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THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF 



Such accession shall of itself carry with it accept- 

 ance of all the obligations stipulated in the present 

 Convention. 



ARTICLE VII. 



The Contracting Parties reserve to themselves 

 the right to introduce, or to propose to the Legisla- 

 tures of their self-governing Colonies, the necessary 

 measures for carrying out the stipulations of the 

 present Convention in their possessions and Colo- 

 nies contiguous to the zone defined by Article I. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



The present Convention shall be ratified. 



The ratifications shall be deposited in London 

 as soon as possible, and shall remain deposited in 

 the archives of the Government of Her Britannic 

 Majesty. 



As soon as all the ratifications shall have been 

 produced, a Protocol of deposit shall be drawn up 

 which shall be signed by the Representatives in 

 London of the Powers who shall have ratified. 



A certified copy of this Protocol shall be for- 

 warded to each of the Powers interested. 



ARTICLE IX. 



The present Convention shall come into force 

 one month after the date of the signature of the 

 Protocol of deposit of the ratifications provided for 

 in Article VIII. 



