BERING SEA COMMISSION. 



JOINT REPORT. 



An agreement having been entered into be- 

 tween the Governments of the United States and 

 Great Britain to the effect that — 



''Each Government shall appoint two Com-^^,^^^'^«^^s^<'"» °f 

 missioners to investigate conjointly with the 

 Commissioners of the other Government all the 

 facts having relation to seal life in Bering Sea, 

 and the measures necessary for its proper protec- 

 tion 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 they shall also 

 report, either jointly or severally, to each Gov- 

 ernment on any points upon which they may bo 

 unable to agree. 



" These reports shall not be made public until 



they shall be submitted to the Arbitrators, or it 



shall appear that the contingency of their being 



used by the Arbitrators can not arise." 



SOT 



