PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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LTC.O.885
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18 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO.
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and all furniture and appurtenances belonging thereunto, and all goods and merchandize saved therefrom, including any which may have been cast into "the sea, or the proceeds thereof, if sold, as well as all papers found on board such stranded or wrecked vessel, shall be given up to the owners or their agents when claimed by them. If there are no such owners or agents on the spot, then the same shall be delivered to the British or
Consular officer in whose district the wreck or stranding may have taken place upon being claimed by him within the period fixed by the laws of the country, and such Consular officers, owners, or agents shall pay only the expenses incurred in the preservation of the property, together with the salvage or other expenses which would have been payable in the like case of a wreck of a national vessel.
The Contracting Parties agree, moreover, that merchandize saved shall not be subjected to the payment of any customs duty unless cleared for internal consumption.
In the case either of a vessel being driven in by stress of weather, run aground, or wrecked, the respective Consular officer shall, if the owner or master or other agent of the owner is not present, or is present and requires it, be authorized to interpose in order to afford the necessary assistance to their fellow-countrymen.
ARTICLE 15.
All vessels which, according to British law, are to be deemed British vessels, and all vessels which, according to
law, are to be vessels, shall, for the purposes of this Treaty, be deemed vessels respectively.
deemed British or
ARTICLE 16.
It shall be free to each of the High Contracting Parties to appoint Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents to reside in Such the towns and ports of the dominions and possessions of the other Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents, however, shall not enter upon their functions until after they shall have been approved and admitted in the usual form by the Government to which they are sent. They shall enjoy all the faculties, privileges, exemptions, and immunities of every kind which are or shall be granted to Consuls of the most-favoured nation.
ARTICLE 17.
The Consuls and Consular Agents of each of the Contracting Parties residing in the territories of the other, shall receive from the local authorities such assistance as can by law be given to them for the recovery of deserters from the vessels of their respective countries.
Provided that this stipulation shall not apply to subjects or citizens of the State in whose territory the desertion takes place.
ARTICLE 18.
The subjects of each of the High Contracting Parties shall have, in the territories of the other, the same rights as native subjects in regard to patents for inventions, trade-marks, and designs, upon fulfilment of the formalities prescribed by law.
ARTICLE 19.
All goods bearing marks or descriptions which state or manifestly suggest that the goods are the produce or manufacture of one of the Contracting States shall, if such statement or suggestion be false, be seized on importation into either of the two States. The seizure may also be effected in the State where the false indication of origin has been applied, or in that into which the goods bearing the false indication may have been imported.
The seizure shall be effected either at the request of the proper Govern- ment Department or of an interested party, whether an individual or a
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Society, in conformity with the domestic legislation of each State, but the authorities are not bound to effect the seizure of goods in transit.
The tribunals of each country shall decide what appellations, on account of their generic character, do not fall within the provisions of the present Article.
ARTICLE 20.
The stipulations of the present Treaty shall not be applicable to any of His Britannic Majesty's Colonies, Possessions, or Protectorates beyond the seas, unless notice of adhesion shall have been given on behalf of any such Colony, Possession, or Protectorate by His Britannic Majesty's Representative before the expiration
at
of one year from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty.
Nevertheless, the goods produced or manufactured in any of His Britannic Majesty's Colonies, Possessions, and Protectorates, shall enjoy complete and unconditional most-favoured-nation treatment,
in
so long as such Colony, Possession, or Protectorate shall accord to goods the produce or manufacture of
treatment as favourable as it gives
to the produce or manufacture of any other foreign country.
ARTICLE 21.
years
The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at
as soon as possible. It shall come into force immediately upon ratification, and shall be binding during from the day of its coming into force. In case neither of the Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other, twelve months before the expiration of the said period of years of the intention to terminate
the present Treaty, it shall remain in force until the expiration of one year from the day on which either of the Contracting Parties shall have denounced it.
As regards, however, the British Colonies, Possessions, and Protectorates which may have adhered to the present Treaty in virtue of Article 19, either of the Contracting Parties shall have the right to terminate it separately at any time on giving twelve months' notice to that effect.
It is understood that the stipulations of the present and of the preceding Article referring to British Colonies, Possessions, or Protectorates apply also to the Island of Cyprus.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty, and have affixed thereto their seals.
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ormity with the domestic legislation of each State, but the ot bound to effect the seizure of goods in transit.
of each country shall decide what appellations, on account character, do not fall within the provisions of the present
ARTICLE 20.
ons of the present Treaty shall not be applicable to any of ajesty's Colonies, Possessions, or Protectorates beyond the e of adhesion shall have been given on behalf of any such on, or Protectorate by His Britannic Majesty's Representative before the expiration
the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present
the goods produced or manufactured in any of His y's Colonies, Possessions, and Protectorates, shall enjoy complete and unconditional most-favoured-nation treatment, 'olony, Possession, or Protectorate shall accord to goods the facture of
treatment as favourable as it gives manufacture of other foreign country.
any
ARTICLE 21.
Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be as soon as possible. It shall come into force
1 ratification, and shall be binding during
years
its coming into force. In case neither of the Contracting re given notice to the other, twelve months before the
said period of
years of the intention to terminate
ty, it shall remain in force until the expiration of one y on which either of the Contracting Parties shall have
wwever, the British Colonies, Possessions, and Protectorates dhered to the present Treaty in virtue of Article 19, either Parties shall have the right to terminate it separately at g twelve months' notice to that effect.
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d that the stipulations of the present and of the preceding
to British Colonies, Possessions, or Protectorates apply also
prus.
hereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the d have affixed thereto their seals.
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
TPEEN C.O.885
18 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-
COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO