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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH OCTOBER, 1880.
TREATY of Friendship and Commerce between Her Majesty and
the Prince of Servia.
7th February 1880.
Signed at Nisch, 25th January
[Ratifications exchanged at Belgrade, May 18th, 1880.]
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Highness the Prince of Servia, 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 and Commerce, 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, Gerard Francis Gould, Esquire, Her Majesty's Minister Resident at the Court of Servia, &c., &c., &c.;
And His Highness the Prince of Servia, M. Jean Ristitch, Grand Cross of his Order of Takovo, &c., President of his Council of Ministers, and his Minister for Foreign Affairs;
Who, after 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 per- manently in Servia, and Servian subjects who reside temporarily or permanently in the territories, including the Colonies and foreign possessions, of Her Britannic Majesty, 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 Servia, and Servian subjects in the territories, including the Colonies and foreign possessions, of Her Britannic Majesty, 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 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 guard, or militia. They shall be likewise exempted from all contributions, whether pecuniary or in kind, imposed as a com- pensation for billeting and for personal service; and, finally, from forced loans and military exactions or requisitions; as well as from all judicial or municipal functions whatever.
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ARTICLE II.
The produce and manufactures of, as well as all goods coming from, the territories including the Colonies and foreign possessions, of Her Britannic Majesty, which are imported into Servia, and the produce and manufactures of, as well as all goods coming from, Servia which are imported into the territories, including the Colonies and foreign possessions, of Her Britannic Majesty, whether intended for consumption, warehousing, re-exportation, or transit, shall be treated in the same manner as, and, in particular, shall be subjected to no higher or other duties, whether general, municipal, or local, than the produce, manufactures, and goods of any third country the most favoured in this respect, except as regards such special facilities as have been, or may here- after be, conceded on the part of Servia to the neighbouring States, with respect to the local traffic between their conterminous frontier districts. No other or higher duties shall be levied in Servis on the exportation of any goods to the territories, including the Colonies and foreign possessions, of Her Britannic Majesty, or in the territories, in- cluding the Colonies and foreign possessions, of Her Britannic Majesty, on the exportation of any goods to Servia than may be levied on the ex portation of the like goods to any third country the most favoured in this respect.
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Neither of the Contracting Parties shall establish prohibition of importation, exportation, or transit against the other, which shall not, under like circumstances, be applicable to any third country the most favoured in this respect.
In like manner in all that relates to local dues. customs formalities, brokerage, patterns, or samples introduced by commercial travellers, and all other matters connected with trade, British subjects in Servia, and Servian subjects in the territories. including the Colonies and foreign possessions, of Her Britannic Majesty, shall enjoy most- favoured-nation treatment.
ARTICLE III.
The undermentioned goods the produce or manufacture of the United Kingdom of Grest Britain and Ireland, and the like goods the produce or manufacture of British Colonies and foreign possessions, shall, subject to the stipulations con- tained in Articles II and VIII of the present Treaty, pay on importation into Servia duty no exceeding 8 per cent. ad valorem, viz.:--
Metals and metal manufactures, whether of one metal or different metals in combination;