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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH JANUARY, 1863.
VOL. IX.
No. 2.
No. 1.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Copy of a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Her Majesty and the King of the Belgians, signed at London on the 23rd July, with Copies of two Protocols dated 23rd July and 30th August, 1862, is published for general information.
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By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th January, 1863.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.
Signed at London, July 23, 1862.
[RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT LONDON, AUGUST 30, 1862.]
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and IIis Majesty the King of the Belgians, being equally animated by the desire to facilitate and extend the relations of commerce and navigation between their respective dominions; and being desirous, with a view to so beneficial an object, to remove the obstacles which impede the commercial relations between the two countries, have resolved to conclude a Treaty for that purpose, and have named as their Plenipoten- tiaries, that is to say:
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honour- able John Earl Russell, Viscount Amberley of Amber- ley and Ardsalla, a Peer of the United Kingdom, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honcur- able Privy Council, Her Britannic Majesty's Prin- cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and the Right Honourable Thomas Milner Gibson, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honour- able Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, and President of the Committee of Privy Council for Affairs of Trade and Foreign Plantations;
And His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the 'Sieur Sylvain Van de Weyer, His Envoy Extraor- dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Her Britan nic Majesty, Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold,
SA Majesté la Reine du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, et Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, animés d'un égal désir de faciliter et d'étendre les rapports de commerce et de navigation entre leurs Etats respectifs; et voulant, pour arri- ver à un but si utile, faire disparaître les obstacles qui entravent les relations commerciales entre les deux pays, ont résolu de conclure un Traité à cet effect, et ont nominé pour leurs Plénipotentiaires, savoir:
Sa Majesté la Reine du Royaume Uni dé la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, le Très Honorable Jean Comte Russell, Vicomte Amberley de Am- berley et Ardsalla, Pair du Royaume Uni, Chevalier du Très Noble Ordre de la Jarretière, Membre du Très Honorable, Conseil Privé da Sa Majesté Bri tannique, Principal Secrétaire d'Etat de Sa Majesté Britannique pour les Affaires Etrangères; et le Très Honorable Thomas Milner Gibson, Membre du Très Honorable Conseil Privé de Sa Majesté Britannique, Membre du Parlement, et Président du Comité du Conseil Privé pour les Affaires de Commerce et des Colonies;
Et Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, le Sieur Sylvain Van de Weyer, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté Britan- nique, Grand-Croix de l'Ordre de Léopold, décoré...