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 NETHERLANDS, 1852. 545 on tlae like goods and merchandise imported or exported in national vesse s. The bounties, drawbacks, and other privileges of this nature which Bountios and may be granted in the States of either of the contracting parties, on d*¤W‘>¤¢k¤- goods imported or exported in national vessels, shallalso and in like manner be granted on goods imported or exported in vessels of the other country. Aurrrcuz II. The above reciprocal equality in relation to the flags of the two coun- R¤<=iP¤><=*¤‘ W tries is understood to extend also to the ports of the colonies and domin- "‘°°“d °° °°i°”i°“· ions of the Netherlands beyond the seas, in which goods and merchandise, whatever their origin may be, imported or exported from and to any other country in vessels of the United States, shall pay no higher or other duties than shall be levied on the like goods and merchandise imported or exported from and to the same places in vessels of the Netherlands. The bounties, drawbacks, or other privileges of similar denomination which may be there granted on goods and merchandise imported or exported in vessels of the Netherlands shall also, and in like manner, be granted on goods and merchandise imported or exported in vessels of the United States. Ancrrcnn H1. Neither party shall impose upon the vessels of the other, whether car- Tonnage duties, rying cargoes or arriving in ballast from either of the two countries, or &°· any other country, any duties of tonnage, harbor dues, li ght-house. salvage, pilotage, quarantine, or port charges of any kind or denomination, which shall not be imposed in like case on national vessels. Aarrcnm IV. The present arrangement does not extend to the coasting trade and fish- Coasting trade eries of the two countries respectively, which are exclusively allowed to Md fisheriesnational vessels: it being moreover understood that, in the East Indian Archipelago of the Netherlands, the trade from island to island is considered as coasting trade, and likewise in the United States, the trade between their ports on the Atlantic and their ports on the Pacific; and _ if, at any time, either the Netherlands or the United States shall allow to any other nation the whole or any part of the said coasting trade, the sa-me trade shall be allowed on the same footing and to the same extent to the other party. It being, however, expressly understood and agreed that nothing in this article shall prevent the vessels of either nation from entering and landing a portion of their inward cargoes at one port of the other nation, and then proceeding to any other port or ports ot' the same, to enter and land the remainder, nor from preventing them in like manner from loading a portion of their outward cargoes at one port and proceeding to another port or ports to complete their lading, such landing or lading to be done under the same rules and regulations as the two governments may respectively establish for their national vessels in like cases. Arvrrcrn V. The above reciprocal equality in relation to the lla-gs of the two Di scriminating countries is not understood to prevent the Government of the Nether- d¤¤°¤· lands from levying discriminating duties of import or export in favor of the direct trade between Holland and her colonies and dominions beyond the seas; but American vessels engaged in such direct commerce shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities, whether as regards import or export duties, or otherwise, that are or may be enjoyed by vessels under the Dutch flag. Likewise, the United States shall continue to levy the discriminating duties imposed by the present tariff on teas and coffee, in favor of the direct importation of these articles from the place of their growth, but also without discriminating between the flags of the two countries. And if, at any time, the Netherlands or the United rt s IV—-35