advantages, as the case may be; and in the event of any article or articles being concluded between the said High Contracting Parties for giving effect to such stipulations, it is hereby agreed that the article or articles which may hereafter be so concluded, shall be considered as forming part of the present Treaty.

No. 22.

It is further agreed, that in all cases where, in either Kingdom, the duty to be levied upon any goods imported shall be, not a fixed rate, but a proportion of the value of the goods, such ad valorem duty shall be ascertained and secured in the following manner, that is to say: The importer shall, on making his entry for the payment of duty at the Custom House of either Country, sign a declaration stating the value of the goods at such amount as he shall deem proper; and in case the representative officer or officers of the Customs should be of opinion that such value is insufficient, he or they shall be at liberty to take the goods, on paying the importer the value according to his declaration, together with the addition of 10 per cent. and on returning the duty paid. The amount of these sums to be paid by the said officer or officers on delivery of the goods to him or them, which must be within fifteen days from the first detention of the goods.

No. 23.

The stipulations of the present Treaty shall not apply to the coasting trade carried on between port and port in the dominions of either Contracting Party by the sailing or steam vessels of the other, so far as regards the carrying of passengers, merchandise, or articles of commerce; this trade being reserved exclusively to national vessels.

No. 24.

The subjects of the Ionian Islands, shall, in consequence of their being actually under the immediate protection of Her Britannic Majesty, enjoy all the advantages which are granted to the commerce and to the subjects of Great Britain by the present Treaty; it being well understood that, to prevent all abuses, and to prove its identity, every Ionian vessel shall be furnished with a patent signed by the Lord High Commissioner or his representative.

No. 25.

The present Treaty shall remain in force during the space of ten years, dating from the exchange of ratifications thereof; and further until the expiration of twelve months after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to put an end thereto each of the High Contracting Parties reserving to itself

:

the right of giving such notice to the other, at the expiration of the first nine years; and it is agreed between them that at the expiration of twelve months after such notice shall have been received by either of the High Contracting Parties from the other, the present Treaty and all the stipulations contained therein shall cease to be binding on the two Parties.

No. 26.

The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof exchanged at at the expiration of one month, or sooner, if possible. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at

No. 27.*

That the ships of either Party shall have free liberty to enter into any port or river belonging to the dominions of the Other, where they shall pay duties only for what they sell, and for the rest, may freely export it again without molestation; and shall enjoy all other accustomed privileges.

No. 28.

That there shall not be any seizure made of any of the ships of either Party either at sea or in port; but they shall pass without any interruption, they displaying their colours; and to prevent any misunderstandings the ships of shall be furnished with certificates, under the hand and seal of the British Consul, of their belonging to which they are to produce on meeting any English ship, on board of whom they shall have liberty of sending two men only, peaceably to satisfy themselves of their being English, who, as well as any passengers of any other nations they may have on board, shall go free, both they and their goods.

No. 29.

That if an English ship receive on board any goods or passengers belonging to the kingdom of they shall be bound to defend them and their goods, so far as lieth in their power, and not deliver them unto their enemies; and the better to prevent any unjust demands being made on the crown of Great Britain, and to avoid disputes and differences that might arise, all goods and merchandise that shall from henceforward be shipped by the subjects of

either in this port, or in any other whatsoever on board the ships or

* The remaining clauses are generally those inserted in Treaties with Barbary States.

vessels belonging to Great Britain, shall be first entered in the office of Cancelleria, before the British Consul residing at the respective port, expressing the quantity, quality, and value of the goods so shipped, which the said Consul is to manifest in the clearance given to the said ship or vessel before she departs: to the end that if any cause of complaint should happen hereafter, there may be no greater claims made on the British nation than by this method shall be proved to be just and equitable.

No. 30.

That if any of the ships of either Party shall by accident and foul weather or otherwise be cast away upon any of the coasts belonging to the Other, the persons shall be free, and the goods saved and delivered to the proprietors thereof.

No. 31.

That the English which do at present, or shall at any time hereafter, inhabit in the city or kingdom of shall have free liberty, when they please, to transport themselves, with their families and children, although born in the country.

No. 32.

That the people belonging to the dominions of either Party shall not be abused with ill-language or otherwise ill-treated; but the parties so offending shall be punished severely according to their deserts.

No. 33.

That the Consul or any other of the English nation residing in shall not be obliged to make their addresses, in any difference, unto any Court of Justice, but to the Bashaw or Dey himself, from whom only they shall receive judgment, in case the difference should happen between a subject of Great Britain and another of this Government, or any other foreign nation; but if it should be between two of Her Britannic Majesty's subjects, then it is to be decided by the British Consul only.

No. 34.

That neither the English Consul nor any other of Her Majesty's subjects shall be liable to pay the debts of any other of the nation, unless particularly bound thereto under his own hand.

No. 35.

That whereas the island of Minorca, in the Mediterranean Sea, and

the city of Gibraltar in Spain, do now belong to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain. It is hereby agreed and fully concluded, that from this time forward for ever, the said island of Minorca shall be esteemed (as likewise Gibraltar) by the Government of to be in every respect part of Her Britannic Majesty's dominions; and the inhabitants thereof shall be looked upon as Her Majesty's natural born subjects, in the same manner as if they had been born in any other part of Great Britain; and they, with their ships and vessels wearing British colours, shall be permitted freely to trade and traffic in any part of the kingdom of and shall pass without any molestation whatsoever, either on the seas or elsewhere, in the same manner and with the same freedom and privileges that have been stipulated in this and all former treaties in behalf of the British nation and subjects.

No. 36.

That the better and more firmly to maintain the good correspondence and friendship that have been so long and happily established between the Crown of Great Britain and the Government of it is hereby agreed and concluded by the parties before mentioned, that none of the ships and vessels belonging to or the dominions thereof, shall be permitted to cruise or look for prizes, of any nature whatsoever, before or in sight of the aforesaid city of Gibraltar, or any of the ports in the island of Minorca, to hinder or molest any vessels bringing provisions or refreshments for Her Britannic Majesty's troops and garrisons in those places, or to give any disturbance to the trade and commerce thereof; and if any prize shall be taken by the ships or vessels of within the space of ten miles of the

aforesaid places, she shall be restored without any contradiction.

No. 37.

That all ships of war belonging to the dominions of either Party shall have free liberty to use each other's ports for washing or cleaning and repairing any of their defects, and to buy and ship off any sort of victuals, alive or dead, or any other necessaries, at the price the natives buy at in the market, without paying custom to any officer; and whereas Her Britannic Majesty's ships of war do frequently assemble and harbour in the port of Mahon in the island of Minorca, if, at any time, they or Her Majesty's troops in garrison there should be in want of provisions, and should send from thence to purchase supplies in any part of the dominions belonging to they shall be permitted to buy cattle alive or dead, and all other kinds of provisions, at the prices they are sold at in the market; and shall

be suffered to carry it off without paying duty to any officer, in the same manner as if Her Majesty's ships were themselves in the port.

No. 38.

That in case any ship of war belonging to the kingdom of

shall take in any of their enemy's ships any Englishman serving for wages, they are to be made slaves; but if merchants or passengers, they are to enjoy their liberty and goods free.

No. 39.

That if any slave of shall make his escape from thence, and get on board an English man-of-war, the said slave shall be free, and neither the English Consul, nor any of his nation, shall in any manner be questioned about the same.

No. 40.

That the better to prevent any disputes that may hereafter arise between the two Parties about salutes and public ceremonies, it is hereby agreed and concluded, that whenever any flag-officer of Great Britain shall arrive in the Bay of , in any of Her Majesty's ships

of war, there shall be shot off from the Castle of or other the nearest fortifications belonging to a number of guns, according to custom, as a royal salute to Her British Majesty's colours, and the same number shall be returned in answer thereto by Her Majesty's ships and it is hereby stipulated and agreed, that all ceremonies of honour shall be allowed to the British Consul who resides here, to represent equally in every respect Her Majesty's person to any other nation whatsoever, and no other Consul in the kingdom to be permitted before him in precedency.

No. 41.

It is moreover agreed, concluded, and established, that in case any British ship or ships, or any of the subjects of Her Majesty of Great Britain, shall import at the port of or any port of this kingdom, any warlike stores, as cannons, muskets, pistols, cannon powder or fine powder, bullets, masts, anchors, cables, pitch, tar, or the like; as also provisions, viz., wheat, barley, beans, oats, oil, or the like, for the said kinds of merchandise they shall not pay any sort of duty or custom whatever.

No. 42.

That in case a war should happen between Her Britannic Majesty and any other state or nation whatever, the ships of shall not