ARTICLE XVI. Ratifications. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London or at Sucre, within the space of twenty months, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed, in triplicate originals, English and Spanish, the present Treaty, and affixed thereto their respective seals. Done at Sucre, this twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. Whereas, in the present state of Bolivian shipping, it would not be possible for the said Republick to receive the full advantage of the reciprocity established by the Articles V, VI, and VII of the Treaty signed this day, if that part of the VIIth Article which stipulates that, in order to be considered as a Bolivian ship, a ship shall actually have been built in the Republick of Bolivia, should be strictly and literally observed, and immediately brought into operation; it is agreed that, for the space of fifteen years, to be reckoned from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this Treaty, any ships, wheresoever built, being bona fide the property of, and wholly owned by, one or more citizens of the Republick of Bolivia, and whereof the master and three-fourths of the mariners, at least, are also natural-born citizens of the Republick of Bolivia, or persons domiciliated in the Republick of Bolivia by act of the Government, as lawful subjects of the Republick of Bolivia, to be certified according to the laws of that country, shall be considered as Bolivian ships; Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland reserving to Herself the right, at the end of the said term of fifteen years, to claim the principle of reciprocal restriction stipulated for in the Article VII, above referred to, if the interests of British navigation shall be found to be prejudiced by the present exception to that reciprocity, in favour of Bolivian shipping. ARTICLE II. Vessels and Cargoes.-Import Duties.-Export Duties.-Bounties and Drawbacks.Most-favoured-nation Treatment. It is further agreed that, for the like term of fifteen years, the stipulations contained in the Articles V and VI of the present Treaty shall be suspended; and, in lieu thereof, it is hereby agreed, that until the expiration of the said term of fifteen years, British ships entering into the ports of the Republick of Bolivia, from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any other of Her Britannick Majesty's dominions, and all articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any of the said dominions, imported in such ships, shall pay no other or higher duties than are or may hereafter be payable, in the said ports, by the ships, and the like goods, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the most favoured nation; and, reciprocally, it is agreed that Bolivian ships entering into the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any other of Her Britannick Majesty's dominions, from any port of the Republick of Bolivia, and all articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the said Republick, imported in such ships, shall pay no other or higher duties than are or may hereafter be payable in the said ports, by the ships and the like goods, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the most favoured nation; and that no higher duties shall be paid, or bounties or drawbacks allowed, on the exportation of any article, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the dominions of either country, in the ships of the other, than upon the exportation of the like articles in the ships of any other foreign country. It being understood that, at the end of the said term of fifteen years, the stipulations of the said Vth and VIth Articles shall, from thenceforward, be in full force between the two countries. ARTICLE III. Languages of Treaty. If in the drawing up of this Treaty in the Spanish language, any involuntary error has been made in the translation, the English text is to be adhered to. The present Additional Articles shall have the same force and validity as if they were inserted, word for word, in the Treaty signed this day. They shall be ratified, and the ratifications. shall be exchanged at the same time, In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their respective seals. Done at Sucre, this twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. (L.S.) BELFORD HINTON WILSON. BORNEO. No. 20. TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP AND COMMERCE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND BORNEO. Signed May 27, 1847.* HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous to encourage commerce between Her Majesty's subjects and the subjects of the independent Princes of the Eastern Seas, and to put an end to piracies which have hitherto obstructed that commerce; and His Highness Omar Ali Saifadeen, who sits upon the throne and rules the territories of Borneo, being animated by corresponding dispositions, and being desirous to co-operate in any measures which may be necessary for the attainment of the above-mentioned objects; Her said Britannick Majesty and the Sultan of Borneo have agreed to record their determination in these respects by a Convention containing the following Articles: ARTICLE I. Peace and Friendship. Peace, friendship, and good understanding shall from henceforward and for ever subsist between Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britian and Ireland and His Highness Omar Ali Saifadeen, Sultan of Borneo, and between their respective heirs and successors, and subjects. ARTICLE II. Commerce, Travel, and Residence. - Most-favoured-nation Treatment. The subjects of Her Britannick Majesty shall have full liberty to enter into, reside in, trade with, and pass with their Signed also in Malay. merchandize through, all parts of the dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Borneo, and they shall enjoy therein all the privileges and advantages with respect to commerce, or otherwise, which are now or which may hereafter be granted to the subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation; and the subjects of His Highness the Sultan of Borneo shall in like manner be at liberty to enter into, reside in, trade with, and pass with their merchandize through, all parts of Her Britannick Majesty's dominions in Europe and Asia, as freely as the subjects of the most favoured nation, and they shall enjoy in those dominions all the privileges and advantages with respect to commerce, or otherwise, which are now or which may hereafter be granted therein to the subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation, ARTICLE III. Acquisition of Property.—Protection of Persons and Property. British subjects shall be permitted to purchase, rent, or occupy, or in any other legal way to acquire, all kinds of property within the dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Borneo; and His Highness engages that such British subjects shall, as far as lies in his power, within his dominions, enjoy full and complete protection and security for themselves and for any property which they may so acquire in future, or which they may have acquired already, before the date of the present Convention.. ARTICLE IV. Freedom of Importation and Exportation.-Customs Duties. No article whatsoever shall be prohibited from being imported into or exported from the territories of His Highness the Sultan of Borneo; but the trade between the dominions of Her Britannick Majesty and the dominions of His Highness, shall be perfectly free, and shall be subject only to the custom duties which may hereafter be in force in regard to such trade. ARTICLE V. Tonnage Dues.-Exemption of British Trade and Goods from Internal Duties. No duty exceeding one dollar per registered ton shall be levied on British vessels entering the ports of His Highness |