1918

CONVENTION BETWEEN JAPAN AND INDIA
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Art. II.—The stipulations of the present Convention shall be applicable, so far
as the laws permit, to all the Colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic
Majesty, excepting to those hereinafter named, that is to say, except to
India Natal
The Dominion of Canada New South Wales
Newfoundland Victoria
The Cape Queensland
Tasmania
South Australia
Western Australia
New Zealand
Provided always that the stipulations of the present Convention shall be made
applicable to any of the above-named Colonies or foreign possessions, on whose
behalf notice to that effect shall have been given to the Japanese Government by Her
Britannic Majesty’s Representative at Tokyo, within two years from the date of the
exchange of ratifications of the present Convention.
Art. III.—The present Convention shall come into force immediately after the
exchange of the ratifications thereof, and shall remain in force until the 17th July,
1911.
Either high contracting Power shall have the right at any time after the 16th
July, 1910, to give notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same, and at
the expiration of twelve months after such notice is given this Convention shall
wholly cease and determine.
Art. IV.—The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof
shall be exchanged at Tokyo as soon as possible, and not later than six months from
the present date.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and
have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done at Tokyo, in duplicate, this 26th day of April, nineteen hundredth year
of the Christian era.
[L.S.] Eknest Mason Satow.
,, Siuzo Vicomte Akoi.
CONVENTION REGARDING THE COMMERCIAL
RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND INDIA
Signed at Tokyo on the 29th day op August, 1904
His Majesty the Emperor of Japan and His Majesty the King of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the
Seas, Emperor of India, being equally desirous of facilitating the commercial
relations between Japan and India have resolved to conclude a Convention to that
effect, and have named as their respective Plenipotentiaries :
His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, Baron Jutaro Komura, Jusammi, First
Class of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, His Imperial Majesty’s Minister of
State for Foreign Affairs ; and
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, Sir Claude
Maxwell Macdonald, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St.
Michael and St. George, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, His Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary;