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6. United States Patrol Vessels.
With a view to enabling the United States
authorities to secure evidence of the presence in the
Bahamas of suspect United States vessels, it has
already been agreed that, while, so far as may be possible, s report will be made to the Government of the Bahamas whenevor the United States Constguard
desire to send a patrol vessel to the saharas, such a
vessel may, for a period of twelve months, enter
British territorial waters in the Bahamas without
the usual advance notice of visit, on the understanding
that the vessel in question will first call at Bimini and report to the Comissioner at that port.
It was
represented that if the United States patrol vessel
were to be required to call first at "imini on the
occasion of anos visit, the object of the visit would
be iefeated. It is therefore proposed that each
vesel should, or the occasion of its first visit, call
on and report to the local Comissioner, and that on
each subsequent visit it will be sufficient if
information of the intention to pay the visit should be telegraphed beforehand by the United States
authorities to the American Consul at Nascau, who
would immediately notify the Colonial decretary.
It is understood that the United States Coastguard
patrol vessels will limit their activities whilst in
British territorial waters to observation and that these
activities will not be extended to the waters of Few
Providence, where satisfactory facilities for observs-
tion already exist.
7. Entry from the High Seas.
In the case of United Kingdom ports, all
vessels other than coasting vessels and fishing
bosta are required on arrival to make a statement as
to the port or place from which they have arrived,
and