INTRODUCTION. 



Further provision was made in the Treaty of ^j^JJ^Jj^^^j.^^^^'"" 

 February 29, 1892, as follows: 



Aeticle IX. 



"The Hidi Contracting Parties have a<?reecl .J"'"*, ^ompis 

 to appoint two Commissioners on the part of each ^^'^^^ ^'^"' 

 Government to make the joint investigation and 

 report contemplated in the preceding Article VII, 

 and to include the terms of the said agreement 

 in the present Convention, to the end that the 

 joint and several reports and recommendations of 

 said Commissioners may be in due form submitted 

 to the Ai'bitrators, should the contingency therefor 

 arise, the said agreement is accordingly herein 

 included, as follows: 



"Each Grovernment shall appoint two Com- 

 missioners to investigate conjointly with the 

 Commissioners of the other Government all the 

 facts having relation to seal life in Behring's Sea, 

 and the measures necessary for its proper pro- 

 tection 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 tliey shall 

 also report, either jointly or severally, to each 

 Government on any points uy^on which they 

 may be unable to agree. 



"These reports shall not be made public until 



