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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH OCTOBER, 1886.
ARTICLE XVI.
All Spanish or German ships hall be recognized as such which are recognized as Spanish ships by the laws of Spain, or as German ships by the laws of the German Empire.
Certificates of tonnage shall be reciprocally recognized according to the rules of the Agreement arrived at by the High Contracting Parties in the year 1879.
ARTICLE XVII.
The ships of one of the High Contracting Parties, which enter or leave the harbours of the other, in ballast or with cargo, whatever be the place of their departure or destination, shall be treated in the said ports in every respect on the same footing as national ships. As well on arriving as during their stay and on their departure they shall be charged no other or higher lighthouse, tonnage, pilot, harbour, towing, or quarantine dues, or other imposts of any kind assessed on the ship, whether they be raised in the name of, or for the benefit of, the State, public officials, Municipalities, or any Corpo ration, than such as are imposed or shall be imposed there on national ships.
With respect to the berthing, loading and unloading of ships in harbours, bays, roads, and creeks, as well as generally with respect to all formalities and other Regulations to which trading ships, their crews and cargoes may be liable, it is agreed that no privilege and no favour shall be extended to the ships of one of the High Contracting Parties which are not likewise extended to the ships of the other, since it is the decided wish of the High Contracting, Parties that in this respect also their respective ships shall be treated on a footing of perfect equality.
ARTICLE XVIII.
With respect to the coasting trade, either one of the High Contracting Parties may claim for its ships all rights and favours which the other Party has granted or shall grant to any third country in so far as the one Party grants similar rights and favours in its own territory to the ships of the other Party.
The ships of either of the High Contracting Parties which enter a harbour of the other Party shilf fill up or to unload a portion of its cargo can, provided they comply with the laws and Regulations of the country, retain on board that portion of it which is destined for some other harbour of the same country or some other country, and can re-export it without being called upon to pay for this latter portion of the cargo any tax other than supervision dues, which moreover must not be higher 'that those levied on national vessels.
ARTICLE XIX.
Shall be entirely free from tonnage and clearance dues in the harbours of either of the High Contracting Parties:-
1. Ships which enter and depart in ballast, from any place whatsoever.
2. Ships which come from a harbour or several harbours of the same country, and which can prove that they have already paid the above dues.
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3. Ships which of their own free will or from necessity enter a harbour with cargo, and sail from the same without transacting any mercantile operation.
In case the entry has been from necessity, the unloading and reloading of the goods for the purpose of caulking the ship, the transfer of cargo to another ship, should the first have been rendered useless, the necessary transactions for provisioning the crew, as well as the sale of averaged goods, with the consent of the Custom-house Autorities, shall not be considered commercial transactions.
ARTICLE XX.
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The war-ships of the High Contracting Parties shall, in their respective harbours, be placed on the same footing as the war ships of the most favoured nation.
ARTICLE XXI.
The provisions of this Treaty shall, without exception, apply to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg so long as the same forms part of the German Customs and Commercial system.
ARTICLE XXII.
As the colonial possessions of Spain are governed by special laws, the foregoing provisions of this Treaty shall apply to them only so far as is compatible with these laws.
German subjects shall there enjoy in every respect the same rights, privileges, and immunities, favours, and exemptions as are or shall be granted to the most favoured nation.
German products and merchandize shall in Spanish Colonies be liable to no other duties, nor to other imposts and formalities than the products and merchandize of the most favoured nation.
The products and merchandize of the colonial possessions of Spain shall on entering Germany enjoy the same treatment as the colonial products and merchandize of the most favoured nation.