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parties.
"Art. 9. The ships of Belgium entering into one of
the ports of the Zollverein, and the ships of the Zollve-
rein entering into one of the ports of Belgium, being
desirous of embarking only a part of their cargoes, may
(under a due observance of the laws and regulations
of the two high contracting parties) keep on board a
part of the cargo Which may be destined for another
port, either of the same country or another, and re-
export it, without being obliged to pay for that part
of the cargo any custom dues, except those of custody.
" Art. 10. The ships of one of the two high con-
tracting parties, when forced to seek shelter in one of
the ports of the other, shall not pay there, either for
the ship or the cargo, any other duties except those to
which native ones are subjected to in the same case,
provided that the necessity for seeking such shelter be
legally proved ; that, moreover, these vessels transact
no business, and that they do not stop longer in the
port than necessity requires.
" Art. 11. In case a vessel belonging to the States
of one of the high contracting parties should be
stranded or wrecked on the coasts of the other,
all aid and assistance will be given to the captain and
the crew with respect to their persons, the ship, And
the cargo. The operations relative to salvage will
take place conformably to the laws of the country,
and no heavier salvage dues will be paid than those
to which native vessels would be subjected in a simi-
lar case. The merchandise saved will not be subject
to any duty unless they be admitted for the purposes
of consumption or use.
" Art. 12. The preceding stipulalons (the Ist, 2d,
4th, sth, 6th, 7th, Bth, and 9th) apply to the naviga-
tion, both maritime and fluvial ; so that nominally,
with respect to the customs duties and those of navi-
gation (imposed either on ships or on cargoes), to the
duties en patents, as well as to all other duties or
charges of whatsoever nature or, dpwmination,,lbe-
vessels belonging to the other contracting party can-
not be subjected to any other or heavier duties than
those which are imposed on national ships.
" Art. 13. The respective Consuls may arrest, send
on board again, or into their own country, any sailors
who may have deserted the ships of their nation.
They shall, therefore, apply by writing to the come
petent local authorities, and prove, by the exhibition
of the orginal register of the ship or of the crew, or
by a duly certified copy, or by other official docu-
ments, that the individuals claimed formed part of the
said crew. Upon such a demand, the deserters must
be given up, in the search after and in the arrest of
whom every aid will be given. They shall be even
detained and guarded in the guard-houses of the
country, on the demand and at the expense of the
Consuls, until those functionaries have found an oppor-
tunity to send them off. If, nevertheless, this oppor-
tunity shall not present itself within three months,
counting from the day of the arrest, the deserters
shall be set at liberty, and shall not be arrested upon
the same charge.
" Art. 14. If any one of the high contracting par-
ties grants subsequently to another State any parti-
cular favour relating to navigation, this favour shall
become common to the other party, who shall enjoy
it gratuitously, if the concession be gratuitous, or by
giving the same compensation if the favour be con-
ceded conditionally.
" Art. 15. Those vessels will be considered as ships
of Belgium or of the Zollverein which shall be con-
sidered such in the States to which they belong, con-
formably with the laws and regulations in vigour. It
is, nevertheless, understood that the commanders of
vessels shall prove their nationality by marine letters,
transmitted in the prescribed forms, an I signed by
the competent authorities of the country to which
the ship belongs ; and that, on one side, the mates or
captains on the Meuse or Scheldt, and, on the other
side, those of the Necker, the Maine, the Moselle,
and the Rhine, must prove their right to the 'naviga-
tion of the rivers belonging to the other contracting
party.
" Art. 16. There shall be full and entire liberty of
commerce between the subjects of the two high con-
tracting parties, in this sense—that the same facilities,
security, and protection which the natives enjoy be
guaranteed on both sides. In consequence, the re-
spective subjects shall not pay in consequence of their
commerce or industry, in any ports, cities, or place
whatever of the two high contracting parties, whether
they establish themselves there, or only reside tempo-
rarily, any duties, taxes, or imposts, except those
which are imposed on natives; and the privileges,
immunities, and other favours which one of the high
contracting parties enjoys in matters of commerce or
industry, shall be common to those of the other. The
tax for commercial travellers which is imposed on both
sides shall be reduced by each to a uniform tax, which.
shall be mutually agreed upon.
" Art. 17. The transit of merchandise coming from
n. going to Belgium, and passing by the undermen-
tioned territories of the Zollverein, shall be submitted,
as a maximum, to the following duties
" Ist. The transit duty must not exceed a half sil-
bergros per quintal (zoll ceutner) upon all merchan-
dise arriving at Cologne by the Belgico-Rhenish
railway, and exported from that city into the terri-
tory of the Zollverein by the Rhine. Vice versa, all
merchandise which, after having entered by the
ithine on the territory of the Zoilverein, by Emnerich
and Neuburg, and after having arrived at Cologne by
vessels, are exported thence by Aix-la- Chapelle and
the Belgico-Rhenish railway, must not be subjected
to a higher duty than a half silbergros per quintal.
2d. The transit duty is reduced to a half silber-
gros per quintal with regard to all the roads parting
from the Belgium frontier and traversing the terri-
tory of the Zollverein on the left side of the Rhine,
in order to stop at the Rhenish ports, and vice versa.
" The transit duty will be reduced to a half silber-
gros per quintal with regard to the roads which go
from Belgium into France, from Belgium into the
Netherlands, and from Belgium into Belgium by
traversing the territory of the Zollverein.
" 4th. The transit duty is also reduced to a half
silbergros per quintal, with respect to the roads from
Belgium to the territory of the Zollverein, and which
continue by the German frontier from Sarrebruck to
Mittenwald inclusively, and vice versa.
"sth. The transit duty will be reduced to 10 sil-
bergros per quintal with respect to the roads which
traverse the territory of the Zollverein, and which
issue by the frontier between Mittenwald and the
Danube inclusively. The transit duty existing on
the following objects, viz., cotton stuffs, new clothes,
leather and leathern articles, wools, threads, and
woollen stuffs, will only be reduced at present to 15
silbergros by the roads designated in the tariff of the
Zollverein, 3d division, 2d section.

" Art. 18. The liberty of transit by Belgium is
maintained, with removal of every duty for transit by
the Belgian railway, as well for merchandise coming
from the States of the Zollverein as for merchandise
going there, on the terms of the arrangement actually
in vigour. The exemption from duty in Belgium of
cloths, kerseymeres, and similar articles, forwarded
by the railway, is extended to the transit of those ob-
jects by any other way. The transit duty on slates
coming from the Zollverein, entering Belgium by the
custom-houses, and leaving it by the custom-houses
opened for transits, on the frontier which separates
Belgium from the Zollverein, shall be reduced to
fifteen centimes per 100 francs ad valorem, or to
twenty-five centimes per 100 kilogrammes, at the
option of the party interested. The transit of bark
for tanning, from the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
to the States of the Zollverein by Belgium, shall be
exempt from all duty by the custom-house which
may be mutually designated.
" Art. 19. Iron of Belgian origin, entering into the
States of the Zollverein by the land frontier, between
the two countries, will be admitted on the following
terms :

" Ist. Iron, designated under the letter Ain the
tariff of the ollverein (cast or wrought iron, &c.)
with a reduction of fifty per cent. on the general
duty of ten silbergros, which was enforced from Sep-
tember 1, 1844.

" 2d. Iron, designated under the letter B of that
tariff, at the duty of one thaler 7f silbergros per
quintal (centner) ; that is to say, with a reduction of
fifty per cent. on the augmentation of the duties esta-
blished from the Ist of September, 1844.
" 3d. Other kinds of iron, wrought or not, iron
works of all kinds, comprised in the succeeding cata-
gories of the same tariff; at the general duties fixed by
that tariff. It is understood that if the entrance
duties on the different classes of iron and of iron works
should be increased, such increase, during the con-
tinuance of the present treaty, shall not be extended
to Belgianahray produce of that kind ; and that if, on the
on
the duties should be reduced, that reduc-
tion apply to the said articles, so that the Bel-
gian productions may preserve the same advantage
on iron included in the first and second categories,
and the equality of the conditions of importations for
wrought oc cast iron of the other categories. Never-
thelesss, if by reductions in the tariff of the Zollvar hraT1
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" Art. 20. The export duties on wool, which are in
force in the Zollverein, will be reduced by one-half
for woollens destined for Belgium.
" Art. 21. The import duties existing in the 2011-
verein on Belgian cheeses will be redßced 50. per cult.
Sheep to the amount of 16,000 Dili be adulated into
the Zollverein free kin 7.1 i. duty, by the customs
offices to be horeafter appointed.
" Art. 21 The customs duty on the importation of
the wines of the foilverein both by sea and land,
will be reduced 00 ceniitiusa per hectolitre for
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