PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. 2683 of Great Britain in South Africa_as to discriminate unduly in any way_aga1nst such commogne, and in the further event that a proclamation bisthe Presrdentnpf such fact, revoking the present proclamation, s ll have been assued. IN WITNESS WHEBEOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States t_o be_ affixed. DONE at the Crty of Washmgton, this thrrtieth day of March, A. D. · one thousand nine undred and ten, and of the Independ- [snn.] ence of the United States of America the one hundre and thirty-fourth. _ » Wu H Tam By the President: P C Knox, Secretary of State. .Br run Pansmmrr or run Uivrrnn Sirnns or- Axmuca. ¤·¤=¤=*·¤°*°· I A PROCLAMATION. A WHEREAS it is rovided in the Act of Congress approved August ’!'•¤¤,·¤, v¤>¤¤¢,¤¤¤ 5, 1909, entitled "En _Aet To provide revenue, equalize duties and .c¤¤· encourage the industries of the United States, and for other pur- __,,,,,§",T§t_ ·
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That from and after the thirty·iirst day of Marchglpineteen hundred and ten, except as otherwise specially [provided for in this section, ere shall be levied, collected, and paid on all articles w en imported from any foreign country into the United States, or into any of its possemions (except the Philippine 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 Act, and in addition thereto twenty-five per centum · ad valorem; which rates shall constitute the maximum tariff of the United States: PROVIDED That whenever, after the thirty—iirst day of March, nineteen hundred and ten, and so long thereafter as the President shal be satisfied, in view of the character of the concessions granted by the minimum tariff of the United States, 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, charges, exactions, or in any other manner, directly or indirectly, upon the importation into or the sale in such for-eign country of any agricultural, manufactured, or other product of the United States, which unduly discriminate against the United States or the products thereof, and that such foreign country pays no export bounty or imposes no export duty or rohibition upon the exportation of any article to the United States w ich un uly siscriminates against the United States or the products thereof, and that such foreign country accords to the agricultural, manufactured, or other products of the United States treatment which is reciprocal and equivalent, thereupon and thereafter, upon proclamation to this effect by the President of the United States, all articles w en imported into the United States, or any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), from such foreign country shall, except as otherwise herein provided, be admitted under the terms o the minimum tariff of the United States ss prescribed by section one of this Act. AND WHEREAS satisfactory evidence has been presented to mé that the Government of His Britannic Ma]esty imposes no terms or restrictions, either m the way of tariff rates or lprovisions, trade or other regulations, charges, exactions, or in any other manner, directly or indirectlk upon the importation into or the sale in Kelantan, Tringgganu, edah, Perlrs, and ad]acent Islands; the Maldive Islands; the 1lb6l‘h and Ellice Islands; British Solomon Islands; Pitcairn Island; Tristan da Cunha Island; McDonald Island, and all other Britishsslands, possessions, and protectorates, not specifically mentioned IH or covered bgepreviousfliroclamations rssued in accordance with the dprovisions of ction 2 o the Tariff Act of the United States approve August fg, 1909, of any a¥1cultural, manufactured, or other pnoduct of the United States, wluc unduly discriminate against the mted States or.the products thereof, an that the Government of
