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These reports shall not be made public until they shall be submitted to the arbi- 

 trators, or it shall appear that the contingency of their being used by the arbitrators 

 can not arise. 



ART. X. Each Government shall pay the expenses of its members of the joint 

 commission in the investigation referred to in the preceding article. 



ART. XL The decision of the tribunal shall, if possible, be made within three 

 months from the close of the argument on both sides. 



It shall be made in writing and dated, and shall be signed by the arbitrators who 

 may assent to it. 



The decision shall be in duplicate, one copy thereof shall be delivered to the agent 

 of the United States for his Government, and the other copy shall be delivered to the 

 agent of Great Britain for his Government. 



ART. XII. Each Government shall pay its own agents and provide for the proper 

 remuneration of the counsel employed by it, and of the arbitrators appointed by it, 

 and for the expense of preparing and submitting its case to the tribunal. All other 

 expenses connected with the arbitration shall be defrayed by the two Governments in 

 equal moieties. 



ART. XIII. The arbitrators shall keep an accurate record of their proceedings, 

 and may appoint and employ the necessary officers to assist them. 



ART. XIV. The High Contracting Parties engaged to consider the result of the 

 proceedings of the tribunal of arbitration, as a full, perfect, and final settlement of all 

 the questions referred to the arbitrators. 



ART. XV. The present treaty shall be duly ratified by the President of the United 

 States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by 

 Her Britannic Majesty 5 and the ratification shall be exchanged either at Washington 

 or at London within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. 



In faith whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and 

 have hereunto affixed our seals. 



Done in duplicate at Washington the twenty-ninth day of February, one thousand 

 eight hundred and ninety-two. 



[SEAL.] JAMES G. BLAINE. 



[SEAL.! JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 



AWARD OF THE TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION CONSTITUTED UNDER THE TREATY 

 CONCLUDE AT WASHINGTON THE 29TR OF FEBRUARY, 1892, BETWEEN THE UNITED 

 STATES OF AMERICA AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 

 OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



[English version.] 



Whereas by a treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, 

 signed at Washington February 29, 1892, the ratifications of which by the Governments 

 of the two countries were exchanged at London on May 7, 1892, it was, amongst other 

 things, agreed and concluded that the questions which had arisen between the 

 Government of the United States of America and the Government of Her Britannic 

 Majesty, concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of 

 Bering Sea, and concerning also the preservation of the fur seal in or habitually 



