Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 55 Part 2.djvu/231

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For the Commonwealth of Australia: The Right Honorable Sir Ronald Lindsay, P. C., G. C. M . G ., K. C . B., C. V. 0 ., his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- tiary at Washington; For the Dominion of New Zealand: The Right Honorable Sir Ronald Lindsay, P. C., G. C . M . G ., K. C. B., C. V. 0 ., his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- tiary at Washington; Who, having communicated their full powers, found in due form, have agreed as follows: ARTICLE I As from the date of the entry into force of the present Convention, the following provisions shall be substituted for Article IV and the second paragraph of Article VI of the Convention concerning the tenure and disposition of real and personal property signed at Wash- ington on the 2nd March, 1899: "ARTICLE IV Notice of adherence. Notice of termina- tion. "Subjects or dti- Aens" construed. "1. The present Convention shall not be applicable to any colony or protectorate of His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, nor to any other territory administered under the authority either of his Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or of his Government in the Com- monwealth of Australia, or of his Government in New Zealand, including any mandated territory in respect of which the man- date is exercised by his Government in the United Kingdom, his Government in the Commonwealth of Australia or his Govern- ment in New Zealand, unless a notice to that effect has been given at any time while the present Convention is in force to the Government of the United States of America by His Majesty's Representative at Washington. The Convention shall apply to any territory in respect of which such notice has been given as from the date of such notice. "2. The present Convention shall not be applicable to any overseas territory under the authority of the United States of America unless a notice to that effect has been given at any time while the Convention is in force by the Representative of the United States in London. The Convention shall apply to any territory in respect of which such notice has been given as from the date of such notice. "3. Either High Contracting Party may by a notification through the diplomatic channel terminate the application of the Convention to any territory to which it is applicable or has become applicable under either of the preceding paragraphs of this article, and the Convention shall cease to apply to any territory in respect of which such notification is made 12 months after the date of the receipt of the notification. "4. The expression 'subjects or citizens' of one or the other High Contracting Party in the present Convention shall be 1102 TREATIES [55 STAT.