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 370 PUBLIC TREATIES. the continent from Vancouver’s Island, and thence southerly, through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca Straits, to thePac1l1c Ocean; and whereas the commissioners appointed by the two high contracting parties to determine that portion of the boundary which runs southerly through the middle of the channel aforesaid were unable to agree upon the same; and whereas the Government of -Her Britannic Majesty claims that such boundary-line should, under the terms of the treaty above recited, be run through the Rosario Straits, and the Government of the United States claims that it should be run through the Canal de Haro, it is agreed that the respective claims of the Government of the United States and of the Government of Her Britanmc Majesty shall be submitted to the arbitration and award of His Majesty the»Emperor of Germany, who, having regard to the above-mentioned article of the said. treaty, shall decide thereupon, iinally and without appeal, which ot those claims is most in accordance with the true interpretation of the treaty of June 15, 1846.” _ Award of ¢b¤ And whereas His Majesty the Emperor of Germany has, by his award E “‘ P °° ’ ° f dated the 21st of October, 1872, decided that “Mit der richtigen Ausle- ("°"°°°y' gung des zwischen den Regierungen lhrer Britischen Majestat und der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika geschlossenen Vertrages de dato Washington den 15 J uni, 1846, steht der Auspruch der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten am meisten im Einklange, dass die Grenzlinie zwischen den Gebieten Ihrer Britischen Majestat und den Vercinigten Staaten durch den HaroKanal gezogen werde.” Nortbwcstwatcr- The undersigned, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United b°"“‘l‘"Y· States, and the Right Honourable Sir Edward Thornton, one of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Urder of the Bath, Her Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, and Rear-Admiral James Charles Prevost, Commissioner of Her Britannic Majesty in respect of the boundary aforesaid, duly authorized by their respective Governments to trace out and mark, on charts prepared for that purpose, the line of boundary in conformity with the award of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, and to complete the determination of so much of the boundary-line between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain as was left nncompleted by the commissioners heretofore appointed to carry into eifect the iirst article of the treaty of 15th June, 1846, have met together at Washington, and have traced out and marked the said boundary-line on four charts, severally entitled, “North America, West Coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the channels between the continent and Vancouver Id, showing the boundary-line between British and American possessions, from the admiralty surveys by Captains H. Kellett, R. N., 1847, and G. H. Richards, R. N., 1858-1862;" and having on examination agreed that the lines so traced out and marked on the respective charts are identical, they have severally signed the said charts on behalf of their respective Governments, two copies thereof to be retained by the Government of the United States, and two copies thereof to be retained by the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, to serve, with the “detinition of the boundary-line,” attached hereto, showing the general bearings of the line of boundary as laid down on the charts, as a perpetual record of agreement between the two GovernlII8DiZS.ll1 the matter of the line of boundary between their respective domimons under the first article of the treaty concluded at Washington on the 15th of June, 1846. signatures. In witness whereof the undersigned have signed this protocol, and - have hereunto aflixed their seals. Date. Done in duplicate at Washington, this tenth day of March, in the year 1873. HAMILTON FISH. . [SEAL. EDWD. THORNTON. SEAL. JAMES U. PREVOST. lsmn.