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CONVENTION BETWEEN JAPAN AND INDIA

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Art. II. The stipulations of the present Convention shall be applicable, so far as the laws permit, to all the Colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, excepting to those hereinafter named, that is to say, except to

India

Natal

The Dominion of Canada New South Wales

Newfoundland

The Cape

Victoria Queensland

Tasmania South Australia Western Australia New Zealand

Provided always that the stipulations of the present Convention shall be made applicable to any of the above-named Colonies or foreign possessions, on whose behalf notice to that effect shall have been given to the Japanese Government by Her Britannic Majesty's Representative at Tokyo, within two years from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the present Convention.

Art. III. The present Convention shall come into force immediately after the exchange of the ratifications thereof, and shall remain in force until the 17th July,

1911.

Either high contracting Power shall have the right at any time after the 16th July, 1910, to give notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same, and at the expiration of twelve months after such notice is given this Convention shall wholly cease and determine.

Art. IV. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Tokyo as soon as possible, and not later than six months from the present date.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.

Done at Tokyo, in duplicate, this 26th day of April, nineteen hundredth year of the Christian era.

[L.S.]

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ERNEST MASON SATOW.

SIUZO VICOMTE AKOI.

CONVENTION REGARDING

THE

COMMERCIAL

RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND INDIA

SIGNED AT TOKYO ON THE 29TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1904

His Majesty the Emperor of Japan and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, being equally desirous of facilitating the commercial relations between Japan and India have resolved to conclude a Convention to that effect, and have named as their respective Plenipotentiaries:

His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, Baron Jutaro Komura, Jusammi, First Class of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, His Imperial Majesty's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; and

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, Sir Claude Maxwell Macdonald, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary;