end of twenty-three years, as provided for in Article XIV, the Government will have a right to compensation, even for works undertaken without the authorization of the Government, at a valuation calculated at a sum between the expenses of the works in question and the greatest profit shown.

No indemnity will be due from the Government if the rescission of the Convention is due to the act or the fault of the Company.

XVII. The value of the works for which compensation may be due will be determined by three Arbitrators. Each party will name an Arbitrator; these two Arbitrators will choose a third, and in the case of disagreement as to the choice, the execution will be referred to the President of the Court of Cassation at Rome, where will be the seat of arbitration.

Any question of private law arising between the Government and the Company in the execution or interpretation of the Convention will likewise be decided by arbitration.

The judgments of the Arbitrators will be arrived at without formality or procedure, and there will be no appeal against them.

XVIII. The Company must respect the laws of the State and the Treaties in force, and other Treaties which the Government may think fit to conclude or publish.

In the case of disputes, conflicts, or other difficulties between the Company and the Sultan of Zanzibar, or the Chiefs of the various tribes, or the English authorities of the neighbouring territory, the Company must submit to the decision of the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

It will lie with the Arbitrators to determine, in the case of disagreement between the parties, whether the Convention has suffered material alterations by reason of new Treaties or by the measures taken as a result of conflicts.

In the case of an affirmative decision the Company will have the right of demanding the rescission of the Convention with compensation for the value of the works executed.

XIX. The act of constitution of the Company will be registered with the tax of 1 lira.

The salaries of the employés of the Company, resident in the Colony, will be exempt from income tax.

XX. The Company will have the right of withdrawing from the Government depôts, and possibly from those of Massowah, arms and ammunition at cost price which the Government may consider strictly necessary for the security of the stations. Beyond this all trade in arms is forbidden to the Company.

XXI. The Government will make arrangements to keep a stationnaire on the coast or in the waters of Zanzibar.

XXII. The present Convention and the privileges derived from it cannot be transferred by the Company to third parties.

XXIII. The present Convention will be registered with the tax of 1 lira, and will not be valid until approved by law.

Rome, May 25, 1898.

(L.S.) RUDINO.

(L.S.) VISCONTI VENOSTA. (L.S.) BRANCA.

(L.S.) LUZZATTI.

(L.S.) A. DI SAN MARZANO.

(L.S.) A. S. VIMERCATI.

(L.S.) G. MYLUIS.

(L.S.) D. S. B. CRESPI.

(L.S.) A. CARMINATI.

ARRANGEMENT entre la France et la Russie, concernant l'Échange des Colis Postaux.—Signé à Saint-Pétersbourg, le Juin, 1898.

LE Gouvernement de Sa Majesté l'Empereur de Toutes les Russies et le Gouvernement de la République Française désirant, en ce qui concerne les relations spéciales des deux pays, anticiper la mise en application de la Convention Internationale relative à l'échange des colis postaux et signée conjointement avec les autres pays de l'Union Postale à Washington, le 15 Juin, 1897, ont résolu d'inaugurer le 20 Juillet, 1898, entre la Russie (y compris la Finlande) et la France le trafic des colis postaux prévu par la dite Convention, dont un exemplaire est annexé au présent Arrangement.*

1 Août

En foi de quoi les Soussignés, son Excellence le Ministre des Affaires Étrangères de Sa Majesté l'Empereur de Toutes les Russies et son Excellence l'Ambassadeur de la République Française près Sa Majesté l'Empereur de Toutes les Russies, ont dressé le présent Arrangement et l'ont revêtu de leurs cachets.

Fait à Saint-Pétersbourg, en double exemplaire, le Juin, 1898.

(L.S.) COMTE MOURAVIEW. (L.S.) E. MONTEBELLO.

* Page 1104.

AWARD of the Behring Sea Claims Commission, under the Convention between Great Britain and the United States of the 8th February, 1896.*—Signed December 17, 1897.

WHEREAS by a Convention between Great Britain and the United States of America, signed at Washington on the 8th February, 1896, it was, among other matters, agreed and concluded that "all claims on account of injuries sustained by persons in whose behalf Great Britain is entitled to claim compensation from the United States, and arising by virtue of" a certain Treaty between Great Britain and the United States, signed at Washington on the 29th February, 1892,† the Award and Findings of the Tribunal of Arbitration constituted thereunder, as also certain additional claims specified in the preamble of the Convention first above mentioned, should be referred to two Commissioners, one of whom should be appointed by Her Britannic Majesty and the other by the President of the United States, and each of whom should be learned in the law; and it was further agreed and concluded in the Convention first berein named that said Commissioners should determine the liability of the United States, if any, in respect of each claim, and assess the amount of compensation, if any, to be paid on account thereof;

And whereas Her Britannic Majesty appointed the Honourable George Edwin King, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, one of said Commissioners, and the President of the United States of America appointed the Honourable William L. Putnam, a Judge of the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit, the other of said Commissioners; and we, the said Commissioners, having met at Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, on the 23rd day of November, A.D. 1896, and our respective powers having been found to be duly authenticated, and each of us having duly taken the oath prescribed by the Convention, proceeded jointly to the discharge of our duties thereunder; and, having heard and examined on oath or affirmation every question of fact not found by the Tribunal of Arbitration under the Treaty between Her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America signed at Washington on the 29th February, 1892, and having received all suitable authentic testimony concerning the same, and being attended by counsel on behalf of Great Britain, and by counsel on behalf of the United States of America, who were duly heard before us, and having impartially and carefully examined the question submitted to us;

* Vol. LXXXVIII, page 8.

† Vol. LXXXIV, page 48.

Now, therefore, we, the said Commissioners, do hereby determine, adjudge, and award as follows:

The rate of interest awarded by us is 6 per cent. per annum, being the statutory rate at Victoria, British Columbia, during the period covered, but being less than the current rate thereat.

As to the claim in respect of the vessel Carolena, it is determined that the United States are liable to Great Britain in respect thereof, and we assess the amount of compensation to be paid on account thereof to Great Britain, on behalf of the owners, master, officers, and crew of the vessel, as follows: 13,341 dol. 72 c., with interest from the 10th September, 1886, until this day, amounting to 9,020 dol. 71 c., and making a total of principal and interest of 22.362 dol. 43 c.

As to the claim in respect to the vessel Thornton, it is adjudged and determined that the United States of America are liable to Great Britain in respect thereof, and we assess and award the amount of compensation to be paid on account thereof to Great Britain, on behalf of the owners, master, officers, and crew of the vessel, as follows, that is to say: 13,521 dol. 10 c., with interest from the 10th September, 1886, until this day, amounting to 9,142 dol. 53 c., and making a total of principal and interest of 22,663 dol. 63 c.

As to the claim in respect of the vessel Onward, it is adjudged and determined that the United States of America are liable to Great Britain in respect thereof, and we assess and award the amount of compensation to be paid on account thereof to Great Britain, on behalf of the owners, master, officers, and crew of the vessel (exclusive of the net interest of Alexander McLean, who at the time of the Convention was a citizen of the United States and domiciled therein, and has so remained), as follows, that is to say 9,376 dollars, with interest from the 10th September, 1886, until this day, amounting to 6,339 dol. 74 c., and making a total of principal and interest of the sum of 15,715 dol. 74 c.

As to the claim in respect of the vessel Favourite, it is adjudged and determined that the United States of America are liable to Great Britain in respect thereof, and we assess and award the amount of compensation to be paid on account thereof to Great Britain, on behalf of the owners, master, officers, and crew of the vessel (exclusive of the net interest of said Alexander McLean), as follows, that is to say: 3,202 dollars, with interest from the 10th September, 1886, until this day, amounting to 2,165 dol. 8 c., and making a total of principal and interest of the sum of 5,367 dol. 8 c. As to the claim in respect of the vessel W. P. Sayward, it is adjudged and determined that the United States of America are liable to Great Britain in respect thereof, and we assess and award [1897-98. xc.] 4 M

the amount of compensation to be paid on account thereof to Great Britain, on behalf of the owners, master, officers, and crew of the vessel, as follows, that is to say: 12,537 dol. 50 c., with interest from the 10th September, 1887, until this day, amounting to 7,725 dol. 22 c., and making a total of principal and interest of the sum of 20,262 dol. 72 c.

As to the claim in respect of the vessel Anna Beck, it is adjudged and determined that the United States of America are liable to Great Britain in respect thereof, and we assess and award the amount of compensation to be paid on account thereof to Great Britain, on behalf of the owners, master, officers, and crew of the vessel, as follows, that is to say: 21,692 dol. 50 c., with interest from the 10th September, 1887, until this day, amounting to 13,366 dol. 19 c., making a total of principal and interest of the sum of 35,058 dol. 69 c.

As to the claim in respect of the vessel Alfred Adams, it is adjudged and determined that the United States of America are liable to Great Britain in respect thereof, and we assess and award the amount of compensation to be paid on account thereof to Great Britain, on behalf of the owners, master, officers, and crew of the vessel (exclusive of the net interest of Alexander Frank, who at the time of the Convention was a citizen of the United States, and domiciled therein, and has so remained), as follows, that is to say: 10,124 dollars, with interest from the 10th September, 1887, until this day, amounting to 6,238 dol. 7 c., and making a total of principal and interest of the sum of 16,362 dol. 7 c.

As to the claim in respect of the vessel Grace, it is adjudged and determined that the United States of America are liable to Great Britain in respect thereof, and we assess and award the amount of compensation to be paid on account thereof to Great Britain, on behalf of the owners, master, officers, and crew of the vessel, as follows, that is to say: 26,213 dol. 50 c., with interest from the 10th September, 1887, until this day, amounting to 16,125 dol. 67 c., and making a total of principal and interest of 42,339 dol. 17 c.

As to the claim in respect of the vessel Dolphin, it is adjudged and determined that the United States of America are liable to Great Britain in respect thereof, and we assess and award the amount of compensation to be paid on account thereof to Great Britain, on behalf of the owners, master, officers, and crew of the vessel, as follows, that is to say: 31,484 dollars, with interest from the 10th September, 1887, until this day, amounting to the sum of 19,399 dol. 38 c., and making a total of principal and interest of the sum of 50,883 dol. 38 c.

As to the claim in respect of the vessel Ada, it is adjudged