2328 NORTH ATLANTIC COAST FISHERIES ARBITRATION. 



The said vessels shall be authorised to transport from one fishing- 

 ground to another, without imposts or taxes, the persons and articles 

 necessary in the fishing industry, as well as the fish and other sea 

 products. The aforementioned vessels shall submit in all other re- 

 spects to the Russian laws on coasting trade at present enforced or 

 which may be enacted in future. 



ARTICLE 9. 



Japanese and Russian subjects who have acquired fishing tracts 

 in the regions specified in article 1 of the present convention 

 1405 shall be placed in a footing of equality with regard to the laws, 

 regulations, and ordinances at present in force or which may be 

 enacted in future concerning fish culture and the protection of fish 

 and aquatic products, the supervision of the industry connected there- 

 with, and any other matter relating to fisheries. 



The Japanese Government shall oe notified of newly enacted laws 

 and regulations at least six months before their enforcement. 



With regard to newly enacted ordinances, notice shall be given 

 thereof to the Japanese consul at Vladivostok at least two months 

 before they go into effect. 



ARTICLE 10. 



With regard to matters not specially designated in the present 

 convention, but which relate to the fishing industry in the regions 

 specified in article 1 of the said convention, Japanese subjects shall 

 be treated on the same footing as Russian subjects who have acquired 

 fishing tracts in the aforementioned regions. 



ARTICLE 11. 



Japanese subjects may engage in the preparation of fish and 

 aquatic products within the tracts of ground which shall be rented to 

 them outside the regions specified in article 1 of the present conven- 

 tion, always submitting to the laws, regulations, and ordinances 

 which are or may be in force and applicable to all foreigners in 

 Russia. 



ARTICLE 12. 



The Imperial Government of Japan, in consideration of the fishing 

 rights granted by the Imperial Government of Russia to Japanese 

 subjects by virtue of the present convention agrees not to levy any 

 import duties on the fish and aauatic products caught or taken within 

 the provinces of the coast ana the Amour, whether these fish and 

 aquatic products are manufactured or not 



ARTICLE 13. 



The present convention shall remain in force for twelve years. It 

 shall be renewed or modified at the end of every twelve years, by vir- 

 tue of a mutual agreement between the two High Contracting Parties. 



ARTICLE 14. 



The present convention shall be ratified and the ratifications ex- 

 changed at Tokyo as soon as possible and at all events not later than 

 four months after its signature. 



