Treaty series. No. 9. 1899. Convention between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands providing that submarine cables connecting the two countries shall be their joint property. Signed at The Hague, April 5, 1898. [Ratifications exchanged at the Hague, December 13, 1898.] to which is annexed an agreement between the postal administrations of the two countries respecting the telegraphic correspondence over the direct submarine cables. (Signed at London, February 13, 1899, and at the Hague, March 13, 1899.) [electronic resource].