The Minister and Secretary of State for the Department of Marine and Colonies shall accordingly carry this Decree into effect. Given at Lisbon, at the Palace, the 11th December, 1896. JACINTO CANDIDO DA SILVA. THE KING. SPANISH DECREE regulating Commercial Relations between Germany and Cuba and Porto Rico.-Madrid, July 16, 1896. (Translation.) ROYAL DECREE. IN virtue of the authorization granted by the Law of the 8th instant, as proposed by the Minister of the Colonies and as agreed to by the Council of Ministers: In the name of my august son, King Alfonso XIII, and as Queen-Regent of the Kingdom, I decree as follows: Sole Article.-From the 25th of this month the second column of the existing Tariffs of Cuba and Porto Rico shall be applied, without the enjoyment of other advantages, to the produce of the soil and the industry of the German Empire. Given at the Palace, the 16th July, 1896. TOMAS CASTELLANO Y VILLARROYA. MARIA CRISTINA. SPANISH DECREE giving effect to the International Copyright Convention of September 9, 1886.*—Madrid, January 31, 1896. (Translation.) ROYAL DECREE. CONFORMABLY to the proposal of the Minister of Public Works; In the name of my august son King Alfonso XIII, and as Queen-Regent of the Kingdom, I hereby decree the following: ART. 1. In accordance with the Law of the 10th January, 1879, and the terms of Article II of the Convention for the creation of * Vol. LXXVII, page 22. an International Union for the protection of literary property concluded at Berne on the 9th September, 1886, no works other than Spanish, even if the authors of foreign works should be of Spanish nationality, may be inscribed in the general register of literary copyright of Spain. 2. The chief of the general register of literary copyright of Spain shall cancel all the entries of foreign works made in the aforesaid register since the 10th January, 1879. 3. The authors of foreign works who desire to prove their right of ownership, whenever they may wish to do so, will apply to the chief of the said establishment to certify as regards the official translations which have been duly copyrighted abroad, or as regards certificates stating the country of origin of the work, that such work, in virtue of the aforesaid Convention of the 9th September, 1886, enjoys in Spain the benefits of the Spanish law, and of such benefits as in future may be conceded to natives during the time that the protection continues in the said country of origin. Authors who do not follow the above procedure will not, however, forfeit their rights to the same benefits. Given at the Palace, the 31st January, 1896. MARIA CRISTINA. AURELIANO LINARES RIVAS, Minister of Public Works. NOTICE by Her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General in British Central Africa declaring the Rate of Customs Duties leviable in that Territory.—1896.* THE following Scale of Customs Duties will come into force in British Central Africa on the 1st April, 1896 :— Schedule of Customs Duties leviable in British Central Africa. (a.)-Import Duties. 1. A duty of 5 per cent. ad valorem on all goods, except guns, gunpowder, and ammunition (which are subject to a duty of 10 per cent.), and machinery, agricultural implements, and materials for making railways, tramways, or roads, materials to be used as coffee manures (defined below), vehicles (as defined below), and live stock (as defined below), which are allowed to be imported free of duty. * Approved by the British Government, April 23, 1896. The substances defined as coffee manures, which are allowed to be imported free of duty, are the following: Sulphate of ammonia, sulphate of potash, nitrate of soda, nitrate of potash (saltpetre), carbonate of potash, guano, dissolved guanos, fish guanos, Fray Bentos guano, Sombrero, bone ash, dissolved bones, burnt bones, raw and bruised bones, phosphatic manures (embracing the different forms in which this mineral may be obtained as a marketable commodity, such as super-phosphates), coprolites, gypsum, dried blood, horn dust, shoddy, Poonac, sulphuric acid, insecticides, with appliances for using the same. Vehicles which are allowed to be imported free of duty include any wheeled carriages, or wheels, or other parts of such carriages. Live stock which is allowed to be imported free of duty includes horses, mules, asses, oxen, sheep, goats, swine, poultry. 2. A duty of 10 per cent. ad valorem on guns, gunpowder, and ammunition. 3. The following duties on alcohol, or liquids containing alcohol : On wine, ale, porter, and beer of every sort, the case of On brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, liqueurs, and miscel s. d. 12 0 1 0 And for every degree or part of a degree over-proof, an (b.)-Export Duties. 4. 28. per lb. on ivory (elephant) for entire tusks not exceeding 15 lb. in weight. (Pieces of ivory or tusks weighing, when entire, over 15 lb., which have been cut up to reduce them to weights below 15 lb., will be charged at the rate of 9d. per lb.) 5. 9d. per lb. on ivory (elephant) for entire tusks over 15 lb. in weight. 6. 1d. per lb. on hippopotamus teeth and rhinoceros horns. 7. 18. an ounce on gold. H. H. JOHNSTON, Her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General. GERMAN IMPERIAL ORDER authorizing a Revised Tariff of Dues for the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal.-August 4, 1896. (Translation.) UPON the Report presented to me on the 15th ultimo, and with the consent of the Federal Council, I hereby give my authorization, in accordance with the Law respecting the Tariff of Dues for the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal of the 27th May, 1896, and § 3 of the Law respecting the construction of the North Sea and Baltic Canal of the 16th March, 1886, to the annexed Revised Tariff of Dues for the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. This Order shall be published in the "Reichsgesetzblatt." v. BOETTICHer. To the Imperial Chancellor. WILHELM. Revised Tariff of Dues for the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. I. DUES according to the following rates will be charged upon all vessels passing through the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, with the exception of vessels belonging to the Imperial Navy and to the Canal Administration : 1. Vessels in cargo: (a.) General through traffic For the first 400 register tons net, 60 pf. per ton ; For tonnage exceeding the above and up to 600 register tons net inclusive, per ton, 40 pf.; For further tonnage exceeding the above and up to 800 register tons inclusive, per ton, 30 pf.; For all further tonnage exceeding the above, per ton, 20 pf. (b.) German coasting trade (Law of the 22nd May, 1881)— For vessels up to 50 register tons net inclusive, for each register ton net, 40 pf. 2. Vessels in ballast or empty The same rates as above with a reduction of 20 per cent. 3. The minimum dues for one passage through the Canal under Nos. 1 and 2 shall be— For vessels coming within 1 (b), 6 marks; For all other vessels, 10 marks. [1895-96. LXXXVIII.] 3 D 4. Towing fees will further be charged On sailing-vessels using the regulation means of towing- For tonnage exceeding the above, per ton, 30 pf.; On sailing-vessels coming under Nos. 1 (b) and 2 using the regulation means of towing For the first 200 register tons net, per ton, 25 pf. ; For tonnage exceeding the above, per ton, 20 pf. For assistance rendered to steamers by the tug-boats, or for supplying special tug-boats for sailing-vessels, the Canal Administration shall fix the dues according to the size of the tugs and the time for which they are required. 5. During the months of October to March inclusive the dues under Nos. 1 to 3 shall be increased by 10 per cent. 6. In calculating the total of the dues levied, fractions of a mark will be rounded off upwards to a whole mark. 7. The above rates include the charges for the use of all the navigating arrangements of the Canal, and for pilotage between the pilot stations of Brunsbüttel, Nübbel and Friedrichsort. Elbe pilotage payable by vessels coming from or proceeding to the North Sea, for the distance between the North Sea and Brunsbüttel will be considered in calculating the canal dues. 8. The conditions and dues for the admission of vessels which begin or end their voyage within the Canal, for the use of the Government harbours and quays on the Canal, and for the taking up and discharge of pilots outside the pilot stations will be fixed by the Canal Administration. II. The above Tariff will come into force on the 1st September, 1896. On the same day the Tariff of Dues for the North Sea and Baltic Canal of the 4th June, 1895,* will cease to operate. DECREE of the Government of Peru, closing the Port of Iquitos.-Lima, May 29, 1896. (Translation.) THE President of the Republic taking into consideration, that it is necessary to prevent the authors of the revolutionary movement in Iquitos from defrauding the National Treasury and appropriating to themselves the customs entries, and as a measure of security for the commerce of the Department of Loreto; * Vol. LXXXVII, page 789. |