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ollicers shall seize the articles, and shall at once ])rosecnte the oflcnder: provided 

 that the raw hides of seals or sea-otters caught within the territories of Russia or 

 the United Stiites of America, with duo permission of the respective Governments, 

 can be imported into the ICnipire upon the owner or the captain of the shij) produc- 

 ing the certificate given them by the ])roper authority of their Government or the 

 guaranteeing certificate of the Russian or the United States Consuls residing in tlie 

 Empire." 



1G5 " lieport regarding the lierision of the Details of Procedure to carry out the Regu- 

 lations controlling the Seal and Sea-otter Hunting. 



"To his Excellency Eno^motto Takkaki, 



"Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, tSc. 



"Hokkaido, Cno, >1uhj 10, :21st gear of Mciji (ISSS). 

 "Sir: I have the honour to inform your Excellency that the details of procedure 

 to carry out the Regulations controlling seal and sea-otter hunting per notification 

 No. Kd. 1.5 of Hokkaido Cho (December) 191 h of Meiji (1886) have been revised, as 

 shown in the inclosed copy of Chorei No. 35, dated lUth May of the current year. 

 "Ihnve, &c. 



(Signed) "Nagayama TAKKsmito, 



" Director of Hokkaido Cho." 



[" Inclosure.] 



"df.taii.s of prockdure to carry out the regulatioxs controlling the 



SEAL AND ska-otter irUNTING. 



"Article 1. Tiie open season for seal and sea-otter hunting shall be from the 15tli 

 April to the 31st October in each year. 



"Art. 2. The area of hunting shall be all the islands situated eastward of Itrup, 

 and southward of Shimshu, of the Knriles, and it will be divided into three sections, 

 and every year only one of these sections shall be opened for hunting. 



"The first section includes seven islands, /. e., Itrup, Chirihoi, Butettchelboa [?], 

 Broughton, Raikoke, Mushir, and Chirinkotan. 



" The second section includes six islands, i. e., Shimshir, Shiritoi, Ushishir, Sleto- 

 nepa [?], Rasliua, and Matsua. 



"The third section includes twelve islands, i. e., Shannekotan, Yekkerma [?], 

 Karreukotan, Ounekotan, Auos, Makarushi, Shureuwa [?], Paramushir, Holt, Cocks- 

 car, Araito, and Shimshu. 



"Art. 3. When a boat is going out for hunting, her name, tonnage, and the names 

 of the crew shall be reported for inspection to the brunch office of seal and sea-otter 

 hunting superintending authorities, either at Neniuro, in the county of Nemuro, or 

 at Shikotan, in the county of Chishima. 



"Art. 4. When the branch office of seal and sea-otter hunting superintending 

 authorities find the report mentioned in Article 3 in due form on inspection, it ■will 

 give to the boat a Hag hereinafter shown. 



"Art. 5. Any person who wishes to export and sell the raw hides of his catch shall 

 produce them to the Shikotan branch of the seal and sea-otter hunting superintending 

 authorities, and shall have them stamped." 



