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importance to be so dealt with.

The French Chargé d'Affaires informed Lord Russell

that the Spanish Government had accepted the Counter

Draft, and at the same time stated that his Government

were desirous that the Agreement should assume the form

of a Convention.

Sir J.D.Hay was authorised to sign the convention,

taking care however to insert in it an article rendering

it subject to the approval of Parliament so far as this

country was concerned.

A "Full Power" was sent to him for the purpose.

The Convention relating to the establishment and

maintenance of a Lighthouse on Cape Spartel was signed

at Tangier on the 31st May 1865 by the Representatives

of Great Britain, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy,

Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the

United States. (Copy of the Convention is amexed

hereto).

Germany acceded to this convention on the 4th

March 1878 and Russia on the 31st May 1899.

Foreign Office,

31st July, 1913.

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