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BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN

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not equally, in like cases, granted to the vessels of the other country; the intention of the high contracting parties being that in these respects also the vessels of the two countries shall be treated on the footing of perfect equality.

Art. XVIII.—All vessels which according to Japanese law are to be deemed Japanese vessels, and all vessels which according to British law are to be deemed British vessels, shall, for the purpose of this Treaty, be deemed Japanese and British vessels respectively.:

Art. XIX.-No duties of tonnage, harbour, pilotage, lighthouse, quarantine, or other analogous duties or charges of whatever nature, or under whatever denomina- tion, levied in the name or for the profit of Government, public functionaries, private individuals, corporations or establishments of any kind, shall be imposed in the ports, of either country upon the vessels of the other which shall not equally, under the same conditions, be imposed in like cases on national vessels in general, or vessels to the most favoured nation. Such equality of treatment shall apply to the vessels of either country from whatever place they may arrive and whatever may be their destination.

Art. XX.-Vessels charged with performance of regular scheduled postal service of one of the high contracting parties shall enjoy in the territorial waters of the other the same special facilities, privileges, and immunities as are granted to like vessels of the most favoured nation.

Art. XXI.—The coasting trade of the high contracting parties is excepted from the provisions of the present Treaty, and shall be regulated according to the laws of Japan and the United Kingdom respectively. It is, however, understood that the subjects and vessels of either high contracting party shall enjoy in this respect most favoured nation treatment in the territories of the other.

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Japanese and British vessels may, nevertheless, proceed from one port to an- other, either for the purpose, of landing the whole or part of their passengers or cargoes brought from abroad, or of taking on board the whole or part of their pas sengers or cargoes for a foreign destination..

It is also understood that, in the event of the coasting trade of either country being exclusively reserved to national vessels, the vessels of the other country, if engaged in trade to or from places not within the limits of the coasting trade so reserved, shall not be prohibited from the carriage between two ports of the former country of passengers holding through tickets or merchandise consigned on through bills of lad- ing to or from places not within the above-mentioned limits, and while engaged in. such carriage these vessels and their cargoes shall enjoy the full privileges of this Treaty.

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Art. XXII.—If any seaman should desert from any ship belonging to either of the high contracting parties in the territorial waters of the other, the local authorities shall, within the limits of law, be bound to give every assistance in their power for the recovery of such deserter, on application to that effect being made to them by the competent Consular officer of the country to which the ship of the deserter may belong, accompanied by an assurance that all expense connected therewith will be repaid.

It is understood that this stipulation shall not apply to the subjects of the country where the desertion takes place."

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Art. XXIII. Any vessel of either of the high contracting parties which may be compelled, by stress of weather or by accident, to take shelter in a port of the other shall be at liberty to refit therein, to procure all necessary stores, and to put to sea. again, without paying any dues other than such as would be payable in the like case by a national vessel. In case, however, the master of a merchant-vessel should be under the necessity of disposing of a part of his merchandise in order to defray the expenses, he shall be bound to conform to the Regulations and Tariffs of the place to which he may have come..