‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’ [‎45r] (106/297)

FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
NOTIFICATION.
Simla, the 20th July, 1892.
No. 1356- —The following Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , dated the 9th May, 1892, for bringing the
General Act of the Brussels Conference within the operation of the Slave Trade Act of^iSr? is
republished from the London Gazette of the 24th May, 1892, for general information :
AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,
The gth day of May, 1892.
Present:
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
Lord President.
Lord Steward.
Earl of Yarborough.
Sir Walter Barttelot, Bart.
Mr. Forwood.
Whereas by an Act passed in the 37th year of Her Majesty's reign, Chapter 88, intituled
"The Slave Trade Act, 1873/'it was, amongst other things, provided that where any Treaty in
relation to the slave trade is made after the passing of that Act by or on behalf of Her Majesty
with any foreign State, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , direct that as from such date, not
being earlier than the date of the Treaty, as may be specified in the Order, such Treaty shall be
deemed, and that thereupon (as from the said date, or if no date should be specified, as from the
date of such Order) such Treaty shall be deemed to be an existing Slave Trade Treaty within the
meaning of the Act, and all the provisions of the Act should apply and be construed
accordingly.
And whereas at Brussels on the 2nd day of July, 1890, the following general Act, with annex
ed Declaration, was signed by the Powers therein mentioned, that is to say;
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"ACTE GENERAL DE LA CONFERENCE DE BRUXELLES.
" Au nom de Dieu Tout-Puissant,
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"SaMajeste la Reine du Royaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande, Imperatrice
des Indes ;
" Sa Majeste I'Empereur d'Allemagne, Roi de Prusse, au nom de I'Empire Allemand ;
"Sa Majeste I'Empereur d'Autriche, Roi de Boh6me, &c., et Roi Apostolique de Hon^rie
*' Sa Majeste le Roi des Beiges;
"Sa Majeste le Roi de Danemark ;
"Sa Majesty le Roi d'Espagne et en Son nam Sa Majesty la Reine-Recrente du
Royaume ;
" Sa Majesty le Roi-Souverain de J'Etat Ind^pendant du Congo;
'* Le President des Etats-Unis d'Amerique ;
" Le President de la Republique Fran^aise.
" Sa Majeste le Roi d'ltalie;