FISHERIES CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE HALIBUT FISHERY OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE BERING SEA 5 On May 9, 1931, the instruments of ratification of the convention between the United States and Canada for the preservation of the halibut fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea were exchanged at Ottawa. This convention, effective from the day of the exchange of ratifications, supplants the convention of March 2, 1923. It was proclaimed by the President on May 14, 1931, and will be printed as Treaty Series, No. 837. INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ARRANGEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF TRADE-MARKS ARRANGEMENT CONCERNING THE SUPPRESSION OF FALSE INDICATIONS OF ORIGIN Portugal By a note dated April 29, 1931, the Minister of Switzerland informed the Secretary of State that the Portuguese Government notified the Swiss Federal Council on March 26, 1931, of the adherence of Portugal to the arrangement concerning the international registration of trade-marks and the arrangement concerning the suppression of false indications of origin as revised at The Hague on November 6, 1925. The adherence is effective as of May 13, 1931. NAVIGATION INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONVENTION AND FINAL PROTOCOL United States On May 1, 1931, the President ratified the international load line convention and final protocol, signed at London July 5, 1930. Article 24 of the convention provides that it shall come into force on July 1. 1932, as between the Governments which have deposited their ratifications by that date, and provided that at least five ratifications have been deposited with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Should five ratifications not have been deposited by that date, the convention shall come into force three months after the date on which the fifth ratification is deposited. 'See Bulletin No. 17, February, 1931, p. 16. See Bulletin No. 18, March, 1931. p. 13. See Bulletins No. 11, August, 1930, p. 12, and No. 17, February, 1931, p. 18. POSTAL UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION AND THE ARRANGEMENT CONCERNING LETTERS AND PARCELS OF DECLARED VALUES Great Britain By a communication dated May 14, 1931, the Ambassador of Great Britain informed the Secretary of State that the British Government had ratified on December 3, 1930, the universal postal convention and the arrangement concerning letters and parcels of declared value. The communication also stated that the signature and ratification of the universal postal convention should be regarded as including Newfoundland and Southern Rhodesia and the following colonies, protectorates, and territories under mandate: (c) Northern Territories (d) Togoland under mandate exercised by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom Hong Kong Jamaica (including Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Kenya (Colony and Protectorate) Leeward Islands: (a) Colony (b) Protectorate (c) Cameroons under mandate exercised by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom North Borneo, State of Northern Rhodesia Nyasaland Protectorate Palestine St. Helena and Ascension Sarawak Sierra Leone (Colony and Protectorate) Somaliland Protectorate Straits Settlements Swaziland Tanganyika Territory Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Protectorate Western Pacific, Islands of: British Solomon Islands Protectorate Grenada St. Lucia St. Vincent Zanzibar Protectorate The signature and ratification of the arrangement concerning letters and parcels of declared value should be regarded as including Newfoundland and the following colonies, protectorates, and territories under mandate: (d) Togoland under mandate exercised by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom The Acting Legal Adviser of the Secretariat of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a circular letter dated April 20, 1931, that the permanent Austrian representative accredited to the League of Nations deposited on March 27, 1931, the instrument of ratification of Austria of the international convention relating to economic statistics and the protocol thereto, signed at Geneva, December 14, 1928.9 ACCEPTANCE OF RESERVATION MADE BY AUSTRALIA WHEN ADHERING TO THE CONVENTION Irish Free State The Secretary-General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a circular letter dated April 10, 1931, that the Irish Free State had informed him by a communication dated March 26, 1931, that it had no objection to make regarding the reservation "See Bulletin No. 19, April, 1931, p. 18. made by Australia when adhering to the international convention relating to economic statistics, signed at Geneva, December 14, 1928. The text of the reservation was communicated to all the parties interested by a circular letter dated November 21, 1930.10 According to information furnished by the League of Nations, the other countries which have accepted this reservation are Bulgaria, Denmark, Egypt, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. CHANGES TO BE NOTED IN THE LIST OF ECONOMIC TREATIES OF THE UNITED STATES Under “Commercial," on page 25 of the Third Supplement of the Bulletin of Treaty Information, August 31, 1929, should be added: Austria: Treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights Signed at Vienna, June 19, 1928 Ratifications exchanged, May 27, 1931 Effective" from the date of the exchange of ratifications" (article XXIV) Proclaimed, May 28, 1931 Text: USTS No. 838 Supplementary agreement to the treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights of June 19, 1928 Signed at Vienna, January 20, 1931 Text: USTS No. 839 The above treaty, which is listed on page 47 of the Third Supplement of the Bulletin of Treaty Information, August 31, 1929, under the heading "Treaties signed but not in force." should now be listed among the treaties in force. Under "Fisheries," on page 57 of the Third Supplement of the Bulletin of Treaty Information, August 31, 1929, should be added: Canada: Convention for the preservation of the halibut fishery of the Northern Signed at Ottawa, May 9, 1930 Ratifications exchanged, May 9, 1931 Effective "on the date of the exchange of ratifications" (article Proclaimed, May 14, 1931 Text: USTS No. 837 As the above convention replaces the convention between the United States and Canada for the preservation of the halibut fishery, signed March 2, 1923, which is to be found on page 57 of the Third Supplement of the Bulletin of Treaty Information, August 31, 1929, the earlier convention should be stricken from the list. |