accounts mentioned in Article 6, and all other details and regulations necessary for the execution of the present Agreement. It is understood that the measures mentioned in this Article may be modified by the two Administrations whenever they may agree in recognizing the necessity for any alteration. 9. The two Administrations of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and France shall each be able in extraordinary circumstances of a kind that would justify the measure, to suspend temporarily, either in whole or part, the intercolonial money order service to which the present Agreement applies, on condition of giving immediate notice thereof (by (by telegraph, if necessary) to the other Administration. Similarly, the Administration of the British Colony of Seychelles shall be able, under like circumstances, to suspend its service with the French Colony of Madagascar and vice versâ. 10. The present Agreement shall come into operation on a day to be agreed upon by the Postal Administrations of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of France, after it shall have been promulgated according to the respective laws of the two countries. It shall remain in force from year to year until one of the contracting parties shall have given notice to the other a year in advance of its intention to terminate it. During such final year, the Agreement shall continue to be executed fully and entirely, without prejudice to the settlement and payment of the accounts, after the expiration of the said term. In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the present Agreement and have affixed thereto their seals. Done at Paris, in duplicate, the 31st January, 1916. (L.S.) BERTIE OF THAME. (L.S.) A. BRIAND. FRENCH DECREE modifying the Decree of September 8, 1908, relative to the Control of Concessionary Companies in French Congo.-Paris, August 1, 1916.* LE Président de la République française, "Journal officiel," August 5, 1916. Vu le décret du 15 janvier 1910, portant création du gouvernement général de l'Afrique équatoriale française; Vu le décret du 7 avril 1911, réglementant les contrats de travail en Afrique équatoriale française; Vu le décret du 16 avril 1913, portant réorganisation du service de la justice en Afrique équatoriale française; Vu le décret du 8 septembre 1908,* portant réorganisation du contrôle près les sociétés concessionnaires au Congo français. Décrète : ART. 1. Les fonctions dévolues par le décret du 8 septembre 1908 au commissaire spécial du gouvernement général près les sociétés concessionnaires seront exercées dans chacune des colonies du groupe de l'Afrique équatoriale française par le lieutenant-gouverneur de cette colonie. Les fonctions dévolues par le même texte aux inspecteurs près les sociétés concessionnaires sont exercées dans chacune des colonies du groupe de l'Afrique équatoriale française: D'une part, par les inspecteurs des affaires administratives pour toute l'étendue de la colonie; D'autre part, par les chefs de circonscription pour l'étendue de leur circonscription respective. 2. L'article 15 du décret du 8 septembre 1908 et toutes les dispositions contraires au présent décret sont abrogés. 3. Le ministre des colonies est chargé de l'exécution du présent décret, qui sera inséré au Journal officiel de la République française, au Bulletin des lois et au Journal officiel de l'Afrique équatoriale française. Fait à Paris, le 1" août 1916. Le Ministre des Colonies, R. POINCARE. AGREEMENT between Great Britain and France respecting Trade with Morocco and Egypt in transit through British and French territories in Africa.-Signed at London, August 24, 1916.† THE Government of His Britannic Majesty and the Government of the French Republic, being desirous of concluding the Agreement contemplated by Article 4 of the Declaration between Great Britain and France of the 8th April, 1904, respecting the trade of the two nations. + Signed also in French. See Vol. 24, page 400. *See page 60. in with Morocco and Egypt in transit through French and British territories Africa, the Undersigned, duly authorized to that effect by their respective Governments, have agreed upon the following Articles: ART. 1. Goods exported from, or despatched to, the United Kingdom, which may be despatched to, or emanate from, Morocco, and which pass in transit through Tunis, Algeria, or other territories bordering on Morocco and belonging to France or recognising her sovereignty, and goods exported from, or despatched to, France which may be despatched to, or emanate from, Egypt, and which pass in transit through British East Africa or Uganda, shall be accorded a treatment exactly similar to that applied respectively to goods exported from, or despatched to, France, and to goods exported from, or despatched to, the United Kingdom, so far as concerns Customs duties and other dues to which they may be liable in the territories through which they pass in transit, so far as concerns railway rates and imposts, so far as concerns the Customs regulations in force affecting their ingress and egress, so far as concerns the method of transit, and, in general, so far as concerns all Customs facilities. For the execution of the present Agreement, a Decree shall lay down the conditions governing, the transit across Algerian territory of goods of foreign origin emanating from, or despatched to, Morocco. 2. The present reciprocal Agreement shall be valid for a period of thirty years. Unless the Agreement is expressly denounced at least one year in advance, this period shall be extended for five years at a time. In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the present Agreement and have affixed thereto their seals. Done in duplicate at London, the 24th day of August, 1916. (L.S.) GREY OF FALLODON. (L.S.) PAUL CAMBON. AGREEMENT between Great Britain and France concerning the Exchange of Post Office Money Orders between Mauritius and Madagascar.-Signed at Paris, December 23, 1916.* AGREEMENT concerning the Exchange of Post Office Money Orders between the British Colony of Mauritius and the French Colony of Madagascar. THE Government of His Britannic Majesty and the Government of the French Republic being desirous of facilitating the transmission of money between the British Colony of Mauritius and the French Colony of Madagascar by means of Post Office money orders and of concluding an Agreement for that purpose; The Undersigned, duly authorised by their respective Governments, have agreed upon the following Articles: ART. 1. Remittances of money may be made by means of Post Office money orders as well from the British Colony of Mauritius to the French Colony of Madagascar as from the French Colony of Madagascar to the British Colony of Mauritius. No money order shall exceed in amount the sum of 201. sterling if issued in the British Colony of Mauritius or the nearest practicable equivalent of that sum in franc currency if issued in the French Colony of Madagascar. Nevertheless, the two Administrations have power subsequently to modify this maximum whenever they mutually recognise the necessity for doing 30. 2. There shall be charged for each remittance of money effected in pursuance of the preceding Article a commission, which shall be fixed by the Administration of the Colony of issue, and shall be chargeable to the remitter of the money. The British Colony of Mauritius and the French Colony of Madagascar shall each have the power to make on orders issued in its territory an additional charge to cover any unusual fluctuation in the exchange value of the currency, on condition that the Colony of destination is immediately notified of such charge. 3. The Administration of the Colony of issue shall retain this commission, but shall allow to the Administration of the Colony of payment one-half of one per cent. (per cent.) of the total amount of money orders advised by the Colony of issue to the Colony of payment. 4. The amounts of money orders issued in the British Colony of Mauritius shall be expressed in sterling and converted into franc currency, and the amounts of money orders * Signed also in French. issued in the French Colony of Madagascar shall be expressed in frane currency and converted into sterling. Each of the two Administrations shall have the power to fix the rate of conversion from the one currency to the other of the money orders issued by it, and to revise this rate at the beginning of each year. Payment for money orders in the British Colony of Mauritius, whether to or by the public, may be made in local currency. 5. The money orders issued by the post offices of the British Colony of Mauritius or French Colony of Madagascar in accordance with the terms of the present Agreement and the receipts given upon such money orders shall not be subjected to any charge or commission other than that chargeable under Article 2 preceding, with the following exceptions: 1.) A second commission may be charged to the payee for the issue of duplicates of money orders of which the originals have been lost, for the renewal of lapsed orders, or for any other special service performed at the request of the payee. (2.) If the remitter of an order wishes to obtain an advice of payment of the order he may do so by paying in advance, to the exclusive profit of the Administration of the Colony of issue, a fixed charge not exceeding the charge made in that Colony for advices of delivery of registered correspondence. 6. At such times as may be fixed by mutual consent, accounts shall be prepared in respect of the money orders exchanged under this Agreement. In case of non-payment of the balance of an account within such period as may be agreed upon, the amount of such balance shall bear interest dating from the day of the expiration of the said period up to the day on which the sum lue shall be remitted. This interest shall be calculated at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and in the following account shall be carried to the debit of the Colony in arrear. 7. The sums received on either side for money orders, the amounts of which have not been paid to the persons entitled to receive them within the period fixed by the laws and regulations of the Colony of origin shall ultimately belong to the Administration of that Colony. 8. The Postal Administrations of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of France, shall designate, each for itself, the offices authorised to issue and pay money orders by virtue of this Agreement. They shall determine, by mutual agreement, the mode of transmission of the orders referred to, the form of the accounts mentioned in Article 6, and all other details and |