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 2578 PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. at an time rior to the aforesaid date, satisfacto evidence shall be Y P. fav. . . pdresented to the Pres1dent that the Government of His Britannic ajesty with respect to British New Gumea has made such change or changes in its present laws or regulations affecting American commerce m Britis New Gumea as to discriminate unduly in any way against such_commerce, and in the further event that a proclamation bly the President of such fact, revoking the present proclamation, s all 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 first day of March, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and ten, and of the Inde- [sEn..] gendence of the United States of America the one hun= red and thu·ty-fourth. - WM H Tam By the President: P C KNox Secretary of State. xn·c¤1,mm. BY rim Pnmsmmm or rm: UNrrE1> Srxrns or Armmca. A PROCLAMATION. mf °¤ gwnm °' · WHEREAS it is provided in the Act of Congrem a roved An t I B%1§1§&- 5, 1909, entitled "Au Act Totprovide revenue, e ualizleipduties and en- 'p‘ courage the industries of the nited States, and ?or other purposes "— That from and after the thirty-first_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 an foreign country into the United States, or into any_ of its possessions (except the Philip ine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), the rates of duty prescribed by the schedules and paragraphs of the dutiable list of section one of this ct, and in addition thereto twenty-tive per ad valoregim which rates shall constitute the maximum tariff of the United tates. Provided, t whenever, after the thirty-first da of March, nineteen hundred and ten, and so long thereafter as the Presidentslndl be satisfied, in view gf the character of the concessions granted by the minimum tariff of the United tates, that the government of any foreign country imposes no terms or restrictions either in the way of tariff rates or provisions, trade or other regulations cha , exactions, or in aniy other manner, directly or indirectly, upon the importation $::6 or the sale in such oreign country of any agricultural, manufactured or other product of the United States, which unduly iscriminate against the United States or the products thereof, and that such foreign country pays no export bount or imposes no export duty or prohibition upon the ex rtation of any article to the Iiinited States which unduly discnmmates against the Iiiiiited States or the products thereof, and tBat|i]su%1 tgpuntry accords to the sgriculturali manufactured, or other products phemgftcpiu es treatment which is reciprom  equivalent, thereupon and _, pon proclamation to this effect by the President of the United States all articles when 1m&0rted into the United States, or any of its possessions (except ithe Philippine Islan and the islands of Guam and Tutuila) from such foreign cguntry shall, excgpt as otherwise herein provided, be admitted iinder the terms of the minimum tan of the United States as prescribed by section one of this Act. AND WHEREAS satisfacto evid h . that thevGovernment of Hirs Biitiaxiiiiiic iiiiaifstry Ixixliniggpdgt xiii; British North Borneo IHIPOSGS no terms or restrictions, either in the way of tariff rates or provisions, trade or other regulations charges, exactions, or in any other manner d` tl ` l y .. . _, 1rec or indirect y, upon the importation into or the sale 111 British Niirth Borneo of any agricultural, manufactured, or other product of the United States, which unduly discriminate against the United States or iiliie products thereo, and that the Govemment of His Britannic ajesty with respect to British North Borneo pays no export bounty