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Constitution. (Slave Trade.)

Monte Video, 10th September, 1829......771 Decree. Slave Trade........ Monte Video, 14th June, 1837......771 Warrant. Duties of Postage. Africa.

London, 21st February, 1851......305
Chapels, &c.

Laws and Regulations. Protestant Religion.

1829-1851......773

Order in Council. Privileges of Trade and Navigation in
British Ports. . London, 15th May, 1852......132

Warrant.

Duties of Postage. Falkland Islands.

London, 26th May, 1852......342

Law. Slave Trade. Piracy....Monte Video, 7th July, 1853......774

VENEZUELA.

Laws and Regulations. Protestant Religion. Chapels, &c.

Warrant.

Duties of Postage. West Indies.

Order in Council.

1830-1851......774

......338

London, 28th April, 1852...
Privileges of Trade and Navigation in

British Ports.. London, 15th May, 1852...... 132

Order in Council.

Warrant.

WIRTEMBERG.

Privileges of Trade and Navigation in

British Ports.. London, 15th May, 1852......132 Postage of Letters...... London, 19th July, 1852......298

ABYSSINIA.

TREATY of Friendship and Commerce between Great Britain and Abyssinia. Signed in the English and Amharic languages, at Ennowga, November 2, 1849.*

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WHEREAS Commerce is a source of great wealth and prosperity to all those nations who are firmly united in the bonds of reciprocal friendship and whereas the conclusion of a Treaty of perpetual Amity and Commerce between Abyssinia and Great Britain, which has already been desired by their respective Sovereigns, would tend to the mutual advantage of both countries: and whereas it is desirable that the conditions should be specified whereupon the commercial intercourse betwixt the two nations should be conducted: Now it is hereby declared, done, and agreed as follows, between Walter Charles Metcalfe Plowden, Esquire, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul to His Majesty of Abyssinia, duly empowered to that effect by Her Britannic Majesty, and by his said Majesty of Abyssinia on the other part:

ART. I. A firm, free, and lasting friendship shall subsist between Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and her successors, on the one part, and His Majesty of Abyssinia and his successors, on the other part.

II. For the purpose of preserving and strengthening the friendly relations subsisting between the two nations, His Majesty of Abyssinia and his successors shall receive and protect any Ambassador, Envoy, or Consul, whom Her Britannic Majesty or her successors may see fit to appoint; and shall preserve inviolate all the rights and privileges of such Ambassador, Envoy, or Consul.

III. Her Britannic Majesty and her successors will, in the same manner, receive and protect any Ambassador, Envoy, or Consul, whom His Majesty of Abyssinia or his successors may see fit to appoint, and will equally preserve inviolate all the rights and privileges of such Ambassador, Envoy, or Consul.

IV. His Majesty of Abyssinia engages to grant to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, and to the produce and commerce of her dominions, all favours, privileges, advantages, or immunities,

* Her Majesty's Ratification delivered to the Ras of Abyssinia, March 1, 1852. VOL. IX.

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either as regards duties, imposts, or charges, or in any other respect whatsoever, which His Majesty of Abyssinia has already granted, or may hereafter grant, to the subjects, produce, or commerce of any other foreign country.

V. An Import Duty of 5 for every 100, and no more, may be levied and received by His Majesty of Abyssinia and his successors, upon all goods and merchandize imported by British subjects into the Kingdom of Abyssinia, for sale either therein or in the countries beyond.

. VI. This Import Duty of 5 for every 100, shall be assessed upon the current value of the merchandize at the market-place of Gondar, and shall be paid at the rate of 5 for every 100, either in kind or in specie, at the option of the merchant.

VII. When the said Import Duty shall have been duly paid, the importing merchant shall be at full liberty to dispose of his goods at any place or places within the territories of Abyssinia, without any licence being required for the removal of the same, and without any prohibition, restraint, or further duty or impost of any kind. being imposed upon the buyer; and the importing merchant may, if he pleases, carry away such goods to any other country or place, without any licence being required for the removal of the same, and without restraint or molestation, or the payment of any further duty or impost whatever.

VIII. British merchants shall be at liberty to purchase within the territories of Abyssinia all such commodities as they may think proper to buy, whether such commodities are the produce of those territories, or have been imported into those territories from other countries; and the said merchants may freely export the same without the payment of any duty whatever.

IX. The subjects of His Majesty of Abyssinia shall have in the United Kingdom the advantages which are already enjoyed, or which may hereafter be enjoyed by the subjects of the most favoured nation; and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the United Kingdom, of goods the produce of Abyssinia, than are, or shall be, payable upon the like goods the produce of any other foreign country imported in like manner.

X. A commercial intercourse shall be allowed and encouraged betwixt the subjects of Abyssinia and of the countries beyond that kingdom, on the one hand, and the subjects of Great Britain, on the other.

XI. In order to increase and promote commerce between Abyssinia and Great Britain, His Majesty of Abyssinia and his successors shall encourage merchants of all nations to bring the produce of the interior of Africa into the dominions of Abyssinia.

XII. With a like view, Her Britannic Majesty and her successors will protect British merchants in importing into Abyssinia such articles as may be needed therein.

XIII. For the better security of merchants and their property, His Majesty of Abyssinia and his successors, and Her Britannic Majesty and her successors, will respectively, to the best of their power, endeavour to keep open and to secure the avenues of approach betwixt the sea-coast and Abyssinia.

XIV. With a view to promote and encourage reciprocal intercourse between the subjects of the 2 nations respectively, His Majesty of Abyssinia engages, for himself and his successors, that no hindrance or molestation shall be offered to British travellers, whether residing within the territories of Abyssinia, or passing through them for the purpose of visiting the countries beyond; but such travellers shall be protected both as to their persons and as to their property.

XV. The effects belonging to such travellers, and not intended for sale, shall not be liable to duty of any sort, and shall in every respect be held to be their personal property, and to be inviolable.

XVI. The subjects of His Majesty of Abyssinia shall meet with no hindrance or obstruction whilst residing in any part of the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, and shall not be prevented from proceeding beyond these dominions at their pleasure.

XVII. His Majesty of Abyssinia agrees that in all cases when a British subject shall be accused of any crime committed in any part of His Majesty's dominions, the accused shall be tried and adjudged by the British Consul, or other officer duly appointed for that purpose by Her Britannic Majesty; and in all cases when disputes or differences shall arise between British subjects, or between British subjects and the subjects of His Majesty of Abyssinia, or between British subjects and the subjects of any other foreign Power, within the dominions of His Majesty of Abyssinia, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, or other duly appointed officer, shall have power to hear and decide the same without any interference, molestation, or hindrance, on the part of any authority of Abyssinia, either before, during, or after the litigation.

XVIII. If any British subject shall die in the territories of His Majesty of Abyssinia, the British Consul, or in his absence, his representative, shall have the right to take charge of the papers and property of the deceased, for the benefit of his lawful heirs and creditors, without any interference on the part of the Abyssinian authorities.

XIX. Finally, it is agreed, that upon a strict observance of all the foregoing Articles and Conditions, shall depend the continuance of a lasting and permanent friendship between the contracting Sovereigns.

In witness whereof, the present Treaty has been signed and scaled by the above-named Walter Charles Metcalfe Plowden, Esquire, and by His Majesty of Abyssinia.

Done at Ennowga, the 2nd day of November, in the year

of

our Lord 1849, corresponding with the Abyssinian date the 24th day of Tekumt, in the year of our Lord 1842.

SIGNATURE OF THE RAS.

[SEAL OF THE RAS.]

WALTER PLOWDEN. (L.S.)

[SEAL OF THE EMPEROR.]

ADEN, &c.

TREATIES of Peace and Commerce between the British Government of Aden and the neighbouring Chiefs. 1839-1849.

(1.)-ENGAGEMENT by Sultan Hydra Bin Maidee, of the Hagrabees, and Shaikh Abdul Kureem Bin Sallah Maidee, Shaikh Foudthel Bin Hydra Bin Admed of Sela, Hagrabee Chiefs, with Commander Haines, of the Indian Navy, on behalf of the Honourable East India Company. Aden, February 4, 1839.

BETWEEN the British and Hagrabees there shall be peace and lasting friendship. Aden, belonging to the English, and the Hagrabee Tribe shall be at peace, and firm friends. If the subjects of either wish to have free intercourse in each other's territory, they shall be welcome, and receive neither molestation nor insult.

If the English wish to enter the Hagrabee territory they shall be respected and received with kindness, for they are friends. If any disturbance should take place between the subjects of either country, the culprit, if English, is to be given over to the laws of Aden; if Hagrabee, to the laws of the Sultan, for punishment. S. B. HAINES. HYDRA BIN MAIDEE.

(2.)-ENGAGEMENT between Shaikh Iwas Bin Sallaam el Abbadee, and his Tribe, with Commander Haines. Feb. 18, 1839.

BETWEEN our respective territories there shall be peace and friendship, and Aden shall be at peace with the Abbadees.

A free intercourse for barter shall be permitted, without insult or oppression; and in proof of the faith of this, Shaikh Iwas Bin Sallaam agrees that his people shall not molest or plunder on the roads leading to Aden, and if any such misdemeanor occurs he will be answerable.

S. B. HAINES.

IWAS BIN SALLAAM EL ABBADEE.

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