Veiiosta, and Mr. Gregers Gram, 

 luniiig, witli tlio assent of their colleagues, i)repare(l a draft of concur- 

 rent regulations intended to be submitted to the Tribunal, presented, 

 in tin ir eolleetivH' names, the draft, of which the text is as follows: 



Articlk 1. The Govi'Viuneiits of the United States and of Great Britain aliall for- 

 bid tlieir citizens and subjects, respectively, to kill, capture, or pursue at any time, 

 and in any manner whatt^'Cr, the animals connnonly called fur-seals within a zone 

 of ()0 miles around tlie Pribilof Islands, inclusive of the territorial w^aters. 



The miles menlioned in the preceding paragra})!! are geograiihical miles, of 60 to 

 a degree of latitude. 



Airr. 2. The two Governments shall forbid their citizens and subjects, respectively, 

 to kill, capture, or pursue, in any manner whatever, during the season extending 

 each year from the 15th of April to the 31st of July, both inclusive, the fur-seals on 

 the high sea in the part of the Pacific Ocean, inclusive of the Bering Sea, which is 

 situated to the north of the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude. 



Akt. 3. During the period of time and in the waters in whic'li the fur-seal fishing is 

 allowed only sailing vessels shall be permitted to carry on or take part in fur-seal 

 fishing operations. They will, however, be at liberty to avail themselves of the use 

 of canoes or small lioats, propelled Avholly by oars. 



AUT. 4. The sailing vessels authorized to iish for fur-seals must be provided with 

 a special license issued for that purpose by its Government, and shall be required to 

 cany a distinguishing fiag to be lU'cscribi^d by its Government. 



Art. 5. The masters of the vessels engaged in fur-seal fishing shall enter accu- 

 rately in their official log book the date and place of each fur-seal fishing operation, 

 and also the nuni1)er and sex of the seals captured, upon each day. These entries 

 shall be communicated by each of the two Governments to the other at the cud of 

 each fishing season. 



AuT. 6. Tlie use of nets, firearms, and explosives shall be forbidden in the fur-seal 

 fishing. This restriction shall not apply to shotguns when such fishing takes place 

 outside of Bering Sea. 



AiiT. 7. The two Governments shall take measures to contrcd the fitness of the 

 men authorized to engage in fur-seal tishing; these men shall have been proved fit to 

 handle with sul'licient skill the weapons by means of which this fishing may bo 

 carried on. 



AuT. S. The regulations contained in the preceding articles shall not a])i>ly to 

 Indians dwelling on the coasts of the territory of the United States or of Great 

 Jb-ifaiu, and carrying on in their canoes, at a small distance from the coasts where 

 they dwell, fur-seal fislung. 



AuT. !». The concurrent regulations hereby determined Avith a view to the protec- 

 tion and preservation of the fur-seals shall remain in force until they have been, in 

 A\ hok', or in part, abolished or modified by common agreement between the Goveru- 

 uients of the United States and of Great Britain. 



The said concurrent regulations shall be submitted every five years to a new 

 examination, so as to enable both interested governments to consider whether, in 

 the light of past experience, there is occasion for any modification thereof. 



Baron de Courcel developed, on behalf of his two colleagues and in 

 his name, the reasons in support of the preceding draft. 



The Tribunal decided to take, as a basis of its deliberations upon the 

 concurrent regulations which it was required to i)repare, the wording- 

 presented collectively by Baron de Courcel, Marquis Visconti Venosta, 

 and Mr. Gregers Gram. 



