ARTICLE II. Duties on Indian Produce or Manufacture imported into Reciprocally any article, the produce or manufacture of India shall enjoy, upon importation into the dominions and possessions of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, the lowest customs duties applicable to similar products of any other foreign origin. ARTICLE III. Application of Convention to Native States of India. The privileges and engagements of the present Convention shall extend to native States of India which by Treaty with His Britannic Majesty or otherwise may be entitled to be placed with regard to the stipulations of the Convention on the same footing as British India. His Britannic Majesty's Government shall communicate from time to time to the Imperial Government of Japan a list of these States. ARTICLE IV. Ratifications. Duration of Convention. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Tôkiô as soon as possible. It shall come into effect immediately after the exchange of ratifications, and shall remain in force until the expiration of six months from the day on which one of the High Contracting Parties shall have announced the intention of terminating it. In witness whereof the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention, and have affixed thereto their seals. Done in duplicate at Tôkiô, in the English and Japanese languages, this 29th day of August, of year one thousand nine hundred and four, corresponding to the 29th day of 8th month of the 37th year of Meiji. (L.S.) His Britannic (L.S.) CLAUDE M. MACDONALD, Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Baron JUTARO KOMURA, His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. No. 107. CONVENTION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN RESPECTING COMMERCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND JAPAN. Signed at Tokió, January 31, 1906.* [Ratifications exchanged at Tôkió, July 12, 1906.] 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 His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, being equally desirous of facilitating the commercial relations between Japan and Canada, have resolved to conclude a Convention to that effect, and have named as their respective Plenipotentiaries: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Japan; and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, Takaaki Kato, Shoshii, First Class of the Imperial Order of the Sacred Treasure, His Imperial Majesty's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; Who, having reciprocally communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows: ARTICLE I. Application of Treaty of 1894 and Convention of 1895 to The two High Contracting Parties agree that the stipulations of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Japan signed at London on the 16th day of July, 1894 (corresponding to the 16th day of the 7th month of the 27th year of Meiji), and of the Supplementary Convention between Great Britain and Japan signed at Tôkiô on the 16th day of July, 1895 (corresponding to the 16th day of the 7th month of the 28th year of Meiji), shall be applied to the intercourse, commerce and navigation between the Empire of Japan and the British Dominion of Canada. * Signed also in Japanese. ARTICLE II. Ratifications. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Tôkiô as soon as possible. It shall come into effect immediately after the exchange of ratifications, and shall remain in force until the expiration of six months from the day on which one of the High Contracting Parties shall have announced the intention of terminating it. In witness whereof the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention, and have affixed thereto their seals. Done in duplicate at Tôkiô, in the Japanese and English langauges, this 31st day of January, of year one thousand nine hundred and six, corresponding to the 31st day of the 1st month of the 39th year of Meiji. LIBERIA. No. 108. TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP AND COMMERCE BETWEEN GREAT Signed at London, November 21, 1848. [Ratifications exchanged at London, August 1, 1849.] HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Republic of Liberia, being desirous to conclude a Treaty of Peace and Friendship, and to regulate thereby the commercial intercourse between the dominions and subjects of Her Majesty and the territories and citizens of the Republic; Her Majesty has for this purpose named as Her Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: The Right Honourable Henry John Viscount Palmerston, Baron Temple, a Peer of Ireland, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and the Right Honourable Henry Labouchere, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, and President of the Committee of Privy Council for Affairs of Trade and Foreign Plantations; And the Republic of Liberia having, by resolutions of the Legislature, bearing date the 4th of February, 1848, authorized and empowered Joseph Jenkins Roberts, the President of the Republic, to conclude such a Treaty on behalf of the Republic; The Plenipotentiaries of Her Majesty, and the said President of the Republic, after having communicated to each other their respective powers, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles : ARTICLE I. Peace and Friendship. There shall be perpetual Peace and Friendship between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Her heirs and successors, and the Republic of Liberia, and between their respective subjects and citizens. ARTICLE II. Freedom of Commerce and Residence.-Protection of Persons and Property.-Trade.—General Most-favoured-nation Treatment. There shall be reciprocal freedom of commerce between the British dominions and the Republic of Liberia. The subjects of Her Britannic Majesty may reside in, and trade to, any part of the territories of the Republic to which any other foreigners are or shall be admitted. They shall enjoy full protection for their persons and properties; they shall be allowed to buy from and to sell to whom they like, without being restrained or prejudiced by any monopoly, contract, or exclusive privilege of sale or purchase whatever; and they shall moreover enjoy all other rights and privileges which are or may be granted to any other foreigners, subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation. The citizens of the Republic of Liberia shall, in return, enjoy similar protection and privileges in the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty. ARTICLE III. Vessels and Cargoes.-Tonnage and other Duties.-National Treatment. No tonnage, import, or other duties or charges, shall be levied in the Republic of Liberia on British vessels, or on goods imported or exported in British vessels, beyond what are or may be levied on national vessels, or on the like goods imported or exported in national vessels; and in like manner, no tonnage, import, or other duties or charges, shall be levied in the British dominions on vessels of the Republic, or on goods imported or exported in those vessels, beyond what are or may be levied on national vessels, or on the like goods imported or exported in national vessels. ARTICLE IV. Imports: Duties and Prohibitions. Most-favoured-nation Treatment. Merchandize or goods coming from the British dominions in any vessel, or imported in British vessels from any country, |