ers of either of the high contracting parties, but
they shall be handed over as soon as practicable to the authorities of
the nation to which they respectively belong, who shall alone have
jurisdiction to try the offense and impose the penalties for the same.
The witnesses and proofs necessary to establish the offense shall also
be sent with them.

(4) In order to facilitate such proper inquiries as Her Majesty's
Government may desire to make with a view to the presentation of the
case of that Government before arbitrators, and in expectation that an
agreement for arbitration may be arrived at, it is agreed that suitable
persons designated by Great Britain will be permitted at any time, upon
application, to visit or to remain upon the seal islands during the
present sealing season for that purpose.

Signed and sealed in duplicate at Washington, this 15th day of June,
1891, on behalf of their respective Governments, by William F. Wharton,
Acting Secretary of State of the United States, and Sir Julian
Pauncefote, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., H.B.M. envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary.

WILLIAM F. WHARTON. [SEAL.]

JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. [SEAL.]

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the
United States of America, have caused the said agreement to be made
public, to the end that the same and every part thereof may be observed
and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of America and the
citizens thereof.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 15th day of June, A.D. 1891, and of
the Independence of the United States the one hundred and fifteenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:
WILLIAM F. WHARTON,
_Acting Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 13 of the act of Congress of March 3,
1891, entitled "An act to amend Title LX, chapter 3, of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights," that said act
"shall only apply to a citizen or a subject of a foreign state or nation
when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United
States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same
basis as its own citizens, or when such foreign state or nation is a
party to an international agreement