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Article VI 



Article V, paragraph 3 of the Convention shall be replaced by the 

 following : 



"3. In addition to the duties specified in paragraph 2 of this 

 Articlej the Commission shall, subject to Article II, paragraph 3, 

 determine from time to time the number of seals to be marked on 

 the rookery islands, and the total number of seals which shall be 

 taken at sea for research purposes, the times at which such seals 

 shall be taken and the areas in which they shall be taken, as well 

 as the number to be taken by each Party." 



Article VII 



In Article VIII, paragraph 2 of the Convention, "the Schedule" 

 shall be replaced by "Article II, paragraph 3". 



Article VIII 



Article IX, paragraph 3 of the Convention shall be replaced by the 

 following : 



"3. In order more equitably to divide the direct and indirect 

 costs of pelagic research in the Western Pacific Ocean, it is agreed 

 that Canada and Japan for three years starting from the seventh 

 year after entry into force of this Convention will forego the de- 

 livery of the sealskins by the Union of Soviet Socialist Kepublics 

 as set forth in paragraph 1 of this Article and the Union of Soviet 

 Socialist Republics will deliver annually to Canada and to Japan 

 1,500 sealskins each during these three years." 



Article IX 



1. In Article XI of the Convention, "sixth" shall be replaced by 

 "twelfth". 



2. In Article XIII, paragraph 4 of the Convention, "six" shall be 

 replaced by "twelve" and "sixth" shall be replaced by "twelfth". 



Article X 

 The Schedule annexed to the Convention shall be deleted. 



Article XI 



1. This Protocol shall be ratified and the instruments of ratifica- 

 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 Protocol shall enter into force on October 14, 1963, if the 

 fourth instrument of ratification is deposited on or before that date, 

 and if the fourth instrument of ratification is deposited after October 

 14, 1963, on the date of its deposit. 



