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 AGREEMENT-EGYPT. Novnmmu 16, 1884. 1005 made public,_to the end that the same may be observed and fulilled with good iluth by the United States and the citizens thereof; In witness whereof, I have hereunto caused the seal of the United States to be uilixed. Given under my hand at the City of Wasliingtou, this seventh day of May, ID the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and {san.] eighty-tive, and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and ninth. _ GROVER CLEVELAND. By the President: T. F. BAYARD, Secrctaojn; of State. [1'hsfollmcing is as translation of the printed ojieial French version of the Convention betwcen the Hellenic Government! and the Egyptian Government eosclnded March 3, 1884, the provisions of which have been made applicable lo the United States by thsfongotng Agreement.] A CONVENTION RELATIVE T0 COMMERCE AND CUSTOMS. His Excellency Nubar_ Pasha, President of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Com.,,,,,,,,,, M_ Foreign Atfairs of His Highness the Khedive, and Mr. Anasthssius Byzantios, Diplo- tween Greece and matic Agent and Consul-General of Greece, having been duly authorized by their E t respective Governments, have agreed upon the following: ‘ gyp ' Axrucua I. Greek commerce in E t and Egyptian commerce in Greece shu.11 be treated as M{ I refgnrds customs dutiesjrxxlth when goods are imported and exported, as the commerce ngtigilt c]“:;0rH 0 the most favored nation. Anrxcnm II. . No prohibitory measure shall be adopted in respect to the reciprocal import or ex- 1 ·. port trade of the two countries, without being likewise extended to all other nations. i glglgramgzzgg, t is nevertheless understood that this restriction shall not apply to such special must be applied measures as may be adopted by either country for the purpose 0 protecting itself imPm·t,,,uy_ against epizooty, phylloxern. or any other scourge. Anncu: III. ' The E yptian Government pledges itself, with the exceptions mentionedt' le · V I. hereiénstter, not to prohibit the importation into Egypt of any article, therpgddnct Ggezgcxswzls if of the soil and industry of Greece, from whatever place such article may come. to Ewvlm not ,0 bo prchrihited. Anucuc IV. The duties to be levied in Egypt on the productions of the soil and industry of Egyptian intl}? Greece, from whatever place they may come, shall be regulated by a tsritf which shell lc UG pf$*D¤!‘6'•l by be prepared by commissioners appointed for this purpose by the two Governments. c¤m_u¤¤¤>·¤>m*r¤· A fixed duty of 8 per cent. ud valorem shall be taken as the basis of this tsrit}, the Fixed duty of B said duty to be computed ou the price of the goods in the port of diseherge; the per cent. ad valor- ° Egyptian Government, however, reserves the privilege of raising the duties on dis- em to be taken uu tilled beverages, wines and fnncy noticles; but those duties shall, in no case, exceed basis. su\r_1cct to the rate of 16 per cent. ad valorern. exceptions. The l·Lg_yption Government likewise reserves the right to reduce the duties on Right iv ¤·d¤{€•* articles prime necessity that are imported into Egypt, to 5 per cent., and even to and abolish duties abolish them entirely. ou srticlesof prime uecessnty. Customs duties shall be collected without prejudice to the penalties provided, in Duties to be colcases ot fraud and smuggling, by the regulations. loc ted without prcjnt ice. Annex.: V. Tobacco, in all its forms, and tombae, together with salt, nutron, hsshish, and salt· Tobs.cco,etc.,expen-r are excluded from the stipulations ot this convention. cluded from con- 'l‘he Egyptian Government retains an absolute right in respect to these articles, the vention. régime o which shall be applicable to Greek subjects on the same terms as to its own ubjects. ‘ S The E _ tian Government may institute, in warehouses or dwellings, any imma- Right to search diate sesgrzh that it may deem necessary. A duplicate of the order of search shall he warehouses sud sent to the Greek consular ollcer, who mnv repair to the spot at once, if he think dwellings. proper, although that formality shall not delay the search.