RECIPROCITY, continued. jesty may pro- Corn from such Duties or Charges than are levied on the like goods, of whatever production, when so imported in National vessels, or shall so subject any article of the growth, produce, or manufacture of His Majesty's dominions, when imported from any of such dominions, in British vessels, or in National vessels, to any Duties or Charges which would not be payable on the like article, the growth, &c. of any other Country, and imported from such other Country in National vessels; or shall grant any Bounties, Drawbacks, or Allowances, on the Exportation of any Articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign power, which hath not also been granted on the exportation from any port or place within the dominions thereof, of the like articles, being the growth, &c. of His Majesty's dominions; then and in any of the cases aforesaid, His Majesty, with the advice of his Privy Council, may prohibit the importation of any sort of Corn, Grain, Meal, or Flour from the dominions of such Foreign State or Power; and His Majesty may revoke or renew any such prohibition, as there shall be occasion. -9 Geo. IV. c. 60. § 7. Additional Duties on Foreign Merchandize may be levied not exceeding onefifth of the amount of any existing Duty. His Majesty is empowered, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order and direct, that there shall be levied and collected any additional Duty, not exceeding one-fifth of the amount of any existing duty upon all goods or merchandize, the growth, produce, or manufacture of any Country which shall levy higher or other duties upon any article the growth, produce, &c. of any of His Majesty's dominions, than upon the like article, the growth, &c. of any other foreign Country; and in like manner, to impose such additional Duties upon all or any goods when imported in the ships of any Country which shall levy higher duties on any goods, when imported in British ships, than when imported in the National ships of such Country, or which shall levy higher or other tonnage, or port, or other Duties upon British ships, than upon such National ships, or which shall not place the commerce or navigation of this kingdom upon the footing of the most favoured nation, in the ports of such country, and either to prohibit the importation of any manufactured article, the produce of such country, if the export of the raw material of which such article is wholly or in part made, being prohibited from such country to the British dominions, or to impose an additional duty, not exceeding one-fifth as aforesaid, upon such manufactured RECIPROCITY, continued. article; and also to impose such additional duty, in the event of such raw material being subject to any duty, upon being exported from the said country to any of His Majesty's dominions. -6 Geo. IV. c. 111. § 5. Additional Du ty on Goods imported in Ne therland Ves sels. And whereas higher and other Duties are levied in the ports of the United Netherlands on certain goods when imported in British ships than when imported in Netherland ships; His Majesty doth therefore, under the authority of the Act 6 Geo. IV. c. 111, (above recited,) by and with the advice of his Privy Council, order, that upon all goods imported into the United Kingdom in Netherland ships, from and after the 30th Jan. 1826, there shall be levied and collected, in addition to the existing duties otherwise payable upon the importation of such goods, a further duty amounting to one-fifth part of such existing duties.-Order in Council, 30 Jan. 1826. In what Re sists. The vessels of the following Kingdoms and States, entering the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in ballast or laden, or departing from ciprocity conthe said ports, together with the cargoes on board the same, (consisting of cargoes which may be legally imported or exported,) shall be subject to such and the like duties only, (from the date of their respective orders annexed,) as are paid on British ships, and on similar Articles when imported or exported in British vessels; and such Articles, when exported from the said ports in such Foreign vessels, shall be entitled to the same Bounties, Drawbacks, &c. that are granted on similar Articles when exported in British vessels. RECIPROCITY, continued. A LIST of the COUNTRIES or STATES with which Treaties of Reciprocity, or Commercial Agreements, have been concluded, viz. Note. It must be understood, that as the dates here given are not in all cases the dates on which the reciprocity commenced, reference must be had to the Treaties or Orders themselves, which follow in consecutive order. * Treaty or Convention. See Hanse Towns. Order in Council. See United Provinces of Rio de la Plata. See Sweden. 13 RECIPROCITY WITH FOREIGN POWERS. CONVENTION OF COMMERCE WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Signed at London, the 3d of July, 1815. ARTICLE 1.-There shall be between all the territories of his Britannic Majesty in Europe, and the territories of the United States, a reciprocal liberty of commerce. The inhabitants of the two countries respectively shall have liberty freely and securely to come with their ships and cargoes to all such places, ports, and rivers in the territories aforesaid, to which other foreigners are permitted to come; to enter into the same, and to remain and reside in any parts of the said territories respectively; also, to hire and occupy houses and warehouses, for the purposes of their commerce; and generally the merchants and traders of each nation respectively shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce; but subject to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively. Art. 2.-No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the territories of his Britannic Majesty in Europe of any articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States; and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the United States of any articles, the growth, produce or manufacture of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe; than are or shall be payable on the like articles, being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country; nor shall any higher or other duties or charges be imposed in either of the two countries on the exportation of any articles to his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, or to the United States, respectively, than such as are payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be imposed upon the exportation or importation of any articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, or of his Britannic Majesty's territories 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 ports of the United States on British vessels, than those payable in the same ports by vessels of the United States; nor in the ports of any of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe on the vessels of the United States, than shall be payable in the same ports on British vessels. AMERICA, Continued. The same duties shall be paid on the importation into the United States of any articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, whether such importation shall 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 Britannic 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 exportation of any articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, to the United States, whether 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 Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, whether such exportation shall be in British vessels, or in vessels of the United States. In all cases where drawbacks are or may be allowed upon the re-exportation of any goods, the growth, produce, or 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 American vessel; but when such re-exportation shall take place from the United States in a British vessel, or from the territories of his Britannic 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 diminishing in such case the amount of the said drawback. The intercourse between the United States and his Britannic Majesty's possessions in the West Indies, and on the continent of North America, shall not be affected by any of the provisions of this article, but each party shall remain in the complete possession of its rights, with respect to such intercourse. Art. 3.-His Britannic Majesty agrees that the vessels of the United States of America shall be admitted and hospitably received at the principal settlements of the British dominions in the East Indies, viz., Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and Prince of Wales's Island; and that the citizens of the said United States may freely carry on trade between the said principal settlements and the said United States, in all articles of which the importation and exportation respectively, to and from the said territories, shall not be entirely prohibited: provided only |