122 REPORT ON EXCHANGES. 



It is proposed that this conference shall meet on the 10th of April, 

 1883, since that date seems best to suit the convenience of the states 

 interested. 



To the end that your excellency may be pleased to take immediate 

 cognizance of the modifications, and to give beforehand the necessary 

 instructions to the delegates whom you may be pleased to designate, I 

 have the honor herewith to transmit to you the original text of the 

 draft of a convention (Inclosure A), the same draft with the amendments 

 proposed by France (Inclosure B), aiul finally the arrangements, together 

 with the one whose adoption is asked for by Belgium [article L0 of the 

 draft marked C]. It reads as follows: 



"The Governments concerned agree, moreover, to transmit to the 

 legislative chambers of each contracting state, without the intervention 

 of the exchange bureaus, one copy [two copies] of their official newspaper 

 and of their annals and parliamentary documents." 



The Belgian Government does not anticipate the feast opposition to 

 this proposal. All countries are interested in the prompt transmission 

 of official documents and the reports of parliamentary debates. 



I think it proper for me to add that my Belgian colleagues at Berlin, 

 Berne, Bucharest, The Hague, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Paris, Rio de 

 Janeiro, Rome, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, and Vienna, have likewise 

 received instruction to address invitations to the conference of April 

 10 to the Government to which they are respectively accredited. 



I trust that your excellency will favorably receive the invitatiou 

 which I hereby have the honor to address you, and I will thank you to 

 favor me with a reply. 



I gladly avail myself of this occasion to renew to your excellency the 

 assurances of my highest consideration. 



de Bounder de Melsbroeck. 



[Inclosure. — A.] 



His Majesty the King of the Belgians, His Majesty the Emperor of 

 Austria, King of Bohemia and Apostolic King of Hungary, His Maj- 

 esty the King of Denmark, His Majesty the King of Spain, the Presi- 

 dent of the French Republic, His Majesty the King of Italy, His Maj- 

 esty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, His Majesty the Emperor 

 of all the Russias, His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, desir- 

 ing to establish on the basis adopted by the Brussels conference, a sys- 

 tem of international exchanges for the official documents, and for the 

 scientific and literary publications of their respective states, have ap- 

 pointed as the plenipotentiaries, to wit : * who, having exhibited 



to each other their full powers, which were found to be in good and 

 due form, have agreed upon the following articles: 



* Names of delegates omitted. 



