SPAIN AND ANNA M.
TREATY OF COMMERCE BETWEEN SPAIN AND ANNAM.
SIGNED AT HUE, 27TH JANUARY, 1880.
Rutifications Exchanged 26th September, 1880.
His Majesty the King of Spain and His Majesty the Emperor of Annam, desiring to strengthen and promote commercial relations between their respective subjects, and thus cement more closely the bonds of friendship which happily exist between the two countries, have decided to conclude a Treaty of Commerce, and have named their Plenipotentiaries for that purpose, that is to say, His Majesty the King of Spain, Don Melchor Ordonez, Naval Lieutenant of the first class, Colonel of Marine Infantry, &c., &c., and His Majesty the Emperor of Annam, Do Dang De, Minister of Rites, Director of the Academy, and Subdirector of the Imperial Historiogra phical Department, and Iluyuh-Dien, first Chancellor of the Ministry of the Interior, who, having exchanged their full powers, and found them in good and proper form, have agreed upon the following Articles :--
Art. I.-In conformity with the provisious of Art. IX. of the Treaty of Peace concluded between His Majesty the Emperor of Annam and His Excellency the President of the French Republic on the 15th March, 1874, the Annamite Govern- ment has opened to European and American Commerce the following ports, viz, Thi-nai, in the province of Binh-dinh; Ninh hai in the province of Hai-dzüong; the city of Hanoi, and the passage by the Nhi-ha (Song-koi) from the sea to the frontier of the Chinese province of Yunnan. According to Article XXI. of the said Treaty, and on the invitation of the French Government to that of Spain, the latter has become a party to the said Treaty, accepting it from the 1st June, 1874, as replacing that concluded in the year 1862. Spanish subjects may reside in the afore- said ports and cities for the purposes of trade and industry, abstaining from all traffic on the banks of the river. Offenders against this provision shall suffer as penalty the confiscation of the merchandise, which will be forfeited to the Annamite Authority.
Art. II. His Majesty the King of Spain concedes to Annamite subjects the right of travelling, residing, possessing property, and freely engaging in trade, industry, and every class of work, in Spain and her territories beyond sea, the said Annamite subjects conforming to the laws of the country in which they shall be. His Majesty the Emperor of Annam will place no obstacle in the way of such Annamite subjects as shall desire to go to Spain or its provinces beyond sea in pursuit of any description of work. They shall be protected by the local Spanish Authorities in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation on Asiatic Emigration of 6th July, 1860, to which regulation the workmen and those who engage them shall submit. This regulation has been submitted for the consideration of the Annamite Government, who have accepted it, and it shall have force from the date of the ratification of the present Treaty. The Spanish Plenipotentiary has delivered to the said Government two copies of the aforementioned regulation, certified and sealed with his seal, the one written in the French language and the other in Annamite.
Emigration shall take place only from the three ports opened to trade. The chief authority of the province shall be informed of the number of emigrants, and also of their contracts, a copy of which shall be forwarded by the captain of the ship. The said Authority shall appoint a person to verify, in comparing with the Captain of the Port, the accuracy of the particulars furnished, and the vessel shall not be allowed to leave the port until such examination has taken place. In the event of
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