1960 TREATY—GR.EAT BRITAIN. ll/IAY 31, 1902. thereafter import duties to a maximum of ten per centum upon merchandise imported into the said Protectorate remaining acquired to the latter so long only as it shall continue to comply with the conditions and limitations stated in this Convention. Anrionn II. dulggshts °-S *°*¤P°** The United States shall enjoy in the said Protectorate as to import ` duties all the advantages accorded to the most favored nation. Neither differential treatment nor transit duty shall be established in said Protectorate. In the application of the tariff regime of the said Protectorate, the formalities and operations of commerce shall be simplified and facilitated so far as possible. Arrrrorrz IH. ccfgggegi Egtgm {gi Considering the fact that in Article I of this Convention the United most mvoien hunch. States has `ven its assent under certain conditions to the establishment of import dllities in that ortion of the Dominions of His Hi hness the Sultan of Zanzibar which is under the protection of Great Tritain, it is well understood that the said Protectorate assures to the flag, to the vessels, to the commerce, and to the citizens and inhabitants of the United States, in all parts of the territory of that Protectorate, all the rights, rivileges and immunities concerning import and export duties, tariff rggime, interior taxes and charges and, in a general manner, all commercial interests, which are or shall be accorded to the signatory ` Powers of the Act of Berlin, or to the most favored nation. mgggguv of MM- This Convention shall be ratined, and the ratifications shall be ' exchanged at Washington as soon as may be and within twelve months from the date hereof. Si8¤¤¤¤¤¤· Done in duplicate at Washington this thirty—iirst day of May, in the ‘ year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two. _ Jour: HAY [SEAL.] Anrnmz S Rnmzzs [SEAL.] R¤¤¤¤··¤¤¤- And whereas the Convention has been duly ratified, as amended, on both parts, and the ratiiications of the two Governments were exchanged in the cit of Washington on the 17th. day of October, one thousand, nine hundred and two: P¤•¢*·¤=·¤¤¤· Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention. as amended, to be made public to the end that the same and eve article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aflixed. Done at the City of Washington, this seventeenth day of October in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and two [sam.] and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and twenty-seventh. · Tnaononn Roosnvnu By the President: J omv HAY Secretary of State.
