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TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN.
most favoured nation, without having to pay taxes, imposts, or duties, of whatever nature or under whatever denomination levied in the name or for the profit of the Government, public functionaries, private individuals, Corporations, or establish- ments of any kind, other or greater than those paid by native subjects, or subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation, subject always to the Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations of each country.
Article IV. Th: dwellings, manufactories, warehouses, and shops of the subjects of each of the High Contracting Parties in the dominions and possessions of the other, and all premises appertaining thereto destined for purposes of residence of commerce, s all be respected.
It shall not be allowable to proceed to make a search of, or a domiciliary visit to such dwellings and premises, or to examine or inspect books, papers, or accounts except under the conditions and with the forms prescribed by the Laws, Orinances, and Regulations for subjects of the country.
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Article V.-N other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation into the dominions and possessions of Her Britannic Majesty of any article, the produce or manufacture of dominions and possessions of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, from what ver pla e arriv ng; and no other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation into the dominions and possessions of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan of any article, the produce or manufacture of the dominions and possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, from whatever place arriving than on the like article produced or manufactured in any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be maintained or imposed on the importation of any article, the produce or manufacture of the dominions and possessions of either of the High Contracting Parties, into the dominions and possessions of the other, from whatever place arriving, which shall not equally extend to the importition of the like article, being the produce manufacture of any other country. This last provision is not applicable to the sanitary and other prohibitions occasioned by t e necessity of protecting the safety of persons, or of cattle, or of plants useful to agriculture.
Article VI.-No other or higher duties or charges shall be imposed in the dominions and possessions of either of the Hig's Contracting Parties on the exporta tion of any article to the dominions and possessions of the other than such as are, of may be, payable on the exportation of the like article to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be impose I on the exportation of any article from the dominions and possessions of either of the two Contracting Parties to the dominions and possessions of the other which shall not equally extend to the expo tation of the like article to any other cuntry.
Article VII The subjects of each of the High Contracting Parties shall enjoy in the dominions an possessions of the other exemption from all transit duties and a perf et equality of treatment with native subjects in all that relates to warehousing, bounties, lacilities, and drawbacks.
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Article VIII-All articles which are or may be legally imported into the ports of the dominions and po sessions of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan in Japanese vessels may likewise be imported into those ports in British vessels, with out being tiable to any other or higher uties or charges of whatever denomination than if such articles were importe li· Japanese vessels; a d, reciproca'ly, a'l articles which are or may be legally importel into the ports of the dominions and poss ssions of Her Britannic Majesty in Bri'ish vessels may likewis» be importe? into those orts in Japanese vessels, without being liable to any other or higher duties or charges of whatever denomination ·han if such articles were imported in British vessels. Such reciprocal · qualit of treatment shall take effect without distinction, whether such articles come directly from the place of origin or from any other places.
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In the same manner there shall be perfect equality of treatment in regard to exportat on, so that the same export duties shall be paid and the same bounties and drawbacks allowed in the dominions and possessions of either of the High Contract- ing Parties on the exportation of any article which is or may be legally exported therefrom, whether such exportation shall take place in Japanese or in British
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