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SAMOA: COMMERCE, CONSULAR RIGHTS, SHIPPING

• "Commercial regulations" signed at Apia, Upolu, November 5, 1839^[1]
• Superseded April 12, 1890, by the General Act of June 14, 1889,^[2] with respect to those provisions with which the General Act was inconsistent; annulled in entirety February 16, 1900, by convention of December 2, 1899^[3]

4 Miller 241

 

Commercial Regulations Made by the Principal Chiefs of the Samoa Group of Islands after Full Consideration in Council on the 5th Day of November /39

1st

All foreign Consuls duly appointed and received in Samoa shall be protected and respected both in their persons and property, and all foreigners obtaining the consent of the Government and conforming to the Laws shall receive the protection of the Government.

2nd

All foreign vessels shall be received into the ports and harbours of Samoa for the purpose of obtaining supplies and for Commerce, and with their officers and crews, so long as they shall comply with these regulations, and behave themselves peaceably shall receive the protection of the Governt

3rd

The fullest protection shall be given to all foreign ships and vessels which may be wrecked, and any property saved shall be take possession of by

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1. These regulations, though perhaps not technically constituting an international agreement, are included because of their historical interest and because "they treat of matters which are frequently the subject of conventions, . . . they undoubtedly were regarded by the native chiefs who signed them as being of a promissory nature, . . . and, indeed, they contain clauses reading somewhat like mutual promises" (Hunter Miller, Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America, vol. 4, p. 244). See 4 Miller 244, for notes on this document (text source, etc.) and on the status of Samoa at the time these regulations were signed.
2. TS 313, post, p. 116.
3. TS 314, post, p. 276.