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 TREATY—-TONGA. OCTOBER Q, 1886. 144i hereto aliirin the principle of the law of nations that no privilege *"**il€‘¤€‘S ·€¤'¤¤**>d granted for equiva ent or on account of propinquitv or other specml for equmlems conditions comes under the stipulations herein contained as to favored nations. ` ARTICLE III. Citizens of the United States in Tonga, and Tongans in the United a,,lQ"§§?Qs§}‘;“ *0 "“"d" States. may visit sojourn and trade in any part of the respective ju- _ J i risdictions, and rent, occupy and improve lands and erect dwellings, offices and ware-houses thereon. subject to the laws and regulations of the country; which shall however in no case, except in respect of employment as laborers, be more restrictive than those imposed upon V the citizens or subjects of the respective country, or upon the citizens or subjects of the most-favored nation. ARTICLE IV. There shall be reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation be- C¢?¤¤¤·¤¤*<‘= Md writween the United States and the Tonga Islands, and no duty of cus- gw0n`. toms or other impost shall be charged upon any goods being the produce or manufacture of one country, when imported therefrom into the other country,iother or higher than is charged upon the same, the produce or manufacture of or imported from any other country. ARTICLE V. No other or higher duties or charges on account of harbor dues, H°*‘b<>*·¤*¤··d¤¢S· pilotage. quarantine, salvage in case of damage or ship-wreck or Q other shi ping charges shall be imposed in the dominions of the King of ifonga on vessels of the Uthited States, or in the United States on Tongan vesmls, than are imposed on vessels belonging to the most—favored nation. ARTICLE VI. The ships-of—war of either of the High Contracting Parties may Rights ot smpser. Gntcr all ports, places and waters within the jurisdiction of the other, ‘"“" to anchor and remain, take in stores, refit and repair. subject to the laws and regulations of the country. To enable this privilege to be carried out in his dominions, the Kin of Tonga agrees to se<·ure to the government of the United States by lease at nominal rent. with m};fg€1qf!j;¤lg}§;f£· Covenants of renewal, all rights of free use of necessary ground in ' any harbor of the Tonga Islands which shall be mutually agreed upon, for the purpose of establishing a permanent coaling and repairstation. the rights of Tongan sovereignty therein being fully reserved and admitted: and in selecting a station for this purpose. due regard shall be had for any similar concession which the King of Tonga has or may have granted by treaty to any other government. ARTICLE VII. All steam vessels which may be employed by the Government of $******11 mu wwwthe United States in the carrying of their mails in and across the Pacific Ocean shall have free access to all ports of the Tonga Islands, and shall be there subject only to one-third of the usual harbor and pilotage dues, prmsiderl that no vessel shall be entitled to such exemption except upon condition of carrying free of charge the Tongan minis to ports of destination and call of such vessel. ARTICLE VIII. ‘ Tl1G Whalin or fishin vessels of the United States shall have free ugelmling access to the gem, and harbors of Tonga, and m the ports of entry °“”“"_ R STAT L-VOL XXV-—91