ve Governments on the
15th day of August, 1893:

"ARTICLE 1. The Governments of the United States and Great Britain shall
forbid their citizens and subjects, respectively, to kill, capture, or
pursue at any time and in any manner whatever the animals commonly
called fur seals within a zone of 60 miles around the Pribilof Islands,
inclusive of the territorial waters.

"The miles mentioned in the preceding paragraph are geographical miles,
of 60 to a degree of latitude.

"ART. 2. The two Governments shall forbid their citizens and subjects,
respectively, to kill, capture, or pursue in any manner whatever during
the season extending each year from the 1st of May to the 31st of July,
both inclusive, the fur seals on the high sea in the part of the Pacific
Ocean, inclusive of the Bering Sea, which is situated to the north of
the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude and eastward of the one
hundred and eightieth degree of longitude from Greenwich till it strikes
the water boundary described in Article I of the treaty of 1867 between
the United States and Russia, and following that line up to Bering
Strait.

"ART. 3. During the period of time and in the waters in which the
fur-seal fishing is allowed only sailing vessels shall be permitted
to carry on or take part in fur-seal fishing operations. They will,
however, be at liberty to avail themselves of the use of such canoes or
undecked boats, propelled by paddles, oars, or sails, as are in common
use as fishing boats.

"ART. 4. Each sailing vessel authorized to fish for fur seals must
be provided with a special license issued for that purpose by its
Government, and shall be required to carry a distinguishing flag to
be prescribed by its Government.

"ART. 5. The masters of the vessels engaged in fur-seal fishing shall
enter accurately in their official log book the date and place of each
fur-seal fishing operation, and also the number and sex of the seals
captured upon each day. These entries shall be communicated by each of
the two Governments to the other at the end of each fishing season.

"ART. 6. The use of nets, firearms, and explosives shall be forbidden in
the fur-seal fishing. This restriction shall not apply to shotguns when
such fishing takes place outside of Bering Sea during the season when it
may be lawfully carried on.

"ART. 7. The two Governments shall take measures to control