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Protocol for the Regulation of Whaling.

The Governments whose duly authorized representatives have subscribe hereto,
Having due regard both to world shortage of oil and fats and to the necessity for the conservation of the whale stocks,

Agree as follows:

Article I.

All the provisions of the Protocol for the Regulation of whaling signed in London on November 26, 1945, shall be made applicable as if in the said Protocol the words "season 1947- 48" were substituted for the words "season 1946-47" and the words "1 May 1948 to 31 October 1948" were substituted for the words "1^st May, 1947, to 31^st October, 1947".

Article II.

This Protocol shall come into force when notifications of acceptance thereof shall have been given to the Government of the United States of America by all the Government parties to the Protocol of November 26, 1945.

This Protocol shall bear the date on which it is opened for signature and shall remain open for signature for a period of fourteen days thereafter.

In Witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorized, have signed this Protocol.

Done in Washington this second day of December, 1946, in the English language, the original of which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America. The Government of the United States of America shall transmit certified copies thereof to all the other signatory and adhering Governments.

FOR ARGENTINA:
Oscar Ivanissevich. Guillermo Brown.
Jose Manuel Moneta. Pedro H. Bruno Videla.

FOR AUSTRALIA:
Francis F. Anderson

FOR BRAZIL:
Paulo Froes da Cruz.

FOR CANADA:
H. H. Wrong. H. A. Scott.
FOR CHILE:
Augustin R. Edwards.

FOR DENMARK:
Peter Friedrich Erichsen.

FOR FRANCE:
Francis Lacoste.

FOR THE NETHERLANDS:
D. J. van Dijk.

FOR NEW ZEALAND:
Guy Richardson Powles.

FOR.NORWAY:
Birger Bergersen.

FOR PERU:
Carlos Rotalde.

FOR THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS:
Alexander S. Bogdanov. Eugine I. Nikishin.

FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND:
A. T. A. Dobson. J. Thomson,

FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
Remington Kellogg. William E. S. Flory.
Ira N. Gabrielson.

FOR THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA:
H. T. Andrews

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