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tion deposited with the Government of the United States of America 

 as soon as practicable. 



2. The Government of the United States of America shall notify 

 the other signatory Governments of ratifications deposited. 



3. This Convention shall enter into force on the date of the deposit 

 of the fourth instrument of ratification, and upon such entry into force 

 Article IX, paragraphs 1 and 2, shall be deemed to have been operative 

 from June 1, 1956, provided that the Parties shall have, from the 

 date of siting, maintained under their internal law the prohibition 

 and effective prevention of pelagic sealing by all persons and vessels 

 subject to their respective jurisdictions. 



4. The present Convention shall continue in force for six years 

 and thereafter until the entry into force of a new or revised fur 

 seal convention between the Parties, or until the expiration of one 

 year after such period of six years, whichever may be the earlier; pro- 

 vided, however, tha/t it may continue in force for a further period if 

 the Parties so decide at the meeting early in the sixth year provided 

 for in Article XI. 



5. The original of this Convention shall be deposited with the Gov- 

 ernment of uie United States of America, which shall communicate 

 certified copies thereof to each of the Governments signatory to the 

 Convention. 



SCHEDULE 



1. The United States of America each year during the first four 

 years shall tag 50,000 black puj)s on the Pribilof Islands. 



2. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics each year during the 

 first four years shall tag 25 per cent or the black pups on the Com- 

 mander Islands and 25 per cent of the black pups on Robben Island. 



3. In the event that pelagic sealing should be suspended for one or 

 more years under the provisions of Article IV, paragraph 3, the 

 tagging of black pups shall continue at the mentioned rates for a 

 comparable number of years. 



4. The United States of America each year shall take at sea for 

 research purposes in the Eastern Pacific Ocean between 1,250 and 

 1,750 seals. 



5. Canada each year shall take at sea for research purposes in the 

 Eastern Pacific Ocean between 500 and 750 seals. 



6. Japan shall take at sea in the Western Pacific Ocean : 



(a) annually in the first and second years of pelagic research 

 between 2,750 and 3,250 seals ; 



(b) annually during the remaining four years of pelagic re- 

 search between 1,400 and 1,600 seals. 



7. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics shall take at sea in the 

 Western Pacific Ocean : 



(a) annually in the first and second years of pelagic research 

 between 750 and 1 ,250 seals ; 



(b) annually during the remaining four years of pelagic re- 

 search between 400 and 600 seals. 

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Whereas the Senate of the United States of America by their 



