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life in Behring’s Sea, and the measures necessary for its proper protection and 
preservation. 
The four Commissioners shall, so far as they may be able to agree, make a joint 
Report to each of the two Governments, and they shall also report, either jointly or 
severally, to each Government on any points upon which they may be unable to 
agree. 
“These Reports shall not be made public until they shall be submitted to the Arbi- 
trators, or it shall appear that the contingency of their being used by the Arbitra- 
tors cannot arise. 
ARTICLE X. 
Each Government shall pay the expenses of its members of the Joint Commission 
in the investigation referred to in the preceding Article. 
159 ARTICLE XI. 
The decision of the Tribunal shall, if possible, be made within three months from 
the close of the argument on both sides. 
It shall be made in writing and dated, and shall be signed by the Arbitrators who 
may assent to it. 
The decision shall be in duplicate, one copy whereof shall be delivered to the 
Agent of Great Britain for his Government, and the other copy shall be delivered to 
the Agent of the United States for his Government. 
ARTICLE XII. 
Each Government shall pay its own Agent and provide for the proper remuneration 
of the counsel employed by it and of the Arbitrators appointed by it, and for the 
expense of preparing and submitting its case to the Tribunal. AJ1l other expenses 
connected with the arbitration shall be defrayed by the two Governments in equal 
moieties. 
ARTICLE XIII. 
The Arbitrators shall keep an accurate record of their proceedings, and may appoint 
and employ the necessary officers to assist them. 
ARTICLE XIY. 
The High Contracting Parties engage to consider the result of the proceedings of 
the Tribunal of Arbitration, as a full, perfect, and final settlement of all the questions 
referred to the Arbitrators. : 
ARTICLE XY. 
The present Treaty shall be duly ratified by Her Britannic Majesty and by the 
President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate thereof; and the ratifications shall be exchanged either at Washington or 
at London within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. 
In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this Treaty, and 
have hereunto affixed our seals. 
Done in duplicate, at Washington, the 29th day of February, 1892. 
[1. s.] JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
[u. 8.] JAMES G. BLAINE. 
No. 240. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir J. Pauncefote. 
[ Telegraphic. } 
WASHINGTON, March 15, 1892. 
I should wish you to repeat to the Governor-General the telegram I 
have received from Sir G. Baden-Powell, dated the 9th March. 
