The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-05-17
THE TREATY.

Treaty OF Reciprocity. winch was called lor Dy
the Assembly on Thursday last
ULYSSES S. GRANT, President OF The UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
To all TO lrhom these presents shall come. greeting
Know We. that whereas Convention between the
United States Of America and His Majesty the
King OF the Hawaiian Islands. on the subject Of
Commercial Reciprocity. was concluded and
signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at
Washington on the thiriieih day OF January,
eighteen hundred and seventy-avr. the original
of which Convention is word Tor word as follows;
The United States Of America and His Majesty
the King OF the Hawaiian Islasds equally aqima-
ted by the desire TO strengthen and perpetuate the
friendly relations which have heretofore uniformly
existed between them. and TO consolidate their
commercial intercourse, have resolved to enter
into a Convention for Commercial Reciprocity.
For this purpose the President Of the United
Stateslhas conferred full powers on Hamilton Fish,
Secretary OF States. and His Majesty The King OF
the Hawaiian Islands has conferred like powers on
Honorable Elisha II. Allen, ChieI Justice of the
Supreme Court. Chancellor OF the Kingdom,
Member Of the Privy Council Of State, His Majestys
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoteniiary
to the United States OF America, and Honorable
Henry y p. Carter Member OF the Privy Council
Of State, His Majesty's Special Commissioner to
the United States Of America.
And the said PlenipOieutiaries, after having eI-
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changed their full powers. which were found to be
in due form have agreed to the following Articles
ARTICLE /. For and in consideration Of the rights
and privileges granted by His Majesty. the King
Of the Hawaiian Islands IN the next succeeding
Article OF this Convention, and an equivalent
therefor, the United States Of America hereby
agree 10 admit all the articles named in the fol-
lowing schedule the same being the growth,
manufacture or produce of the Hawaiian Islands,
into all the ports Of the United States free OF duty
SCHEDULE.
Arrow-root; castor oil; fruits. nuts, vegetables;
dried and undried. preserved and unpreserved.
hides and skins undressed; rice; pulu sandal.
koa. or other ornamental woods: seeds, plants,
shrubs or trees muscavado. brown and all other
unreined sugar, meaning hereby the grades OF
sugar heretofore commonly imported from the
Hawaiian Islands and now known in the markets
of San Francisco and Portland " Sandwich
Island Sugar" syrups OF Sugar-cane, Melado, and
molasses tallow.
ARTICLE II. For and in consideration Of the
rights and privileges granted by the United States
OF America in the preceding Article OF the
Convention, and as an equivalent therefor, Ills
Majesty. the King Of the Hawaiian Islands hereby
agrees to admit all the articles named in the fol-
lowing schedule, the same being the growth.
manufacture or produce OF the United States OF
America into all the ports OF the Hawaiian Islands,
free Of duty.
SCHEDULE.
Agricultural implements animals beet, bacon.
pork. ham and all fresh, smoked preserved
meats boots and shoes; grain, -four, meal and
bran. bread and bread stulfs Of all kinds bricks,
lime and cement; butter, cheese, lard. tallOw,
bullion coal cordage, naval stores, including tar
pitch. resin. turpentine raw and rectiGed; copper
and composition sheahing, nails and bolts cotton
and manufactures of cotton bleached and I'M
bleached. and whether or not, eOlored. stained
painted or printed eggs fish and oysters and all
other creatures living in the water ard the products
thereof; fruits nuts, and vegetables. green. dried
or undried, preserved OF unpreserved; hardware
hides furs skins and pelts, dressed or undressed
hoop IRON and rivets, nails, spikes and bolts,
tacks brads or sprgs; iron and steel and manu-
features thereof; leather; lumber and timber OF
all kinds. round, hewed, sawed, and unmanulactu-
red in whole or in part DOORS sashes and blinds
machinery of all kinds. engines and parts thereof;
oats and hay paper stationery and books, and all
manufactures OF paper or OF paper and wood
petroleum and all oils for lnbricating or ilumna-
ting purposes plants, shrubs. trees and seeds
rice sugar refined or unrelned salt; soap. shocks,
slaves and headings; wool and manufactures of
WOOL other than ready made clothing wagons
and carts for the purposes Of agriculture or Of
drayaEe; wood and manufactures Of wood, or Of
wood and metal except furniture, either upholstered
or carved, aud carriages; textile manufactures,
made Of a combination OF wool, cotton, silk or
linen. or OF any two or mlre of them other than
when ready made clothing.
ARTICLE Ill The evidence that articles proposed
to be admitted into the ports OF the United States
of America. or the ports OF the Hawaiian Islands,
free of duty under the first and second articles of
this convention, are the growth, manufacture or
produce of the United States Of America or of the
Hawaiian Islands respectively, shall be established
under such rules and regulations and conditions
for the protection Of the revenue as the two
governments may from time to time respectively
prescribe.
ARTICLE ". No export duty or charges shall be
imposed in the Hawaiian Islands or in the United
States, upon any of the articles proposed to be
admitted into the ports Of the United States the
ports of the Hawaiian Islands free OF duty, under
the first and second articles of this convention.
ARTICLE V. The present convention shall take
effect rs soon as it shall have been approved and
proclaimed by His Majesty the King Of the Ha-
waiian Islands. and shall have been ratified and
duly proclaimed on the part Of the government of
the United States and the laws required to carry
it into operation shall have been passed by the
Congress of the United States of America. Such
assent having been given and the Publications OF
the convention having been exchanged as provided
in Article ", the convention shall remain in force
for seven years, from the date at which it may
come into operation and further, until the expra
ton Of twelve months after either OF the High
Contracting Parties shall give notice to the other
of its wish to terminate the same each 6f the High
notice to the other at the end OF the said term OF
seven years. or at any time thereafter.
ARTIcLE VI The present convention shall be |
duly ratified and the ratcsftions exchanged at
City. within eighteen months from the
date hereof, earlier if possible.
In faith whereof the respective Plenpotentiaries
OF the High Contracting Parties have signed this
present convention, and have affixed thereto their
respective seals.
Done in duplicate, at Washington, the thirtieth
day of January, in the year OF our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred aud seventy-ive. |
[Seall HAMILTON FISH,
[Seall ELISHA II. ALLEN.
[Seall HENRY A. z. CARTER.
AND WHEREAS the Senate of the United States by
their Resolution of the eighteenth of March last
1.-TWO thirds Of the Senators present concurringl !
did advise and consent TO the ratification Of the
said Convention with the following. I
AMENDMENTS.
aARTIcLE l. After the word growth, and before |
the word manufacture insert the word land"
"ARrIcLE l. Strike out Of the schedule the word |
fruits. and in lieu insert the word bananas; and
strike the words sandal koa, or other ornamen-
tai woods -
"Add to the schedule in Article II, the words: |
Harness and all manufactures Of leather starch ;
aud tobacco. whetherin leaf or Manufactured
''At the end of Article ", add the following II
is agreed, on the part Of His Hawaiian Majesty that.
30 long this Treaty shall remain in force, he will
not lease or otherwise dispose Of create any lien
upon any port, harbOr, or other territory in his /
grant any special privilege or rights
Of therein, any other power state or govern
ment, nor make any treaty by which any other
nation shall obtain the privileges, relative to
The admission Of any articles free Of dutv hereby