Convention revising the General Act of Berlin of 26 February 1885 and the General Act and Declaration of Brussels of 2 July 1890 (1920) Australian Parliamentary Paper
 
CONVENTION REVISING THE GENERAL ACT OF BERLIN, 26 FEBRUARY 1885, AND THE GENERAL ACT AND DECLARATION OF BRUSSELS, 2 JULY 1890
 
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BELGIUM, THE BRITISH EMPIRE, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN AND PORTUGAL;
 
WHEREAS the General Act of the African Conference, signed at Berlin on 26 February 1885, was primarily intended to demonstrate the agreement of the Powers with regard to the general principles which should guide their commercial and civilizing action in the little known or inadequately organized regions of a continent where slavery and the slave trade still flourished; and
 
WHEREAS by the Brussels Declaration of 2 July 1890, it was found necessary to modify for a provisional period of fifteen years the system of free imports established for twenty years by Article 4 of the said Act, and since that date no agreement has been entered into, notwithstanding the provisions of the said Act and Declaration; and
 
WHEREAS the territories in question are now under the control of recognized authorities, are provided with administrative institutions suitable to the local conditions, and the evolution of the native populations continues to make progress;
 
WISHING to ensure by arrangements suitable to modern requirements the application of the general principles of civilization established by the Acts of Berlin and Brussels,
 
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