62 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



A large surplus of Government documents available for foreign exchanges has now 

 accumulated, the number of foreign Governments with which exchange relations 

 have been arranged not requiring at present the entire number received from the 

 printing office. The proper storage of these documents has now become a serious, 

 problem. 



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 

 admitted 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 renounces it. 



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

 unto affixed their seals. 

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



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



Pr. De Caraman. [seal.] Maefei. [seal.] 



Chevalier De More au. [seal.] Baron de Sant' Anna, [seal.] 



Comte De Villeneuve. [seal.] I. Marino vitch. [seal.] 



Alphonse Rivier. [seal.] 



