The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-06-08
BY the President OF the United States o
America.
A PROCLAMATION.

last, which supplementary convention is,
word for word as follows:
The United States of America and
His Majesty the king of the Neither !
lands, being dcsirous of placing the com
mercc of the two countries on Il footing |
ofgreatcr mutual equality, have appoint
ed as their Plenipotentiaries for that
purpose that is to say the President
of the United States of America, Daniel |
Webster, Secretary of State Of the u. |
States, and His Majesty the King of
the Netherlands, Francois Mathicu
Wenceslas Baron Testa, Commander of
the Royal Grand Ducal Order of the
Crown OF Oak of Luxembourg. Knight
of the Royal Order OF the Lion OF the
Netherlands, and of the Grand Ducal
Order of the White Falcon, third class
Counsellor of Legation, and His Maj
esty's Charge d'Attalrs to the Govern
ment Of the United States of America
who, after having communicated to each
other their respective powers, found in
good and due form, have agreed that, for
and in lieu OF the first and second artl-
clcs of the treaty of commerce and navi-
CATION, signed at Washington on the 18th
of January, 1889, between the high con
tracing parties, the following articles
shall be substituted
ARTICLE |.
Goods and merchandise, whatever
their origin mag be, imported into or
exported from the ports of the United
States, from and to any other country,in
vessels of the Netherlands, shall pay no
higher or other duties than shall be lev
led on the like goods and merchandise
imported or exported in national vessels
Reciprocally, goods and merchandise,
whatever their origin may be- imported
into or exported from the ports of the
Netherlands, from and to any other
country, in vessels of the United States,
shall pay no higher or other duties than
shall be levied Oh the like goods and
merchandise imported or exported in
national vessels.
The bountics, drawbacks, and other
privileges Of this nature, which may be
granted in the States Of either of the
contracting parties, on goods imported
or exported in national vessels, shall al
so and in like manner be granted on
goods imported or exported i'll vessels of
the other country.
, ARTICLE H.
; The above reciprocal equality in rcla-
tion to the flags Of the two countries is
understood to extend also to the ports OF
|, the colonies and dominions of the Meth
! erlands beyond the seas, in which goods
and merchandise, whatever their origin
may be, imported or exported from and
to any other country in vessels Of the
: United States shall pay no higher ol
other duties than shall be levied On tho
like goods and merchandise imported oil
J exported from and to the same places il
Z vessels of the Netherlands The boun
e ties, draw backs, or other privileges O
u similar denomination which may be
there granted on goods and merchan
disc imported or exported in vessels o
:, the Netherlands. shall also and in lik,
y manner be granted on goods and mer
i chandise imported or exported in vessel
. of the United States.
+, ARTICLE III.
= Neither party shall impose upon tn,
"a vessels of the other, whether carryin,
=. cargoes or arriving in ballast from eithc
- of the two countries, or any other coun
:, try, any duties of tonnage, horbor dues
q lighthouses, salvage, pilotage, quaran
- tine, or port charges of any kind or de
~ nomination, which shall not be impose,
:, in like cases on national vessels.
:, ARTICLE ".
n The present arrangement docs not ex
- :, tend to the coasting trade, and fisheric
@ of the two countries respectively, whicl
- are exclusively allowed to national YES
:, sells it being moreover understood that
l. in the East India Archipelago of tn
i. Netherlands the trade from island to is
I land is considered as coasting trade, an'
4 likewise in the United States, the trad
IS between their ports on the Atlantic AM
q their ports on the Pacific and it. al
any time, either the Netherlands or tn
United States shall allow to any othe
nation the whole or any part of the sai'
% coasting trade, the same trade shall b
@ allowed on the same footing and to tn
same extent, to the other party. L
being however expressly understood ant
% agreed that nothing in this article shal
% prevent the vessels of either nation from
Is entering and landing n portion of thei
D. cargoes at one port of the other nation
= and then proceeding to any other por
or ports of the same, to enter and lan'
the remainder, nor from preventing then
II in like manner from loading portion o
n | thnir outward caroops Mt one mort an,