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Rh 1st. The Empire of British India;

2d. The Dominion of Canada;

3d. The whole of the Danish Colonies;

4th. The whole of the Spanish Colonies;

5th. The whole of the French Colonies;

6th. The whole of the Netherland Colonies;

7th. The whole of the Portuguese Colonies.

The present Convention shall be put into execution on the 1st of April, 1879, and shall remain in force during an indefinite period; but each contracting party has the right to withdraw from the Union by means of a notice given, one year in advance, by its Government to the Government of the Swiss Confederation.

After the date on which the present Convention takes effect, all the stipulations of the treaties, conventions, arrangements, or other acts previously concluded between the various countries or administrations, in so far as those stipulations are not in accordance with the terms of the present Convention, are abrogated, without prejudice to the rights reserved by Article 15 above.

The present Convention shall be ratified as soon as possible. The acts of ratification shall be exchanged at Paris.

In faith of which, the plenipotentiaries of the countries above enumerated have signed the present Convention at Paris, the first of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

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For the United States of North America:





For Germany:







For the Argentine Republic:



For Austria:



For Hungary:



For Belgium:





For Brazil:



For Denmark and the Danish colonies:



For Egypt:



For Spain and the Spanish colonies:





For France:







For the French colonies:



For Great Britain and various English colonies:







For British India: