112 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



His Majesty the Kiug of Portugal and of the Algarves, the Baron de Sant'Anna, 

 envoy extraordinary and minister i)leuipotentiary of His Very Faitlifnl Majesty, 



His Majesty the Kiug of Servia, Mr. Marinovitch, his envoy extraordinary and 

 minister plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians, 



The Federal Conucil of the Swiss Confederation, Mr. Rivier, its special plenipoten- 

 tiary, 



Who, after having coninuiuicated hetween themselves their fnll powers, which ar^ 

 foHud in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles: 



Article I. There shall be established iu each of the contracting states, a bureau 

 charged with the duty of the exchanges. 



Art. II. The publications which the contracting states agree to exchange are the 

 following: 



1st. The official documents, parliamentary and administrative, which arc published 

 in the country of their origin. 



2nd. The works executed by order and at the expense of the Government. 



Art. III. Each bureau shall cause to be printed a list of the publications that it is 

 able to place at the disposal of the contracting states. 



This list shall be corrected and completed each year and regularly addressed to all 

 the bureaus of exchange. 



Art. IV. The bureaus of exchange will arrange between themselves the number of 

 copies which they may be able eventually to demand and furnish. 



Art. V. ^he transmission shall be made directly from bureau to bureau. Uniform 

 models and formulas will be adopted for the memoranda of the contents of the cases, 

 as well as for all the administrative correspondence, recjuests, acknowledgments of 

 reception, etc. 



Art. VI. For exterior transmissions, each state assumes theexpenseof packing and 

 transportation to the place of destination. Nevertheless when the transmissions 

 shall be made by sea, special arrangements will regulate the share of each state in 

 the expense of transportation. 



Art. VII. The bureaus of exchange will serve, iu an official capacity, as interme- 

 diaries between the learned bodies and literary and scientific societies, etc., * * » 

 of the contracting states for the reception and transmission of their publications. 



It remains, however, well Understood that, in such case, the duty of the bureaus 

 of exchange will be confined to the free transmission of the works exchanged, and 

 that these bureaus will not in any manner take the initiative to bring about the 

 establishment of such relations. 



Art. VIII. These provisions apply only to the documents and works published after 

 the date of the present convention. 



Art. IX. The states which have not taken part in the present convention are ad- 

 mitted to adhere to it on their request. 



This adhesion will be notified diplomatically to the Belgian Government, and by 

 that Government to all the other signatory states. 



Art. X. The present convention will be ratified and the ratifications will be ex- 

 changed at Brussels as soon as practicable. It is concluded for ten years from the day 

 of the exchange of ratifications, and it will remain in force beyond that time, so long 

 as one of the Governments shall not have declared six months in advance that it re- 

 nounces it. 



In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have there- 

 unto affixed tlieir seals. 

 Done at Brussels in eight copies the 15th of March, 1886. 



Lambert Tree. [seal.] Jose Ma. De Tavira. [seal.] 



PR. De CaRAMAX. [seal.] MAFli-EL [SEAL.] 



Chevalier De Moreau. [skal.] Baron De Sant'Anxa. [seal.] 

 COMTE De Villeneuvb. [seal.] I. Marinovitch. [seal.] 



Alpuonse RiyiEft. [seal.] 



