in the capital, and one in Tabreez, and in those places only, and on this condition, that he who shall reside at Tabreez, and he alone, shall be honoured with the privileges of consul-general; and as for a series of years a resident of the British government has resided at Bushire, the Persian government grants permission that the said resident shall reside there as heretofore. And, in like manner, two commercial agents shall reside on the part of the Persian government, one in the capital of London, and one in the port of Bombay, and shall enjoy the same rank and privileges which the commercial agents of the British government shall enjoy in Persia.

3. This commercial treaty, we, the plenipotentiaries of the high contracting parties, have agreed to; and in witness thereof, have set thereunto our hands and seals, at the capital city of Tehran, this twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord 1841, corresponding to the 12th day of the month Ramazan, in the year of the Hejjira 1257. JOHN M'NEILL.

PERU-BOLIVIAN CONFEDERATION.

MEERZA ABUL HASSAN KHAN,

Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation between His Majesty and the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, together with 2 additional Articles thereunto annexed.

Article 1. There shall be perpetual amity between the dominions and subjects of his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, his heirs and successors, and the Peru-Bolivian confederation and its citizens.

2. There shall be, between all the territories of his Britannic Majesty in Europe, and the territories of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, a reciprocal freedom of commerce. The subjects and citizens of the two countries respectively shall have liberty freely and securely to come with their ships and cargoes to all places, ports, and rivers in the territories aforesaid, to which other foreigners are or may be permitted to come, to enter into the same, and to remain and reside in any part of the said territories respectively; also to hire and occupy houses and warehouses for the purpose of their commerce; and, generally, the merchants and traders of each nation, respectively, shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce; subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively.

In like manner, the respective ships of war and post-office packets of the 2 countries shall have liberty freely and securely to come to all harbours, rivers, and places to which other foreign ships of war and packets are or may be permitted to come, to enter into the same, to anchor, and to remain there and refit subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively.

By the right of entering the places, ports, and rivers mentioned in this article, the privilege of carrying on the coasting trade is not understood, in which national vessels only are permitted to engage. 3. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland engages further, that the inhabitants of the Peru-Bolivian confederation shall have the like liberty of commerce and navigation stipulated for in the preceding article, in all his dominions situated out of Europe, to the full extent in which the same is permitted at present, or may be permitted hereafter, to any other nation.

4. No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the dominions of His Britannic Majesty of any article of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the territories of the Peru-Bolivian confederation of any articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of his Britannic Majesty's dominions, than are or shall be payable on the like articles, 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 or dominions of either of the contracting parties, on the exportation of any articles to the territories or dominions of the other, than such as are or may be payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be imposed upon the exportation or importation of any article, the growth, produce, or manufacture of his Britannic Majesty's dominions, or of the said territories of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, to or from the said dominions of his Britannic Majesty, or to or from the said territories of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, which shall not equally extend to all other

nations.

3. No higher or other duties or charges on account of tonnage, light or harbour dues, pilotage, salvage in case of damage or shipwreck, or any other local charges, shall be imposed in any of the ports of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, on British vessels, than those payable, in the same ports, by Peru-Bolivian vessels; nor in the ports of his Britannic Majesty's territories, on Peru-Bolivian vessels, than shall be payable in the same ports on British vessels.

6. The same duties shall be paid on the importation into the territories of the Peru-Bolivian confederation of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of his Britannic Majesty's dominions, whether such importation shall be in Peru-Bolivian or in British vessels; and the same duties shall be paid on the importation into the dominions of his Britannic Majesty, of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, whether such importation shall be in British or in Peru-Bolivianvessels. The same duties shall be paid, and the same bounties and drawbacks allowed, on the exportation to the ports of the Peru-Bolivian confederation of any articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of his Britannic Majesty's dominions, whether such exportation shall be in Peru-Bolivian or British vessels; and the same duties shall be paid, and the same bounties and drawbacks allowed, on the exportation of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the PeruBolivian confederation, to his Britannic Majesty's dominions, whether such exportation shall be in British or in Peru-Bolivian vessels.

7. In order to avoid any misunderstanding with respect to the regulations which may respectively constitute a British or Peru-Bolivian vessel, it is hereby agreed that no ship shall be admitted to be a ship of either country, unless she shall be of the built of such country, or have been made prize of war to such country, and condemned as such; or have been forfeited to such country under any law of the same made for the prevention of the slave trade, and condemned in any competent court as forfeiture for a breach of such law; nor unless she be navigated by a master who is a subject of such country, and by a crew of whom at least are subjects of such country; nor unless she be wholly owned by subjects of such country, usually residing therein, or under the dominion thereof; excepting where the laws provide for any extreme cases. And it is further agreed, that no ship, admitted to be a ship of either country, snall be qualified to trade as above described, under the provisions of this treaty, unless furnished with a register, passport, or sea-letter, under the signature of the proper person authorised to grant the same, according to the laws of the respective countries, (the form of which shall be communicated), certifying the name, occupation, and residence of the owner or owners, in the dominions of his Britannic Majesty, or in the territories of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, as the case may be; and that he or they is or are the sole owner or owners, in the proportion to be specified; together with the name, burden, and description of the vessel, as to built and measurement, and the several particulars constituting the national character of the vessel, as the case may be.

8. All merchants, commanders of ships, and others, the subjects of his Britannic Majesty, shall have full liberty, in all the territories of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, to manage their own affairs, themselves, or to commit them to the management of whomsoever they please, as broker, factor, agent, or interpreter; nor shall they be obliged to employ any other persons for those purposes than those employed by Peru-Bolivians, nor to pay them any other salary or remuneration than such as is paid, in like cases, by Peru-Bolivian citizens; and absolute freedom shall be allowed, in all cases, to the buyer and seller to bargain and fix the price of any goods, wares, or merchandise imported into or exported from, the PeruBolivian confederation, as they shall see good, observing the laws and established customs of the country.

The same privileges shall be enjoyed in the dominions of his Britannic Majesty, by the citizens of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, under the same conditions.

The citizens and subjects of the contracting parties, in the territories of each other, shall receive and enjoy full and perfect protection for their persons and property, and shall have free and open access to the courts of justice in the said countries respectively, for the prosecution and defence of their just rights; and they shall be at liberty to employ, in all causes, the advocates, attorneys, or agents, of whatever description, whom they may think proper; and they shall enjoy, in this respect, the same rights and privileges therein as native citizens."

9. In whatever relates to the police of the ports, the lading and unlading of ships, the safety of merchandise, goods, and effects, the succession to personal estates by will or otherwise, and the disposal of personal property of every sort and denomination, by sale, donation, exchange, or testament, or in any other manner whatsoever, as also the administration of justice, the subjects and citizens of the two contracting parties shall enjoy, in their respective dominions and territories, the same privileges, liberties, and rights, as native subjects; and shall not be charged, in any of these respects, with any higher imposts or duties than those which are paid, or may be paid, by the native subjects or citizens of the power In whose dominions or territories they may be resident, subject of course to the local laws and regulations of such dominions or territories. In the event of any subject or citizen of either of the two contracting parties dying without will or testament, in the dominions or territories of the said contracting parties, the consul-general or consul of the said nation, or, in his absence, his representative, shall have the right to nominate curators, to take charge of the property of the deceased, so far as the laws of each country will permit, for the benefit of his lawful heirs and creditors, without interference, giving convenient notice thereof to the authorities of the country.

10. The subjects of his Britannic Majesty residing in the Peru-Bolivian confederation, and the natives and citizens of the confederation residing in the dominions of his Britannic Majesty, shall be exempted from all compulsory military service whatsoever, whether by sea or land; and from all forced loans or military exactions or requisitions; neither shall they be compelled, under any pretext whatsoever, to pay any other ordinary charges, requisitions, or taxes, greater than those that are paid by native subjects or citizens of the territories of the contracting parties, respectively.

11. It shall be free for each of the two contracting parties to appoint consuls for the protection of trade, to reside in the dominions and territories of the other party; but before any consul shall act as such, he shall, in the usual form, be approved and admitted by the government to which he is sent; and either of the contracting parties may except from the residence of consuls such particular places as either of them may judge fit to be excepted. The diplomatic agents and consuls of the Peru-Bolivian confederation shall enjoy, in the dominions of his Britannic Majesty, whatever privileges, exceptions, and immunities are or shall be granted to agents of the same rank belonging to the most favoured nation; and in like manner, the diplomatic agents and consuls of his Britannic Majesty in the territories of the Peru-Bolivian confederation shall enjoy, according to the strictest reciprocity, whatever privileges, exceptions, and immunities are or may be granted to the diplomatic agents and consuls of the most favoured nation in the territories of the Peru-Bolivian confederation.

12. For the better security of commerce between the subjects of his Britannic Majesty and the citizens of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, it is agreed that if, at any time, any interruption of friendly intercourse or any rupture should unfortunately take place between the two contracting parties, the subjects or citizens of either of the two contracting parties residing upon the coasts shall be allowed six months, and those residing in the interior a whole year, to wind up their accounts and dispose of their property; and a safe conduct shall be given them to embark at the port which they shall themselves select. Al such subjects or citizens of either of the two contracting parties, who are established in the dominions or territories of the other in the exercise of any trade or special employment, shall have the privilege of remaining and continuing such trade and employment therein without any manner of interruption, in full enjoyment of their liberty and property, as long as they behave peaceably, and commit no offence against the laws; and their goods and effects, of whatever description they may be, whether in their own custody, or intrusted to individuals or to the state, shall not be liable to seizure or sequestration, or to any other charges or demands, than those which may be made upon the like effects or property belonging to the native subjects or citizens of the dominions or territories in which such subjects or citizens may reside. In the same case, debts between individuals, public funds, and the shares of companies, shall never be confiscated, sequestrated, or detained.

13. The subjects of his Britannic Majesty, and the citizens of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, respectively, shall enjoy, in their houses, persons, and properties, the protection of the government; and continue in possession of the privileges which they now enjoy. And the subjects of his Britannic Majesty residing in the territories of the Peru-Bolivian confederation shall furthermore enjoy the most perfect and entire security of conscience, without being annoyed, prevented, or disturbed on account of their religious belief. Neither shall they be annoyed, molested, or disturbed in the proper exercise of their religion, provided that this take place in private houses, and with the decorum due to divine worship, with due respect to the laws, usages, and customs of the country. In the like manner the citizens of the Peru-Bolivian confederation shall enjoy, within all the dominions of his Britannic Majesty, a perfect and unrestrained liberty of conscience, and of exercising their religion publicly or privately, within their own dwelling-houses, or in the chapels and places of worship appointed for that purpose, agreeably to the system of toleration established in the dominions of his said Majesty. Liberty shall also be granted to bury the subjects or citizens of either of the two contracting parties, who may die in the dominions or territories of the other, in burial-places of their own, which, in the same manner, they may freely establish and maintain; nor shall the funerals or sepulchres of the dead be disturbed in any way or upon any account.

14. The government of the Peru-Bolivian confederation engages to co-operate with his Britannic Majesty for the total abolition of the slave trade, and to prohibit all persons inhabiting within the territories of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, or subject to their jurisdiction, in the most effectual manner, and by the most solemn laws, from taking any share in such trade.

15. The two contracting parties reserve to themselves the right of treating and of agreeing hereafter, from time to time, upon such other articles as may appear to them to contribute still further to the improvement of their mutual intercourse, and to the advancement of the general interests of their respective subjects and citizens; and such articles as may be so agreed upon shall, when duly ratified, be regarded as forming a part of the present treaty, and shall have the same force as those now contained in it.

16. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratification shall be exchanged in London or at Lima, within the space of twenty months or sooner if possible.

In witness whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their respective seals.

Done at Lima this 5th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1837.

Additional Articles.

BELFORD HINTON WILSON,
LORENZO BAZO.

Article 1. Whereas, in the present state of Peru-Bolivian shipping, it would not be possible for the said confederation to receive the full advantage of the reciprocity established by the articles 5, 6, and 7. of the treaty signed this day, if that part of the 7th article which stipulates that, in order to be considered as a Peru-Bolivian ship, a ship shall actually have been built in the Peru- Bolivian confederation,

should be strictly and literally observed, and immediately brought into operation; it is agreed that, for the space of 15 years, to be reckoned from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, any ships, wheresoever built, being bonâ fide the property of and wholly owned by one or more citizens of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, and whereof the masters and three-fourths of the mariners, at least, are also natural-born citizens of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, or persons domiciliated in the PeruBolivian confederation by act of the government, as lawful subjects of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, to be certified according to the laws of that country, shall be considered as Peru-Bolivian ships; his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland reserving to himself the right, at the end of the said term of 15 years, to claim the principle of reciprocal restriction stipulated for in the article 7. above referred to, if the interests of British navigation shall be found to be prejudiced by the present exception to that reciprocity in favour of Peru-Bolivian shipping.

2. It is further agreed that, for the like term of 15 years, the stipulations contained in the articles 5. and 6. of the present treaty shall be suspended: and, in lieu thereof, it is hereby agreed that, until the expiration of the said term of fifteen years, British ships entering into the ports of the Peru-Bolivian confederation, from the U. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any other of his Britannic Majesty's dominions, and all articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the U. Kingdom, or of any of the said dominions, imported in such ships, shall pay no other or higher duties than are or may hereafter be payable, in the said ports, by the ships, and the like goods the growth, produce, or manufacture of the most favoured nation; and reciprocally, it is agreed that Peru-Bolivian ships entering into the ports of the U. Kingdom of Great Britain and freland, or any other of his Britannic Majesty's dominions, from any port of the Peru- Bolivian coufederation, and all articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the said confederation, imported in such ships, shall pay no other or higher duties than are or may hereafter be payable, in the said ports, by the ships, and the like goods, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the n.ost favoured nation; and that no higher duties shall be paid, or bounties or drawbacks allowed, on the exportation of any article, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the dominions of either country, in the ships of the other, than upon the exportation of the like articles in the ships of any other foreign country.

It being understood that, at the end of the said term of 15 years, the stipulations of the said 5th and 6th articles shall from thenceforward be in full force between the two countries.

The present additional articles shall have the same force and validity as if they were inserted, word for word, in the treaty signed this day. They shall be ratified, and the ratification shall be exchanged at the same time.

In witness whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their respective seals.

Done at Lima, 5th June, 1837.

PORTUGAL.

BELFORD HINTON WILSON.
LORENZO BAZO.

Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and Portugal, signed at Lisbon, December 27. 1703. Article 1. His Sacred Royal Majesty of Portugal promises, both in his own name and that of his successors, to admit, for ever hereafter, into Portugal, the woollen cloths, and the rest of the woollen manufactures of the Britons, as was accustomed till they were prohibited by the laws; nevertheless, upon this condition;

2. That is to say, that her Sacred Royal Majesty of Great Britain shall, in her own name and that of her successors, be obliged for ever hereafter to admit the wines of the growth of Portugal into Britain; so that at no time, whether there shall be peace or war between the kingdoms of Britain and France, any thing more shall be demanded for these wines, by the name of custom or duty, or by whatsoever other title, directly or indirectly, whether they shall be imported into Great Britain in pipes or hogsheads, or other casks, than what shall be demanded from the like quantity or measure of French wine, deducting or abating a third part of the custom or duty: but if at any time this deduction or abatement of customs which is to be made as aforesaid, shall in any manner be attempted and prejudiced, it shall be just and lawful for his Sacred Royal Majesty of Portugal again to prohibit the woollen cloths, and the rest of the British woollen manufactures.

3. The most excellent Lords the plenipotentiaries promise, and take upon themselves, that their above named masters shall ratify this treaty, and that within the space of 2 months the ratifications shall be exchanged.

Given at Lisbon, the 27th of December, 1703.

JOHN METHUEN.

MARCHIS ALEGRETENSIS.

Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between her Majesty and the Queen of Portugal, signed at Lisbon, July 3. 1842.

Article 1. The subjects of each of the high contracting parties shall, in the dominions of the other, enjoy all the privileges, immunities, and protection enjoyed by the subjects of the most favoured nation. They shall be entitled to travel, to reside, to occupy dwellings and warehouses, and to dispose of their personal, leasehold, and all other property lawfully held by them, by sale, gift, exchange, or will, or in any other way whatever, without the smallest let, and without any hindrance whatever.

They shall be exempt from forced loans, or any other extraordinary contributions not general, or not by law established, and from all military service by sea or by land. Their dwellings, warehouses, and every thing belonging thereto, shall be respected, and shall not be subjected to any arbitrary visit or search. No examination or inspection shall be made of their books, papers, or accounts, without the legal sentence of a competent court or judge.

The assessment of the amount to be paid by the British subjects in Portugal and its dominions for mancio or decima industrial, and from which they have hitherto enjoyed special exemption, shall in all cases in future be made, if so claimed by them, according to the rate to be given by informadores, of whom two shall be Portuguese and two British merchants, to be named by the Concelho de Districto; and in case any objection should be made by the parties assessed to the amount of the said assessment (which shall in all cases bear a just proportion to the rate at which the native subjects of Portugal are assessed), they shall have a right to appeal to the tribunal of the treasury, and to appear in person, or to be heard by counsel, before the said tribunal; and in the meantime no execution shall be made on their property, until an ultimate decision shall have been pronounced by the said tribunal.

It is, however, understood that British subjects resident in Portugal and its dominions, not carrying on trade, or exercising any branch of industry therein, but deriving their incomes from other sources, shall, in like manner with Portuguese subjects, be wholly exempt from the operation of the said mancio or decima industrial tax.

The subjects of each of the high contracting parties shall also, within the dominions of the other, be allowed the free use and exercise of their religion, without being in any manner disturbed on account of their religious opinions: they shall be allowed to assemble together for the purposes of public worship, and to celebrate the rites of their religion in their own dwelling-houses, or in the chapels or places of worship appointed for that purpose, without any the smallest hindrance or interruption whatever, either now or hereafter; and her Most Faithful Majesty does now and for ever graciously grant to the subjects of her Britannic Majesty permission to build and maintain such chapels and places of worship within her dominions. It being always understood that the said chapels and places of worship are not to have steeples and bells.

Her Britannic Majesty's subjects shall likewise have full liberty to bury their dead, after the manner

and with the ceremonies usual in their respective countries, and in the grounds and cemeteries which they shall have purchased and prepared for that purpose; and the sepulchres of the dead, in conformity to ancient and existing practice, shail in no way or on any account be disturbed.

2. The subjects of either of the contracting parties may freely dispose by will of the personal effects which they shall possess in the territories of the other; and their heirs, though subjects of the other contracting party, may succeed to their personal effects, either by will or ab intestato, and may obtain possession of the same in due course of law, either in person, or by other persons appointed by them to act on their behalf. In the event of the absence of heirs, or of persons duly appointed to act for them, the consul may be authorised to take charge, in due course of law, of the said effects, until the owner shall have made the necessary arrangements for obtaining possession of the property. If disputes shall arise between several claimants with respect to the title which each may have to the property, such disputes shall be decided by the courts of the country in which the property is situated; and if hereafter any favour as regards the possession or inheritance of lauded or funded property (biens fonds) shall be granted, in the dominions of either of the high contracting parties, to the subjects of any other nation, the same favour shall extend reciprocally to their respective subjects, as the case may be, either in Portugal or Great Britain.

3. The subjects of either contracting party residing within the dominions of the other, shall be free to manage their own affairs themselves, or to commit those affairs to the management of any persons whom they may appoint as their broker, factor, agent, or interpreter; nor shall any such British subjects be restrained in their choice of persons to act in such capacities, nor shall they be called upon to pay any salary or remuneration to any person whom they shall not choose to employ. Absolute freedom shall be given, in all cases, to the buyer and seller to bargain together, and to fix the price of any goods, wares, or merchandise, imported into, or to be exported from, the dominions of either contracting party, the laws and established customs of the country being duly observed.

The subjects of either of the high contracting parties residing within the dominions of the other shall be at liberty to open retail stores and shops, under the same municipal and police regulations as native subjects; and they shall not, in this respect, be liable to any other or higher taxes or imposts than those which are or may be paid by native subjects.

4. There shall be reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation between the subjects of the two high contracting parties; and the subjects of the two sovereigns respectively shall not pay, in the ports, harbours, roads, cities, towns, or places whatsoever in either kingdom, any other or higher duties, taxes, rates, or imposts, under whatsoever names designated or included, than those which are there paid by the subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation.

No duty of customs or other impost shall be charged upon any goods, the produce of the one country, upon importation by sea or by land from that country into the other, higher than the duty or impost charged upon goods of the same kind, the produce of and imported from any other country; and no duty, restriction, or prohibition shall be imposed upon the importation and exportation from one country to the other, of the goods and produce of each, which shall not be imposed upon goods of the same kind, when imported from or exported to any other country and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and her Majesty the Queen of Portugal, do hereby bind and engage themselves,. their heirs and successors, not to grant any favour, privilege, or immunity, ia matters of commerce and navigation, to the subjects or citizens of any other state, which shall not also and at the same time be extended to the subjects of the other high contracting party, gratuitously, if the concession in favour of that other state shall have been gratuitous; and on giving, as nearly as possible, the same compensation or equivalent, if the concession shall have been conditional.

5. No duties of tonnage, and no harbour, light-house, pilotage, quarantine, or other similar or corresponding duties, of whatever nature, or under whatever denomination, shall be imposed in either country upon the vessels of the other, in respect of voyages between the two countries, if laden; or in respect of any voyage, if in ballast, which shall not be equally imposed, in the like cases, on national vessels."

6. All goods, the growth, produce, or manufacture of their respective possessions, which can legally be imported into either country from the other, in ships of that other country, shall, when so imported, be subject to the same duties, whether they be imported in ships of the one country or in ships of the other; and in like manner, all goods which can legally be exported from either country to the other, in ships of that other country, shall, when so exported, be subject to the same duties, and be entitled to the same drawbacks, bounties, and allowances, whether they be exported in ships of the one country or in ships of the other.

7. In order to promote and encourage the commercial intercourse between the dominions of the high contracting parties, for the mutual benefit of their respective subjects, her Britannic Majesty and her Most Faithful Majesty agree to take into consideration the duties now levied upon articles the produce or manufacture of either country, with a view to make such reductions in those duties as may be consistent with the interest of the high contracting parties respectively.

This matter shall without delay be made the subject of a special negotiation between the two govern

ments.

8. British ships shall be allowed to proceed direct from any port of her Britannic Majesty's dominions to any colony of her Most Faithful Majesty, and to import into such colony any goods the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any of the British dominions, except such goods as are prohibited to be imported into such colony, or which are admitted into it only from the dominions of her Most Faithful Majesty; and such British ships, and such goods so imported in them, shall be liable in such colony of her Most Faithful Majesty to no higher or other duties and charges, than would be there payable on Portuguese ships importing the like sort of goods, or on the like goods, the growth, produce, or manufacture of any foreign country, and allowed to be imported into the said colony in Portuguese ships.

In like manner, Portuguese ships shall be allowed to proceed direct from any port of her Most Faithful Majesty's dominions to any colony of her Britannic Majesty, and to import into such colony any goods the growth, produce, or manufacture of Portugal, or of any of the Portuguese dominions, except such goods as are prohibited to be imported into such colony, or which are admitted into it only from the dominions of her Britannic Majesty, and such Portuguese ships, and such goods so imported in them, shall be liable, in such colony of her Britannic Majesty, to no higher or other duties and charges, than would be there payable on British ships importing the like sort of goods, or on the like goods, the growth, produce, or manufacture of any foreign country, and allowed to be imported into the said colony in British ships.

9. British ships shall be allowed to export from any colony of her Most Faithful Majesty to any place not under the dominion of her said Majesty, any goods not generally prohibited to be exported from such colony; and such British ships, and such goods so exported in them, shall be liable, in such colony, to no other or higher charges than would be payable by, and shall be entitled to the same drawbacks or bounties as would be there allowable on, Portuguese ships exporting such goods, or on such goods exported in Portuguese ships.

In like manner Portuguese ships shall be allowed to export from any colony of her Britannic Majesty to any place not under the dominion of her said Majesty, any goods not generally prohibited to be exported from such colony; and such Portuguese ships, and such goods so exported in them, shall be liable in such colony to no other or higher charges than would be payable by, and shall be entitled to the same drawbacks or bounties as would be there allowable on, British ships exporting such goods, or ou such goods exported in British ships.

10. It is hereby declared that the stipulations of the present treaty are not to be understood as applying

to the navigation and carrying trade between one port and another, situated in the dominions of either contracting party, if such navigation and trade should in those dominions be reserved by law exclusively to national vessels. Vessels of either country shall, however, be permitted to discharge part of their cargoes at one port in the dominions of either of the high contracting parties, and then to proceed, with the remainder of their cargo, to any other port or ports in the same dominions, without paying any higher or other duties in such cases, than national vessels would pay in like circumstances; and they shall be permitted to lade, in like manner, at different ports in the same voyage outwards.

11. The reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation declared and stipulated for by the present treaty, shall not extend to contraband of war, or to articles the property of the enemies of either party. The power granted by former treaties to carry, in the ships of either country, goods and merchandise of any description whatever, the property of the enemies of the other country, is now mutually re

nounced.

12. In all cases in which, in either kingdom, the duty to be levied upon any goods imported from the other kingdom shall be not a fixed rate, but a proportion of the value of the goods, such ad valorem daty shall be ascertained and secured in the following manner; that is to say, the importer shall, on making his entry for the payment of duty at the custom-house, sign a declaration, stating the description and value of the goods at such amount as he shall deem proper; and in case the officer or officers of the customs shall be of opinion that such valuation is insufficient, he or they shall be at liberty to take the goods, on paying to the importer the value thereof according to the declaration of the importer, together with an addition of 10 per cent.; and the custom-house officer shall, at the same time, return to the importer any duty which the importer may have paid upon such goods; and the amount of these sums shall be paid to the importer on the delivery of the goods to the said officer or officers, which must not be later than 15 days from the first detention of the goods.

13. Inasmuch as all merchandise of whatever origin, whether admissible for home consumption or not, may he received and warehoused in all those ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which are by law appointed to be warehousing ports for such articles, pending the entry of the sane, either for home consumption or for re-exportation, as the case may be, under the regulations appointed for this purpose, and without such articles being liable, in the meantime, to the payment of any of the duties with which they would be charged, if upon arrival they were entered for consumption within the United Kingdom; in like manner the Queen of Portugal consents and agrees that the ports of Her Most Faithful Majesty's dominions, which now are, or which shall hereafter become by law, warehousing ports, shall be free ports for receiving and warehousing, either for home consumption or for re-exportation, as the case may be, all merchandise imported in British ships, and all articles whatever, the produce or manufacture of the British dominions, imported by Portuguese ships; and the articles thus received and warehoused, subject to due regulations, shall not be liable, in the meantime, to any of the duties with which they would be charged, if they were entered for consumption on their arrival in the dominions of Her Most Faithful Majesty.

14. All goods or merchandise found on board of, or which shall have formed the cargo or part of the cargo of a vessel of the one country, which shall be wrecked, or left derelict, on or near the coast of the other country, unless the importation of such goods or merchandise shall be absolutely prohibited by law, shall be admitted for home consumption in the country on or near the coast of which such vessel shall be wrecked, or left derelict, or such goods or merchandise may be found, on payment of the same duty, as if the said goods or merchandise had been imported in a national vessel, even though such goods or merchandise could not by law be imported into the said country in any other than national vessels; and in fixing the amount of duty to be paid on such goods or merchandise, regard shall be had to any damage which the said goods or merchandise may have sustained.

To prevent frauds, the Board of Customs of each nation shall exercise their judgment as to the causes of wrecks; and when they are satisfied that the said wrecks were the result of accident or misfortune, and free from suspicion of collusion, they shall authorise, at the option of the proprietor or agent, if present, or otherwise of the consul, the transhipment, or the sale for home consumption, of the goods or merchandise, provided that such goods and merchandise could have been legally imported by the ships of the one country into the ports of the other country.

If any ships of war or merchant vessels should be wrecked on the coasts of either of the high contracting parties, such ships or vessels, or any parts thereof, and all furniture and appurtenances belonging thereunto, and all goods or merchandise which shall be saved therefrom, or the produce thereof if sold, shall be faithfully restored to the proprietors, upon being duly claimed by them, or by their agents duly authorised; or if there are no such proprietors or agents on the spot, by the respective consuls of the nation to which the proprietors of the said ships, vessels, or goods may belong, and in whose district such wreck may have taken place, provided such claim be preferred within a year and a day from the time of such wreck; and such consul, proprietor, or agent shall pay only the expenses incurred in the preservation of the property, together with the rate of salvage which would have been payable in the like case of a wreck of a national vessel; and the goods and merchandise saved from the wreck shall not be subject to duties, unless cleared for local consumption.

15. If any merchant vessel of either country should be driven into the ports of the other by stress of weather, for the purpose of effecting necessary repairs, every facility shall be afforded to such vessel for obtaining the assistance it may be in need of.

The strictest reciprocity shall be observed, in the most favourable sense, as to the relief to be afforded to such vessel from the duties, charges, and expenses in the ports of either nation, to which vessels, entering solely for the purposes of trade, are subjected. Sufficient time shall be allowed for the com. pletion of repairs; and while the vessel shall be undergoing repair, its cargo shall not unnecessarily bo required to be landed, either in whole or in part; and any difference of opinion which may arise between the custom-house authorities and the masters of the said vessels, as to the necessity of landing all or any part of the cargo, shall be referred to two sworn or public surveyors, one to be named by the chief custom-house authority of the port, and the other by the consul of the nation to which the vessel belongs.

Her Majesty the Queen of Portugal engages that the commerce of British subjects within the Portuguese dominions shall not be restrained, interrupted, or otherwise affected by the operation of any monopoly, contract, or exclusive privilege of sale or purchase whatsoever; but that the subjects of the United Kingdom shall have free and unrestrained permission to buy from and sell to whomsoever they please, and in whatever form and manner may be agreed upon between the purchaser and seller, without being obliged to give any preference or favour in consequence of any such monopoly, contract, or exclusive privilege of sale and purchase. And her Britannic Majesty engages that a like exemption from restraint, in respect to purchases or sales, shall be enjoyed by the subjects of her Most Faithful Majesty trading to or residing in the United Kingdom. But it is distinctly to be understood, that the present article shall not be interpreted as affecting the special regulations now in force, or which may hereafter be enacted, with a view solely to the encouragement and amelioration of the Douro wine trade, (it being always understood that British subjects shall in respect of the said trade be placed on the same footing as Portuguese subjects,) or with regard to the exportation of the salt of St. Ubes.

This article does not invalidate the exclusive right possessed by the crown of Portugal, within its own dominions, to the farm for the sale of ivory, urzela, gold dust, soap, gunpowder, and tobacco for home consumption: provided, however, that should the above-mentioned articles, generally or separately, ever become articles of free commerce within the dominions of her Most Faithful Majesty, the subjects of her Britannic Majesty shall be permitted to traffic in them as freely and on the same footing as the subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation.