Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1858-09-11

tioh' ana shall not be bound to pay any expenses
OF succession or Others higher than those which
shl De borne, In like cases, by the natives them
| selves.
ARTICLE VII.
1t (Which God forbid y the peace between the
two contracting parties come to be broken. there
shall be granted, on both sides to the subjects of
each OF the two contracting parties, term of one
year to settle their affairs and to dispose of their
! property, and, moreover, safe conduct shall he
delivered to them to embark in such ports as tbev
may voluntarily indicate.
All other trenchmen or Hawaiians having fixed
or permanent establishment in the respective States
Tor the exercise of any profession or occupation,
whatever 1t may be. shall be allowed to preserve
their establishments and to continue their profess
sion without being disturbed in any manner what
ever, and they shall continue In the full and entire
possession of their liberty and their property SO
long as they shall commit no offence against the
laws OF the country. Finally, their property or
goods, OF whatever nature they may be, shall not
be subjected to any seizure or sequestration nor to
other charges and imposts than those exacted from
natives.
Likewise the monies which NAV be due to them
by private individuals, which they may possess,
IN the public funds, in banks, in manufacturing
and commercial companies, shall never be seized
se9ueStered or confscated.
ARTICLE Will
French commerce in the Hawaiian Islands, and
Hawaiian commerce in France, shall be treated
IN regard to custom house duties, both for import
alton and exPortatlon, as that of the most favored
foreign nation.
In any case the import duties imposed in France
upon the products of the soil or of the industry of
the Hawaiian Islands, and those Islands upon
the products of the soil ofIhe industry Of France
shall not be other or higher than those to which
| the same products of the most favored naton are
or may be subjected. The same shall be observed
IN regard to duties on exporta ton.
No prohibition or restriction of importation or
expOraton shall take place, in the reciprocal ade
of the two countries, which shall not be equally
extended TO all other nations, and the fOrmatles
which may be required TO authenticate the Orlgin
or the process of the goods respectively imported
into either OF the two States, shall be equally com
mon to all other nations.
ARTICLE TX.
All the products OF the soil and of the industry
of el her of the two countries, the importation of
which is not expressly prohibited, shall pay the
ports OF the other the same duties of importation,
whether they be laden on board of French or Ha-
wallan vessels. Also, the products exported shall
pay the same duties ami enjoy the franchises,
allowances and drawbacks of duties which are or
may be reserved to the expectation made in ma
tlonal vessels, excepting, however, from the Tore
going reservation all special privileges and en-
cOuragPmPnts granted or 10 be granted in either
of the two Countries to their national fisheries.
ARTICLEX
1t is agreed
/. That the importation and the sale of wines
and brandIes of French origin shall not be prohlb-
ited IN the Hawaiian Isanas.
=. That the rate OF duties imposed IN Hawaiian
ports on the importation of wines of French origin,
namrly, those known wines of - cargaIson in
casks aud IN cases, shall not exceed, during The
existence of the present treaty, the rate of 5 per
cent. on the value the invoice cost to serve the
basis of appraisement, agreeably to the Hawaiian
law of April 9th, 1916.
g. That the rate OF duties on French wines of
higher quality but under l6 per cent of alcoholic
strength shall not, during the same period, ex
ceed that of fifteen per cent al UGLOTem.
4. That the rate OF duties imposed upon brandips
of French origin, shall not exceed, during the
period, three dollars, as maximum. on the gallon
such defined by the Hawaiian law of April 9th.
1876, 3D. part, 4h Chapter, Article I'd, page lcI.
5. There shall not be added, in any case, to the
duties on wines and brandieS herein specified amy
extra charge of customs navigation, or any 9TH
er charge, whatever its title may be.
1t is understood that nothing in this ar tice
shall prohibit the imposition of tonnage dues hy
the Hawaiian Government, on the total amount vi
foreign and national navigation.
ARTICLE XI.
French vessels arriving IN the ports OF the Hd-
walian Islands or departing from them, and Ha-
waiian vessels on their entrance TO or departure
from the ports of France shall not be subjected Ia
other or hig er duties of Tonnage, lighthouses, an
chorage port, government wharfage, pilotage,
quarantine or others. under any denomination
Whatever it may be, affecting the hull OF the Yes
sell than those to which the vessel Of the most ia
yored uatlon are or may be subjected.
ARTICLE XII.
French vessels in the Hawaiian Islands, and
Hawaiian vessels in France, may discharge Il part
of their cargo in the port which they may hrst en-
ter and repair, afterwards, with the rest al tile
same cargo TO other ports of the same State wheth-
or il be to cumnlete the discharge of their cIrgb
imported. or TO complete the ladihg of their return
cargo, they not paying in each port other or high
.r duties than those winch national vessels pay im
similar circumstances
ARTICLE XIII.
Whenever in consequence of forced putting
into port OF proved average, the vessels oil either
of the two c0ntrdctn: ppwers shall enter the ports
of the other ur touch upon Its coast, they slail
not be subjected to any duties ot ndyI ation'
under any denomination under which these duties
mag be respectively established, except the dut4s
of uilutage aud Others representing the payment
of the services rendered by private exertIonS, pro-
vidd that the vessels shall engage in any oper-
alton of trade, whether ia loading "r in dIscharg
inc goods. Tney shall be allowed to deposit on
shore the goods composing their crgbes To prevent
their destruction and no other charges shall be eA-
acted of them than thuse which relate Ia the hlr-
inc of stores and public workshops which may be
necessary for the depsit of the guOdS and the re-
pairs of the damages of the vessels.
ARTICLE XIV.
Vessels constructed la France, natlonalIzed
according to the Laws of that country, shall he en
sidercd a. be French vessels, PROVIDED always that
the captain aud three-nurths o the crew be French
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