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A. D. Mallock (three vessels: Indiana, Alert, Edna Wallace Hopper). Thomas M. Nickolson (thirteen vessels: Ada S. Babson, Elizabeth N., Hiram Lowell, M. B. Stetson, A. V. S. Woodruff, T. M. Nickolson, Landseer, Edgar S. Foster, A. M. Nickolson, Wm. Matheson, Robin Hood, Annie G. Quinner, N. E. Symonds). M. J. Palson (three vessels : Barge Tillid, schooner J. K. Manning, tug Clarita). M. J. Dillon (one vessel: Edith Emery). Russell D. Terry (one vessel: Centennial). Lemuel E. Spinney (three vessels : American, Arbitrator, Dictator). Wm. H. Thomas (two vessels : Elmer E. Gray, Thos. L. Gorton). Frank H. Hall (three vessels : Ralph H. Hall, Sarah E. Lee, Faustian). M. Walen and Son (seven vessels : Kentucky, Effie W. Prior, Orpheus, Hattie A. Heckman, Ella M. Goodsin, Bessie N. Devine, Arthur James). Atlantic Maritime Company (seven vessels : James W. Parker, Raynah, Susan and Mary, Elsie, Fannie E. Prescott, E. E. Gray, Mildred Robinson). Waldo I. Wonson (five vessels : American, Mystery, Procyon, Effie M. Morrissey, Marguerite). Edward Trevoy (one vessel: Edward Trevoy). Henry Atwood (one vessel: Fannie B. Atwood). Fred. Thompson (one vessel: Elsie M. Smith). Group II: Against Newfoundland. Bessie M. Wells, Elector, Sarah B. Putnam, A. E. Whyland, H. B. Parker, Thomas F. Bayard, Arethusa, Harry A. Nickerson, Arkona, Edna Wallace Hopper, Athlete. Fishing Claims. Against Canada. Frederick Gerring, North, D. J. Adams, R. T. Roy, Tattler, Hurricane, Argonaut, Jonas H. French. Class 111.—Claims based on Damages to the Property of either Government or its Nationals, or on Personal Wrongs of such Nationals, alleged to be due to theJOperations of the Military or Naval Forces of the other Government or to the Acts or Negligence of the Civil Authorities of the other Government. BRITISH. Four Cable Companies' Claims. Cuban Submarine Telegraph Company, Eastern Extension Cable Company, Canadian Electric Light Company, Great North-western Telegraph Company. " Philippine War " Claims. Ackert, Balfour, Broxup, Cundal, Dodson, Fleming, Forbes, Fox, Fyfe, Grace, Grindrod, E. Hawkins, J. Hawkins, Hendery, Hill, Hogge, Holliday, Hong Kong Bank, Iloilo Club, Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, W. Higgin, N. L. Higgins, Hoskyn and Co., Kauffman, Ker Bolton and Co., Launders, McLeod, Moore, Philippine Mineral Syndicate, Pohang, Pohoomul, Smith, Stevenson, Strachan, Thomson, Underwood, Warner, " Zafiro," C. M. Chiene, fl. L. Chiene, Parsons and Walker. " Hawaiian " Claims. Ashford, Bailey, Harrison, Kenyon, Levy, McDowall, Rawlins, Redward, Reynolds, Thomas, Hardman, Wrathall, Cadenhead. AMERICAN. Home Missionary Society, Daniel Johnson, Union Bridge Company, Madeiros. Class IV.—Claims based on Contracts between the Authorities of either Government and the Nationals of the other Government. BRITISH. King Robert, Yukon Lumber, Hemming.

Terms of Submission. 1. In case of any claim being put forward by one party which is alleged by the other party to be barred by treaty the arbitral tribunal shall first deal with and decide the question whether the claim is so barred, and in the event of a decision that the claim is so barred the claim shall be disallowed. 2. The arbitral tribunal shall take into account as one of the equities of a claim to such extent as it shall consider just in allowing or disallowing a claim any admission of liability by the Government against whom a claim is put forward. 3. The arbitral tribunal shall take into account as one of the equities of a claim to such extent asft shall consider just in allowing or disallowing a claim, in whole or in part, any failure on the part of the claimants to obtain satisfaction through legal remedies which are open to him or placed at his disposal, but no claim shall be disallowed or rejected by application of the general principle of international law that the legal remedies must be exhausted as a condition precedent to the validity of the claim.