Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1852-05-15
Treaty

Treaty
BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY KANE
HAMEHA III, KING OF THE HA-
WAIIAN ISLANDS AND HER MOST
GRACIOUS MAJESTY VICTORIA,
QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AM
IRELAND, DEFENDER OE THE
FAITH SC SC.
KAMEHAMEHA Ill. King of the Hawaiian Islands
Ia all whom these presents shall come, greet
ing Whereas treaty Of friendship, Conn
nerce and navigation. between us and Her
most Gracious Majesty The Queen Of Great
Britain and Ireland, Defender Of the Faith
Sc, &C., sc was concluded and signed at
Honolulu, on the tenth day of July, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand eight hum
dred and fiity-one, by the Plenipotentiaries
of us and Of the Said Queen Of Greai Britain,
duly and respectively authorized for that pur-
pose, which treaty is word for word as fol-
| lows -
| HER MAJESTY the Queen Of the United King
dom 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
suhsis. between them, and TO promote the
commercial intercourse between their resper-
tive SUI jects, have deemed il expedient tu
conclude IA Treaty of Friendship, Commerce
and Navigation, and have for that purpose
named as their respective Plenipoteutiaries,
that is to say
and ireland, William Miller, Esquire, Her
Consul General for the Islands in the Paci-
| fic Ocean:
And His Majesty The King of the Hawai-
ian Islands, Robert Cricht"n \NyIlie Esquire,
His Minister of Foreign Relations, Member
of His Pr,vv Council Of State and of His
House of Mobiles
Who, after having communicated 10 each
other their full powers, found To be in good
and due form. have agreed upon and con-
cludeG the following articles
ARTICLE |. 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 ofthe Hawaiian Islands, His Heirs
and Successors, and between their respec-
tive Subjects.
ARTICLE . There shall be between all
the Domlnions of Her Britannia Majesty,
and the Hawaiian Islands, a reciprocal free
dom of commerce. The Subjects of each of
the two Contracting parties, respectively.
shall have liberty freely and secnrrl " to c,'Ine
with their Ships and Carg"es, TO all places,
ports and rivers i'm the Territories of the
other, where trade with other Nations is per-
miited They may remain and reside in any
part of the sand Territories respectively, and
hire and occupy houses and warehouses; and
may trade, by wholesale OF retail, in all kinds
of produce, manufactures, and merchandise
of lawfI commerce; enjoying the same ex-
emp,ions and privileges as Native Subjects,
and subject always tn the same laws and es-
iablished custnms as native Subjects.
In like manner, the Ships of War Of each
contracting party, respectively, shall have
liberty to enter into all Harbors, Rivers, and
Places, within the TerritorIrs 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 reft; subject al
ways to the laws and regulations Of the two
Countries respectively.
The sipulations of This article do not ap-
ply TO the Coasting trade, which each Con-
tracing party reserves to itself, respectively,
and shall regulate according to its own laws.
ARTICLE g. The two CONT acting Parties
hereby agree that any favor, privilege, or
immunity whatever, in matters OF commerce
or navigation, which either contracting party
has actually granted, or may hereaier grant,
TO the Subjects or Citizens OF any other State,
shall be extended to The Subjects or Citizens
of the other Contracting party, gratutously
If the concession in favor of that other State
shall have been gratuiious, or IN return Tor
a compensation as nearly as possible OF pro-
portianate value and effect, to he adjusted by
mutual agreement, if the concession shall
have been conditional.
ARTICLE 4. No other or higher duties
shall be imposed on the importation into the
Dominions of Her Britannia Majesty, OF any
article the growth, produce, or manufacture
of the Hawaiian Islands, and no other or
higher duties shall be imposed on the impor-
talon into the Hawaiian Islands, OF any arti-
Gle the growth, produce, or manufacture OF
Her Britannia Majesty's Dominious, 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 Dniies or
Charges be imposed, in the Territories OF