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And whereas the Government of Her Britannic Majesty did ask the 

 said arbitrators to find the said facts as set forth in the said statement, 

 and whereas the agent and counsel for the United States Government 

 thereupon in our presence informed us that the said statement of facts 

 was sustained by the evidence, and that they had agreed with the agent 

 and counsel for Her Britannic Majesty that we, the arbitrators, if we 

 should think fit so to do, might find the said statement of facts to be 

 true: 



Now we, the said arbitrators, do unanimously find the facts as set 

 forth in the said statement to be true. 



' And whereas each and every question which 1ms been considered by 

 the tribunal has been determined by a majority of all the arbitrators: 



Now we, Baron de Courcel, Lord Uannen, Mr. Justice Harlau, Sir 

 John Thompson, Senator Morgan, the Marquis Visconti Venosta, and 

 Mr. Gregers Gram, the respective minorities not withdrawing their 

 votes, do declare this to be the final decision and award in writing of 

 this tribunal in accordance with the treaty. 



Made in duplicate at Paris and signed by us the loth day of August, 

 in the year 1893. 



And we do certify this English version thereof to be true and accurate. 



(Bering Sea Arbitration. Indexes to the British case, p. 19.) 



DECLARATIONS MADE BY THE TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION AND REFERRED TO 

 THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN FOR THEIR 



CONSIDERATION. 



[English version.] 



I. 



The arbitrators declare that the concurrent regulations, as determined 

 upon by the Tribunal of Arbitration, by virtue of Article VII of the 

 treaty of the 29th of February, 1892, being applicable to the high sea 

 only, should, in their opinion, be supplemented by other regulations 

 applicable within the limits of the sovereignty of each of the two powers 

 interested and to be settled by their common agreement. 



II. 



In view of the critical condition to which it appears certain that the 

 race of fur seals is now reduced in consequence of circumstances not 

 fully known, the arbitrators think fit to recommend both Governments 

 to come to an understanding in order to prohibit any killing of fur seals, 

 either on land or at sea, for a period of two or three years, or at least 

 one year, subject to such exceptions as the two Governments might 

 think proper to admit of. 



Such a measure might be recurred to at occasional intervals, if found 

 beneficial. 



III. 



The arbitrators declare moreover that, in their opinion, the carrying 

 out of the regulations determined upon by the Tribunal of Arbitration 

 should be assured by a system of stipulations and measures to be 

 enacted by the two powers; and that the tribunal must, in consequence, 

 leave it to the two powers to decide upon the means for giving effect to 

 the regulations determined upon by it. 



We do certify this English version to be true and accurate, and have 

 signed the same at Paris this loth day of August, 1893. 



(Bering Sea Arbitration. Indexes to the British case, p. 3.) 

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