BEHRING SEA COMMISSION. 



JOINT REPORT. 



No. 3. 



The Behring Sea Commissioners to the Marquis of Salisbury. — [Received 



March 19.) 



Washington, March 4, 1892. 

 My Lord : "We have tlie honour to transmit herewith a Report signed 

 this day by the Coininissiouers of Great Britain and the United States 

 appointed to investigate the condition of seal life in the North Pacific 

 Ocean. 



Under the instructions contained in your Lordship's despatches of the 

 24th June, 1891, and of the 15th January last, and in accordance ^yith 

 the terms of the Agreement arranged between the two Governments, 

 the requisite investigations have been carried out; the .loint Keport, as 

 now subn)itted, lias been agreed to; and we are at i)resent engaged in 

 drawing up our "several" lieports dealing with those facts of seal life, 

 and measures necessary for its proper protection and preservation, on 

 which no agreement was come to in the Joint Report. 

 We have, &c. 



(Signed) George Baden-Powell. 



George M. Dawson. 



[Inclosuro in No. 3.] 

 BEHRING SEA COMMISSION JOINT REPORT. 



An Agreement having lieen entered into between the Governments of Great Britain 

 and the United States to the effect that — 



"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 measnres necessary for its proper protection and 

 preservation ; 



"The four Commissioners shall, so far as they may he able to agree, make a Joint 

 Report to each of the two Governments; and they shall also report, either jointly or 

 severally, to each Government on any points npon which they may he unable to 

 agree ; 



"These Reports shall not be made pnblic until they shall be submitted to the Arbi- 

 trators, or it shall appear that the contingency of their being used by the Arbitrators 

 cannot arise ; " 



And we, in accordance with the above Agreement, having been duly commissioned 

 by our respective Governments, and having communicated to each other our respective 

 powers, found in good and due form, have agreed to the following Report : 



