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term before the said convention went into force, shall also be leased 

 for a long term immediately after the convention goes into force. 



5. All Japanese steam vessels navigating in Russian waters for the 

 purpose of engaging there in the fishing industry must be provided 

 with a ship's journal translated into Russian or English. As to 

 Japanese sailing vessels navigating in Russian waters for the pur- 

 pose of engaging in the fishing industry, they shall comply with the 

 foregoing provision as far as possible. 



6. The principles laid down in article 11 of the fisheries convention 

 having been established, the Plenipotentiary of Japan expressed the 

 hope that the Imperial Russian Government, in imposing upon 

 Japanese subjects the restrictions which might be connected with 

 the application of this article, will be guided only by considerations 

 of public order, and that it will endeavour to reduce them as much 

 as possible. The Russian Plenipotentiary replied that he shared this 

 view, and that the intention of the Russian Government was to estab- 

 lish the same rules for all foreigners engaged hi the industry men- 

 tioned in the same article as are now enforced in the Nicolayefsk 

 region (mouth of the Amour and the Liman),but that it reserved the 

 right not to extend these rules to localities where the supervision is 

 difficult. 



7. The Plenipotentiary of Japan, taking note of the final accept- 

 ance by the Plenipotentiary of Russia of the wording of article 5 

 whereby the Russian Government agrees not to collect any duty, 

 impost, or tax, under any denomination whatever, on fish or aquatic 

 products caught or taken within the Russian waters of the provinces 

 of the coast and of the Amour, and intended for export to Japan, 

 whether such fish or aquatic products are manufactured or not, de- 

 clares that his Government, on its part, will not only not collect the 

 import duties mentioned in article 12, but also no duty, impost, or 

 tax, under any denomination whatever, upon fish and aquatic prod- 

 ucts caught or taken within the Russian waters of the provinces of the 

 coast and of the Amour and imported into Japan, whether such fish 



and aquatic products have been manufactured or not. 

 1409 8. In order to avoid all cause of misunderstanding in future 



regarding certain inlets comprised within the exception men- 

 tioned in article 1 of the fisheries convention, the map herewith 

 enclosed and giving the exact limits of the said inlets has been 

 annexed to the present protocols. 



GOUBASTOFF. 



L MOTONO. 



