CIRCULAR.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH MAY, 1890.
447
DownING STREET,
25th March, 1890.
SIR,With reference to my Circular Despatch of the 13th of March, 1889, I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the Colony under your Government a copy of a Provisional Commercial Agreement between the Governments of Great Britain and Servia, signed at Belgrade on the of February, 1890, which will remain in force from the of May next until the of January, 1893.
14th
18th
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
13th
The Officer Administering the Government of
HONGKONG.
KNUTSFORD.
Provisional Commercial Agreement between the Governments
of Great Britain and Servia.
Signed at Belgrade, February 2 (14), 1890.
(Translation.)
THE Government of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and the Government of the Regency of His Majesty the King of Servia, both desiring to provisionally regulate from the 6th (18th) May, 1890, the date of the expiration of the Commercial Convention which has been denounced, until the conclusion of a new definitive Commercial Convention, the position of their respective subjects residing in the dominions and possessions of the other party, as well as the commercial relations between the two States, have agreed upon and concluded the following provisions:-
British subjects residing in Servia, and Servian subjects residing in the territories, colonies, and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, shall enjoy, as in the past, all the rights accorded to the subjects or natives of the most favoured nation; and merchandize of every kind the produce of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of its colonies or possessions, imported into Servia, and all merchandize the produce of Servia which may be imported into the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, including the colonies and foreign possessions, shall be reciprocally subjected to the same customs duties of import or export, to the same accessory duties of re-export, of commission, or of warehousing, to the same local duties, and duties relative to all Customs formalities, as the merchandize of the most favoured nation.
It is nevertheless understood that the provisions of the present Act shall not apply to those colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty to which the provisions of the original Treaty of the 26th January (7th February), 1880, did not apply, that is to say, to the Dominion of Canada, and to Her Majesty's colonies in South Africa
The present Agreement will remain in force from the 6th (18th) May, 1890, until the 1st (13th) January, 1893.
The two Governments engage, if necessary, to obtain assent to the present Agreement by the Legislative Assemblies of their respective States.
In witness whereof the Undersigned have drawn up the present Agreement, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done at Belgrade, the 2nd (14th) February, 1890.
The Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
of Her Britannic Majesty at Belgrade,
(L.S.) F. R. ST. JOHN.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs for Servia. President
of the Council of Ministers,
(L.S.)
Le Général S. GROUITCH,