Done in duplicate in the English and German languages, at the city of Washington, this 15th day of January, 1892.
JAMES G. BLAINE. [SEAL.]
A. v. MUMM. [SEAL.]
And whereas the official notification contemplated by Article II of the said agreement has been received by this Government:
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, is now fulfilled in respect to the subjects of the German Empire.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington, the 15th day of April, 1892, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.
BENJ. HARRISON.
By the President:
JAMES G. BLAINE,
Secretary of State.