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The fishing for whale and cod-fish, a well as for all kinds of fish 

 and aquatic products which cannot be taken within special tracts, 

 shall be permitted to Japanese subjects on sea-going vessels provided 

 with a special permit 



ABTICLE 3. 



Japanese subjects who shall have acquired fishing tracts by lease 

 in accordance with the provisions of article 2 of the present conven- 

 tion shall have, within the limits of these tracts, the right to make 

 free use of the coasts which have been granted to them for the pur- 

 pose of carrying on their fishing industry. They may make on these 

 coasts the necessary repairs to their boats and nets, haul the latter 

 on land and land their fish and aquatic products, and salt, dry, pre- 

 pare, and store their fish and other hauls there. For these purposes 

 they shall be at liberty to construct thereon buildings, stores, cabins, 

 and drying houses, or to remove them, 



ARTICLE 4. 



Japanese subjects and Russian subjects who have acquired fishing 

 tracts in the regions specified in article 1 of the present convention 

 shall be treated on an equal footing in everything regarding imposts 

 or taxes, which are or shall be levied on the right to fish and to pre- 

 pare fishing products, or on the movable or immovable property nec- 

 essary in this industry. 



ARTICLE 5. 



The Imperial Russian Government shall not collect any duty on 

 fish and aquatic products, caught or taken in the provinces of the 

 coast and of the Amour, whether such fish and aquatic products are 

 manufactured or not, when they are intended for export to Japan. 



ARTICLE 6. 



No restriction shall be established regarding the nationality of 

 persons employed by Japanese subjects in fishing or in the prepara- 

 tion of fish and aquatic products in the regions specified in article 1 

 of the present convention. 



ARTICLE 7. 



With regard to the mode of preparation of fish and aquatic 

 products, the Imperial Russian Government agrees not to impose on 

 Japanese subjects any special restrictions from which Russian sub- 

 jects are exempt who have acquired fishing tracts in the regions 

 specified in article 1 of the present convention. 



ARTICLE 8. 



Japanese subjects who have acquired the right to fish may proceed 

 directly either from Japan to the fishing-grounds, or from these 

 grounds to Japan, on vessels provided with a certificate issued in 

 Japan by the competent Russian consulate, as well as with a bill of 

 health issued by the Japanese authorities. 



