The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1880-06-30

documents required by the laws of their res
pective country shall, for the purpose of this
Treaty, be deemed such vessels as their flag
and papers show.
In fact, the two High Contracting Parties
agree that any favor, privilege or immunity
whatever in matters of trade, commerce or
navigation, which either Contracting Party
has actually granted, or may hereafter grant
to subjects and citizens of their own without
prejudice to the coasting trade before men,
toned or to such other trade, as they may by
law exclusively reserve to their respective
subjects or citizens), or of any other country
shall be extended to the subjects and citizens
of the other party under the conditions and
regulations. gratuitously, If such concession
shall have been made gratuitously, or with
out prejudice to the matter Of customs duties
treated of in the following articles) in return
for compensation as nearly possible of
proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted
by mutual agreement if such concession shall
have been conditional.
ARTICLE ~
No other or higher duties shall be imposed
on the importation into the Hawaiian Islands
of any article the growth, produce or manu.
facture of the German Empire, and no other or
higher duties shall be imposed on the impur-
tation into the German Empire of any article,
tile growth, produce or manufacture of the
Hawaiian Islands, than are or shall be paya-
bic on the like article being the growth, pro-
duce or manufacture of any foreign country.
ARTICLE v
No prohibition shall be imposed upon the
importation of any article, the growth, pro-
duce 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 the importation of the like article
being the growth, produce or manufacture of
any other country; without prejudice howev-
er TO the reciprocal right of temporarily pro-
hibiting from sanitary reasons the importation
of certain articles from the territories of the
other Contracting Party.
Nor shall any prohibition be imposed upon
the expectation of any article from the terri
tories of either of the two Contracting Parties
to the territories of the other, which shall not
equally extend to the expectation of the like
article TO the territories of all other nations
ARTICLE VI
The same duties shall be paid on the impor-
tation into the dominions of either of the Con-
tracing Parties Of any article, which is, or may
be legally imported therein by native or for
cigu subjects and citizens, whether such i'm
periation shall be in German or i'll Hawaiian
vessels. The same duties shall be paid and
the same bounties or drawbacks allowed on
the expectation of any article from the domin-
ion of either of the Contracting Parties, which
is or may be legally exportable therefrom by
native or foreign subjects and citizens, wheth-
er such expectation shall be in German or in
Hawaiian vessels.
Merchandise shipped on board German or
Hawaiian ships or belonging to their respect
i've subjects or citizens may be transhipped in
the ports % the two countries to vessel
bound to national port of entry or for any
foreign port, subject always to the custom
house regulations of the two countries, and
the goods so transhipped for foreign ports
shall be exempt from all duties of customs or
warehouses.
Articles of all sorts proceeding from or
shipped for the two countries respectively
shall enjoy in their passage through the terri
tories of the High Contracting Parties,
whether in direct transit or for re-exporlation,
all the advantages possessed under the same
circumstances by any other nation.
ARTICLE VII.
The vessels of war, vessels belonging to the
State, mail packets and whaling vessels of
either of the Contracting Parties shall have
free access to all ports, rivers or places OF the
other, which are open to foreign commerce and
be at liberty to stay therein, to make repairs and
refresh their crews and provisions. They shall
be subjected to the same charges, rules, laws
and regulations, as are or may be imposed on,
and shall enjoy in all respects the same rights,
privileges or immuDities, which are or may be
granted to vessels of the same class of any
other nation.
ARTICLE VIII.
All vessels bearing the flag of Germany or
Hawaii shall in times of war receive every
possible protection, short of actual hostility,
within the ports and waters OF the two coun-
tries, and each of the High Contracting Parties
engages to respect under all circumstances
the neutral rights of the flag and the domin-
ions of the other
ARTICLE TX
For the better security of commerce between
the respective subjects it is agreed that if at
any time interruption of friendly intercourse
should III fortunately take place between the
two Contracting Parties the subjects of either of
the two Contracting Parties shall he allowed a
year to close up their accounts and dispose of
their property and safe conduct shall be
given them to embark at the port, which they
may themselves select. all subjects of either
of the two Contracting Parties, who may he
established in the territories of the other in
the exercise of any trade or special employ
ment, shall in such case have the privilege of
remaining and continuing such trade and EN-
ployment therein, without any manner of in
corruption, in full enjoyment of their liberty
and property as long as they behave peace
ably and commit no offence against the laws,
and their goods and effects Of whatever de-
scription they may be, whether in their own
custody or intrnsted to individuals or to the
State, shall not be liable to seizure or seques-
tration or to any other charge or demand than
those, which may be made upon the like
effects or property belonging to native sub
jects. In tie same case debts betweeen indi-
viduals, public funds and the shares OF corpo-
rations shall never be confscated, sequestrated
or detained
ARTICLE Y
Each of the Combating Parties agrees to
receive from the other Consuls- General, Con-
suls, Vice Consus and Consular Agents in all
its ports, cities and places, except in those,
where it may not be convenient to recognize
such officers This reservation, however,
shall not apply to one of the Contracting Par
ties without also applying to every other
Power
ARTICLE Xl.
The Consus-Gcncral Consuls, Vice Consuls
or Consular Agents shall be reciprocally