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1 This indicates that the Optional Clause has been accepted for a period of five years.

2 Subject to acceptance also by at least two of the powers permanently represented on the Council.

Ratification of the Protocol included ratification of the Optional Clause.

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By-Election: As a result of the death of M. Ruy Barboza, a

by-election took place in September 1923,

when M. Epitacio da Silva Pessoa, former President of Brazil, was elected in his place.

SESSIONS OF THE COURT

Held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, Holland Preliminary Session, January 30, 1922 to March 24, 1922 Devoted to the preparation of the Court's rules and procedures and to other administrative work connected with its judicial and advisory activities.

First Session. (Ordinary)

June 15, 1922 to August 12, 1922

Second Session. (Extraordinary)

January 8, 1923 to February 7, 1923

1 Monthly Summary of the League of Nations, Vol. IV, No. 1 February 15, 1924.

Third Session. (Ordinary)

June 15, 1923 to September 15, 1923

Fourth Session. (Extraordinary)

November 12, 1923 to December 6, 1923.

ADVISORY OPINIONS GIVEN BY THE COURT1

No. 1-Given by the Court on July 31, 1922 upon the following question:

"Was the Workers' Delegate for the Netherlands at the Third Session of the International Labor Conference nominated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 38 of Article 389 of the Treaty of Versailles?"

Affirmative

No. 2 Given by the Court on August 12, 1922 upon the following question:

"Does the competence of the International Labor Organization extend to international regulation of the conditions of labor of persons employed in agriculture?"

Affirmative

No. 3-Given by the Court on August 12, 1922 upon the following question:

"Does examination of proposals for the organiza tion and development of methods of agricul tural production, and of other questions of a like character, fall within the competence of the International Labor Organization?"

Negative

Publications of the Permanent Court of International Justice, Series B, Nos. 1-8, inclusive.

No. 4-Given by the Court on February 7, 1923 upon the following question:

"Is the dispute between France and Great Britain as to the Nationality Decrees issued in Tunis and Morocco (French Zone) on November 8, 1921 and their application to British subjects by international law solely a matter of domestic jurisdiction or not?"

Negative

No. 5-Given by the Court on July 23, 1923 upon the following question:

"Do Articles 10 and 11 of the Treaty of Peace between Finland and Russia, signed at Dorpat on October 14th 1920, and the annexed Declaration of the Russian Delegation regarding the autonomy of Eastern Carelia, constitute engagements of an international

character which place Russia under an obligation to Finland as to the carrying out of the provisions contained therein?"

The majority of the Court, composed of seven judges arrived with regret at the conclusion that the Court was incompetent to give an opinion.

No. 6 Given by the Court on September 10, 1923 on

"Certain Questions relating to settlers of German origin in the territory ceded by Germany to Poland."

That the points referred to in (a) and (b) of the
Resolution of the Council of the League of

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