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(b) Routes via Cape Race, Newfoundland between Atlantic Coast ports of Canada (including inland ports approached from the North Atlantic through the Gut of Canso and Cabot Straits) west of Cape Race, Newfoundland and Atlantic Coast ports of Canada north of Cape Race, Newfoundland.

(c) Routes between Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports of the United States (including inland ports approached from the North Atlantic through the Gut of Canso and Cabot Straits) and ports of Europe, Asia, or Africa approached from the North Atlantic through or north of the Straits of Gibraltar (except steamer routes which pass south of the extreme limits of ice of all types as shown on the chart annexed hereto).

(d) Routes via Cape Race, Newfoundland between Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports of the United States (including inland ports approached from the North Atlantic through the Gut of Canso and Cabot Straits) and Atlantic Coast ports of Canada north of Cape Race, Newfoundland.

A Government which wishes to avail itself of the exceptions specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) of the preceding paragraph with regard to vessels passing south of the extreme limits of ice of all types will furnish to the Government of the United States of America by the fifteenth of October of each year a notification in writing giving the following information with regard to each such southerly voyage: the name and gross tonnage of the vessel; the last foreign port from which the vessel departed for the United States or Canada, or the first foreign port of arrival after the vessel departed from the United States or Canada; the date of such arrival or departure; and the northernmost position (latitude and longitude) reached by the vessel when west of the 37th meridian and east of the 61st meridian.

ARTICLE 4

Ice Season

For the purpose of calculating the tonnage of the vessels passing through the regions of icebergs guarded by the Ice Patrol, the ice season shall be considered to be the period from February 15 through July 1 of each year.

ARTICLE 5

Source of Statistics

Statistics as to the tonnage of the vessels passing during the ice season through the regions of icebergs guarded by the Ice Patrol will be provided by the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada.

ARTICLE 6

• Statement of Cost

The Government of the United States of America will furnish annually to each party to the present Agreement a statement of the cost of operating the Ice Patrol.

ARTICLE 7

Previous Arrangements

The present Agreement shall replace the existing arrangements with respect to financial contributions to the North Atlantic Ice Patrol, which were proposed by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1948-49 and became operative beginning with the cost of the operation of the Ice Patrol for 1950.

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