Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-13 00:00:00

" ARTICLE IX.

" It is understood between the two high contracting
POwers: that r. if ,one'.of theM thinks !it 'necessarf to
establish an Excise tax or inland duty upon any article
of, home production or manufacture which is comprised
among the :preceding enumerated articles the foreign
ported Articleofthe:saine description may be immediately
liable to an equivalent duty! onimportation. , .
" It-is eqtially understbod between. the :high-:contract-
ing Powers that in case the British: Governisient should,
deem- it:necessary to increase the Excise, duties levied
upon home-made spirits the duties on the importation:
of wines may :be modified in the following insnner
, " For every . inerease :of. Is. :per ! gallon ,of spirits. on.
the Excise duty theresmay be on,wines whiclipay Ls: 6d.
41e.r ;.
and on- wines which pay ls. an augnientation not exceed-
ing
;
"ARTICLE X.

"The two high contracting parties reserve to them-
selves the, pciWer of levying upon an articlel, mentioned
insihe 'Present frieitY, or upon any other 'article, landing.
or shipping dues, in order to pay the. expenses or an ne-
cessaryestablishthents at the ports of pnportatiOn and
exportation.
" But in all that relates to local treatment; the. dues
and charges in the ports, basins, docks., roadsteads,, liar-
lititit's, and rivers of the two countries, the privnekes,
favours, or advantages which are or shall be granted to
national vessels generally, or to the :goods. imported or
eiprted in them, shall be equally granted to the vessel;,
of the''other country, and to the goods imported or ex-
ported in them.
" ARTI CLE XI.

"The two high contracting PoWers engage not to
prohibit the exportation of coal, and to levy no duty
Upon such eiportation.
" ARTICLE XII.

" The subjects of one of the two high contracting
Bowers shall in the dominioni of the. other enjoy the
saute protection as native subjects in regard to the rights.
of property. in trademarks and in patterns "of,,every
description'.
" ARTICLE XIII. „
" The ad va/6rein duties establiShed within the limits
fixed by the preceding articles shall be converted into
specific duties by a supplementary convention, which
shall be concluded before the Ist of JUly, 1$Q0:
medium priees during the six months preceding the'date
Of the present treaty shall be taken as thelpses for this
conversion.
'" D'uties`shall, however, be levied in conformity with
the.bases above established :
" 1: In the- event of this supplementary convention
not having come into force before the expiration of the
period fixed for the execution by France of the present
treaty ;
." 2. tfpOn those =tides the specific duties on which
shall not have been settled by Common consent.
"ARTICLE XIV.
"4' The present treaty shall be binding for the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, so soon as the
necessary legislative sanction shall have been given by
Parliament, with the reserve made in Article VI, re-
specting'Futh
winesi
'er, Britannic 'Majesty reserves to.herself
the power of retaining,
.upon. special grounds; and by
way of exception; during a period not exceding two
years, dating from the Ist of April, 1860, half of the
duties on those articles, the free admission of which is
stipulated by the present, treaty. • „
" This reserve, howeier, does not apply to articles of
silk manufactute.

" ARTICLE XV.
" The engagements contracted by His Majesty the
Emperor of the French shall be" fulfilled, and the tariffs
previously indicated as payable on British goods and
manufactures shall be applied within the following
periods :
" 1. For coal and coke, from the Ist of July, 1860.
"2. For bar and pig iron, and, for'steel of the kinds
which are not subject to prohibition, from the Ist of
October, 1860.
"3. For worked metals, machines, tools, and me-
chnical instruments of all sorts, within a' period which
shall not exceed the 31st of December, 1860.
"4. For -yarns and manufactUres in flax and hemp,
from the Ist of June; 1861.
"15. And for all other articles from the Ist of October,
1861.
payable on
maximum
nu
m thatof importation
act:ll7.
" ARTICLE XVI.
" ills Majesty the Emperor of the French engages
into France of merchandise of British production and
manufacture, s
that the
from the Ist of October,- 1864.
ad
vahlaarlelnotduetziceesedp
"ARTICLE XVII.

"It is understood between the two high contracting
el:aoiwo :erns;
duties a s
ani elementnta aspecific fi
a of
duties,th e conversion
that
for
bar iron, which are at present subjected on importation
the of
fthead
of
kinds
into France to a duty of 10f. not including the two
additional decimes, the duty shall he 7f. on every 100
kilogrammes until the Ist of October 1864, and 6f. from
that period, including in both cases the two additional
decimes.