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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH AUGUST, 1886.
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ARTICLE IX.
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It being understood that the general liberty of commercial communication conceded by both Con- tracting Parties to one another by the preceding Articles Nos. V. VI. and VII shall in no way! extend to the coasting trade of the two respective nations.
ARTICLE X.
In all that regards the stationing, loading and unloading of vessels in the ports, basins, docks, roadsteads, harbours, or rivers of the dominions and possessions of the two countries, the same pri- vileges and immunities shall be conceded which have been conceded to the most-favoured nation.
ARTICLE XI.
All vessels which according to British law are to be deemed British vessels, and all vessels which according to Equatorian law are to be deemed Equatorian vessels, shall, for the purposes of this Treaty,, be deemed British and Equatorian vessels respectively.
ARTICLE XII.
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The High Contracting Parties agree that in all matters relating to commerce and navigation, privilege, favour, or immunity whatever, which either Contracting Party has actually granted, or may bereafter grant, to the subjects or citizens of any other State, shall be extended immediately and un- conditionally to the subjects or citizens of the other Contracting Party; it being their intention that the trade of each country shali be placed in ail respects by the other on the footing of the most favoured nation.
ARTICLE XIII.
The subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties shall have, in the dominions and pos- sessions of the other, the same rights as native subjects or citizens in regard to trade-marks and designs of every description applicable to articles of manufacture.
ARTICLE XIV.
It shall be free for each of the two High Contracting Parties to appoint Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents, to reside in the towns and ports of the dominions and possessions 'of the other.
Such Consuls-General. Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents, however, shall not enter upon their functions until after they shall have been approved and admitted, in the usual form, by the Government to which they are sent.
They shall exercise whatever functions, and enjoy whatever privileges, exemptions, and immu- ties are, or shall be granted there to Consuls of the most favoured nation.
ARTICLE XV.
The subjects or citizens of each of the two High Contracting Parties, conforming themselves to the laws of the country--
1. Shall have full liberty, with their families, to enter, travel, or reside in any part of the domi- nions and possessions of the other Contracting Party.
2. They shall be permitted to hire or possess the houses, manufactories, ware-houses, shops, and premises, which may be necessary for theni.
3. They may carry on their commerce by wholesale or retail, either in person or by any agents whom they may think fit to employ.
4. They shall not be subject, in respect of their persons or property, or in respect of passports, licences for residence or establishment, nor in respect of their commerce or industry, to any taxes, whether general or local, nor to imposts or obligations of any kind whatever, other or greater than those which are or shall be imposed upon native subjects.
ARTICLE XVI.
The citizens of the Equator shall enjoy in all the 'dominions and possessions of Her Britannic Majesty complete and unlimited liberty of conscience, and shall exercise their religion publicly or pri- vately in their own dwelling-houses, or in the chapels or places of worship, appointed for that purpose in conformity with the system of toleration established in the dominions and possessions of Her Bri- tannic Majesty.
The subjects of Her Britannic Majesty residing in the dominions shall enjoy the most perfect and entire security of conscience, without account of their religious belief, provided that this takes place with th and with due respect to the established laws, usages. and customs.
essions of the Equator ag annoyed or disturbed on. corum due to Divine worship,
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