its despatch, and the same sum on its delivery. When newspapers are conveyed by private ships from a British colony or possession to a port in Peru, the sum to be levied on their delivery in the Republic, shall not exceed 1d. sterling for each newspaper. XVII. It is hereby declared, in order to avoid any interpretation contrary to the intentions of the 2 Governments, that the advantages which either party may derive from the stipulations contained in the present Convention, are to be understood as being enjoyed in virtue of, and in return for, the reciprocal obligations which it has hereby contracted. XVIII. The present Convention shall come into operation at the expiration of 6 months after the exchange of the ratifications thereof. The Convention is concluded for 5 years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications, which shall take place at Lima as soon as possible within 12 months. After the expiration of the said 5 years the present Convention shall continue in force for 5 years more, and so on successively, until either of the 2 parties shall make notification to the other of its wish to the contrary; and such notification must be made at least 12 months before the expiration of each period igual suma por su entrega. Cuando se remitan los periódicos por buques particulares desde una colonia ó posesion Británica á un puerto del Perú, la cantidad que se ha de cobrar á su entrega en la República no pasará de 1 penique esterlino por cada periódico. XVII. A fin de evitar toda interpretacion contraria á las intenciones de ambos Gobiernos, se declara aquí, que las ventajas que resulten á cualquiera de las partes de las estipulaciones contenidas en el presente Convenio, se ha de entender que las que gozan en virtud y en retribucion de las reciprocas obligaciones que dicha parte contráe desde ahora. XVIII. La presente Convencion empezará á rejir al cabo de 6 meses del canje de las respectivas ratificaciones. Queda celebrado el Convenio por 5 años contaderos desde la fecha de las ratificaciones, que se verificarán en Lima lo mas pronto posible dentro de 12 meses. Al cabo de dichos 5 años continuará en vigor el presente Convenio por 5 años mas, y asi para lo sucesivo, hasta tanto que cualquiera de las 2 partes notifique á la otra que desea lo contrario; y esa notificacion deberá hacerse al menos 12 meses antes de la espiracion de cada periodo de 5 años. En testimonio de lo cual, las respectivas partes han firmado este Convenio, y lo han sellado con sus respectivos sellos. Done at Lima, the 13th day of August, 1851. (L.S.) WM. PITT ADAMS. (L.S.) J. Cмo. TORRICO. Hecho en Lima, el 13 de (L.S.) J. CмO. TORRICO. TREATY of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, between Great Britain and the Sandwich Islands.-Signed at Honolulu, July 10, 1851. [Ratifications exchanged at Honolulu, May 6, 1852.] HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, being desirous to maintain and improve the relations of good understanding which happily subsist between them, and to promote the commercial intercourse between their respective subjects, have deemed it expedient to conclude a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, and have for that purpose named as their respective Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, William Miller, Esq., her Consul-General for the Islands in the Pacific Ocean; And His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, Robert Crichton Wyllie, Esq., his Minister of Foreign Relations, Member of his Privy Council of State, and of his House of Nobles; Who, after having communicated to each other their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles: ART. I. There shall be perpetual friendship between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, her heirs and successors, and the King of the Hawaiian Islands, his heirs and successors, and between their respective subjects. II. There shall be, between all the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty and the Hawaiian Islands, a reciprocal freedom of commerce. The subjects of each of the 2 Contracting Parties, respectively, shall have liberty freely and securely to come, with their ships and cargoes, to all places, ports, and rivers in the territories of the other, where trade with other nations is permitted; they may remain and reside in any part of the said territories respectively, and hire and occupy houses and warehouses; and may trade, by wholesale or retail, in all kinds of produce, manufactures, and merchandize of lawful commerce; enjoying the same exemptions and privileges as native subjects, and subject always to the same laws and established customs as native subjects. In like manner the ships of war of each Contracting Party, respectively, shall have liberty to enter into all harbours, rivers, and places within the territories of the other, to which the ships of war of other nations are or may be permitted to come, to anchor there, and to remain and refit; subject always to the laws and regulations of the 2 countries, respectively. The stipulations of this Article do not apply to the coasting trade, which each Contracting Party reserves to itself, respectively, and shall regulate according to its own laws. III. The 2 Contracting Parties hereby agree that any favour, privilege, or immunity whatever in matters of commerce or navigation, which either Contracting Party has actually granted, or may hereafter grant, to the subjects or citizens of any other State, shall be extended to the subjects or citizens of the other Contracting Party, gratuitously, if the concession in favour of that other State shall have been gratuitous, or in return for a compensation as nearly as possible of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement, if the concession shall have been conditional. IV. No other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation into the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Hawaiian Islands, and no other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation into the Hawaiian Islands, of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of Her Britannic Majesty's dominions, than are or shall be payable on the like article, being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country. Nor shall any other or higher duties or charges be imposed in the territories of either of the Contracting Parties on the exportation of any article to the territories of the other, than such as are or may be payable on the exportation of the like article to any other foreign country. No prohibition shall be imposed upon the importation of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of either of the 2 Contracting Parties into the territories of the other, which shall not equally extend to the importation of the like articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other country. Nor shall any prohibition be imposed upon the exportation of any article from the territories of either of the 2 Contracting Parties to the territories of the other, which shall not equally extend to the exportation of the like article to the territories of all other nations. V. No other or higher duties or charges on account of tonnage, light, or harbour dues, pilotage, quarantine, salvage in case of damage or shipwreck, or any other local charges, shall be imposed in any of the ports of the Hawaiian Islands, on British vessels, than those payable in the same ports by Hawaiian vessels; nor in the ports of Her Britannic Majesty's territories, on Hawaiian vessels, than shall be payable in the same ports on British vessels. VI. The same duties shall be paid on the importation of any article which is or may be legally importable into the Hawaiian Islands, whether such importation shall be in Hawaiian or in British vessels; and the same duties shall be paid on the importation of any article which is or may be legally importable into the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, whether such importation shall be in British or in Hawaiian vessels. The same duties shall be paid, and the same bounties and drawbacks allowed, on the exportation of any article which is or may be legally exportable from the Hawaiian Islands, whether such exportation shall be in Hawaiian or in British vessels; and the same duties shall be paid, and the same bounties and drawbacks allowed, on the exportation of any article which is or may be legally exportable from Her Britannic Majesty's dominions, whether such exportation shall be in British or in Hawaiian vessels. VII. British whale-ships shall have access to the ports of Hilo, Kealakekua, and Hanalei, in the Sandwich Islands, for the purpose of refitment and refreshment, as well as to the ports of Honolulu and Lahaina, which two last-mentioned ports only are ports of entry for all merchant-vessels; and in all the above-named ports they shall be permitted to trade or to barter their supplies or goods, excepting spirituous liquors, to the amount of 200 dollars ad valorem for each. vessel, without paying any charge for tonnage, or for harbour-dues of any description, or any duties or imposts whatever upon the goods or articles so traded or bartered. They shall also be permitted, with the like exemption from all charges for tonnage and harbour-dues, further to trade or barter, with the same exception as to spirituous liquors, to the additional amount of 1,000 dollars ad valorem for each vessel, paying upon the additional goods and articles so traded and bartered no other or higher duties than are payable on like goods and articles when imported in national vessels and by native subjects. They shall also be permitted to pass from port to port of the Sandwich Islands for the purpose of procuring refreshments; but they shall not discharge their seamen or land their passengers in the said islands, except at Honolulu and Lahaina; and in all the ports named in this Article, British whale-ships shall enjoy, in all respects whatsoever, all the rights, privileges, and immunities which are or may be enjoyed by national whale-ships, or by whale-ships of the most favoured nation. The like privilege of frequenting the 3 ports of the Sandwich Islands named in this Article, which are not ports of entry for merchant-vessels, is also guaranteed to all the public armed vessels of Great Britain. But nothing in this Article shall be construed as subjects, and subject always to the same laws and established customs as native subjects. In like manner the ships of war of each Contracting Party, respectively, shall have liberty to enter into all harbours, rivers, and places within the territories of the other, to which the ships of war of other nations are or may be permitted to come, to anchor there, and to remain and refit; subject always to the laws and regulations of the 2 countries, respectively. The stipulations of this Article do not apply to the coasting trade, which each Contracting Party reserves to itself, respectively, and shall regulate according to its own laws. III. The 2 Contracting Parties hereby agree that any favour, privilege, or immunity whatever in matters of commerce or navigation, which either Contracting Party has actually granted, or may hereafter grant, to the subjects or citizens of any other State, shall be extended to the subjects or citizens of the other Contracting Party, gratuitously, if the concession in favour of that other State shall have been gratuitous, or in return for a compensation as nearly as possible of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement, if the concession shall have been conditional. IV. No other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation into the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Hawaiian Islands, and no other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation into the Hawaiian Islands, of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of Her Britannic Majesty's dominions, than are or shall be payable on the like article, being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country. Nor shall any other or higher duties or charges be imposed in the territories of either of the Contracting Parties on the exportation of any article to the territories of the other, than such as are or may be payable on the exportation of the like article to any other foreign country. No prohibition shall be imposed upon the importation of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of either of the 2 Contracting Parties into the territories of the other, which shall not equally extend to the importation of the like articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other country. Nor shall any prohibition be imposed upon the exportation of any article from the territories of either of the 2 Contracting Parties to the territories of the other, which shall not equally extend to the exportation of the like article to the territories of all other nations. V. No other or higher duties or charges on account of tonnage, light, or harbour dues, pilotage, quarantine, salvage in case of damage or shipwreck, or any other local charges, shall be imposed in any of the ports of the Hawaiian Islands, on British vessels, than those |