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convinced of complete success as well as of the fact that 
its coming into force would exercise a moral pressure on 
the other powers interested. 
But to proceed: the two signatories agreed that an agi- 
tation should be carried on in favour of the declaration in 
the form of a protocol, the contents of which were as follows: 
Protocol. 
The Government, having been requested by the 
Governments of Austria and Hungary on the one part, and 
by that of Italy on the other, to endorse the agreement for 
the protection of birds useful to agriculture come to between 
the three aforesaid States, declares itself ready to accept 
this proposal; and its delegates (viz. Messrs ), who 
met today and endorsed the following declaration of accept- 
ance, ^re prepared to sign the following mutual agreement : 
§ 1. The Government endorses the declaration come 
to between Austria, Hungary and Italy, re the protection of 
birds useful to agriculture and signed, on behalf of the one 
party, at Budapest on November 5, 1875, on behalf of the 
other party, at Rome on November 25, 1875, the said declar- 
ation being annexed to the present protocol and constituting 
the integral part of the same; the said Government, moreover, 
submits to every duty and claims every right that concerns 
the parties agreeing; it reserves to itself the right of adapting 
the prohibitions of fowling (§ 3) to suit the requirements of 
its own respective territoiy, without however detracting from 
the value of the restrictions contained in § 3 of the Declar- 
ation necessary to the attainment of the ends in view; and 
reserves to itself the right of creating regulations more severe 
than those contained in § 4 of the Declaration concerning 
the close and open seasons. 
§ 2 Austria, Hungary and Italy accept this declaration of 
