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His Majesty the King of Italy : 



M. Au^sto Rosso, Minister Plenipotentiary, Substitute Dele- 

 gate to the Council of the League of Nations. 

 The President of the United States of Mexico : 



M. Salvador Martinez de Alva, Head of the Permanent Of- 

 fice accredited to the League of Nations. 

 His Majesty the Kjng of Norway : 



M. Birger Braadland, Minister for Foreign Affairs. 

 Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands : 



Jonkheer F. Beelaerts van Blokland, Minister for Foreign 

 Affairs. 

 The President of the Polish Republic : 



M. Auguste Zaleski, Minister for Foreign Affairs. 

 His Majesty the King of Roumania : 



M. Constantin Antoniade, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 

 Plenipotentiary accredited to the League of Nations. 

 The Swiss Federal Council : 



M. Giuseppe Motta, President of the Swiss Confederation, 

 Head of the Federal Political Department. 

 The President of the Czechoslovak Republic : 



M. Zdenek Fierlinger, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 

 Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council, Permanent 

 Delegate accredited to the League of Nations. 

 The President of the Turkish Republic : 



Cemal HiJSNiJ Bey, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 

 Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council. 

 His Majesty the King of Yugoslavia : 



M. Voislav Marinkovitch, Minister for Foreign Affairs. 

 Who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and 

 due form, have agreed on the following provisions : 



Article 1 



The High Contracting Parties agree to take, within the limits of 

 their respective jurisdictions, appropriate measures to ensure the ap- 

 plication of the provisions of the present Convention and the punish- 

 ment of infractions of the said provisions. 



Article ^ 



The present Convention applies only to baleens or whalebone whales. 



Article 3 



The present Convention does not apply to aborigines dwelling on 

 the coasts of the territories of the High Contracting Parties provided 

 that: 



(1) They only use canoes, pirogues or other exclusively native 

 craft propelled by oars or sails ; 

 (2^ They do not carry firearms; 



(3) They are not in the employment of persons other than 

 aborigines ; 



(4) They are not under contract to deliver the products of their 

 whaling to any third person. 



