DECLARATION between Great Britain and Germany, for extending to the whole German Empire the Stipulations contained in Article VI of the Commercial Treaty between Great Britain and the Zollverein of May 30, 1865,* for the Protection of Trade Marks.t-Signed at London, April 14, 1875. THE Government of Her Britannic Majesty and the Government of His Majesty the German Emperor having thought it expedient that the stipulations existing between Great Britain and the Zollverein for the mutual protection of the marks of goods and the marks of manufacture and trade should be extended so as to comprise the whole territory of the German Empire, the Undersigned, being duly authorized to that effect, have accordingly agreed that the stipulations of Article VI of the Treaty of Commerce of May 30th, 1865, between Great Britain and the Zollverein, which Article is conceived in the following terms:-"With regard to the marks or labels of goods, or of their packages, and also with regard tɔ patterns and marks of manufacture and trade, the subjects of the States of the Zollverein shall enjoy in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty shall enjoy in the States of the Zollverein, the same protection as native subjects;" shall henceforth be applicable to the whole territory of the German Empire. In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the present Declaration, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done at London, in duplicate, the 14th of April, 1875. (L.S.) DERBY. DECLARATION between Great Britain and France, cancelling Section 3 of Article IV of the Copyright Convention‡ between Great Britain and France of November 3, 1851.§— Signed at London, August 11, 1875. THE Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Government of the French Republic, being desirous to secure more completely in each of the two countries the legal protection of the property in dramatic works, and to prevent the difficulties of interpretation to which + Signed also in the German language. § Signed also in the French language, *Vol. LV. Page 34. Vol. XL. Page 27, proceedings against piracy of works passing for fair imitations or adaptations may give rise, have agreed upon the following provisions: Paragraph 3 of Article IV of the Convention of November 3, 1851, for the reciprocal guarantee of the property of literary or artistic works, which is in the following terms, is cancelled: "It is understood that the protection stipulated by the present Article is not intended to prohibit fair imitations or adaptations of dramatic works to the stage in England and France respectively, but is only meant to prevent piratical translations." Consequently, in deciding questions of piracy of dramatic works the Courts of Justice of the respective countries will apply Article IV of the said Convention of November 3, 1851, as if the aboverecited paragraph 3 had not been inserted therein. The present Declaration shall have the same force and duration as the Convention of November 3, 1851, to which it is annexed. In witness whereof, the Undersigned, duly authorized for this purpose, have signed the present Declaration, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done in duplicate, at London, the 11th day of August, 1875. (L.S.) DERBY. (L.S.) D'HARCOURT. TREATY between Great Britain and Zanzibar, supplementary to the Treaty for the Suppression of the Slave Trade of June 5, 1873.*—Signed at London, July 14, 1875. HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Highness the Seyyid Barghash-binSaid, Sultan of Zanzibar, having concluded a Treaty at Zanzibar, on the 5th June, 1873, corresponding to the 9th of the month of Rabia-el-Akhir, A.H. 1290, for the abolition of the Slave Trade; and whereas doubts have arisen or may arise in regard to the interpretation of that Treaty, Her Britannic Majesty and His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar have resolved to conclude a further Treaty on this subject, and have for this purpose named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Edward Henry, Earl of Derby, Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe, a Peer and a Baronet of England, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c. ; Vol. LXIII. Page 173. And His Highness the Seyyid Barghash-bin-Said, Sultan of Zanzibar, Nâsir-bin-Saïd-bin-Abdallah ; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles: ART. I. The presence on board of a vessel of domestic slaves in attendance on or in discharge of the legitimate business of their masters, or of slaves bonâ fide employed in the navigation of the vessel, shall in no case of itself justify the seizure and condemnation of the vessel, provided that such slaves are not detained on board against their will. If any such slaves are detained on board against their will they shall be freed, but the vessel shall, nevertheless, not on that account alone be condemned. II. All vessels found conveying slaves (other than domestic slaves in attendance on or in the discharge of the legitimate business of their masters, or slaves bona fide employed in the navigation of the vessels) to or from any part of His Highness' dominions, or of any foreign country, whether such slaves be destined for sale or not, shall be deemed guilty of carrying on the Slave Trade, and may be seized by any of Her Majesty's ships of war and condemned by any British Court exercising Admiralty jurisdiction. III. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Zanzibar as soon as possible.* In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their seals. Done at London, the 14th day of July, in the year of grace 1875. (L.S.) DERBY. (L.S.) NASIR-BIN-SAID-ABDALLAH. This is ratified. (L.S.) BARGHASH-BIN-SAID. DECLARATION between Great Britain and Spain, for the Protection of Trade Marks.-Signed at London, December 14, 1875. THE Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Government of His Majesty the King of Spain, with a view to the reciprocal protection of the marks of manufacture and trade in the two countries, have agreed as follows: *The Sultan of Zanzibar's Ratification is attached to the original Treaty. That of Her Majesty was delivered to the Sultan in Zanzibar, September 20, 1875. The subjects of each of the Contracting Parties shall have, in the dominions and possessions of the other, the same rights as belong to native subjects in everything relating to property in manufacturing or trade marks, industrial designs or patterns, or manufactures of any kind. It is understood that any person who desires to obtain the aforesaid protection must fulfil the formalities required by the laws of the respective countries. In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the present Declaration, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done at London, the 14th day of December, 1875. (L.S.) DERBY. (L.S.) MARQUES DE CASA LAIGLESIA. DECLARATION between Great Britain and Spain, respecting Telegraphic Messages between Gibraltar and Spain. Signed at Madrid, December 25, 1875. - THE Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Government of His Majesty the King of Spain, have come to an agreement for the regulation of the exchange of telegraphic messages between Gibraltar and Spain by the line of telegraph established between Gibraltar and San Roque, and have authorized the Undersigned to make the following Declaration : ART. I. There shall be a mutual exchange by telegraph of massages originating in Gibraltar on the one side, and in Spain on the other, between the British Telegraph Office at Gibraltar and the Spanish Telegraph Offices which may be designated by the Spanish Administration. II. The charge to be levied, whether upon messages originating in Gibraltar addressed to Spain, or upon messages originating in Spain and addressed to Gibraltar, shall be for a single message not exceeding 10 words, 1 peseta and 50 céntimos of a peseta, and an additional 15 céntimos of a peseta shall be paid for every word above 10, no words being allowed free for address and signature. Of this sum two-thirds shall belong to Spain, and the other third to Gibraltar. III. The accounts to which this telegraphic correspondence will give rise shall be made out in accordance with the provisions of Article XVII of the International Telegraphic Convention of St. Petersburgh of 22nd July, 1875,† and of Articles LXXV and LXXVI of the detailed Regulations attached to that Convention,‡ * Signed also in the Spanish language. + Page 19. + Page 24. and with the modifications which may be introduced into the said Articles by the periodical revisions which successive Conferences may make of the said Regulations. IV. This Agreement shall take effect on the 1st January, 1876, and its provisions come into operation on that date. Done in duplicate in Madrid, the 25th December, 1875. (L.S.) A. H. LAYARD, Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. (L.S.) FERNDO. CALDERON Y COLLANTES, el Ministro de Estado de Su Magestad el Rey de España. AGREEMENT between Great Britain and Greece, relative to Merchant Seamen Deserters.*-Signed at Athens, August 7, 1875. THE Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Government of His Majesty the King of the Hellenes, being desirous, for the benefit of the commerce of the two countries, to facilitate the discovery, apprehension, and surrender of seamen who may desert from merchantvessels of either country, on the basis of a full and entire reciprocity, have agreed as follows: It is mutually agreed that if any seamen or apprentices, not being slaves, should desert from any ship belonging to a subject of either of the Contracting Parties, within any port in the territories or in the possessions or colonies of the other Contracting Party, the authorities of such port and territory, possession, or colony, shall be bound to give every assistance in their power for the apprehension and sending on board of such deserters, on application to that effect being made to them by the Consul of the country to which the ship of the deserter may belong, or by the deputy or representative of the Consul. It is understood that the preceding stipulations shall not apply to subjects of the country where the desertion shall take place. Each of the two High Contracting Parties reserves to itself the right of terminating this Agreement at any time, on giving to the other a year's notice of its wish to that effect. The present Agreement shall come into operation as soon as it has received the sanction of the Hellenic Chamber of Deputies. In witness whereof Her Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires and His Hellenic Majesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs, being duly * Signed also in the French language. |