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but the vessels of the United States, having in the first instance pro- 

 ceeded to one of the said principal settlements of the British dominions 

 in the East Indies, and then going with their original cargoes, or part 

 thereof, from one of the said principal settlements to another, shall 

 not be considered as carrying on the coasting trade. 



The vessels of the United States may also touch for refreshment, 

 but not for commerce, in the course of their voyage to or from the 

 British territories in India, or to or from the dominions of the Em- 

 peror of China, at the Cape of Good Hope, the Island of St. Helena, 

 or such other places as may be in the possession of Great Britain, in 

 the African or Indian Seas ; it being well understood that, in all that 

 regards this article, the citizens of the United States shall be subject 

 in all respects to the laws and regulations of the British Government 

 from time to time established. 



Art. 4. It shall be free for each of the two contracting parties, re- 

 spectively, to appoint consuls for the protection of trade to reside in 

 the dominions and territories of the other party; but, before any 

 consul shall act as such, he shall, in the usual form, be approved 

 and admitted by the Government to which he is sent ; and it is hereby 

 declared, that in case of illegal or improper conduct towards the laws 

 or Government of the country to which he is sent, such consul may 

 either be punished according to law, if the laws will reach the case. 

 or be sent back ; the offended Government assigning to the other the 

 reasons for the same. 



It is hereby declared, that either of the contracting parties may 

 except from the residence of consuls such particular places as such 

 party shall judge fit to be excepted. 



Art. 5. This convention, when the same shall have been duly rati- 

 fied by the President of the United States, by and with the advice 

 and consent of their Senate, and by His Britannic Majesty, and the 

 respective ratifications mutually exchanged, shall be binding and 

 obligatory on the United States and His Majesty for four years from 

 the date of its signature; and the ratifications shall be exchanged in 

 six months from this time, or sooner, if possible. 



Done at London, this third day of July, in the year of our Lord 

 one thousand eight hundred and fifteen. 



JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, 

 HENRY CLAY, 

 ALBERT GALLATIN, 

 FREDERICK JOHN ROBINSON, 

 HENRY GOULBURN, 

 WILLIAM ADAMS. 



No. 17. 1818, October 20: Convention between United States and 

 His Britannic Majesty. 



The United States of America and His Majesty the King of the 

 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, desirous to cement 

 the good understanding which happily subsists between them, have, 

 for that purpose, named their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to 

 say: the President of the United States, on his part, has appointed 



