and Egypt, according mutual unconditional most-favored-nation treatment in customs matters. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUMANIA ACCORDING MUTUAL UNCONDITIONAL MOST-FAVORED-NATION TREATMENT IN CUSTOMS MATTERS In a note dated April 17, 1930, the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of Rumania at Washington informed the Acting Secretary of State that his Government wished the agreement according mutual unconditional most-favored-nation treatment in customs matters, which was signed February 26, 1926, to remain in force until July 1, 1930, instead of May 1, 1930, as theretofore mutually agreed upon. On April 26, 1930, the Department informed the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of Rumania that the Government of the United States agreed that the arrangement should remain in force until July 1, 1930. 3 CONVENTION CONCERNING THE FORMATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE PUBLICATION OF CUSTOMS TARIFFS Turkey. By a note dated May 7, 1930, the Belgian Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Washington, Viscount de Lantsheere, informed the Secretary of State that Turkey had adhered to the convention concerning the formation of an international union for the publication of customs tariffs, signed at Brussels, July 5, 1890. FINANCE ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN FOR THE EXEMPTION FROM DOUBLE INCOME TAX OF PROFITS ACCRUING FROM THE BUSINESS OF SHIPPING On April 5, 1930, the Acting Secretary of State informed the Spanish Ambassabor at Washington that the United States Treasury Department considered that Spain met the reciprocal exemption requirements of the revenue acts of 1921, 1924, 1926, and 1928, and that accordingly the income of Spanish nationals and corporations which consists exclusively of earnings derived from the operation of ships documented under the laws of Spain will be exempt from taxation by the United States under those acts. The exchange of notes between the United States and Spain, constituting an agreement for the exemption from double income tax of profits accruing from the business of shipping, will shortly be published in the United States Executive Agreement Series. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF COUNTERFEITING CURRENCY Spain. According to communiqué No. 4960, May 1, 1930, of the Information Section of the League of Nations, the Spanish Government deposited with the Secretariat of the League on April 28, 1930, the instrument of its ratification of the international convention and protocol for the suppression of counterfeiting currency, signed at Geneva, April 20, 1929, and of the optional protocol of the same date. FISHERIES CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE HALIBUT FISHERY OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE BERING SEA On May 9, 1930, a convention between the United States and the Dominion of Canada for the preservation of the halibut fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean was signed at Ottawa by the American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim and the Canadian Prime Minister. The new convention will, from the date of exchange of ratifications, supplant the halibut convention now in force between the United States and Canada which was concluded March 2, 1923. The convention signed on May 9, 1930, includes recommendations made by the International Fisheries Commission established under the convention of 1923. The annual closed period for halibut fishing, which at present extends from November 16 to February 15, will be from November 1 to February 15 under the new convention. The International Fisheries Commission established by the convention of 1923, composed of two members appointed by the United States and two appointed by the Dominion of Canada, will continue to function as at present constituted and will be granted additional regulatory powers. The new convention is concluded for a period of five years, after which it is subject to termination on notice of two years given by the Government of either the United States or Canada. CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA FOR THE PROTECTION, PRESERVATION, AND EXTENSION OF THE SOCKEYE SALMON FISHERIES OF THE FRASER RIVER SYSTEM On May 26, 1930, a convention for the protection, preservation, and extension of the sockeye salmon fisheries of the Fraser River system was signed by the Secretary of State, Mr. Henry L. Stimson, and the Canadian Minister at Washington, Mr. Vincent Massey. The convention deals with the sockeye salmon fisheries in the waters contiguous to the State of Washington and the Province of British Columbia, and in the territorial waters off the coasts of Washington and British Columbia and the high seas adjacent thereto. The convention provides for the establishment of an international fisheries commission of six members, three on the part of the United States and three on the part of the Dominion of Canada. The international fisheries commission is granted extensive regulatory powers over the salmon fisheries in national and territorial waters and over fishing for sockeye salmon by American and Canadian fishermen and fishing vessels on portions of the high seas. The commission is charged with the duty of making a thorough investigation into the natural history of the sockeye salmon, and is authorized to construct and maintain hatcheries. The commission is also empowered to prescribe the size of the meshes in fishing gear and appliances that may be used in the convention waters. The convention which has been concluded for a period of 16 years, after which it is subject to termination on notice of one year given by the Government of either the United States or Canada, will come into force at the date of exchange of ratifications at Washington. CHANGES TO BE NOTED IN THE LIST OF ECONOMIC TREATIES OF THE UNITED STATES Under "Fisheries," page 58 of the Third Supplement of the Bulletin of Treaty Information, August 31, 1929, there should be added the following: Treaties signed but not in force; Treaty between the United States and Canada for the preservation of the halibut fishery in the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Signed at Ottawa, May 9, 1930. Treaty between the United States and Canada for the protection, preservation, and extension of the sockeye salmon fisheries in the Fraser River system. Signed at Washington, May 26, 1930. On December 13, 1929, the convention for the preservation of the sockeye salmon fisheries in the Fraser River system, which was signed at Washington March 27, 1929, was returned to the President by the Senate of the United States. It is now filed among the unperfected treaties in the archives of the Department of State. NAVIGATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LOAD LINES The following is the personnel of the American Delegation to the International Conference on Load Lines, which convened at London on May 20, 1930: Delegates H. B. Walker, president of the American Steamship Owners' David Arnott, of the American Bureau of Shipping Laurens Prior, of the Bureau of Navigation, Department of H. C. Towle, of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. S. D. McComb, of the Marine Office of America A. F. Pillsbury, of Pillsbury and Curtis Robert F. Hand, of the Standard Oil Co. James Kennedy, general manager, Marine Department, Gulf H. W. Warley, of the Ore Steamship Co. Rear Admiral J. G. Tawresey, United States Navy, retired, Technical advisers David W. Dicky G. A. Smith The conference, to which all of the maritime States were invited to send representatives, was convened by the Government of Great Britain for the purpose of discussing the question of seaworthiness of the cargo ship. The report of the committee appointed by the president of the British Board of Trade to advise on load lines of merchant ships and special load lines for steamers carrying timber deck cargoes and for tankers, 1927-1929, formed the basis for international discussion. Inasmuch as the Congress of the United States has already, by an act of March 2, 1929 (Public No. 934-70th Congress), which will go into effect 18 months from and after that date, namely, September 2, 1930, conferred upon the Secretary of Commerce full authority to establish load lines by regulations which shall have the force of law, one of the purposes of the participation in the conference by the United States is to obtain as far as practicable international uniformity in the matter of load lines which can be embodied in the regulations to be issued by the Secretary of Commerce. 118637--30- -3 POSTAL PAN AMERICAN POSTAL CONVENTION Haiti. The Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Mexico having informed the Secretary of State that the Republic of Haiti had deposited with the Mexican Government, November 28, 1929, its instrument of adherence to the principal convention, regulations for execution, and final protocol signed at the Second Pan American Postal Congress, November 9, 1926. the Postmaster General has amended the Postal Regulations of the United States so as to include members of the diplomatic corps of Haiti, and consuls of Haiti among those entitled to the free transmission of matter through the mails, under Article 9 of the said convention. |