Office of the Historian

Minister Furniss to the Secretary of State.

American Legation,
Port au Prince, October 10, 1906.
No. 109.]

Sir: I beg leave to inclose herewith copy of a protocol signed by the French minister and the Haitian secretary of foreign relations, published in the official paper of to-day, by which the commercial treaty existing between the Governments of France and Haiti, and which would have expired October 31, 1906, will be extended until January 31, 1907.

I have, etc.,

H. W. Furniss.
[Inclosure.—Translation.]

protocol.

The Government of the Republic of Haiti and the Government of the French Republic, to put an end to the state of uncertainty in which the two countries find themselves concerning their commercial and maritime relations, and animated with an equal and sincere desire to negotiate and conclude a new convention to replace the one that was signed between the two countries July 31, 1900, have come to an agreement to again prorogue, provisionally, the commercial convention made July 31, 1900, between Haiti and France.

The undersigned, duly authorized to that effect, have in consequence agreed to the following:

The commercial convention signed July 31, 1900, between the Republics of Haiti and France, is maintained in force for another period of three months, from October 31, 1906, to January 31, 1907.

In witness whereof the undersigned have drawn up the present protocol and have thereto affixed their seals.

Done in duplicate at Port au Prince, October 6, 1906.

  • H. Pauleus Sannon.
  • Bezaure.