BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE. 91 



Article IX. Article IX. 



The present Convention shall La presente Convention sera 



be ratified, and the ratifications ratifiee, et les ratifications en se- 



shall be exchanged, at London, ront echangees, a Londres, dans le 



within eight months, or earlier if delai de huit mois, ou plus tot si 



possible. faire se peut. 



In witness whereof his Excel- En foi de quoi son Excellence 

 lency the Ambassador of the l'Ambassadeur de la Republique 

 French Republic at the Court of Francaise pres Sa Majeste le Roi 

 His Majesty the King of the du Royaume-Uni de la Grande- 

 United Kingdom of Great Britain Bretagne et d'Irlande et des Ter- 

 and Ireland and* of the British ritoires Britanniques au dela des 

 Dominions beyond the Seas, Em- Mers, Empereur des Indes, et le 

 peror of India, and His Majesty's Principal Secretaire d'Etat pour 

 Principal Secretary of State for les Affaires Etrangeres de Sa 

 Foreign Affairs, duly authorized Ma j est e Britannique, dument 

 for that purpose, have signed the autoris g s k cet effet, ont signe la 

 present Convention and have af- prfeent e Convention et y ont ap- 

 fixed thereto their seals. £ os6 leurs cachets . 



Done at London, in duplicate, Fait a Londres, en double ex- 



the 8th day of April, 1904. pedition, le 8 Avril, 1904. 



[l. s.] Paul, Cambon. 



[l. s.] Laxsdowne. 



