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States in Behring ISea iclicn such seals are found outside the ordinary 

 Smile limit H 



Article VII. 



If the deternnnation of the foreg-ciug questions as to the exchisive 

 jnrisdi(^tion of the United States shall leave the subject in such position 

 that the concurrence of Great Britaiu is necessary to the establishment 

 of liegulations for the ])roper protection and preservation of the fur- 

 seal in, or habitually resorting to, the Behring Sea, the Arbitrators 

 shall then determine what concurrent Regulations outside the jurisdic- 

 tional limits of the respective Governments are necessary, and over 

 what waters such Regulations should extend, and to aid them in that 

 determination, the report of a Joint Commission, to be appointed by 

 the respective Governments, shall be laid before them, with such other 

 evidence as either Government may submit. 



The High Contracting Parties furthermore agree to cooperate in 

 securing the adhesion of other Powers to such Regulations. 



Article IX. 



Each Government shall appoint two Commissioners to investigate, 

 conjointly with the Commissioners of the other Government, all the 

 facts having relation to seal life in Behring Sea. and the measures 

 necessary for its proper protection and preservation. 



The four Commissioners shall, so far as they may be able to agree, 

 make a joint report to each of the two Governments, and tlicy shall also 

 report, either jointly or severally, to each Governmenton any points on 

 Avhich they may be unable to agree. 



These reports shall not be made public until they shall be submitted 

 to the Arbitrators, or it shall appear that thecontingency of their being- 

 used by the Arbitrators can not arise. 



Article XIV. 



The High Contracting- Parties engage to consider the result of the 

 proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration as a full and linal settle- 

 ment of all the questions referred to the Arbitrators. 



MODUS VIVENDI OF 1892. 



Article I. 



Her Majesty's Government will prohibit, during the pendency of the 

 arbitration, seal killing in that part of Behring Sea lying eastward of 

 the line of demarcation described in Article 1, of the Treaty of 1807 

 between the United States and Russia, and will ])rom]>tly use its best 

 efforts to ensure the observance of this prohibition by British subjects 

 aiul vessels. 



Article II. 



The United States Government will prohibit seal killing for the same 

 period in the same part of Beliring's Sea and on tlie shores and islands 

 thereof the property of the United States (in excess of seven thousand 

 fiv(^ hundred to be taken on the islands for the subsistence of the 

 natives), and will prom|)t]yuse its best efforts to ensure the observance 

 of this prohibition by United States citizens and vessels. 



