No. Date. Description. When terminable. Page. ZANZIBAR. 202 | Apr. 30, 1886 | Treaty. Friendship, Commerce, Concluded for 15 1020 and Navigation years from Au- SUPPLEMENT. [Treaties, &c., which have come into force since July 1, 1907.] No. Date. Description. BULGARIA. When terminable. Page. 1 Dec. 9, 1905 Convention. Commerce, Cus- | January 14, 1911; 1155 toms Duties, and Navigation and then after 12 2 3 FRANCE. Oct. 23, 1907 Agreement. Commercial Travel- Same duration as 1186 lers' Samples Convention of 6 Nov. 19, 1907 | Agreement. 1190 (1) Commercial After 6 months' 1191 Travellers' Samples entering notice United Kingdom, (2) Import Duties on British Works of Art entering the United States OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Handbook of Treaties, &c., relating to Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Foreign Powers, wholly or partially in force on the 1st July, 1907. ABYSSINIA. No. 1. TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ETHIOPIA. Signed at Adis Abbaba, May 14, 1897.* [Ratified by the Queen, July 28, 1897.] HER Majesty Victoria, by the grace of God Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and His Majesty Menelek II, by the grace of God King of Kings of Ethiopia, being desirous of strengthening and rendering more effective and profitable the ancient friendship which has existed between their respective kingdoms; Her Majesty Queen Victoria having appointed as her Special Envoy and Representative to His Majesty the Emperor Menelek II, James Rennell Rodd, Esq., Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, whose full powers have been found in due and proper form, and His Majesty the Emperor Menelek, negotiating in his own name as King of Kings of Ethiopia, they have agreed upon and do [536] * Signed also in Amharic. B conclude the following Articles, which shall be binding on themselves, their heirs and successors : ARTICLE. I. Freedom of Travel and Commerce.-Entry of Armed Bands. The subjects of or persons protected by each of the Contracting Parties shall have full liberty to come and go and engage in commerce in the territories of the other, enjoying the protection of the Government within whose jurisdiction they but it is forbidden for armed bands from either side to cross the frontier of the other on any pretext whatever without previous authorization from the competent authorities. ARTICLE II. Boundaries of Somaliland. The frontiers of the British Protectorate on the Somali Coast recognized by the Emperor Menelek shall be determined subsequently by exchange of notes between James Rennell Rodd, Esq., as Representative of Her Majesty the Queen, and Ras Maconen, as Representative of His Majesty the Emperor Menelek, at Harrar. These notes shall be annexed to the present Treaty, of which they will form an integral part, so as they have received the approval of the High Contracting Parties, pending which the status quo shall be maintained. soon ARTICLE III. Zeyla-Harrar Caravan Route, The caravan route between Zeyla and Harrar by way of Gildessa shall remain open throughout its whole extent to the commerce of both nations. ARTICLE IV. Import Duties, Taxation, &c.—Most-favoured-nation Treatment. His Majesty the Emperor of Ethiopia, on the one hand, accords to Great Britain and her Colonies, in respect of import duties and local taxation, every advantage which he may accord to the subjects of other nations. Free passage through Zeyla of Goods for Ethiopia. On the other hand, all material destined exclusively for the service of the Ethiopian State shall, on application of His Majesty the Emperor, be allowed to pass through the port of Zeyla into Ethiopia free of duty. ARTICLE V. Transit of Fire-arms, &c., for Emperor of Ethiopia through The transit of fire-arms and ammunition destined for His Majesty the Emperor of Ethiopia through the territories depending on the Government of Her Britannic Majesty is authorized, subject to the conditions prescribed by the General Act of the Brussels Conference, signed the 2nd July, 1890. ARTICLE VI. Transit of Arms, &c., for Mahdists through Ethiopia. His Majesty the Emperor Menelek II, King of Kings of Ethiopia, engages himself towards the Government of Her Britannic Majesty to do all in his power to prevent the passage through his dominions of arms and ammunition to the Mahdists, whom he declares to be the enemies of his Empire. Ratification. The present Treaty shall come into force as soon as its ratification by Her Britannic Majesty shall have been notified to the Emperor of Ethiopia, but it is understood that the prescriptions of Article VI shall be put into force from the date of its signature. In faith of which His Majesty Menelek II, King of Kings of Ethiopia, in his own name, and James Rennell Rodd, Esq., on behalf of Her Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, have signed the present Treaty, in duplicate, written in the English and Amharic languages identically, both texts being considered as official, and have thereto affixed their seals. Done at Adis Abbaba, the 14th day of May, 1897. · (L.S.) (Signed) JAMES RENNELL RODD, (Seal of His Majesty the Emperor Menelek II.) [586] B 2 |