THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST JANUARY, 1888.
Procès-verbal of Signature.
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THE undersigned Plenipotentiaries, assembled this day to proceed with the signature of the Convention with reference to the creation of an International Union for the protection of literary and artistic works, have exchanged the following declarations :--
1. With reference to the accession of the Colonies or foreign possessions provided for by Article XIX of the Convention.
The Plenipotentiaries of His Catholic Majesty the King of Spain reserve to the Government the power of making known His Majesty's decision at the time of the exchange of ratifications.
The Plenipotentiary of the French Republic states that the accession of his country carries with it that of all the French Colonies.
The Plenipotentiaries of Her Britannic Majesty state that the accession of Great Britain to the Convention for the protection of literary and artistic works comprises the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and all the Colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty.
At the same time they reserve to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty the power of announcing at any time the separate denunciation of the Convention by one or several of the following Colonies or possessions, in the manner provided for by Article XX of the Convention, namely
India, the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the Cape, Natal, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, and New Zealand.
2. With respect to the classification of the countries of the Union having regard to their contri- butory part to the expenses of the International Bureau (No. 5 of the Final Protocol):
The Plenipotentiaries declare that their respective countries should be ranked in the following classes, namely:-
Germany in the first class. Belgium in the third class, Spain in the second class. France in the first class.
Great Britain in the first class.
Haïti in the fifth class.
Italy in the first class.
Switzerland in the third class.
Tunis in the sixth class.
The Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Liberia states that the powers which he has received from his Government authorize him to sign the Convention, but that he has not received instructions as to the class in which his country proposes to place itself with respect to the contribution to the expenses of the International Bureau. He therefore reserves that question to be determined by his Government, who will make known their intention on the exchange of ratifications.
In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present procès-verbal, Done at Berne, the 9th day of September, 1886.
(Signed)
For Great Britain......... F. O. ADAMS.
J. H. G. BERGNE.
For Germany
For Belgium
For Spain
For France
For Haiti..
For Italy...
For Liberia......
For Switzerland
For Tunis..
..OTTO VON BÜLOW.
..MAURICE DELFOSSE.
...........ALMINA.
VILLA-AMIL.
.............EMMANUEL ARAGO.
.LOUIS-JOSEPH JANVIER.
.E. DI BECCARIA.
..KENTZER.
........DROZ.
L. RUCHONNET.
A. D'ORELLI.
...........................L. RENAULT.