Honduras: Geographical Sketch, Natural Resources, Laws, Economic Conditions, Actual Development, Prospects of Future Growth |
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agricultural Amapala amount arbitration Bananas bondholders Caribbean Sea cattle Ceiba cent centavos Central America Choluteca ciudadanos claim Coco River Cocoanuts coffee Collector Comayagua concession contract Copan Costa Rica Cotton cultivation debt decree Department derechos district duras Duty per half E. G. Squier established Estados Unidos Executive Authority exports foreign gobierno gold Government Gracias granted Guatemala Gulf of Fonseca half kilo Honduraneans Indians Intibuca Iron Juticalpa La Ceiba labor land London manzana ment meters miles miner mines Minister mountains municipal native Nicaragua Olancho owner Paris party payment person pesos ports pounds Puerto Cortes railway registered registry Republic of Honduras república de Guatemala República de Honduras reside respective revenue rivers Rubber San Salvador Santa Barbara Silk silver square Squier survey syndicate Tegucigalpa territories thereof tion Total town United Woolen Yoro
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Page 222 - ... the privilege of remaining and of continuing such trade and employment therein without any manner of interruption, in the full enjoyment of their liberty and property as long as they behave peaceably, and commit no offence against the laws...
Page 215 - ... of the said territories, respectively; also to hire and occupy houses and warehouses for the purposes of their commerce; and, generally, the merchants and traders of each nation, respectively, shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce, but subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries, respectively.
Page 214 - Plata, a reciprocal freedom of commerce: the inhabitants of the two countries, respectively, shall have liberty freely and securely to come, with their ships and cargoes...
Page 218 - All merchants, commanders of ships, and others, the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, shall have full liberty in all the territories of the Republic of Costarica, to manage their own affairs themselves, or to commit them to the management of whomsoever they please, as broker...
Page 223 - They shall not be disturbed, molested or annoyed in any manner on account of their religious belief, nor in the proper exercise of their religion...
Page 219 - Nicaraguan citizens; and absolute freedom shall be allowed in all cases to the buyer and seller to bargain and fix the price of any goods, wares, or merchandise imported into, or exported from, the Republic of Nicaragua, as they shall see good, observing the laws and established customs of the country.
Page 216 - ... nearly as possible, of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement if the concession shall have been conditional.
Page 220 - If any citizen of either of the two contracting parties shall die without will or testament, in any of the territories of the other, the Consul general or Consul of the nation to which the deceased belonged...
Page 225 - Honduras agrees that the right of way on or transit over such route or road, or any other that may be constructed within its territories, from sea to sea, shall be at all times open and free to the Government and citizens of the United States, for all lawful purposes whatever. No tolls, duties or charges of any kind...
Page 226 - In consideration of these concessions, in order to secure the construction and permanence of the route or road herein contemplated, and also to secure, for the benefit of mankind, the uninterrupted advantages of such communication from sea to sea, the United States recognizes the rights of sovereignty and property of Honduras in and over the line...