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 392 ruanrc tranairrns. nage or cargoes of vessels of the United States, than is levied and collected upon the tonnage and cargoes of vessels of the Kingdom of Hanover; and the vessels of the United States shall be subjected to no charges, detention, or other inconvenience by the Hanoverian authorities, in passing the above-mentioned place, from which vessels of the Kingdom of Hanover are or shall be exempt. Aacrromr II. Coasting trade. The preceding article is not applicable to the coasting trade and navigation of the high contracting parties, which are respectively reserved by each exclusively to its own subjects or citizens. Aucrrorn III. No preference of No priority or preference shall be given by either of the contracting lmP°”°*i°°- parties, nor by any company, corporation, or agent acting on their behalf, or under their authority, in the purchase of any article of commerce, lawfully imported, on account of or in reference to the national character of the vessel, whether it be of the one party or of the other, in which such article was imported. Aarrcrn IV. wrecked and The ancient and barbarous right to wrecks of the sea shall remain damaged ve¤¤e1¤· entirely abolished with respect to the property belonging to the citizens or subjects of the high contracting parties. When any vessel of either party shall be wrecked, stranded, or otherwise damaged on the coasts or within the dominions of the other, their respective citizens or subjects shall receive, as well for themselves as fdr their vessels and effects, the same assistance which would be due to the inhabitants of the country where the accident happens. Salvage. They shall be liable to pay the same charges and dues of salvage as the said inhabitants would be liable to pay in a like case. R,,p,,i,,, of ve,. If the operations of repairs shall require that the whole or any part eels. of the cargo be unloaded, they shall pay no duties of custom, charges, or fees on the part which they shall reload and carry away, except such as are payable in the like case by national vessels. It is nevertheless understood_ that if, whilst the vessel is under repair, the cargo shall be unladen and kept in a place of deposite destined to receive goods, the duties on which have not been paid, the cargo shall be liable to the charges and fees lawfully due to the keepers of such warehouses. Aarrcrn V. To what vessels The privileges secured by the present treaty to the respective vessels privileges extend- of the high contracting parties shall only extend to such as are built within their respective territories, or lawfully condemned as prize of war, or adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the municipal laws of either of the high contracting parties, and belongin g wholly to their citizens or subjects. It is furt er stipulated that vesselsof the Kingdom of Hanover may select their crews from any of the States of the Germanic Confederation, provided that the master of each be a subject of the Kingdom of Hanover. Amrromz VI. Equality of du- No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into ll¤_¤ ¤¤ v¤‘<><l¤¢=e the United States of any articles the growth, produce, or niaiiufacwfé °f°‘u‘°‘°°““°'Y· of the Kingdom of Hanover, or of its fisheries, and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the Kingdom of Hanover of any articles the growth, produce, and manufacture of the United