ARTICLE VI. In order to prevent the possibility of any misunderstanding, it is hereby declared that the stipulations contained in the three preceding articles are to their full extent applicable to the vessels of the United States and their cargoes arriving in the ports of New Granada, and reciprocally to the vessels of the said Republic of New Granada and their cargoes arriving in the ports of the United States, whether they proceed from the ports of the country to which they respectively belong, or from the ports of any other foreign country; and in either case no discriminating duty shall be imposed or collected in the ports of either country on said vessels or their cargoes, whether the same shall be of native or foreign produce or manufacture. In faith whereof we, the plenipotentiaries of the United States of America anu 01 the Republic of New Granada, have signed and sealed these presents in the city of Bogota, on the twelfth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. H. A. BIDLACK. KOREA. [Treaty concluded May 22, 1882; ratifications exchanged at Seoul May 19, 1883; proclaimed June 4, 1883.] ARTICLE V. Merchants and merchant vessels of Chosen visiting the United States for purposes of traffic shall pay duties and tonnage dues and all fees according to the customs regulations of the United States, but no higher or other rates of duties and tonnage dues shall be exacted of them than are levied upon citizens of the United States or upon citizens or subjects of the most favored nation. Merchants and merchant vessels of the United States visiting Chosen for purposes of traffic shall pay duties upon all merchandise imported and exported. The authority to levy duties is of right vested in the Government of Chosen. The tariff of duties upon exports and imports, together with customs regulations for the prevention of smuggling and other irregularities, will be fixed by the authorities of Chosen and communicated to the proper officials of the United States, to be by the latter notified to their citizens and duly observed. It is, however, agreed in the first instance, as a general measure, that the tariff upon such imports as are articles of daily use shall not exceed an ad valorem duty of 10 per centum; that the tariff upon such imports as are luxuries, as, for instance, foreign wines, foreign tobacco, clocks, and watches, shall not exceed an ad valorem duty of 30 per centum, and that native produce exported shall pay a duty not to exceed 5 per centum ad valorem. And it is further agreed that the duty upon foreign imports shall be paid once for all at the port of entry, and that no other dues, duties, fees, taxes, or charges of any sort shall be levied upon such imports either in the interior of Chosen or at the ports. United States merchant vessels entering the port of Chosen shall pay tonnage dues at the rate of 5 mace per ton, payable once in three months, on each vessel, according to the Chinese calendar. Chosen, May the 22d, A. D. 1882. R. W. SHUFELDT, Commodore, U. S. N., Envoy of the United States to Chosen. SHIN CHEN. COSTA RICA. [Treaty concluded July 10, 1851; ratifications exchanged at Washington May 26, 1852; proclaimed on the same day.] ARTICLE IV. No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the territories of the United States of any article being of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Republic of Costa Rica, and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the territories of the Republic of Costa Rica of any articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of the United States, than are or shall be payable on the like articles 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 high contracting parties on the exportation of any articles to the territories of the other than such as are or may be payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be imposed upon the exportation or importation of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of the United States or of the Republic of Costa Rica to or from the said territories of the United States or to or from the Republic of Costa Rica, which shall not equally extend to all other nations. ARTICLE V. No higher or other duties or payments on account of tonnage, of light or harbor dues, of pilotage, of salvage, in case either of damage or shipwreck, or on account of any other local charges, shall be imposed in any of the ports of the Republic of Costa Rica on vessels of the United States than those payable in the same ports by Costa Rican vessels; nor in any of the ports of the United States on Costa Rican vessels than shall be payable in the same ports on vessels of the United States. ARTICLE VI. The same duties shall be paid on the importation into the territories of the Republic of Costa Rica of any articles being of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of the United States, whether such importation shall be made in Costa Rican or in vessels of the United States; and the same duties shall be paid on the importation into the territories of the United States of any article being the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Republic of Costa Rica, whether such importation shall be made in United States or in Costa Rican vessels. The same duties shall be paid and the same bounties and drawbacks allowed on the exportation to the Republic of Costa Rica of any articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of the United States, whether such exportations shall be made in Costa Rican or in United States vessels; and the same duties shall be paid and the same bounties and drawbacks allowed on the exportation of any articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Republic of Costa Rica to the territories of the United States, whether such exportation shall be made in United States or in Costa Rican vessels. Done at Washington this tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. DAN'L WEBSTER. DENMARK. [Treaty concluded April 26, 1826; ratifications exchanged at Copenhagen August 10, 1826; proclaimed October 14, 1826.] ARTICLE III. They likewise agree that whatever kind of produce, manufacture, or merchandise of any foreign country can be from time to time lawfully imported into the United States in vessels belonging wholly to the citizens thereof, may also be imported in vessels wholly belonging to the subjects of Denmark; and that no higher or other duties upon the tonnage of the vessel or her cargo shall be levied and collected, whether the importation be made in vessels of the one country or of the other. And, in like manner, that whatever kind of produce, manufacture, or merchandise of any foreign country can be from time to time lawfully imported into the dominions of the King of Denmark in the vessels thereof (with the exception hereinafter mentioned in the sixth article) may be also imported in vessels of the United States, and that no higher or other duties upon the tonnage of the vessel or her cargo shall be levied and collected, whether the importation be made in the vessels of the one country or of the other. And they further agree that whatever may be lawfully exported or reexported from the one country in its own vessels to any foreign country may in like manner be exported or reexported in the vessels of the other country. And the same bounties, duties, and drawbacks shall be allowed and collected, whether such exportations or reexportations be made in vessels of the United States or of Denmark. Nor shall higher or other charges of any kind be imposed in the ports of one party on vessels of the other than are or shall be payable in the same ports by native vessels. Done in triplicate at the city of Washington on the twenty-sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. H. CLAY. ECUADOR. [Treaty concluded June 13, 1839; ratifications exchanged at Quito April 9, 1842; proclaimed September 23, 1842.] ARTICLE IV. They likewise agree that whatever kind of produce, manufactures, or merchandise of any foreign country can be, from time to time, lawfully imported into the United States in their own vessels, may be also imported in the vessels of the Republic of Ecuador; and that no higher or other duties upon the tonnage of the vessel and her cargo shall be levied and collected, whether the importation be made in the vessels of the one country or of the other; and, in like manner, that whatever kind of produce, manufactures, or merchandise of any foreign country can be, from time to time, lawfully imported into the Republic of Ecuador in its own vessels, may be also imported in vessels of the United States; and that no higher or other duties upon the tonnage of the vessel and her cargo shall be levied or collected, whether the importation be made in vessels of the one country or of the other. And they agree that whatever may be lawfully exported or reexported from the one country in its own vessels to any foreign country may in like manner be exported or reexported in the vessels of the other country. And the same bounties, duties, and drawbacks shall be allowed and collected, whether such exportation or reexportation be made in vessels of the United States or of the Republic of Ecuador. Done in the city of Quito on the thirteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. J. C. PICKETT. FRANCE. [Convention concluded June 24, 1822; ratifications exchanged at Washington February 12, 1823; proclaimed February 12, 1823.] ARTICLE I. Articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, imported into France in vessels of the United States, shall pay an additional duty, not exceeding 20 francs per ton of merchandise, over and above the duties paid on the like articles, also of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, when imported in French vessels. ARTICLE II. Articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of France, imported into the United States in French vessels, shall pay an additional duty, not exceeding $3.75 per ton of merchandise, over and above the duties collected upon the like articles, also of the growth, produce, or manufacture of France, when imported in vessels of the United States. ARTICLE III. No discriminating duty shall be levied upon the productions of the soil or industry of France imported in French bottoms into the ports of the United States for transit or reexportation, nor shall any such duties be levied upon the productions of the soil or industry of the United States imported in vessels of the United States into the ports of France for transit or reexportation. ARTICLE V. The duties of tonnage, light money, pilotage, port charges, brokerage, and all other duties upon foreign shipping over and above those paid by the national shipping in the two countries, respectively, other than those specified in articles 1 and 2 of the present convention, shall not exceed in France, for vessels of the United States, 5 francs per ton of the vessel's American register; nor for vessels of France in the United States, 94 cents per ton of the vessel's French passport. Signed and sealed as above this 24th day of June, 1822. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. GREAT BRITAIN. [Convention concluded July 3, 1815; ratifications exchanged at Washington December 22, 1815.] ARTICLE II. No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the United States of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of His Britannick Majesty's territories in Europe, and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the territories of His Britannick Majesty in Europe of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States than are or shall be payable on the like articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country; nor shall any higher or other duties or charges be imposed in either of the two countries on the exportation of any articles to the United States or to His Britannick Majesty's territories in Europe, respectively, than such as are payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the exportation or importation of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States or of His Britannick Majesty's territories in Europe, to or from the said territories of His Britannick Majesty in Europe or to or from the said United States, which shall not equally extend to all other nations. No higher or other duties or charges shall be imposed in any of the ports of the United States on British vessels than those payable in the same ports by vessels of the United States, nor in the ports of any of His Britannick Majesty's territories in Europe on the vessels of the United States than shall be payable in the same ports on British vessels. The same duties shall be paid on the importation into the United States of any articles the growth, produce, or manfacture of His Britannick Majesty's territories in Europe, whether such importation shall be in vessels of the United States or in British vessels; and the same duties shall be paid on the importation into the ports of any of His Britannick Majesty's territories in Europe of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, whether such importation shall be in British vessels or in vessels of the United States. The same duties shall be paid, and the same bounties allowed, on the exportation of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of His Britannick Majesty's territories in Europe to the United States, whether such exportation shall be in vessels of the United States or in British vessels; and the same duties shall be paid, and the same bounties allowed, on the exportation of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States to His Britannick Majesty's territories in Europe, whether such exportation shall be in British vessels or in vessels of the United States. It is further agreed that in all cases where drawbacks are or may be allowed upon the reexportation of any goods the growth, produce, or manufacture of either country, respectively, the amount of the said drawbacks shall be the same, whether the said goods shall have been originally imported in a British or an American vessel; but when such reexportation shall take place from the United States in a British vessel or from the territories of His Britannick Majesty in Europe in an American vessel to any foreign nation, the two contracting parties reserve to themselves, respectively, the right of regulating or diminishing in such case the amount of the said drawback. The intercourse between the United States and His Britannick Majesty's possessions in the West Indies and on the continent of North America shall not be affected by any of the provisions of this article, but each party shall remain in the complete possession of its rights with respect to such an intercourse. ARTICLE III. His Britannick Majesty agrees that the vessels of the United States of America shall be admitted and hospitably received at the principal settlements of the British dominions in the East Indies, vide licit: Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and Prince of Wales Island; and that the citizens of the United States may freely carry on trade between the said principal settlements and the United States in all articles of which the importation and exportation, respectively, to and from said territories shall not be entirely prohibited: Provided only, That it shall not be lawful for them, in any time of war between the British Government and any state or power whatever, to export from the said territories, without the special permission of the British Government, any military stores or naval stores or rice. The citizens of the United States shall pay for their vessels when admitted no higher or other duty or charge than shall be payable on the vessels of the most favored European nations, and they shall pay no higher or other duties or charges on the importation or exportation of the cargoes of the said vessels than shall be payable on the same articles when imported or exported in the vessels of the most favored European nations. But it is expressly agreed that the vessels of the United States shall not carry any articles from the said principal settlements to any port or place, except to some port or place in the United States of America where the same shall be unladen. It is also understood that the permission granted by this article is not to extend to allow the vessels of the United States to carry on any part of the coasting trade of the said British territories; but the vessels of the United States having, in the first instance, proceeded to one of the said principal settlements of the British dominions in the East Indies, and then going with their original cargoes, or part thereof, from one of the said principal settlements to another, shall not be considered as carrying on the coasting trade. The vessels of the United States may also touch for refreshment, but not for commerce, in the course of their voyage to or from the British territories in India, or to or from the dominions of the Emperor of China, at the Cape of Good Hope, the Island of St. Helena, or such other places as may be in the possession of Great Britain, in the African or Indian seas; it being well understood that in all that regards this article the citizens of the United States shall be subject, in all respects, to the laws and regulations of the British Government from time to time established. Done at London this third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. ALBERT GALLATIN. FREDERICK JOHN ROBINSON. WILLIAM ADAMS. GREAT BRITAIN. [Convention concluded August 6, 1827; ratifications exchanged at London April 2, 1828; proclaimed May 15, 1828.] ARTICLE I. All the provisions of the convention concluded between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the 3d day of July, 1815, and further continued for the term of ten years by the fourth article of the convention of the 20th of October, 1818, with the exceptiou therein contained as to St. Helena, are hereby further indefinitely, and without the said exception, extended and continued in force from the date of the expiration of the said ten years, in the same manner as if all the provisions of the said convention of the 3d of July, 1815, were herein specifically recited. Done at London the sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. ALBERT GALLATIN. HENRY UNWIN ADDINGTON. GREECE. [Treaty concluded December 10-22, 1837; ratifications exchanged at London June 13-25, 1838; proclaimed August 30, 1838.] ARTICLE II. Greek vessels arriving, either laden or in ballast, into the ports of the United States of America, from whatever place they may come, shall be treated, on their entrance, during their stay, and at their departure, upon the same footing as national vessels coming from the same place, with respect to the duties or tonnage, lighthouses, pilotage, and port charges, as well as to the perquisites of public officers, and |