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 732 PUBLIC TREATIES. Anrrom I1. udi or dn- r hi her duties im osts or charges, whatsoever, shall be °m‘°' °°'"'°"‘ of Sweden and Norway, of the produce or manufactures of the United States, nor on the importation into the United States of the produce or manufactures of the territories of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, than thoseto which the same articles would be subjected in each of the two countries, respectively, if these articles were the growth, produce, or manufacture, of any other country. The same principle shall likewise be observed in respect to exportation, in such manner that in each of the two countries, respectively, the articles which shall be exported for the other, cannot be charged with any duty, impost, or charge, whatsoever, higher or other than those to which the same articles would be subjected if they were exported to any other country whatever. _ _ Equnlity vf PN Nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the exportation or importal'“’m°"'· tion of any article, the growth, produce, or manutacture, of the territories of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, or of the United States, to or from the said territories of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, or to or from the said United States, which shall not equally extend to all other nations. Equality of du- Swedish or Norwegian vessels arriving in ballast, or importing into exporting from the United States the produce or manufactures of said States, shall not be obliged to pay, either for the vessels or the cargoes, any other or higher duties, imposts, or charges, whatsoever, than those which the vessels of the United States would pay in the same circumstances; and, vice versa, the vessels of the United States, arriving in ballast, or importing into the territories under the dominion of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway the produce or manufactures of the United States, or exporting from the territories under the dominion of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway the produce or manufactures of these territories, shall not pay, either for the vessels or the cargoes, any other or higher duties, imposts, or charges, whatsoever, than those which would be paid if these articles were transported by Swedi h or Norwegian vessels, respectively. Ports of St- Bar That which is here above stipulated shall also extend to the Swedislr advantages which the vessels of the United States shall enjoy in its ports, as in relation to those which the vessels of the colony shall enjoy in the ports of the United States, provided the owners are inhabitants of St. Barthelemy, and there established and naturalized, and shall have there caused their vessels to be naturalized. Anrxcnn III.* His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway agrees that all articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the West Indies, which are permitted to be imported in Swedish or Norwegian vessels, whether these articles be imported, directly or indirectly, from said Indies, may likewise be imported into its territories in vessels of the United States, and there shall not be paid, either for the said vessels or the cargoes, any higher or other duties, imposts, or charges, whatsoever, than those which would be paid by Swedish or Norwegian vessels in the same circumstances, with an addition only of ten per centum on the said duties, imposts, and charges, and no more. In order to avoid misapprehension in this respect, it is expressly declared, that the term _“ West Indies” ought to be taken in its most extensive sense, comprising all that portion of the earth, whether main. 'This article was not ratified.
 * ·i£%>¤ P'g>d¤°¤ of imggsgdbgtli the iufportaticn into the territories of His Majesty the King
 * °° °” "°'°°l°· the United States the produce or manufactures of their countries, or
 * h°l°”’°"· colony of St. Barthelemy, as well in what relates to the rights and