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ANNEX B.

The terms employed on the title-page, on the first inside sheet, and on the last sheet of the international travelling pass, as issued by one or another of the contracting states, shall be in the language prescribed by the laws of the aforesaid state. The terms employed on the other inside sheets, corresponding in number to the number of the other contracting states, shall in each instance be in the language of the state concerned.

The definitive translation of the particulars in the pass into the several languages shall be communicated to the Government of the French Republic by the other governments in so far as each of them is concerned.

ANNEX C.

The distinctive mark of the country of origin shall consist of an oval plate 30 centimetres in width and 18 centimetres in height, bearing one or two letters painted in black upon a white ground. The letters shall be formed of capital letters in Latin characters, and shall measure at least 10 centimetres in height, the breadth of each line being 15 millimetres. The distinctive letters for the different countries shall be the following:1

Germany, D; Austria, A; Belgium, B; Spain, E; United States of America, US; France, F; Great Britain and Ireland, GB; Greece, GR; Hungary, H; Italy, I; Montenegro, MN; Monaco, MC; the Netherlands, NL; Portugal, P; Russia, R; Roumania, RM; Servia, SB; Sweden, S; Switzerland, CH.

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1 In the case of Bulgaria, the letters BG have been adopted.

2 Notices referred to in Article 8 of Convention.

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Protocol recording Deposit of the Ratifications of the International Convention with respect to the circulation of Motor Vehicles, signed at Paris, October 11, 1909.

In execution of Article 10, § A of the International Convention with respect to the Circulation of Motor Vehicles, signed at Paris, the 11th October, 1909, the undersigned, representatives of the cosignatory powers, have assembled at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in order to proceed to the deposit of the ratifications of the high contracting powers.

The instruments of ratification of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions. beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; of His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia; of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, &c., and Apostolic King of Hungary; of His Majesty the King of Bulgaria; of His Majesty the King of Spain; of the President of the French Republic; of His Majesty the King of Italy; and of His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco, have been produced, and, having been after examination found in good and due form, have been entrusted to the Government of the French Republic with a view to their deposit in the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Governments of Belgium,' Greece, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Portugal, Roumania, Russia,1 and Servia, have declared that they are

1 The Belgian ratification was deposited April 30, 1910. The Russian ratification was deposited March 5, 1910. The signatory powers have agreed that the position of Belgium and Russia is assimilated to that of powers which deposited ratifications on March 1, 1910, and that the provisions of the first part of Article 13 therefore apply in the case of these countries.

not in a position this day to deposit their ratifications, and have requested to be allowed the faculty, reserved to them by paragraph D of Article 10, to fulfil this formality at a later date.

The French Government will notify these successive deposits to the contracting powers.

Done at Paris, the 1st March, 1910, in a single original, of which a duly certified copy shall be communicated to each of the signatory governments.

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INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION RESPECTING THE PROHIBITION OF NIGHT
WORK FOR WOMEN IN INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT.1

Signed at Berne, September 26, 1906.
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His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., and Apostolic King of Hungary; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Denmark; His Majesty the King of Spain; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxemburg, Duke of Nassau; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, etc.; His Majesty the King of Sweden; the Swiss Federal Council,

Being desirous of facilitating the development of the industrial protection of work people by the adoption of common provisions,

Have for this purpose resolved to conclude a convention respecting the night work of women in industrial employment, and have named the following as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say:

1 Great Britain, Treaty Series, No. 21, 1910.

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of
India:

Mr. Herbert Samuel, Member of Parliament, Parliamentary
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department,

Mr. Malcolm Delevingne, of the Home Office;

His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia:

His Excellency M. Alfred de Bülow, His Chamberlain and Privy
Councillor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
at Berne,

M. Caspar, Director at the Imperial Ministry of the Interior,
M. Frick, "Conseiller intime supérieur de Gouvernement" and
"Conseiller Rapporteur" at the Prussian Ministry of Com-
merce and Industry,

M. Eckardt, Councillor of Legation and "Conseiller Rapporteur "
at the Imperial Ministry for Foreign Affairs;

His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., and Apostolic King of Hungary:

For Austria and Hungary:

His Excellency Baron Heidler von Egeregg and Syrgenstein, His Privy Councillor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne,

For Austria:

Dr. Franz Müller, Ministerial Councillor at the Imperial and
Royal Ministry of Commerce,

For Hungary:

M. Nicolas Gerster, Chief Royal Inspector of Factories in Hun

gary;

His Majesty the King of the Belgians:

His Excellency M. Maurice Michotte de Welle, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne,

M. Jean Dubois, Director-General of the Department of Labour at the Ministry of Industry and Labour;

His Majesty the King of Denmark:

M. Henrik Vedel, Head of Department at the Ministry of the
Interior;

His Majesty the King of Spain:

M. Bernardo Alméida y Herreros, Chargé d'Affaires at Berne;

The President of the French Republic:

His Excellency M. Paul Révoil, Ambassador at Berne,

M. Arthur Fontaine, Director of the Labour Department of the
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour;

His Majesty the King of Italy:

His Excellency Count Roberto Magliano di Villar San Marco, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne, Professor Giovanni Montemartini, Director of the Labour Department of the Royal Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxemburg, Duke of Nassau: M. Henri Neuman, Councillor of State;

Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands:

Count de Rechteren Limpurg Almelo, Her Chamberlain, Minister-
Resident at Berne,

Dr. L. H. W. Regout, Member of the First Chamber of the
States-General;

His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, etc.:

His Excellency M. Alberto d'Oliveira, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne;

His Majesty the King of Sweden:

M. Alfred de Lagerheim, late Minister for Foreign Affairs, Director and Head of the Royal College of Commerce;

The Swiss Federal Council:

M. Emile Frey, late Federal Councillor,

Dr. Franz Kaufmann, Head of the Industrial Section of the
Federal Department of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture,
M. Adrien Lachenal, late Federal Councillor, Deputy to the
Council of States,

M. Joseph Schobinger, National Councillor,

M. Henri Scherrer, National Councillor,

M. John Syz, President of the Swiss Association of Spinners,
Weavers and Twisters,

Who, after having communicated to each other their full powers, found in good and due form, have successively discussed and adopted the following articles:

ARTICLE 1.

Night work in industrial employment shall be prohibited for all women without distinction of age, with the exceptions hereinafter provided for.

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