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Article 9 



The geographical limits within which the articles of this Conven- 

 tion are to be applied shall include all the waters of the world, includ- 

 ing both the high seas and territorial and national waters. 



Article 10 



1. The High Contracting Parties shall obtain, with regard to the 

 vessels flying their flags and engaged in the taking of whales, the most 

 complete biological information practicable with regard to each whale 

 taken, and in any case on the following points : 



{a) Date of taking ; 

 (5) Place of taking ; 

 (c) Species; 

 {d) Sex; 



(e) Length; measured, when taken out of water; estimated, if 

 cut up in water ; 



(/) When foetus is present, length and sex if ascertainable ; 

 {g) When practicable, information as to stomach contents. 



2. The length referred to in sub-paragraphs (e) and (/) of this 

 article shall be the length of a straight line taken from the tip of the 

 snout to tlie notch between the flukes of the tail. 



Article 11 



Each High Contracting Party shall obtain from all factories, on 

 land or afloat, under his jurisdiction, returns of the number of whales 

 of each species treated at each factory and of the amounts of oil of 

 each grade and the quantities of meal, guano and other products 

 derived from them. 



Article 12 



Each of the High Contracting Parties shall communicate statistical 

 information regarding all whaling operations under their jurisdiction 

 to the International Bureau for Whaling Statistics at Oslo. The in- 

 formation given shall comprise at least the particulars mentioned in 

 Article 10 and: (1) the name and tonnage of each floating factory; 

 (2) the number and aggregate tonnage of the whale catchers; (3) a 

 list of the land stations which were in operation during the period 

 concerned. Such information shall be given at convenient intervals 

 not longer than one year. \ 



Article 13 



The obligation of a High Contracting Party to take measures to 

 ensure the observance of the conditions of the present Convention 

 in his territories and territorial waters, and by his vessels, shall not 

 apply to those of his territories to which the Convention does not 

 apply, and the territorial waters adjacent thereto, or to vessels regis- 

 tered in such territories. 



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