They shall, to that end, make their adhesion known to the Contracting Powers by means of a written notification addressed to the Government of the Netherlands and communicated by the latter to the other Contracting powers. ARTICLE 6. In the event of one of the High Contracting Powers denouncing the present Convention, such denunciation shall not take effect until one year after the notification made in writing to the Government of the Netherlands and immediately communicated by the latter to all the other Contracting Powers. This denunciation shall only affect the notifying Power. In testimony whereof the Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention and affixed their seals thereto. Done at The Hague the twenty-first of December one thousand nine hundred and four, in a single copy which shall remain filed in the archives of the Government of the Netherlands and copies of which, duly certified shall be delivered through the diplomatic channel to the Contracting Powers. (L. S.) VON SCHLÖZER. (Under reservation of the dec- OKOLICSANYI D'OKOLICSNA. YOUNG CHAN MIN. (L. S.) (L. S.) (L. s.) Hoo WEI-TEH. L. S.) (L. s.) W. GREVEN KOP CASTENSKIOLD. (L. S.) A. DE BAGUER. Secretary General of the Ministry of For eign Affairs of the Netherlands. HANNEMA, [Translation.] FINAL ACT. At the moment of proceeding to sign the Convention having for its object the exemption of hospital ships in time of war in the ports of the Contracting Parties from all dues and taxes imposed on vessels for the benefit of the State, the Plenipotentiaries signing the present Act express the wish that, in view of the highly humanitarian mission.of these ships, the Contracting Governments may take the measures necessary in order to exempt these ships within a short time also from the payment of the dues and taxes collected in their ports for the benefit of others than the State, especially those collected for the benefit of municipalities or of private companies or persons. In witness whereof the Plenipotentiaries have signed the present procès-verbal, which, bearing the date of this day, may be signed up to the first of October, 1905. Done at The Hague, the twenty-first of December, nineteen hundred and four, in a single copy, which shall remain on file in the archives of the Government of the Netherlands, and of which certified copies shall be delivered through the diplomatic channel to the Powers signing the aforementioned Convention. The plenipotentiary of H. M. the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia V. SCHLÖZER. The plenipotentiary of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty OKOLICSANYI D'OKOLICSNA. The plenipotentiary of H. M. the King of the Belgians GUILLAUME. The plenipotentiary of H. M. the Emperor of China The plenipotentiary of H. M. the Emperor of Korea The plenipotentiary of H. M. the King of Denmark The plenipotentiary of H. M. the King of Spain The plenipotentiary of the United States of America The plenipotentiary of the United Mexican States The plenipotentiary of the French Republic MONBEL. The plenipotentiary of H. M. the King of the Hellenes D. G. METAXAS. The plenipotentiary of H. M. the King of Italy TUGINI. The pler ipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan NOBUKATA MITSUHASHI. The plenipotentiary of H. R. H. the Grand Duke of Luxemburg, Duke of Nassau Cte. DE VILLERS. The plenipotentiary of H. H. the Prince of Montenegro N. TCHARYKOW. The plenipotentiary of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands T. M. C. ASSER. The plenipotentiary of the Peruvian Republic C. G. CANDAMO. The plenipotentiary of H. I. M. the Shah of Persia M. SAMAD. The plenipotentiary of H. M. the King of Portugal and of the Algarves, etc CONDE DE SELIR. The plenipotentiary of H. M. the King of Roumania J. N. PAPINIU. The plenipotentiary of H. M. the Emperor of All the Russias The plenipotentiary of H. M. the King of Servia VESNITCH. The plenipotentiary of H. M. the King of Siam The plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation CARLIN. Certified to as a true copy. HANNEMA, Secretary General of the Ministry of 1905. CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER POWERS FOR THE CREATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE. Signed June 7, 1905; ratification advised by the Senate June 27, 1906; ratified by the President July 7, 1906; ratification deposited with the Government of Italy August 31, 1906; proclaimed January 29, 1908. (The original convention is in the French language. The following translation is taken from the President's proclamation.) I. Creation of institute. II. Composition. III. Representation. IV. Officers; meetings. V. Control of general assembly. VI. Executive power. ARTICLES. VII. Permanent committee. VIII. Officers of permanent committee. X. Nations to be classed in five [Translation.] In a series of meetings held at Rome, from May 29 to June 6. 1905, the delegates of the Powers convened at the Conference for Since the proclamation of the convention by the President, January 29, 1908, all signatory governments have ratified except Chile, Guatemala, Paraguay, Servia, and Turkey. Convention adhered to by Republic of San Marino, and Eritrea and Italian Somaliland. the creation of an International Institute of Agriculture, having agreed upon the text of a Convention to be dated June 7, 1905, and this text having been submitted for approval to the Governments which took part in the said conference, the undersigned, having been furnished with full powers found in good and due form, have agreed, in the names of their respective Governments, on what follows: ARTICLE 1. There is hereby created a permanent international institute of agriculture, having its seat in Rome. ARTICLE 2. The international institute of agriculture is to be a government institution, in which each adhering power shall be represented by delegates of its choice. The institute shall be composed of a general assembly and a permanent committee, the composition and duties of which are defined in the ensuing articles. ARTICLE 3. The general assembly of the institute shall be composed of the representatives of the adhering governments. Each nation, whatever be the number of its delegates, shall be entitled to a number of votes in the assembly which shall be determined according to the group to which it belongs, and to which reference will be made in article 10. ARTICLE 4. The general assembly shall elect for each session from among its members a president and two vice-presidents. The sessions shall take place on dates fixed by the last general assembly and according to a programme proposed by the permanent committee and adopted by the adhering governments. ARTICLE 5. The general assembly shall exercise supreme control over the international institute of agriculture. It shall approve the projects prepared by the permanent committee regarding the organization and internal workings of the institute. It shall fix the total amount of expenditures and audit and approve the accounts. It shall submit to the approval of the adhering governments modifications of any nature involving an increase in expenditure or an enlargement of the functions of the institute. It shall set the date for holding the sessions. It shall prepare its regulations. The presence at the general assemblies of delegates representing two-thirds of the adhering nations shall be required in order to render the deliberations valid. ARTICLE 6. The executive power of the institute is intrusted to the permanent committee, which, under the direction and control of the general assembly, shall carry out the decisions of the latter and prepare propositions to submit to it. ARTICLE 7. The permanent committee shall be composed of members designated by the respective governments. Each adhering nation shall be represented in the permanent committee by one member. However, the representation of one nation may be intrusted to a delegate of another adhering nation, provided that the actual number of members shall not be less than fifteen. The conditions of voting in the permanent committee shall be the same as those indicated in article 3 for the general assemblies. ARTICLE 8. The permanent committee shall elect from among its members for a period of three years a president and a vice-president, who may be reelected. It shall prepare its internal regulations, vote the budget of the institute within the limits of the funds placed at its disposal by the general assembly, and appoint and remove the officials and employees of its office. The general secretary of the permanent committee shall act as secretary of the assembly. ARTICLE 9. The institute, confining its operations within an international sphere, shall (a) Collect, study, and publish as promptly as possible statistical, technical, or economic information concerning farming, both vegetable and animal products, the commerce in agricultural products, and the prices prevailing in the various markets; (b) Communicate to parties interested, also as promptly as possible, all the information just referred to; (c) Indicate the wages paid for farm work; (d) Make known the new diseases of vegetables which may appear in any part of the world, showing the territories infected, the progress of the disease, and, if possible, the remedies which are effective in combating them; (e) Study questions concerning agricultural cooperation, insurance, and credit in all their aspects; collect and publish information which might be useful in the various countries in the organization of works connected with agricultural cooperation, insurance, and credit; (f) Submit to the approval of the governments, if there is occasion for it, measures for the protection of the common interests of farmers and for the improvement of their condition, after having utilized all the necessary sources of information, such as the wishes expressed by international or other agricultural congresses or congresses of sciences applied to agriculture, agricultural societies, academies, learned bodies, etc. |