NORTH SEA FISHERIES CONVENTION, 1882. 



Convention 'between Her Britannic Majesty, the German Emperor, 

 King <rf Prussia, the King of the Belgians, the King of Denmark, 

 the President of the French Republic, and the King of the Nether- 

 lands, for regulating the police of the North Sea fisheries. 



[Signed at The Hague, May 6, 1882.] 



Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 

 and Ireland; His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia; 

 His Majesty the King of the Belgians ; His Majesty the King of Den- 

 mark; the President of the French Republic; and His Majesty the 

 King of the Netherlands, haying recognized the necessity of regu- 

 lating the police of the fisheries in the North Sea, outside territorial 

 waters, have resolved to conclude for this purpose a convention, and 

 have named their plenipotentiaries as follows: 



Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, the honorable William Stuart, companion of the Most 

 Honorable Order of the Bath, etc., her envoy extraordinary and min- 

 ister plenipotentiary at The Hague; Charles Malcolm Kennedy, esq., 

 companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, etc., head of the 

 commercial department of the foreign office; and Charles Cecil Tre- 

 vor, esquire, barrister at law, assistant secretary to the Board of 

 Trade, etc.; 



His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, Veit Richard 

 von Schmidthals, knight of the Order of the Red Eagle of the third 

 class, and of the Order of St. John, etc., councilor of legation, his 

 charge d'affaires at The Hague; and Peter Christian Kinch Donner, 

 knight of the Order of the Red Eagle of the fourth class with the 

 sword, and of the crown of the fourth class, etc., his councilor of 

 state, captain in the navy, on the reserve ; 



His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Baron d'Anethan, com- 

 mander of the Order of Leopold, etc., his envoy extraordinary and 

 minister plenipotentiary at The Hague ; and M. Leopold Orban, com- 

 mander of the Order of Leopold, etc., his envoy extraordinary and 

 minister plenipotentiary, director-general of the political department 

 in the ministry of foreign affairs; 



His Majesty the King of Denmark, Carl Adolph Bruun, knight of 

 the Order of the Danebrog, etc., captain in the navy ; 



The President of the French Republic, the Count Lefebvre de 

 Behaine, commander of the national order of the Legion of Honor, 

 etc., envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the French 

 Republic at The Hague ; and M. Gustave Emile Mancel, officer of the 

 national order of the Legion of Honor, etc., commissary of marine; 



His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the Jonkheer Willem 

 Frederik Rochussen, commander of the Order of the Lion of the 

 Netherlands, etc., president of the committee for sea fisheries: 



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