all other duties or charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishment whatsoever; and, reciprocally, the vessels of the United States of America arriving, either laden or in ballast, into the ports of the Kingdom of Greece, 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 duties of tonnage, light-houses, pilotage, and port charges, as well as to the perquisites of public officers, and all other duties or charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishments whatsoever.

ARTICLE III.

All that may be lawfully imported into the United States of America in vessels of the said States, may also be thereinto imported in Greek vessels, from whatever place they may come, without paying other or higher duties or charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishments whatsoever, than if imported in national vessels.

And, reciprocally, all that may be lawfully imported into the Kingdom of Greece, in Greek vessels, may also be thereinto imported in vessels of the United States of America, from whatever place they may come, without paying other or higher duties or charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishments whatsoever, than if imported in national vessels.

ARTICLE IV.

All that may be lawfully exported from the United States of America in vessels of the said States may also be exported therefrom in Greek vessels, without paying other or higher duties or charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishments whatsoever, than if exported in national vessels.

And, reciprocally, all that may be lawfully exported from the Kingdom of Greece in Greek vessels may also be exported therefrom in vessels of the United States of America, without paying other or higher duties or charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishments whatsoever, than if exported in national

vessels.

Done in duplicate at London, 10-22 of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.

A. STEVENSON.
S. TRICOUPI.

GUATEMALA.

[Convention concluded March 3, 1849; ratifications exchanged at Guatemala May 13, 1852; proclaimed July 28, 1852.]

ARTICLE IV.

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 their own vessels may be also imported in vessels of the Republic of Guatemala; 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 Republic of Guatemala 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 or her cargo shall be levied and collected, whether the importation be made in 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 be in like manner exported or reexported in 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 Guatemala.

Done at Guatemala this third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

ELIJAH HISE.

J. MARIANO RODRUGUEZ.

HANOVER.

[Treaty concluded June 10, 1846; ratifications exchanged at Hanover March 5, 1847; proclaimed April 24, 1847.] ARTICLE I.

The high contracting parties 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 their own vessels may also be imported in vessels of the Kingdom of Hanover; and no higher or other duties upon the tonnage or cargo of the vessel shall be levied or collected, whether the importation be made in a vessel of the United States or in a Hanoverian vessel. And in like manner, whatever kind of produce, manufacture, or merchandise of any foreign country can be, from time to time, lawfully imported into the Kingdom of Hanover in its own vessels, may also be imported in vessels of the United States; and no higher or other duties upon the tonnage or cargo of the vessel shall be levied or collected, whether the importation be made in vessels of the one party or the other.

Whatever may be lawfully exported or reexported by one party in its own vessels to any foreign country may, in like manner, be exported or reexported in the vessels of the other. And the same duties, bounties, and drawbacks shall be collected and allowed, whether such exportation or reexportation be made in vessels of the one party or the other. Nor shall higher or other charges of any kind be imposed in the ports of the one party on vessels of the other than are or shall be payable in the same ports by national vessels.

And further, it is agreed that no higher or other toll shall be levied or collected at Brunshausen or Stade, on the River Elbe, upon the tonnage or cargoes of vessels of the United States than is levied and collected upon the tonnage and cargoes of vessels of the Kingdom of Hanover; and the vessels of the United States shall be subjected to no charges, detention, or other inconvenience by the Hanoverian authorities, in passing the above-mentioned place, from which vessels of the Kingdom of Hanover are or shall be exempt.

ARTICLE II.

The preceding article is not applicable to the coasting trade and navigation of the high contracting parties, which are respectively reserved by each exclusively to its own subjects or citizens.

Done in quadruplicate at the city of Hanover, on the tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.

A. DUDLEY MANN.

GEORGE FREDERIC BARON DE FALCKE.

HANSEATIC REPUBLICS.

[Convention concluded December 20, 1827; ratifications exchanged at Washington, June 2, 1828; proclaimed June 2, 1828.]

ARTICLE I.

The contracting parties 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 their own vessels may be also imported in vessels of the said Free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg; and that no higher or other duties upon the tonnage or cargo of the vessel shall be levied or collected, whether the importation be made in vessels of the United States or of either of the said Hanseatic Republics. And, in like manner, that whatever kind of produce, manufacture, or merchandise of any foreign country can be, from time to time, law fully imported into either of the said Hanseatic Republics in its own vessels may be also imported in vessels of the United States; and that no higher or other duties upon the tonnage or cargo of the vessel shall be levied or collected, whether the importation be made in vessels of the one party or of the other. And they further agree that whatever may be lawfully exported or reexported by one party in its own vessels to any foreign country may, in like manner, be exported or reexported in the vessels of the other party. And the same bounties, duties, and drawbacks shall be allowed and collected, whether such exportation or reexportation be made in vessels of the one party or of the other. Nor shall higher or other charges of any kind be imposed in the ports of the one party, on vessels of the other, than are or shall be payable in the same ports by national vessels.

ARTICLE II.

No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the United States of any article the produce or manufacture of the Free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into either of the said Republics of any article the produce or manufacture of the United States, than are or shall be payable on the like article being the produce or manufacture of any other foreign country; nor shall any other or higher duties or charges be imposed by either party on the exportation of any articles to the United States or to the Free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg, respectively, than such as are or shall be payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the importation or exportation of any article the produce or manufacture of the United States or of the Free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg, to or from the ports of the United States or to or from the ports of the other party, which shall not equally extend to all other nations.

Dons at the city of Washington on the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven.

H. CLAY.
V. RUMFF.

HAITI.

[Treaty concluded November 3, 1864; ratifications exchanged at Washington May 22, 1865; proclaimed

July 6, 1865.]

ARTICLE X.

The high contracting parties hereby 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 also be imported in the vessels of the Republic of Haiti, and no higher or other duties upon the tonnage or cargo of the vessels shall be levied or collected than shall be levied or collected of the vessels of the most favored nation.

And reciprocally, whatever kind of produce, manufactures, or merchandise of any foreign country can be, from time to time, lawfully imported into Haiti in her own vessels may be also imported in the vessels of the United States, and no higher or other duties upon the tonnage or cargo of the vessels shall be levied or collected than shall be levied or collected of the vessels of the most favored nation.

ARTICLE XI.

It is also hereby agreed 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 vessels of the other, and the same duties, bounties, and drawbacks shall be collected and allowed as are collected of and allowed to the most favored nation.

It is also understood that the foregoing principles shall apply, whether the vessels shall have cleared directly from the ports of the nation to which they appertain or from the ports of any other nation.

Done in duplicate at the city of Port au Prince this third day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

B. F. WHIDDEN.
BOYER BAZELAIS.

HONDURAS.

[Treaty concluded July 4, 1864; ratifications exchanged at Tegucigalpa May 5, 1865; proclaimed May 30, 1865.]

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 Honduras on vessels of the United States than those payable in the same ports by vessels of Honduras; nor in any of the ports of the United States on vessels of Honduras 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 Honduras of any article being of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of the United States, whether such importation shall be made in vessels of Honduras or 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 Honduras, whether such importation shall be made in United States or Honduras vessels.

The same dues shall be paid and the same bounties and drawbacks allowed on the exportation to the Republic of Honduras of any article being the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of the United States, whether such exportations shall be made in vessels of Honduras or of the United States; 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 Honduras to the territories of the United States, whether such exportation shall be made in United States or in Honduras vessels.

Done at Comayagua this fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

THOS. H. CLAY. M. COLINDERS.

ITALY.

[Treaty concluded February 26, 1871; ratifications exchanged at Washington November 18, 1871; proclaimed November 23, 1871.]

ARTICLE V.

The high contracting parties 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 Italian vessels; that no other or higher 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 whatsoever kind of produce, manufactures, or merchandise of any foreign country can be, from time to time, lawfully imported into Italy in its own vessels may be also imported in vessels of the United States, and that no other or higher 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 they further agree that whatever may be lawfully exported and reexported from the one country in its own vessels to any foreign country may in the 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 Italy.

ARTICLE VI.

No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the United States of any articles the produce or manufactures of Italy, and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into Italy of any articles the produce or manufactures of the United States than are or shall be payable on the like articles being the produce or the manufactures of any other foreign country; nor shall any other or higher duties or charges be imposed in either of the two countries on the exportation of any articles to the United States or to Italy, respectively, than such as are payable on the exportation of the like articles to any foreign country, nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the importation or the exportation of any articles the produce or manufactures of the United States or of Italy to or from the territories of the United States or to or from the territories of Italy which shall not equally extend to all other nations.

Done at Florence this twenty-sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

GEORGE P. MARSH.
VISCONTI VENOSTA.

JAPAN.

[Treaty concluded November 22, 1894; ratifications exchanged at Washington March 21, 1895; proclaimed March 21, 1895.]

ARTICLE VII.

All articles which are or may be legally imported into the ports of the territories of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan in Japanese vessels may likewise be imported into those ports in vessels of the United States without being liable to any other or higher duties or charges of whatever denomination than if such articles were imported in Japanese vessels; and, reciprocally, all articles which are or may be legally imported into the ports of the territories of the United States in vessels of the United States may likewise be imported into those ports in Japanese vessels without being liable to any other or higher duties or charges of whatever denomination than if such articles were imported in vessels of the United States. Such reciprocal equality of treatment shall take effect without distinction, whether such articles come directly from the place of origin or from any other place.

In the same manner there shall be perfect equality of treatment in regard to exportation, so that the same export duties shall be paid and the same bounties and drawbacks allowed in the territories of either of the high contracting parties on the exportation of any article which is or may be legally exported therefrom, whether such exportation shall take place in Japanese vessels or in vessels of the United States, and whatever may be the place of destination, whether a port of either of the high contracting parties or of any third power.

ARTICLE VIII.

No duties of tonnage, harbor, pilotage, light-house, quarantine, or other similar or corresponding duties of whatever nature or under whatever denomination, levied in the name or for the profit of the Government, public functionaries, private individuals, corporations, or establishments of any kind, shall be imposed in the ports of the territories of either country upon the vessels of the other country which shall not equally and under the same conditions be imposed in the like cases on national vessels in general or vessels of the most-favored nation. Such equality of treatment shall apply reciprocally to the respective vessels, from whatever port or place they may arrive and whatever may be their place of destination.

Done at the city of Washington the twenty-second day of November, in the eighteen hundred and ninety-fourth year of the Christian Era, corresponding to the twentysecond day of the eleventh month of the twenty-seventh year of Meiji.

WALTER Q. GRESHAM.
SHINICHIRO KURINO.

LIBERIA.

[Treaty concluded October 21, 1862; ratifications exchanged at London February 17, 1863; proclaimed March 18, 1863.]

ARTICLE III.

No tonnage, import, or other duties or charges shall be levied in the Republic of Liberia on United States vessels, or on goods imported or exported in United States vessels, beyond what are or may be levied on national vessels, or on the like goods imported or exported in national vessels; and in like manner no tonnage, import, or other duties or charges shall be levied in the United States of America and their territories on the vessels of the Republic of Liberia, or on goods imported or exported in those vessels, beyond what are or may be levied on national vessels, or on the like goods imported or exported in national vessels.

ARTICLE IV.

Merchandise or goods coming from the United States of America in any vessels, or imported in United States vessels from any country, shall not be prohibited by the Republic of Liberia, nor be subject to higher duties than are levied on the same kinds of merchandise or goods coming from any other foreign country or imported in any other foreign vessels. All articles the produce of the Republic of Liberia may be exported therefrom by citizens of the United States and United States vessels on as favorable terms as by the citizens and vessels of any other foreign country.