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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24.

(Cii:CUi.An.) PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. Dowmxc STREET, 15th August. 1868. Sin,

I have the honor to transmit to you a cepy of a Treaty of Navigation, which was signed at Vienna on the 30th April last, between Her Majesty and the Emperor of Austria. the Ratiﬁcations of which were exchanged on the 26th June last. '

I have the honor to be. Sir, Your most obeditnt humhle servant, BL'CKINGI‘IAM & CIIANDOS.

Lieut. Governor Dundas, &c., &c., &C.

Treaty of Nairigation between Her Ilfajcsly and His JlIajcsty the Emperor of Austria. signed at Vienna, April 30, l868.-—~(Ral{ﬁcations exchanged at Vienna, June 26, 1868)

Iicr Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the one part, and His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, on the other part. being equally animated by the desire of extending and promoting the facilities of Navigation between their respectiVe States and Dcminions. have resolved to com cludc a Treaty for that purpose, and have named for their I’lciiipoicntiai'ics. that isto say :—

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honorable John Arthur Douglas Baron Bloomﬁeld ol' Oakhainpton and Redwood, a. Peer of Ireland, a Member ol Iltr Majes- ty's Most Honorable Privy Council. Knight Grand Cross of the most Honorable Ordcr ol the Bath. Ilcr Majcsty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- tiai‘y to His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty; and Louis Mallet, Esquire. Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Assistant-Secretary to the Committee of Her Majesty’s Most. llonorable Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations;

And His Impc'i'ial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, Frederic Ferdinand, Baron Bcust. I-Iis linporial Majes— ty's I’rivy Councillor, Chancellor of the Empire. and Minister of the Imperial House and of Foreign Affairs. Grand Cross of the Orders of St. Stephen and Leopold:

Who. after having communicated to each other their respective full pOWcrs, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Article's :— ’

ARTICLE 1-.

British ships and their cargoes in all the dominions of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, and ships belonging to the citichs of the Imperial and Royal States and their cargoes in all the dominions of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom ol Great Britain and Ireland, from whatever place arriving and whatever may be their place of destination, and what- ever may be the, place of origin or destination, of their oargOes. shall be treated in every respect as national ships and their cargoes.

Every favor or exemption in these respects, or any other privilege in matters of Navigation, which either of the Contracting Parties shall grant to a third Power,

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shall be extended immediately and unconditionally to the other Party.

It is, however. agreed that this stipulation shall not be applicable to the national ﬁsheries of either of the two countries.

ARTICLE II.

The stipulations contaian in the preceding Article are also to he applied to the Colonies and Foreign Pos- sessions of Her Britannia Majesty. as well as to the ships and cargoes of the same; but, as regards the coasting trade, only in those Colonies and Foreign PrnsseSsions the coasting trade of which shall have been. or shall be here-alter, Opened to foreign ships in con— lormity with the Acts-0f Parliament which govern this matter.

The Foreign Possessions and Colonies ofHer Britannic Majesty the coasting trade of which has been already so opened to foreign ships, and in which therefore ships. belonging to the citizens of the Imperial and Roy al States are placed on the national looting, are:

British India, Ceylon.

Cape of Good HOpe. Victoria,

St. Lucia.

ARTICLE III.

If any ship of war or merchant vess‘l of one of the Contracting Parties should run aground or he wrecked, or mccl. with any casuality upon the coasts of the other, the same aid and assistance shall be rendered to it, and to the cargo, apparel, and furniture thereof. as to a national vessclpand in such case no other expenses shall he paid by the owners or their agents and repre- sentatives for the preservation of the property or of the lives of the persons on board the ship, than would be payable in the like case of a wreck of or casuality to a national vessel. '

In case the master ofa merchant-vessel should be under the necessity of disposing of a part of his mer- chandizc in order to defray any salvage expenses, no impediment shall be opposed by the authorities..the master being bound, liowcvcr. to conform to the exist- ing regulations and 'l‘ai'ilI‘s.

The goods and nierchaudize saved from the wreck shall be cxompt from all duties of Customs, unlcns cleared for consumption.

The respective Consuls-General. Consuls. Vice—Con- suls, and Consular Agents shall, it the owner or master, or other agent of the owner. is not present. or is present and requires it, or is bound by the laws of his country to accept Consular assistance. be authorised winter- poso in order to afford the necessary assistance to those concerned.

ARTICLE Iv.

The Consuls General. Consuls. Vice-Consuls. and Consular Agents of each of the Contracting Parties re- siding in the Dominions and Possessions ot the othei, shall receive from the local authorities such assistance as can by law be given to them for the recovery of deserters from the vessels of their respective countries.

ARTICLE V .

All vessels which according to British law arc to be deemed British vessels, and all vessels which, accord- ing to the laws prevailing in the States ot His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty. arc to be deemed vessels belonging to the subjects of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, shall. for the purposes of this Treaty, be respectively deemed British vessels. and vessels be- longing to the citizens of the Imperial and Royal States.

ARTICLE VI.

The present Treaty shall remain in force from the ex- change of the ratilications thereof Until 3lst Dec” 1877; and in case neither of the High Contracting Powers shall have notiﬁed to the other, twelve months before