NORTH SEA FISHERIES CONVENTION, 1882. 55 



In witness whereof the plenipotentiaries have signed the present 

 convention, and have affixed thereto their seals. 



Done at the Hague, in six copies, the 6th May, 1882. 



W. STUART. 



C. M. KENNEDY. 



C. CECIL TREVOR. 



V. SCHMIDTHALS. 



CHR. DONNER. 



B on . A. D'ANETHAN. 



LEOPOLD ORBAN. 



C. BRUTJN. 



C te . LEFEBVRE DE BEHAINE. 



EM. MANCEL. 

 , ROCHTJSSEN. 



E. N. RAHUSEN. 



L. S. 

 L. S. 

 L. S. 

 L. S. 

 L. S. 

 L. S. 

 L. S. 

 L. S. 

 L. 8. 

 L. S. 

 L. 8. 

 L. S. 



Protocol relating to deposit of instruments of ratification with the 

 Netherlands Government. 



[Translation.] 



In conformity with the agreement arrived at between their respec- 

 tive Governments, the undersigned envoys extraordinary and min- 

 isters plenipotentiary of Her Majesty the Queen of the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, His 

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

 of the Belgians, and tlie French Republic, met together this day at 

 the office of the minister for foreign affairs at the Hague, in order to 

 proceed with the undersigned minister for foreign affairs of His 

 Majesty the King of the Netherlands, to the examination and deposit 

 of the instruments of ratification of the convention signed at the 

 Hague the 6th May, 1882, having for its object the regulation of the 

 police of the fisheries in the North Sea, outside territorial waters. 



The instruments of ratification haying been produced, and the 

 minister for foreign affairs of His Majesty the King of the Nether- 

 lands having produced the instrument of ratification of His Majesty 

 the King of Denmark, which the minister for foreign affairs at 

 Copenhagen had forwarded to him in a note dated the llth June, 

 1883, as well as the instrument of ratification signed by His Majesty 

 the King of the Netherlands, and the said instruments having been 

 examined and found in good and due form, the documents were de- 

 livered to the minister for foreign affairs of His Majesty the King 

 of the Netherlands, in order that they might remain deposited in the 

 archives of the department for foreign affairs at the Hague, such 

 deposit being in place of an exchange of the said instruments. 



The undersigned, envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipo- 

 tentiary, duly authorized by their respective Governments, and the 

 undersigned, minister for foreign affairs *of His Majesty the King 

 of the Netherlands, equally authorized by His Majesty the King of 

 the Netherlands, and by the Government of His Majesty the King of 

 Denmark, have, moreover, mutually agreed that the convention shall 

 be put into operation two months after the date of the present 

 protocol. 



