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ANNEX VII.

Extract from the Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain of the 10th December, 1898. (Ratified the 11th April, 1899.)

Article IV." The United States will, for the term of ten years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty, admit Spanish ships and merchandise to the ports of the Philippine Islands on the same terms as ships and merchandise of the United States."

Extract from Annex 2 to Protocol 18 of the Treaty of Peace.

"The declaration, that the policy of the United States in the Philippines will be that of an open door to the world's commerce necessarily implies that the offer to place Spanish vessels and merchandise on the same footing as American is not intended to be exclusive. But the offer to give Spain that privilege for a term of years is intended to secure it to her for a certain period by special Treaty stipulation, whatever might be at any time the general policy of the United States."

Extract from a Note dated the 23rd November, 1899, from Mr. Hay to the British Ambassador at Washington.

So far as the Philippines are concerned, the principle to be followed by the United States is expressed in Annex 2 to Protocol 16 (Treaty of Peace, Senate Doc. No. 62, Part 2, 55th Congress, third Session, page 218), of which your Excellency doubtless has a copy."

ANNEX VIII.

Statement as to the Rights accorded by Treaty to Foreign Countries in respect of the Coasting Trade in British Colonies and Possessions.

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Argentine Republic.-There are no special provisions for coasting trade, but most-favoured- nation rights with regard to navigation, &c., are conceded under the Treaty. These rights apply in the case of all extra-European British territories.

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Austria-Hungary. Both national and most-favoured-nation treatment are conceded in respect of coasting trade; but this provision is applicable only in the case of those Colonies, &c., "the coasting trade of which shall have been, or shall be hereafter, opened to foreign ships in conformity with the Acts of Parliament which govern this matter." (The said Colonies were, in 1868-the time of the conclusion of the Trenty---British India, Ceylon, Cape of Good Hope, Victoria, and St. Lucia.)

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Belgium-No Treaty (most-favoured-nation treatment is being reciprocally sesorded);

Bulgaria Nilional and most-favoured-nation treatment, with regard to nawigation, is provided or under the Commercial Arrangement of 1897. This Arrangement was to be applicable, so far as 8X8

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