The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-09-16

Betareen His Majesty Ramehameha Ill.,, King Of
the Hayaiian Islands, and Her Most Gracious
Majesty Victoria, Queen Of Great Britain and
Ireland, Defender Of the Faith, &C., &c.
KAMEHAMEHA III. King Of the Hawaiian Islands, to
all whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Whereas. a treaty of friendship, commerce and
navigation, between Us and Her most gracious Ma
jesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, De-
fender Of the Faith, &C., &c &C., was concluded and
signed at Honolulu, on the tenth day of July, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ffty-one, by the Plenipotentiaries of Us and of the
said Queen of Great Britain. duly and respectively
authorized for that purpose, which treaty is word for
word as follows:
HER MAJESTY the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland. and His Majesty the King
Of the Hawaiian Islands, being DESTROYS to maintain
and improve the relations Of good understanding
which happily subsist between them, and to promote
the commercial intercourse between their respective
Subjects. have deemed it e~xpedient to conclude a
Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, and
have for that purpose named as their respective Plen-
ipotentiaries. that is to say =
Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and IRE
land. William Miller, Esquire, Her Consul General
for the Islands in the Pacific Ocean
And His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands,
Robert Crichton Wyllie, Esquire, His Minister of Fer
eign Relations, Member of His Privy Council of State
and Of His House of Mobiles:
Who, after h,ving communicated to each other
their full powers, found to be in good and due form,
have agreed upon and concluded the following arti-
Giles:
ARTICLE l. There shall be perpetual Friendship
between Her Majesty the Queen of the United King
dom Of Great Britain and Ireland, Her Heirs and
Successors, and the King of the Hawaiian Islands,
His Heirs and successors, and between their respect
i've Subjects.
ART. 2. There shall be between all the Dominions
of Her Britanic Majesty, and the Hawaiian Islands,
a reciprocal freedom of commerce. The Subjects Of
each of the two Contracting parties, respectively,
shall have liberty freely and securely to come with
their Ships and Cargoes, to all places, ports and
rivers in the Territories Of the other where trade
with other Nations is permitted. They may remain
and reside in any part of the said Territories respect
lively, and hire and occupy houses and warehouses;;
and may trade, by wholesale or retail, in all kinds of
produce, manufactures, and merchandise of lawful
commerce; enjoying the same exemptions and privi-
leges rs Native Subjects, and subject always to the
same lawsand established customs as Native Subjects.
In like manner, the Ships of War of each contract
ing party, re pectively, shall have liberty to enter
into all Harbors, Rivers, and Places, within the Ter
ritories 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 always
to the laws and regulations of the two countries re-
spectively.
The stipulations of this article do not apply to the
Coasting trade, which each Contracting party re-
serves to itself, respectively, and shall regulate ac-
cording to its own laws.
ART. 8. The two Contracting Parties hereby agree
that any favor, privilege or immunity whatever, in
matters Of commerce or navigation, which either con-
trnciing party has actually granted, or may hereafter
grant, to the Subjects or Citizens of any other State,
shall be extended to the Subjects or Citizens of the
other Contracting party. gratuitously if the concession
in favor of that other State shall have been gratuitous,
or in return for a compensation as nearly as possible
of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by
mutual agreement, if the concession shall have been
conditional.
ART. 4. No other or higher duties shall be imposed
on the importation into the Dominons of Her Britain
mic Majesty, of any article the growth. produce or
manufacture of the Hawaiian Islands, and no other
or higher duties shall be imposed on the Importation
into the Hawaiian Islands. of anv article the growth
or manufacture of Her Britannia Majesty's
Dominions, 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 duties or Charges be
imposed. in the Territories Of either of the Contract
ing parties. on the expectation of any article to the
of the other, than such as are or may be
payable, on the expectation OF the like article, to any
other Foreign Country. No prohibition shall be i'm
posed upon the importation of any article, the growth,
produce, or manufacture of the Territories Of
either Of the two contracting parties. into the Terri
tories of the other, which shall not equally extend to
importation of the like articles, being the growth,
produce or manufacture Of any other Country. Nor
shall any prohibition be imposed upon the exporta-
of any article from the Territories of either of
the two Contracting Parties to the Territories of the
,ther, which shall not equally extend to the exporta-
of the like article to the Territories of all other
Nations.
ART s. No other or higher duties or charges on
account of tonnage, light, or harbor dues, ~pilotage,
quarantine, salvage in case Of damage or s~hipwreck,
r any other local charges, shall be imposed, in any
# the Ports of the Hawaiian Islands on British Yes
than those payable in the same Ports by Hawai-
an Vessels. nor in the Ports of Her Britannia Ma
esty's Territories, on Hawaiian Vessels than shall be
,ayable in the same Ports on British Vessels.
ART. 6. The same duties shall be paid on the i'm
,ortation Of any article which is or may be legally
mportable into the Hawaiian Islands, whether such
Importation shall be in Hawaiian or in British YES
and the same duties shall be paid on the i'm
of any article which is or may be legally
into the Dominions of Her Britannia Ma
ssty, whether such importation shall be in British or
n Hawaiian vessels The same duties shall be paid,
nd the same bountics and drawbacks allowed, on the
Of any article which is or may be legally
from the Hawaiian Islands, whether such
shall be in Hawaiian or in British Yes
els; and the same duties shall be paid, and the same
ounties and drawbacks allowed, on the expectation
Z any article which is or may be legally exportable
ON Her Britannia Majesty's Donations. whether
UGH shall be in British or in Hawaiian Vessels.
Arr. Z. British Whale Ships shall have access to
be Ports Of Hilo. Kealakekua, and Hanalei in the
andwich Islands, for the purpose Of reftment and
a. well as to the Ports Of Honolulu and
ahaina, which two last mentioned Ports only are
of entry for all merchant Vessels; and ia al
10 above named Ports. they shall be permitted 70
ode o. 70 barter their supplisso o. goods, sxespdne /,