A

COMPLETE COLLECTION

OF THE

TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS,

AND

RECIPROCAL REGULATIONS,

AT PRESENT SUBSISTING BETWEEN

GREAT BRITAIN AND FOREIGN POWERS,

AND OF THE

LAWS, DECREES, AND ORDERS IN COUNCIL,

CONCERNING THE SAME ;

SO FAR AS THIEY RELATE TO

COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION,

TO THE

REPRESSION AND ABOLITION OF THE

SLAVE TRADE;

AND TO THE

PRIVILEGES AND INTERESTS OF THE SUBJECTS OF

THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES.

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LIST

OF TREATIES, &c.

VOL. VI.

AUSTRIA.

Page Order in Council. Trade with British Ports and Posses

sions, from the Ports of the Danube.

London, 23rd, June, 1841 ... 1 Treaty. Suppression of African Slave Trade.

London, 20th December, 1841...... 2, 21
Annexes. Warrants, Orders, and Instructions, to

Cruizers
Order in Council. Trade with British Ports and Posses-

sions, from Odessa.

Windsor, 10th December, 1842.......... 38 Act of Parliament. Slave Trade Treaty.

10th August, 1943......... 411 Order in Council. Trade with British Ports and Posses

sions, from the Vistula.

London, 4th March, 1844.......... 48

.12, 30

PADEN. Convention. Commerce and Navigation.

London, 2nd March, 1841... 751, 755 Order in Council. Trade with British Ports and Posses

sions, from the Meuse, Ems, Weser,
Elbe, &c.

Windsor, 11th August, 1841......... 759

BAVARIA. Convention. Commerce and Navigation.

London, 2nd March, 1841...751, 755 Order in Council. Trade with British Ports and Posses

sions, from the Meuse, Ems, Weser,
Elbe, &c.

Windsor, 11th August, 1841.........759 4. 9-VOL. VI.

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BOLIVIA.

Page Treaty. Abolition of Slave Trade.

Sucre, 25th September. 1840..... 51, 70 Annexes. Instructions for Ships of War ; Regu

lations for Mixed Courts; and Regu

lations for Liberated Negroes..............57, 77 Additional Articles. Slave Trade.

Sucre, 25th September, 1840...... 69, 89 Treaty. Amity, Commerce, and Navigation.

Sucre, 29th September, 1840...... 90, 99 Act of Parliament. Execution of Slave Trade Treaty.

11th April, 1843......... 109 Order in Council. Pilotage in British Ports.

Windsor 13th December, 1843.........511

BRAZIL.

Order in Council. Pilotage in British Ports.

Windsor, 13th December, 1843.........511

BREMEN
Convention. Commerce and Navigation.

London, 3rd August, 1841.........517
Order in Council. Trade with British Possessions.

Windsor, 14th September, 1841.........520 Order in Council. Pilotage in British l'orts.

Windsor, 13th December, 1843.........511

BUENOS AYRES.
Treaty. Abolition of Traffic in Slaves.

Buenos Ayres, 21th May, 1839...117, 137 dunexes. Instructions for Ships of War; Regu

lations for Mixed Courts; and Regu-
lations for Liberated Jegroes.....

....123, 143 Additional Articles. Slave Trade.

.

Buenos Ayres, 24th May, 1839... 135, 155 Act of Parliament. Slave Trade Treaty.....30th June, 1842.........157 Order in Council. Pilotage in British I'orts.

Windsor, 13th December, 1843.........511

CHILE.

Page Treaty. Abolition of Traffic in Slaves.

Santiago, 19th January, 1839... 165, 185 Annexes. Instructions for Ships of War; Regn

lations for Mixed Courts; and Regu

lations for Liberated Negroes .... ... 172, 192 Additional Articles. Slave Trade.

Santiago, 19th January, 1839... 184, 203 Additional and Explanatory Convention. Slave Trade.

Santiago, 7th August, 1841...204, 207 Order in Council. Trade with British Possessions.

Win«Isor, 11th August, 1841......... 209 Decree. Non-employment of Slaves by Diplomatic and Consular Agents.

Santiago, 9th November, 1841..........210 Act of Parliament. Slave Trade Treaty and Convention.

10th August, 1843.........211

CHINA.

Treaty. Peace and Friendship.

Nanking, 29th August, 1842 .......... 221 Elict. Conclusion of Treaty of Peace.

Nanking, 8th September, 1842......... 225 Order in Council. Court of Justice at Hong Kong.

Windsor, 4th January, 1843.........228 Order in Council. Chinese Ports of Trade.

London, 24th February, 1843.........229 Declaration. Transit Duties on British Goods.

Hong Kong, 26th June, 1843.........231 Proclamation. Promulgation of Tariff of Duties, and Regu

lations for Trade.

Hong Kong, 22nd July, 1843......... 232 Tariff of Duties on British Trade.... Taoukwang, July, 1843... 234, 238 General Regulations for British Trade.

Taoukwang, July, 1843.........243 Proclamation. British Trade......... Taoukwang, July, 1843.........249 Act of Parliament. Government of British Subjects.

22nd August, 1813.........251 Notice. Compensation for Opium.

London, 25th August, 1943......... 254 Commission. Enactment of Laws, &c., for British Subjects.

, &

Windsor, 26th August, 1843.........255 lustructions. Government of British Subjects.

Windsor, 26th August, 1843......... 257