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 0ONVENT[ON—HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. JAN. 30, 1875. 697 Anriomc V. The present convention shall take effect as soon as it shall have been \Vhen to rake approved and proclaimedby His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian °*Y*>°'·· Islands, and shall have been ratified and duly proclaimed on the part of Posi, p. 668. the Government of the United States, but not until a law to carry it · into operation shall have been passed by the Congress of the United States of America. Such assent having been given and the ratifications of the convention having been exchanged as provided in article VI, the convention shall remain in force for seven years, from the date H°W1°¤S to ¤‘°· at which it may come into operation; and further, until the expiration ““""“ “‘ f°“"" of twelve months after either of the high contracting parties shall give notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same; each of the high contracting parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other at the end of the said term of seven years, or at any time thereafter. Anrionn VI. The present convention shall be duly ratified, and the ratincations _ Exchange <>frat· — exchanged at Washington city, within eighteen months from the date *6°*m°“·“- hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries of the high contract- Signature. ing parties have signed this present convention, and have affixed thereto their respective seals. Done in duplicate, at Wasliington, the thirtieth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five. [sean HAMILTON FISH. lsnniii ELISHA H. ALLEN. [sam.,] HENRY A. P. CARTER. And whereas the said convention, as amended,has been duly ratified Ratification. on both parts, and the respective ratitications were exchanged in this city on this day: _ _ Now, therefore, be it known that I, ULYSSES S. GRANT, President of Proclamation. the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good iaith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be aihxed. b Done at the city of Washington this third day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the ninety- ninth. . U. S. GRANT. By the President: Haivnimon Frsrr, Secretary of State.