1. The following are the specific facilities required.
(_a_) Admiralty property and rights to be retained as at the date hereof. Harbour defences to remain in charge of British care and maintenance parties.
(_b_) Harbour defences to remain in charge of British care and maintenance parties. Certain mooring buoys to be retained for use of His Majesty's ships.
(_c_) Harbour defences to remain in charge of British care and maintenance parties.
(_d_) Harbour defences to remain in charge of British care and maintenance parties.
(_e_) Facilities in the neighbourhood of the above ports for coastal defence by air.
(_f_) Haulbowline - { To be offered for sale to commercial { companies under guarantee that Rathmullen - { purchasers shall maintain a certain { minimum stock for Admiralty purposes.
2. A convention shall be made between the British Government and the Government of the Irish Free State to give effect to the following conditions:--
(_a_) That submarine cables shall not be landed or wireless stations for communication with places outside Ireland be established except by agreement with the British Government; that the existing cable landing rights and wireless concessions shall not be withdrawn except by agreement with the British Government; and that the British Government shall be entitled to land additional submarine cables or establish additional wireless stations for communication with places outside Ireland:
(_b_) That lighthouses, buoys, beacons, and any navigational marks or navigational aids shall be maintained by the Government of the Irish Free State as at the date hereof and shall not be removed or added to except by agreement with the British Government:
(_c_) The war signal stations shall be closed down and left in charge of care and maintenance parties, the Government of the Irish Free State being offered the option of taking them over and working them for commercial purposes subject to Admiralty inspection and guaranteeing the upkeep of existing telegraphic communication therewith.
3. A Convention shall be made between the same Governments for the regulation of Civil Communication by Air.
Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_.
The following misprints have been corrected: "moveover" corrected to "moreover" (page 28) "Confederateion" corrected to "Confederation" (page 38) "minorites" corrected to "minorities" (page 49) "majorites" corrected to "majorities" (page 49) "Commitee's" corrected to "Committee's" (page 55) "Sarorstat" corrected to "Saorstat" (page 91)