[Inclosure.]
[The Japan Daily Mail, Yokohama, Friday, March 17,
1905.]
convention regarding the
commercial relations between japan and india.
The following convention was published in the Official Gazette of the
16th instant. It received the imperial approval on the 14th.
His Majesty the Emperor of Japan and His Majesty the King of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British
Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, being equally desirous
of facilitating the commercial relations between Japan and India,
have resolved to conclude a convention to that effect and have named
as their respective plenipotentiaries—
- His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, Baron Jutaro Komura,
jusammi, first class of the Imperial Order of the Rising
Sun, His Imperial Majesty’s minister of state for foreign
affairs; and
- His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the
Seas, Emperor of India, Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald,
knight, Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St.
Michael and St. George, knight commander of the Most
Honorable Order of the Bath, His Britannic Majesty’s envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary;
Who, having reciprocally communicated their full powers, found in
good and due form, have agreed as follows:
Article I.
Any article, the produce or manufacture of the dominions and
possessions of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan shall enjoy, upon
importation into India, the lowest customs duties applicable to
similar products of any other foreign origin.
Article II.
Reciprocally any article, the produce or manufacture of India, shall
enjoy, upon importation into the dominions and possessions of His
Majesty the Emperor of Japan the lowest customs duties applicable to
similar products of any other foreign origin.
Article III.
The privileges and engagements of the present convention shall extend
to native states of India which by treaty with His Britannic Majesty
or otherwise may be entitled to be placed with regard to the
stipulations of the convention on the same footing as British
India.
His Britannic Majesty’s Government shall communicate from time to
time to the Imperial Government of Japan a list of these states.
Article IV.
The present convention shall be ratified and the ratifications shall
be exchanged at Tokyo as soon as possible. It shall come into effect
immediately after the exchange of ratifications, and shall remain in
force until the expiration of six months from the day on which one
of the high contracting parties shall have announced the intention
of terminating it.
In witness whereof the above-mentioned plenipotentiaries have signed
the present convention and have affixed thereto their seals.
Done in duplicate at
Tokyo, in the Japanese and English
languages, this 29th day of 8th month of the 37th
year of Meiji, corresponding to the 29th day of August of
year one thousand nine hundred and four.
[
l. s.]
Baron Jutaro Komura,
His Imperial Japanese Majesty’s Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs.
[
l.
s.]
Claude M.
MacDonald,
His Britanic Majesty’s
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary.
