^{page 56 note 1} This quota was reduced to 15,500 Blue Whale units at the fifth meeting of the Commission in June 1953. The closed season for Blue Whales was extended to 16 January.

^{page 56 note 2} “The contracting governments shall ensure prompt transmission to the International Bureau for Whaling Statistics at Sandefjord in Norway, or to such other body as the International Whaling Commission may designate, of notifications and statistical and other information required by this Convention in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Commission.”

^{page 58 note 1} The provisions of this sub-paragraph are not binding on the Commonwealth of Australia.

^{page 58 note 2} By this article a land station is defined as “a factory on the land at which whales are treated whether wholly or in part”.

^{page 60 note 1} The provisions of this paragraph are not binding on France. France is bound by the original paragraph 17, which did not include the provision contained in sub-paragraph (b).