Who, duly authorised to that effect, have agreed upon the following articles:

Claims relating to Women.

Art. 1.-(a.) A sum not exceeding 51. sterling shall be allowed as the full amount of dower paid by a lawfully married wife according to the native customary law of marriage.

(b.) No claim whatsoever shall be made in respect of any woman or her children except by a person, or the relatives of a person, who has been married to such woman according to the native customary law of marriage.

(c.) No woman shall be compelled to return to a claimant without her consent.

(d.) Such claims shall be heard and determined by the District Commissioner of the district in which the woman is found.

Crossing the Boundary.

II.a.) Free intercourse across the boundary shall be permitted to the natives on both sides.

(b.) No tribe or person established on one side of the boundary shall be allowed to hunt or farm on the lands of the other side; but such operations as the cutting of thatch or sticks for the building of huts and fishing in the streams adjacent to the boundary shall be permitted where such rights have hitherto existed: Provided that such permission shall not entitle any person to reap or get products of commercial value.

(c.) A native established on one side of the boundary who commits on the other side of such boundary an offence punishable under the law in force on such other side will be dealt with in accordance with such law.

(d.) No chief shall be allowed to hear or decide any case or dispute arising between himself and any chief established on the other side of the boundary. Such matters must be referred to the District Commissioners on either side, and will then become the subject of adjustment, if possible, by the District Commissioners on both sides.

(c.) Where there are sacred groves or graves on either side of the boundary which are the object of worship or veneration to the natives on the other side, nothing shall be allowed to hinder the free access of such natives to such groves or graves.

III. This arrangement shall be subject to such amendments as may be agreed upon from time to time for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of Article VII

of the said Convention. Any such amendment shall come into operation thirty days after the date of the exchange of ratifications by the respective Governments.

And the Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, Member of the Order of Merit, a Member of Parliament, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and J. P. Crommelin, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Liberia at the Court of St. James, on behalf of the Republic of Liberia, have assented to and accepted the said articles, subject to the ratification of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the President of the Republic of Liberia respectively.

Done at London, the 25th day of June, 1917.

(L.S.) ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR. (L.S.) J. P. CROMMELIN.

AGREEMENT prolonging for a period of five years the duration of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Muscat, signed at Muscat, March 19, 1891.*-Muscat, February 11, 1914.

WE, the Undersigned, have agreed to what follows: that the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Oman, signed on the 8th day of Shaban, 1308 H., corresponding to the 19th March, 1891, will be prolonged by this writing, notwithstanding all, or any, correspondence between His late Highness Syud Faizal-binTurki and the glorious British Government in the matter of the revision of that Treaty. And it will remain in force for a period of five years from this 11th day of February, 1914, corresponding to the 15th Rabi'al Awwal, 1332 H., unless a suitable Treaty by agreement between His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the glorious British Government be substituted for that ancient Treaty aforesaid.

In confirmation thereof we, that is, I, Taimur-bin-Faisal, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, with my own hand, and I, Major S. G. Knox, C.I.E., duly authorised agent for that purpose on behalf of the glorious British Government, have

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signed this writing and four copies and have affixed our seals thereto.

Done at Muscat this 11th day of February. 1914, corresponding to the 15th Rabi'al Awwal, 1332 H.

Seal and signature of the

SULTAN OF MUSCAT.

S. G. KNOX, Major,

Political Agent and

His Britannic Majesty's Consul.

AGREEMENT prolonging for one year the duration of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Muscat, signed at Muscat, March 19, 1891.*-Muscat, February 11, 1919.

WE, the Undersigned, have agreed to what follows: that the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Oman, signed on the 8th day of Shaban, 1308 H., corresponding to the 19th March, 1891, will be prolonged by this writing, notwithstanding all or any correspondence between His late Highness Syud Faisal-binTurki and the glorious British Government in the matter of the revision of that Treaty. And it will remain in force for a period of one year from this 11th day of February, 1920, corresponding to the 20th Jamadi-ul-Awwal, 1338 H., unless a suitable Treaty by agreement between His Highness the Sultan of Museat and Oman and the glorious British Government be substituted for that ancient Treaty aforesaid.

In confirmation thereof we, that is, I, Taimur-binFaisal, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, with my own hand, and I, Major L. B. H. Haworth, duly authorised agent for that purpose on behalf of the glorious British Government, have signed this writing and five copies and have affixed our seals thereto.

Done at Muscat this 11th day of February, 1919, corresponding to the 9th Jamadi-ul-Awwal, 1337 H.

Seal and signature of the

SULTAN OF MUSCAT AND OMAN. L. HAWORTH, Major,

Political Agent, Muscat.

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AGREEMENT concluded between the Postal Administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Postal Administration of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the conveyance of Mails by Aeroplane.The Hague, October 29, and London, November 14,

1919.*

THE Postal Administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Postal Administration of the Kingdom of the Netherlands have agreed that a regular service should be established for the conveyance of mails by aeroplanes between London and Amsterdam.

On the condition, if necessary, of higher assent, they agree as follows:

ART. I. The two Administrations will fix later the date on which this service is to commence.

II. The aeroplanes will carry both official and private correspondence.

The conveyance extends to all classes of correspondence, ordinary or registered, up to a maximum weight which will be fixed by the detailed regulations, with the exception of insured letters and postal parcels.

III. The sender of official or private article of correspondence for conveyance by aeroplane between London. and Amsterdam must pay an inclusive fee comprising the following elements of charge:

(1.) The postal charges fixed by the Universal Postal Convention for each class of correspondence, ordinary or registered;

(2.) A charge for the benefit of the country of origin not exceeding 1 guilder and 50 cents per 20 grammes or fraction of 20 grammes (or 2 shillings and 6 pence per unit of 1 ounce avoirdupois).

IV. Aeroplane letters are concentrated at the point of departure by means of the fast services at the disposal of each Administration, or of special services organised for that

purpose.

Beyond the point of arrival of the aeroplane, aeroplane letters may be forwarded, according to their destination, by the ordinary means of transport of the postal service throughout the whole territory of Great Britain and of the Netherlands.

Aeroplane letters are delivered to their final destination by express; the office of destination, however, has the option, if it wishes, of replacing the express service by another equally speedy method of delivery.

V. Except in the case of retransmission by another aerial

* Signed also in the Dutch language.

service contemplated by Article VII, the prepayment of aeroplane letters at the rates fixed by Article III gives them, without additional charge, the right of conveyance from end to end and of express delivery as defined by Article IV.

Each office, however, has the option laid down in Article XIII, paragraph 3, of the Universal Postal Convention of levying a complementary charge for express delivery when the aeroplane letter is for delivery in a district where there is no express delivery office.

VI. Each Administration retains the whole of the charges which it collects in respect of correspondence conveyed by aeroplanes on the route designated in Article I.

VII. If the contracting Administrations establish internal aeroplane services, they will come to an agreement to enable the sender to pay at the time of despatch the charge for retransmission by one of these services, the charge to be credited to the office concerned.

VIII. The two Administrations fix by mutual agreement :

(1.) The points of departure and arrival of the aeroplane services to be established between the two countries and also, if necessary, the intermediate stopping places;

(2.) The dates and hours of departure and arrival of these services.

They fix by mutual agreement all other detailed regulations for the execution of the present Agreement.

IX. The terms of the Conventions and Agreements in force between the two countries, and in particular those of the Universal Postal Convention signed at Rome on the 26th May, 1906, are not affected so far as they are not contrary to the terms of the present Agreement.

This Agreement shall come into force as soon as the necessary higher assent will be obtained, and its duration, fixed at six months, can be reduced or extended by agreement between the two contracting Administrations after notice given at least three months in advance.

In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the present Agreement and have affixed thereto their seals. Signed in London the 14th day of November, 1919, and at The Hague the 29th day of October, 1919.

(L.S.)

(L.S.)

ALBERT H. ILLINGWORTH,

For the Postal Administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

E. P. WESTERVELD,

For the Postal Administration of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands.