I. Equality of duties.

HANSEATIC REPUBLICS.
The eleven articles are:

II. Import and export duties.
III. Government purchases.
IV. Proof of Hanseatic vessels.
V. Rights to trade.
VI. Commercial privileges.

VII. Property rights.

VIII. Special protection to persons and property.

IX. Most favored nation privileges.

X. Duration.

XI. Ratification.

II. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE TO CONVENTION OF 1827.

Concluded June 4, 1828; proclaimed July 29, 1829. 8 Stat. at L., p. 386; in French and English. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 537.

This article relating to the arrest of deserters at request of consuls was superseded by the consular convention with the German Empire. (U. S. Treaties in Force, 1899, p. 293.)

III. CONSULAR CONVENTION.

Concluded April 30, 1852; proclaimed June 6, 1853. 10 Stat. at L., Treaties p. 95; in German and English. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 538. This contention of three articles was superseded by the general consular convention of the German Empire of 1871. (U. S. Treaties in Force, 1899, p. 293.)

Proclamations.

The following proclamations concern the relations of the United States with the Hanseatic Republics:

1. By President Monroe, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1815, (3 Stat. at L., p. 224), repealing discriminating duties on vessels and goods imported from Bremen; July 24, 1818. II Richardson's Messages, p. 37.

2. By President Monroe, under the act last mentioned, repealing the same duties on vessels and goods imported from Hamburg; August 1, 1818. II Richardson's Messages, p. 38.

3. By President Monroe, under the act last mentioned, repealing the same duties on vessels and goods imported from Lubeck; May 4, 1820. II Richardson's Messages, p. 73.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

The cession of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States having been accepted by the resolution approved by the President July 7, 1898, (30 Stat. at L., p. 750,) the treaties with that country terminated upon the formation of the government for the islands. (See U. S. Treaties in Force, 1899, p. 294.)

Treaties and Protocol.

I. TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION AND EXTRADITION.

Concluded December 20, 1849; proclaimed November 9, 1850. 9 Stat. at L., Treaties p. 178. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 540.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

II. TREATY OF RECIPROCITY.

Concluded January 30, 1875; proclaimed June 3, 1875. 19 Stat. at L., Treaties p. 69. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 546.

By this treaty of six articles certain specified articles were admitted free of duty into the United States and the Hawaiian Islands respectively.

III. PROTOCOL.

Signed and proclaimed September 9, 1876.

U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889,

p. 549. VII Richardson's Messages, p. 394. Declaring that the last treaty shall go into effect on the date of this protocol.

IV. TREATY OF RECIPROCITY.

Concluded December 6, 1884; proclaimed November 9, 1887. 25 Stat. at L., p. 1399. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 1187.

By this treaty the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 was extended for a further term of seven years and there was granted to the United States the exclusive right to establish a coaling station at Pearl River Harbor.

Proclamation.

The following proclamation concerns the relations of the United States with the Hawaiian Islands:

By President Johnson, under the Act of Congress of May 24, 1828 (4 Stat. at L., p. 308), removing discriminating duties of tonnage and impost from vessels and merchandise of the Hawaiian Islands; January 29, 1867. VI Richardson's Messages, p. 515.

HESSE.

(See German Empire, North German Confederation and Prussia.)

Conventions.

I. CONVENTION ABOLISHING DROIT D'AUBAINE AND TAXES ON EMI

GRATION.

Concluded March 26, 1844; proclaimed May 8, 1845. 9. Stat. at L., Treaties p. 1; in French and English. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 562. U. S. Treaties in Force, 1899, p. 295.

The six articles are:

I. Droit d'aubaine, etc., abol-IV. Rights of absent heirs.

ished.

II. Disposition of real estate.

III. Disposition of personal prop

erty.

V. Inheritance disputes.

VI. Ratification.

HESSE.

II. NATURALIZATION CONVENTION.

Concluded August 1, 1868; proclaimed August 31, 1869. 16 Stat. at L., p. 743; in German and English. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 563. U. S. Treaties in Force, 1899, p. 297.

TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.

Concluded July 4, 1864; proclaimed May 30, 1865. 13 Stat. at L., p. 699; in Spanish and English. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 566. U. S. Treaties in Force, 1899, p. 299.

VI. Reciprocal treatment of ves- XIV. Neutrality of Honduras In

sels.

VII. Protection of property, etc. VIII. Disposal of property, etc.

teroceanic Railway.

XV. Ratification.

Proclamations.

The following proclamations concern the relations of the United States with Honduras:

1. By President Benjamin Harrison, under the Act of Congress of October 1, 1890 (26 Stat. at L., p. 567, 612), announcing the action of Honduras in admitting certain articles free of duty, and thus obtaining the reciprocity advantages under sec. 3 of said act; April 30, 1892. IX Richardson's Messages, p. 279.

2. By President Cleveland, under the Act of Congress of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat. at L., p. 727, 733), suspending the prohibition of the importation of cattle from Honduras, and of hides from all parts of the world; November 8, 1895. IX Richardson's Messages, p. 593.

ITALY.

Treaties and Conventions.

I. CONSULAR CONVENTION.

Concluded February 8, 1868; proclaimed February 23, 1869. 15 Stat. at L., p. 605; in Italian and English. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 573. This convention, consisting of seventeen articles, was superseded by the Convention of 1878 upon the exchange of ratifications September 17, 1878. (See U. S. Treaties in Force, 1899, p. 306.)

II. EXTRADITION CONVENTION.

Concluded March 23, 1868; proclaimed September 30, 1868. 15 Stat. at L., p. 629; in Italian and English. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 578. U. S. Treaties in Force, 1899, p. 306.

Concluded January 21, 1869; proclaimed May 11, 1869. 16 Stat. at L., p. 769; in Italian and English. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 577. This was an article extending the time for the exchange of the ratifications of the Consular Convention of 1868.

IV. CONVENTION ADDITIONAL TO EXTRADITION CONVENTION, 1868. Concluded January 21, 1869; proclaimed May 11, 1869. 16 Stat. at L., p. 767; in Italian and English. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 580. U. S. Treaties in Force, 1899, p. 309.

This treaty consists of one article relating to the crime of embezzlement.

V. TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.

Concluded February 26, 1871; proclaimed November 23, 1871. 17 Stat. at L., p. 845; in Italian and English. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 581. U. S. Treaties in Force, 1899, p. 309.

ITALY.

XII. Exemptions in war.

XIII, Blockade.

XIV. Regulation of blockades.

XV. Contraband articles.

XX. Conduct of commanders of war vessels.

XXI. Protection in case of war. XXII. Disposal of property.

XVI. Rights of neutrals; free XXIII. Legal rights.

Concluded May 8, 1878; proclaimed September 27, 1878. 20 Stat at L., p. 725, in Italian and English. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 588; U. S. Treaties in Force, 1899, p. 317.

The eighteen articles are:

I. Consular recognition.
II. Exequaturs.

III. Exemptions.

IV. Status in legal proceedings.

V. Arms and flags.
VI. Archives.

VII. Vacancies.

VIII. Vice-consuls and agents.

IX. Dealings with officials.
X. General powers.

XI. Shipping disputes.

XII. Disputes between passengers and officers of vessels.

XIII. Deserters from ships.

XIV. Damages at sea.

XV. Shipwrecks.

XVI. Death of citizens.

XVII. Most favored nation privileges.

XVIII. Duration; ratification.

VII. CONVENTION SUPPLEMENTAL TO CONSULAR CONVENTION. Concluded February 24, 1881; proclaimed June 29, 1881. 22 Stat. at L., p. 831; in Italian and English. U. S. Tr. and Con. 1889, p. 593. U. S. Treaties in Force, 1899, p. 322.

The two articles are:

I. Shipping disputes; substi

II. Ratification and effect.

tute for Article XI.

VIII. TRADE-MARK DECLARATION.

Signed June 1, 1882; proclaimed March 19, 1884. U. S. Tr. and Con., 1889, p. 595. U. S. Treaties in Force, 1899, p. 323.

This Declaration consists of a single article; at the foot of the text as published in the treaty volumes there is the following note:

As the act of Congress, entitled "An act to authorize the registration of trade-marks and protect the same," approved March 3, 1881 (21 Stats. at L., p. 502), gives the right of trade-mark registry to subjects of any foreign country which by law admits the like right for citizens of the United States, this Declaration is held to be an establishment of the fact that such reciprocal privilege exists, and is therefore effective from June 1, 1882, the date of its signature.