The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-11-01
SAMOA.

Inc CDf Argus, OF SeptemDer II, says that
the High Commissioner and Consult General for
the Western Pacific, his Excellency the Hon. Sir
A. H.. Gordon, visited Samoa. The following is
a brief outline of the course taken by the repre-
sentatives of the three great powers interested,
viz Germany, the United States, and Great
Britain. a treaty, very similar to that with
Germany, has been entered into by her Britannia
Majesty with MalietOa, the hereditary monarch,
whose power and right Of sovereignty are now
almost universally recognized by the natives, as
it always has been by the majority of the white
residents. A convention has also been issued for
the better government Of the town and district Of
Apia, by which the Foreign COnsuis are ap-
pointed a municipal Board, with various powers
Of local government, and in case of war. Apia is
proclaimed a neutral territory. 4 proclamation
has also been Issued cautioning the Taimua and
Faipule party against opposing the sovereign
power, and, in the event of internal war, eau
TiOning all foreign residents against interference.
The annexed Is the treaty Of friendship, &C.,
between her Majesty the Queen Of Great Britain
and Ireland, and the King and Government
(AalO) of Samoa.
- Her Majesty the Queen of the United King
dom Of Great Britain and Ireland, and the King
and Government of Samoa (NIalo), being desi-
rous TO establish relations of friendship between
their respective dominiOns and subjects, have re-
solved to conclude a Treaty for that purpose,
and have therefore named as their plenipOtentia-
es-He Majesty the Queen of Great Britain
and Ireland, &c; the Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton
Gordon, Knight Grand Gross Of the Most Dis
tinguisbed Order of St. Michael and St. George,
her MaJesty's High Commissioner and Consul
General for the Western Pacific, Governor of
Fiji; and Alfred Percival Maudslay, Esq, enc of
her Maiesty's Deputy Commissioners for the
Western Pacific; and the King and Government
(MaIO) Of Samoa, the High Chief Malietoa
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having communicated to each other their respec-
tive full powers, have agreed upon and concluded
the following articles
.'Article /. There shall be perpetual peace
and friendship between the subjects Of her Bri-
fannie Majesty and those of the Samoan State.
''Article IL. The King and Government
(AIalo) of Samoa engage to grant to no other
Sovereign or State any rights, privileges, author
Ity. or performance in excess of such as are or
may be accorded to her Britannia Majesty. The
subjects of her Britannia Majesty shall always
enjoy in Samoa whatever rights, privileges, or
immunities may be accorded TO those of the most
favored nation. and No rIgit-. privileges, or i'm
munitie- shall be granted 10 tie subjects of any
Foreign State that shall nOi be equally and I'M
cOuditiOnally accorded 10 the subjects Of her
Britannia Majesty.
ARTICLE III. Full liberty for the free pursuit
Of commerce, trade, und agriculture is guaran-
teed to British subjects. az well az the peaceable
possession of all lands heretofore purchased by
LUcm IEOm CdLuOdDS IL u customary dnu regular
manner, and in the event of any dispute arising
as to the fact of such purchase, it shall be deter
mined by a Commission. To consist OF one person
nominated by the Samoan Government (MalO),
and one nominated by her Britannia Majesty .
Consul; and in tine event al their disagreement.
they shall themselves select an umpire; or. if
they fail to do SO. such um pire shall be appointed
by her hlaiesty's Consul General. All British
subjects resident in Samoa shall be exempt from
war contributions, military acquisitions, and Oc-
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parties
ARTICLE ". If any subject of her Britannia
Majesty in Samoa is charged with II criminal
offence cognizable by British law. such charge
shall be tried by her Britannia MaJesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific Islands, or
other British officer duly authorized by her Bril-
fannie Majesty in that behalf. The expression
. British Law in this article includes any rules
duly made and issued by llcr Britannia Majesty :
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
Islands, for the government OF British subjects
within his Jurisdiction.
s'Article V. Every civil suit which may be
brought in Samoa against any subject OF her
Britannia Majesty shall be brought before, and
shall be tried by her Britannia Majesty's High
Commissioner, OF such other British Othcer duly
authorized as aforesaid.
ARTICLE vi. Every summons or warrant to
appear as a witness before her Britannia Maj
esty's High Commissioner, or such other British
officer duly authorized as aforesaid, and directed
y n CtulDdn suDlttks cudll uAN tut SAINT uliOA
iy and may be enforced in like manner as if
such summons or warrant had been directed to a
subject OF her Britannia Majesty.
ssArticle VII. Her Britannia Majesty en-
cages to cause regulations to be issued to enforce
the observance by British subjects of such of the
existing municipal laws and police regulations of
Samoa, as may he hereafter agreed upon between
the Government of her Britannia Majesty and
that OF the Samoan State, and for the due observ-
ance OF quarantine by British subjects.
ARTICLE VIII. Her Majesty the Queen of
Great Britain may, if she think fit, establish on
the shores OF a Samoan harbOr, TO be hereafter
designated by her Majesty, n naval station and
cOaling depot; but this article shall not apply to
the harbOrs Of Apia. or Saluafata, or to that
part of the harbor of Pagopago which may be
hereafter selected by the Government of the
United States as a station under the provisions
Of the treaty concluded between the United
States of America and the Samoan Government,
on the seventeenth day of January, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
ARTICLE TX. The present treaty shall come
into force from the date thereof, but shall again
become null, and of no effect, if not ratified
within the prescribed period.
ten articles shall be ratified, and the ratification
exchanged at ApIa, within one year from the
date thereof.
- In witness whereof, the respective plenipo-
tentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed
thereto their seals.
Done at Apia, the twenty-eighth day of
August, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.
81 81 MALIEToA LAUPEPA,
SAGA LEAUAUUA,
ARTHUR GORDON,