ACCESSIONS of British Colonies to the Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and Honduras.-Signed at Guatemala, January 21, 1887.* The following British Colonies, &c., have acceded :— AGREEMENT between Great Britain and Italy respecting Commercial Travellers' Samples.-Signed at Rome, May 30, 1908. THE Government of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, &c., and the Government of His Majesty the King of Italy, being desirous of facilitating the clearance through their respective Customs Departments of samples of dutiable goods brought into the territories of one of them by commercial travellers of the other, to be used as models or patterns for the purpose of obtaining orders, and not for sale, mutually agree as follows: Articles liable to duty serving as patterns and samples which are introduced into Great Britain by commercial travellers of Italy or into Italy by commercial travellers of Great Britain shall henceforth be admitted free of duty, subject to the following formalities requisite to insure their being re-exported or placed in bond: 1. The officers of Customs at any port or place at which the patterns or samples may be imported shall ascertain the amount of duty chargeable thereon. * Vol. LXXXIX, page 1121. Subject to certain reservations (see Protocol of February 3, 1900, attached to the Treaty). Signed also in the Italian language. That amount must either be deposited by the commercial traveller in money or ample security must be given for it. 2. For the purpose of identification, the marks, stamps, or seals placed upon such samples by the Customs authorities of one of the High Contracting Parties shall be recognized as sufficient by those of the other Party. Should the samples, however, arrive without bearing the above-mentioned marks of identity, or should the marks not appear sufficient to the administration interested, a supplementary mark may be affixed to such samples if considered desirable in such a way as not to injure them and without charge. 3. A permit or certificate shall be given to the importer which shall contain: (a.) a list of the patterns or samples, specifying the nature of the goods and such marks as may be proper for the purpose of identification; (b.) a statement of the duty chargeable on the patterns or samples, as also whether the amount was deposited in money or whether security was given for it; (c.) a statement relative to the manner in which the patterns or samples were marked; (d.) the appointment of a period, which at the utmost must not exceed twelve months, at the expiration of which, unless it is proved that the patterns or samples have been previously re-exported or placed in bond, the amount of duty deposited will be carried to the public account, or the amount recovered under the security given. 4. Patterns or samples may also be re-exported through any other custom-house than the one through which they were imported. 5. If before the expiration of the appointed time (3 (7)) the patterns or samples should be presented at the custom-house of any port or place for the purpose of re-exportation or being placed in bond, the officers at such port or place must satisfy themselves by examination whether the articles which are brought to them are the same as those for which the permit of entry was granted. If there are no objections in this respect the officers will certify the re-exportation or deposit in bond, and will refund the duty which had been deposited, or will take the necessary steps for discharging the security. Done in duplicate, at Rome, in the English and Italian languages, the 30th May, 1908. (L.S.) EDW. II. EGERTON. (L.S.) TITTONI. ACCESSIONS of British Colonies to the Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and Japan-Signed at London, July 16, 1894.* The following British Colonies have acceded :— Canada. Natal. Newfoundland. Queensland.† Foreign Office, March 20, 1907. ACCESSIONS of British Colonics to the Convention between Great Britain and Japan for the Protection of the Estates of Deceased Persons.-Signed at Tôkiô, April 26, 1900.‡ The following British Colonies, &c., have acceded : Cape of Good Hope. South Australia. Victoria. : Western Australia. EXCHANGE OF NOTES between Great Britain and Japan Tokio, No. 1.-Sir C. MacDonald to General Viscount Terauchi. (No. 63.) M. LE MINISTRE, Tôkiô, July 31, 1908. I HAVE the honour, in accordance with instructions which I have received from His Majesty's Government, to give to the Japanese Government formal notice of the intended determination of the adherence of Queensland to the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of * Vol. LXXXVI, page 39. + Queensland withdrew in 1909. See Exchange of Notes of July 31 and August 24, 1908, on this page. Vol. XCII, page 34. [1907-8. CI.] 1894.* This notice is given at the request of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, with the concurrence of the Queensland Government, and in accordance with the provisions of Article II of the Protocol signed at Tôkiô on the 16th March, 1897,† by Count Okuma and Sir E. Satow, under the terms of which the Treaty shall cease to be binding as between Japan and Queensland at the expiration of twelve months after notice has been given on either side of a desire to terminate the same. I take, &c. CLAUDE M. MACDONALD, Ambassador. No. 2.-General Viscount Terauchi to Sir C. MacDonald, (Translation.) (No. 67.) SIR, Tokió, August 24, 1908. I DULY received on the 1st instant your Excellency's note. No. 63, of the 31st July last, giving formal notice of the wish expressed by Queensland, Australia, through the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, to terminate its adherence to the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of 1894 in accordance with the provisions of Article II of the Protocol of 1897. I avail, &c. TERAUCHI MASATAKE, AGREEMENT between Great Britain and Liberia modifying the Treaty of Commerce of November 21, 1848.‡——Signed at Monrovia, July 23, 1908. WHEREAS the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and the President of the Republic of Liberia cannot be modified or terminated except by mutual consent on the part of the High Contracting Parties: The Government of His Britannic Majesty and the Government of the Republic of Liberia hereby agree that any of His Majesty's dominions mentioned below may withdraw from the Treaty separately at any time on giving twelve months' notice to that effect, but that nevertheless the goods produced or manu+ Vol. LXXXIX, page 1129. * Vol. LXXXVI, page 39. Vol. XXXVI, page 394. factured in any of such dominions shall enjoy in Liberia complete and unconditional most-favoured-nation treatment, so long as such dominion shall accord to goods the produce or manufacture of Liberia treatment as favourable as it gives to the produce or manufacture of any other foreign country. The dominions to which this Declaration applies are the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Newfoundland, Orange River Colony, and Transvaal, and the Indian Empire. Done at Monrovia this 23rd day of July in the year of Our Lord 1908. (L.S.) BRAITHWAITE WALLIS, (L.S.) F. E. R. JOHNSON, Secretary of State, CONVENTION between Great Britain and Mexico supplementary to the Parcel Post Convention of February 25, 1897.--Signed at Mexico, December 1, 1908.* [Ratifications exchanged at Mexico, March 13, 1909.] THE Undersigned, Reginald Tower, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Mexico, &c.; and Ignacio Mariscal, Secretary of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs of the United States of Mexico, duly authorized to that effect by their respective Governments, Have agreed as follows:- ART. I. The second paragraph of Article I of the English text of the Supplementary Parcel Post Convention of the 25th February, 1897,† shall be replaced by the following: 2. The postage to be collected in Mexico on parcels for the United Kingdom shall be: II. The first paragraph of Article I of the Spanish text of the Supplementary Parcel Post Convention of the 25th February, 1897, shall be replaced by the following : Signed also in the Spanish language. + Vol. LXXXIX, page 52. |