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expenses of working up to the 1st September following the date of denunciation of the 

 Convention on this particular point. To take advantage of the said right, it must give notice 

 to the other Contracting Parties at least six months before the said 1st September; so that, to 

 be free from its obligations on the 1st September, 1916, it must give notice on the 1st March, 

 1916, at the latest, and similarly for each subsequent year. 



In case the United States Government should not accept the proposal made to them, or 

 in case one of the High Contracting Parties, for any reason, should not assume responsibil- 

 ity for the pecuniary contribution defined above, the High Contracting Parties shall settle the 

 question in accordance with their mutual interests. 



The Government of the High Contracting Party which undertakes the management of 

 the service of derelict destruction is invited to devise means of granting, at the expense of 

 this service, to merchant vessels, which have contributed in an effective manner to the de- 

 struction of ocean derelicts, rewards to be fixed by the Government in accordance with the 

 services rendered. 



The High Contracting Parties which contribute to the cost of the three above-mentioned 

 services shall have the right by common consent to make from time to time such altera- 

 tions in the provisions of this Article and of Article 6 as appear desirable. 



Article 8. 



The master of every vessel which meets with dangerous ice or a dangerous derelict 

 is bound to communicate the information by all the means of communication at his disposal 

 to the vessels in the vicinity, and also to the competent authorities at the first point of the 

 coast with which he can communicate. 



Every Administration which receives intelligence of dangerous ice or a dangerous dere- 

 lict shall take all steps which it thinks necessary for bringing the information to the knowl- 

 edge of those concerned and for communicating it to other Administrations. 



The transmission of messages respecting ice and derelicts is free of cost to the vessels 

 concerned. 



It is desirable that the said information should be sent in a uniform manner. For this 

 purpose, a code, the use of which is optional, appears in Article I of the Regulations an- 

 nexed hereto. 



Article 9. 



The master of every vessel fitted with a radiotelegraph installation, on becoming aware 

 of the existence of an imminent and serious danger to navigation, shall report it imme- 

 diately in the maimer prescribed by Article II of the Regulations annexed hereto. 



Article 10. 



When ice is reported on, or near, his course, the master of every vessel is boimd to pro- 

 ceed at night at a moderate speed, or to alter his course so as to go well clear of the dan- 

 ger zone. 



Article 11. 



The vessels defined by Article 2 shall have on board a Morse signalling lamp of suffi- 

 cient range. 



