DECLARATIONS 



MADE BY THE TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION 



AND REFERRED 



TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND GEEAT BRITAIN 

 FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. 



The Arbitrators declare that the concurrent Eegulations, as deter- 

 miued upon by the Tribunal of Arbitration, by virtue of Article VII of 

 the Treaty of the 20th of February, 1892, being applicable to the high 

 sea only, should, in their opinion, be supplemented by other Eegulations 

 applicable within the limits of the sovereignty of each of the two 

 Powers interested and to be settled by their common agreement. 



II 



In view of the critical condition to which it appears certain that the 

 race of fur-seals is now reduced in consequence of circumstances not 

 fully known, the Arbitrators think lit to recommend both Govern- 

 ments to come to an understanding in order to prohibit any killing of 

 fur-seals, either on land or at sea, for a period of two or three years, 

 or at least one year, subject to such exceptions as the two Governments 

 might think proper to admit of. 



Such a measure might be recurred to at occasional intervals if found 

 beneficial. 



Ill 



The Arbitrators declare, moreover, that, in their opinion, the carrying 

 out of tlie Eegulations determined upon by the Tribunal of Arbitration 

 should be assured by a system of stipulations and measures, to be 

 enacted by the two Powers, and that the Tribunal must, in conse- 



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