not fulfil the conditions stated in Article II are charged according to the ordinary tariff. Nevertheless, this tariff is only applied to passages, announcements, or publications contemplated in the first paragraph of Article II, when the telegram does not present any other irregularity. 2. The usual tariff for private telegrams is also applicab! to any telegram at the reduced tariff, which may be used for any purpose other than its insertion in the columns of the newspaper to which it is addressed, that is to say :— (a.) To telegrams which are not published by the news paper to which they are addressed (unless a satisfactory explanation is given), or which such newspapers may have communicated before publication either to private individuals or establishments, such as clubs, "cafés," hotels, Stock Exchanges, &c. (b.) To telegrams which, previously to publication, the newspaper to which they are addressed may have sold, dis tributed, or communicated to other newspapers with the object of their insertion in the columns of such newspapers. (c.) To telegrams addressed to agencies which are not pullished in a newspaper (unless a satisfactory explanation is given), or which are communicated to third parties before being published by the press. 3. Any surcharge is collected from the addressee and retained by the office of destination. IV. Telegrams which benefit by the reduction of tariff stipulated in Article I are transmitted with the indication Z placed at the beginning of the preamble, and inscribed in the accounts with the same indication. Moreover, the word "press" is inserted before the address, and this word is included in the number of words charged for. V. In points not provided for by the present Agreement. press telegrams are subject to the provisions of the International Regulations and of the Anglo-French Telegraph Convention in force at the time of handing in. VI. The present Agreement shall take effect as soon as possible, and from a date to be fixed by mutual consent by the English and French Administrations after its approval in legal form. It will remain in force for one year from the date of denunciation by one or other of the Contracting Parties. VII. The present Agreement shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Paris as soon as possible. In witness whereof the Undersigned, namely, his Excellency Her Majesty's Ambassador to the President of the French Republic and his Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, duly authorized to that effect, have cuted the present Agreement, and have affixed their seals reto. Done in duplicate at Paris, the 8th November, 1899. (L.S.) EDMUND MONSON. (L.S.) DELCASSÉ. ONVENTION between Great Britain and France, regulating the 1 Telegraphic Communication between the Two Countries. Signed at Paris, February 17, 1900.* [Ratifications exchanged at Paris, April 2, 1900.] HER Britannic Majesty's Government and the Government the French Republic being desirous to secure, from the 1st pril, 1900, the telegraphic relations between the two countries, he Undersigned, duly authorized to that effect, have agreed s follows: ART. I. The charge for ordinary telegrams exchanged irectly between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and reland and the Channel Islands, on the one hand, and France Continent and Corsica), on the other hand, is fixed at 0 fr. 20 twenty centimes) per word, with a minimum of 1 franc (one ranc) per telegram. II. The charges relating to the number of words transnitted, collected by either country for the direct traffic (limirophe), the amounts paid for the lease of wires between an English Office and a French Office and the charges relating to he transit over the Anglo-French cables of other than direct raffic (non-limitrophe) shall be divided equally between the two countries. Nevertheless, in the case of leases granted to Cable Companies, each Administration shall retain the charge relating to the land section on its own territory; the charge relating to the submarine section only shall be divided between the two countries. The other charges collected for Anglo-French telegrams are assigned to the Administration of origin or to the Administration of destination according to the provisions concerning the European system inserted in the International Telegraph Service Regulations. III. The charges relating to the submarine transit over the Anglo-French cables of other than direct traffic (non-limitrophe) shall continue to be collected according to the amount fixed by the international Conventions in force. • Signed also in the French language. IV. Telegrams exchanged between Great Britain and Ireland and the Channel Islands, on the one hand, and France (Continent and Corsica), on the other hand, which in conse quence of the interruption of the direct routes may be tran mitted over the system of a foreign Administration, shall not be subject to any additional charge. In the case of the interruption of the land lines, the cost of transit shall be borne by the Administration whose normal communications are inter rupted; in the case of the interruption of the submarine linss or the simultaneous interruption of the land lines of both Administrations, the cost of transit shall be borne by the tw Administrations equally. Telegrams diverted from the direct route at the request c the sender shall be subject to the charges and stipulations of the International Telegraph Regulations in force. V. The preceding stipulations shall also apply to telegraphi correspondence exchanged between Great Britain and Irela and the Channel Islands, on the one hand, and Algeria and Tunis, on the other hand. Nevertheless, there shall be collected for this class of corre spondence an additional charge of 0 fr. 05 (five centimes) per word, exclusively assigned to France for the submarine trans: over the Franco-Algerian and Franco-Tunisian cables. VI. The submarine cables used for the transmission of th Anglo-French traffic between the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands, on the one hand, and France, on the othe hand, are the common property of both countries.. The maintenance of these cables, as also the laying an. maintenance of new cables, shall be governed by the condition laid down in special arrangements concluded between th British and the French Administrations on the basis of a join ownership of the cables and an equal division between the tw countries of the various expenses of laying or maintenance. VII. The Anglo-French cables shall be utilized in th manner most to the advantage of the telegraphing public. Additional cables shall be laid when the necessity for sme. cables shall have been recognized by mutual agreement by the two Administrations. VIII. The two Governments undertake to adopt measures in order that direct wires may be established, according to th requirements of the traffic, between the most important Englis and French centres, and that these wires, exclusively reserved for the traffic of the centres in question, may be served by rapid apparatus. They also undertake, under corresponding conditions, t establish and maintain on their respective territories dire wires between London, on the one hand, and Budapest, Genos Milan, and Rome, on the other hand, IX. In case a new system of telegraphy should be substituted for the present methods, or used concurrently with these methods, whether generally between the United Kingdom and France or only between certain points chosen by mutual agreement on the British and French coasts, the working of this system shall be governed by an arrangement to be concluded between the two Administrations in accordance with the provisions stipulated under the present Convention. X. The British and French Governments undertake respectively not to grant, otherwise than by mutual agreement, in favour either of a Company or of a private individual, any concession for telegraphic communication between the two countries, whatever may be the system employed to effect the communication. XI. The present Convention is concluded for a term of ten years from the 1st April, 1900; it will afterwards remain in force until the expiration of one year from the date on which it may be denounced by one of the two Contracting Parties. XII. The present Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Paris as soon as possible. In witness whereof his Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Edmund Monson, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, to the President of the French Republic, and his Excellency, M. Th. Delcassé, Deputy, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, have signed the present Convention, and have affixed thereto their seals. Done at Paris, in duplicate, the 17th February, 1900. (L.S.) EDMUND MONSON. (L.S.) DELCASSÉ. CONVENTION between Great Britain and France, for the establishment of a Parcel Post Service between France and the British Colonies of Ceylon, Hong Kong, and the Straits Settlements. Signed at Paris, April 4, 1900. [Ratifications exchanged at Paris, July 27, 1900.] HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and the President of the French Republic, wishing to establish between the British Colonies of Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, and Hong Kong, and France an exchange of parcels both insured and uninsured on the basis of the International Convention of the 15th of June, 1897,* have determined to conclude a Convention to that effect and have nanied as their Plenipotentiaries, namely: Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Edmund Monson, her Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the President of the French Republic; And the President of the French Republic, His Excellency M. Th. Delcassé, Deputy, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, Who, after having communicated to each other their ful powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following provisions: ART. I-1. Parcels both ordinary and insured may be forwarded under the denomination of postal parcels, viz. : From Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, and Hong Kong for France and Algeria, up to the weight of 11 pounds avoirdupois. From France and Algeria for Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, and Hong Kong, up to the weight of 5 kilogrammes. 2. The maximum limit of insured value is fixed at 500 francs (or 20 pounds English). 3. The Postal Administrations concerned may hereafter, it their respective Regulations permit, agree upon the fees and conditions applicable to parcels, the value of which is to be collected on delivery, and parcels to be delivered by express messenger, or to be delivered free of customs duty. II. The Postal Administrations of Great Britain and France will provide the conveyance of the parcels by the means at their disposal. 1 III. 1. For each parcel despatched from Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, or Hong Kong addressed to France or Algeria, the Administration of the country of origin shall pay to the French Administration: a. An inland postage of 50 centimes; b. A sea postage of 3 francs for the parcels originating is Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements, and 2 francs for the parcels originating in Ceylon, if the conveyance is effected by French mail packets. 2. For each parcel despatched from France or Algeria addressed to Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, or Hong Kong, the Postal Administration of France shall pay to that of the country of destination: a. An inland postage of 1 franc 25 centimes per parcel ; |