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= subject who, being accused or convicted of any of the undermentioned crimes, committed in the territory of the King of Tonga, shall be found within the territory of Her Britannic Majesty. The crimes for which such surrender may be granted are the following :■ —Murder or attempt to murder, embezzlement or larceny, fraudulent bankruptcy, forgery. Article V. The present treaty shall come into force and effect from the date ofc the signatures thereof, but shall again become null and void if not ratifiod.witbin the prescribed period. Article VI. The present treaty shall be ratified and the ratifications exchanged at Nukualofa within twelve months from.the date thereof. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their seals. Done at Nukualofa, the 29th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1879. (1.5.) Abthub Gordon, (1.5.) Alfred P. Maudslay. (1.5.) Ueligtoni Tubou Malohi. (1.5.) Jiaoji Fatafehi.

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SAMOA. Whebbas a Treaty of Friendship and Conimerce between the United States and the Government of the Samoan Islands was concluded and. signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at the City of Washington, on the 17th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1878, which treaty, after having been amended and ratified by the contracting parties, is word for word as follows :— The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Samoan Islands being desirous of concluding a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce, the President of the United States has for this purpose conferred full powers upon William M. Ewarts, Secretary of State, and the Government of the Samoan Islands has conferred like powers upon M. K. Le Mamea, its Envoy Extraordinary to the United States. And the said Plenipotentiaries, having exchanged their Ml powers, which were found to be in due, form, have agreed upon the following articles: —- Article I. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the Government of the United States ■and the Government of the Samoan Islands. Article 11. Naval vessels of the United States shall have the privilege of entering and. using the Port of Pagopago, and establishing therein and on the shores thereof a station for coal and other naval supplies for their naval and commercial marine ; and the Samoan Government will hereafter neither exercise nor authorize any jurisdiction within said port adverse to such rights of the United States, or restrictive thereof. The same vessels shall also have the privilege of entering other ports of the Samoan Islands. The citizens of the United States shall likewise have free liberty to enter the same ports with their ships and cargoes of whatsoever kind, and to sell the same to any of the inhabitants of those islands. All such traffic, in whatever articles of trade or barter, shall be free, except that the trade in firearms and munitions of war in the islands shall be subject to regulations by that Government. Article 111. No import or export duty shall be charged on the cargoes of the vessels of the United States entering or clearing from the ports of the Samoan Islands, and no other than a tonnage duty of one-half of 1 per cent, per ton actual measurement shall be charged on the entrance of such vessels. Article IV. All disputes between citizens of the United States in the Samoan Islands, whether relating to civil matters or to offences or crimes, shall be heard and determined by the Consul of the United States at Apia, Samoa, under such regulations and limitations as the United States may provide; .and all disputes between citizens of the United States and the people of those islands shall be heard by that Consul in conjunction with such officer of the Samoan Government as may be designated for that purpose. Crimes and offences, in cases where citizens of the United States may be convicted, shall be punished according to the laws of their country ; and, in cases where the people of the Samoan Islands may be convicted, they shall be punished pursuant to Samoan laws, and by the authorities of that country. Article V. If, unhappily, any differences should have arisen, or shall hereafter arise, between the Samoan Government and any other Government in amity with the United States, the Government of the latter will employ its good offices for the purpose of adjusting those differences upon a satisfactory and solid foundation. Article VI. The Government of Samoa agrees to allow to the Government and citizens of the United States free and equal participation in any privileges that may have been or may hereafter be granted to the Government, citizens, or subjects, of any other nation,