signed the present Treaty and have affixed thereunto their Beals. Done in duplicate at London, the 22nd day of June, 1923. (L.S.) CURZON OF KEDLESTON. (L.S.) G. W. BISSENEEK. ACCESSIONS to the Agreement between Great Britain and Lithuania respecting Commercial Relations.-May 6, 1922.(1) THE accessions have been notified of Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Brunei, Cameroons (British sphere), Ceylon, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Jamaica (including Turks and Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands), Leeward Islands (Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Christopher-Nevis and Virgin Islands), Federated Malay States (Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang), Unfederated Malay States (Johore, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan and Trengganu), Malta, Mauritius, Nigeria, Palestine, St. Helena, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Straits Settlements, Trinidad, Togoland (British sphere) and Windward Islands (Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent), April 24, 1923. (1) Vol. CXVI, page 500. WITHDRAWAL from the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Muscat.Muscat, March 19, 1891.(') THE withdrawal has been notified of Australia December 3, 1923. (1) Vol. LXXXIII, page 11. AGREEMENT prolonging the Duration of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Muscat of March 19, 1891.-Muscat, February 11, 1923. WE, the undersigned, have agreed to what follows: That the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Muscat, 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 Saiyid 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, 1923, corresponding to the 24th Jamadi-al Akhir, 1341 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. It is also understood that it shall be open to the Dominion of Canada and Commonwealth of Australia to withdraw from the aforesaid Treaty at any time on notice being given to that effect by His Majesty's representative at Muscat. In confirmation thereof, we, that is, I, Taimur-binFaisal, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, with my own hand, and I, Major M. E. Rae, duly authorised agent for that purpose on behalf of the glorious British Government, have signed this writing and five copies and have affixed our seal thereto. Done at Muscat, this 11th day of February, 1923, corresponding to the 24th Jamadi-al-Akhir, 1341 H. M. E. RAE, Major, Political Agent, Muscat. (Seal and signature of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.) (1) Vol. LXXXIII, page 11. AGREEMENT between Great Britain and the Netherlands regulating the Telephone Service between the two Countries.-The Hague, January 23, 1923.(1) THE Government of His Britannic Majesty and the Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands being desirous of regulating the telephonic service between Great Britain and the Netherlands, and availing themselves (1) "Treaty Series. No. 5 (1923)." Signed also in the Dutcn language. of the faculty accorded by Article XVII of the International Telegraph Convention signed at St. Petersburg on the 10th (22nd) July, 1875,() have resolved to conclude a general Agreement on the subject. The undersigned: His Excellency Sir Charles M. Marling, His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague, and His Excellency Jonkheer H. A. van Karnebeek, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; duly authorised by their respective Governments, have agreed upon the following Articles :: ART. I. A service of telephonic communication shall be established and maintained between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands by the State Telegraph Administrations of the two countries. II. For this service there shall be used a submarine cable containing four wires, which shall be laid between the English and Netherlands coasts, and suitable land wires connected therewith. The provision of the submarine cable between the cable huts in which the cable will be terminated in each country, and also the maintenance of the cable, excluding the shore ends between the low-water tidal marks and the cable huts, shall be carried out at the joint cost of the two Administrations. Each Administration shall carry out at its own cost the protection and maintenance of the submarine cable between the low-water tidal marks and the cable hut on its own territory. Each Administration shall carry out at its own cost the construction and maintenance of the telephone lines, including the cable hut and its fittings on its own territory. III. If in the interest of the service additional channels of communication are desirable, they shall be provided and maintained by mutual agreement between the two Administrations under the same conditions as the submarine cable and land lines for which provision is made by this Agreement, unless other terms are mutually agreed. In considering the desirability of additional channels, regard shall be paid to probable development of traffic. IV. The submarine cable or cables for telephonic communication between the two countries shall be maintained in accordance with the conditions which shall for the time being apply to the maintenance of the submarine cables for telegraphic communication between the two countries under the Agreement to that effect between the two Administrations. (2) Vol. LXVI, page 19. V. The circuits specially allocated to the telephone service shall be exclusively reserved for that service, unless a contrary course shall be agreed upon by the two Administrations. Nevertheless, each Administration may superimpose other services over sections of the wires specially provided for international telephonic correspondence, provided no interference with the telephonic service is caused. VI. The two Administrations shall determine, by mutual agreement, the allocation of each of the circuits through which international communication shall be established, the towns admitted to the service and the hours during which the service shall be available. By mutual agreement each of the two Administrations shall be at liberty to establish telephonic relations with another country through the telephonic system of the other Administration. VII. The unit adopted, both for the collection of charges and for the duration of communication, shall be an indivisible period of three minutes. VIII. Special arrangements shall be made for Government communications. IX. The charge shall be paid by the person who asks for the communication. It shall be made up of the total of the elementary charges, which shall be fixed as follows for a conversation of three minutes : In Great Britain At five shillings (58.) for conversations originating in, cr destined to, the telephonic centres situated in the following counties:: Bedford, Berkshire, Buckingham, Cambridge, Dorset, Essex, Gloucester, Hampshire, Hertford, Huntingdon, Kent, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northampton, Nottingham, Oxford, Rutland, Somerset, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Wiltshire, Worcester (first zone). At seven shillings (78.) for conversations originating in, or destined to, the telephonic centres situated in the following counties: Anglesey, Brecknock, Carnarvon, Cardigan. Carmarthen, Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland, Denbigh, Derby, Devon, Durham, Flint, Glamorgan, Hereford, Lancaster, Merioneth, Montgomery, Monmouth, Northumberland, Pembroke, Radnor, Salop, Stafford, Westmoreland, York (second zone.) At eight shillings and sixpence (8s. 6d.) for conversations originating in, or destined to, the telephonic centres situated in Scotland and in Northern Ireland (third zone). In the Netherlands At five shillings (58.) for conversations originating in, or destined to, any telephonic centre in the Netherlands. These rates include the share of each Administration in respect of the use of the submarine cables. The zones shall be subject to alteration by mutual consent. X. The rates provided for by Article IX shall be reduced by two-fifths for single conversations exchanged during the night and by one-half for conversations exchanged during the night by subscription. The minimum period of conversation by subscription shall be twice the unit of conversation. XI. Each Administration shall receive as its share in respect of the use of the telephone lines on its territory and in the submarine cables, the elementary charges set forth in Article IX, subject to a corresponding reduction in the case of the reduced rates provided for in Article X. The receipts from the telephonic service shall form the subject, on the part of each Administration, of a special account, distinct from that for telegraph receipts. XII. In virtue of Article VIII of the International Convention of St. Petersburg, each of the Contracting Parties. reserves to itself the right in case of emergency of suspending totally or partially the telephone service without being liable to any indemnity. XIII. The two Administrations shall not be subject to any responsibility on account of the international telephone service. XIV. The provisions of the present Agreement shall be completed by service regulations, which shall be settled by mutual agreement between the two Administrations, and may be modified at any time by similar agreement. XV. The present Agreement shall take effect on a date to be fixed by the Contracting Administrations. After remaining in force for one year it may be revised at any time on the demand of either of the Contracting Administrations. In witness whereof the undersigned, duly authorised to that effect, have signed the present Agreement, and have affixed their seals thereto. Done in duplicate, at The Hague, the 23rd January, 1923. CHARLES M. MARLING. KARNEBEEK. (L.S.) |