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THE RECIPROCITY TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED 

 STATES AND HAWAII. 



This commercial convention was concluded in Wash- 

 ington during the early part of 1875, and approved hy 

 the Senate in March. Since that date, it has been sign- 

 ed by President Grant and King Kalakana, and now 

 awaits the necessary legislative action of Congress, 

 legalizing the removal of duties, as provided by it. The 

 treaty has not been promnlgated, and may not be nntil 

 Congress assembles in December, 1875, when a law will 

 be enacted to render it operative. 



The draft of the treaty, published in the San Francisco 

 Commercial Herald, in February, is believed to embrace 

 all the products of either conntry, which are to be ex- 

 empted from duty when the treaty goes into elfect. 



Articles 1 and 2 of the Treaty, ennmerating the list 

 of free goods, as there published, is inserted herewith : 



HAWAIIAN PRODUCTS FREE OF DUTY IN ANY PORT OF 

 AMERICA. 



Article 1. For and in consideration of the rights and privi- 

 leges granted by His Majesty, the King of the Hawaiian Islands, 

 in the next succeeding articles of this convention, and as an equiv- 

 alent thereof, the United States of America hereby agree to admit 

 all the articles named in the following schedule, the same being 

 the growth, manufacture or produce of the Hawaiian Islands, into 

 all parts of the United States free of duty. 



Arrowroot; 



Castor Oil; 



Bananas, nuts, vegetables, dried and undried, preserved and un- 

 preserved ; 

 Hides and skins, undressed ; 

 Rice; 

 Pulu; 



Seeds, plants, shrubs or trees ; 



