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period of time, so as to enable nature to retrieve tlie losses which this 

 race of animals has undei'.yone, declared that he does not feel authorized 

 by the terms of his mandate to express an ojunion ou the subject. 



Sir Joliu Thompson looked upon the subject in the same light as 

 Lord Hauneu. 



The other arbitrators ado])ted the secoud declaration and it was 

 decided that the text of tlic three declarations should be handed, at 

 the same time as the award, but in a separate document, to the agents 

 of the two Governments of the United States of Auujrica and of Great 

 Britain, to be transmitted by them to their resijective Governments. 



Passing to the consideration of the questions of fa»;t which had been 

 referred to it by the Britannic Government, by virtue of Article VIII 

 of the treaty of February 29lh, 18!)2, the Tribunal noticed that the 

 agent and counsel of the Government of the United States had 

 admitted that the statement of facts submitted by the agent of the 

 (rovernment of Great Britain was contirmed by the evidence, and had 

 declared themselves in accord with the agent and counsel of the Gov- 

 ernment of Great Britain to leave it to the Tribunal to declare and 

 pronounce true, as far as it might judge proper, the said statement of 

 facts. 



The arbitrators, after deliberating, in consequence, ui)()n the facts 

 submitted to the Tribunal, decided unanimously that the said facts, as 

 related in the above mentioned statement, are true. 



The arbitrators then proceeded with the final wording of the award, 

 so as to make the award agree with each of the decisions arrived at by 

 a majority of votes on each of the questions submitted to the Tribunal, 

 taking as a basis of this wording, as it had been agreed, the form pre- 

 pared by Lord Hannen. 



It was distinctly agreed that the arbitrators who found themselves 

 in the minority on certain (juestions were not to be understood as with- 

 drawing their votes. Under this reservation, the final text of the 

 award was fixed and settled, by a unanimous vote of the arbitrators, 

 in the form annexed to the present })rotocol. 



The Tribuiuil decided, unanimously, that in conlbrmity with the 

 directions of the treaty of February 2!)th, 1892, two copies of the award 

 should be prepared and signed to be handed to the two agents of the 

 United States of America and of Great Britain, and that a third copy 

 should also be prepared and signed to be filed in the archives of the 

 arbitration, which will remain confided to the French (Jovernment. 



A similar decision was adopted as regards the declarations. 



Mr. Justice Harlan then sul)mitte(l the following motion, which was 

 adopted by a unaninuuis vote of the arbitrators: 



The right is reserved to each iuMtiatm- to lile with the secretary of tliis Trihimal, 

 at any time after its adjoiuiinieut, and before the 1st day of January, 189i, an o])in- 

 ion or opinions upon the ((U(^'^tion8 or any of tliem 8u))rnitt(!d for d(^ternliuation, and 

 such opinion or opinions shall bo regarded as an annex to this protocol. 



