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 1544 INTERNATIONAL GONVENTION—FUR SEALS. J our 7, 1911. Annex.: VII. mx? ,0 tha: gash respegtlively will 1(imintainl;1 or patrol_ui the waters frequentedby thesealherdmthe protechonofwhichitxsespecially interested, so far as may be necessary for the enforcement of the foregoing provisions. . Axrucuz VIII. l¢¤*¤*°¤°P•****·¤,,, A1lfthHighCotractmg° Parti agreeto te `theach
 * ·•¤¤*¤· I'ag¤eed th rt ftheU'tedStates,Japan,andR11¤ia
 * •¤¤¢. other ith talzing such iheasures as maysbe approp’i?aPt:r:nd‘ialnHable

for the purpose of reventing pelagic sealing in the prohibited area A¤k,p.l5¢. mentioned in Article I. Aa-num IX. ""•’° "‘“"' ‘°‘ Th termpelagi  isherebydeiinedforthepurposesofthis hd- Convgntion as mellningm e killing, capturing or pursuing in any manner whatsoever of seals at sea. _ Arucu X. “ taksnoanililually under e authority of the Unit:duStatu tlgon the Pribilof Islands or any other islands or shores of the waters men- .towhich sealherdshereafterresodgthereshall bedelivexiedat the Pribildlllslands at the end of each season fifteen cent (15%) in number and value thereof to an authorizegu agent of tha min Government and Eiteen r cent é15%) grom in number aud value thereof to an authorized agent o the Japanese Govern- _2·¤¤·¤¤•·¤ •* W- ment; vided, however that nothing herein contained shall restrict thenghIt°ofthsUnited étatesatanytimeand from timetotimeto suspend altoggtherthe  of sealskins on such islands or shores subject to its jurisdiction, an to impose such restrictions and regulations upon the total number of skins to be taken in any season and the manner and times and plaoesoftakingthem asmayseem necesnrv to protect and preserve the seal herd or to increase its number. Axrrcu XI. ¤*°'•¤°• •¤* TheU`tedStatesfurtheragreest th l ft h g..2····n.;*E’·`*'.:.<· ¤.m...d°3.,u.. ($200,000) to es.? BEM.? ;".1‘5‘t‘i.. ZL. 3% K'.; ,_ ,,,_ hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to Japan when this Convention goes mto efect, as an_advance payment in each case in lieu of such number of fur—seal   to which Great Britain and Japan respectivelly would be entitled under the provisions of this Convention as won d be equivalent in each case to two hundred thousand dollars reeIl:>;ied alt their maaket value at London at the date of eu v ore ressnn dl. ea. rm. ${.2 mms ni.¤€r,‘“.¤¤°»1“§,‘l‘;§ »·.€'.°s‘L?°¤L’Z,‘2’}“$. tobedetermmedbyanumu·etobeagreeduponby theUnited Stats and Great Britain, gig the United States and Ja as the casemaybepvhichshns bereta1nedby theUniie¤¥‘§1,tatesin “'°*¤¤¤ ,*•g"•' The cltlgixtdd agrees that the B ° '
 * "•"**'°*‘°',,,,,,,,,_,,,,°‘,,,“‘°'*, '1‘h U 'ted States time that of the total n ber of lskins
 * ""·¤*“‘* tioned in Article I subjmt to the jurisdiction of the United States
 * iag°$:§:t¢T¤ns»¤¤sham  of the Sealskins taken fromrth:sh 'll1:rsd

under the terms ofthis Convention shall b•‘not ln than one thousand (1,000) each in any yeareven if auch number is more than