312 REPORTS OP BERING SEA COMMISSION. 



Appointment of soii^ to visit tliG Pribilof Islaiids for the same pur- 

 British Commis- , . i t-j • • i /-n 



Bioners. posG and as representing" the iiritish (jrovernment. 



Obiect of Com- ^^er explaining the use to which this informa- 



nussiou. ^-^j^ j^^y jj^ ^^g ^^^^ j^g p^^^ namely, that it may 



be laid before arbitrators who would probably be 

 selected to consider and adjust the differences be- 

 tween the two Governments, you add that the 

 President proposed, in reference to the appoint- 

 ment of a Joint Commission, the agreement for 

 which is to be made contemporaneously with the 

 terms of arbitration, the following terms of agree- 

 ment : 

 Piovisi o n s of ^' Each Government shall appoint two Commis- 



iigreement. 



sioners to investigate conjointly with the Com- 

 missioners of the other Government all the facts 

 having relation to seal life in Bering Sea and the 

 measures necessary for its proper protection and 

 preservation. The four Commissioners shall, so 

 far as they may be able to agree, make a joint re- 

 port to each of the two Governments, and they 

 shall also report, either jointly or severally, to 

 each Government on any points upon which they 

 may be unable to agree. These reports shall not 

 be made public until they shall be submitted to 

 the Arbitrators or it shall appear that the contin- 

 gency of their being used by the Arbitrators can 

 not arise." 



• Dr. George M. UaAvson, Asst. Director, Geological Survey of 

 Canada. 



