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STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE.

The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on H. R. 16571, to give effect to the convention between the Governments of the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia for the preservation and protection of the fur seals and sea otter which frequent the waters of the north Pacific Ocean, concluded at Washington, July 7, 1911, submit the following statement:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Section 11, page 10, line 10, strike out the word "ten" and insert the word "five."

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Section 11, page 10, line 22, strike out the word "ten" and insert the word "five."

Section 11, page 11, in lines 4 and 5, after the word "following," strike out "In nineteen hundred and twenty-two" and insert "In nineteen hundred and seventeen."

This is a compromise between the opposing views of the two Houses. There was only one point in difference between the two Houses, the length of the closed season, and the conferees agreed upon a closed season substantially of five years. The compromise was absolutely necessary, because it was essential that the bill should pass at this session, as a failure to pass it would probably lead to the loss of the treaties by which pelagic sealing has been stopped, a consummation, in view of all the circumstances, that would be deplorable.

WM. SULZER,
HENRY D. FLOOD,

WILLIAM B. MCKINLEY,
Managers on the part of the House.

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NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.

AUGUST 19, 1912.-Ordered to be printed.

Mr. PADGETT, from the committee of conference, submitted the

following

CONFERENCE REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 24565.J

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 24565) making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 2, 3, 4, 6, 25, 27, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48, 58, 61, 62, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 78, 80, 83, 86, 91, and 110.

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 1, 5, 9, 10, 11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 59, 60, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 73, 74, 77, 81, 82, 84, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 115, and 117, and agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 7:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 7, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In said amendment, in line 1, after the word "may," insert the words with his consent; in lines 5 and 6 strike out the words "grade from which he was retired" and in lieu thereof insert the words same rank; in lines 10 and 13 strike out the word "commander" and in lieu thereof insert the words senior grade; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 8:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 8, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In said amendment, lines 5, 8, 11, and 16, after the words "commander in chief," insert the words of the fleet; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 12:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 12, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In said amendment, in line 2, after the words "United States," insert the following: as amended by section sixteen of an act entitled "An act to reorganize and increase the efficiency of the personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps of the United States," approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; and the Senate agree to the

same.

Amendment numbered 13:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 13, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In said amendment, in line 6, after the word "received," insert the words except pay and allowances for the unexpired period not served; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 14:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 14, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In said amendment strike out the following words: "such island possession of the United States as in his judgment may be best adapted to the permanent care and segregation of such sufferers," and in lieu thereof insert the words the island of Culion, in the Philippines; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 15:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 15, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In said amendment strike out the words "and forty-three" and "two hundred and fifty'; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 17:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 17, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In said amendment strike out the following words: "and sixtyseven” and “seven hundred and seventeen"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 24:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 24, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

Strike out all of said amendment except the following, which is retained as a separate paragraph:

"The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to exchange such quantities of potassium nitrate now in store as may not be needed in the manufacture of black powder for sodium nitrate of equal value for use in the manufacture of smokeless powder."

And the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 26:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 26, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

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Strike out all of said amendment and in lieu thereof insert the following: That the balances of appropriations unobligated on January eleventh, nineteen hundred and twelve, made for the naval service under the headings "Ammunition for ships of the Navy," "Fire control instruments for ships of the Navy," "Small arms and machine guns," "Torpedoes and appliances," Experiments, Bureau of Ordnance," "New batteries for ships of the Navy," "Arming and equipping the Naval Militia,' """Modernizing projectiles," "Modernizing turrets of ships of the Navy," "Naval Gun Factory, Washington, District of Columbia, and "Battle compasses," are hereby reappropriated and shall be available for obligation until the close of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 34:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 34, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In said amendment strike out the following: "that seventy-five thousand dollars of said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for the survey, investigation, and report upon coal and coal fields available for the production of coal for the use of the United States Navy or any vessel of the United States," and in lieu thereof insert the following: That seventy-five thousand dollars of said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for the survey and investigation by experimental test of coal in Alaska for use on board ships of the United States Navy and for report upon coal and coal fields available for the production of coal for the use of the ships of the United States Navy or any vessel of the United States, and three hundred and forty-five thousand dollars of said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used for the coaling station and fuel station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 35:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 35, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In said amendment strike out the words "one on the Washington or Alaska coast"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 53:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 53, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In said amendment, in line 7, after the word "Hawaii," insert the following: at a cost not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars; and the Senate agree to the same.

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