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12. SPANISH OCEAN MAIL ACT.

Alphonso XIII, by the grace of God and the constitution, King of Spain, and in his name and during his minority the Queen Regent of the Kingdom,

To all who may see and hear the present, know: That the Cortes have decreed and we have sanctioned the following:

ART. 1. The Government of His Majesty is authorized to include in the budgets for the whole term of the duration of the contract made with the Trans-Atlantic Company, on November 17, 1886, credits for the maximum annual sum of pesetas, 8,445,222.28, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the maritime postal services, which are the subject of the said contract.

ART. 2. The credits mentioned in the preceding article will be distributed among the budgets that are concerned, applying 4,615,782 pesetas to that of the Peninsula; 2,359,183.40 pesetas to that of the island of Cuba; 337,026.20 pesetas to that of the island of Porto Rico, and 1,133,230.67 pesetas to that of the Philippine Islands.

ART. 3. The Government is authorized to establish, by agreement with the Argentine Republic, a maritime service to the Rio de la Plata, subsidized by the two Governments, providing the convenience and speed which are offered by other foreign services, rendering an account to the Cortes of the contract which may be made. Therefore,

We order all tribunals, justices, chiefs, governors, and other authorities, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical, of whatever class or dignity, to keep and cause to be kept, fulfilled, and executed the present law in all its parts. Given in the palace, this 26th day of June, 1887.

The Secretary of the Colonies VICTOR BAlaguer.

13. SPANISH SUBSIDIES FOR 1895.

[From report to the British Government.]

THE QUEEN REGENT..

MINISTRY OF STATE PALACE, June 13, 1895. SIR: The data which your excellency asked for in your note of the 29th ultimo respecting the bounties on navigation and naval construction having been applied for to the treasury, the marine, and the colonial departments, I now have the pleasure to remit to your excellency the accompanying particulars received from the lastnamed department.

Although I trust that the information contained in this statement, which sets forth all the subventions at present contributed by the State to the maritime postal services of the nation, I shall have the greatest pleasure in amplifying these particulars if I am furnished by the ministers of finance and marine with any data which may be of interest.

I have, etc.,

THE DUKE OF TETUAN.

Statement of the subventions now granted to the maritime postal services in the colonies and between these and the Peninsula, and return.

For the services rendered by the Compania Trasatlantica in con-
formity with the law of June 26, 1887, and as a charge on the esti
mates of the Peninsula, Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines,
8,445,222 pesetas 28 centavos, or..

For a further direct monthly service between the Peninsula and Porto
Rico, performed provisionally by the same company, as provided for
in the existing budget law of the island of Porto Rico..
For the maritime postal service in the Philippine Archipelago, in con-
formity with the provisions of the existing estimates of those
islands

For six round journeys in the year to the Marianas and Carolines, in
conformity with the provisions of the same estimates....
For carrying correspondence to Santiago de Cuba by the south coast,
as provided for in the existing estimates for the island of Cuba.....
Subvention to Messrs. Slenger & Mesa for carrying the mails between
Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo, in conformity with the same
estimates...

Subvention to the steamship company of the island of Pinos for the
transport of the conductor and mails provided for in the same
estimates.

For the transport of the mails from Punta Santiago to Viegnes and return, as provided for in the present estimates for Porto Rico.....

$1,689, 044. 45

40,000.00

168, 067.80

53, 994.00

12,000.00

979.60

6,960.00

900.00

For a similar service from Viegnes to La Culebra or vice versa, according to the same estimate....

For the service on the north cost of the island of Cuba, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Antilles, $90,000 in the Cuban estimates and $12,750 in those for Porto Rico...

$600.00

102, 750.00

Finally, a provision of $120,000 is made in the estimates for the Philippines for the subvention of a line of Spanish mail steamers between Manila and Chinese and Japanese ports, which has not as yet been established.

G. S. DE OSUNA,

MADRID, June 7, 1895.

The Under Secretary.

PALACE, August 10, 1895.

SIR: In reply to your excellency's note of May 29, and as a supplement to the note of this ministry of June 11 last, I have the honor to acquaint you that in a royal order of the 30th ultimo the minister of finance informs me as follows:

"Disposition 13 of the tariff, in the part referring to the bounty granted to national shipbuilders, has been modified since the year 1889, in virtue of article 9 of the budget law of June 30, 1892, in the following manner:

"RULE 2. The undermentioned bounty shall be granted to national shipbuilders for a ship built by them, 40 pesetas per ton burden (2.83 cubic meters) on the total tonnage of wooden vessels; 75 pesetas per similar ton on the total tonnage of vessels with hulls of iron or steel or those of mixed construction, and 55 pesetas per similar ton on the total tonnage for sailing vessels of iron or steel or those of mixed construction.

"Rule 1, respecting the grant of said bounties, has likewise been modified by the royal decree of October 23, 1894, in so far that it will suffice, in order to obtain the same, that the vessels built be declared fit by the competent naval authorities for the navigation to which they are destined."

MARQUESS DE AMPOSTA,
(For the Minister.)

14. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

Following are the provisions of the subsidy law of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, enacted December 27, 1893, which went into effect January 1, 1894. The subsidy act does not apply to vessels already performing Government contract services, but the act and those contracts together will give Government compensation in some form to nearly the entire Austro-Hungarian tonnage. Following are the provisions of the new law:

ARTICLE 1. Steam and sailing vessels which were entered on the Austrian vessel register for extended trips or long coastwise trips during the time the present law is in effect are entitled, according to the regulations contained in the following articles, to (a) a trade bounty; (b) a navigation bounty from the Government.

ART. 2. Steam or sailing vessels referred to in article 1 are entitled to the trade bounty as follows:

1. When at least two-thirds of the same is owned by Austrian subjects.

2. When not more than fifteen years have elapsed since the vessel was launched. 3. When it is classed in Class A, I, or II, in the register of the Austro-Hungarian Veritas or any other domestic institution of equal standing.

ART. 3. The trade bounty is computed from the day of launching the vessel to the end of the fifteen years, and in the first year after the launching amounts to the following for each ton of net capacity (florin equals 48 cents): Six florins for steamers of iron and steel ($2.90); 4 florins 50 kreutzers for sailing vessels of iron and steel ($2.18); 4 florins for sailing vessels of wood or mixed construction ($1.45). This subsidy is reduced 5 per cent each year after the commencement of the second year. ART. 4. The trade bounty is increased 10 per cent for vessels of iron or steel constructed after January 1, 1894, in domestic yards; and when at least one-half of the material used is domestic the subsidy shall be raised 25 per cent.

ART. 5. Vessels which later than the first year after launching acquire the right to the trade bounty will have such sum deducted the first year they are entitled to such subsidy as they would have received at the rate per cent fixed in article 3 for the time from date of launching to date when they are entitled to the subsidy.

These deductions will continue until the end of the fifteenth year after launching, when the subsidy ceases.

ART. 6. All vessels entered July 1, 1893, on the register for foreign trade or long coast wise trips, 15 years old, shall receive for five years from January 1, 1894, a depreciation support of one gulden (48 cents) per annum per net ton capacity, if rated at

least Class B, I, I, by the Austro-Hungarian Veritas, or any other domestic institution of equal importance.

ART. 7. Vessels entitled to the navigation bounty are those designated in article 1, which make short coastwise voyages outside the boundaries (law of May 7, 1879 (R. G. Bl., No. 65), for the registration of ocean merchant vessels) to or from Austrian harbors, when these voyages are in the interests of domestic trade and intercourse and carried on with steamers not subvened by the Government for regular lines.

For every 100 sea miles covered the navigation bounty amounts to 5 kreutzers (2 cents +) per net ton capacity.

The distance will be measured from the shortest maritime point.

ART. 8. A vessel which has been on the ways for six months or is idle loses for this period the right to the trade bounty, especially the premium (art. 4) or the depreciation subsidy.

ART. 9. All seagoing vessels will, from January 1, 1894, be released from the payment of the production and income tax for a period of five years. While this law is in effect every newly constructed seagoing vessel built in domestic yards will be released from the payment of the production and income tax for five years from the day its register letter is issued.

ART. 10. The regulations of this law do not affect the following vessels: (a) Those subvened for Government enterprises.

(b) Those used for regular scheduled voyages on special contract with Imperial mail authorities.

(c) Those belonging to an industrial establishment and used by the latter exclusively for material for their own consumption.

ART. 11. The money from the trade subsidy will become available at the close of each year, computed from the day of launching. That from the navigation bounty will become available after the completion of each voyage, after proof has been furnished showing that the vessel is entitled to the same.

ART. 12. Vessels which were built in foreign countries, but are entitled to the trade subsidy under article 1 or article 5, and are transferred to a foreign flag after having had the benefit of the subsidy for three years, are obliged to repay the entire amount drawn from the subsidy to the Imperial Government authorities. Vessels built in domestic yards receiving the trade subsidy must return the entire amount to the Imperial Government authorities if they change to a foreign flag two years after launching.

ART. 13. Shipowners who enjoy the benefits of this law for their vessels, except those who are only released from the payment of the income tax (art. 9), are obliged, in case of war and mobilization, to place their vessels at the disposal of the Imperial authorities.

ART. 14. The details for carrying out this law will be published in the regular official way.

ART. 15. The law of June 19, 1890 (R. G. Bl., No. 130), in regard to the release from the payment of the production and income tax for carrying on shipping trade at sea with steamers or iron or steel sailing vessels which were built in Austria-Hungary, is canceled by the present law, without affecting the rights acquired thereunder. ART. 16. The present law goes into effect January 1, 1894, and will remain in force ten years.

15. THE NETHERLANDS.

Under date of June 20, 1899, the minister of the United States at the Hague transmitted the following communication in regard to steamship subsidies paid to vessels of the Netherlands:

The Netherlands Government gives neither bounty nor navigation premium nor subsidy, but has entered into contracts for the maintenance of regular mail service with the steam navigation company Netherland, at Amsterdam, and with_the_company Rotterdamsche Lloyd with regard to the lines Amsterdam, Rotterdam-Batavia; with the Royal West Indian Mail Service at Amsterdam with regard to the line Amsterdam-Paramaribo, Curaçao, and with the steam navigation company Zeeland with regard to the line Flushing-Queenborough.

Moreover, the Netherlands-Indian Government accords a subsidy to the Royal Packet Navigation Company.

Further details are given in the subsequent statement:

SUBSIDIES ACCORDED TO THE STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANIES NETHERLAND AND ROTTERDAMSCHE LLOYD.

The payments made to the steam navigation companies Netherland and Rotterdamsche Lloyd for the conveyance of mails shall, in accordance with the postal contracts approved by the law of April 8, 1893 (Official Gazette No. 59), be effected for the one-half by the Netherlands and for the other half by the Netherlands-Indian postal administration.

From 1894 to 1898 the two administrations together paid:

1894.

1895.

1896.

1897.

1898.

Florins. Dollars. Florins. Dollars Florins. Dollars. Florins. Dollars. Florins. Dollars.

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Contracts have also been entered into with these companies for the conveyance of postage parcels.

The Netherlands postal administration pays the costs of outward sendings, the Netherlands-Indian that of the homeward bound. From 1894 to 1898 the two administrations together paid:

1894.

1895.

1896.

1897.

1898.

The Netherland
The
Rotterdam.
sche Lloyd.

Total

Florins. Dollars. Florins. Dollars. Florins. Dollars. Florins. Dollars. Florins. Dollars.
7,320 29,426 8,800 35, 376 9, 840 39,557 9, 850 39,597 10, 560
6,760 27,175 7,880 31, 678 9, 460 38, 029 11, 560 46, 471 13, 320
14, 080 56, 601 16, 680
67, 054 19, 300 77,586 21, 410 86, 068 23, 880

42, 451

53, 546

95, 997

Further contracts have been entered into with both companies by the department of the colonies for the conveyance of Government passengers and troops from the Netherlands to the Indies and vice versa, as also for the conveyance of goods from the Netherlands to the Indies and of Government products (coffee, tin, and kina bark) from India to the Netherlands.

Moreover, there is a contract between the department of the colonies and the Royal West Indian Mail service for the conveyance or Government passengers and troops from the Netherlands to Surinam and Curaçao and vice versa, and another relating to the conveyance of Government goods from the Netherlands to the colonies.

The services subsidized by the Netherlands-Indian Government are as follows: Services of the Royal Packet Navigation Company, subsidized by the Netherlands-Indian Government.

Subsidies per geographical mile.

No.

Description of the service for which the Number of compulsory 1891, to Dec, subsidy is granted.

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From Soerabaya, via Macassa, through the Once every four weeks.
Moluccas, via Menado, back to Macassa

1.50 .60

10.00 4.00 7.50 3.00

5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00

11. 40 9.60 8.00 3.20

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Once a week

8.00

3.20 5.00 2.00

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12.50 5.00

12

From Amboina, via Banda, the groups of Once every eight weeks islands, and the islands in the Harafsera

15.00 6.00

9.25 3.70 10.00 4.00

and Banda seas, back to Banda and Am-
boina.

13

From Amboina, via Ternate, to New Once every twelve 20.00
Guinea and back.

8.00

10.00 4.00

weeks.

I No. 7 has not been subsidized since July 1, 1898.

The number of miles for which a subsidy has been enjoyed and paid are as follows:

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The revisions which have been made in the contracts will reduce the subsidies from the 1st of January, 1899, by fully 250,000 florins ($10,000) per annum.

The conveyance of Government passengers per geographical inile is at the following rate: First class, 80 centimes (32 cents); second class, 40 centimes (16 cents); third class, 16 centimes (8 cents); fourth class, 8 centimes (4 cents); with a minimum of 10 florins ($4); 5 florins ($2); 2 florins (80 cents); 1 florin (40 cents).

The tariff for the conveyance of Government goods, except in the case of special sendings of money and articles of great value, great weight, or great dimensions, etc., 0.16 florins ($0.004) per kojang per geographical mile.

The existing contracts of January 1, 1891, which have been concluded for fifteen years (thus till December 31, 1905), may be prolonged another ten years, viz, till December 1, 1915, in virtue of the law of May 19, 1899. (Official Gazette, No. 122.) For the provisions made with the Zeeland Company see the accompanying Official Gazette, No. 183, of 1898. [English Channel.]

RUSSIA.

Under date of September 9, 1899, the ambassador of the United States at St. Petersburg transmitted the following information relative to subsidies to Russian steamships and recent changes in the registration laws of Russia.

16. RUSSIAN SUBSIDIES.

PARTICULARS REGARDING SUBSIDIES PAID BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT UPON MARINE ENTERPRISE FOR THE YEAR 1898.

MAY 29, 1899.

At the present time the subsidies paid by the Crown for the promotion of Russian steamship enterprise amounts to 2,068,324.74 rubles.

This sum is distributed as follows:

1. To Russian steamships and commercial companies

(a) On the basis of the imperial sanction of January 22, 1891, by the advice of the council of the Empire and in accordance with the statutes of the companies themselves, on mileage performed, 616,000 rubles.

These payments were authorized on work performed from 1891 to 1905, inclusive. (b) On the basis of the imperial sanction of December 19, 1896, by the advice of the council of the Empire, payments made upon mileage for the maintenance of regular steamship communication of the Black Sea, Bulgaria Line, 39,084.50 rubles. These payments are authorized upon work performed from 1897 to 1905, inclusive. 2. To the commercial counselor, Sheveleff—

(a) On the basis of the imperial sanction of May 25, 1888, by the advice of the council of the Empire and conformably to the contract concluded with Mr. Sheveleff June 17, 1888, for performance of mileage in regular steamship communication between ports of the maritime provinces and the open ports of Korea, Japan, and China, as 3 rubles the mile for 50,000 miles, 150,000 rubles.

Three payments based on the above mentioned imperial sanction are operative during the first ten years at 3 rubles the mile, but for the last five years with a gradual reduction by 10 per cent each year, and under no circumstances can they exceed during the first two years (1889-90) a sum calculated upon 37,000 miles, nor the remaining years (1891-1903) a sum calculated on 50,000 miles per year; and (b) on the basis of the imperial sanction of April 4, 1897, following the report of the minister of finance for the payment of a supplementary amount for the maintenance of communication with Chemulpo, 27,000 rubles.

These payments were authorized at the rate of 3 rubles per mile in 1897 up to the required limit on condition that the total amount of the supplementary mileage pay should not exceed in 1897 and 1898, 27,000 rubles per annum, and that, commencing with 1899, both the mileage pay and the total amount of subsidies should be subject to a reduction of 10 per cent.

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