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En foi de quoi les Plénipotentiaires respectifs ont signé le présent Protocole, et y ont apposé le sceau de leurs armes.

Fait à Constantinople, le 15e jour du mois d'Août de l'au

1892.

(L.S.) FRANCIS CLARE FORD.
(L.S.) FELIX VON MÜLLER.
(L.S.) BARON CALICE.

(L.S.) PAUL CAMBON.

(L.S.) A. GUASCO DI BISIO.
(L.S.) V. JADOWSKI.
(L.S.) M. SAID.

NOTIFICATION by the Government of Chile, respecting Sea
Lion, Seal, and Otter Fishing.*-August 31, 1892.

Foreign Ofice, September 24, 1892.

THE Earl of Rosebery, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received the following despatch from the Chilean Minister in London :

(Translation.)

MY LORD,

London, August 31, 1892.

I HAVE the honour to inform your Lordship that a telegram has been received at this Legation, stating that my Government have absolutely prohibited fishing for sea lions, seals, and sea otters in the Archipelago of Chiloe, the Island of Juan Fernandez, and the territory of the Straits of Magellan.

I venture to request your Lordship to transmit this information. to the Departments of Her Britannic Majesty's Government to whom this prohibition may be of interest.

The Earl of Rosebery.

I have, &c.,

AUGUSTO MATTÉ.

* From the "London Gazette," September 27, 1892.

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NOTIFICATION by the Government of China, respecting Contracts for Loans with foreign Financial Houses. February 23, 1892.

Foreign Office, March 3, 1892.

THE Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from the Chinese Minister at this Court a note, of which the following is a copy, as to the procedure to be observed in cases where the provincial authorities in China may desire to enter into contracts with foreign financial houses for the purpose of obtaining loans:

MY LORD MARQUESS,

Chinese Legation, February 23, 1892.

I HAVE the honour to forward to your Lordship the inclosed copy of a Circular note which the Tsung-li Yamên have addressed to the Representatives of China in foreign countries, and which they have directed them to communicate to the Courts to which they are severally accredited.

As your Lordship will perceive on perusing the note, it relates to the procedure to be observed in cases where the GovernorsGeneral, Governors, and others may desire to enter into contracts with foreign financial houses with the object of obtaining loans.

Henceforth, no contract for a provincial loan is to be concluded until the local official for whose administration the money is required shall have submitted it to the Central Government, and a notification that the project has received the Imperial sanction shall have been made by the Tsung-li Yamên to the Representative at Peking of the country more immediately concerned in the transaction. Loans contracted by the local authorities in contravention of this procedure will consequently be held to be illegal, and the Chinese Government absolved from all responsibility in connection with them.

This measure, which has been approved by His Majesty the Emperor, by an Imperial Decree, issued at the instance of the Tsung-li Yamên, dated the 25th November, 1891, has for its object the safeguarding of Chinese credit and the protection of foreign financiers from the loss and disappointment to which they might be subjected, in consequence of the powers of the provincial authorities to pledge the Imperial credit not being clearly defined.

I have the honour to request that your Lordship will be so good as to take such steps as may appear to you best fitted to bring

From "London Gazette," March 4, 1892.

the Circular note under the observation of English financiers and others whom it may concern.

The Marquess of Salisbury.

I have, &c.,

SIEH.

(Inclosure.)- Circular Note addressed by the Tsung-li Yamén to the Representatives of China in foreign countries.

(Translation.) GENTLEMEN,

You are aware that loans contracted with foreigners by our provincial authorities, Viceroys, and Governors, to meet administrative needs have always been submitted for the preliminary authori zation of the Central Government at Peking. This authorization must be requested by a special report presented to the throne, and must be confirmed by an official notification of the Tsung-li Yamên addressed to the Representatives of the Powers concerned.

But certain Viceroys and Governors of provinces having recently taken upon themselves to contract loans, without presenting a report to the throne, to request its authorization of the same, the Tsung-li Yamên and the Ministry of Finance, sensible of this abuse, which is much to be regretted, thought it right to submit the following measure for the approval of the Emperor :—

"For the future, whenever our provincial authorities, Viceroys, Governors, and others shall approach foreign financiers with a view to contracting a loan, these latter should immediately communicate this fact to the Representative of their country accredited to Peking. The Representative should then ask the Tsung-li Yamên, officially, whether the loan is authorized by the Central Government, upon a report duly presented to that effect. If such should be the case, the loan may be concluded; in the contrary event, it shall not be valid.

"The Imperial Government will decline all responsibility for loans contracted without its authorization, even though a formal contract be produced bearing the seal and signature of the provincial authorities. It is unnecessary to add that the Chinese Government will, in such a case, take 1.0 action in favour of the creditors."

The preceding stipulations have been approved by His Majesty the Emperor in a Decree dated the 25th November, 1891.

You are instructed to bring this Circular note, in writing, to the knowledge of the Governments to which you are accredited; it has also been communicated by us to the Representatives of the Powers at Peking.

You will not omit to add that this measure on the part of the Chinese Government has been dictated by the desire to protect

the credit of China, as well as the interests of foreign financiers, and that we are, therefore, anxious that this communication should be made public by the Governments to which you are accredited, in order that it may be generally known how this matter stands.

BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the Closing of Atlantic Ports by the Government of Honduras.* - London, July 22, 1892.†

Foreign Office, July 22, 1892. THE Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received the following telegraphic despatch from Mr. Gosling, Her Majesty's Minister Resident at Guatemala :

"Guatemala, July 21, 1892.

"Honduras Government has closed the North Atlantic coast to foreign commerce."

BRITISH NOTIFICATION respecting the French Blockade of the Dahomey Coast.-London, June 16, 1892.

Foreign Office, June 16, 1892. HER Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has been informed by the French Ambassador at the Court of St. James' that, with a view to prevent the importation of arms and munitions of war into Dahomey, the Government of the Republic has determined to establish, from the 15th instant, a blockade of the portion of the Slave Coast comprised between the limit of the French and German possessions of the Popos (6° 14′ 15′′ of north latitude, and 40′ 36′′ of longitude west of Paris), and the eastern limit of the French possessions of Porto Novo, which, according to the Arrangement between England and France of the 10th August, 1889,5 is fixed on the coast by the line of the meridian passing through Ajarra Creek.

From "London Gazette," July 22, 1892.

+ See also Notification of August 16, 1892, page 688.
From "London Gazette," June 17, 1892.
§ Vol. LXXXI, page 1126.

BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the Closing of Honduras
Atlantic Ports.*-London, August 16, 1892.

Foreign Office, August 16, 1892. THE Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received the following despatch and its inclosures from Her Majesty's Minister in Central America:

MY LORD,

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[See also page 687.]

Guatemala, July 21, 1892. WITH reference to my despatch of the 12th instant, and since dispatching the registered mail yesterday, I have received the inclosed communication from the Honduranean Envoy here, by which your Lordship will observe that, owing to the rebellion in Honduras, the Government have closed the ports of Truxillo and La Ceiba, on the Atlantic coast, to external commerce.

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I RECEIVED yesterday the following telegram, addressed to me, dated Comayaqua, the 16th July, 1892, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

"Instructed by the President, and in order that you may kindly notify the Diplomatic Body resident in the capital, I transmit to you the following Decree:

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Ministry of Finance, Comayaqua, July 14, 1892. "In view of the ports of Truxillo and La Ceiba on the Atlantic coast being occupied by the force commanded by Colonel Leonardo Viula, and as a means for protecting commerce from depredations by the rebels, and to prevent the latter from carrying into effect their illegal intentions, the Government decrees :

"1. To close for the present the ports of Truxillo and La Ceiba to external commerce and coasting trade. In consequence, no class of merchandize will be received in the above-named custom-houses, and in case there is already merchandize in the national depôts it will remain there without its certificate of entry being verified.

"2. The fiscal employés named by the Head of the faction will

From "London Gazette," August 19, 1892.

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