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 ]22 AGREEMENT-RUSSIA. 'FUR SEALS. 1894. Maxi 4· ,894 Agreement between the United States of America and the Imperial Gov- Apm 22*ernment of Russia for a Modus Vivendi in relation to the Fur-Seal Fisheries in Behring Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. Signed at Washington,  1894; ratification advised by the Senate, May 9, 1894 ; proclaimed, May 12, 1894. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROOLAMATION. presume. Whereas an agreement for a modus vivendi between the Government of the United States and the Imperial Government of Russia, in relation to the fur·seal fisheries in Behring Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, was concluded on the 4th. day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, which agreement being in the English and French languages is word for word as follows: A 'maw mma: re- Agreement between the Government Arrangement entre te Gouvernement fgg ‘° f‘“"`“°“ ““"° of the United States and the Im- des Etats- Unis ct le Gouvernement ' perial Government of Russia for Imperial de la Russie pour un a modus vivendi in relation to the modus vivendieoncernant la péche Fur·Seal Fisheries in Behring Sea des phoques a fourrure dans la and the North Pacific Ocean. mer de Bering et l’Ocean Pacifique du Nord. Tmp,,,,,, ,g,,,,,_ For the purpose of avoiding dif-  d’éviter toutes contentions mnt- ticulties and disputes in regard to et controverses au sujet de la péehe — the taking of fur-seal in the waters des phoques a fourrure dans les of Behring Sea and the North Pa- eaux de la mer de Bering et de ciiic Ocean, and to aid in the pres- 1’Oceau Pacifique du Nord, et pour ervation of seal life, the Govern- aider a la preservation de Pespece, ment of the United States and the le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis ` Imperial Government of Russia et le Gouvernement Imperial de have entered into the following Russie out eonclu Parrangement temporary agreement, with the provisoire suivant, sous la reserve understanding that it is not to qu’a aucun titre il ne puisse servir create a precedent for the future, de precedent, et que les parties and that the contracting parties contractantes conservent leur enmutually reserve entire liberty to tiere liberté dans Pavenir quant makeehoice hereaiter of such meas- aux choix des moyens qu’e1les jugenres as maybedeemedbest adapted ront le plus propres a la preserfor the protection of the ihrseal vation des phoques at fonrrure,soit species, whether by means of pro- au moyen de zones prohibées soit hibit-ive zones, or by the complete au moyen delhnterdiction complete prohibition of pelagic sealing, or de la chasse pélagiqne du phoque by appropriate regulation of seal- ou de sa reglementation en pleine hunting in the high seas. mer. Pmmbm0¤0,,m,_ 1, TheGoverninent of theUnited 1. Le Gouvernement des Etats- Lndsogzglwagig  States will prohibit citlZGl1_S of the UHlS déibndra. aux citoyens des mts. dy American United States from hunting fur- Etats-Unis de ehasser le phoque ¢i¤¤•¤¤¤- seal within a zone of ten nautical a fourrure dans une zone de mx miles along the Russian coasts of milles maritimes le long de la cote Behring Sea, and of the North Pa- russe de la mer Bering et del’Ocean citie Ocean. as well as within a Pacitique du Nord, ainsi que dans zone of thirty nautical miles around une zone de trente milles maritimes