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PnocLAMAT1oNs, 1910. 2543 Ann WHEREAS satisfactory evidence has been presented to me ` that the Government of His Britannic Majesty with respect to the Colony of British Guiana imposes no terms or restrictions, either in the way of tariff rates or provisions, trade or other regulations, charges, exactions, or in any other manner, directly or indirectly, upon the importation into or the sale in British Guiana of any agri- . cultural, manufactured, or other product of the United States, which unduly discriminate ainst the United States or the products thereof, and that theaéovernment of His Britannic Ma°esty with respect to the Colony of British Guiana pays no export lbounty or imposes no ex ort duty or prohibition upon the exportation of any article to the United States which unduly discriminates against the United States or the products thereof, and that the Government of His Britannic Majesty with respect to the Colony of British Guiana accords to the agricultural manufactured, or other products of the United States treatment which is reciprocal and equivalent: Now, THEnEFoEE, I, WILLIAM Howann Tam, President of the ¥1i£i°»i:°mii» United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the '°'° 3***** G°*¤¤¤~ aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that from and after March 31, 1910, and so long thereafter as the aforesaid Act of Congress is in existence and the Government of His Britannic Majesty with respect to the Colony of British Guiana imposes no terms or restrictions upon the iméiortation or sale in British Guiana of the products of the United tates which unduly discriminate ainst the United States, all articles when imported into the Unitzd States, or any of its possessions (except the hilip— ine Islands and the islands of Guam' and Tutuila), from British guiana shall be admitted under the terms of the minimum tariff of the United States as prescribed by Section one of the Tariff Act of . the United States approved August 5, 1909; Provided, however, that this proclamation shall not take effect d,§,‘{,‘}°,,{*,f,‘}§,,Q‘°;d_},‘: from and after March 31, 1910, but shall be null and void in the_event Mmrlcan comthat, at any time prior to the aforesaid date, satisfactory evidence shall be presented to the President that the Government of His Britarmic Ma'esty with respect to the Colony of British Guiana has made such cliange or changes in its lpresent laws or regulations · affecting American commerce in Britis Guiana as to discriminate unduly in any way against such commerce, and in the further event that a proclamation if the President of such fact, revoking the present proclamation, sha] have been issued. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Dorm at the City of Washington, this twenty-first day of February, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and ten, and of the [SEAL.] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-fourth. WM H Tam By the President: Hvxrixcrox Wrnsox Acting Secretary of State. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES or Ammmca. i F¤br¤ary21.1910. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it is provided in the Act of Congress a roved A?ust Tm M ¤>d¤¤¤¤f 5, 1909, entitled "An Act To {provide revenue, epualizgliiuties an en- P°iri lé°i°°i°° courage the industries of the nited States, and or other purposes"— """· lf St That from and after the thirty-hist day of March, nineteen hundred and ten, except as otherwise specially provided for in this section, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on all articles when imported from any foreign country into the United States,