United States MISCELLANEOUS CONSULAR CONVENTION ON CONSULAR AGENTS 1 On February 1, 1932, the President ratified the convention on consular agents adopted at the Sixth International Conference of American States, held at Habana February 20, 1928. The ratification was deposited with the Pan American Union on February 8, 1932. The treaty was proclaimed by the President on February 11, 1932, and will shortly be published as Treaty Series, No. 843. According to the information of the Department the parties to the convention are Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and the United States. EXPOSITIONS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL Portugal By a despatch dated January 23, 1932, the American Minister to Portugal reported that the Diario do Governo of January 20, 1932, Series I, No. 16, contained an official announcement to the effect that, on January 11, 1932, the Portuguese Minister at Paris deposited in the archives of the French Government the instrument of ratification by Portugal of the convention relating to international exhibitions, with protocol and protocol of signature, signed at Paris November 22, 1928. RECENT PUBLICATIONS During February, the following publications, of direct interest in connection with Treaty Information, were published by the Department of State and may be secured from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.: The New World and the European Colonial System. [Two maps on a single sheet, the first showing European colonies and possessions in 1823, the second showing European colonies, possessions, and mandates in 1931.] Publication No. 275. (Map Series, No. 1.) Each map 71⁄2 in. high×15 in. wide. 10¢. Map of Manchuria and Adjacent Regions, Showing Railroads and Principal Motor Routes. [Compiled from Chinese, Japanese, and Russian maps and from textual sources, with alphabetical index of approximately 600 geographic names.] Publication No. 276. (Map Series, No. 2.) 26 in. high×20 in. wide. 20¢. Reciprocal Recognition of Certificates of Airworthiness for Imported Aircraft: Arrangement between the United States of America and the Union of South Africa. Effected by exchange of notes signed October 12 and December 1, 1931; effective December 1, 1931. Publication No. 281. (Executive Agreement Series, No. 28.) 3 pp. 54. Register of the Department of State, January 1, 1932. Publication No. 287. viii+392 pp. $1.25 (paper cover). 21 |