380 NEW ENGLAND FISHERIES 



The time allowed for the direct agreement of His Britan- 

 nic Majesty and the President of the United States on the 

 composition of such Tribunal shall be three months. 



Article VI. 



The pleadings shall be communicated in the order and 

 within the time following: 



As soon as may be and within a period not exceeding 

 seven months from the date of the exchange of notes mak- 

 ing this agreement binding the printed case of each of the 

 Parties hereto, accompanied by printed copies of the docu- 

 ments, the official correspondence, and all other evidence 

 on which each Party relies, shall be delivered in duplicate 

 (with such additional copies as may be agreed upon) to 

 the agent of the other Party. It shall be sufficient for this 

 purpose if such case is delivered at the British Embassy at 

 Washington or at the American Embassy at London, as 

 the case may be, for transmission to the agent for its Gov- 

 ernment. 



Within fifteen days thereafter such printed case and 

 accompanying evidence of each of the Parties shall be de- 

 livered in duplicate to each member of the Tribunal, and 

 such delivery may be made by depositing within the stated 

 period the necessary number of copies with the Interna- 

 tional Bureau at The Hague for transmission to the Arbi- 

 trators. 



After the delivery on both sides of such printed case, 

 either Party may, in like manner, and within four months 

 after the expiration of the period above fixed for the de- 

 livery to the agents of the case, deliver to the agent of the 

 other Party (with such additional copies as may be agreed 

 upon), a printed counter-case accompanied by printed 

 copies of additional documents, correspondence, and other 

 evidence in reply to the case, documents, correspondence, 



