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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Publisher by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 16TH MARCH, 1861.
VOL. VII.
0. 11.
No. 25.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Copy of a Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France, signed on the 23rd January, 1860, with Copy of the additional Article and second addi- tional Article to that Treaty signed respectively on the 25th February and 27th June, 1860, is published for general information.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th March, 1861.
TREATY OF COMMERCE BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.
SIGNED AT PARIS, JANUARY 23RD, 1860.
[RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT PARIS, FEBRUARY 4TH, 1860.]
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of the French, being equally animated with the desire to draw closer the ties of friendship which unite their two people, and wishing to ini- prove and extend the relations of commerce be- tween their respective dominions, have resolved to conclude a Treaty for that purpose, and have nained as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Most Honourable Henry Richard Charles Earl Cowley, Viscount Dangan, Baron Cowley, a Peer of the United King- dom, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honour- able Order of the Bath, Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of the French; and Richard Cobden, Esquire, a Member of the British Parliament;
This Majesty the Emperor of the French, M. Baroche, Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, &c., &c., &c., a Member of bis Privy Council, President of his Council of State, provisionally charged with the Department of For- Sign Affairs; and M. Rouler, Grand Officer of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Ilonour, &c.,&c.,&c., Senator, his Minister and Secretary of State for the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public
Works;
Sa Majesté la Reine du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, et Sa Majesté l'Em- pereur des Français, également, animés du désir de resserrer les liens d'amitié qui unissent les deux peuples, et voulant améliorer et étendre les rela- tions commerciales entre leurs Etats respectifs, ont résolu de conclure un Traité à cet effet, et ont nommé pour leurs Plénipotentiaires, savoir:
Sa Majesté la Reine du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, le Très Honorable Henry Richard Charles Comte Cowley, Vicomte Dangan, Baron Cowley, Pair du Royaume Uni, Menibre du Conseil Privé de Sa Majesté Britanni- que, Chevalier Grand-Croix du Très Honorable Ordre du Bain, Ambassadeur Extraordinaire ct Plénipotentiaire de Sa dite Majesté près Sa Majes- té l'Empereur des Français; et M. Richard Cobden, Ecuyer, Membre du Parlement Britannique;
Sa Majesté l'Empereur des Français, M. Baroche, Grand-Croix de coù Ordre Impérial de la Légion d'Hameur, &c., &c., &c., Membre de son Conseil Privé, Président de son Conseil d'Etat, chargé par interim du Ministère des Aflires Etrangères; et M. Rouher, Grand Officier de son Ordre Impérial de la Légion d'Honneur, &c., &c., &c., Sénateur, son Ministre et Secrétaire d'Etat an Département de l'Agriculture, du Commerce, e des Travaux Publics;