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Article 7. 



The two Governments shall take lueasnres to control the fitness of the men author- 

 ized to engage in fur seal fishing; these men shall have heen proved fit to handle 

 ■with sufficient skill the weapons by means of which this fishing maj^ he carried on. 



Ai;ticle 8. 



The regulations contained in the preceding articles shall not apply to Indians 

 dwelling on the coasts of the territory of the United States or of Great Britain, and 

 carrying on fur seal fishing in canoes or undecked boats not transported by or used 

 in connection with other vessels and propelled wholly by paddles, oars or sails, and 

 manned by not more than five persons each in the way hitherto practiced by the 

 Indians, provided such Indians are not in the employment of other jiersons, and 

 provided that, when so hunting in canoes or undecked boats, they shall not 

 hunt fur seals outside of territorial waters under contract for the delivery of the 

 skins to any person. 



This exemption shall not be construed to affect the municipal law of cither 

 country, nor shall it extend to the waters of Bering Sea or the waters of the Aleu- 

 tian Passes. 



Nothing herein contained is intended to interfere with the employment of Indians 

 as hunters or otherwise in connection with fur sealing vessels as heretofore. 



AnTiCLE 9. 



The concurrent regulations hereby determined with a view to the protection and 

 preservation of the fur seals, shall remain in force until they have been, in whole or 

 in part, abolished or modified by common agTcemeut between the Governments of 

 the United States and of Great Britain. 



The said concurrent regulations bhall 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. 



DECLARATIOXS MADE BY THE TKIBUXAL OF AUBITRATIOX A\D REFERRED TO THE GOT- 

 ERXMEXTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. 



The Arbitrators declare that the concurrent regulations, as determined upon by 

 the Tribunal of Arbitration, by virtue of Article A^'II of the treaty of the 29th of 

 Februai'y 1892, being applicable to the high sea only, should, in their opinion, be 

 supplemented by other regulations 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 Arbi- 

 trators think fit to recommend both Governments to come to an understanding in 

 order to prohibit any killing of fur seals, either on laud or at sea, for a period of 



