and in bond. And reciprocal privileges are granted to citizens of the United States.

And in these cases, neither government shall impose export duties.

The government of the United States may suspend the right "granted under this article in case the Dominion of Canada should at any time deprive the citizens of the United States of the use of the canals of the said Dominion on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the Dominion, as provided in Article XXVII."

ARTICLE XXXI.-Provision as to duty on lumber from Maine floated down the St. John, and shipped to the United States.

ARTICLE XXXII.-Provisions of Articles XVIII. to XXV., inclusive, to extend to Newfoundland.

ARTICLE XXXIII.-(Time for Articles XVIII. to XXV. and Article XXX. to take effect-Duration.)-"The foregoing Articles XVIII. to XXV., inclusive, and Article XXX. of this treaty shall take effect as soon as the laws required to carry them into operation shall have been passed by the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Canada, and by the Legislature of Prince Edward's Island on the one hand, and by the Congress of the United States on the other. Such assent having been given, the said articles shall remain in force for the period of ten years from the date at which they may come into operation; and further until the expiration of two years after either of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same; each of the high contracting parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other at the end of the said period of ten years or at any time afterward."

ARTICLE XXXIV.—(Arbitration on a portion of the Oregon boundary.) The determination of the boundary fixed by the treaty of 1846, described as running "to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly, through the middle of said channel and of Fuca Straits, to the Pacific Ocean," is by this article referred to the Emperor of Germany as arbitrator.

ARTICLES XXXV. to XLII., inclusive, provide for the details of this arbitration.

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ARTICLE XLIII.-Ratifications. Signed by,

HAMILTON FISH.

ROBT. C. SCHENCK.

SAMUEL NELSON.

EBENEZER ROCKWOOD HOAR.
GEO. H. WILLIAMS.

DE GREY & RIPON.

STAFFORD H. NORTHCOTE.

EDWD. II. THORNTON.

JOHN A. MACDONALD.
MONTAGUE BERNARD.

[Under the provisions of this treaty, the dispute in respect of Alabama claims was settled by the award of the Geneva Tribunal, in 1872. Other claims provided for by the 12th article of the treaty were adjudicated upon and disposed of by a mixed commission, which awarded the sum of $1,929,819, in gold to be paid by the United States to Great Britain (See Report of Robert S. Hale, November 30, 1873).

The commission provided for by Article XXII. met at Halifax in 1877, and by its decision of the 23rd of November, awarded the sum of five million five hundred thousand dollars to be paid by the United States to Great Britain. Congress appropriated the money for the payment of the award, but instructed the executive to give the required notice of the termination of the fisheries articles of the treaty at the earliest possible moment. Accordingly such notice was given the first of July, 1883, and these articles came to an end two years later.]

GREAT BRITAIN, 1892.

A CONVENTION FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE DISPUTED RIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES TO PROTECT THE SEALS IN BEHRING SEA.

Concluded at Washington, February 29, 1892.

"The United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous to provide for an amicable settlement of the questions which have arisen between their respective governments concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of Behring's Sea, and concerning also the preservation of the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said Sea, and the rights of the citizens and subjects of either country as regards the taking of fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said waters, have resolved to submit to arbitration the questions involved."

ARTICLE I. (Reference to Arbitration-appointment of ar bitrators.)"The questions which have arisen between the Government of the United States and the Government of Her Britannic Majesty concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of Behring's Sea, and concerning also the preservation of the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said Sea, and the rights of the citizens and subjects of either country as regards the taking of fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said waters, shall be submitted to a tribunal of Arbitration, to be composed of seven Arbitrators, who shall be appointed in the following manner, that is to say: Two shall be named by the President of the United States; two shall be named by Her Britannic Majesty; His Excellency the Presi dent of the French Republic shall be jointly requested by the High Contracting Parties to name one; His Majesty the King of Italy shall be so requested to name one; and His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway shall be so requested to name one. The seven arbitrators to be so named shall be jurists of distinguished reputation in their respective countries."

ARTICLE II. (Place of meeting-Agents.)-"The arbitrators shall meet at Paris within twenty days after the delivery of the counter-case mentioned in Article IV. and shall proceed impartially and carefully to examine and decide the questions that have been or shall be laid before them as herein provided on the part of the Governments of the United States and Her Britannic Majesty respectively. All questions considered by the tribunal including the final decision, shall be determined by a majority of all the Arbitrators.

"Each of the High Contracting Parties shall also name one person to attend the tribunal as its Agent to represent it generally in all matters connected with the arbitration."

ARTICLES III. to V. provide for the presentation of cases, counter-cases, and arguments.

ARTICLE VI. (Points submitted for arbitration.)-" In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators, it is agreed that the following five points shall be submitted to them, in order that their award shall embrace a distinct decision upon each of said five points, to wit:

"1. What exclusive jurisdiction in the sea now known as the Behring's Sea, and what exclusive rights in the seal fisheries therein, did Russia assert and exercise prior and up to the time of the cession of Alaska to the United States?

"2. How far were these claims of jurisdiction as to the seal fisheries recognized and conceded by Great Britain?

"3. Was the body of water now known as the Behring's Sea included in the phrase 'Pacific Ocean,' as used in the Treaty of 1825 between Great Britain and Russia; and what rights, if any, in the Behring's Sea were held and exclusively exercised by Russia after said Treaty?

"4. Did not all the rights of Russia as to jurisdiction, and as to the seal fisheries in Behring's Sea east of the water boundary, in the Treaty between the United States and Russia of the 30th March, 1867, pass unimpaired to the United States under that treaty?

"5. Has the United States any right, and if so, what right of protection or property in the fur-seals frequenting the islands of the United States in Behring Sea when such seals are found outside the ordinary three-mile limit?"

ARTICLE VII.—(Question of Regulations.)—“If the deter

mination of the foregoing questions as to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall leave the subject in such position that the concurrence of Great Britain is necessary to the establishment of Regulations for the proper protection and preservation of the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the Behring Sea, the Arbitrators shall then determine what concurrent Regulations outside the jurisdictional limits of the respective Governments are necessary, and over what waters such Regulations should extend, and to aid them in that determination the report of a Joint Commission to be appointed by the respective Governments shall be laid before them, with such other evidence as either Government may submit.

"The High Contracting Parties furthermore agree to cooperate in securing the adhesion of other Powers to such Regulations."

ARTICLE VIII.-(Question of liability for injuries.)-"The High Contracting Parties having found themselves unable to agree upon a reference which shall include the question of the liability of each for the injuries alleged to have been sustained by the other, or by its citizens, in connection with the claims presented and urged by it; and, being solicitous that this subordinate question should not interrupt or longer delay the submission and determination of the main questions, do agree that either may submit to the Arbitrators any question of fact. involved in said claims and ask for a finding thereon, the question of the liability of either Government upon the facts found to be the subject of further negotiation."

ARTICLE IX. Two commissioners are to be appointed by each government to investigate the facts having relation to seallife, and to report to the arbitrators.

ARTICLES X. to XIV.-Minor details of the arbitration.
ARTICLE XV.-Ratification, etc. Signed by,

JAMES G. BLAINE.

JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.