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 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION——FUR SEALS. J mx 7,1911. 1545 fifteen cent (15%) of the number to which the authorized=° 'l1m‘ g isrestnpgtred insuchyear,unlessthekil‘l2lgofsealsinsuchy:]aror years shall have been absolutel prohibi by the United States for all purposes escept to supply iood, clothing, and boat skins for the natives on    in which case the United States agrees to y ,"’•¥¤”°m},' ¤•¤ N"- to Great Britain and to _Japan each the sum of ten thousand dolms Pm ` ($10,000) annually in lieu of any share of skins during the ears when no kilhng is allowed; and Great Britain agrees, and ipsa agrees, that after deductingjthe skins of their respective shares, which are te_be retained by the nited States as above rovided to reimbume itself for the advance payment aforesaid, &e United States shall  entitled to reimburse itself for any annual payments made as herein required, b retaining an additional number of sealskins from  British and Japanese shares respectively over and above the specified minimum allowance of one thousand (1,000) skins in any subsequent year or years when killing is again resumed, until the whole number of skins retained shall equal reckoned at their market value_ determined as above fprovided for, the entire amount so paid, with interest at the rate of our per cent :4% per annum. If, however, the total number of _ uenting the United a:¢fi·$ii°¤¥¤i°i¤¤,'i°a§° States islandsin anyyear falls below oneh thousand A&00,000), enumerated by official count, then all killing excepting incon- ‘ snderable su ply necessary for the support. of the natives as above noted, may ge suspended without allowance of skins or payment of money equivalent until the number of such seals again exceeds one hundred thousand (100,000), enumerated in like manner. Azricu XII. It is igreed on the part of Rumia that of the total number of seal- ¤.iiif°f»`$i.i °ii'£s¤£i skins en annually upon the Commander Islands, or any other z{;*,;¤”‘j*·•¤ ¤¤=•¤¤ island or shores of the waters defined in Article I subject to the juris~ A•¤•.a'u•a diction of Russia to which any seal herds hereaftenrssort, there shall be delivered at the Commander Islands at the end of each season fifteen per cent (15%) gross in number and value thereof to an authorized agent of the anadian Government, and fifteen per cent (15%) gross in number and value thereof to an authorised agent of the Japanese Government; provided,_however, that nothing herein contained shall restrict the right of Russia at any time and from time to time during the first five years of the term of this Convention to suspend altogether the taking of sealskins on such islands or shores subject to its jurisdiction, and to im _ during the term of this Convention such restrictions and regugtlgns upon the  number of skinsfto be tatkhen in any season, and the {manner and tiimes and aceso takin' g emasma seemnecessary opreservean p {lie Russian seal herd, or tg increase its number;·but· it is agreed, nevertheless, cn the art of Russia that during the last ten years of the term of this (lonvention not less than live per cent (5% _ of w' annua y, provi a said ve pereen §m.."`° “f21 Hi“'é‘."£uZ§ ’°"‘° im °‘° ’E'i23`1‘§“t’°‘Zi‘i“°’ "“" *2*25% ces not exceed eighty-Eve per cent (85%) of the three-year-old male seals hauling in-such year. · _ · . _ If, however,—the total number of seals mumsw the Raman ,_§,g·y;_¤·g:¤ lg.? islandsinanyyearfahsbeloweiglxteentho (1 )enumerated oicial-count, than the allowance of skins mmtioned above and all killingofaealsexeept such asmaybeneeessary forthesupportoi the natives on the islands may be suspended until the number of g seals again exceeds eighteen thousand (18,000) enumerated in mann:.