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or anmarked, shall as soou as possible be delivered to the competent 

 authority of the first port to which the salving boat returns or puts in. 



Such authority shall inform the consul or consular agent of the coun- 

 try to which the boat of the salvor belongs, and of the nation of the 

 owner of the articles found. They (the same authority) shall restore the 

 articles to the owners thereof or to their representatives as soon as such 

 articles are claimed and the interests of the salvors have been properly 

 guaranteed. 



The administrative or judicial authorities, according as the laws oi 

 the diflerent countries may jjrovide, shall fix the amount which the own- 

 ers shall pay to the salvors. 



It is, however, agreed that this provision shall not in any way preju- 

 dice such conventions respecting this matter as are already in force, and 

 that the high contracting parties reserve the right of regulating, by 

 special arrangements between themselves, the amount of salvage at a 

 fixed rate per net salved. 



Fishing implements of any kind found unmarked shall be treated as 



wreck. 



Article XXYI. 



The superintendence of the fisheries shall be exercised by vessels be- 

 longing to the national navies of the high contracting parties. In the 

 case of Belgium, such vessels may be vessels belonging to the state, 

 commanded by captains who hold commissions. 



Article XXVII. 



The execution of the regulations respecting the document establish- 

 ing nationality, the marking and numbering of boats, &c., and of fish- 

 ing implements, as well as the presence on board of instruments which 

 are forbidden (Articles VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, and 

 XXIII, section 2), is placed under the exclusive superintendence of the 

 cruisers of the nation of each fishing boat. 



Nevertheless, the commanders of cruisers shall acquaint each other 

 with any infractions of the above-mentioned regulations committed by 

 the fishermen of another nation. 



Article XXVIII. 



The cruisers of all the high contracting parties shall be competent to 

 authenticate all infractions of the regulations prescribed by the present 

 convention, other than those referred to in Article XXVII, and all of- 

 fenses relating to fishing operations, whichever may be the nation to 

 which the fishermen guilty of such infractions may belong. 



Article XXIX. 



When the commanders of cruisers have reason to believe that an in- 

 fraction of the provisions of the present convention has been committedj 



