The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-16 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, SEPT. 12.—The following is the text of
the treaty between Prussia and Hanover, by which
the latter is admitted prospectively into the territory
of the Zollverein :

" TREATY BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF
PRUSSIA. AND HIS MAJESTY TUE KING OF HANOVER,
RELATING TO A UNION OF TILE STEUEILVEREIN 'WITH
TEE ZOLLVEREIN. _ _ _

" His Majesty the King of Prussia and his Majesty
the King of Hanover, regarding a mutual free com-
mercial intercourse between their respective states and
the widest possible extension of such intercourse with
the neighbouring German States as in a high degree
beneficial to the welfare of their subjects, and as an
essential progress of a general freedom of trade and
commerce in the interior of Germany, and wishing to
effect this object by an agreement having as much
consideration as possible to the existing differences of
the circumstances of both countries, have empowered
the following persons to conclude such a treaty :
"On the part of his Majesty the King of
Prussia, the President of the Cabinet and Minis-
ter of Foreign Affairs, Baron von Manteuffel ; the
Minister of Commerce and Public Works, M. von
der Heydt ; and the Minister of Finance M. von Boe
delschwitigh.
" On the part of his Majesty the King of Hanover,
the President of the Cabinet and Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Baron von Munehhausen ; and the Minister
of Finance, Baron von Hammerstein.
" The above-named, after the exchange and mutual
recognition of their credentials, reserving the ratifi-
cation of the respective Sovereigns, have agreed on the
following conditions :
" Art. 1. From the Ist of January, 1854, there
shall be between Prussia and the States then allied
with her in the Zollverein, on the one part, and Hanover
with the States of the Steuerverein which at that date
shall have assented to this treaty, on the other part,
a free commercial intercourse with each other, an as
similated legislation with regard to import, export,
and transit duties, as well as to the taxation cf home-
produced beet-root, sugar, and the mutual partition of
the amount raised from such duties and taxation.
"The bases of this union are the principles and
regulations of the Zollverein, under the following
reservations and modifications :
"Art. 2. The same amount of duty shall be raised
in Hanover on inland grown tobacco and wine as
these articles pay in Prussia and the States com-
mercially allied with Prussia. In consequence of
this condition there is to be a free traffic in all these
Stares in wine, mil3t, tobacco (ra w and manufac-
tured). If these products are exported to any State
not belonging to the Zoliverein, they shall pay the
same duties as they are now subjected to in Prussia,
the product to be carried to the common account.
"Art. 3. The tax on the distillation of brandy
shall be raised in Hanover to the same amount as
that levied in Prussia and the States commercially
allied with her.
"The drawback on exportation for home produced
brandy shall be on each side equalized ; it shall be
fixed at a rate not in any case to exceed the amount
of duty on the distillation.
" Art. 4. With respect to the duty on beer, Ha-
nover is not to be limited, notwithstanding its obliga-
tion riot to exceed the maximum duty of li- thaler
Prussian per 120 quarts, agreed on between the
States of the Zollverein.
" Art. 5. As, according to the distinct declaration
of the Hanoverian Government, there are insur-
mountable difficulties in the way of the State under-
taking and limiting the sale of salt, en gros, on its
own account, as is the practice in the other States of
the Zollverein, or of raising the tax on that article by
the present treaty ; Hanover, in order to prevent the
smuggling of salt into the neighbouring States of the
Union, without impeding the abolition of the strict
frontier guard Geffected by this Union, will undertake
to impose a severe penalty on the prohibited intro-
duction of salt into the neighbouring States, and to
prevent it by other suitable means ; such penalties to
supersede the agreement in Art. 10 of its treaty with
the Zollverein.
"Art. 6. Instead of the stipulation in Art. 13 of
its treaty with the Zallverein, with respect to the
amount of the toll levied on the highways and roads
of Hanover, it only undertakes the obligation not to
increase its present rates.
" Art. 7. With respect to the Hanoverian river
tolls and navigation dues, Art. 15 of the treaty with
the Zollverein remains in force.
" Art. 8. The equality of rights secured to the
subjects of both States by the 15th and 19th Articles
of the treaty of Hanover with the Zollverein, with
respect to the navigation of seas and rivers, is ex-
tended to the mutual passage of the ships of both con-
tracting States through the rivers of the interior,
without any higher dues being levied for vessel or
cargo than those paid by the subjects of each State
respectively.
" Art. 9. Both contracting parties will, in their
principal sea-ports, permit the establishment of depots
for goods locally in connexion with the harbours, in
order that within these depots such a Customs inspec-
tion may be exercised as may be sufficient to prevent
smuggling into the interior, and that the storing, un- 1
packing, and repacking of the merchandise may be
effected without interruption, and that the delivery of
goods for import and transit shall only be made in the
quantities made up for it. The parties will agree on
common regulations for these establishments.
"Art. 10. Hanover is at liberty to decrease or
lighten the strictness of its frontier regulations, if
rendered necessary from local necessities, and unat-
tended with prejudice to the dues levied.
" Art. 11. In order to compensate for the consider-
ably greater consumption of highlyt:taxed articles,
which has existed in Hanover, and which will pro-
bably continue to exist, as well as for the higher re-
venue which Hanover has derived hitherto from the
import, export, and transit dues, and which may be
further increased by the approach to the scale of duties
of the Zollverein, the following conditions have been
agreed on :
" When the amount of the revenue from the im-
port, export, and transit duties, after the deductions
for repayments of sums unduly levied, and those occa-
sioned by mutually decreased items in the scale of
duties and drawbacks, shall have been fixed, and the
share of that amount due to Hanover, according to
the proportion of its population to the collective popu-
lation of the Union, shall have been ascertained, then
that share or portion shall be increased for Hanover
by three-fourths ; but, with respect to the import
duties and tax on beet-root sugar, the increase is not
to exceed 20 silver groschen (25.) per head of the
population in any one year. The sum thus arisin
will form theshare of Hanover in the produce of theg duties that fall to the common account.
n The sharing of the general transit dues will be
regulated in the same manner.
e The portion of the expense of the Administration
to be borne by Hanover will be calculated according
to the proportion of the population of Hanover to that
of the collective population of the Union.
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