AWARD AND DECLARATIONS. 79 



concurrent Kegiilations outside the jurisdictional limits of the respec- 

 tive Governments are necessary and that they should extend over the 

 waters hereinafter mentioned; that is to say: 



Article 1. 



The Governments of the United States and of Great Britain shall 

 forbid their citizens and subjects res[)ectively to kill, capture, or pnrsue, 

 at any time and in any manner whatever, the animals commonly called 

 fur seals, within a zone of sixty miles aroniid the Pribilof Islands, 

 inclusive of the territorial waters. 



The miles mentioned in the pieceding paragraph are geographical 

 miles of sixty to a degree of latitnde. 



Article 2. 



The two Governments shall forbid their citizens and subjects respec- 

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

 season extending, each year, from the 1st of May to tlie 31st of July, 

 both inclusive, the fur seals on the high sea, in the part of the Pacilic 

 Ocean, inclusive of the Bering Sea, which is situated to the north of 

 the 35th degree of North latitude, and eastward of the 180th degree of 

 longitude irom Greenwich till it strikes the water boundary described 

 in Article 1 of the Treaty of 1807 between the United States and Eus- 

 sia, and following that line u]) to Bering Straits. 



Article 3. 



During the period of time and in the waters in which the fur seal 

 fishing is allowed, only sailing vessels shall be i»ermitted to carry on or 

 take iKirt in fur-seal fishing operations. They will, however, be at lib- 

 erty to avail themselves of the use of such canoes or undecked boats, 

 propelled by paddles, oars, or sails, as are in common use as fishing 

 boats. 



Article 4. 



Each sailing vessel authorized to fish for fur seals must be provided 

 with a special license issued for that purpose by its Government and 

 shall be required to carry a distinguishing- flag to be prescribed by its 

 Government. 



Article 5. 



The masters of the vessels engaged in fur seal fishing shall enter 

 accurately in their official log book the date and place of each fur seal 

 fishing operation, and also the number 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 end of each fishing season. 



