INTRODUCTION. 3 



SO, what rig'lit of protection or property in the Q"estious sub- 

 fur-seals frequenting the islands of the United 

 States in Behring-'s Sea when such seals are found 

 outside the ordinary three-mile limit 1" 



Article VII. 



^ foTAo-oino* mies- 



protectiou of seiils. 



''If the determination of the foreg-oing* ques- Regulations for 



" a -I protect lo; 



tions as to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United 

 States sha,ll leave the subject in such a position 

 that the concurrence of Great Britain is neces- 

 sary to the establishment of Regulations for the 

 proper protection and preservation of the fur- 

 seal in, or habitually resorting to, the Behring's 

 Sea, the Arbitrators shall then determine what 

 concurrent Regulations outside the jurisdictional 

 limits of the respective Governments are neces- 

 sary, and over what waters such Regulations 

 should extend; and to aid them in that deter- 

 mination 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 Hio-li Contracting- Parties furthermore 

 agree to cooperate in securing the adhesion of 

 other Powers to such Regulations." 



