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Government of the United States of America by the Secretary 

 General ; p] 



And whereas, in pursuance of Article 17 of the convention, the 

 convention entered into effect on the ninetieth day following October 

 18, 1934, the date of the deposit of the ratification of the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, that is to say on 

 January 16, 1935 ; 



Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Franklin D. Koosevelt, Presi- 

 dent of the United States of America, have caused the said convention 

 to be made public to the end that the same and every article and 

 clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the 

 United States of America and the citizens thereof. 



In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused 

 the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. 

 Done at the city of Washington this sixteenth day of January, in 

 the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty- 

 [seal] five and of the Independence of the United States of Amer- 

 ica the one hundred and fifty-ninth. 



FKANKLIN D. KOOSEVELT 

 By the President: 

 CoRDELL Hull 



Secretary of State. 



The following ratifications and accessions were received by the Secretary General of 

 the League of Nations on or before Oct. 18, 1&34 : 



Ratificationa: United States of America, Czechoslovakia, Denmark (Including Green- 

 land), Great Britain and Northern Ireland (not Including colonies, protectorates, over- 

 seas territories or territories under suzerainty or tinder mandate exercised by the British 

 Government), Italy (with reservation that the convention can in no way constitute a 

 precedent for future agreements providing for the limitation of fishing in extraterritorial 

 sea), Mexico, Netherlands (including Netherland India, Surinam, and Curagao), Norway, 

 Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Union of South Africa, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. 



Acctftaiona: Brazil. Bgyj)t, Monafo. Nicaragua, and Sud^s. 



