HUMANITARIAN-Continued OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS Pag Convention for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribu- 12 SAFETY Amendment to the international convention for promoting safety 13 ECONOMIC AVIATION Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to interna- Inter-American Technical Aviation Conference Commercial agreement between the United States and the Union Foreign trade agreements Public notices and presentation of views in connection with 17 Treaties and agreements of the United States containing the most- 18 FINANCE Tax convention between the United States and Canada (Treaty Convention of the International Conference for the Unification FISHERIES The International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission. Agreement for the regulation of whaling, and final act, 1937. Convention between the United States and Canada for the preservation of the halibut fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea, 1937 (Treaty Series, No. 917) INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Convention for the protection of industrial property (Treaty Series, LABOR Conventions of the International Labor Conference. NAVIGATION International load line convention (Treaty Series, No. 858) Parcel post agreement between the United States and Rumania. TELECOMMUNICATIONS International telecommunication convention (Treaty Series, No. 867). . . Fourth Meeting of the International Radio Consulting Committee. TRANSIT MISCELLANEOUS EXHIBITIONS Convention concerning artistic exhibitions TEXTS OF TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS Eastern pact of friendship and nonaggression (Saadabad Treaty).. RECENT PUBLICATIONS. Page 32 333 36 PROMOTION OF PEACE ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL Brazil PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION 1 The Secretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration informed the Secretary of State by a communication dated August 2, 1937, that the Brazilian Government has renewed the mandate of Mr. Prudente de Moraes as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE ARTICLE 36 OF THE STATUTE OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF Colombia INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE 2 There is quoted below a translation of a letter dated July 16, 1937, addressed by the Secretary of the Permanent Delegation of Colombia to the League of Nations to the Secretary General and transmitted by him to the Secretary of State with a circular letter dated July 24, 1937, regarding the acceptance by Colombia of the optional clause of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice: "Under instructions from my Government, I have the honour to inform you that, in accordance with the terms of circular letter C. L. 153.1936.V of August 27th, 1936,3 sent by the League Secretariat to the States signatories of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, notifying them of my Government's decision to supplement its Declaration of January 6th, 1932 regarding the acceptance of the Optional Clause of Article 36 of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, and thus to correct the involuntary error made when the Declaration was drawn up, the Colombian Government will formally deposit with the Secretariat on October 30th, 1937, the addition to the instrument of ratification of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice and will add the following to the Declaration of January 6th, 1932: "This Declaration is made with a reservation concerning disputes prior to January 6th, 1932.'" ARMAMENT REDUCTION LONDON NAVAL TREATY OF 1936 (TREATY SERIES, No. 919)* Great Britain The British Foreign Office has informed the American Ambassador to Great Britain, in accordance with the provisions of the protocol of signature of the treaty for the limitation of naval armament and the exchange of information concerning naval construction, signed at London on March 25, 1936, of the particulars on the laying down of keels and the completion of certain vessels, as follows: H.M. S. "Sunfish" (transmitted with despatch dated July 28, 1937) Standard displacement: 670 tons (681 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 24 feet Mean draft at standard displacement: 10 feet, 6 inches Caliber of largest gun: 3 inches Date of laying keel: July 22, 1935 Date of completion: July 2, 1937 H. M. S. "Ilex", H. M. S. "Imperial" (transmitted with despatch dated August 10, 1937) Classification: Light surface vessels, subcategory (c) Length at water line: 320 feet Extreme beam at or below water line: 33 feet Mean draft at standard displacement: 8 feet, 7 inches Dates of laying keels: March 16, 1936, and January 29, 1936 H. M. S. "Inglefield” (transmitted with despatch dated August 10, 1937) Classification: Light surface vessels, subcategory (c) Standard displacement: 1,530 tons (1,555 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 34 feet Mean draft at standard displacement: 9 feet Caliber of largest gun: 4.7 inches Date of laying keel: April 29, 1936 Date of completion: June 25, 1937 H. M. S. "Jellicoe" (transmitted with despatch dated August 10. 1937) Classification: Capital ship Standard displacement: 35,000 tons (35,560 metric tons) Length at water line: 740 feet See Bulletin No. 94, July 1937, p. 2. |
