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184 circumstances, and which shall be owned by any citizen or citizens thereof, and whereof the master and three-fourths of the mariners are citizens of Mexico, excepting where the laws provide for any extreme cases, shall be considered as Mexican vessels.

And it is further agreed, that every vessel qualified to trade, as above described, under the provisions of this treaty shall be furnished with a register, passport, or sea-letter, under the signature of the proper person authorized to grant the same, according to the laws of the respective countries (the form of which shall be communicated), certifying the name, occupation, and residence of the owner or owners, in the dominions of his Britannic Majesty, or in the territories of Mexico, as the case may be; together with the name, burden, and description of the vessel as to build and measurement, and the several particulars constituting the national character of the vessel, as the case may be.

All merchants, commanders of shipping, and others the subjects of his Britannic Majesty, shall have full liberty, in all the territories of