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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH JANUARY, 1898.

ARTICLE I.

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The Treaties and Conventions of every kind in force between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and France are extended to the Regency of Tunis.

The Governinent of Her Britannic Majesty will abstain from claiming for its Consuls, its subjects, and its establishments in the Regency of Tanis other rights and privileges than those secured for it in France.

Moreover, the treatment of the most favoured nation, which is secured on either side by the aforementioned Treaties and Conventions, and the reciprocal enjoyment of the lowest Customs Ta are guaranteed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the Regency of Tunis and to the Regency of Tunis in the United Kingdom for a period of forty years from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the present Agreement.

All merchandize and all manufactured goods, the produce of the United Kingdom, imported into the Regency of Tunis, either directly, or after transhipment at Malta, shall enjoy the advantages con- ceded by the present Article.

It is further understood that the treatment of the most favoured nation in the Regency of Tunis does not comprise the treatment enjoyed by France.

ARTICLE II.

Cotton goods, the produce of the United Kingdom and of British Colonies and possessions, shall not be subject in the Regency of Tunis to import duties higher than 5 per cent. ad valorem at the port of discharge. They shall not be charged with any other tax or impost whatsoever.

This provision shall remain in force until the 31st December, 1912, and, after that date, until the expiration of six months from the day on which one of the Contracting Parties shall have notified to the other its intention of terminating its operation.

ARTICLE III.

The present Agreement shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Paris as soon as possible.

It shall come into force immediately after the exchange of ratifications.

The existing Customs Tariff on imports into the Regency of Tunis shall, however, continue to be applied until the 31st December, 1897.

Done at Paris, in duplicate, the 18th September, 1897.

(L.S.) EDMUND MONSON.

(L.S.) G. HANOTAUX.

DÉCRET DU 16 OCTOBRE 1897.

NOUS, ALI-PACHA-BEY, POSSESSEUR DU ROYAUME DE TONIS,

Vu la déclaration échangée entre le Gouvernement fraugais et les Gouvernements suébois et nor- végien, le 5 mai 1897, et les arrangements intervenus avec le Gouvernement britannique les 31 décembre 1889 et 18 septembre 1897.

Avons pris le décret Suivant.

ARTICLE PREMIER.

Sont et demeurent définitivement abrogés les traités et conventions de toute nature relatifs à la Tunisie conclus avec les Gouvernements suédois, norvégien et britannique antérieurement aux déclara- tions précitées.

ART. 2.

Sont étendus à la Tunisie et y seront appliqués, sans autre promulgation que celle du présent décret, les traités et conventions en vigueur entre la France, d'une part, les Royan nes-Unis de Suède et de Norvège et le Royaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande, d'autre part.

Le délai de quatorze jours stipulé à l'article 9 de la convention franc-anglaise d'extradition du 14 août 1876 est porté à deux mois en Tunisie.

Tunis, le 16 octobre 1897.

Vu pour promulgation et mise à exécution : Le Ministre Plénipotentiaire, Résident général de la République française,

RENÉ MILLET,