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 CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. 1815. 229 the growth, produce, or manufacture, of the United States, or of his Britannick majesty’s territories in Europe, to or from the said territories of his Britannick majesty in Europe, or to or from the said United States, which shall not equally extend to all other nations. No higher or other duties or charges shall be imposed in any of the Equality of ports of the United States on British vessels, than those payable in the *l¤¢i¢¤ ¤¤ Aww same ports by vessels of the United States; nor in the ports of any of {£Q‘;:;‘;£“' his Britannick majesty’s territories in Europe on the vessels of the ` United States, than shall be payable in the same ports on British vessels. The same duties shall be paid on the importation into the United Same duties States of any articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture, of his Bri- 0** P¤'°d¤<>¢l0¤¤ tannick majesty’s territories in Europe, whether such importation shall °f°&°h°°umry‘ be in vessels of the United States or in British vessels, and the same duties shall be paid on the importation into the ports of any of his Britannick majesty’s territories in Europe, of any article, the growth, produce, or manufacture, of the United States, whether such importation shall be in British vessels or in vessels of the United States. The same duties shall be paid, and the same bounties allowed, on the Equality of exportation of any articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture, of his d“*l°€ °“d& Britannick majesty’s territories in Europe to the United States, whether b°um1°S' °' such exportation shall be in vessels of the United States or in British vessels; and the same duties shall be paid, and the same bounties allowed, on the exportation of any articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture, of the United States, to his Britannick majesty’s territories in Europe, whether such exportation shall be in British vessels or in vessels of the United States. It is further agreed, that in all cases where drawbacks are, or maybe, Drawbacks allowed upon the re-exportation of any goods, the growth, produce, or ilw ¤¤¤¤¢, &¤- manufacture, of either country, respectively, the amount of the said drawbacks shall be the same, whether the said goods shall have been originally imported in a British or an American vessel; but when such re-exportation shall take place from the United States in a British vessel, or from the territories of his Britannick majesty in Europe in an American vessel, to any other foreign nation, the two contracting parties reserve to themselves, respectively, the right of regulating or diminishlng, in such case, the amount of the said drawback. Intercounty The intercourse between the United States and his Britannick ma- wh:i}°(¥'*'¤h jesty’s possessions in the West Indies, and on the continent of North ,,,,§SN0:,};°° America, shall not be affected by any of the provisions of this article, American Cunbut each party shall remain in the complete possession of its rights, with ;lg:’;*;Lf°:§§;:· respect to such an intercourse. ed by this e I smc e. ART. 3. His Britannick majesty agrees that the vessels of the United vamp, of States of America shall be admitted and hospitably received at the prin- U. S. may trade cipal settlements of the British dominions in the East Indies, vide licet: :,;cC$l:;'3“,n Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and Prince of Wales' Island; and that the ,,,,;},1,,, ml em citizens of the said United States may freely carry on trade between tirelytprm the said principal settlements and the said United States, in all articles l"b“" · of which the importation and exportation, respectively, to and from the said territories, shall not be entirely prohibited; provided only, that it shall not be lawful for them, in any time of war between the British government and any state or power whatever, to export from the said territories, without the special permission of the British government, any military stores, or naval stores, or rice. The citizens of the United States Citizens of shall pay for their vessels, when admitted, no higher or other duty or charge 262 y£r:<;g>¤Y than shall be payable on the vessels of the most favoured European na- paid on vessel, tions, and they shall pay no higher or other duties or charges on the of the moat_ importation or exportation of the cargoes of the said vegsels, than shall f¤V<>¤¤‘¤d ¤¤¤<>¤