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APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and the ratifi- 

 cations shall be exchanged at Washington as soon thereafter as prac- 

 ticable. 



48 Its provisions shall go into effect thirty days after the ex- 



change of ratifications, and shall continue and remain in full 

 force for the term of five years from the date at which it may come 

 into operation, and, further, until the expiration of twelve months 

 after either of the Contracting parties shall give notice to the other 

 at the end of the said term of five years, or at any time afterwards. 



In faith whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed 

 this Convention, and have hereunto affixed our seals. 



Done in duplicate at Washington, this 8th day of November, in the 

 year of our Lord 1902. 



No. 31. 1904, April 8: Convention between the United Kingdom 

 and France respecting Newfoundland and West and Central 

 Africa. Signed at London, April 8, 1904- [Ratifications ex- 

 changed at London, December S, 1904-] 



His Majesty the King of the 

 United Kingdom of Great Brit- 

 ain and Ireland and of the Brit- 

 ish Dominions beyond the Seas, 

 Emperor of India, and the Presi- 

 dent of the French Republic, 

 having resolved to put an end, by 

 a friendly Arrangement, to the 

 difficulties which have arisen in 

 Newfoundland, have decided to 

 conclude a Convention to that 

 effect, and have named as their 

 respective Plenipotentiaries: 



His Majesty the King of the 

 United Kingdom of Great Brit- 

 ain and Ireland and of the Brit- 

 ish Dominions beyond the Seas, 

 Emperor of India, the Most Hon- 

 ourable Henry Charles Keith 

 Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of 

 Lansdowne, His Majesty's Prin- 

 cipal Secretary of State for For- 

 eign Affairs; and 



The President of the French 

 Republic, his Excellency Mon- 

 sieur Paul Cambon, Ambassador 

 of the French Republic at the 

 Court of His Majesty the King 

 of the United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Ireland and of the 

 British Dominions bej^ond the 

 Seas, Emperor of India ; 



Sa Majeste le Roi du Ro- 

 yaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne 

 et d'Irlande et des Territoires 

 Britanniques au dela des Mers, 

 Empereur des Indes, et le Presi- 

 dent de la Republique Frangaise, 

 ayant resolu de mettre fin, par un 

 arrangement amiable, aux difficul- 

 tes survenues a Terre-Neuve, ont 

 decide de conclure une Conven- 

 tion a cet effet, et ont nomine 

 pour leurs Plenipotentiaires res- 

 pecifs : 



Sa Majeste le Roi du Ro- 

 yaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne 

 et d'Irlande et des Territoires 

 Britanniques au dela des Mers, 

 Empereur des Indes, le Tres Hon- 

 orable Henry Charles Keith 

 Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquis de 

 Lansdowne, Principal Secretaire 

 d'Etat de Sa Majeste au Departe- 

 ment des Affaires Etrangeres; et 



Le President de la Republique 

 Frangaise, son Excellence Mon- 

 sieur Paul Cambon, Ambassadeur 

 de la Republique Frangaise pres 

 Sa Majeste le Roi du Royaume- 

 Uni de la Grande-Bretagne et 

 d'Irlande et des Territoires Bri- 

 tanniques au dela des Mers, Em- 

 pereur des Indes; 



