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‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’ [60v] (137/297)
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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32
« The
ccnhgraciu, undertake to levy on these spirituous liquors an import duty of is fr ner hppf r
t . 0 5° degrees centigrade for the three years next after the nrr'cnt General A J
At the expiration of this period the duty may be increased to 2 ^ fr for -1 fr, 1, m ': s 'nto j
years. At the end of the sixth year it Lall be sStted to revisbn taking f r ' 0d of k " >"=
thrn re h U "f '; rodu , ce 1 d b y these f tariffs . for the purpose of then fixing, if possible a mini : P owers on
XastlT^tt folcT 0f the ZOr,e Where the ^ tem 0f P^bitiP 0 n SS r b eferre a d
(( , "In vv
'it Powers [ e J ai1 ? right of maintaining and increasing the duties bevond thp • i nd have 1
fixed by the present Article in those regions where they already possess that right ra "« « Don(
"ARTICLE XCIII.
< ' Distilled ^quors manufactured in the regions referred to in Article XrrI . .
inland consumption, shall be subject to an excise duty. ^ and ,nten ^
sh./^rr 180 ^ ty ' ? e co . 11 f ction of which the Powers undertake to insure as far as nn I
shall not be lower than the minimum import duty fixed by Article XCII.
"ARTICLE XCIV.
ous liquors mto the territories of the said zone across their inland frontiers! * '
"ARTICLE XCV.
"The Powers shall communicate to each other throuo-h the office* pf Rrnoooio
respectivTterriSies?" ^ information relatin g to the traffic in spirituous liquirs witbbl
"C hapter VII.—F inal P rovisions.
"ARTICLE XCVI.
ed baI^en P rtra g n™ l powers Peal3 111 COntrary Sti P ulations of Conventions previously cori
"ARTICLE XCV11.
"The Signatory Powers, without prejudice to the cf[nnUf.-^no . . .
XXIII, and XCII, reserve the right of'introducing into the P prese"t General Act late
by common agreement, such modifications or improvements as experience may provi to be J
"ARTICLE XCVIII.
I " Powers who have not signed the present General Act shall be allowed to adhere to it.
"The Signatory Powers reserve the right to impose the conditions which thev mav d
necessary on such adhesion. >vxm,u tney may c.
If no conditions should be stipulated, adhesion Implies full acceotanrp nf all fu ur ^
and full admission to all the advantages stipulated by the present General Act
" The Powers shall concert among themselves as to the steps to be taken to nroctire
execution of^he General ^ opera -X "e necessary or useful in order to insure
chan^tothrGtttnt^f^st^^rthe^ "'P-
all the Signatory and adherent States. 0 and by that Governmenl «LlCEm
"ARTICLE XCIX. ____
' Th^ prcs^ nt General Act shall be ratified within a period which shall hp aa el. * I ^meofvesst
ble, and which shall not in any case exceed one vear ' - < li l-c as short as {xsg withdescrip-
•J I tionof form
"Each Power shall address its ratification to the Government of His Maiestv the KiJ
General^A^t!' 8 31 ^ '0 all the other Signatory PoX^of the pi
Belgium! 6 rat ; nCationS of al1 the Powers sha11 rema i» deposited in the archives of the Kingtoj
As soon as all the ratifications have been produced or at ci.
of the present General Act, their deposit shall be recorded in a Protoco" wS th U I
the Representatives of all the Powers which have ratified. 6 SIg
"A certified copy of this Protocol shall be forwarded to all the Powers inteersted.
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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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