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Article 8. The present agreement, which shall be dated the 4th March, 1910, may be signed in Paris up to the 31st July following, by the Plenipotentiaries of the Powers represented at the Conference for the Suppression of Obscene Publications. Done at Paris, the 4th May, 1910, in a single copy, of which a true copy shall be communicated to each of the Governments which have signed the same. For Great Britain— E. W. Farnall. F. S. Bullock. G. A. Attken. For Germany— Albrecht Lentze. Curt Joel. For Austria and for Hungary— A. Nemes. For Austria — J. Eichhoff. For Hungary— G. Lees. For Belgium— Jules Lejeune. Isidore Maus. For Brazil— J. C. DE SOUZA BANDEIRA. For Denmark — C. E. Cold. For Spain— OCTAVIO CUARTERO. For the United States- — A. Bailly-Blanchard. For France — R. Berenger. For Italy— J. C. Buzzatti. Gerolamo Calvi. For the Netherlands— A. de Stuers. Rethaan Macare. For Portugal— Comte de Souza Roza. For Russia— Alexis de Bellegarde. Wladimir Dbruginsky. For Switzerland— Lardy. Protocol recording the Deposit of Ratifications of the Agreement for the Suppression of Obscene Publications. (Signed at Paris, 4th May, 1910.) In execution of Article 6 of the international agreement of the 4th May, 1910, the undersigned have met together at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs at Paris in order to proceed to the deposit of ratifications, and to hand them to the Government of the French Republic. The ratifications of— (1.) His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; (2.) His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia ; (3.) His Excellency the President of the United States of America ; (4.) His Majesty the King of the Belgians ; (5.) His Majesty the King of Spain; (6.) The President of the French Republic ; (7.) His Majesty the King of Italy ; and (8.) The Swiss Federal Council, have been produced, and having been, after examination, found to be in good and due form, have been confided to the Government of the French Republic with a view to their deposit in the archives of the Department for Foreign Affairs.