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APPENDIX lII—INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS The following is a list of international agreements, both multilateral and bilateral, which have been applied to Western Samoa : A. Multilateral Air—--12 October 1929, Warsaw. Convention and additional protocol re unification of rules relative to international aerial transport. New Zealand acceded 6 April 1937. Commerce, Navigation, and Customs — 24 September 1923, Geneva. Protocol on arbitration clauses in commercial matters. New Zealand acceded 9 June 1926. 3 November 1923, Geneva. International convention relating to the simplification of customs formalities and protocol of signature. New Zealand acceded 29 August 1924. 9 December 1923, Geneva. Convention and statute on the international regime of maritime ports and protocol of signature. New Zealand acceded 1 April, 1925. 5 July 1930, London. International load-line convention. New Zealand acceded 1 October, 1932. Economic—--6 November 1925, The Hague. International convention for the protection of industrial property. New Zealand acceded 29 July 1931. Revised by convention of 2 June 1934. 26 September 1927, Geneva. Convention on the execution of foreign arbitral awards. New Zealand acceded 9 April 1929. Labour — 17 November 1921, Geneva. Convention re application of weekly rest in industrial undertakings. Ratified by New Zealand 29 March 1938. 28 June 1930, Geneva. International convention concerning forced or compulsory labour. Ratified by New Zealand 29 March 1938. 20 June 1936, Geneva. Convention concerning the regulation of certain special systems of recruiting workers. Ratified by New Zealand 8 July 1947. 27 June 1939, Geneva. Convention concerning the regulation of written contracts of employment of indigenous workers. Ratified by New Zealand 8 July 1947. 27 June 1939, Geneva. Convention concerning penal sanctions for breach of contracts by indigenous workers. Ratified by New Zealand 8 July 1947. Narcotic Drugs — 19 February 1925, Geneva. International convention relating to dangerous drugs with protocol. New Zealand acceded 17 February 1926. Convention supplemented by Geneva convention of 13 July 1931 and amended by protocol of 11 December 1946. 13 July 1931, Geneva. International convention and protocol for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs. New Zealand acceded 17 June 1935. Amended by protocol of 11 December 1946. Patents—--27 July 1946, London. Accord on the treatment of German patents. Peace—--28 June 1919, Versailles. Treaty of peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany. Political—--13 December 1921, Washington. Treaty between the British Empire, Japan, and the United States of America relating to their insular possessions and insular dominions in the Pacific Ocean, and accompanying declaration. Ratified 17 August 1923; effective from date of ratification. 6 February 1922, Washington. Supplementary treaty to treaty of 13 December 1921, between the British Empire, Japan, and the United States of America relating to their insular possessions and insular dominions in the Pacific Ocean. Ratified 17 August 1923; effective from date of ratification. Postal—--23 May 1939, Buenos Aires. Universal postal convention with final protocol, regulations of execution and provisions, &c. Ratified 5 October 1940. 23 May 1939, Buenos Aires. Agreement and final protocol concerning insured letters and bdxes. Effective 1 July 1940. Residence—--24 July 1923, Lausanne. Convention with Turkey respecting conditions of residence and business and jurisdiction. Ratified in respect of British Empire 6 August 1924.

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