Külügyi Közlöny 2. 1922 (Budapest, 1923)

1922-07-05 / 12. szám

shall report the appointment to the superior Hungarian authorities, stating at the same time such person's qualifications, but such appointment shall be subject to approval. Clerks. The private secretary as well as all the other clerks, engaged by the Consul, shall be deemed to be private employees. They are engaged, paid, and dismissed at the discretion of the Consul, who shall be held responsible for their conduct. Flags. The Honorary Consulates will be provided, each, with a flag, free of charge. The flag should be hoisted in conformity with local customs. For the hoisting on the National Holiday of Hungary — St. Stephen's Day — (August 20

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; the prevailing custom shall be observed. Coat of Arms. On the front entrance to his office the Honorary Consul may display a coat of arms, bearing the designation of the office, if this be in keeping with prevailing customs. The inscription shall run according to the status of the respective consular office : „Magyar királyi főkonzulátus" (Royal Hungarian Consulate General), „Magyar királyi konzulátus" (Royal Hungarian Consulate) or „Magyar királyi alkonzulátus" (Royal Hungarian Vice-Consulate) as the case may be. The Hungarian inscription shall be affixed in the first place. The coat of arms will be provided by the Hungarian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Seal of Office. The above rules shall equally apply to the seal of office, which shall bear the coat of arms and the designation of the office in Hungarian and in the language of the respective country. The Seal of office will be provided by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The Flag, the coat of arms and the seal of office shall be delivered into the custody of the Hungarian Ministry for Foreign Affairs whenever it be necessary to make a change in the appointment, or to discontinue the office. Reports. It shall be the duty of the Honorary Consuls to follow up the new laws, byelaws and regulations, introduced in their district, and to watch any developments and inventions concerning commerce, industry, agriculture, tariffs, transport, and other economic conditions. On matters of importance they shall make a report to the superior authorities. The Consular Offices shall in matters, strictly commercial, deal directly with the Royal Hungarian Museum of Commerce. This refers to information about firms, applications for agencies and the like. Answering Inquiries. Inquiries of the Hungarian Ministries of Commerce and Agriculture respectively shall be answered directly, as shall also inquiries of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and the Hungarian Museum of Commerce which are privileged to transact business with the Honorary Consulates direct. II. Reports. 1. Annual reports. General. Consular officers shall, at the commencement of the new calendar year, draw up an exhaustive summary Report on the observations, made by them in the course of the past calendar year, and forward the same in four copies, through the intermediary of the superior Hungarian Mission or the superior consular authorities. The date of submitting this Report is fixed for March 31, following the year under review, such date being meant to be not the day of dispatch, but the day of delivery at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Annual Report shall, in a general and comprehensive way, summarise the experiences and observations of the Consular Officer with regard to the economic conditions and the trading prospects of his district, with remarks on other economic and social questions, such as Labour, Factories, Railways, Posts and Tel'egraphs, Banking, Finance etc. In particular shall the Annual Report include: A description of the continental and sea-trade in imports, exports and goods in transit, giving the respective figures, also a statement of average prices, rates of exchange, freights, stocks of goods on hand, conditions of production, harvest results etc., and a reference to the circumstances which tend to influence the improvement or the decline of trade and commerce. Trade. The Annual Report shall also Contain the figures of the direct trade, carried on between Hungary and the ports or the territory of the consular district, with comparative statistics of previous years. Finally there shall be given an account of the factors, influencing the increase or decrease in traffic. Agriculture. Agricultural problems shall be given especial attention by not only recording the harvest results in the consular districts, but also by studying the causes whereby these results were attained. Besides general remarks on these points, it shall be requisite to furnish data on questions, such as agricultural wages, increase in the application of agricultural machinery, viz. steam ploughs, threshing machines, the advance in landimprovement, particularly as to the reclaiming of extensive areas for cultivation, timber land, dairy farming, referring also to any innovations,