BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GBEAT BRITAIN. 29 

 ARTICLE THE THIRD. 



His Britannick 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 

 vide licit, Calcutta, Madras Bombay and Prince of Wales' 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 & exportation re- 

 spectively to and from the said Territories shall not be entirely pro- 

 hibited provided only that it shall not be lawful for them in any 

 time of War between the British Government and any State or Power 

 whatever to export from the said Territories without the special 

 permission of the British Government any military stores or naval 

 stores or Rice. The Citizens of the United States shall pay for their 

 vessels when admitted no higher or other duty or charge than shall 

 be payable on the vessels of the most favord European nations and 

 they shall pay no higher or other duties or charges on the importa- 

 tion or exportation of the Cargoes of the said Vessels than shall be 

 payable on the same articles when imported or exported in the ves- 

 sels of the most favored European Nations. 



But it is expressly agreed that the vessels of the United States 

 shall not carry any articles from the said principal settlements to any 

 Port or place" except to some Port or Place in the United States of 

 America where the same shall be unladen. 



It is also understood that the permission granted by this article 

 is not to extend to allow the vessels of the United States to carry on 

 any part of the coasting Trade of the said British Territories, but the 

 vessels of the United .States having in the first instance proceeded 

 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 Ter- 

 ritories in India, or to or from the Dominions of the Emperor 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. 



ARTICLE THE FOURTH. 



It shall be free for each of the two contracting parties respectively 

 to appoint Consuls for the protection of trade to reside in the Do- 

 minions and Territories of the other party, but before any Consul 

 shall act as such He shall in the usual form be approved and ad- 

 mitted by the Government to which He is sent, and it is hereby de- 

 clared 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 



