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2888 Proces-Verbal. TREATY-NAVAL ARMAMENT LIMITATION. aPRIL 22,1930. [PRod~s-VERBAL OF THE DEPOSIT OF RATIFICATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTH- ERN IRELAND AND ALL PARTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHICH ARE NOT SEPARATE MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA, INDIA AND JAPAN) ¥inu~e of deposit of The Undersigned, having met together for the purpose of pro- ratIficatIOns. ceeding to the deposit of ratifications of the Treaty for the limitation and reauction of Naval Armament, signed at London the 22nd day of April, 1930; Havin~ produced the instrumen.ts whereby the said Treaty has Powers represented. been ratified by the President of the United States of America, by His Majesty the King of Great BrItain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all parts of the British Empire which are not separate members of the League of Nations, of the Dominion of Canada, of the Commonwealth of Australia, of the Dominion of New Zealand, of the Union of South Africa, and of India; and by His Majesty the Emperor of Japanj Deposit of ratifica- And the respective Ratifications of the said Treaty having been tions. carefully compared and found to be in due form, the said deposit in accordance with the provisions of Article 24(1) of the Treaty took place this day in the customary form. Deposit of ratifics- The representative of the United States of America declared that ~~Oi!~ri~~ited States the instrument of ratification of the United States of America was Reservation. Ante, p. 2885. Date. Signatures. deposited subject to the distinct and explicit understandings set forth in the resolutlon of July 21, 1930, of the Senate of the United States of America advising and consenting to ratification, that there are no secret files, documents, letters, understandings or agreements which in any way, directly or indirectly, modify, change, add to, or take from any of the stipulations, agreements or statements in said Treaty; and that, excepting the agreement brought about through the ex- change of notes between the Governments of the United States, Great Britain and tlapan, having reference to Article 19, there is no agreement, secret or otherwise, expressed or implied, between any of the parties to said Treaty as to any construction that shall here- after be given to any statement cr provision contained therein. In witness whereof they have signed this proces-verbal, and have affixed thereto their seals. Done at London, the 27th day of October, 1930. (L.S.) CHARLES G. DAWES. (L.S .) J. RAMSAY MACDONALD . (L.S .) R. B . BENNETT. (L.S.) J. H . SCULLIN . (L.S.) GEO. W . F-oRBES. (L.S.) J. B. M. HERTZOG. (L.S.) ATUL E. CHATTERJEE. (L.S.) T. MATSUDAIRA. Certified a true copy: {FOREIGN OFFICE SEAL) S. GASELEE, Librarian and Keeper of the Papers at the Foreign Ojjice. LONDON. 29th Oct: 1930.