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‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’ [‎37r] (90/297)

The record is made up of 1 volume (137 folios). It was created in 28 Mar 1892-21 May 1925. It was written in English, French, Arabic and Persian. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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and shall be bJ ARTICLE XCV1IL
the other Powersi Powers who have not signed the present General
The above proljAct shall be allowed to adhere to it.
e case of limiteM The Signatory Powers reserve the right to impose
n])i mn nttiienon.; suc h conditions as they may deem necessary to
mder the regM the[v adhesion.
\oiniiunt. If no conditions should be stipulated, adhesion
XCII imi)lies acceptance of all the obligations and admis
sion to all the advantages stipulated by the present
sessions or exert General Act.
' ^ ie Z011e The Power shall concert among themselves as to
" ]" "'nbitidii the steps to be taken to procure the adhesion of
.ne at pi'esent ( states whose co-operation may be necessary or
ipon dui v of less useful in order to insure the complete execution of
) degrees Centi® the General Act.
3 alcoholic liquoi Adhesion shall be effected by a separate Act.
leetohtre to 50d? It shall be notified through the Diplomatic channel
tcr the presentGe to the Government of the King of the Belgians,
.he expiration of and by them to all the Signatory and adherent
■eased at 2o fr. ^ States.
, At the end« ARTICLE XCIX.
ted to revision, ti
ts produced by i P resen ^ General Act shall be ratified within
icn fixin<'\ if m ^ ie shortest possible period, which shall not in any
t the whole exte case exeeed oue y ear -
n referred to in Each Power shall address its ratification to the
Government of the King of the Belgians, who shall
„ ... give notice thereof to all the other Signatory Powers
° J?*" ^ t0 the P resent G elleral Act.
The ratifications of all the Powers shall remain
deposited in the archives of the Kingdom of
Belgium*.
As soon as all the ratifications shall have been
furnished, or at latest one year after the signature
of the present General Act, their delivery shall be
recorded in a Protocol which shall be signed by the
Representatives of all the Powers which have rati
fied.
A certified copy of this Protocol shall be forward
ed to all the Powers interested.
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ARTICLE C.
The present General Act shall come into force
in all the possessions of the Contracting Powers on
the sixtieth day, counting from the day on which
the Protocol provided for in the preceding Article
is drawn up.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipoten
tiaries have signed the present General Act, and
have thereto affixed their seal.
Done at Brussels the 2nd day of the month of
July 1890.
Annex to Article XXXIX.
Licence to p 1 /y the Coasting Trade on the East
Coast of Africa in conformity with Article
XXXIX.
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The present licence must be renewed on the...
Rank of Official who has issued the Permit
Declaration.
The Powers assembled in Conference at Brussels
who have ratified the General Act of Berlin of the
26th February 1885, or who have acceded thereto,
After having drawn up and signed in concert, in
the General Act of this day, a collection of measures
intended to put an end to the Slave Traffic by land
aa well as by sea, and to improve the moral and
material conditions of existence of native races.
Taking into consideration that the execution of
the provisions which they have adopted with this
object imposes on some of them who have possessions
or Protectorates in the conventional basin of the
Congo, obligations which absolutely demand new
resources to meet them,
Have agreed to make the following Declara
tion :—
The Signatories or acceding Powers who have
possessions or Protectorates in the said Conventional
basin of the Congo shall be able, so far as authority
is required to this end, to establish duties upon
imported goods, the scale of which shall not exceed
a rate equivalent to 10 per cent, ad valorem at the
port of entry, always excepting spirituous liquors,
which are regulated by the provisions of Chapter VI
of the General Act of this day.
After the signing of the said General Act,
negotiations shall be opened between the Powers
who have ratified the General Act of Berlin or who
have acceded to it, in order to draw up, within a
maximum limit of the 10 per cent, ad valorevi, the
system of Customs Regulations to be established in
the conventional basin of the Congo.
Nevertheless it is understood :—
] That no differential treatment or transit duty
shall be established ;
2. That in applying the Customs Regulations
which are to be agreed upon, each Power will
undertake to simplify formalities as much as
possible, and to facilitate trade operations ;
3. That the arrangement resulting from the
proposed negotiations shall remain in force for
fifteen years from the signing of the present
Declaration.
At the expiration of this term, and failing a fresh
Agreement, the Contracting Powers will return to
the conditions provided for by Article IV of the
General Act of Berlin, retaining the power of
imposing duties up to a maximum of 10 per cent,
upon goods imported into the conventional basin of
the Congo.
The ratifications of the present Declaration shall
be exchanged at the same time as those of the
General Act of this day.
In faith of which the undersigned Plenipoten
tiaries have drawn up the present Declaration, and
liave affixed hereto their seal.
Done at Brussels, the 2nd day of the month of
July 1890.
[JVote. —The signatures will be inserted when the
Act is printed with the Protocols.]
(Signed) H. M. Duuand,
Secretary to the Government of India."
Jly order of His Excellency ike Bight
Honourable the Governor in Council,
W. LEE-WARNER,
Secretary to Government.

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Correspondence related to the distribution of the text of the General Act of the Brussels Conference of 1890 throughout the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region. The English version of the Act is on folios 32-37. William Lee-Warner, Secretary to the Government of India in Bombay, sent Adelbert Talbot ( Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1891-93) 100 copies of the Act in Persian (folios 5-19), and 100 in Arabic, for distribution to the Political Agencies on the Persian and Arab coasts of the Gulf respectively. Talbot sent 25 copies of the Persian translation of the Act to his Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bandar-e Lengeh, and a further 25 copies to the Agent of the British India Steam Navigation Co. (Gray Paul & Co.) at Bandar-e Abbas. The Governor of Turkish Arabistan, Nizam-es-Sultaneh was critical of the distributed Persian translation of the Act, which had been produced under the authority of British Government staff in Bombay. In response Talbot commissioned and distributed a new translation (folios 73-88), produced under his authority at the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire.

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1 volume (137 folios)
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The contents of the volume have been arranged chronologically, with the earliest documents at the front, and the latest at the rear.

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Foliation: The volume has been foliated with small circled numbers in the top right corner of each front-facing page. The front cover has been foliated 1, then there are two unfoliated pages, before foliation restarts at 2 on the title sheet. After the title sheet and contents page (folio 4) there are a further three unfoliated blank pages before foliation restarts on the first piece of correspondence.). Folio 100 is missing.

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