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On. the subject of the circuitous 
trade permitted to the United States 
between the colonies of the enemy 
and other parts of the world an 
article was framed, * which satisfied 
the American commissioners, by 
Substituting a clear and precise rule 
for the regulation of that commerce, 
in place of the uncertain and change- 
able system under which it had 
hitherto been conducted. The prin- 
ciple of this article was taken from 
lord Hawkesbury’s communication 
to Mr. Rufus King, defining the 
_ difference between a continuous and 
an interrupted voyage; but besides 
requiring, as in that communication, 
that the goods should be landed and 
the duties paid in the neutral coun. 
try, this article expressly stipulated, 
that on re-exportation there should 
remain after the draw back a duty 
to be paid of one per cent. ad valo- 
rem On all articles of the growth, 
produce and manufacture of Kurope, 
* Article 11th. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
and on all articles of colonial pro4 
duce a duty of not less than two 
per cent. ad valorem. ‘The mari- 
time jurisdiction of the United States 
was guaranteed by another article + 
against the alledged encroach. 
ments and violations of his majesty’s 
cruizers, and on account of the 
peculiar circumstances of the Ame- 
rican coast, an extension of mari- 
time jurisdiction to the distance 
of five miles from shore was mutually 
conceded by both parties in the 
American seas, on certain condi- 
tions and with certain limitations 
expressed in the treaty, On the 
other articles of the treaty, for the — 
reason alrea!y given, we think it 
unnecessary to dilate; and have 
therefore only to add, that the 
commercial stipulations \contained 
in it, appear to have been framed 
on the fairest and’ most liberat- 
principles of reciprocal advantage 
and utility to the two countries. 
’ 
+ Article 12th. 
