other duly-authorised person shall deem expedient.

In the same manner shall be treated and considered such Paraguayan citizens as should arrive at the ports of Great Britain with cargoes in Paraguayan or British vessels.

Art. III. The two high contracting parties hereby agree that any favour, privilege, or immunity whatever, in matters of commerce or navigation, which either contracting party has actually granted, or may hereafter grant, to the subjects or citizens of any other State, shall extend, in identity of cases and circumstances, to the subjects or citizens of the other contracting party, gratuitously, if the concession in favour of that other State shall have been gratuitous, or in return for an equivalent compensation, if the concession shall have been conditional.

Art. IV. No other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation or exportation of any article of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the two contracting States, than are or shall be pay able on the like article being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country. No prohibition shall be imposed upon the importation or exportation of any article of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of either of the two contracting parties into the territories of the other, which shall not equally extend to the importation or exportation of similar articles to the territories of any other nation.

Art. V. No other or higher duties or charges on account of tonnage, light or harbour dues, pilotage, salvage in case of damage or shipwreck, or any other local charges, shall be imposed in any

of the ports of the Republic of Paraguay on British vessels, than those payable in the same ports by Paraguayan vessels; nor in the ports of Her Britannic Majesty's dominions on Paraguayan vessels, than shall be payable in the same ports by British vessels.

Art. VI. The same duties shall be paid upon the importation and exportation of any article which is or may be legally importable or exportable into the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, and into. those of Paraguay, whether such importation or exportation be made in British or Paraguayan vessels.

Art. VII. All vessels which, according to the laws of Great Britain, are to be deemed British vessels, and all vessels which, according to the laws of Paraguay, are to be deemed Paraguayan vessels, shall, for the purposes of this Treaty, be deemed British vessels and Paraguayan vessels respectively.

Art. VIII. British subjects shall pay in the Republic of Paraguay the same import and export duties which are established, or may hereafter be established, for Paraguayan citizens. In the same manner, the latter shall pay in the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty the duties which are established, or may hereafter be established, for British subjects.

Art. IX. All merchants, commanders of ships, and others, the subjects or citizens of each country respectively, shall have full liberty, in all the territories of the other, to manage their own affairs themselves, or to commit them to the management of whomsoever they please, as agent, broker, factor, or interpreter; and they shall not be obliged to employ any other per

sons than those employed by natives, nor to pay to such persons as they shall think fit to employ, any higher salary or remuneration than such as is paid, in like cases, by natives.

The subjects of Her Britannic Majesty in Paraguay, and the citizens of Paraguay in the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, shall enjoy the same full liberty which is now or may hereafter be enjoyed by natives of each country respectively, to buy from and sell to whom they like, all articles of lawful commerce, and to fix the prices thereof as they shall see good, without being affected by any monopoly, contract, or exclusive privilege of sale or purchase; subject, however, to the general ordinary contributions or imposts established by law.

The subjects and citizens of either of the contracting parties, in the territories of the other, shall enjoy full and perfect protection for their persons and property, and shall have free and open access to the courts of justice for the prosecution and defence of their just rights. They shall enjoy in this respect the same rights and privileges as native subjects or citizens; and they shall be at liberty to employ, in all causes, the advocates, attorneys, or agents of whatever description, whom they may think proper.

Art. X. In whatever relates to the police of the ports, the lading and unlading of ships, the warehousing and safety of merchandize, goods, and effects, the succession to personal estates by will or otherwise, and the disposal of personal property of every sort and denomination by sale, donation, exchange, or testament, or in any

other manner whatsoever, as also with regard to the administration of justice, the subjects and citizens of each contracting party shall enjoy, in the dominions or territories of the other, the same privileges, liberties, and rights, as native subjects or citizens; and shall not be charged, in any of these respects, with any other or higher imposts or duties than those which are or may be paid by native subjects or citizens; subject always to the local laws and regulations of such dominions or territories.

In the event of any subject or citizen of either of the two contracting parties dying without will or testament, in the dominions or territories of the other contracting party, the Consul-General, Consul, or Vice-Consul of the nation to which the deceased may belong, or in his absence the representative of such Consul-General, Consul, or Vice-Consul, shall, so far as the laws of each country will permit, take charge of the property which the deceased may have left, for the benefit of his lawful heirs and creditors, until an executor or administrator be named by the said Consul-General, Consul, or Vice-Consul, or his representative.

Art. XI. The subjects of Her Britannic Majesty residing in the Republic of Paraguay, and the citizens of the Republic of Paraguay residing in the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, shall be exempted from all compulsory military service whatsoever, whether by sea or land, and from all forced loans or military exaction or requisitions; and they shall not be compelled to pay any charges, requisitions, or taxes, other or

higher than those that are or may be paid by native subjects or citizens.

Art. XII. It shall be free for each of the two contracting parties to appoint Consuls for the protection of trade, to reside in the dominions and territories of the other party; but before any Consul shall act as such, he shall, in the usual form, be approved and admitted by the Government to which he is sent; and either of the contracting parties may except from the residence of Consuls such particular places as either of them may judge fit to be excepted.

The diplomatic agents and Consuls of Her Britannic Majesty in the Republic of Paraguay shall enjoy whatever privileges, exemptions, and immunities are or may be there granted to the diplomatic agents and Consuls of any other nation whatever; and in like manner, the diplomatic agents and Consuls of the Republic of Paraguay in the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty shall enjoy whatever privileges, exemptions, and immunities are or may be there granted to agents of any other nation whatever.

Art. XIII. For the better security of commerce between the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty and the citizens of the Republic of Paraguay, it is agreed that if, at any time, any interruption of friendly intercourse, or any rupture should unfortunately take place between the two contracting parties, the subjects or citizens of either of the said contracting parties who may be established in the dominions or territories of the other, in the exercise of any trade or special employment, shall

have the privilege of remaining and continuing such trade or employment therein, without any manner of interruption, in full enjoyment of their liberty and property, as long as they behave peaceably and commit no offence against the laws; and their goods and effects, of whatever description they may be, whether in their own custody or entrusted to individuals or to the State, shall not be liable to seizure or sequestration, or to any other charges or demands than those which may be made upon the like effects or property belonging to native subjects or citizens. If, however, they prefer to leave the country, they shall be allowed the time they may require to liquidate their accounts and dispose of their property, and a safeconduct shall be given them to embark at the ports which they shall themselves select. Consequently, in the case referred to of a rupture, the public funds of the contracting States shall never be confiscated, sequestered, or detained.

Art. XIV. The subjects or citizens of either of the two contracting parties, residing in the dominions or territories of the other, shall enjoy, in regard to their houses, persons, and properties, the protection of the Government in as full and ample a manner as native subjects or citizens.

In like manner the subjects or citizens of each contracting party shall enjoy, in the dominions or territories of the other, full liberty of conscience, and shall not be molested on account of their religious belief; and such of those subjects or citizens as may die in the territories of the other party, shall be buried in the public ceme

remain and reside in any part of the said territories respectively, and hire and occupy houses and warehouses; and may trade, by wholesale or retail, in all kinds of produce, manufactures, and merchandize of lawful commerce; enjoying the same exemptions and privileges as native subjects, and subject always to the same laws and established customs as native subjects.

In like manner the ships of war of each contracting party, respectively, shall have liberty to enter into all harbours, rivers, and places within the territories of the other, to which the ships of war of other nations are or may be permitted to come, to anchor there, and to remain and refit; subject always to the laws and regulations of the two countries, respectively.

The stipulations of this Article do not apply to the coasting trade, which each contracting party reserves to itself, respectively, and shall regulate according to its own laws.

Art. III. The two contracting parties hereby agree that any favour, privilege, or immunity what ever in matters of commerce or navigation, which either contracting party has actually granted, or may hereafter grant, to the subjects or citizens of any other State, shall be extended to the subjects or citizens of the other contracting party, gratuitously, if the concession in favour of that other State shall have been gratuitous, or in return for a compensation as nearly as possible of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement, if the concession shall have been conditional.

Art. IV. No other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation into the dominions of

Her Britannic Majesty of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Hawaiian Islands, and no other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation into the Hawaiian Islands of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of Her Britannic Majesty's dominions, than are or shall be payable on the like article, being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country. Nor shall any other or higher duties or charges be imposed in the territories of either of the contracting parties on the exportation of any article to the territories of the other, than such as are or may be payable on the exportation of the like article to any other foreign country. No prohibition shall be imposed upon the importation of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of either of the two contracting parties into the territories of the other, which shall not equally extend to the importation of the like articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other country. Nor shall any prohibition be imposed upon the exportation of any article from the territories of either of the two contracting parties to the territories of the other, which shall not equally extend to the exportation of the like article to the territories of all other nations.

Art. V. No other or higher duties or charges on account of tonnage, light, or harbour dues, pilotage, quarantine, salvage in case of damage or shipwreck, or any other local charges, shall be imposed in any of the ports of the Hawaiian Islands, on British vessels, than those payable in the same ports by Hawaiian vessels;