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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH AUGUST, 1882.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 315.
The following Circular Despatch with enclosures is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th August, 1882.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Downing Street,
14th July, 1882.
SIR, I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the Colony under your Govern- ment, a copy of a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Her Majesty and the Prince of Montenegro, signed on the 21st of January last.
I have the honour to be,
Sir.
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
The Officer Administering the Government of
HONGKONG.
KIMBERLEY.
TREATY of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between Her Majesty and the Prince of Montenegro.
Signed at Cettinjé, January 21, 1882.
[Ratifications Exchanged at Cettingé, May 14, 1882.]
HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Highness the Prince of Montenegro, being desirous of placing on a satisfactory footing the commercial relations between the two States, have with this object determined to conclude a Treaty of Friendship, Com- merce, and Navigation, and they have accordingly appointed their respective Plenipotentiaries, that is
to say:
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, WILLIAM KIRBY GREEN, Esquire, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Montenegro;
And His Highness the Prince of Montenegro, the VoÏVODE STANKO RADONICH, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Danilo the First, his Minister for Foreign Affairs;
Who, having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles :-
ARTICLE I.
British subjects who reside temporarily or permanently in Montenegro, and Montenegrin subjects who reside temporarily or permanently in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall enjoy therein with respect to residence, and the exercise of commerce and trade, the same rights as, and shall not be subject to any higher or other imposts or taxes, whether general, municipal, or local, than natives, or the subjects of any other country, the most favoured in this respect, by either of the Contracting Parties.
British subjects in Montenegro, and Montenegrin subjects in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall enjoy the same treatment as natives, or as is now granted, or may hereafter be granted to the subjects of any other country the most favoured in this respect, with regard to the acquisition, the holding, and the disposal of real property, and all charges on it; with regard to access to Courts of Law, and in the prosecution and defence of their rights; and in regard to domiciliary visits to their dwellings, manufactories, warehouses, or shops.
They shall be exempted from billeting, and from all compulsory military service, whether in the army, navy, national guards, or militia. They shall be likewise exempted from all contributions whether pecuniary or in kind, imposed as a compensation for billeting, and personal service; and finally, from forced loans, and military exactions, or requisitions, as well as from all judicial or muni- cipal functions whatever, other than those imposed by the laws relating to juries.
ARTICLE II.
The produce and manufactures of, as well as all goods coming from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which are imported into Montenegro; and the produce or manufactures of, as well as all goods coming from, Montenegro, which are imported into the United Kingdom of Great Britain