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Island, thence following the western and northern shore line of the said Fidalgo 

 Island to Swinoniish Slough, crossing the said Swinomish Slough in line with the 

 track of the Great Northern Railway, thence northerly following the shore line 

 of the mainland to Point Grey at the southern entrance to Burrard Inlet, British 

 Columbia, thence in a straight line to the southern end of Gabriola Island, 

 thence to the southern side of the entrance to Boat Harbor, Vancouver Island, 

 thence following the eastern and southern shores of the said Vancouver Island 

 to the starting point at Carmanagh Lighthouse, as shown on the United States 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6300, as corrected to July 20, 1918, and 

 also the Eraser River and its tributaries. 



The High Contracting Parties engage to have prepared, as soon as practicable, 

 charts of the waters described in this article, with the international boundary line 

 indicated thereon; and to establish such buoys and marks for the purposes of this 

 convention as may be recommended by the commission referred to in Article IV. 



Article IV 



The High Contracting Parties agree to appoint, within two months after the 

 exchange of ratifications of this convention, a commission to be known as the Inter- 

 national Fisheries Commission, consisting of four persons, two to be named by 

 each party. This commission shall continue to exist so long as this convention 

 shall be iii force. Each party shall have the power to fill, and shall fiU, from time 

 to time, any vacancy which ma.v occur in its representation on the commission. 

 Each party shall pay its own commissioners, and any joint expenses shall be paid 

 by the two High Contracting Parties in equal moieties. 



Article V 



The International Fisheries Commission shall conduct investigations into the 

 ife history of the salmon, hatchery methods, spawning-ground conditions, and 

 other related matters, and shall observe the operation of the said regulations 

 appended hereto, and shall recommend to their respective Governments any 

 modifications of, additions to, or substitutions for the appended regulations 

 which may be found desirable. 



Article VI 



The regulations appended to this convention shall remain in force for a period of 

 eight years from the date of their promulgation, as provided in Article II, and there- 

 after until one year from the date when either of the High Contracting Parties 

 shall give notice to the other of its desire for their revision, or until the termination 

 of this convention, whichever shaU first occur. Immediately upon such notice 

 being given, the International Fisheries Commission shall proceed to make a 

 revision of said regulations, which revised regulations shall be incorporated in a 

 special agreement between the High Contracting Parties. It is understood that 

 such special agreement shall on the part of the United States be made by the Presi- 

 dent of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate 

 thereof. Such special agreement shall be binding only when confirmed by the 

 two Governments bj^ an exchange of notes. Such special agreement shall be 

 promulgated as provided in Article II hereof, and shall remain in force for a period 

 of five years and thereafter until one year from the date when a further notice 

 of revision is given as above provided in this article, or untU the termination of 

 this convention, whichever shall first occur. 



It shall, however, at any time, be in the power of the High Contracting Parties 

 by special agreement upon the recommendation of the International Fisheries 

 Commission, to make modifications of, additions to, or substitutions for any 

 of the regulations in force, and (or) to make the provisions of this convention, 

 and any regulations promulgated in accordance with the terms thereof, operative 

 in the waters specified in Article III of this convention, as to any or all of the 

 other species of salmon, including steelhead. It is understood that such special 

 agreement shaU on the part of the United States be made by the President of 

 the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof. 

 Such special agreement shall be binding only when confirmed by the two Govern- 

 ments by an exchange of notes. Such special agreement shaU be promulgated 

 as provided in Article II hereof. 



Article VII 



This convention shall remain in force for a period of fifteen years, and thereafter 

 until two years from the date when either of the High Contracting Parties, shall 

 give notice to the other of its desire to terminate this convention. 



