Feb. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 567

Despatch.—Adhesion by New Zealand to Treaty between Great Britain and the Republic of Nicaragua notified and accepted.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th February, 1908.

THE following Despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Downing Street, 19th November, 1907.

MY LORD,—With reference to Your Lordship’s despatch No. 28, of the 12th April last, I have the honour to request you to inform your Government that the adhesion of the Dominion of New Zealand to the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Nicaragua, signed at Managua on the 28th July, 1905, has been duly notified to and accepted by the Nicaraguan Government.

I have, &c.,
ELGIN.

Governor the Right Honourable Lord Plunket,
K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., &c.

THE following is a copy of the Treaty referred to in the above Despatch :—

TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE, AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA.

Signed at Managua, 28th July, 1905.

[Ratifications exchanged at London, 24th August, 1906.]

Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between Great Britain and the Republic of Nicaragua.

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; and

His Excellency the President of Nicaragua;

Being desirous to extend and facilitate the relations of commerce already existing between the two countries, have determined to conclude a new Treaty with this object, and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say :—

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, Herbert William Broadley Harrison, Esquire, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, His Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires in the Republic of Nicaragua; and

His Excellency the President of the Republic of Nicaragua, Doctor Adolfo Altamirano, Minister of Foreign Affairs;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles :—

Article I.

There shall be between the dominions and possessions of the two High Contracting Parties reciprocal freedom of commerce and navigation. The subjects or citizens of each of the two Parties shall have liberty freely to come, with their ships and cargoes, to all places, ports, and rivers in the dominions and possessions of the other to which native subjects or citizens generally are or may be permitted to come, and shall enjoy, respectively, the same rights, privileges, liberties, favours, immunities, and exemptions in matters of commerce and navigation as are or may be enjoyed by native subjects or citizens generally, without having to pay any tax or impost greater than those paid by the same, and they shall be subject to the Laws and Regulations in force.

This stipulation shall not, however, apply to the coasting trade, in respect of which the subjects or citizens of the two Parties shall enjoy the treatment of the most favoured nation.

Article II.

The free port privileges at the Port of San Juan del Norte shall be abolished, but the port shall remain open to trade, the facilities for shipping shall be maintained and improved, and sufficient bonded warehouses shall be provided.

As regards all the dues, taxes, and regulations affecting foreign trade and shipping and the system of municipal taxation, the port shall be on the same footing as the other ports of the Republic.

Article III.

No other or higher duties or charges shall be imposed on the importation into the dominions and possessions of His Britannic Majesty of any article the produce or manufacture of the Republic of Nicaragua, from whatever place arriving,

and no other or higher duties or charges shall be imposed on the importation into Nicaragua of any article the produce or manufacture of His Britannic Majesty’s dominions and possessions, from whatever place arriving, than on the like articles produced or manufactured in any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition or restriction be maintained or imposed on the importation of any article the produce or manufacture of the dominions or possessions of either of the High Contracting Parties into the dominions and possessions of the other, from whatever place arriving, which shall not equally extend to the importation of the like articles being the produce or manufacture of any other foreign country.

This last provision is not applicable to the sanitary and other prohibitions occasioned by the necessity of securing the safety of persons or of cattle, or of plants useful to agriculture.

Article IV.

No other or higher duties or charges shall be imposed in the dominions and possessions of either of the High Contracting Parties on the exportation of any article to the dominions and possessions of the other than such as are or may be payable on the exportation of the like article to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the exportation of any article from the dominions and possessions of either of the two High Contracting Parties to the dominions and possessions of the other which shall not equally extend to the exportation of the like article to any other foreign country.

Article V.

The subjects or citizens of each of the High Contracting Parties shall enjoy, in the dominions and possessions of the other, perfect equality of treatment with native subjects or citizens, or subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation, in all that relates to exemption from transit duties, warehousing, bounties, facilities, and drawbacks.

Article VI.

All articles which are or may be legally imported into the ports of the dominions and possessions of His Britannic Majesty in British vessels may be imported into those ports in Nicaraguan vessels without being liable to any other or higher duties or charges of whatever denomination than if such articles were imported in British vessels; and, similarly, all articles which are or may be legally imported into the ports of Nicaragua in Nicaraguan vessels may be imported into those ports in British vessels without being liable to any other or higher duties or charges of whatever denomination than if such articles were imported in Nicaraguan vessels. Such equality of treatment shall take effect without distinction, whether such articles come directly from the place of origin or from any other place.

In the same manner, there shall be perfect equality of treatment in regard to exportation, so that the same export duties and railway charges shall be paid, and the same bounties and drawbacks allowed, in the dominions and possessions of either of the High Contracting Parties on any article intended for exportation which is or may be legally exported therefrom, whether such exportation shall take place in Nicaraguan or in British vessels, and whatever may be the place of destination, whether a port of either of the High Contracting Parties or of any third Power.

Article VII.

No duties of tonnage, harbour, pilotage, lighthouse, quarantine, or other similar or corresponding duties of whatever nature, or under whatever denomination, levied in the name or for the profit of government, public functionaries, private individuals, corporations, or establishments of any kind shall be imposed in the ports of the dominions and possessions of either country upon the vessels of the other country which shall not equally and under the same conditions be imposed in the like cases on national vessels in general. Such equality of treatment shall apply to the respective vessels, from whatever port or place they may arrive, and whatever may be their place of destination.

Article VIII.

In all that regards the stationing, loading, and unloading of vessels in the ports, basins, docks, roadsteads, harbours, or rivers of the dominions and possessions of the two countries, no privilege shall be granted to national vessels which shall not be equally granted to vessels of the other country, the intention of the High Contracting Parties being that in this respect also the respective vessels shall be treated on the footing of perfect equality.

Article IX.

Any ship-of-war or merchant-vessel of either of the High Contracting Parties which may be compelled by stress of weather, or by accident, to take shelter in a port of the