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Ami in a note to this section 2, paragraph 5, it is observed:—
“ Payment of income tax shall not be required of foreign Ministers (Envoys), or the members
of their staff of ‘ Consules Missi,’ and of the members of the Consulate staffs, provided that they
are subjects of the foreign State in question.”
In respect of taxation, merchant Consuls residing at Hamburg are treated upon the same
footing as all other resident merchants.
Ihe Senate of Hamburg, as the sovereign authority of this State, in its corporate capacity,
ail( l fhe President of the Senate (or Burgomaster, as is his official title), in his individual capacity,
exercise a good deal of hospitality, both of an official and semi-official character, which generally
takes the form of dinners, luncheons, or evening receptions.
To these festivities the foreign Consular Ivepresentatives, both merchant Consuls and
“ Consules Missi ’ (as well as the two Diplomatic Representatives accredited to the Hamburg
Senate--viz., the Prussian Envoy Extraordinary and the Russian Minister Resident), are invited
from time to time—that is to say, sometimes all the Consular Representatives, and sometimes
only a certain number of the same, are invited. On the German Emperor’s birthday, for
instance, when a large official banquet is given by the Senate, all “Consules Missi,” both
Consuls-General, Consuls, and Vice-Consuls are invited, but no merchant Consuls. At a
luncheon recently given by the Senate to the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, only “Consules
Missi (i.e., only Consuls-General) representing European States were invited, but not the other
“ Consules Missi,” and no merchant Consuls at all. On the occasion of an evening reception,
recently given by the Hamburg Senate to the exhibitors and others connected with the
Hamburg Exhibition of Hygienic Milk Supply, all Consular Representatives at Hamburg—
“ Consules Missi ” and merchant Consuls—were invited.
The President of the Senate (Burgomaster) invites the Diplomatic or Consular Represen-
tives, i.e., only “ Consules Missi,” together with other persons, to dinner ad his private house once
or twice a-year.
In short, the Senate in its corporate capacity, as well as the President of the Senate indi
vidually, consider themselves the sole judges as to whether all foreign Consular Represen
tatives at Hamburg, or whether merely the “Consules Missi ” (or only a part of their number),
shall be invited on a particular occasion or not.
(Signed) WILLIAM WARD.
Hamburg, May 30, 1903.
Annex 5.
List of Consular Conventions and of other Treaties between Germany and Foreign Countries
in which there are Provisions affecting Consular matters existing in June 1903.
Name of Country.
Description and Date of Convention or Treaty.
Argentine Republic
Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation
Sept. 19, 1857
Austria-Hungary
Treaty of Commerce and Tariff Treaty
Dec. 6, 1891
Belgium
Navigation Treaty with Prussia
Mar. 28, 18b3
Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with Liibeck
May 11, „
,, ,, „ Bremen
May 11, „
,, „ „ Hamburg
June 24, „
Brazil
Special Convention for Regulating Questions of Inheritance
f Nov. 30, 1897
[Feb. 15, 1898
Chile
Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation
Feb. 1, 1862
China
Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation
Sept. 2, 1861
And Supplementary Convention
Mar. 31, 1880
Columbia (United States of)...
Treaty of Commerce
July 29, 1892
Corea
Treaty of Commerce
Nov. 26, 1883
Denmark ...
Treaty of Commerce with Prussia
June 17, 1818
Convention with Prussia
May 26, 1846
(The latter is in force by virtue of Article II of the Treaty
of Peace of Vienna, dated October 30, 18(>4.)
Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Nov. 25, 1845
Egypt
Treaty of Commerce
July 19, 1892
Equador ...
Treaty of Friendship
Mar. 28, 1887
France
Treatvof Navigation with the “ Zollverein ” ...
Aug. 2, 1862
And Protocol
Dec. 14, 1864
Treaty of Navigation with Mecklenburg-Schwerin
June 9, 1865
,, „ the Hanse Towns ...
Mar. 4, „
Treaty of Peace
Max 10. 1871
Great Britain
Agreement concerning (published on AjhII 10, 1885)
Extradition Treaty ...
1885
May 14, 1872
Greece
Consular Convention
Nov. 26, 1881
Guatemala*
Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, including a
Consular Convention
Sept. 20, 1887
Honduras ...
Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, including a
Consular Convention
Dec. 12, „
Italy
Consular Convention with North German Confederation
Dec. 21, 1868
Ditto
Feb. 7, 1872
And Supplementary Convention ...
May 4, 1891
Japan
Consular Convention
Apr. 4, 1890
And Notice
Julv 7, 1899
Liberia
Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation
Oct. 31, 1867
* It expires on J une 22, 1903.
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