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THE FRIEND

OF CHINA

AND HONGKONG GAZETTE..

PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND SATURDAY.

VOL. III No. 97,

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY JANUARY 18TH, 1844,

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mued from this date : but all public orders and notifications appearin ment are still to be considered as official.

J. ROBT | MORRISON Acting Secretary and Treasurer,

* NOTIFICATION The publication of the Hongkong Gazette, under the authority of Government in "The Friend of China and Hongkong Gazette," with the signatures of duly authorized Functionaries of th

Hongkong, March, 23rd 1842.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION

IN Obedience to Instructions from Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, the annexed Copy of a Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, between Her Majesty and the Oriental Republick of the Uruguay, is published for general information.

By Order of His Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hongkong &c. &c. Government House, Victoria, (Hongkong) January 3rd 1844,

TREATY OF AMITY, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION,

DEZE SETY EEN

HER MAJESTY

AND THE

ORIENTAL REPUBLICK OF THE URUGUAY,

Signed at London, August 20, 1842.

[Ratifications exchanged at London, July 17, 1843.]

RICHARD WOOSNAM.

Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by Command of Her Majesty, 188.

HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Excellency the President of the Oriental Republick of the Uruguay, being. desirous of encouraging and extending the commercial intercourse between the Bu- tish Dominions and the Territory of the Republick; and deeming it meet that the friendly relations which now snbsist between the Two States, should be ac

acknowledg ed and confirmed by the signature of a Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigati * On H. Britannick Majesty and His Excellency the President of the Oriental Republick of the Uruguay, have, for this purpose, named as their Plenipotentiaries, ** that is to say

Su Majestad is Reina del Reino Unido de la Gran Bretaña é Irlanda, y Su Excelencia el Presidente de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay, deseando fomen-

faistosas que ahora existen medio de un ratado de anica, y Su Excelencia el Pre-

tar y extender el comercio entre los Dominios, Britanicos y el Territorio de la Re- publica y considerando conveniente que las relacion entre los dos Estados sean reconocidas y confirmade Amistad omercio, y Navegacion Su Majestad ridente de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay, han nombrado, con este fin, como sus Plenipotenciarios, á saber.

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Honorat the Right Honorable George Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Gordon, Viscount martine Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarvis, and Kellie, a Peer of the United

a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council,

Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, and Her Majest

ry of State for Foreign Affairs, and the Right Honourable Fred Ripon, Viscount Goderich, a Peer of the United Kingdom a

jesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and President of the Committee of Pri Council for Amirs of Trade and Foreign Plantations:

And His Excellency the President of the Oriental Republick of the Uruguay, Señor Don José Ellaurt, The Minister of State and for Foreign Affairs, Envoy Ex- traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republick to Her Britannick Ma jesty a b

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles

ARTICLE I.

There shall be perpetual Peace and Amity between the dominions and subjects of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Her Fleirs and Successors, and the Oriental Republick of the Uruguay, and its citizens.

ARTICLE II.

There shall be between all the territories of Her Britannick Majesty in Europe, and the territories of the Oriental Republick of the Uruguay recipro

esubjects and citizens of the two countries, reaped

me with their ships

commerce.

have liberty freel

and

Reina del Reino Unido de la Gran Bretaña & Irlanda, al Muy Jorge Conde de Aberdeen, Viaconda:

Visconde Förmartine, Methlick, Tarvi y Kellie, Par del Rei

mbro del Muy Consejo Privado de Su Majestad Cab

y Principal Secretario de E. n. do. Relaciones Exteriores; y al Muy Ho isconde Goderich, Par del Reino Unid Privado de Su Majestad, y Prendente de la C Negocios do Comercio y de las Colonias:

Y Su Excelencia el Presidente de la Republica Safior Don José Ellauti, Sa Mi

ores, Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotens lari Su Majestad Britanica,

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Quienes despues de haberse communicado sus Planos Poderes respectivos, ha lados en buena y debida forma, han acordado y conclufido los Articulos aguientes:--

ARTICULO 1.

Habrá Paz y Amistad prepetua entre los dominios y subditos de Su Majestad la Reina del Reina Unido de la Gran Bretaña é Friande, Bus Herederos y Succe- sores, y la Republica Oriental del Uruguay, y sus ciudadanos.

ARTICULO II

Habrá entre todos los territorio de Bur Majest territorios de la Rep

edom

Los subditos y ciuda

de lleg

rages,

Oriental del

In like manner the respective chips of war and Post Offe Countries

hall have

freely and sect

hich other

and they shall

And rent subject

me to all