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on whatever part of the said 

 territories they please. They 

 may rent and occupy houses and 

 magazines for their trade ; and 

 generally the merchants and 

 traders of each of the two nations 

 shall enjoy the most entire secu- 

 rity and protection in the other, 

 with regard to their commercial 

 affairs, being merely held to con- 

 form to the laws and ordinances 

 of the respective countries. 



Art. 2. There shall be imposed 

 no higher duties on goods of the 

 manufacture or produce of the 

 United States imported into 

 Sweden and Norway, nor on 

 goods of the manufacture or pro- 

 duce of Sweden and Norway im- 

 ported into the United States, 

 than those to which the same 

 articles would be subject in each 

 of the States respectively, if they 

 were the produce of the soil or 

 manufactures of any other coun- 

 try. The same principle shall be 

 observed with regard to exporta- 

 tions. There shall be no impost 

 or prohibition on the importa- 

 tions or exportations of the two 

 countries respectively, which 

 does not also extend to all other 

 nations. Swedish and Norwegian 

 vessels arriving in ballast, and im- 

 porting into the United States 

 goods the produce or manufacture 

 of Sweden and Norway, shall be 

 liable to no other charges than 

 those paid in the like case by 

 vessels of the United States ; and, 

 vice versa, the same rule shall 

 apply to vessels of the United 

 States aniving in Sweden and 

 Norway. — The above regulations 

 shall equally apply to the Swedish 

 colony of St. Bartholomew. 



Art. 3. The King of Sweden 

 and Norway consents that all the 



articles of the produce of the 

 West Indies, the importation of 

 which into his States is permitted 

 in Swedish and Norwegian ves- 

 sels, whether coming indirectly 

 or directly from the said West 

 Indies, may also be imported by 

 vessels of the United States, and 

 that in such case the said vessels 

 shall not pay higher duties than 

 would in similar circumstances be 

 paid by Swedish or Norwegian 

 vessels, except solely an addition 

 of 10 per cent on the import 

 duties. To avoid all misunder- 

 standing on this point, it is ex- 

 pressly declared, that the deno- 

 mination of West Indies extends 

 to and includes all that part of 

 the world, whether islands or 

 continent, which has always been 

 called West Indies, in contradis- 

 tinction to that other part called 

 East Indies. 



Art. 4. On their part, the 

 United States consent that all 

 articles of the produce or manu- 

 factures of the countries on 

 the coast of the Baltic, the 

 importation of which is per- 

 mitted into the United States by 

 the vessels of the said States, 

 may likewise be imported by 

 Swedish and Norwegian vessels ; 

 and, in that case, no higher duties 

 shall be charged than those paid 

 by vessels of the United States, 

 except the addition of ten per 

 cent. 



In the case of mixed cargoes, 

 consisting partly of goods of the 

 produce or manufacture of the 

 respective counti-ies, and of other 

 countries of which the importa- 

 tion is permitted, it is agreed, 

 that the vessel shall always be 

 charged according to the nature 

 of that part of the cargo which is 



liable 



