Measurement Agreement concluded on the 30th November, 1922, (1) provided that the British Government will not abrogate without a similar previous notification to the Japanese Government" The Japanese Tonnage Order, 1923." 1. The Ordinance No. 52, 1923," of the Ministry of Communications. 2. The Ordinance No. 54, 1923," of the GovernmentGeneral of Formosa. 3. The Ordinance No. 87, 1923," of the GovernmentGeneral of Chosen. 4. The Ordinance No. 29, 1923," of the Government of Kwantung. I have, &c. (No. 2.) The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Japanese Ambassador at London. Your Excellency, Foreign Office, July 27, 1923. WITH reference to your Excellency's note of to-day's date, I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty's Government will not abrogate without giving at least three months' previous notice of such intention to the Japanese Government "The Japanese Tonnage Order, 1923," enacted on the 12th February, 1923, in consequence of the conclusion of the Anglo-Japanese Tonnage Measurement Agreement, signed at London, the 30th November, 1922, and for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of that Agreement in any place within His Majesty's Dominions or under His Britannic Majesty's protection or control, provided that the Japanese Government will not abrogate without a similar previous notification to the British Government the following Ordinances : 1. "The Ordinance No. 52, 1923," of the Ministry of Communications. 2. "The Ordinance No. 54, 1923," of the GovernmentGeneral of Formosa. 3. The Ordinance No. 87, 1923," of the GovernmentGeneral of Chosen. 4. The Ordinance No. 29, 1923," of the Government of Kwantung. I have, &c. CURZON OF KEDLESTON. (1) Vol. CXVI, page 493. [CXVII] M 3 TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION between Great Britain and Latvia.-London, June 22, 1923.(1) [Ratifications exchanged at London, November 5, 1923.] 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 Latvian Republic, being desirous of further facilitating and extending the commercial relations already existing between their respective countries, have determined to conclude a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with this object, and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India: the Most Honourable the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, K.G., His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and The President of the Latvian Republic: M. George Bisseneek, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Latvian Republic in London; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles: ART. I. There shall be between the territories of the two Contracting Parties reciprocal freedom of commerce and navigation. The subjects or citizens of each of the two Contracting Parties shall have liberty freely to come, with their ships and cargoes, to all places and ports in the territories of the other, to which subjects or citizens of that party are, or may be, permitted to come, and shall enjoy the same rights, privileges, liberties, favours, immunities and exemptions in matters of commerce and navigation as are or may be enjoyed by subjects or citizens of that party. The subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties shall not be subject in respect of their persons or property, or in respect of their commerce or industry, to any taxes, whether general or local, or to imposts or obligations of any kind whatever, other or greater than those which are or may be imposed upon subjects or citizens of the other, or subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation. II. The Contracting Parties agree that, in all matters relating to commerce, navigation and industry, any privilege, favour or immunity which either Contracting Party has actually granted, or may hereafter grant, to the ships and (1) "Treaty Series, No. 30 (1923)." subjects or citizens of any other foreign State, shall be extended simultaneously and unconditionally, without request and without compensation, to the ships and subjects or citizens of the other, it being their intention that the commerce, navigation and industry of each party shall be placed in all respects on the footing of the most favoured nation. III. The subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties in the territories of the other shall be at full liberty to acquire and possess every description of property, movable and immovable, which the laws of that party permit, or shall permit, the subjects or citizens of any other foreign country to acquire and possess. They may dispose of the same by sale, exchange, gift, marriage, testament, or in any other manner, or acquire the same by inheritance under the same conditions which are or shall be established with regard to the subjects or citizens of that Contracting Party. They shall not be subjected, in any of the cases mentioned, to any taxes, imposts or charges of whatever denomination other or higher than those which are or shall be applicable to subjects or citizens of that Contracting Party. The subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties shall also be permitted, on compliance with the laws of the other party, freely to export the proceeds of the sale of their property and goods in general without being subjected as foreigners to other or higher duties than those to which the subjects or citizens of that party would be liable under similar circumstances. IV. The subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties in the territories of the other shall be exempt from all compulsory military service whatsoever, whether in the Army, Navy, National Guard or Militia. They shall similarly be exempted from all judicial, administrative and municipal functions whatever, other than those imposed by the laws relating to juries, as well as from all contributions, whether pecuniary or in kind, imposed as an equivalent for personal service, and finally from any military exactions or requisitions. The charges connected with the possession by any title of landed property are, however, excepted as well as compulsory billeting and other special military exactions or requisitions, to which all subjects or citizens of that party may be liable as owners or occupiers of buildings or land. In the above respects the subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties shall not be accorded in the territories of the other less favourable treatment than that which is, or may be, accorded to subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation. V. Articles, the produce or manufacture of the territories. of one of the Contracting Parties imported into the territories [cxvII] M 4 of the other, from whatever place arriving, shall not be subject to other or higher duties or charges than those paid on the like articles, the produce or manufacture of the territories of any other foreign country. Nor shall any prohibition or restriction be maintained or imposed on the importation of any article the produce or manufacture of the territories of either of the Contracting Parties into the territories of the other, from whatever place arriving, which shall not equally extend to the importation of the like articles being the produce or manufacture of the 'territories of any other foreign country. The only exceptions of this general rule shall be in the case of the sanitary or other prohibitions occasioned by the necessity of securing the safety of persons or of cattle, or of plants useful to agriculture, and of the measures applicable in the territories of either of the Contracting Parties to articles enjoying a direct or indirect bounty in the territories of the other Contracting Party. VI. Articles, the produce or manufacture of the territories of either of the Contracting Parties, exported to the territories of the other shall not be subjected to other or higher duties or charges than those paid on the like articles exported to any other foreign country. Nor shall any prohibition or restriction be imposed on the exportation of any article from the territories of either of the Contracting Parties to the territories of the other which shall not equally extend to the exportation of the like article to any other foreign country. VII. As an exception from the general undertaking given by the Latvian Government to accord most-favoured-nation treatment to the commerce of His Britannic Majesty's territories, it is understood that His Britannic Majesty will not claim the benefit of any Customs preferences or other facilities of whatever nature which are, or may be, granted by Latvia in favour of Russia, Finland, Esthonia or Lithuania in regard to Russian, Finnish, Esthonian or Lithuanian goods respectively so long as such preferences or facilities are not extended by Latvia to any other foreign country. VIII. The stipulations of the present Treaty with regard to the mutual accord of the treatment of the most favoured nation apply unconditionally to the treatment of commercial travellers and their samples. The chambers of commerce, as well as such other trade associations and other recognised commercial associations in the territories of the Contracting Parties as may be authorised in this behalf, shall be mutually accepted as competent authorities for issuing any certificates that may be required for commercial travellers. Articles imported by commercial travellers as samples shall in the territories of each of the Contracting Parties be temporarily admitted free of duty on compliance with the Customs regulations and formalities established to assure their re-exportation or the payment of the prescribed Customs duties if not re-exported within the period allowed by law. But the foregoing privilege shall not extend to articles which, owing to their quantity or value, cannot be considered as samples, or which, owing to their nature, could not be identified upon re-exportation. The marks, stamps or seals placed upon such samples by the Customs authorities of one Contracting Party at the time of exportation and the officially attested list of such samples, containing a full description thereof, issued by them, shall be reciprocally accepted by the Customs officials of the other as establishing their character as samples and exempting them from inspection, except so far as may be necessary to establish that the samples produced are those enumerated in the list. The Customs authorities of either Contracting Party may, however, affix a supplementary mark to such samples in special cases where they may think this precaution necessary. IX. No internal duties levied for the benefit of the State, local authorities or corporations which affect, or may affect, the production, manufacture or consumption of any article in the territories of either of the Contracting Parties shall for any reason be a higher or more burdensome charge on articles, the produce or manufacture of the other, than on similar articles of native origin. The produce or manufacture of either of the Contracting Parties imported into the territories of the other, and intended for warehousing or transit, shall not be subjected to any internal duty. It is understood that ordinary charges for the handling of goods in the ports are not within the scope of this Article and may be levied. X. The establishment and the activities of limited liability and other companies and associations, commercial, industrial, financial, forwarding, navigation and assurance, are based on the laws and regulations of the Contracting Party in the territories of which they may be situated. It is understood that this Article does not give the right to impose by the enactment of laws or otherwise special conditions on companies of either of the Coutracting Parties operating in the territories of the other involving treatment less favourable than that which is applied to national or foreign companies operating in those territories. XI. Limited liability and other companies and associations, commercial, industrial and financial, already or hereafter to be organised in accordance with the laws of either Contracting Party, and registered in the territories of such party, are authorised, in the territories of the other, to |