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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH OCTOBER, 1886.

(Tariff C).-DUTIES levied on Articles exported from France.

Articles.

Duties.

Dogs of any large breed exported by land frontier

Books, infringing on copyright,

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Arms and ammunition..

All other articles....

(Tariff D).-DUTIES levied on Articles exported from Spain.

Articles.

Corkwood, when the product of the Province of Gerona.. Rags of linen, hemp, or cotton, and articles made of these materials All other articles......

Declaration.

Prohibited.

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947

Special regulations. Free.

Duties.

Pes.

C.

100 kilog.

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5 00 4 00

Free.

The Government of His Majesty the King of Spain and the Government of the French Republic, in pursuance of the provisions of Article XXVIII of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Spain and France, signed this day, agree that that Article shall not apply to vessels serving as postal- vessels and belonging to Companies subsidized by the one State or the other, unless the said Companies shall have undertaken to accept the liabilities to the Treasury incurred by the captains of ships belong- ing to the said Companies and by the said Companies themselves, after the proper hearing and after final judgment has been pronounced.

The said undertaking must, as regards Spanish Companies, be guaranteed by a house of business or a bank established in France and accepted by the French Government; and, reciprocally, as regards French Companies, the said undertaking must be guaranteed by a house of business or a bank established in Spain and accepted by the Spanish Government; such guarantee must in either country be not less ↑ than 50,000 fr.

Done at Paris, the 6th February, 1882.

(L.S.) (L.S.)

(Signed) (Signed)

DUQUE DE FERNAN-NUÑEZ.

C. DE FREYCINET.

This Convention was ratified by both Contracting Parties, and the ratifications were exchanged at Paris on the 12th May, 1882.

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(Translation from the Spanish.)

Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Spain and Germany, signed in Spanish and

German at Berlin on the 12th of July, 1883.

His Majesty the King of Spain and His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, desirous of drawing closer the bonds of friendship between the two States, and to facilitate and promote mutually commercial and shipping relations between the two countries, have agreed for this purpose to conclude a Treaty, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries :—

His Majesty the King of Spain, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary accredited to His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, Don Francisco Merry y Colom, Count of Benomar:

His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, Franz Emil Emmanuel von Burchard, Secretary of State of the Imperial Treasury and Privy Councillor; and Victor von Bojanowski, Privy Councillor of Legation and Director in the Foreign Office.

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have concluded the following Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, saving ratification by the High Contracting Parties:-

ARTICLE I.

Between the High Contracting Parties there shall be perfect and complete freedom of commerce and navigation. The subjects of each of the High Contracting Parties shall reciprocally enjoy in the territories of the other, so far as the present Treaty makes no exception, with respect to commerce, navigation, and industry, the same rights, privileges, and advantages of every kind which are, or shall be, conferred upon nationale; and no other or more onerous general, or local taxes, burdens, restric- tions, or duties of any sort shall be imposed on them than are or shall be imposed on nationals.

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